Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 370 What is this? Try taking a bite

In no more than ten minutes, the tiger cub came out with something that was neither a mouse nor a rabbit in its mouth.

Walking up to the tigress, the little tiger cub put down his prey and cried softly.

Everyone in the live broadcast room immediately took screenshots and enlarged them to see more.

"It's a rock squirrel, or what we call a stone mouse here."

In the large office of the breeding center in Shaoxing City, several young people were watching the live broadcast on a projector.

They also recognized the identity of the prey.

Although not as big as the pheasant, the rock squirrel is harder to catch than the pheasant. The tiger cub was able to catch it by himself, which shows that his hunting skills have at least been laid on a solid foundation.

The tiger cub was not in a hurry to eat the rock squirrel it caught. To be precise, it didn't want to eat it at all. It just caught a prey to show that it was not incompetent.

They are all experts who have studied tigers. They can understand what the little tiger cub is thinking just by using their brains.

"It seems that I still need to follow an adult tiger to train it."

Several researchers who originally did not support Chen Ying's approach had to admit that although Chen Ying's ideas were a bit whimsical, facts had proved that his approach was correct.

In fact, it’s not that no one has ever proposed a similar idea, but no one is like him and can really find a foster mother for the tiger cub, and a wild one at that.

Even if it's not a wild tiger, it will be fine as long as it has some experience in survival in the wild.

However, South China tigers are basically kept in captivity. The few that have been found in the wild are all in this area, and most of them are in uninhabited areas.

If you count carefully, the discovery of every wild tiger is closely related to Chen Ying.

For example, this tigress who had lost her cubs was brought here by the tiger mother that Chen Ying had rescued before.

The tigress looked at the rock squirrel whose neck was bitten off and called out softly, but the cub turned his ears away and pretended not to hear.

Its stomach is still full and it doesn't really want to eat this.

Just then, Jin Ya came to see the two tiger cubs with a hare in her mouth.

The tigress didn't recognize Jin Ya, and when she found that she had invaded her territory, she let out a threatening growl.

Jin Ya squatted on the tree holding the rabbit in her mouth. After watching it for a while, she let go and let the rabbit fall freely.

The tiger cubs have a very good relationship with Jin Ya. When they were at the first aid station, Jin Ya would hug them and take a nap with them.

Jin Ya personally taught the two tiger cubs how to catch rabbits.

"I'm relieved that you two are fine. Dongsheng is worried about you and is afraid that you won't have enough to eat."

The tiger cub looked at the rabbit, then at his foster mother, and finally his gaze fell on the rock squirrel on the ground.

It ran over, pressed the poor squirrel and roared. Jin Ya tilted her head.

"Let me bring it to Dongsheng? Did you catch it yourself?"

Jin Ya jumped down from the tree lightly without getting too close to the tigress and her two cubs.

It knew that the tigress was now on full alert, and as a mature big cat, it was wise not to challenge the tigress's nerves.

Jin Ya picked up the rock squirrel and was about to leave. Before leaving, she turned back to look at the two tiger cubs who were looking at her eagerly.

"When you go hunting, you can go back and see Uncle Tiger. He misses you too."

The tigress's ears twitched, not really understanding what the cat was saying.

Sometimes it's called Grandpa Tiger, sometimes it's called Little Tiger. How come there are so many tigers where it lives?
Curiosity made the tigress make a secret decision in her heart.

Chen Ying was also watching the live broadcast. Unlike others, who could only hear the roars of tigers and the howls of lynxes, he only heard a few furry creatures talking to each other.

"Xia Sen, Meng Meng, you two should be careful in the next few days. The tigress may come back with her cubs to visit, so don't be scared. If you are a little scared, just hide first. They probably won't stay for too long."

After saying that, Chen Ying walked around to the platform to see Dongsheng playing alone.

Without his two little friends, Dongsheng felt a little depressed.

Da Hu has been busy practicing hunting in recent days. Even Uncle Tiger was abducted by it, leaving Dong Sheng alone at home.

Treatment has also entered a bottleneck period.

The leg that was able to move before has made good progress and is now able to cooperate with the two front limbs to support Dongsheng in standing and walking slowly.

But the hind limb that had originally shown some reaction suddenly disappeared again, and no stimulation was effective.

Xia Sen was a little anxious. After Chen Ying spent a sleepless night researching materials, he talked for a long time with Professor Bai, the senior brother and Professor Everett respectively. Finally, he calmed down and decided to stop the acupuncture and herbal bath for a while.

The focus is on training Dongsheng's recovered leg.

A three-legged tiger is always stronger than a two-legged tiger that can only crawl.

Open the door on the first floor and let Dongsheng slowly learn to go downstairs.

There are only five or six steps, so it won’t hurt much even if you fall.

Dongsheng supported himself and took two or three steps, finally jumping onto the grass.

His hind legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees, but he finally stood up tremblingly.

"Great, come on Dongsheng."

Xia Sen and the others all saw Dongsheng's efforts. Chen Ying also touched its head with satisfaction and stuffed a chewing stick made of beef jerky into it.

Dongsheng practiced hard on the grass, walking for about ten minutes, lying down to rest for a while, and then getting up and continuing when he was almost done.

