The Strongest Lion

Chapter 44 Baboons vs. Wild Dogs

Chapter 44 Baboons vs. Wild Dogs

Chu Ye climbed up the big tree and looked at the troop of baboons in the distance.

He was very surprised when he saw it.

Because he saw a war taking place more than a hundred meters away.

This is a war between baboons and wild dogs.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ye roughly knew what had happened.

"Damn, it must be wild dogs attacking the baboons, trying to ambush the baboon troop."

Chu Ye knew that on the vast grasslands, wild dogs, despite their small size, were considered dominant predators. Whether it was a large lion or leopard, or a smaller hyena or baboon, wild dogs could potentially bully them.

Although adult baboons are not smaller than wild dogs, as social animals, the individuals in a group are always of varying sizes, with a strong male baboon leading a large group of male and female baboons.

Wild dogs don't dare to directly attack adult male baboons, but they do dare to attack some sub-adult baboons. Of course, if a war breaks out between the baboon and wild dog populations, then all the baboons, regardless of size, will unite to attack the enemy.

"It's that pack of wild dogs attacking the baboons!"

Although Chu Ye could see that a battle was taking place between a pack of wild dogs and baboons, he was not quite sure which pack of wild dogs it was.

"Is it Kurt's pack of wild dogs?" Chu Ye immediately felt that it must be Kurt's pack of wild dogs, since Kurt was the only one living next to their pride's territory.

However, being high up in the tree, Chu Ye couldn't see clearly what was happening in the distance.

"No, I need to go check it out. Is it the Kut Wild Dogs again, causing trouble once more?"

Thinking of this, Chu Ye climbed down from the big tree and disappeared into the bushes next to it.

Chu Ye wasn't very big, so it should be relatively safe to hide in the bushes. Large carnivores generally don't forage in bushes.

Actually, Chu Ye wasn't particularly afraid regardless of whether he encountered any large carnivores. After all, he was quite confident in his current abilities. After all, he already possessed the superpowers of a badger; why should he fear other large beasts?

So Chu Ye climbed down from the big tree and slipped through the bushes all the way to the place where the baboons and wild dogs were fighting.

Once there, Chu Ye hid in the bushes and watched the commotion. He wanted to see if this army of wild dogs was the one led by Kurt.

Upon closer inspection, Chu Ye indeed discovered that this army of wild dogs was indeed the wild dog army led by Kurt.

Although Kut's last attack on the Jike lion pride yielded little success—only capturing a cub—it seems this battle has emboldened them.

Now Kurt has gone to ambush the baboon troop again.

Some adult baboons are quite formidable fighters, capable of defeating an adult wild dog.

However, the battles on the African savanna are never one-man affairs. The battles on the African savanna are always one group against another.

When groups clash, it's not just a contest of strength between individual individuals, but a contest of overall strength between one species and another. Of course, in battles between two species, strategic and tactical approaches become essential.

Kut's pack of wild dogs hasn't been able to find any large herbivores lately. It's the dry season, and herbivores are becoming increasingly scarce on the prairie. They've all migrated to areas with water and grass.

Kut works tirelessly every day to ensure a food supply for his entire family. His flock consists of over a dozen young. These young need to be fed daily. Only by eating regularly can they grow healthily; if they are frequently hungry, they will struggle to reach adulthood.

An adult wild dog might be able to go for a long time without food without any problem. But puppies still need to eat regularly.

Kurt only decided to ambush the baboon troop because he couldn't find any other prey. After all, there are always some sub-adult baboons or young baboons in a baboon troop.

This morning, when the baboon leader led his family to the tree to look for food, they were attacked by a pack of wild dogs led by Kut.

Kurt was well-prepared; he knew the baboons would come down from the trees in the morning to look for food in the nearby grass.

So Kurt led his pack of wild dogs, suddenly leaping out of the nearby bushes and quickly surrounding a dozen baboons.

If these dozen or so baboons were all adults, they wouldn't need to be afraid of Kut and his group. However, only seven or eight of them were adults; the rest were just juveniles.

Thus, Kurt's army of wild dogs now had a chance to defeat the baboons. Led by Kurt, they quickly surrounded the dozen or so baboons of varying sizes.

Originally, this baboon troop consisted of more than thirty people. However, they scattered when they came down from the tree to forage. Seven or eight female baboons, each with their own babies, foraged closer to the tree. Meanwhile, the male leader, Lachi, led some male baboons to forage further away.

During the dry season, baboons can only find small animals, insects, scorpions, and underground tubers of plants to eat in the grass.

The weather is cool in the morning, which is the time when baboons like to come out and forage for food.

Having learned about these characteristics of the baboon family, Kurt secretly ambushed them this morning in the grass where they came out to roam.

So, Kurt led his Wild Dog Legion to fight the group of baboons.

Since the wild dog army consists of adult male wild dogs, their fighting power is naturally much stronger than that of an army composed of only some female baboons and baby baboons.

The battle was quickly decided. The wild dog army won a great victory, killing three baby baboons. The seven or eight female baboons, however, failed to kill a single wild dog.

Chu Ye was watching the two groups fight from the bushes nearby. He wondered if the baboons could defeat these invading wild dogs!

After all, Chu Ye had heard that African baboons were very powerful, often able to fight cheetahs and leopards! But now it seemed that these baboons weren't that strong. The claim that baboons were powerful likely referred to some of the stronger male baboons.

This doesn't refer to all baboons; many female and sub-adult baboons aren't very strong fighters.