Chapter 230 I'm not human, but you're a real dog!
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For the lions, the level of aggression they just displayed was minor and not intense.
Even within a group of lions, fights are common, such as after they cooperatively kill prey. To eat the fresh blood-soaked flesh and satisfy their hunger, a male lion might slap a recently cooperative fellow lion, or a cub that comes to eat before it's full.
Of course, according to traditional lion rules, such minor conflicts are not worth escalating into bigger ones. It's sufficient to show one's attitude and then let the matter rest.
Yueyue lay down again, Qiqi silently stood in place for a moment, then turned its head and slowly walked away.
Kaka peeked from a distance, mouth agape, blankly staring at the scene. Seeing Yueyue so fierce and Qiqi's failed attempt, it lowered its head again and listlessly sprawled back onto the lawn.
Hey, she-lions are so fierce; they don't seem easy to get along with. How would one go about courting them? It seems I will have to think this through more carefully.
At that moment, Yan Ganghui saw a science education board next to him, displaying two images. One picture showed two lions leaning against each other, rubbing their heads like a house cat against a person's legs. The other depicted a lion sniffing at the anus of another lying-down lion.
Isn't this exactly the scene from earlier?
Looking at the text on the board, it read "Lion Greetings."
"Hey, look at this exhibit!" Yan Ganghui called his girlfriend over.
It turns out there are two ways lions greet each other!
One is between familiar members of a group, where the greeting lions rub their heads against each other, sometimes very forcefully, purring while doing so to show friendliness.
The smaller lion might rub its head against the chin of a larger lion, pressing its body against the partner's chest to maximize bodily contact. A simpler greeting than physical contact is giving a slight nod to a companion.
The other greeting is generally used when unsure of the other's identity, sniffing at the stranger lion's anus to recognize them.
Of course, a male lion sniffing a female's anus can have other implications, assessing whether the female is merely showing friendliness or has other intentions since she-lions might also rub against males, circle around them, or hold up their tails as a greeting, sometimes suggesting a sexual motive.
After reading the board, Yan Ganghui realized, "There's so much to a simple lion greeting! It seems that for them, sniffing anuses is as common as a handshake for us humans."
He then guessed, "So, it looks like they've just met!"
When he was at the wolf exhibit earlier, he saw wolves sniffing each other and instantly recognized it as a greeting.
But seeing that feline animals often rub their bodies and sniff buttocks less often, it just seemed interesting without understanding the deeper meaning.
However, considering lions are the only social felines, it's not immediately obvious that they would greet each other.
"Yuck, why does that sound so gross to me?" Su Hui pursed her lips, slightly puzzled. "Speaking of which, where is the Lion Restaurant?"
Time flies when visiting several large exhibits.
It's almost 11 in the morning now, so it's actually time for lunch.
She had seen a notice about the Lion Restaurant opening at the entrance of the zoo and was quite eager to experience dining while watching lions!
Yan Ganghui touched his hat, "If we can see the lions, it should be right across from us."
"Then let's head that way!"
As they turned the corner, they indeed saw other visitors heading in that direction.
Following them, they arrived at the Sky Bridge and climbed up the stairs.
"Wow, this is so cool!"
Looking at the beautiful pond below and the vast expanse of green grass, with gusts of wind blowing on his face, Yan Ganghui couldn't help but marvel.
Walking on the Sky Bridge feels like walking with lions in their exhibit; the psychological thrill is quite stimulating!
Kaka rested under the towering sweet acacia tree by the pond, looking around. It glanced at its older brother, then at the lionesses near the bushes, and then at the tourists on the Sky Bridge.
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Walking on the Sky Bridge, one can clearly see Kaka, about seven or eight meters away, with his mouth agape and looking utterly dopey!
"Hey, big guy!"
An excited tourist waved and greeted.
Kaka was inherently a quiet creature of placid temperament. Looking at these tourists, he had no desire to interact, squinted his eyes, yawned, and looked like he was about to nod off.
A middle-aged tourist in a green shirt had an idea, cupped his hands around his mouth to form a makeshift megaphone, and shouted provocatively at the lion, "Woooooahhhhhh!!!!!"
The roar of a lion, with its echo, felt deep and muffled. Neither the timbre nor the volume could be imitated by humans.
However, the provocation worked, as Kaka opened his eyes somewhat annoyed and roared like a high-powered engine starting up, "Roar!!!!"
What do these tiny bipeds want? Daring to challenge the lion's majesty?
Feeling the lion's roar from such a close distance made the tourists' scalps tingle with vibration.
At first, they were a bit frightened but quickly became incredibly excited!
"Woooooahhhhhh!!!!!"
"Roar!!!!"
Every time the tourist shouted, Kaka roared back in response!
When a lion doesn't show its might, you think it's a sickly cat, huh?
No more roaring!
If you roar again, I'll eat you!
As the tourist shouted faster, Kaka's roars became more frequent and more rapid.
Finally, he shook his head, stretched out his paws, and collapsed onto the grass, looking utterly forlorn.
He couldn't roar anymore!
I might not be human, but you are seriously a dog!
The lion's roar is indeed loud, but it also takes a lot out of them.
Roaring so many times in a row had worn him out completely, buzzing his head.
The tourists on the Sky Bridge couldn't help but burst into laughter seeing Kaka collapse.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Hahaha!"
"Oh my, this lion is so much fun, so adorable."
"A man's joy is just that simple and unadorned, yet dull."
The Intelligent Monitoring System detected the unusual shouting match between person and lion and transmitted the footage back to the monitoring command center.
The monitor at the command center saw this and was momentarily at a loss for words – these tourists are too much!
However, the lion exhibit doesn't consider lion roaring to be as problematic as feeding or throwing garbage, so in the end, it was left unchecked.
If it were other animals like red foxes or parrots being yelled at, they might intervene to prevent startling them, causing stress.
But as a lion is a top-of-the-food-chain predator, the tourist's disrespect for its mighty status might make it a bit depressed, and that's about it.
With such a large exhibit space, if the lion becomes annoyed, it can simply walk away to another spot to rest.