Chapter 12: ◎Prairie Model Working Leopard (12)◎
After receiving the response, Shi Qiao was relieved.
She is a leopard with no pride, and she thinks that face and integrity are not as important as saving her life.
Where there is life, there is hope.
In a fight with a lion, you won't be able to run smoothly if you bump into the opponent. Lions are large and cannot climb trees that are too high. As long as they run to a place with tall trees, the opponent will no longer be able to suppress it with its size.
After thinking about it, Shi Qiao felt that living in the same territory as a lion was not so unacceptable. After all, in the dry season, when resources were scarce, they were lucky to be able to live beside a lake and river with abundant water resources.
Not only beasts, but all animals walk on the tightrope, trembling, life and death are a matter of the blink of an eye.
The little leopard always puts on a mature look and thinks about things before she reaches adulthood. He had never seen a cub abandon its prey after being hungry for several days. Klein picked up the canine antelope meat he had just bitten and stuffed it into her mouth.
The antelope is much smaller than the impala and gazelle. An adult male antelope was just as big as the cubs of other antelopes, and it was already considered hard-earned food for Shi Qiao, who had been hungry for several days.
The little leopard eats slowly on purpose.
Her own appetite was different. This antelope was definitely not enough for two leopards. She was stalling for time, hoping to let the hard-working boss eat more.
Shi Qiao had been hungry before and knew how uncomfortable it felt to feel like she had eaten nothing, and the despair that hunger brings to animals is indelible. She controlled the amount and only ate enough to barely fill her belly.
The little leopard's thoughts were still seen through at a glance.
No matter how slowly the other person ate, Klein tore off the meat piece by piece and piled it in front of the other person. He waited until he felt she was almost done before eating the rest of the antelope.
Shi Qiao groaned, and the boss who had finished his meal stared at her like a prisoner and continued to eat. On the surface, the other man had eaten most of the prey, but in fact, it was mostly bones.
The little leopard pretended to be full and picked up the remaining two pieces of meat and brought them to the other's mouth. After giving in and out, the male leopard got annoyed and opened his mouth to eat one piece and forced the other to eat the other.
The scene of the big and small leopards giving way to food was clearly recorded by the camera. Andrew exchanged glances with his colleagues and listened to the sighs of other humans who had seen a male leopard with its cubs for the first time.
"Some leopard mothers will compete with their cubs for food. Even their biological cubs are not so close, right?"
"Tsk, it seems that this is the male mother mentioned on the Internet."
In the past, they were moved by the love of a leopard mother for her cubs, looking for the shining maternal love in the animal world, but now it has become a warm moment to watch a young male leopard and its cubs.
Now, when Andrew looks at some male leopards, he subconsciously feels that they are approachable.
No, he is a civilian and still has no love for humans.
The photos he took were uploaded to the social account dedicated to the documentary after he returned to the camp. In just a few hours, it has already received tens of thousands of likes, and animal lovers from all over the world have retweeted it for one purpose.
Kiss, kiss, kiss!
A cute and fluffy cub, kiss a lot!
——Where did the photographer capture the little leopard?
——What a magical place this is, even the wild animals look so charming.
——I feel that my aesthetics is no longer limited to humans. Why is there such a beautiful leopard? I want to go to Savannah to be her human mom!
——Wu wu wu, I have another cyber daughter, and she is not yet a human.
——Thea, a very nice name that matches her appearance very well.
——Little Thea doesn't need any weak human mother, she already has a leopard "father" who is not related by blood. /do
——Upstairs, how do you know they are not related by blood? Does the leopard father refer to the male leopard in the last picture?
——Really no blood relationship?
——They couldn't be half-brothers and sisters. How could an animal take the initiative to feed a competitor's cubs?
——What about the film crew? Can you tell us about their relationship?
Unexpectedly, they would gain unprecedented attention with just one post. The film crew generously shared the information they learned with fellow fans.
