DipNovel Chapter 66 Two Stray Dogs Arrive
Chapter 66 Two Stray Dogs Arrive
Chapter Sixty-Six: Two Stray Dogs Arrive
Therefore, the animals on the grasslands don't taste the food; they just wolf it down instead of chewing it slowly.
If Chu Ye were an ordinary lion cub, he would probably devour a rabbit in no time if he caught one. After all, most carnivores compete for food and have to eat quickly.
However, for Chu Ye, there was no need to eat quickly, because he was both a lion and a human. As a human, one must eat slowly.
The proper way for us humans to eat is to chew slowly and thoroughly. Only in this way can we fully appreciate the deliciousness of food and also benefit our health.
Only by chewing food slowly and thoroughly can we reduce the burden on our stomach and shorten the time food stays in it.
In short, the reason why we humans chew our food slowly is that we don't need to worry about others taking our food away while we are eating; we can finish our food slowly and carefully.
But for the animals on the grasslands, it's a different story. To survive on the grasslands, they need a predatory survival strategy.
In the animal world, there is no such thing as fairness or justice. Nor are there any laws or regulations to govern their behavior.
On the vast grasslands, all animals live by instinct. Everything they do is simply to survive on this grassland.
Humans seem unable to understand some of the cruel behaviors of animals. It's as if animals are inherently cruel.
In reality, animals are cruel simply for survival. If they weren't cruel, they would starve to death.
It's perfectly natural for carnivores to kill herbivores. However, to us humans, it feels cruel. After all, it's killing, it's a "cruel" act.
But if carnivores didn't eat herbivores, wouldn't they starve to death? Since nature has made them live by eating meat, then they must eat meat.
If you let lions graze, they won't live long. Conversely, if you let buffaloes eat meat, they won't live long either.
Carnivores eating herbivores is a natural phenomenon. There's no question of cruelty involved. Cruel things can happen in human society too, just not as often.
As a human, Chu Ye's behavior and thoughts will naturally bear the mark of a human after he is reborn as a lion cub; he cannot be completely a lion cub.
Now that Chu Ye has caught a rabbit, he won't wolf down the food like the other little lions.
In this place, there is only Chu Ye, the little lion. After he catches a rabbit, he can slowly savor the taste of the rabbit in the grass.
Like other carnivores, Chu Ye first ate the rabbit's internal organs. Then, he began to eat the muscles on the rabbit's limbs.
"Mmm, this rabbit meat is really delicious, much better than that poisonous snake and meerkat meat."
Chu Ye slowly savored the taste of the rabbit, feeling that it tasted better than the meat of other animals.
Of course, this could be psychological. After all, he just felt that rabbit meat tasted better than snake or meerkat meat.
"This rabbit meat is delicious. I'll definitely catch more rabbits to eat in the future."
As Chu Ye ate the rabbit meat, he thought to himself that he should eat more rabbit meat in the future. He felt that rabbit meat tasted better than the meat of other animals.
Of course, this is because Chu Ye possesses a human soul, and when he eats, he is naturally influenced by humans.
Just as we humans ourselves feel that rabbit meat tastes better than snake meat and the meat of other omnivorous small animals.
Hehe! Hehe! ---
Just as Chu Ye was enjoying the rabbit meat and was about to finish the rabbit, he suddenly heard several strange animal cries coming from afar.
Although the sound was a bit strange, Chu Ye immediately recognized what kind of animal it was.
"Damn, wild dogs are coming."
Upon hearing that chuckling sound, Chu Ye knew that wild dogs were coming.
The barking of stray dogs is quite distinctive. They generally don't bark loudly or make long, drawn-out howls. Instead, they usually make gurgling or snickering noises, like they're secretly laughing.
This vast grassland is inhabited by a pack of wild dogs, a pack ruled by Kut and Lar.
This pack of stray dogs is facing a very difficult life. After all, raising more than a dozen puppies is a burden for any stray dog pack.
Kurt's pack of wild dogs goes hunting almost every day because they need so much food. If they don't hunt on a particular day, their pups will go hungry.
This morning, Kurt led his army of wild dogs out hunting again.
This time, however, they didn't gather together. This is because they can now only hunt one small animal at a time. They can no longer hunt large herbivores.
Because it's the dry season, the herbivores on the grasslands have all migrated elsewhere. Although some large herbivores like water buffalo haven't left yet, their herds will soon follow suit.
Wild dogs are generally unable to hunt large prey like water buffalo, unless they encounter old, weak, or sick buffalo. Adult buffalo are simply beyond the reach of wild dogs.
This morning, Kurt led his army of wild dogs on another safari across the prairie. They had originally intended to hunt baboons. However, since losing several baby baboons last time, the baboons had become very wary and wouldn't give the wild dogs any chance.
So the wild dogs had to go looking for small animals. And now, the only small animals they could hunt were probably rabbits.
However, when hunting small animals like rabbits, these wild dogs don't need to stick together. Rabbits are small enough that a single dog can handle them. Sticking together would actually be less effective.
Only by spreading out and searching for wild rabbits can you possibly encounter some. If they are clustered together, it is actually less likely that you will encounter wild rabbits.
So Kurt ordered his army of wild dogs to disperse and search for rabbit tracks in the grass.
Of course, even if the pack of wild dogs disperses, they won't disperse individually, but rather in groups of two or three to hunt.
Even so, they didn't encounter any rabbits for a long time. But just then, two wild dogs suddenly smelled blood in the bushes ahead. And it was the scent of the rabbits they were looking for.
Upon smelling the scent, the two wild dogs became excited. After all, they had been searching for a rabbit but hadn't found one yet, and now that they suddenly smelled the rabbit, how could the two wild dogs not be extremely excited?
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The two stray dogs barked as they ran toward their target.
These two wild dogs were male. They hadn't eaten much for several days. As soon as they smelled the blood of the rabbit, they became incredibly excited and immediately wanted to eat the rabbit meat.
Soon, the two stray dogs ran up to Chu Ye.
Meanwhile, Chu Ye was still eating rabbit meat.
The two stray dogs were surprised to see a small lion eating rabbit meat. The rabbit was quite plump. Chu Ye had only finished the internal organs; there was still plenty of meat left on its limbs.
Chu Ye could have finished the rabbit quickly, but he wanted to savor its flavor. So, he ate it slowly.
That's why he was met by two stray dogs.
When the two wild dogs saw that a little lion had caught a rabbit and was eating it, they were overjoyed beyond words.
After all, Chu Ye was only a six-month-old lion cub, smaller than a wild dog. Judging by appearance alone, let alone two wild dogs, even one wild dog could easily defeat Chu Ye.
So, when these two wild dogs saw Chu Ye, they were extremely excited. They felt that this little lion was no match for them, two adult male wild dogs.
One of the stray dogs thought to himself, "Haha, this is great! It's just a lion cub eating a rabbit. Now, the two of us can take down both the lion cub and the leftover rabbit."
The other stray dog was thinking, "Haha, what a lucky day! Not only did we run into a lone lion cub, but we also found it eating rabbit meat. Now we two brothers can catch two prey right away!"
When Chu Ye saw that they were two stray dogs, he was initially tense. Then he relaxed. After all, he had fought with these stray dogs before. He wouldn't be afraid of even seven or eight, let alone two.
"Good, two more wild dogs have arrived. Looks like I'll not only have a good meal for myself today, but I can also bring back some prey for the lions."
The two stray dogs and Chu Ye's thoughts now seemed somewhat ridiculous. The two stray dogs had regarded Chu Ye as prey.
But they probably never imagined that they were facing not an ordinary lion cub, but a very special one—a powerful and formidable one.