The Strongest Lion

Chapter 80 Chu Ye Thinks of a Solution

Chapter 80 Chu Ye Thinks of a Solution

So the lionesses went back into the bushes to search for the cubs that hadn't yet emerged.

What they found were no longer lively lion cubs, but only the corpses of several lion cubs.

After a frenzy by the buffalo herd, five or six lion cubs were killed by the buffalo.

Several lionesses carried the bodies of their cubs out of the bushes, licking the dead cubs as if they were still alive.

Chu Ye looked at the lion cubs that had already lost their lives, and a feeling of sympathy welled up in his heart.

"Oh, what a cruel grassland! The little lion that was just leaping around a moment ago is now dead."

Several lionesses were licking the bodies of their cubs while howling incessantly. Clearly, they knew the cubs were dead.

This scene evoked a sense of pity in Chu Ye. As a human, Chu Ye, upon witnessing such a sight, would certainly not react the same way as the other lion cubs.

Just as Chu Ye was feeling sad for these lionesses who had lost their cubs, their subsequent actions shocked him, yet he also felt they were understandable.

After licking the bodies of the cubs for a while, the lionesses did something shocking and incomprehensible.

After nursing their cubs for a while, the lionesses ate them.

Such behavior is utterly unacceptable to Chu Ye, who possesses a human soul.

However, Chu Ye was not a newcomer to this vast grassland. It had been living on this grassland for half a year and had become accustomed to all sorts of strange and cruel things on this grassland.

It's the dry season now, so the lionesses' cannibalistic behavior is understandable. After all, if the lionesses don't eat the cubs' carcasses, other predators will.

If that's the case, then why not let the lionesses eat their own cubs? These lionesses haven't eaten for days. They're starving.

Although these lionesses couldn't bear to eat their own cubs, they had to do so for survival and to care for the other cubs.

Sometimes a lioness' cruelty is simply another form of maternal love. If they want to take good care of their other cubs, they must cruelly eat some of their own.

Actually, what's happening now isn't the most cruel thing. The cubs the lionesses are eating were, after all, cubs killed by the buffalo. If the lionesses didn't eat them, other predators would have eaten them anyway. The lionesses are doing this because they don't want their food to go to others.

There is another situation, far more cruel than what is happening now. During the dry season on the savanna, some lionesses, after giving birth to cubs, may still resolutely eat their newborn cubs due to food shortages, even when they themselves cannot survive.

These poor cubs, having just emerged from their mother's womb, are now going back inside her. Only, the place they came out of is different from the place they're going back to.

Chu Ye was astonished by the scene before him, yet he could understand the lionesses' behavior.

Parents' hearts are always full of love and worry! Even lions are no exception. They will always love their cubs, but sometimes they have to do things that are incomprehensible to humans.

There's a saying, "Even a tiger won't eat its cubs." This illustrates the greatness of maternal love. Even animals wouldn't eat their own offspring. However, animals living on the grasslands might not behave this way. Many carnivores, in their most difficult times, might even eat their own young.

In fact, even tigers might be the same; if they are about to starve to death, they might eat their own cubs.

The saying "Even a tiger won't eat its cubs" is merely a metaphor, illustrating that tigers generally won't eat their young. However, in special circumstances, things can change.

The same applies to lions; lionesses generally do not eat their own cubs. However, there are exceptions in certain special circumstances.

Just like in the current situation, after these lion cubs were killed by the buffalo herd, their mothers cruelly ate their own cubs.

After eating their cubs, the lionesses went back to hunting with the male lions. No matter what, they still had to survive. Although they lost five or six cubs in this battle with the buffalo herd, ten cubs survived, which was already a very good outcome.

Seeing that the lionesses and lions had gone hunting together again, Chu Ye climbed down from the tree and returned to his home.

After Chu Ye returned, the other lion cubs rested by the bushes. They were completely unaware of what had happened to the neighboring pride.

Looking at these adorable little lions, Chu Ye suddenly felt a strange sense of fear and worry.

"If those buffalo hadn't wandered into the neighboring lion pride's territory and had stayed there, what would have happened?"

As Chu Ye thought about this, a chill ran down his spine. If that herd of water buffalo had wandered into their territory, wouldn't the lion cubs of their pride have been in trouble?

"Thankfully, these buffalo didn't wander into our territory; it's a blessing in disguise. Thank goodness, hopefully this herd will only roam the neighboring lion pride's territory from now on, and not ours."

Looking at the adorable lion cubs before him, Chu Ye could only silently pray for them in his heart.

But after praying for a while, Chu Ye realized that he couldn't just rely on God's help. God is very fair in His ways. He can't just take care of the Jike pride; He also has to take care of other prides.

It's hard to say which lion pride these buffalo will attack next. It's entirely possible the buffalo will want to graze in the territory of another lion pride. Besides, buffalo don't just graze in the territory of one lion pride.

"No, I need to do something now. Prevention is better than cure; it's foolish to try to fix things after they've gone wrong."

Chu Ye felt he should find a way to deal with the lion cubs before the buffalo herd attacked them. If he waited until the buffalo herd attacked them, it would be too late.

So while the other lion cubs were just playing around, Chu Ye was thinking about how to deal with the buffalo herd's attack.

"What should I do? How can I deal with the buffalo attack?" Chu Ye kept thinking about this problem.

"If only all these lion cubs could climb up tall trees like I do when they're in danger. Then they could all escape the buffalo herd's attacks."

Chu Ye's first thought was to get all the lion cubs to climb up the big trees. That would be the safest way.

But Chu Ye also thought that these lion cubs couldn't climb trees. He had tried to train them to climb trees before, but they just couldn't learn. Chu Ye had never been able to figure out how to do it.

"Or, I could continue training these lion cubs to climb trees. If they can learn to climb, they can escape the buffalo herd's attacks."

Chu Ye felt that the only way for these lion cubs to avoid attacks from the buffalo herd was to climb up a big tree. There was a huge acacia tree in the area where the lion cubs often rested.

This enormous acacia tree is the symbol of the Jike Lion Pride. All the lionesses and cubs of the Jike Lion Pride live in this place, and the male lions often rest here as well.

This acacia tree is enormous. No matter how powerful the buffalo herd is, they couldn't possibly topple it. If the cubs of the Jike pride could climb up this tree in case of danger, they would be perfectly safe.

"Sigh, this method is good, but how do I train these lion cubs to climb trees? I've tried training them before, but they just don't want to. After several days of training, only Little Black can barely climb up this big tree; the other cubs can't climb at all."

Although Chu Ye felt that this method was good, how to train these lion cubs became another problem.

"No, this method still isn't very effective. Not only is training these lion cubs extremely difficult, but they're also making very little progress. Even if they manage to learn to climb trees after many days, who can guarantee that nothing dangerous won't happen during those ten days or so?"

Chu Ye thought it over and over, and felt that this method was not very reliable. Retraining these lion cubs now would be quite troublesome. Moreover, if danger were to strike immediately, this method would be completely useless.

"No, this method is both time-consuming and ineffective. We need to find another way."

Chu Ye thought about this over and over, feeling that this tree-climbing method was completely useless and couldn't solve the problem he was facing.

"I need to find another way; I have to find a unique approach. I need to come up with a method that is both practical and safe."

Chu Ye thought about it over and over again for a while, and felt that the "climbing the tree" method was not very good. He had to think of another better way.