——It is known that there is no blood relationship between the two leopards, and their parents are not the same.
Compared with the official reply from a colleague, a photographer who witnessed all the ins and outs added more information.
It can be said that the amount of information is exploding.
——Thea was a cub picked up by Klein two months ago. They have lived together for most of the dry season. The little leopard was raised by the male leopard.
Rather than just sucking in stuffed animals, the appearance of a male mother in the animal world caused an uproar.
——It's unbelievable that there are male leopards in this world who take the initiative to adopt children!
——What's even more amazing is that this male leopard is still so young.
——Having picked up such a cute cub at such a young age and voluntarily adopting it, it's hard not to suspect that Klein was attracted by Thea's looks...
Netizens were as shocked as he was at the time, and Andrew attached a photo of the emaciated little leopard Thea two months ago.
The fact that the other party picked up the cub probably had nothing to do with appearance. After all, the little leopard that had just been abandoned by its mother looked like a sick and weak chicken at first glance.
Through the contrasting pictures before and after being picked up, humans can more intuitively feel that a certain male leopard is really raising cubs well.
Very weird and outrageous.
But humans are more interested in strange animals!
At this moment, Shi Qiao didn't know that her photos had been reposted crazily, bringing a lot of traffic to her originally deserted social account. She seemed to be separated from the world outside the grassland by a dimensional wall, and she was still worrying about how to spend the rest of the dry season.
When we look at the animal world when we are very young, humans often have a question.
Why do animals find so much food that they can't finish it and don't know how to store it for next time?
Now that she was in the real animal world, Shi Qiao realized that in nature, where there was no privacy at all, it was simply impossible to store food.
Placing uneaten prey on the ground will first attract large numbers of vultures, which in turn will attract other predators. The hyena army, which only scavenges in groups, will not let go of any food.
It is also not advisable to tear the meat into small pieces and hang it on branches to dry it in the dry season.
There are countless carnivorous birds on the grassland, plus small animals that can climb trees. Even if you stay up for 24 hours to guard, you can't guarantee that you will be able to keep it, and you won't get enough rest and waste your energy.
If you have this energy, it is better to lie motionless in a tree and consume less energy, leaving it to go out to look for food.
Just like now, Klein was lying next to her, pretending to be a piece of wood, and adopting an old monk's method of entering a trance to reduce the amount of calories consumed in his body. When he was not out looking for food, he would lie down and never sit down.
Not only did he have to lie down by himself, but he also had to hold down the little leopard and lie down together.
Shi Qiao is no longer in the shape that she used to be able to lie down on a tree branch side by side with the opponent. Moreover, she was not lying on the tree before but was trapped in the gap between the opponent's tail and belly.
Now that she has grown up from kindergarten to the age when she is about to graduate from elementary school, it is a bit unreasonable to be trapped in his arms like this.
Shi Qiao glanced at the photographer who was spying on them with interest in the distance, and walked from Klein to behind the other person's buttocks. Since the other person didn't like sleeping on a branch with her, the little leopard could only survive between the cracks.
The male leopard who was still motionless noticed that a certain cub was starting to be dishonest again. He sat up skillfully and turned around, pointing his head in the direction of Shi Qiao, and resting his head on the little leopard's body.
Use the other person as a soft, fragrant baby pillow.
Shi Qiao: "..."
She has endured pressure that she shouldn't have to endure at this age.
Thinking about the prey she ate, the little follower who had no right to speak could only endure it.
The older she gets, the less time she has to sleep, especially since Shi Qiao doesn't go out of the tree much these days. Ever since she saw the male lion on the day the lions expanded their territory, her hunting lessons have also entered a pause stage.
The amount of exercise suddenly decreased, and Shi Qiao, who was used to the devil's training, was still a little uncomfortable.
This results in the little leopard having nowhere to go and having too much energy. Unwilling to lie down next to the male leopard and close her eyes to meditate, the cub is naughty at heart. The little leopard is already obedient and sensible. If it were other cubs, they would have encountered mishaps when they ran around after their mother went out.
