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Chapter 100 Okapi
Chapter 100 Okapi
For a moment, Chu Ye was truly at a loss. He was thinking about how to deal with this giant hyena.
Fortunately, Chu Ye was quite experienced in fighting large prey. When the giant hyena bit his neck, he suddenly turned around and bit the hyena's neck again.
This is a unique skill that only Chu Ye possesses; no other animal has this ability. He gained this special ability in the dream because he ate that little badger.
The giant hyena never imagined that after biting Chu Ye's neck, Chu Ye would bite its neck in return.
"Wow, this little lion is really something! It actually bit back! That's a really unique move! I don't think any other lion cubs would do that."
The giant hyena never expected that Chu Ye would use such a move, being able to bite back at his opponent's neck after being bitten himself.
"Hmph, so what if you bit my neck again? I'm bigger than you, and I'm definitely stronger. Even if you bite my neck, you can't do anything to me. But I can bite through your throat; I can kill you."
Although Chu Ye had bitten its neck, the giant hyena wasn't worried about being defeated by him at all; it felt it could still beat him.
So the giant hyena began to bite hard, trying to break Chu Ye's neck.
But how could this giant hyena know that Chu Ye was not an ordinary little lion? It possessed the abilities of a badger, and its fur was not so easily torn by other animals.
When the giant hyena bit Chu Ye's neck, he retaliated by biting the hyena's neck as well. Chu Ye then began to bite the hyena's neck with increasing force.
Thus, Chu Ye and the giant hyena began a contest to see whose neck was stronger.
Compared to that, the giant hyena would definitely lose. Chu Ye's fur was extremely tough; the giant hyena couldn't even bite through it.
Chu Ye's teeth were extremely sharp; he could easily bite through the neck of this giant hyena.
"oh!--"
When Chu Ye and the giant hyena bit down hard at the same time, the giant hyena sensed that something was wrong.
No matter how hard it tried to bite Chu Ye's neck, it couldn't break through. But Chu Ye managed to bite through the giant hyena's neck in one go.
The giant hyena felt a sharp pain in its neck and couldn't help but let out another miserable howl.
Chu Ye only felt his neck being bitten by the giant hyena; he didn't feel that his neck had been torn open.
The giant hyena no longer dared to fight Chu Ye head-on, and began to struggle to escape. After all, it felt it was no match for Chu Ye. Chu Ye's fur was extremely tough, and even its sharp teeth couldn't pierce Chu Ye's skin.
Seeing that its teeth couldn't pierce Chu Ye's skin, the giant hyena had no choice but to try to escape. After all, if it continued like this, it might be bitten to death by Chu Ye.
So the giant hyena began to struggle to escape. But Chu Ye had its neck in his jaws, making it unable to break free for the time being.
However, this giant hyena also knew that if it did not endure the danger of being bitten and run away, it would likely be bitten to death by Chu Ye.
So, the giant hyena, enduring excruciating pain, tried to escape. But as it struggled, Chu Ye's sharp teeth tore the flesh from its neck.
Even though Chu Ye tore off its flesh, the giant hyena still managed to break free from Chu Ye's control and quickly ran away.
Chu Ye no longer wanted to chase after the giant hyena. After all, the hyena was already injured, and there was no need for him to bother with it any longer.
After seeing the giant hyena escape, Chu Ye ignored it and focused on eating the coyote in front of him.
However, the meat of this hyena was indeed not very tasty. At first, Chu Ye was very hungry, so he didn't notice how bad the hyena meat was while eating.
But after he ate some hyena meat, he wasn't so hungry anymore. So, he started to think that the hyena meat wasn't very tasty.
"This hyena meat really doesn't taste very good! If only I could hunt a herbivore. Herbivore meat would definitely taste better than carnivore meat." Chu Ye ate a few bites of the hyena meat and felt he didn't want to eat anymore. After all, the hyena meat really wasn't very tasty.
"But it's the dry season! Food is scarce. Even though this hyena's meat isn't very tasty, I can't waste it; I still need to eat more."
Although Chu Ye didn't want to eat the coyote's meat, he had no choice. Since it was the dry season, he naturally had to cherish his food.
Just as Chu Ye was eating the meat of a hyena, he saw an animal he had never seen before suddenly appear in the grass in front of him.
Upon seeing the animal, Chu Ye thought, "Hey! This animal is so strange! What kind of animal is it? It looks like a herbivore, and it's quite large. If I could hunt this herbivore, its meat would definitely taste much better than this hyena's."
When Chu Ye saw this strange animal, he suddenly became interested in it and lost interest in the hyena in front of him.
"I want to go and see what kind of animal that is." Chu Ye left the coyote behind and started walking towards the strange animal in the distance.
This animal roughly resembles a giraffe, but it's not quite the same. Its size is similar to a wildebeest, but it's thinner and less robust.
This magical animal was simply grazing in a patch of grass, clearly paying no attention to Chu Ye, the little lion.
Although Chu Ye was already about the size of a leopard, he still appeared somewhat insignificant amidst the tall, sharp-haired grass.
The sharp grass in this place is so tall that even a male lion could hide well here, let alone a lion cub.
Chu Ye slowly approached the magical animal. The magical animal, completely unaware, was simply grazing leisurely in the grass.
"This animal is really strange. I don't think I've ever seen it before! What kind of animal is it?" Chu Ye looked at the animal in front of him, somewhat puzzled. He had never seen anything like it before.
It's not just that Chu Ye had never seen such an animal after being reborn as a lion cub; he had never seen such an animal even when he was in human society.
