Big cats all over the grassland line up for me

None of the lionesses in the Kulu and Parui prides expected that this dry season would be so dry. Obviously, this year's rainy season has much more rain than in previous years.

The great dry season seems to come on in a matter of days, without warning.

At the beginning, the water level of the Mugla River dropped sharply, then it stopped flowing, and it dried up after a few days!

Kourou and Tina knew that the lions had to migrate with the herbivores and had no choice.

However, the carefree little lions are still chasing and fighting, completely unaware of how difficult it will be to survive in such a dry season.

Because Noah has the thinking of an adult, he knows what it means that the largest river, the Mulla River, has stopped flowing.

It means that the "big dry season" that Baba Mama used to say to scare them has really come!

A steady stream of animals migrated from downstream to upstream along the Mugla River. They were chasing grass and water, but they were all disappointed.

These migratory animals will pass by the territory of the Parry lions, so it seems that the food is more abundant than before. In fact, these animals will disappear completely within half a month.

The Mugla River has dried up and the few remaining ponds are overcrowded with animals.

Herds of bison and zebras will fight for the smallest ponds, and rhinos and hippos will fight for small ditches that are almost dry.Even the mud puddles stepped by elephants gathered a few gazelles.

Lions are carnivores, and they consume a lot of blood while eating meat, which can be regarded as meeting the body's water needs, so there is no need to drink water frequently.

The Parry pride had just eaten a whole bison bull last night, and every lion was full and not thirsty.

A group of zebras ran across the riverbed of the Mulla River, kicking up more than ten feet of dust. If the river hadn't dried up, they should have tested the depth of the river and "crossed" instead of stepping on the hard riverbed.

Kuru asked the lioness to bring all the cubs together, and he announced: "The big dry season is coming, we must migrate with the herbivores, otherwise there will be no food soon. Start now, the lions will not wait Any cub that can't walk, keep up with the lions and don't fall behind."

Before the cubs could react, Kuru had already followed the direction of the zebra migration, the lionesses followed closely behind Kuru, and the cubs quickly followed Ma Ma's pace.

Noah noticed that the Owa lions on the opposite bank were not yet ready to migrate with the herbivores, and they were still sleeping comfortably under the shade of the trees, as if they were turning a blind eye to the drought.

In fact, so far, many lions have not decided whether to migrate with herbivores like the Owa lions. Lions are too territorial and refuse to leave their territories easily. Rainfall will restore the Mugla River's water level.

But experienced lions will set off early like the Parry lions, so as not to let themselves be too passive.

The cubs in the Parry pride are as young as three or four months old, and they can walk on their own without the need for lionesses to hold them in their mouths.

If any lion group has cubs that have just been born or have been born for less than two months under such circumstances, these cubs will be abandoned by the lion group, and it is impossible for the lion group to take too young children for a long time.

Noah told Engel a long time ago to keep an eye on the movement of the Parry lions. Once the Parry lions start migrating with herbivores, Engel will set off with them.

So Engel has been hiding in the dark to observe, and now he is near the Parry lion group, and Noah knows it.

Kuru doesn't know how Toby is doing now, whether he has successfully formed an alliance with other male lions. Toby left the Parry Lions more than half a month ago, and the dry season had not yet entered.

Toby lived in the Parry lion group for almost two months. When he left the lion group, Toby had grown very strong and had a long and thick mane.

Kuru still remembers the look in Toby's eyes when he left the lions. His eyes were full of dependence on him. He regretted letting Toby go at that time. It was too dangerous for Toby to be out alone in such a severe dry season.

He only hopes that Toby can form a stray lion alliance with other male lions as soon as possible, so that at least they can take care of each other.

The lions have been advancing at a constant speed, always keeping a certain distance from the zebras.

That night the lions hunted a zebra for food and they were very full.

At noon the next day, the Parry lions had already entered the territory of the Foley lions, but they did not stop because they knew that the Foley lions had also begun to migrate with herbivores.

After traveling for too long, and not having a good rest last night, Kuru organized a group of lions to rest under a baobab tree.

Noah found that not far away was the Foley lion group, and they were resting under an acacia tree.

The Foley lions didn't care when they saw other lions entering their territory, because they themselves had already started migrating with herbivores, and some lions passed by their territory a few days ago.

Noah noticed that the Foley pride had six females, eight cubs of various sizes, and two males.

One phenomenon that surprised Noah was that one of the cubs, who looked about three months old, seemed to be excluded by the pride.

This lion cub looks thinner than the other cubs. He tried to compete with the other two cubs for Ma Ma's milk. Obviously, he couldn't grab it.

After the two strong cubs were full, they lay down on one side, and this male cub went to drink milk, but before he had a mouthful of milk, the lioness stood up and refused to give him milk!

The cub rubbed against the limbs of the lioness begging for milk, but was unsuccessful.

He saw other lionesses lying down, so he rushed over to drink milk, but his own mother would not give him milk, let alone other lionesses.