Shi Qiao was pressed by the big head and began to struggle to breathe. She raised her tail and slapped the opponent on the head.
She was so strong that she could hear the sound when she slapped Klein on the face, which made him lazily raise his head.
The "pillow" has her own ideas and doesn't want to sit idle in the tree.
Looking around, he didn't see any lions, and humans were squatting not far away. When the lion came over, he could also get information in advance from the photographer's reaction. Shi Qiao licked the side of Klein's face that had been slapped by her tail just now, and her attitude of discussing something was too obvious.
Klein hit her with his head and pushed the other person away: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
The little leopard roared with great energy: "I want to go down and practice hunting!"
Practicing hunting also requires prey as a teaching aid. Now there is not even prey, so she has to catch it.
The male leopard stretched his body on the tree and was about to go down to see if he could catch guinea fowl or warthog. Unexpectedly, a certain cub came down from the tree before him, as if she couldn't wait.
Klein opened his mouth and took a bite of the other person's ear, signaling the other person to go back to the tree and wait.
Unexpectedly, Shi Qiao had no intention of using small prey as a training tool. She pointed in another direction, and the cheetah sleeping soundly under the dead wood was clearly visible.
After Cudi happened to see the male lion in this area, he was so frightened that he moved to the acacia, which was closer to the leopard. Compared to the lion, it was safer to be next to Klein, with his back against a big tree so he could enjoy the shade. Although Klein loved robbing, he would not really use himself as food. It was hard to say for the lion.
Especially a hungry male lion patrolling alone will probably kill and eat a cheetah directly.
It heard the sound of the other party fighting with Sunny a few days ago. Klein only suffered some minor injuries, which further confirmed his choice.
It couldn't defeat Klein, nor could it defeat the lion, so it had no choice but to retreat to the leopard.
The so-called refuge is just a move of position, living closer to the two leopards. It is better to be picked up and robbed of food occasionally than to be eaten by lions.
Shi Qiao set his target on the unlucky Cheetah.
She didn't want Klein, whose wounds hadn't yet healed, to accompany her to practice the ultimate hunting move of death roll and neck-breaking, so the cheetah opposite became a suitable training partner. She would train under Klein's eyes anyway, and she wasn't afraid of any bad intentions from a certain cheetah.
When the big and small leopards came to his door, the cheetah was suddenly startled and got up and ran while half asleep.
Klein growled at it lowly, and Shi Qiao watched as Cudi came back obediently with his tail between his legs, just like training a kitten.
She is the boss's follower, and the cheetah is the younger brother. The status gap is obvious immediately.
In the end, it was because he was too weak that Cudi sadly became the little kid's sparring partner.
With the boss looking after him, the little leopard had no worries and happily led the two big ones toward the human off-road vehicle.
It's best to stay closer to the camera crew. As long as the camera captures the lion's image, the humans will definitely start talking immediately, and then they will immediately hide in the trees.
With everything under control, Shi Qiao, under the guidance of her boss, took the lead in stopping the cheetah, took a few steps, and pounced on the cheetah.
A male leopard was watching him with eager eyes. Just by looking at his eyes, he knew that he would definitely die if he dared to fight with real swords and guns. Cudi held his face and allowed the cub to treat him as prey.
Shi Qiao easily bit the cheetah's neck and was not satisfied with the cheetah's reaction.
Real prey has to run and struggle. What's the point of just standing still and being a target?
Before the little Leopard could turn around and ask the big boss for help, the "devil coach" noticed Cudi's uncooperative, got up, and went over to give him a demonstration.
The cheetah only thought that the other person wanted to beat him up, and immediately screamed: I got it, I got it, I'll do it again!
Amazingly, Shi Qiao could actually guess what a cheetah wanted to say from its expression and cry. She glanced at Klein next to her and found that he didn't get up anymore and sat back down again.
