Chapter 878: Repel the Spotted Hyena

Several pairs of green eyes flashed through the dark night, revealing a terrifying light.

If he hadn't been alert in advance, Bifang wouldn't have realized that he was surrounded.

Hyena, coyote, something else?

Or maybe a pride of lions?

The multiple eyes made Bi Fang immediately think of the deadly social hunters on the grassland. His fingers unconsciously rested on the edge of the clay pot, and he didn't let go until he was burned by the heat.

There was no conflict with the black rhino during the day, but I didn't expect that I couldn't sleep well at night.

Were you attracted by the smell?

Bi Fang looked thoughtfully at the skeletons of weaver birds lying on the ground.

The meat sprinkled with spices and seasonings is delicious, but this method undoubtedly makes the smell spread stronger.

But everything was done, and Bi Fang didn't panic or rush.

The more panicked you are when faced with a predator, the more vulnerable you are to attack.

The hunter in the dark is still watching. If he suddenly accelerates his movements at this time, it will be regarded as a signal to escape. At that time, the hunter will catch up without hesitation. On the contrary, it will shorten his possible preparation time and reduce his own winning rate. .

After placing the pots, adding water and firewood, Bi Fang did the whole process in an orderly manner. While doing it, he said calmly: "There are wild beasts nearby, and we are surrounded."

Since Bifang was making salt, he didn't say much, so most of the audience's attention was not focused on Bifang's words.

Many people are still discussing that Jerry, a Gambian rat, is not afraid of Harley the cheetah at all, and they are discussing whether cats and mice can make friends.

About ten seconds later

【Surrounded? What siege? 】

[Did Lao Fang just say something? 】

[Are you listening carefully? Look around, there are wild beasts! 】

The drone automatically adjusted its direction, and there was no movement in the dark night.

Until the audience saw the green fluorescence that appeared and disappeared, the strange feeling of being stared at suddenly made everyone's hair stand on end.

【Surrounded! ! ! ! ! When did this happen? ? ? 】

[Hao Cao Cao, what is this, a wolf? 】

[It seems that there are no wolves in Africa, they are sideburns! 】

【That's called a hyena.】

[This is too dangerous. Do you want to call the police? ? 】

"I don't know when they appeared, but there are a lot of them. They must be social animals. It would be fine if they were herbivores or coyotes. I'm afraid they are hyenas or lions. But judging from the eyes, Judging from the height and width, it’s most likely a hyena.”

There is a big difference in body size between hyenas and lions. Similarly, there are obvious differences in the width of the eyes and the height from the ground. This group of animals does not give people the impression that they are not as huge as lions.

If they live in groups and dare to attack humans and cheetahs, they are most likely hyenas.

After confirming this, Bi Fang behaved as calmly as ever.

After all, being besieged by wolves is not just once or twice. Once you have experience, you will find that many things are not as scary as you think.

If he panics, the audience will definitely panic even more.

As if infected by the calmness in the tone, the somewhat panicked audience in the live broadcast room gradually calmed down and discussed what to do next and whether they could escape.

"There's no way to escape. The distance is already very close."

Bi Fang used his toes to pick up the stone shovel he made today, and dug a hole around the camp at a slower speed than usual, trying not to attract the attention of the hunter as much as possible.

"The eyes of animals usually have a reflective layer at the bottom of the retina, which can enhance their ability to see at night. These reflective layers of the eye membrane are different from the animal's own coat color, so the phenomena that occur under light stimulation will be different. It’s different. With a green radiation layer, what appears is the green eye phenomenon.”

"The fire here is very bright, so we can see their green eyes, but we can't see their figures carefully, so we can judge that the distance between them and us should be between fifty and eighty meters."

"Spotted hyenas can reach speeds of 40-50 kilometers per hour, with a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour. There is no way to escape from this distance."

Bi Fang overcame the audience's thoughts of avoiding the battle, and then comforted him: "But don't panic, we have flames. This is the best weapon. Just expand the scope of the fire pit as much as possible without attracting attention. Don’t let them get close easily.”

"Surrounding prey is the most common measure used by all social animals. Once they get too close, it is easy to start wheel battles in different directions. It is easy to focus on one and lose sight of the other. Therefore, the most important thing is to expand their encirclement and extend the duration of wheel battles. Gaps give us more opportunities to react.”