This poor little male lion wanted to drink milk from all the lactating lionesses in the pride, and none of the lionesses were willing to give him a drink. Get up and walk away.

The other cubs were playing and chasing and fighting together in twos and threes. The male lion tried to join the siblings in the game, but when he walked over, the cubs would run away, and none of them would play with him.

The little male lion has a relatively withdrawn personality. He didn't like to play with his brothers and sisters before the big dry season. When he realized that he seemed to be playing with his brothers and sisters to build a relationship, it was too late.

Noah pretty much knew that this male lion cub should be the one the pride decided to abandon.

During this severe dry season, lions will abandon some of the weakest cubs to preserve the healthy and strong cubs.

There is only so much milk for a lioness, especially when the lioness does not have enough meat to eat, and of course it will be given to those cubs who are more likely to survive.

Because the lionesses did not nurse him, and his brothers and sisters did not play with him, the male lion cub lay on his side and slept alone.

After a while, the lions stood up and continued to move forward. The lion cub was still sleeping, and the lions didn't wake him up. The lions completely forgot about him, even his own Mama.

When the little male lion woke up, the lions had disappeared without a trace.

The little male lion ran back and forth under the big tree, and ran to the termite mound to look around, but there was no trace of the lions at all.

I don't know whether it is fear or too sad, but the little male lion's body is shaking.

Noah knew that during the great dry season when food was scarce, too many cubs like the misfit male lion cub would be abandoned or crowded out by the pride, and they would be the first lions to die.

The little male lion ran towards the direction where the lions left, and soon, Noah could no longer see him.

Fortunately, the Parry lions do not need to sacrifice the weaker lions to preserve the healthy and strong cubs in order to survive.

The Parry lions also rested and almost started their journey.

In the evening, Kuru arranged for the lions to rest under a camel thorn tree. The cubs were very tired after a long day of driving and slept on their stomachs. The lionesses began to look for today's prey.

There are basically no herbivores nearby, the herd of zebras has long since disappeared, the herd of bison has disappeared, and there are only elephant herds as far as the eye can see.

Lions generally don't include elephants in their menus. Elephants are too large and usually live in groups. Elephants are violent and dangerous, so they are not good prey.

In order to survive this severe dry season, they must change their hunting preferences and eat whatever they have. Now that there are elephants, they have to find a way to hunt elephants.

Noah saw the lionesses rushing towards the elephant herd not far away, he was stunned, thinking to himself, are the lionesses crazy, dare to hunt elephants? !Hunting elephants is too dangerous.

The herd ran up after being frightened, and the leading female elephant rushed back and forth to defend her herd.

In the end, the lionesses surrounded a single calf and successfully captured the calf with the help of Kuru.

The lionesses summoned the two lionesses who were guarding the cubs and the cubs to come and eat.

The success rate of hunting large animals determines the survival rate of lion cubs in this dry season. Fortunately, each of the lionesses in the Parry lion group is the best hunter, and Kuru is always willing to help them hunt large predators together. grass animals.

The baby elephant was very big, and there was still a lot of meat left after the lions were full, so the lions lay down to rest and sleep around the remaining prey.

At this moment, Noah saw the male lion cub who had been forgotten or abandoned by the lions.

The male lion cub is still alive, and has not given up looking for the lions and his mother.

But the grassland at night is too dangerous.

Noah saw the male lion hiding in the deep grass and walking slowly, but a leopard appeared next to him, and the leopard found him.

The leopard must have been too hungry to stare at the lion cub.

But a group of elephants came and interrupted the leopard's plan to hunt the lion cub.

When the elephant herd left, the lion cub had already escaped, and the leopard was very annoyed but helpless.

Because of the hunting of this baby elephant, the Parry lions did not hurry to go on the next morning, but slept comfortably until noon and then ate all the remaining meat before starting to go.

That night the lions were not going to rest, because they couldn't even see the elephants, and if there was no food, they would die.They have to catch up to the herbivores ahead.

In the evening, maybe it was too tiring to travel for many days, and the youngest lion in the lion group, Sol, who was three months old, fell behind.

Sol was getting more and more unable to walk, staggering every step he took, Sol's mama Jenny stayed at the end to encourage his son, she licked Sol's little head and neck, urging him to catch up quickly pride of lions.

Noah thought to himself that if he hadn't been specially trained by Kuru before and hadn't soaked in the pool water in the Red Valley, maybe he would become "Sol" and be the first group who couldn't hold on.

In the middle of the night, on the one hand, in order to let other members of the lions rest for a while, and on the other hand, to wait for Saul's mother and son, Kuru asked the lions to stop and sleep for a while.

Noah saw Sol walking very hard from a distance. His Mama tried to pick him up many times but gave up in the end, hoping that he could insist on walking to the resting place of the lions.

There is still a long way to go in the future. No mother can walk such a long distance with her child in her mouth. All children must walk by themselves if they want to survive.