It seems that some tones and body language have the same destination among animals, and they can all guess what the other person wants to express.
Seeing that the cheetah on the opposite side was very energetic, Shi Qiao also seized this rare training time, not wanting to embarrass the boss in front of human cameras.
The cheetah's legs are long and flexible, so if it really showed the ability to escape, it would definitely not be able to catch up with it. The little cheetah fought with the opponent for two rounds and quickly analyzed the cheetah's disadvantage.
No strength and insufficient stamina.
After all, a leopard still relies on a moment of explosive power, and she still has to take the initiative.
The opponent is agile, and Shi Qiao, who has obtained the true inheritance of Prairie Bully, is not too clumsy, and even masters many unique skills.
As a pre-human with a lot of tricks, Shi Qiao will deliberately drive the opponent in a direction that is not conducive to sprinting, predict the position in advance, choose the right position to quickly climb the tree, and use the time difference and prediction to jump down from the branch and pounce on the opponent.
It takes just a few seconds to plan the next step. Physical strength and speed are used to the maximum at the same time, which makes it very difficult to apply.
Even so, the little leopard's outstanding performance is so different from that of ordinary leopards that humans can't help but want to applaud.
Klein looked at the other party with surprise. This move was not taught by him, it was completely figured out by the other party based on her understanding.
The leopard cub lacked strength and had to use her brains. She practiced this combo of moves again and again. Every time, she was almost able to pounce on the fast-moving cheetah, or she couldn't reach the neck to kill him in one bite.
Shi Qiao found that she was gradually losing her composure, and her failure made her a little restless.
Andrew couldn't take his eyes away at all. The camera also recorded the whole process of the little leopard's chase, and he also muttered words to act as a commentary for future audiences.
"Thea, like Klein, is a unique leopard. She has a mature combat plan, but she still needs more practice."
When Shi Qiao heard this, she suddenly thought about it.
After all, she is still young, and she is eager to succeed after practicing for such a short period. She must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes!
Not far away, Klein had been sitting quietly watching. Shi Qiao couldn't help but slow down her pursuit and look over, trying to gain confidence from the other person's eyes.
The male leopard met her gaze and raised his chin towards her.
He still looked as arrogant as ever, his eyes seemed to say, little brat, it's too early to become a fat man in one go.
Instead of receiving encouragement, it felt like ridicule, but Shi Qiao felt inexplicably that a small fire in her body was ignited, and she was instantly full of strength.
She gritted her teeth and decided to impress the big boss. This time she did not save her energy for climbing the tree behind, but started chasing the cheetah with all her strength.
Cudi had long mastered a skilled escape route, but he was still forced to sit under a tree that was no longer empty. It kept an eye on it and wanted to turn around and run back to where it was the moment the other person climbed up the tree. Unexpectedly, a certain cub saw its intention from its dishonest eyes.
Shi Qiao's movement up the tree was delayed by one second, and she reacted almost at the same time.
Turn around and change the direction of the pursuit.
Taking advantage of the opponent's stunned moment, she found the position of the second tree, chased the cheetah over, climbed the tree, used his strength, and charged at him. Cudi was dumbfounded when he saw his neck being bitten tightly.
After all, he is an adult cheetah who has experienced many battles, and he actually allowed the opponent to succeed like this.
What a shame!
Shi Qiao held in her mouth the first "prey" that a leopard had caught on her own, and for the first time she deeply felt that she had become a complete leopard.
The little leopard spit out a piece of fur and scampered toward Klein.
"Áo'áo áo! Klein, I succeeded. I caught my prey."
The male leopard stood up, took the initiative to greet the opponent, and gave her a proud patting. This was the leopard he had taught.
Klein turned his head and glanced at the "younger brother" who was dumbfounded on the spot and snorted at him with his nose.
You can't run away from a kid, it's embarrassing.
Cudi: "..."
He is despised for being a voluntary sparring partner. He is really a big injustice!