When its legs became weak and it could no longer hold on, Chen Ying let it lie down and began to massage its hind legs.

This is when Dongsheng feels most comfortable.

Chen Ying's massage strength and technique made Hu hum with comfort. Before lunch, Da Hu and Uncle Hu came back.

This time they didn't go out hunting, but instead patrolled the surroundings together.

A tiger's territory is at least about 100 square kilometers, and there must be enough deer, antelopes, wild boars and other animals.

The area of ​​Jiamugou is about 200 square kilometers, but two-thirds of it is difficult to reach by human power.

To go to the top of a snowy mountain once a year is considered frequent.

The only two of them had gone up there the year before Yin Li was transferred away, and later on, other people had gone up there when they were rescuing snow leopards.

From the time Yin Li went to Heyuan until now, there have been no traces of human beings above the snow line.

Tigers won't go that high; they'll go farther and cover more forest.

Judging from the map, the jurisdiction of the Jiamugou Management Station is just enough for an adult tiger to survive. At most, it can share the territory of a female tiger with the adjacent management station. If there are more, there will not be enough food.

Currently one-third of Uncle Tiger and Big Tiger's food comes from human feed, so there is no sign of food shortage for the time being.

But in winter, this problem becomes prominent.

Of course, it was also fortunate that all three tigers had disability certificates and were formally employed, so they could eat state relief grain when food was scarce in the winter. Otherwise, Chen Ying would have had to send them to the zoo with tears in her eyes to perform for a living.

After Uncle Hu and Da Hu came back, they found a place to lie down and rest.

Dahu prefers to be in high places, so the wooden frame built for Jiaojiao and her son became Dahu's favorite place.

Uncle Hu is really casual. He can lie down anywhere and start snoring as soon as he lies down.

Dongsheng slowly stood up, walked to Uncle Hu, lay down beside him, and cleaned his hair bit by bit.

Recently, it especially likes to stay with its own kind. Even if there is no interaction, it is very satisfied just lying together.

Chen Ying glanced at Dongsheng, took out his cell phone and started typing frantically.

Jin Ya returns with a tiger cub's "gift" for Dong Sheng.

After placing the rock squirrel in front of Dongsheng and telling him that this was the prey caught by the tiger cub himself, Dongsheng became visibly excited.

It carefully tore open the squirrel skin and ate the meat in just a few bites.

For Dongsheng, who is not small in size, a rat strip is like eating a spicy strip. It just moistens the mouth but is completely digested before it reaches the stomach.

Dongsheng has more contact with several bipeds, especially Ruan Mengmeng and Lao Gao’s junior high school sister.

When the two girls have nothing to do, they massage Dongsheng's legs and feet, comb his hair, etc., and they chat while they work.

Dongsheng didn't quite understand, but he understood some of the words.

Gifts are to be given to each other.

So what gift should it bring back for the tiger cub?

Dongsheng looked around with his big eyes, but couldn't find anything suitable to return the favor. Frustrated, he lowered his head and started chewing his paw.

After Chen Ying sent the message, she went to see Dongsheng and found that the little guy was not in a good mood.

"What's wrong? Didn't the little tiger cub bring you a present?"

"Ahhh, I don't know what gift to bring back for it."

Wow, he is still a polite tiger.

Chen Ying helped to come up with some ideas, but Dongsheng felt that none of them were suitable. He wanted to give the little tiger cub something that he had found himself.

Chen Ying frowned and glanced at its legs. Dongsheng couldn't move freely in the forest, let alone hunt.

However, if it doesn't hunt, what can it give to the tiger cubs?

Dongsheng's gaze finally rested on the small swing.

It remembered that the tiger cub’s favorite toy was the tire hanging on the swing.

In addition to this swing made of large tires, there are several small tires hanging on the wooden frame next to it. They are toys for little ones to practice biting and pouncing on.

Or, give this to it?
Dongsheng got up, limped to the bottom of the small tire, and began to chew the rope that held the tire.

Chen Ying was surprised for a moment, then immediately understood Dong Sheng's idea.

"Are you going to give it this?"

"is it not OK?"

Chen Ying really didn't know if it was possible. After all, even a wild tiger had never played with tires!

But it doesn't hurt to try. Judging from the state of the tigress, they will stay in the cave at least until winter, or even next spring.

This tire probably won't last two months. It's probably just that attractive to the tiger cubs. When they grow up a little, the forest will be the best place for cats to play.

Chen Ying dotes on the little ones, especially Dongsheng, and basically agrees to whatever they ask as long as it won’t hurt him.

Dongsheng couldn't deliver the tire, and neither could Jinya, so the next day Chen Ying personally took the tire to find the little tiger cub.

Not only did he deliver the tire, he also hung it on a tree trunk next to the cave.

It is quite high from the ground, and the tiger cub can just reach it when jumping, which is very suitable for practicing pouncing and biting.

Even the tigress came over curiously to scratch it, then took a bite of the tire.

Bah! It threw it away with a dull and merciless look on its face, then turned back and lay down at the entrance of the cave.

Even when he was lying down, he was still smacking his lips, as if he hated the taste of rubber.

(End of this chapter)