At dawn, Saul and his mother finally caught up with the lions.

Sol was so tired that he spat out water, and Jenny licked her son's little head distressedly and hurriedly nursed her son.

However, the lions could not give the mother and son any more time to rest, and had to leave immediately.

The sun was very strong that day, it was only in the morning, the ground temperature was already close to 30°C, and at noon the ground temperature was close to 50°C.

It was too hot, and Sol couldn't hold on to being far behind the lions. Jenny was reluctant to give up her son and followed her son all the time, encouraging him to breastfeed him so that he could continue on his way.

However, Jenny also had a severe shortage of milk due to lack of water and food intake. Sol could no longer drink milk after a few sips.

In the end Sol fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, no matter how Jenny licked his little head, he didn't have the strength to stand up again.

Noah loves Sol very much. In the past, Sol liked him the most when he turned into a human and climbed on his body to play, liked to be rubbed by him, and liked to run around on him...

How could he bear to watch Sol die.He wanted to go back and turn into a human, pick up Sol and chase the lions.

Just as Noah was about to return, Kuru let the lions go on and he returned by himself.

When Sol saw Papa coming, he was both happy and scared. He was happy because Papa didn't give up on himself, and he was afraid because Papa would be very angry. He couldn't insist on walking to catch up with the lions.

"Papa." Sol's voice was very weak.

Kuru picked up Saul and ran away without saying anything, followed by Jenny.

Finally caught up with the lions, Kuru still did not let Sol down.Sol really has no strength to walk, unless he drinks some water and eats something to replenish his energy.

But even for a male lion, it is unrealistic to run long distances with cubs in its mouth.

Sol said weakly: "Papa, please let me down, I can walk by myself."

Although Saul is still young, he fully knows that he is slowing down the progress of the lions. If the lions cannot catch up with the herbivores, there will be no food, and all the lions will die.

Thor would rather die than drag the lions down.

Kuru ran for a long time with Sol in his mouth before putting him down, and Jenny continued to run with Sol in his mouth.

All the lions in the pride are tired, but they won't stop unless they catch up with a herbivore.

In the evening, Noah saw a pride of lions in front of him from a distance, and that was the Foley pride of lions.

The poor male lion cub had already caught up with his pride, and his Ma Ma was licking the fur on his neck, as if to comfort him.

However, when the lionesses were breastfeeding their cubs, none of the lionesses were willing to breastfeed the cub, and neither was Mama of the cub.

The little male lion was already very weak, and he couldn't even walk steadily. He just wanted to have a sip of milk but couldn't.When the other cubs were drinking, he hurried over, but when he passed, the lioness would stand up and not give him a drink.

The Fry lions found a small pond and walked towards the small pond collectively. Because of the extreme lack of water, the poor male lion was always walking in circles and it was difficult to move forward.

When the lions arrived at the small pond to drink water, the cub was stumped by a steep slope. He was very confused and didn't know where to go down to have a drink of water.With no milk to drink, even a sip of water might save his life.

The lion cub wanted to drink water so much that he climbed down the slope. The slope was too steep, and there were several crocodiles gathered below, who seemed to be waiting for him to fall down and eat him.

At this time, the cub's mother came over, and she took the cub by the nape of his neck and carried him to a safe place to drink water.

Lions will voluntarily give up hopeless children, but they will never allow other animals to hurt lion cubs under the eyes of lions.

This little male lion can drink water instead of being eaten by crocodiles, precisely because of the "calf-protecting" attribute of lions and lionesses.My child, I can bully, I can abandon, but I can't let other animals hurt my child in front of me.

The little male lion was too short of water, he drank a lot, and seemed to be less hungry and went crazy.

He went ashore with the lions and continued on his way.

Noah had to marvel at the tenacity of this lion cub. As far as he knew, this lion cub hadn't had a bite of milk for at least three days, and was even abandoned by the lions once. After experiencing so many dangers, He still did not give up hope of life.

After drinking the water, the lion cub was still very weak, and he still couldn't keep up with the progress of the lions. He ran desperately, but the lions still gradually disappeared from his sight.

He was once again abandoned by the pride of lions.

The Parry lions were very excited when they saw the small pond where the Falai lions drank from a distance. There was no meat to eat, and drinking water could at least replenish some energy.

The lions picked up their pace.

The author has something to say:

Saul, however, couldn't keep up at all.

Neither Kuru nor Jenny ran away with Sol in their mouths anymore. They let Sol go by himself. This dry season has just begun. If Sol can't strengthen himself, no one can help him.

Noah looked back at Sol while running, and Sol was walking this way slowly, but the speed was too slow, too slow, even two days at Sol's speed were not enough to reach the pond.

The lion group finally arrived at the pond, and all the lions drank the water greedily.

After Noah drank enough, he went back to the shore to see Sol, but Sol was completely invisible.

He didn't know if Sol could come, and he hoped that Sol could be as strong and brave as the little male lion in Fry's pride.