Back to the Age of Dinosaurs

Gulu, as the leader of the largest Triceratops, does not have any advantage in sprinting. His body is too heavy, far less fast than the smaller dragons.

In order to catch up with this fast-running dragon, he had to think of other ways. Fortunately, he was very familiar with the terrain around here, so he could take a shortcut.

Gulu hid himself in the lush fern bushes, and chased the upright dragon in the direction where the dragon was escaping. Only by not being discovered by the other party would it be possible to catch up with the dragon that ran much faster than him.

After running for a while, Gulu managed to catch up with the upright dragon.

More precisely, Gollum had found the lair of the upright-walking dragon, where his entire pack lived, dozens of them.

The tyrannosaurus rex cub that Gulu found familiar has disappeared, and it is unknown where it was released.

Although this place is not far from Gulu's territory, it is very hidden. Behind a hill, there are very dense ferns and cycad trees as shelter.

Gulu guessed that these dragons didn't live here for a long time, they would change their residences from time to time, similar to the principle of "Sly Rabbit's Three Caves", and they would never let other dragons easily find their lairs.

The dragon-backed tyrannosaurus rex cub just now used vines. Although they are not yet at the level of making binding tools, their intelligence is already able to carry small prey with tools readily available in nature. This is a great improvement.

Gulu hid his scent and observed the group carefully.

Although the IQ of dinosaurs is far inferior to that of human beings, and they are not regarded as intelligent creatures, many dragons are actually very smart. Judging from the current performance, this group of dragons cannot be regarded as a qualitative leap, but can only be regarded as a light with wisdom. shine.

Gulu carefully identified it for a long time before he realized that this kind of dragon belonged to the most intelligent and most thoroughly evolved troodon in the troodontidae.

There are many dragons in Troodontidae, including the most basic members, Meilong, Zhang's Chinese venator, and Serratosaurus, as well as some common members such as Boringosaurus, Byronosaurus, and Sinusosaurus, etc. The most advanced species of Troodon are Zanabazar and Troodon.

Gulu has seen a lot of troodontosaurs before, but he collectively called them troodontosaurs. In fact, most of them are the most basic members of the Troodon family, such as Meilong, boring dragon, Byron dragon, etc. .

The most advanced species in the Troodon family, Zanabazar, has a skull length of 272 cm. Only Troodon's skull is larger than his, so the most thorough and intelligent dragon is Troodon.

Gulu collectively referred to these dragons as Troodon, because they all belonged to the Troodontidae family, and many of them had similar shapes.

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But now it is obvious that with the explosion of species and the increasing differences between the various dragons in the Troodontidae family, they can no longer be collectively referred to as Troodon.

Only the wisest dragons could be called troodonts, and that's what Gollum saw now.

This Troodon can walk upright with its hind limbs. Its limbs are very slender and powerful enough to run fast. It is about 2 meters long and weighs 100-200 catties. The brain is the largest of all dinosaurs, so it can be the most intelligent dragon.

Many Troodon family dragons have feathers on their bodies, especially the fan-shaped feathers on their forelimbs, but this fan-shaped feathers cannot allow Troodon to fly, but it is a bit of a hindrance. The later evolved Troodon did not have this. Kind of scalloped feathers.

The troodon that Gulu saw now had no feathers on its body, and its limbs were slender and powerful. It was very good at catching prey, and it was more convenient to move. It even made some simple tools.

Troodon has always been able to walk upright on its hind legs, which is not evidence that Troodon will evolve into a "dinosaur man".

Even if Troodon really evolved into a higher creature in the end, it is very likely that it will maintain the basic form of a dinosaur, and it is unlikely to evolve into a dinosaur, because the most important thing for a higher creature is to be smart enough, and the appearance of a human is not that of a higher creature. distinctive sign.

Only human beings think that the appearance of human beings is the most conducive to becoming a high-intelligence creature, but it is very likely that other high-intelligence creatures in the universe will use "gas", "light energy", "ideology", "spiritual power" "And so on in many forms.

There are dozens of dragons in this Troodontosaur group, and they divide and cooperate. Some dragons are responsible for patrolling and guarding, some are responsible for hunting and distributing food, and some are responsible for taking care of their cubs.

