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Chapter 295 Food Priorities

Sure enough, the group of eight spotted hyenas in the distance were immediately bluffed by the little lion, and they gathered together one after another, baring their teeth at the little lion as a warning.

Under normal circumstances, unless the lion cub is hungry and anxious, he would not dare to be so arrogant when faced with eight spotted hyenas.

But now, the little lion can be said to be confident, and Wang Yu followed behind him, and the little lion suddenly felt fearless.

Seeing Wang Yu and the lion cub approaching slowly, the spotted hyena group was very nervous, but they still did not give up their food. Instead, they took a step back and confronted them tit for tat.

This is the nature of spotted hyenas. It is very difficult for them to give up the food in their mouths.

On the African savannah, there are often pictures of spotted hyenas and lions at war, eating a prey together.

Moreover, there is another very interesting thing, that is, when male lions kill spotted hyenas, they rarely choose to eat the carcasses of spotted hyenas.

Even if the male lions are still empty at this time, they will throw away the spotted hyena carcass like throwing garbage to prey on other animals.

Zoologists have not yet found out the reason for this. It can be said that male lions will not eat spotted hyenas unless they are about to starve to death.

To this day, there are records of male lions eating spotted hyenas on the prairie, which can be counted on one hand.

One person and one lion got closer and closer, and soon they came to the opposite of the spotted hyena. Eight spotted hyenas huddled together, showing their canine teeth like steel knives, and roaring continuously from their throats.

Holding the dagger in his hand, Wang Yu glanced at the group of spotted hyenas, and then set his eyes on the corpses on the ground.

This is the corpse of a bison. Judging from its size, it should be underage, with a body length of less than 1.5 meters.

The belly of the bison and its internal organs have been eaten away, leaving only the meat on the front and rear legs and the back.

The weather is fine today, and we should be able to light a bonfire, and have delicious grilled steaks at night.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu couldn't help swallowing, and slowly squatted down.

This action seemed to stimulate the group of hyenas, and the eight spotted hyenas took a slight step forward, as if they were ready to pounce on them at any time.

Seeing this scene, the little lion on the side immediately let out a deafening roar, and kept sweeping across the group of spotted hyenas with majestic eyes.

"It's amazing my prop lion."

Wang Yu couldn't help but praise, the little lion's performance was perfect.

The group of spotted hyenas, who were about to move, suddenly fell silent after the roar, and stared at the lion cub fearfully.

The praised lion cub became even more energetic, showing the demeanor of the king of the prairie to the fullest, completely frightening the spotted hyena group.

And Wang Yu also took this opportunity to cut off the bison's two hind legs with a dagger.

After getting the beef, Wang Yu didn't turn around and run away immediately, but faced the spotted hyena and backed away slowly.

At the same time, he snapped his fingers at the little lion, who was still immersed in the pretense, signaling that he could retreat.

The little lion who received the signal also followed Wang Yu back a little bit.

Seeing Wang Yu leaving with his hind legs on his back, the group of spotted hyenas took a step forward one after another, but they dared not move forward because of the power shown by the lion cub.

After retreating a full distance of more than 30 meters, Wang Yu laughed and ran away.

The little lion's momentum suddenly weakened, and he returned to his silly nature, and hurriedly stepped forward to follow.

While running, Wang Yu's face was filled with a happy smile. The two hind legs weighed about 15 kilograms. Even if the bones were removed, it was enough for Wang Yu and the little lion to have a full meal.

The key is that this hunt is very easy, effortless, and time-consuming. For African lions, spotted hyenas are simply food cash machines.

What should I do if I can't catch food?Go grab the spotted hyena; what if you're hungry?Go ahead and grab the spotted hyena.

There was once a zoologist who spent eight years making a statistical table.

According to statistics, the success rate of lion hunting is not high. Out of 10 hunts, only two can be successful, which is a 20.00% hunting success rate.

The hunting success rate of the spotted hyena group is as high as 70.00%.

In eight years, spotted hyenas competed for food from lions 215 times, while lions competed for spotted hyenas 2282 times, 10 times more than spotted hyenas.

In many cases, lions cannot catch food for a whole day, so what should we do at this time?Obviously, grab the spotted hyena's food!
Wang Yu also experienced the feeling of being a robber today. Facts have proved that snatching food from spotted hyenas is really cool.

If he was a lion, he would choose to grab the spotted hyena's food if he had nothing to do. After all, it was tens or hundreds of times easier than hunting hard by himself.

A thought suddenly flashed in Wang Yu's mind. It is very likely that lions do not eat hyenas for this reason.

Once the lion group starts to eat the spotted hyena, it means that the status of the spotted hyena has changed from a competitor to a hunting target.

As a result, the number of spotted hyenas on the savannah will drop sharply.

By that time, the lion will not be able to catch food, and there will be no spotted hyena to snatch it, which will be disadvantageous to itself.

This strategy of lions is called Yisi strategy in the wilderness, which is a law to maintain the stable and sustainable development of the population.

It is precisely because of the presence of the spotted hyena competitor that they have been able to reproduce in the savannah where there is only a 20% chance of hunting success.

This kind of strategy is not something that a certain lion suddenly thought of one day, but after thousands of evolutions, the lion group has gradually evolved a law in order to continue to develop.

For example, let’s take a lion cub for analysis. When the lion cub was very hungry a few days ago, he did not choose to hunt spotted hyenas, but robbed them of food.

He didn't think about why he did this, because it was an instinctive priority engraved in his genes.

The food priority of African lions is herbivores, followed by the food of spotted hyenas, and finally spotted hyenas.

The final choice of food priority is the spotted hyena. That is to say, unless the lion is at the end of its rope, it will not eat the spotted hyena.

Just like human beings, thousands of years of civilization evolution have engraved the priority of food in people's genes.

Anyone, including Wang Yu, when given a piece of raw meat, the instinctive first reaction is to cook it before eating it.

When the external conditions are unable to cook the raw meat, they will choose to eat it raw. I believe that no one gets the raw meat, and the first reaction is to stuff it in the mouth.

Even the primitive local tribes in Africa, after hunting food, will bring it back to the tribe, cook it and eat it.

When he first saw the bison carcass, the first thought in his mind was to eat grilled steak.

When conditions do not allow and it is impossible to make a fire, he will choose to eat raw.

(End of this chapter)