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Chapter 105 The Raptor's Stomach is Powerful
Chapter 105 The Raptor's Stomach is Powerful
Even among these vultures, Chu Ye wanted to kill one and taste what it was like. After all, Chu Ye had never eaten vulture meat before!
However, Chu Ye also knew that catching these vultures was no easy task. These vultures were birds of prey in the sky, and they were extremely fierce, not so easy to hunt.
"No matter what, I'm going to catch a vulture and have a taste of them." Although Chu Ye knew that catching these birds of prey wouldn't be easy, he still wanted to give it a try.
These vultures were fighting over a rotting warthog in the bushes. They were scrambling and fighting as they did so, seemingly very happy, as if they had a natural fondness for carrion.
Actually, vultures don't particularly like eating carrion. Fresh meat is much tastier than rotting flesh. No animal likes to eat carrion. The reason we call vultures scavengers is mainly because we often see them eating carrion on the grasslands.
This has led to a misconception that vultures prefer to eat carrion and may not like to eat fresh meat.
Actually, that's not the case. Vultures do prefer fresh meat. It's just that when fresh meat is unavailable, they have no choice but to eat carrion.
Although rotten flesh is unpalatable, for vultures, being able to eat some rotten flesh when they are extremely hungry is considered a good treat.
Actually, on the grasslands, it's not just vultures that eat carrion; many animals may eat carrion.
Animals like hyenas sometimes eat carrion. And so do hyenas.
For animals on the grasslands, during the dry season, due to food shortages, they may eat many foods they wouldn't eat during the rainy season. Foods like carrion are things animals wouldn't eat during the rainy season.
After all, during the rainy season, food is plentiful. Everyone can hunt for fresh food, so who would eat carrion?
Animals like vultures are like this; during the dry season, due to food shortages, they can only eat carrion.
However, this behavior of vultures is difficult for humans to understand. To humans, carrion is poisonous. If a human were to eat spoiled meat, they would certainly be poisoned. Yet vultures can eat large quantities of carrion without getting poisoned.
This behavior of vultures is also very difficult for humans to understand. Many biologists have studied this behavior of vultures and have finally drawn some conclusions.
Vultures are able to eat carrion because their stomachs contain highly acidic substances. In other words, a vulture's stomach can secrete very strong gastric acid.
In this way, when the carrion enters the vulture's stomach, it will be thoroughly disinfected by the powerful stomach acid. Even if the carrion contains many viruses and bacteria, the strong stomach acid can kill them.
This is why vultures can eat carrion without getting poisoned. This is a capability possessed by many animals. In contrast, the human stomach is simply incapable of eliminating large numbers of germs.
Wild animals in nature can eat rotten or dirty food. This is because their stomachs secrete strong gastric acid, allowing them to digest large amounts of decaying and spoiled food.
Because humans consume dry food for extended periods, their stomachs are less able to secrete strong gastric acid. The pH level of human stomach acid is very low, and cannot be compared to that of animal stomachs.
Animals like vultures, which prefer to eat carrion, typically have a stomach pH of around 1. Some red-headed vultures even have stomach acid with a pH of 0. The strong stomach acid of red-headed vultures can corrode almost any metal.
Chu Ye also knew some about vultures, including their extraordinary ability to eat carrion.
Chu Ye was also filled with curiosity about the magical animals on the grassland, and he wanted to taste what the meat of these magical animals tasted like.
Vultures were food that Chu Ye had never eaten before. After all, vultures are birds of prey, and they usually fly high in the sky, making them difficult for ground predators to catch.
But when the vultures start scrambling for food on the ground, that's a good opportunity to catch them.
"Alright, today I'm going to catch a vulture and taste what their flesh is like." Chu Ye decided to go after these vultures.
Meanwhile, these vultures were busy fighting for food in the bushes, completely unaware that a lion cub was watching them and had already made them its prey.
The vultures were still scrambling for the carrion, completely unaware that a lion had already made them its meal.
Chu Ye first hid in a thicket about five or six meters away from the flock of vultures. This thicket provided Chu Ye with excellent protection.
This thicket was extremely dense, and its branches were very flexible, offering no resistance whatsoever to Chu Ye's attacks on his prey.
Chu Ye seized the opportunity and suddenly darted out from the bushes, pouncing directly on the group of vultures that were still fighting over the carrion.
The group of vultures were fighting over food when, unexpectedly, a lion pounced on them.
When Chu Ye launched its sneak attack, it was only five or six meters away from the vultures. At such a close distance, for a cub like Chu Ye, whose size was already close to that of an adult lioness, it could easily pounce on its prey in one go.
Chu Ye pounced directly onto the large flock of vultures. However, these vultures were very agile, and when they sensed danger, they immediately took flight.
However, one unlucky fellow didn't get a chance to fly. Chu Ye suddenly bit into the neck of a vulture.
Chu Ye's bite force is astonishing. When it bites a vulture's neck, the vulture dies instantly. Because Chu Ye only needs to bite lightly to break the vulture's neck.
When the other vultures saw a lion suddenly rush in front of them, they quickly scattered and flew away.