Many videos in the animal world show spotted hyenas surrounding their prey, sometimes even lions.

When a hyena restrains its prey head-on, the hyena behind it will take the opportunity to attack. It may not be successful once, but as long as it is repeated many times and uses fear to consume the prey's physical strength and patience, it will soon succeed.

Expanding the encirclement will prevent the hyenas behind them from attacking in a limited time, allowing them to take a breather.

The soil was shoveled piece by piece, and a large amount of firewood was kicked in, which was then ignited by the spreading flames. With the help of a large amount of flames, a wall of fire slowly formed, giving everyone a sense of security.

The flames grew higher and higher, illuminating the wilderness even brighter.

The spotted hyena, which had been hiding in the dark, seemed to become impatient when it saw this scene, and gradually approached, revealing its figure.

Darkness is the best protective color. Without darkness, even hyenas would feel insecure.

I don't know how many there are

It's impossible to say that I'm not nervous at all.

Spotted hyenas are social animals, and the number can be five or eighty.

The former is easy to deal with, but the latter is not a difficult problem.

As the hyenas approached, Bifang's muscles were tense, and the whole person was as solid as molten copper cast on the ground. The tense atmosphere spread under the night.

The hyenas covered in shadows gradually appeared, and the number gradually became clear.

One, two, three.

Every time one appeared, the audience's nerves became more nervous.

Harley jumped up from the ground in fear, his back arched and his hair stood up, and a low roar came out of his throat. Jerry even rolled and crawled into the backpack, revealing only a pair of round little eyes staring outside.

Until all the hyenas appeared, the audience's nerves were tense to a few, but Bifang's expression was relieved.

There were only eight!

Although they were the most dangerous spotted hyenas, the good news was that there were only eight!

Among the four existing hyena species, only the spotted hyena dares to attack lions, because among the four hyena species, the spotted hyena is the largest and most gregarious. The "second brother in Africa" ​​also refers to the spotted hyena, not other hyenas.

The biggest difference between the spotted hyena and the other three hyena species is that the spotted hyena has black spots all over its body, which are widely distributed.

As the "second brother in Africa", the spotted hyena is second only to the "first brother" lion in the status of carnivores on the African savannah.

The body size does not seem to be as big as the leopard, but the leopard lives alone, and they live in groups. This alone puts the leopard under their feet. Therefore, the leopard has become the main target of the spotted hyena.

In addition to the leopard, lone lioness, cheetahs and other carnivores are also its targets.

The aggressiveness of this group of predators is unquestionable. Fortunately, the number is not too large and is still within the range that Bifang can handle!

[Why do I feel that hyenas are so big, bigger than wolves! ]

[Too scary!!! 】

【I don't dare to look】

【How is it, can you handle it, Fang Shen, should we call the police? 】

"It's okay, there are only eight of them, and you see, their attack intention is not very obvious, they are very hesitant."

Bifang took the time to glance at the barrage and answered in a low voice.

Just as he said, the hyena group that finally showed its body did not act rashly, but circled around the camp, lowering its head, as if it was always looking for an opportunity, and the people who watched it were sweating.

The hyenas are still weighing the strength of both sides.

One man and one leopard, for their small group, is also a big challenge.

But Bifang knows that the spotted hyena will not give up easily.

As an 'opportunist', the spotted hyena will not miss any opportunity to eat meat, so whether it is the carrion that most carnivores sneer at, or the prey of other carnivores, they will never let it go if they have the chance to eat.

It is necessary to take the initiative to intimidate.

Thinking of this, Bifang kicked at the campfire, and a large number of sparks flew, and the flames spread, scaring away many hyenas at once, but soon they surrounded them again, but they were obviously more timid than before, and their limbs were crouched lower.

This is a very convenient posture for exerting force, which can be used for both attack and escape.

The audience didn't understand this, they just felt that Bifang seemed to have done useless work.

[It doesn't work]

[These beasts are not afraid of fire! It's over]

[Why don't we find rescue? ]

[Not necessarily, I think Fang Shen can do it]

[Come on Fang Shen! ]

[The tenth trumpet is given to the anchor spaceship*1—Come on Fang Shen]

[Crackling is given to the protagonist meatball*66—Don't stop! ]

Many people began to cheer for Bifang in the live broadcast room and rewarded gifts, as if they wanted to encourage Bifang in this way.

