Chapter 185 Savanna

After spending five days in Lagos and trying all the seafood there, Olsen and Tang Tian set off for Bauchi in northern Nigeria.

They would spend the next two days in the Yankari National Park in Bauchi.

Driving in two jeeps, they drove straight into the park from the entrance.

Africa is flat, the continent with the most plains in the world, and its grasslands are a paradise for wild animals.

Zebras, wildebeests, antelopes, giraffes, African elephants...

These wild animals, which they usually only saw on TV, appeared one by one as the car went deeper.

Not far away, on a few trees that looked like umbrellas propped up on the ground, there were also a few baboons standing on the trees looking towards them.

"That's an acacia tree. It has thorns all over it. Except for baboons, ordinary animals can't climb it. This kind of tree is also an evergreen tree on the savanna.

The ancestors said that at first, the giraffe's neck was not that long, but in order to survive, they had to work hard to lengthen their necks so that they could eat the leaves of the acacia tree."

The tour guide explained to them while driving.

The legend was interesting, and it made both Tang Tian and Olsen laugh.

"What is that?"

The car drove forward for a while, and a few barrel-like trees appeared in front of them, which looked like they would take at least a dozen people to hug.

The leaves at the top of the tree were sparse and grew very strangely.

"That is a gift from God to us, the totem of Africa, and the greatest wealth of our ancestors, the baobab tree."

When the tour guide spoke of the tree, a strong piety appeared on his originally lazy face.

If he wasn't driving, he might have knelt down directly as if worshiping a god.

From the tour guide's mouth, Tang Tian and Olsen heard about the functions of this tree.

After listening, they could understand why the tour guide was so pious.

Africa is a paradise for wild animals, but it is also the most water-scarce continent. Taking Nigeria as an example, water here costs 50 RMB per ton.

And the trunk of this tree, the big bucket, is basically filled with water.

When there is a severe water shortage, Africans will make a few holes in the tree and drink the water directly.

Moreover, it's not just the water inside the tree. At the top of the tree, on those few tree trunks, a kind of fruit called baobab fruit grows.

According to the tour guide, the taste of that fruit is very similar to bread when roasted, and it is also very delicious when stir-fried.

At first, Olsen was just interested, but when he heard it was delicious, he directly ordered the tour guide to drive the car over there.

There was a group of baboons on the tree, yelling when they saw them approaching.

The reason why this tree is called the monkey bread tree is because the fruit of this tree is the favorite of monkeys and baboons.

The tour guide was very professional. After getting down, he greeted the bodyguards in the car behind and made very threatening shouts at the baboons on the tree.

After losing in terms of momentum, those baboons all ran down from the baobab tree and fled in panic.

Tang Tian and Olsen were both stunned watching from behind.

Sure enough, the way to solve problems here is the most primitive.

After driving away the baboons, the tour guide directly rummaged out climbing tools from the trunk.

It could be seen that he must have done this often.

The texture of the tree was very loose, but fortunately it was not very high. The tour guide climbed up nimbly, and then directly knocked down those fruits.

The fruit was yellow and looked a bit like an unripe coconut.

They knocked down a full dozen of them, put them all in the trunk of the car, and then continued to drive forward.

When they arrived at the temporary camp for rest, they all got out of the car one after another.

The tour guide and bodyguards went to roast baobab fruit, while Tang Tian and Olsen were looking at the scenery of the savanna in the distance with binoculars.

Because it was summer, the weather was hot, and it was almost noon at this time.

The animals that were originally walking on the savanna were all trying their best to hide under the shade of the trees to avoid the evaporation of water in their bodies.

It was also under these shades of trees that they saw the king of the savanna, the African lion, which they had not seen before.

The African lion is the largest lion, second only to the Siberian tiger among the cat family, and is a real king of the savanna.

The manes on the heads of the male lions looked domineering.

Wherever they were, other animals stood far away, for fear of becoming their food.

Olsen took out a telephoto camera to take pictures, while Tang Tian turned his binoculars to other places.

In a relatively low-lying area, a group of African buffaloes gathered.

There should be a pool of water there.

Wild buffaloes are large and have horns, so even the strongest female lions dare not attack them at will.

They stood there and directly occupied the entire water source.

Other animals could only wait on the periphery, waiting for them to finish drinking before going in.

This is the magical thing about the African savanna: predators and prey are in a relatively balanced state.

But as he was watching, a lame and injured female lion suddenly entered Tang Tian's sight.

Her belly was瘪瘪de (flat), and it looked like she hadn't eaten for a while.

Tang Tian had watched some of Zhao Zhongxiang's programs before and had some understanding of the survival of African lions.

The most impressive thing was the African lion and the "smooth-headed brother" honey badger. The honey badger is fearless and not afraid of African lions.

But in reality, the fundamental reason why African lions don't fight honey badgers is that the return on investment is very low and the risk is very high.

If they win, they only get a small piece of meat, but once they are injured, they may face death.

Here, the laws of nature are very cruel.

Just like this female lion that Tang Tian saw, because she was injured and unable to hunt, she was starving, her combat effectiveness was further reduced, and death was only a matter of time.

"What are you looking at?"

Olsen's voice came over at this time.

"That lion is so pitiful. Does she want to drink water?"

Olsen should have picked up his binoculars and was looking over there.

"Not necessarily, she looks very hungry."

Tang Tian said.

When he said this, his tone was a bit surprised, because the female lion had already taken a posture to attack.

But for an injured female lion to attack such a herd of wild buffaloes is almost like suicide.

"Ah!"

In Olsen's scream, the female lion rushed towards the herd of buffaloes. Her target was a baby buffalo.

But before she could rush over, all the adult buffaloes next to her stood together to protect the baby buffalo, and the buffaloes on the periphery even used their horns to butt the female lion.

The female lion's reaction seemed a bit slow, and her belly was almost pierced directly. Although she dodged it, she was still injured, and blood was flowing from it.

She limped away from the herd of buffaloes, stood uncomfortably in the distance for a while, and then left with her head drooping.

She should not be far from death.

Olsen felt a little sorry for her.

But Tang Tian didn't have much reaction.

If the female lion really bit the baby buffalo to death, then it would be time to feel sorry for the buffalo again.

Just like the tour guide and the others drove away the baboons to get the baobab fruit, the law of natural competition in Africa is the most direct: survival of the fittest.