The division of labor and cooperation does not mean that this kind of dragon has already possessed the brilliance of wisdom, and many dragon groups will divide labor and cooperate.

Only making and using tools can prove that this kind of dragon already has the basic characteristics of a high-intelligence creature.

According to the research of paleontologists, Troodon is the most likely to evolve into Zhilong. The discovery of Gulu coincides with the research results of human beings.

Gulu knew that even after 6500 million years, before the extinction of dinosaurs, Troodon did not evolve into Zhilong, but Troodon is the most intelligent dragon, there is no doubt about it.

The current troodon has not accelerated the evolution process, and the evolutionary characteristics they are showing now are within the normal range.

Gollum saw some Troodontosaurs sharpening some sticks with their teeth, which can be used as evidence for making simple tools.

Gusheng!Biology has indeed found that troodon can make simple tools, which is the normal development of their evolution.

What Gulu is most concerned about now is where the Troodontus put the Tyrannosaurus rex cub, but they hide it very well, and they can't see it no matter what.

I don't know why, but Gulu just knew that it was definitely not his and Mungo's cub, he had smelled the smell blown by the wind, but it didn't smell like their cub.

Even so sure, he was still a little worried, so he didn't continue to observe the troodon group, and immediately ran back to his territory.

Mungo was lying next to the nest, and he knew that Gulu must have encountered something that made him so nervous about the safety of the cubs.

Gollum told Mungo what he had just seen.

Meng Ge was very puzzled: "Why did they catch the Tyrannosaurus rex cub? Didn't they eat that cub?"

Gulu: "I didn't see them eating that Tyrannosaurus Rex cub, which is what makes me feel the strangest. They catch a Tyrannosaurus Rex cub but don't eat it. Why?"

Generally speaking, Troodontosaurs feed on herbivorous dragon cubs, and they will use some skills in the hunting process to minimize the risk of hunting.

Mungo came up with a very bold idea: "They want to raise T. rex cubs and help them hunt in the future?"

It's not that Gulu didn't think about this possibility, but he immediately rejected it. How could Troodontus raise Tyrannosaurus rex cubs.

Tyrannosaurus rex cubs are so edible, and Troodon has so much meat that can feed tyrannosaurus rex cubs. Their own group eats these meats, and they don’t know how many dragons they can feed. This is definitely a loss-making business.

What's more, Tyrannosaurus rex is cruel by nature, and the cubs may eat their parents when they grow up. When there is no food during the severe dry season, the parents of Tyrannosaurus rex will also eat their cubs.

Even if Troodon really fed the cubs of Tyrannosaurus rex, when the cubs grow up, it is very likely that they will eat up the entire population of Troodon!

Tyrannosaurus rex is absolutely impossible to tame.

Therefore, Gulu believes that Troodon is so smart that it is impossible to "raise dragons for trouble".

Mungo: "Don't worry, Gulu, I will take good care of our little cubs, and I will never let those dragons approach our lair. When I see such dragons in the future, I will bite them to death, and I won't let any of them go!"

Goo!Gulu rubbed Mungo's neck and said, "Well, good."

The last time I lost two dragon eggs, although they were all found back, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ye have gone through so much, Meng Ge didn't say anything, but he blamed himself very much in his heart, and now he almost guards the cubs every step of the way .

Gulu understands that Mungo has always held the responsibility of protecting the dragon eggs and the cubs on himself, just because he doesn't want any accidents, and he doesn't want Gulu to feel sad and blame himself for these accidents.

Because this job seems to be not difficult for them, but in fact it is the most difficult to control. No matter how powerful a dragon is, it can't guarantee that its dragon eggs and cubs are safe.

Gulu knew that Mungo would always think about him. Mungo always said, I will take good care of the dragon eggs, I will take good care of the cubs, just so that Gulu, the leader, can do other things with peace of mind. Mungo is The most responsible male Tyrannosaurus rex.

If Gulu, as the leader, cannot protect the group well, there will be greater chaos, which will be even more detrimental to the dragon eggs and the cubs.

Mungo has always been very responsible. No matter what happens, he puts the responsibility on himself, so that Gulu can do everything well without any burden.