Eight spotted hyenas surrounded the camp. Once they caught the blind spot of the line of sight, a hyena would come forward, but was quickly forced back by Bifang's torch.

Harley, who had never seen such a situation, was so scared that he kept retreating until he stuck to Bifang's calf.

In view of Harley's presence, Bifang did not take the initiative to attack, but just held the torch high.

The hyena tried to narrow the encirclement, but it could not do so due to the obstruction of the flames, especially when Bifang kept kicking the bonfire to make the range of the flames larger.

After several minutes, the number of people in the live broadcast room exceeded 10 million.

In the licking of the flames, the water in the pottery jar boiled again, making a gurgling sound. Bifang was attracted by the sound of boiling water. Seeing the boiling water in the pottery jar, he suddenly had a good idea.

Bifang tied the cloth strip on his hand to insulate it, stretched out his right hand to grab the edge of the pottery jar, and let go of the torch in his hand.

Good opportunity!

As an experienced hunter, the spotted hyena immediately realized that this was a good time to attack, approached from the front, and launched a tentative attack.

But what greeted it, although no longer a torch, was something more dangerous than a torch!

Bifang held the pot with both hands, aimed at the spotted hyena in front of him, and poured out the hot water in the pot!

At the same time, the spotted hyena behind Bifang followed closely behind him and jumped over the fire pit, but before it could launch a sneak attack, the screams of its companions frightened it and it kept retreating.

The spotted hyena that attacked head-on was drenched with boiling water!

Bifang obviously didn't want to hurt only one person. He held the pottery jar and threw it hard. The boiling water in the jar poured out. The hot water with boiling smoke drew a semicircle in the air and finally fell on the group of predators.

In an instant, three hyenas were drenched by the boiling water, including the one behind Bifang.

The boiling water penetrated seamlessly and almost instantly came into contact with the hyenas' skin and flesh, causing them severe pain. They rolled on the ground and wailed in pain.

For a while, the other five spotted hyenas were frightened by the screams and dared not attack again.

It was only a stalemate for a moment, and then Bifang tried to splash the hot water again, and his companions fled and left.

The audience, who were still terrified, was stunned when they saw this.

Is it over?

[Fuck, a can of boiling water solved it? ]

[Damn, I thought Fang Shen would kill everyone]

Some people felt sorry for this, but some people were very happy.

[Anyway, Fang Shen is fine]

[Great! 】

【Successful! 】

【Fang Shen is awesome! 】

Although we didn't see Bifang killing everyone this time, the audience still felt sincere joy for Bifang when they saw that a simple pot of boiling water could drive away the hyenas.

"The spotted hyena, scientific name Crocuta crocuta, although the name contains "dog", but this name is not well chosen. It is not a dog, nor a canine, but a relative of the mongoose."

"The "Zoological Dictionary" of the Republic of China once translated it as "spotted [犭肖] (shuāi)". But because the current input method does not include the word [犭肖], it can only be translated as "spotted hyena" now."

"Don't think that I drove them away easily this time, but there was also a certain amount of luck. Don't underestimate these guys."

Bifang sat on the ground and was quite relaxed.

I didn't expect that I could successfully drive away this small group of hyenas with a pot of boiling water.

Not bad, at least there was no fierce conflict.

"Spotted hyenas mainly prey on wildebeests, zebras, African buffaloes and other animals for a living. They are one of the most important large carnivorous beasts in the African grasslands."

"They are well-known for their powerful bone-crushing bite force, excellent team fighting ability, and many grievances with lions. They are one of the few animals on the African grasslands that dare to challenge lions."

"Adult spotted hyenas are between 0.9 and 1.7 meters long, 70 to 90 centimeters tall at the shoulder, and weigh between 40 and 80 kilograms. They are larger than most large dogs. Only a few wolves can weigh more than them, so you feel that they are much larger than wolves."

"It's just that we didn't see their fierce side this time, but as the second brother in Africa, I believe there will be many opportunities to deal with hyenas in the future."