There are still two months until the end of the rainy season, and Cyrus's injury is almost healed. It's hard to imagine the wound that made it difficult for him to walk smoothly in the past, but now there is no trace left. Smooth and bright beige fur, still neat as before.
"Is it due to evolutionary species?"
Cyrus lay on the grass, watching two little cheetahs chasing and rolling in the grass ahead, swinging their tails. Charlie always loses to Calvin in strength. As soon as Calvin lets go of him, he jumps and runs to Cyrus's side, lying down, letting Cyrus lick his forehead and ears. A comfortable gurgling sound came from the throat.
"Dad, what are you eating today?"
During Cyrus's recovery period. Calvin and Charlie are increasingly pestering him. Often clinging to Cyrus, obedient like two little house cats. Cyrus tried his best not to let himself and his child go hungry, but due to the limited amount of prey he could catch, he still lived a tight month. Except for the warthog, the father and son eat the most is the rabbit. Although the taste was not bad, the way Calvin and Charlie drooled over the gazelle herd every time still made Cyrus feel that he hadn't done enough and felt very guilty.
Cyrus secretly made up his mind, and the first thing he did after recovering from his injuries was to catch a gazelle for two cheetahs to satisfy his craving! And he did indeed do it, but what he caught was not a gazelle, but a dog antelope. The dog antelope is very small, but it manages to be full for the day. Due to the lifestyle of dog antelopes, they rarely venture out of bushes and often hide around acacia trees, making it difficult to detect, but the taste is good.
Calvin and Charlie saw this prey for the first time and curiously circled around the antelope, but their curiosity did not last long. Filling their stomachs was always the top priority.
Two little cheetahs are almost five months old, they are very healthy, and their teeth are getting sharper and sharper. Cyrus doesn't need to tear open their prey for them to eat anymore. Occasionally, they also chase small animals, such as jackals following behind them in search of opportunities to pick up food. This kind of chase is both a game and a practice of hunting.
Cyrus realized that it was necessary to pay attention to the education of the cheetahs, as he could not keep them for a lifetime. Generally, young cheetahs are raised by their female cheetahs alone. Evolutionary cheetahs, like primitive cheetahs, leave their mother around 18 months old and start living alone. Before that, they would learn all the necessary knowledge from their caregivers, including hunting techniques and the types of prey they could catch.
The cheetah seems to have no substantial concept of the size of its prey. Once, Calvin pointed to an adult zebra and asked Cyrus if he could catch it and eat it.
Attempting to change the habits of a species on its own, Cyrus admits that he does not yet have such great ambition and ability. He can only adapt to the environment and consider the children to the greatest extent possible. Although Calvin and Charlie were raised by him, Cyrus cannot disrupt this natural habit. This will not be very beneficial for Calvin and Charlie's future lives.
Breaking his claws, Cyrus realized that he had only been able to live with two little cheetahs for about a year, which made him feel a bit frustrated.
As for the education of the cheetah cub, it must be put on the agenda.
The father and son had finished their meal, and Cyrus took two little cheetahs to the nearest pond to drink water. Cheetahs do not need to drink water every day. During the dry season, they can go without water for up to ten days. But they must eat regularly because of the structure of their bodies, cheetahs have almost no fat throughout their bodies. If they cannot eat for a few days, they are likely to starve to death, and their cubs are even more fragile. This is also why Cyrus tried every means to make the little cheetah eat enough.
Calvin and Charlie wholeheartedly trust Cyrus, and as long as Cyrus is by his side, the two cheetahs can always play without any hesitation. They found a servant cat catching field mice in the grass and immediately rushed over with enthusiasm. The cheetah, which is less than five months old, is almost the same size as this servant cat. In fact, upon careful comparison, the adult servant cat is slightly larger than the two little cheetahs. However, Calvin and Charlie did not think it was dangerous until the servant cat scratched Calvin's nose, and the two little cheetahs were scared and ran back to Cyrus.
Cyrus sighed helplessly, while the servant cat still arched its back and posed a threatening posture towards Cyrus. Seeing that Cyrus had no intention of attacking him, he turned around and ran into the grass.
"Dad..."
Charlie flattered Cyrus by rubbing his chin, and Calvin realized that he seemed to have caused trouble and stood aside, afraid to speak out.