Mungo: "I hate those egg-stealing dragons, and those egg-stealing cubs, and those dragons that eat and steal cubs the most. If they dare to appear in front of me, I will definitely bite them to death! "

Although this is a double standard, because they also like to hunt dragon cubs to feed their Tyrannosaurus rex cubs, but there is no way, they are fathers and fathers, of course they want to feed their dragon cubs the best.

Gulu: "I will also protect the cubs with you, Mungo, don't be too nervous."

Mungo is not afraid of anything, he is only nervous about Gulu and the cubs, he said: "Gulu, I am not nervous, do what you have to do, just like what you humans say, you are outside, I am the master Nai, isn't that good too?"

Gulu rubbed against Meng Ge's neck and teased: "I'm so lucky to have married such a good wife as Meng Ge. I love you so much, Meng Ge."

Now Mungo can also tell Gulu some jokes that humans only understand: "I am also very lucky. King Guru is so powerful that other dragons envy me. I am the good male dragon behind the great King Guru."

Mongo is not very good at using humans!He joked about all kinds of sayings in the human society, but Gulu was already very happy, and finally there was a dragon who understood what he said and could talk to him!

For a long time, Mungo has been actively studying human knowledge with the space, the only purpose is to make Gulu happy, and he can say things that Gulu and he understand at any time, how interesting it is.

The cubs in the den were stunned as they watched their two fathers "show affection".

Meng Ai hurriedly complained to Gulu: "Dad, Dad, Dad beat me, he said, if I sneak out of the lair again, he will hit me, Dad, tell him quickly, Dad is so fierce..."

After the cubs broke their shells, Mungo and Gulu didn't bother to distinguish how the cubs called them. They were all male dragons, so the cubs called them daddy.

In the past, the cubs would say very little, and the communication with them was very simple. Dad could tell who was calling according to the actual situation, but now the cubs talk a lot, and it is a bit difficult to distinguish .

After hearing Meng Ai's complaint, Meng Ge and Gulu decided to distinguish the names of the cubs.

Gulu: "Xiao Ai, your problem will be solved by Dad later. Now, what I want to say is the problem of what you call us."

It would be easier to distinguish between Papa Gulu and Papa Mungo before Papa, but they would still feel bad, and it would make them less intimate, not good or bad.

Gulu: "Boys, from now on, you will be called Mungo and you will be called Daddy, and you will be called me Daddy. Daddy means Daddy in our human culture."

The kids were very happy after hearing this, and kept repeating: "Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, it sounds so good..."

Gulu: "Xiao Ai, now, repeat your question again."

Meng Ai: "Daddy, Dad is good or bad, he said he will beat me, if I sneak out of the lair again, he will beat me, but I just want to play outside the lair, why is Daddy so fierce, I don't want to Will run a long distance, Daddy, tell me about Dad, Dad only listens to you."

Gulu educated Meng Ai very seriously, and no longer used the affectionate nickname: "Meng Ai, you have only been hatched for less than 20 days, and other dragon cubs can only leave the lair after three months. It is very dangerous outside the lair. , you can go out to play, but you must be accompanied by your father and father, and you cannot go out secretly..."

The cubs are very good at "watching the dragon's dishes", and they usually take photos!The Gu cubs have less time, so they will inevitably spoil them more. Mungo is more strict, and they dare not act like a baby with Mungo. They usually ask Gulu to act like a spoiled child after Gulu comes back.

Meng Ai did not expect that her father would not help her this time, she was so wronged that she shed tears.

Gulu yelled angrily: "Don't cry! If you are wrong, you are wrong, and crying is useless! The same goes for you five little bastards. Listen carefully. If you want to go out to play, you must be accompanied by Mungo and me... "

Meng Ai had never seen such a ferocious Gulu, trembling all over with fright, the five elder brothers kept rubbing against Meng Ai's body to comfort her.

The cubs looked at Gulu timidly and kept nodding.

Gulu said very severely: "Meng Ai, apologize to Dad, say, Dad, I'm sorry, I will never sneak out of the nest again."

Mengai repeated Gollum's words in a low voice.

Gulu yelled angrily: "Speak up!"

