The Strongest Lion

Chapter 23 Training Other Lion Cubs to Climb Trees

Chapter Twenty-Three: Training the Other Lion Cubs to Climb Trees

If the previous two encounters with the invading male lions were merely battles between adult lions, then this time, it truly experienced how dangerous and difficult it is for a lion cub to survive on the savanna.

Despite the pride's great efforts in the battle, all three adult lions were injured, and they also lost a cub.

But at least they defeated the hyenas and killed several of them.

They still won the war.

Some of the hyenas that were killed were eaten by the other hyenas. But two others were not taken by them.

That is, the one Lisa killed, and the one the male lion Jike killed.

The two hyena carcasses were now dragged to the ground by the two lionesses.

Just now, Lisa and Aisha were only looking for their child and did not eat the hyena meat.

The lion was probably too tired to eat right now, so it just lay down on the big rock to rest.

Of course, it's also possible that male lions simply don't want to eat hyena meat. After all, hyena meat is far less palatable than the meat of some herbivores.

Lions will not eat hyenas even if they kill them, unless it is during the dry season and food is scarce.

But it is the dry season now, and food is very scarce for all carnivores.

Meat, in particular, is an essential food for carnivores.

Carnivores are meant to eat meat; they need meat to replenish their energy. If they don't eat meat for a long time, they will get sick and won't have the strength to hunt.

After the male lion and two lionesses found the cubs, they ate the two hyenas together.

So, the two hyena carcasses temporarily solved the hunger problem for the Jike lion pride. Not only did they satisfy the hunger of three adult lions, but several cubs also got a taste of hyena meat.

Chu Ye had also heard that hyena meat was not tasty, and that lions were unwilling to eat hyena meat after they had hunted and eaten hyenas.

However, Chu Ye was also curious and wanted to try what hyena meat tasted like.

Although three- or four-month-old lion cubs still primarily nurse, they have already begun to try eating meat.

Chu Ye also tasted the hyena meat. However, he felt that hyena meat wasn't much different from the meat of other herbivores. It wasn't as smelly as rumored.

Of course, Chu Ye is probably still quite young and hasn't eaten much meat, so it's not very sensitive to the taste of meat.

Therefore, he couldn't taste anything special about the hyena meat; it just tasted the same as other animal meat.

It's like someone who drinks regularly can taste the different flavors of various alcoholic beverages, but someone who doesn't drink regularly will find all alcoholic beverages taste the same.

Although Jike, Lisa, and Aisha didn't find hyena meat appealing, when they were extremely hungry, they would find any kind of meat delicious.

It's like if someone doesn't eat meat for a long time, then no matter what kind of meat they eat, it will taste delicious.

Now, Jike, along with two lionesses, has eaten the two hyenas.

In this battle, Zeke and his companions actually gained quite a bit. Although they lost a lion cub, they acquired two adult hyenas in return, so they still came out on top.

Life must go on, for Chu Ye and his lion cubs. They've learned a lesson today. Now they all know that this vast grassland is fraught with danger.

Not only are there adult, stray male lions who could challenge their alpha male at any time, but there are also many carnivores that could steal and eat these cubs at any time.

Chu Ye felt immense pressure, after all, it was still very weak and powerless to resist those strong predators.

These past few days' experiences have taught Chu Ye that he must become stronger. Only by becoming stronger can he protect himself and his pride of lions.

After this incident, Chu Ye realized that these lion cubs were truly in great danger. Although the three adult lions had managed to drive away a pack of hyenas this time.

But these hyenas might come back for revenge.

Hyenas are known for holding grudges. This defeat will surely be etched in the hyena queen's memory, and she will definitely seek another opportunity to settle scores with the lions.

After this incident, the lion felt that he also bore some responsibility for the matter.

If it had stayed with the lion cubs today, the hyena pack might not have dared to launch a sneak attack.

So, starting the next day, the male lion stopped patrolling its territory during the day. It felt that it was safer to stay with its cubs.

This way, even if a stray male lion invades, it can hide the cubs first and then fight the stray male lion.

The two lionesses were also very cautious. They tried to hunt at night and stopped hunting during the day, because hyenas prefer to hunt in the morning.

Chu Ye was thinking about how he should protect himself and these little lions.

He knew he was capable of protecting himself; after all, he could climb trees.

Neither adult male lions nor adult hyenas are good at climbing trees.

The other lion cubs, however, didn't have the ability to climb trees. They spent their days eating and playing, and none of them were intentionally trained to climb.

"No, I need to train these lion cubs. If they can climb trees, they can avoid other predators in the future."

These past few days, Chu Ye has been thinking about how to protect the lion cubs in the pride. He feels that the only thing he can do is to quickly teach these lion cubs to climb trees.

So, after Chu Ye had eaten and drunk his fill, he began to teach the lion cubs how to climb trees.

However, these lion cubs didn't seem to have much interest in climbing trees. No matter how Chu Ye tried to teach them, they just wouldn't climb.

Especially one of the male lion cubs from Elsa's litter, who absolutely refused to climb trees. This male cub was also not very strong. After the thin female cub was taken away by the hyena queen, only this one weak male cub remained.

Perhaps due to its thin physique, this young male lion had no desire to climb trees. After all, climbing trees is a very physically demanding activity.

The other lion cubs, though also reluctant to climb trees, would still receive some training. Little Black, in particular, perhaps due to its strong physique, was able to climb to the top of the tree.