Cyrus didn't mean to blame them, it was the instinct of cheetahs to chase and hunt, and there was no need to blame the two little cheetahs for such things. But he must make the two little cheetahs understand what can be provoked and what cannot be provoked. Once they encounter irreparable trouble, the consequences are likely to be fatal.
To sum up, pick on someone your own size
"Alright, Dad's not angry."
Cyrus had two little cheetahs follow him and began their first lesson.
"Son, listen carefully to what dad taught you today, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Calvin and Charlie obediently followed Cyrus, who explained to them every animal they encountered. It's the rainy season now, and herbivores are everywhere on the grassland, which makes Cyrus's course very smooth.
"Remember, our prey is usually smaller antelopes such as gazelles and dog antelopes, as well as young herbivores. Don't easily provoke adult wildebeests and antelopes, including adult black antelopes. Our advantage is speed rather than strength, and fighting with wildebeests and zebras is done by lions..."
Cyrus patiently explained to the cheetah, occasionally asking questions, but Cyrus never showed impatience.
"Dad, ostrich eggs!"
Calvin was startled by the ostrich, and Cyrus could only charge up to distract the ostrich's attention, then take Calvin and Charlie away from the enraged ostrich father.
"The important thing is not to provoke adult ostriches, they are not our food!"
"But ostrich eggs..."
"A lone ostrich egg is likely to be discarded, but this nest that gathers a lot of ostrich eggs must be guarded by adult ostriches. Remember Dad's words. I just saw it, they definitely can't be easily provoked, understand?"
The two cheetah cubs nodded, and Cyrus sighed in relief. Sure enough, well-behaved children are more endearing.
He remembers that the female cheetah would catch some cubs for the little cheetah to practice hunting, and this training started around a few months ago?
Cyrus couldn't recall, and the male cheetah's memory was a bit fuzzy. Was it six months? Eight months? Ten months? Or maybe a little older?
Cyrus is not sure, let's make a decisive decision starting from tomorrow!
So the next day, Cyrus specially captured a little gazelle that was less than two weeks old alive. Two cheetahs successfully caught up with the gazelle and tripped it with their claws. When Cyrus thought they would bite the gazelle's neck, Calvin and Charlie ran to grab two stones each, and Calvin attempted to use his front paws to grab the stones and break the gazelle's head!
"Son, what are you doing? Why don't you bite it to death?"
"Dad, that's how you killed that big guy!"
Calvin propped up his small chest and said solemnly, while Charlie was still fighting against the stone. In fact, the unchanged cheetah couldn't have grabbed the stone with its two front paws.
Okay, Cyrus doesn't know whether to be grateful for the cheetah's keen observation and learning ability, or to worry about them. He did indeed catch some big prey in this way, but when he catches gazelles, he always bites his neck!
"Do you have it?"
Calvin and Charlie looked at each other while tilting their heads.
Cyrus looked up helplessly at the sky, realizing that education still has a long way to go. Sons, Dad feels a lot of pressure
The troubled father is not just Cyrus.
At this moment, the male lion Orus is also in a state of irritability.
The Orus lion pack consists of twelve robust adult female lions, all of whom are Orus's wives. During this rainy season, nearly twenty young lions have been added to the lion pack. Although some of them may not live to be one year old, so many young lions still give the male lions who stay with the lion pack a headache.
The little lions love to play and play, and the mother lions always spoil them unconditionally. Especially Tina, who has been promoted to grandmother, she is almost never angry with the little lions.
Orus just wants to take a good nap now, instead of playing with these cubs!
Orus himself doesn't have much patience. He's good at fighting and guarding territory, not being a nanny! Once the little lion provokes Orus, he will definitely show his fangs and give these ignorant little ones a warning, even if they are all his children. But at this moment, the lionesses who used to obey him would roar at him, and sometimes even slap him. Although the sharp claws were retracted, being slapped by a woman can be a matter of men's dignity!
Orus, adhering to the principle of good men not fighting women, was kicked out of the house by the lionesses. Thinking about how these lionesses flirted with him a few months ago, Orus was filled with tears.
Even the Lion King cannot shake off the fate of losing something after using it.
Orus was very angry, but also very helpless. He simply left the center of the territory where the lion pack was located and began to patrol the area. But I didn't want to bump into Cyrus, who was carrying his son.