The five elder brothers said one after another: "Daddy, don't be angry, Xiao Ai already knows it's wrong, you can beat us and scold us, we are brothers, we didn't teach her well, Xiao Ai is too young, you will be frightened her……"

Meng Ge is usually strict, but when it comes to educating the cubs, he can't bear it. He quickly said: "Gulu, well, Xiao Ai already knew that she was wrong, and it's all my fault. .”

Gulu looked at Mungo helplessly and said, "Six little bastards, you don't have three heads and six arms. I know how difficult it is for these little bastards to make a fuss. Don't get too used to them. Beat them when you need them, and scold them when you need them."

The energy of the dragon cubs is very strong, not to mention that these cubs eat a lot, have super physical and energy, and can easily run out of the nest after breaking their shells. These six cubs are not ordinary dragon cubs, and it is even more difficult to take care of them.

Mungo: "I know, Gulu, I haven't spoiled them, the brats are usually pretty good."

Gulu saw that the cubs really knew they were wrong, and knew the seriousness of the matter, so they didn't continue to reprimand them.

Mungo is very good at teaching the cubs, not being too strict, and not spoiling, Gulu knows it, he doesn't have to worry about the cubs being spoiled.

The cubs had just been reprimanded, and they were all very well-behaved and rested in the nest, and they stopped making noise.

Meng Ge lightly rubbed against Meng Ai's small body and comforted him softly: "Xiao Ai, don't be afraid, Daddy loves you so much at ordinary times, it's fierce! Just a few words of fierceness to you, and you're so frightened, aren't you fearless... ...Daddy is doing it for your own good, if you get hurt, we will all be very sad, right..."

After this time, the little ones realized that Daddy was many, many times fiercer than Daddy when he got angry!super scary!

Mungo was unwilling to let Gulu play a "severe role" before, because as long as he was a strict party, the cubs would definitely not be so close. Teach the cubs that one side must be strict, otherwise the cubs would not be able to develop a tough character. Personality, in the age of dinosaurs, cubs must be "wild and untamed", must be competitive.

It's just that now, Gulu is too strict, and Mungo will automatically become the soft side.

Gulu is absolutely united with Mungo in terms of the safety of the cubs. When educating the cubs, Gulu is stricter than Mongo.

It's just that the cubs were too young in the past, and it was impossible for them to make any serious mistakes. Gulu had no chance to educate the cubs, and the cubs didn't know that Gulu was more fierce than Mungo.

Under Mungo's comfort, the cubs soon stopped being afraid and began to mischievous again.

They climbed on Gollum's and Mungo's big heads to play.

Gulu was not angry for a long time, he said: "Okay, I'm not angry anymore, I'm not angry anymore, I also made a mistake today, I shouldn't be so fierce to Xiao Ai, Daddy apologizes to Xiao Ai."

Meng Ai: "It's okay, I've already forgiven Daddy, Xiao Ai is not stingy."

Gulu remembered how many dangers he encountered when he sneaked out to play with Gujigudong when he was a child. If Gaya and Mungo knew the dangers they encountered at that time, they would probably be pissed off.

Thinking of this, Gulu felt that the cubs were already very good, at least much better than when he and Gujigudong were young.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

During this period, Gulu often went to observe the troodon group, choosing a different time to pass each time, morning, noon, evening, late night or even early morning. During this period, the territory of the troodon group changed several places.

At noon that day, Ga Ya hurried over, and she was relieved to see Gulu and Mungo's cubs taking a nap in the den one by one.

Gaya whispered to Gulu and Mungo: "!" I heard some dragons say that recently some Tyrannosaurus rex lost their cubs, more than one Tyrannosaurus rex lost their cubs, several T. rex lost their cubs!You must watch out for the little ones! "

Of course Gulu and Mungo heard about it, and they nodded: "Gaya, we know, you don't have to worry about us, we have been letting five or six Triceratops in the group watch over the cubs every day, and we will never let them Run around."

After hearing this, Ga Ya went back with peace of mind.

Gulu and Mengo speculated that those lost Tyrannosaurus rex cubs were probably raised by Troodon, but Gulu observed those Troodon closely and did not see any Tyrannosaurus rex cubs.