Chu Ye caught a vulture and bit off its neck. After biting off the vulture's neck, it began to eat its flesh.
Chu Ye finally tasted vulture meat, but it didn't seem particularly special. Of course, it also felt quite different from eating the meat of some ground-dwelling herbivores.
This vulture weighed only seven or eight kilograms. For Chu Ye, who was almost an adult lion, the meat from this vulture was just enough for him to have a taste.
After eating the vulture, Chu Ye felt less hungry. Although the vulture meat was far from enough to fill him up.
However, during this dry season, it's impossible for any of the carnivores on the grasslands to eat their fill every day. Just having food every day, even just a little bit, is already considered very good.
After eating the vulture, Chu Ye returned to his camp. He was still resting under the big tree with the other lion cubs.
Regardless, Chu Ye did get to eat the meat of a raptor today. After eating this vulture, Chu Ye actually developed an interest in eating raptor meat.
During this time, Chu Ye was thinking about how to get another bird of prey. In recent days, the lionesses and lions in Chu Ye's pride had not hunted any prey.
Chu Ye felt that this pride of lions was now on its own to survive. If he didn't help them find and hunt prey, they would have a hard time getting food.
Especially for these lion cubs, they need to eat every day. If they don't get food every day, it will affect their growth and development.
Chu Ye, thinking of the pride's well-being, would often find food for them. However, Chu Ye didn't want to keep helping the pride like this. If he always helped, the two lionesses and the male lion would develop a dependency, psychologically relying on Chu Ye to find food for them.
"Hmph, why should I keep searching for food for you? I'll find food myself, regardless of whether you can find any."
These days, Chu Ye no longer wants to find food for its pride; it just goes out to find some food for itself every day.
Since he was looking for food for himself, Chu Ye didn't want to hunt large prey. Hunting large prey would be somewhat dangerous for him.
Furthermore, even if the hunt is successful, Chu Ye wouldn't be able to finish it all by himself. In the end, the other lions in his pride would have to eat it, which would mean that Chu Ye was helping his pride hunt.
Therefore, Chu Ye doesn't want to hunt large prey now; it wants to hunt some small prey that can feed itself.
So these days, Chu Ye goes out hunting whenever he has free time. But he doesn't want to hunt large prey; he wants to hunt smaller ones.
After Chu Ye ate a vulture last time, he became interested in birds of prey. He wondered if he could hunt one himself to try something new.
"Today, I'm going to find another bird of prey to try. There should be many kinds of birds of prey on this vast grassland."
With this in mind, Chu Ye began to walk towards the distant grasslands. He wanted to see if there were any birds of prey there that he could hunt.
At this moment, Chu Ye looked up at the sky. What he saw at first were still some vultures circling in the sky.
However, Chu Ye had already eaten vulture meat, and he didn't want to hunt vultures anymore. He wanted to try a different kind of bird of prey.
At that moment, Chu Ye saw another bird of prey soaring in the sky. This bird of prey flew even higher, higher than the vultures, hovering above a flock of vultures.
"Hmm! That raptor can fly that high; it must be a formidable bird. I'm going to eat it today."
Chu Ye had already selected his target and began to keep a close eye on the raptor, wanting to see if he had a chance to catch it.
The bird of prey was soaring high in the sky. But soon, it seemed to have spotted its prey and began to slowly glide down to the ground.
"Good, this looks promising. It seems this raptor is about to land. If it lands, I'll have a chance to catch it." Chu Ye hid in a patch of grass, carefully observing the raptor's movements.
The bird of prey circled in the sky for a while before gliding toward its target.
Because the bird of prey was still some distance away from Chu Ye, he couldn't clearly see what kind of bird it was. However, Chu Ye felt that it definitely wasn't a vulture, because vultures always hunt in flocks.
This bird of prey was actually a lone predator; it was clearly not a social animal and preferred to hunt alone.
"Hmm, there must be some prey on the ground, otherwise, this raptor wouldn't have started gliding down from the sky."
Chu Ye was now certain that there must be some prey hidden in the grass. Otherwise, this bird of prey wouldn't have glided down from so high in the sky.
So Chu Ye began to carefully observe the situation on the ground. At that moment, he saw a large, fat rabbit searching for grass to eat on the grass more than a hundred meters away.
As soon as Chu Ye saw the hopping rabbit, he knew why the bird of prey in the sky had suddenly glided down to the ground.
"Okay, so it was the raptor that spotted the hare. If I can keep following the hare, I might be able to catch the raptor."
After devising his strategy, Chu Ye began to secretly follow the rabbit. This rabbit was incredibly large and plump, making Chu Ye's mouth water.
"I never expected to find such a fat spring rabbit during this dry season." Chu Ye looked at the large spring rabbit in front of him, still somewhat puzzled. After all, it was the dry season; there shouldn't be such fat spring rabbits.
That's how it is on the grasslands. No matter what kind of animal it is, during the dry season, it will definitely become very thin due to food shortages. Only when food is plentiful can it become fat.
But this rabbit in front of them was strange. Although it was the dry season, it was still very plump. Chu Ye, the little lion, saw it and really wanted to hunt it and eat it.