"I'm going to scan it with my eyes. I want to see what kind of animal this is." Chu Ye thought to himself as he began to observe this strange animal with his eyes.
After scanning frequently, Chu Ye quickly learned the name of the animal and some information about it.
Chu Ye learned through scanning that this animal should be called an okapi.
霍加狓：体重180-317千克，体长1.9-2.5米之间，尾长30至42厘米，肩高约1.5-1.65米之间。雌兽平均比雄兽大一些。是一种一直到1901年才在非洲萨伊森林发现的大型哺乳动物。
At first glance, the okapi looks more like a horse, but because of the alternating black and white stripes on its rear, it looks very much like a zebra.
Some people used to think that the okapi was the offspring of a giraffe and a zebra, but in fact, it is not closely related to zebras. Before its neck lengthened, the giraffe looked similar to the okapi.
Distributed in the tropical rainforests and alpine forests of eastern Congo, Africa, at altitudes of 500-1000 meters, its diet consists of green leaves and tender leaves, as well as grasses, ferns, fruits, and fungi. It retains many primitive characteristics and is relatively rare.
The okapi has short, slightly oily fur with a pleasant fragrance. It is chocolate-colored with a reddish-brown velvety sheen. The forehead, neck, and body are brown, while the cheeks, throat, and chest are fawn or grey. The rump and upper legs have horizontal black and white stripes.
Some believe these stripes serve as a "follow me" marker in the dense rainforest, allowing young to stay close to their mothers, and also as camouflage. The lower legs are white or light brown. The face is black and white. The neck and legs are noticeably elongated, but not to the length of a giraffe. Males have two short, antler-like antlers, while females are antlerless.
The okapi's tongue is blue, long, about 30 centimeters, and very flexible. Okapis use their tongues to pluck tender leaves from trees. They also use their long tongues to clean their eyes and ears. Their large, trumpet-shaped ears, which can move backward, are their weapon for detecting their natural predator, the leopard.
Okapis only need to sleep for 5 minutes a day, and they remain constantly alert. They use glands on each foot to secrete an asphalt-like substance to mark their path, and they use urine to mark their territory.
The piranha only inhabits deep mountains and dense forests, and is rarely visited by savanna carnivores such as lions and hounds, so apart from cheetahs, they have almost no other natural enemies.
However, cheetahs prefer to target social herbivores and are not very interested in okapis, which are "lone wolves," so they rarely have the opportunity to meet. Okapis eat grass, ferns, fruits, and fungi, in addition to green leaves and tender shoots.
Okapi are diurnal animals, generally solitary, and only encounter each other during breeding season. Their mating season is from April to July each year, during which male okapi roam their territories, seeking females who are also in estrus. Males determine a female's estrus state by the smell of her urine.
After identifying a target, the male will slowly approach the female, familiarizing themselves with each other's scents, gradually getting closer and more acquainted before finally mating. After mating, the male leaves immediately. The gestation period is 421 to 457 days. Pups are typically born between August and October, weighing 14-30 kg at birth. The lactation period is about 10 months, and they reach maturity in 4-5 years. Captive okapis have a lifespan of 15-30 years or more.
The okapi's reproductive cycle is approximately 14-15 months. Before giving birth, the expectant mother retreats into the dense forest, and after the newborn, both mother and child remain hidden in the forest for several days.
The cubs will not appear until several days later. After that, the mother will not stray far from her cubs, and the young okapis will always stay close to their mother, following her every move. Ookapis only give birth to one cub at a time, and because the gestation and lactation periods are very long, their reproduction rate is very low.
Newborn piranhas can stand up within 20 minutes, nurse on their own within an hour, and double their weight within a month. By two months, they have tripled their birth weight. The nursing period lasts up to six months. Interestingly, piranhas do not defecate at all during the first two months. This is a form of self-protection—it prevents the smell of feces from attracting predators.
After a 6-month nursing period, the pika cubs can leave their mothers and begin to live independently. However, it takes about 3 years for the pika cubs to reach sexual maturity and begin a new cycle of reproduction. The lifespan of a pika is generally up to 20 years, with the longest-lived pika recorded reaching 33 years.
The okapi's mother communicates with her baby using infrasound. This is sound, below the range of human hearing; elephants also exhibit this physiological phenomenon.
Chu Ye knew that the animal in front of him, which he had scanned with his eyes, was called an okapi, a very magical animal.
"The meat of this magical animal must be incredibly delicious. I want to kill this okapi and taste the meat of this magical creature." Chu Ye suddenly no longer wanted to eat the coyote's meat; he wanted to eat the okapi's meat instead.
However, this okapi was extremely tall and strong, much larger than Chu Ye. Chu Ye thought that if he were alone, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat this okapi.
"I might as well go back and get reinforcements! Maybe Lisa and Elsa can come and help, then our pride can get a piece of okapi meat."
Chu Ye felt that if he were to fight this Okapi alone, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat it.
So Chu Ye let the okapi go for the time being and returned to his resting place, which was under that big tree.
When he got to the base of the big tree, he only saw some lion cubs playing there, but he didn't see the two lionesses, and he didn't know where the male lion was.
"Oh no, where have the two lionesses gone? I need to go with them to hunt that okapi!" Chu Ye was getting anxious when he saw that there was no sign of the two lionesses under the big tree.
"I need to find out where the two lionesses went quickly. I want to go hunting okapis with them." With that thought, Chu Ye hurried towards the distant bushes.