Although the cubs were watched by Mungo, Gulu also tried to watch them as much as possible, but Mungo's energy as a dragon was limited, and Gulu couldn't take care of the cubs all the time.

The six cubs were very mischievous, and their energy was not much higher than that of ordinary cubs. When Meng Ge went after this one, he would inevitably lose sight of the other cubs. They could no longer bear the pain of losing the cubs.

On this day, at dawn, Gulu once again lurked and peeked outside the troodon group, and finally saw everything he wanted to see.

I saw that Troodon separated the thick fern, and a large stone nest was hidden inside. Troodon brought out two Tyrannosaurus rex cubs from the stone nest!

Gulu saw the Troodon driving the two tyrannosaur cubs to a piece of meat.

The Troodontus stabbed the body of the Tyrannosaurus rex cub with a sharpened arrow-like wooden stick, and the wooden stick was already stained with blood.

Gulu finally knew why Troodon made these sticks!

Even if the sticks are sharpened, they are not as strong as the teeth of Troodon. These Troodon can't use sticks to hunt. It turns out that sticks were used to train Tyrannosaurus rex cubs.

The teeth of Troodontosaurus are very powerful, and their claws are also particularly sharp. As carnivorous dragons, although they are small in size, their weapons are very sophisticated, and there is no need to sharpen wooden sticks as weapons.

The two tyrannosaurus rex cubs are at least 6 months old, but they don't appear to be as big as Gulu and Mungo's cubs, which are only 2 months old.

Gulu thought that the Tyrannosaurus rex cub looked familiar before, but now he doesn't feel familiar at all. He doesn't know why, maybe it's because of the lapse of time!After more than a month, the Tyrannosaurus rex cub changed too much.

Gulu always felt that he must have misread it at the time. Apart from his own cub, he didn't know other Tyrannosaurus rex cubs at all.

The Troodontus kept stabbing the scarred bodies of the Tyrannosaurus rex cubs with wooden sticks, causing them great pain, and the cubs howled.

The two tyrannosaurus rex cubs were terrified of the stick by reflex. They were very hungry and wanted to eat the meat in front of them, but they dared not eat it because they were afraid of the stick.

After the Troodontus ate the big piece of meat, it dug out the rotten black meat and bones buried under the soil and gave it to the Tyrannosaurus rex cubs to eat. The two Tyrannosaurus rex cubs looked at the Troodon carefully. The Troodon nodded, and they dared to eat it.

Gollum is now pretty sure that the Troodon was trying to "tame" the T. rex cub.

This was such a shocking discovery that Gollum couldn't believe it, it was true.

Paleontologists can analyze the hunting relationship between various dragons based on fossils, but they have no way of knowing whether there was a short-term breeding or "taming" relationship between different dragon species.

Gulu knew that Troodon's attempt to "tame" the Tyrannosaurus rex cub would fail.

Even the most powerful Triceratops leader like Gulu, he never thought of "taming" Tyrannosaurus rex cubs and raising them for his own use, never thought about it.

Because Tyrannosaurus Rex is untamable.

If Gulu wants to domesticate Tyrannosaurus rex cubs, it is very simple. There are many Tyrannosaurus rex cubs without parents, and there is no need to "steal" the cubs. With Gulu's ability, it is not difficult to raise these cubs, but He won't do it.

Before Gulu knew that he and Mungo would have cubs, he never thought of domesticating tyrannosaurus rex cubs. He thought about raising some tyrannosaurus rex cubs as his own cubs instead of domesticating them.

Domestication and raising are completely different concepts. Domestication refers to the domestication of low-level animals, and raising refers to raising one's own cubs.

If these Troodontosaurs raised the Tyrannosaurus rex cubs as their own cubs, the Tyrannosaurus rex cubs might "repay their kindness". This kind of domestication method, when the Tyrannosaurus rex cubs grow up, will definitely kill the injured Tyrannosaurus rex cubs. Dental dragon group extermination!

As a human being, Gulu knew that Tyrannosaurus Rex was like a tiger and a lion, absolutely impossible to tame.

Troodon was very intelligent, but they are as intelligent as humans!