Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 368: A tiger on the left, a cang on the right, and a mink on the head
Chen Ying counted on her fingers and found that the cubs of Tiger Mom are about one and a half years old now.

Normally, they will separate from their mothers and start living independently when they are one and a half to two years old.

According to the tiger mother's idea, she would drive the children away before autumn and breed the next litter of cubs when the next spring comes.

The male tiger took advantage of the mother tiger's absence to drive away several cubs, probably because the presence of the cubs had affected the amount of food in its territory.

After all, the saying "the little brat will eat his father into poverty" is not just a human saying.

Chen Ying saw Tiger Mom stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran across the bridge, and in the blink of an eye, Tiger Ying disappeared.

The big tiger turned his head to look in the direction where the tiger mother disappeared, then looked at Chen Ying, and tightened his arms around the tiger cub, as if he was worried that Chen Ying would take the cub away from him.

After more than an hour of hard work, the sky began to glow and the sun was about to rise over the mountain.

It seems that the big tiger has no intention of taking the two cubs back to its territory. I don’t know if it is because of the presence of the male tiger that makes the tigress a little afraid and would rather stay in this strange place with her cubs.

In fact, it is not bad to stay here, as they can observe the tiger raising its cubs up close.

When it was bright, Dahu prepared to set out to find a place to live.

It picked up the disobedient big tiger cub, glanced at the well-behaved little tiger cub, and slowly walked towards the ridge.

Chen Ying's mind moved. If nothing unexpected happened, the direction the tiger was heading should be the cave where the black bear had discovered the victims.

That place is not bad. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is close to the water source and there is abundant food around. It is a good place to raise cubs.

The most important thing is that the few black bears that used to live here have all left, and there are really no large wild animals nearby that can pose a threat to the tiger cubs.

He pulled the two doctors and didn't let them follow.

Chen Ying briefly introduced the surrounding situation. "I remember there was an infrared camera placed outside the cave. Because there was an Asian black bear living here two years ago, and there are also a group of Sichuan golden monkeys nearby, the camera has not been removed."

Last year, when the black bear girl left and the Tibetan macaques took over the territory of the Sichuan golden monkeys, someone wanted to remove the camera.

It was the director of the management station who decided to keep the cave, saying that this cave would definitely attract new animals to live in, and that it was very close to a water source, with many animals drinking water, so perhaps other rare animals could be photographed.

Now, the video of a mother South China tiger training her cubs in the wild will shock many people in the industry.

Chen Ying even wanted to set up a live broadcast camera for them and do a 24-hour slow live broadcast to attract popularity.

Chen Ying said this casually, and the two doctors took it to heart.

Especially Lin Fang, he has been studying the wild activities of the South China tiger. If there really is a camera that can observe it all the time, I don’t know how happy he would be.

However, they were not particularly familiar with Chen Ying and were embarrassed to make the request. They planned to go back and find the director of the observatory and ask him to help negotiate with Chen Ying so that all the expenses could be shared by their two research institutes.

I believe that once this news gets out, there will be many research institutions willing to give this money.

The tent was not dismantled, and Lin Fang and his colleagues planned to stay here for two days to observe.

Chen Ying didn't care. This place was very close to the first aid station, so there would definitely be no problem with safety.

At noon, he went back to the first aid station to bring lunch boxes to the two doctors and saw them installing solar panels in the gap on the side of the bridge.

The solar panels they carried were 400W, with a conversion rate of up to 67 percent and an IP waterproof rating, so they can be used even on rainy days.

Installing solar panels in the gaps will not affect animal activities. Secondly, even if it can prevent rain, it is best to avoid it.

When Chen Ying saw this situation, she felt like it was going to be a long war.

"Doctor Chen, we have just contacted the observation station. Two more colleagues will probably come. The four of us will take turns to monitor for about half a month. We will leave only when we are sure that the mother tiger has fully accepted the cub. We may have to disturb you during this period."

Chen Ying was stunned for a moment, then quickly said it was no problem.

After dinner, the two doctors ran to the opposite hillside, put on a camouflage cloth, lay on the rocks and used binoculars to observe the tigress and two cubs in the cave.

Chen Ying shook his head helplessly, packed up his things, and went back to the first aid station first.

He informed the management station of Dr. Lin Fang and his companion's situation. The forest rangers would come to check on them once a day and bring them some supplies.

The tents they carried were not suitable for long-term camping, so the management station provided them with a camouflage military tent, which was specially prepared for these researchers who would ignore everything else once they arrived in the wild.

This tent is much larger than their own, and is windproof, waterproof and sturdy.

On the afternoon of the day when we received the news, several forest rangers came to help set up the temporary camp.

With this campsite, they can move their own small tent to the opposite side, and in case of a light rain, they can hide in the tent and continue observing.

Seeing their work attitude, Chen Ying was convinced.

Without waiting for them to speak, he took the initiative to suggest installing a camera at the entrance of the cave where the tiger was temporarily living, and using a solar panel to power it, so that it could be connected to a monitor for 24-hour monitoring.

