Chapter 781: Innate Knowledge

In the Namibian desert in southwestern Africa, a female cheetah looked around vigilantly every few minutes.

Its body was lying on the grass, but its head was raised high, looking around deeply.

After repeatedly patrolling the surroundings for several hours, it was relieved to get into a patch of tall grass.

In the hidden grass, there was a litter of six cheetah cubs who were less than a day old.

"Meow..." The cubs made sporadic calls.

Their bodies are very fragile, and they may open their eyes in ten days, and they have to hide in this patch of grass for almost a month.

It was the dry season, and the competition among carnivores was even more brutal. At this time, the mother cheetah, who had to feed six cubs, was destined to face the most severe survival test.

Fortunately, all animals would try to gather near water sources, so this patch of grassland far away from the river would be slightly safer.

After the mother cheetah looked around again vigilantly, she lay on her side next to the cubs, letting her children suck milk according to their instincts.

However, among the six cheetah cubs, one did not seem to drink milk like its brothers and sisters, but kicked its legs hard on the compacted grass nest, trying to stand up.

The fluffy fur on its back floated with its movements, and its four legs trembled, but it could not stand up.

This little cheetah cub had just been born, and it would take at least two or three days before it could crawl. At this moment, it was a waste of energy to try to stand up instead of thinking about eating.

The mother cheetah moved her body slightly, changed her lying position, and got closer to it, hoping that the little cheetah cub could smell the milk and do the right thing.

However, the little cheetah cub leaned on its mother halfway, and used the force to stand up.

The little cheetah cub took a step forward, but its fragile body just jumped forward a little and fell again.

The mother cheetah finally gave up guiding the little guy. Its experience made it understand... six cubs were too many.

This unique little cheetah cub may be a defective product destined to be eliminated from birth.

The body structure of the mother cheetah means that it cannot store a lot of fat, which means that it cannot store food in its body to convert into milk. It must hunt and eat every day during the lactation period, otherwise the cubs will starve.

For this reason, it is impossible for it to waste too much time on the feeding problem of this little cheetah.

After feeding the milk, the mother cheetah stood up. It had to fill its stomach.

It licked the cubs and waited for them to fall asleep.

The five cubs fell asleep after eating, but only the little cheetah cub who couldn't even open his eyes was still wasting energy trying to get up.

After careful observation, the mother cheetah found that as the little guy tossed around, the surrounding air and even some grass clippings disappeared strangely.

It had never seen this phenomenon before, and it was impossible to know what it meant.

"Meow..." It seemed to be too tired to toss and turn, and it finally made a sound and lay on the grass without moving.

This is really a unique little leopard cub. When other cubs called, it didn't say a word.

Everyone was asleep at this moment, but it called.

After the mother cheetah vigilantly observed the surroundings, she repeatedly comforted it for a long time, but saw that the little leopard cub's call was still not quiet, so she had to pick it up and moved it to another bush more than 30 meters away from the grass nest.

There was no other way, the call would attract other predators.

After isolating the little leopard cub, the mother cheetah stayed away from the nest to look for prey.

It was not until dusk that it dragged its tired body back. From its shriveled belly, it could be seen that it had not eaten today.

Back to the nest, it first licked the cubs one by one to confirm the number.

Five, which reminded it that it had moved one. The mother cheetah did not abandon it, so she went there to check the little leopard cub.

"Meow..." It finally stopped, lying in the grass very weakly and tiredly.

The mother cheetah picked it up and wanted to take it back to the den, but stopped after two steps.

It had not eaten for a whole day, and it was not able to feed six cubs with a serious lack of milk.

Even the other five cubs could not eat enough.

Finally, the mother cheetah put it down again, licked the child, and returned to the den of the five cubs.

A difficult night passed. The mother cheetah almost did not sleep all night, always alert to the surroundings.

Only in the daytime, when the vision was wide, did it replenish its sleep.

But it still woke up every few minutes and looked around.

It was not until the afternoon that it felt that it had rested enough, and then it chose to go out hunting.

It could not fail again today. It had to eat, otherwise none of the six cubs might survive.