Only Chen Ying can go and install this in person. After all, few people can move freely under the stare of a tiger, not even the two doctors can do it.

Just when Chen Ying was about to contact someone to send the equipment, Ji Xin, who had not been in touch for a long time, suddenly called and said that he wanted to come to Chen Ying's place to do a small photography project. When Chen Ying asked him if there was any suitable equipment to recommend, he agreed immediately and said that the equipment would be his and he would bring it with him when he came.

He has installed two sets in Heyuan and has mature experience.

"Heyuan, did you install it? Where did you install it?"

"The wasteland behind the Heyuan Conservation Station is where we rescued the Tibetan antelope lambs. Another one is at the entrance of the Heyuan Nature Reserve. The cameras are installed to prevent people from entering the uninhabited area without permission."

"Okay then, you bring it here when the time comes and someone will take care of the bill. We'll go and install it, and I guess the tigress won't let anyone get close to the cave without me."

When Ji Xin heard that there were South China tiger cubs to be photographed, he was so excited that he spent a huge amount of money to charter a car and rushed to the management station overnight. At dawn the next day, he arrived at the emergency station with all his belongings and the equipment that Chen Ying wanted.

Chen Ying was stunned when she saw him appear in front of her.

"No way, you're working so hard, are you causing trouble with your family again?"

"That's not the case. It's mainly because my parents are worried that I'll get depressed at home alone, so they keep asking about my well-being. It's too hard."

Ji Xin's mood was much better than before, especially after seeing Jin Ya, he picked up the small cannon and started shooting.

Jin Ya was familiar with his smell. After hesitating for a moment, she approached him and looked inside curiously from the other end of the telephoto lens.

Ji Xin's heart moved, and he lightly pressed his fingers, and a cute photo of Jin Ya looking at the camera was saved.

It is better to do things sooner rather than later.

After asking Ji Xin if he needed more rest, Chen Ying took him to pick up the equipment and went to the cave at the edge of the valley to install the camera.

When we got there, we saw the big tiger and its two cubs resting on the grass outside the cave. The two cubs were very energetic and their bellies were full, which showed that they had just had a full meal.

(The cub is a little small, so you can use your imagination)
Because Ji Xin was with her, Chen Ying didn't get too close.

They found a suitable place nearby to install the bracket, set up the solar panels, and then install the camera underneath.

In a string of photovoltaic modules, if one solar panel is blocked and the current path is restricted, no matter how much electricity the other solar panels in the string generate, they cannot be fully output.

Therefore, when installing solar panels, you must ensure that there are no obstructions around the installation location. Even a few tree branches will greatly affect the power generation efficiency and lead to reduced power generation.

So they chose a location with plenty of open space around it to ensure that branches and other objects would not affect the solar panels.

It took a long time to install the bracket, and it took almost four hours to complete the installation of this set of equipment.

Next comes debugging.

When everything was done, it was time for dinner.

The tigress drove the two cubs into the cave and hid them. She observed the surrounding situation and after making sure there was no danger, she leaped a few times and disappeared into the woods.

The two tiger cubs were not obedient at all. They ran to the cave entrance and looked for a while. When they didn't see Chen Ying, they tentatively took two steps outside. The more well-behaved one bit its friend's tail and dragged it in.

Several researchers who saw this scene through the camera picked up their notebooks and started recording at the same time.

Sure enough, wild tigers will teach their cubs to protect themselves. But in captivity, such young cubs actually have no vigilance at all.

Especially after seeing the keeper, it becomes so clingy, even clingier than many pet cats.

But such a character cannot survive in the wild.

Because they were already able to eat meat, the tigress brought back a half-eaten prey, placed it not far from the cave entrance, and let out a low cry.

The two cubs then ran out of the cave lively and went straight to the meat.

Wild tiger cubs eat prey with skin and bones, and only when they are raised by humans will they be given lean meat. Therefore, many captive tiger cubs do not even know how to tear the prey apart when they eat live chickens or wild boars for the first time.

After the cubs were full, the tigress went to finish off the remaining prey, then took the two cubs back to the grass near the cave entrance, let them play, and she lay down to take a nap.

Chen Ying looked at the sky and pulled Ji Xin back to the first aid station.

Ji Xin looked up and was about to speak when he saw a hunting falcon perched on the branch opposite. He subconsciously raised his camera and took a picture.

In the captured footage, the falcon raised one of its claws, not sure if it was greeting them or preparing to scratch its head.

After seeing the falcon, Chen Ying quickly picked up the telescope and looked around.

Sure enough, an artificial nest was found on the mountain wall above the small waterfall opposite. It is estimated that this falcon chose this place as its breeding ground.

Chen Ying quickly shot a video and prepared to send it to Lao Gao’s junior high school sister.

Observing the brooding conditions in artificial nests near the first aid station is one of her daily tasks.

Even Chen Ying saw for the first time that falcons were hatching and raising chicks in Jiamu Valley. It was so new that it was worth posting on WeChat Moments to show off.

(End of this chapter)