Fortunately, it was a female cheetah with superb hunting skills. With unremitting efforts, it finally succeeded in capturing a springbok and had a full meal.

The female cheetah happily returned to the den, but near the den, it saw the animal it least wanted to see... a lion.

The lioness had an injured hind leg and was very old. She seemed to have been driven out of the lion group and lived alone.

A lion passed by the den where the cubs were hidden, which made the female cheetah very anxious.

But it didn't dare to get close to the place where the cubs were hidden, because the lioness obviously didn't notice the cubs and was staring at it ferociously at this moment.

"Roar!"

The lioness roared and warned the cheetah.

The cheetah was frightened and fled in panic, but it always kept its distance and did not completely escape the area.

It wanted to lead the lion away, but the lion had no interest in it. The injured lion knew that it would never catch up with the cheetah, so it did not want to chase the other party at all.

The lion did not think much about the female cheetah's behavior and was about to leave.

However, it seemed to be startled by the previous roar, and the cries of five cheetah cubs came from the grass nest.

So that's it... The lioness finally realized that the cubs of the female cheetah were nearby, and immediately followed the sound into the grass.

The female cheetah was extremely anxious. It was brave enough to approach the lion, but the lioness just turned back and pretended to bite, and forced the female cheetah back.

Fighting is impossible. Except for necessary hunting, never fight. This is common sense imprinted in the bones of cheetahs.

So the female cheetah just kept provoking the lion, but never dared to really contact it, and jumped up and down around the lion relying on its speed.

However, the lion ignored it and found the cubs following the sound.

After a while, the lion left proudly, and the mother cheetah returned to the grass nest to check until it disappeared from sight.

Dead, the bodies of the three cubs were scattered coldly in the grass. They were bitten to death by the lion.

Fortunately, two cubs had learned to crawl. They had crawled out of the grass nest before, and the lion did not find them, so they escaped.

There is no doubt that these are two strong cheetah cubs. They were born only two days ago and they can crawl so far.

"Meow... Meow!" The mother cheetah called the missing cubs and found them by following the response.

Not only that, it also brought back the baby leopard that was isolated the day before.

Three cubs, these are its only children. The number has dropped by half.

"Meow..."

The maverick baby leopard has not drunk milk since it was born two days ago. Although it is dying, it is not dead after all.

It seems that in this weak body, there is a tenacious will, supporting its last breath.

The mother cheetah leaned over to feed the three cubs. This time, the maverick little guy finally knew how to drink milk.

He sucked greedily with big mouthfuls of milk to keep him alive.

Five days later, the little cheetah looked no different from the sisters around him.

He drank milk, played, and practiced crawling.

Every day, the mother cheetah would come back to feed them. Although they were not full at all, they still lived tenaciously.

Ten days later, all the cubs had opened their eyes.

Two of them looked at the world curiously, playing together and observing the surrounding environment.

He fiddled with the soil and rocks, crushed the weeds with his body, matched the feeling and smell, as well as the nature after crushing and fiddled, with the things he saw, and used these playful behaviors to get familiar with the grass, trees, soil and stones around him.

But only the little cheetah became maverick again.

It opened its eyes hazily, but suddenly lost its playful nature, as if being in a daze itself was the greatest pleasure.

Unlike other sisters, it felt that it was very familiar with everything around it, and there was no need to test it at all.

The sky, clouds, sun, grass, sand, flies, and the two cheetah cubs who were its sisters.

It felt that it knew all of this, and even knew their functions.

It lay quietly on the grass, staring blankly at the two little cheetahs playing, and its mind was actually thinking involuntarily.

"This is a cheetah cub... Am I also a cheetah? Eh? Why do I know?"

"Huh? Me? Why do I know 'I'?"

"What is 'I'? Where do I come from? Where am I going?"

After opening its eyes, the knowledge of too many things suddenly filled the brain of this little leopard.

It knew the sky, the earth, and all the plants and animals in front of it, and there seemed to be nothing new about these.

It could even clearly recognize the concept of 'I' and judge and think with subjective will.

This made it gradually tired even if it was not playing, and it fell asleep in less than an hour.

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