Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 383 What's wrong? Do my clothes have the smell you like?

The comrades from the management station arrived very quickly and reached their camp the next afternoon.

When we arrived, Chen Ying was playing tug-of-war with the giant panda.

"Don't bite, this is my clothes, what am I going to wear if you bite it?"

The giant panda bit even tighter and used its two paws to scare Chen Ying, forcing him to let go.

Shu Nan was standing quite far away, taking pictures with his cell phone.

Thanks to modern technology, the solar charging panels they carry with them, once installed, at least daily lighting and mobile phone use will not be a problem.

Of course, there is no way to solve the problem of no internet, so the photos and videos taken can only be posted after they are released.

Shu Nan noticed someone approaching and quickly stopped him from going any further.

The other person was wearing work clothes with his work unit written on it, and he was also wearing a work badge, so under normal circumstances no one would impersonate him.

"Hello, you must be Brother Shu who called. I am Xiao Zhang from the conservation station. Our station chief arranged for me to pick up the sample box. In addition, this sample box I brought with me will be temporarily left for you to use. You can exchange it after you leave."

Xiao Zhang handed the empty sample box to Shu Nan, then lowered his voice and asked what was going on in front.

"That giant panda stole clothes from Brother Ying's tent this morning when he wasn't paying attention. When Brother Ying came back to put on his clothes, he discovered they were gone. He ran to look for them, and saw this guy wiping his face with the clothes."

Shu Nan was so happy, but before, he had no one to share his happiness with, so he could only enjoy it secretly. Now that Xiao Zhang is here, he can’t share the happiness with others.

He sent the short video he had shot to Xiao Zhang via Bluetooth, and also sent some videos about the water deer herd.

"Brother Ying said you need to pay more attention to this group of deer. He observed that at least six female deer in this group are pregnant with cubs. According to the normal breeding season of sambar deer, the cubs should be born between the end of this month and the middle of next month."

Xiao Zhang was taken aback and quickly wrote this down on his mobile phone.

Sambar deer are the second largest species in the country. If the calves are successfully born, this small group will gradually become a large group.

They can't control the law of the jungle in nature, but they can provide more protection for the sambar deer and allow them to reproduce more in the wild. This is the responsibility of everyone in their management station.

"Thank you, Brother Shu, for the reminder. I will ask the stationmaster for permission and come here to guard the place this month. I will definitely ensure their safety."

Shu Nan wanted to say that this was not necessary, but then he thought that this was also part of the work of the maintenance station, and perhaps this year's performance depended on this.

While the two of them were talking, Chen Ying had an argument with the giant panda about the coat, and the giant panda ended up winning.

In fact, Chen Ying was not reluctant to part with a piece of clothing. He was worried that there were small accessories on the clothes, which might cause trouble if they were swallowed by the panda.

I just took a rub down her top and bottom while they were arguing, luckily there were no other accessories except for two zippers.

He planned to find an opportunity to cut off the zipper on his clothes later so as not to give the giant panda the chance to kill itself.

The giant panda rolled up the clothes and held them in its arms, then raised its head and uttered “Oh-oh-oh” several times.

"You are a panda, not a rooster, and you have developed a new language, right?"

Chen Ying slapped the giant panda on the head without any courtesy and walked back angrily.

When I returned to the tent, I looked up and saw a strange young man standing next to Shu Nan.

"Are you a brother from the guard station?"

"Brother Ying, this is Xiao Zhang. He's here to get samples and change the sample box for us. I also told him about the sambar deer, and he said he would come and watch over it when the time comes."

"Okay, there's actually no need to guard, just come over and take a look."

Chen Ying took out his tablet and called up the photos he had taken earlier of the river shallows.

"The infrared cameras you set up earlier were mainly aimed at this side, and they could capture animals drinking water on both sides. But now there are many pregnant sambar deer, so for safety reasons they migrated downstream for a while and stayed in this backwater bay for a longer time."

(Let me see which bastard is trying to get my kid)

Chen Ying pulled up the photos he had taken in the morning and evening. "There is a bear and a few clouded leopards that often come here to drink water. The adult sambar deer are fine, but I am worried that the fawns will be easily preyed on."

He doesn't have to worry about Jiamugou, as the sambar deer population there is very large and the number of fawns hunted is within the normal range.

But the sambar deer population here is obviously a small newborn population. If the mortality rate of fawns is too high, it will not be good for the reproduction of the deer population.

"If you hunt one or two, don't worry about it. If all of them are targeting the sambar calves, you may have to think of something."

Under normal circumstances, we must abide by the law of the jungle, but this is right under the noses of humans, so we should provide some protection. If there are more sambar deer in the future, those top carnivores won't have to live such a hard life.

Water deer: You are a very nice person!

As we were talking, everything had already been packed.

Xiao Zhang will rush back overnight, rest for a night at their fixed forest patrol point, and arrive at the station tomorrow afternoon.

This time, in addition to the replacement sample boxes, Xiao Zhang also brought them a few cans of canned meat and two kilograms of noodles.

There are wild vegetables in the mountains. You can cook soup with canned meat, add the wild vegetables, put in noodles, sprinkle some salt, and you have a meal.

After Xiao Zhang left, Chen Ying took out a pair of scissors and prepared to steal clothes.

Unexpectedly, before he could get close, the giant panda came over.

It has a very good nose. Shu Nan opened a can of food and put a quarter of it into the pot. As soon as the water started to boil, it came to the side and drooled at the meat in the pot. "You can't eat this. It has preservatives and other things in it. It will hurt your stomach if you eat it."

Shu Nan muttered as he put the lid on the pot.

When the giant panda saw his actions, it seemed to be a little angry.

Chen Ying hurried over and grabbed it, preparing to take it to the bamboo forest to find bamboo rats.

When he went there early this morning, he saw bamboo rats moving around. This thing is a great tonic for pandas.

They were lucky. Before they reached the bamboo forest, the giant panda's sensitive nose smelled the scent of meat. With its keen hearing, the giant panda left Chen Ying behind and quickly ran into the forest, and managed to pull the bamboo rat out of the hole at the roots of the bamboo.

The next scene was a bit bloody, and Chen Ying felt a little scared when filming it.

But this video is very important and will provide important basis for analyzing the giant panda's diet and chewing ability.

As expected of the giant panda, it devours meat like a whirlwind. In just two or three minutes, it has swallowed a fat bamboo rat, skin and bones included.

Then, it went to the bamboo forest and broke off two bamboo shoots. After eating them in big mouthfuls, it carefully selected a green and tender bamboo to chew on.

So this giant panda does not refuse to eat bamboo at all. It is estimated that meat accounts for a relatively large proportion of its diet, and compared to bamboo, it prefers to eat tender bamboo shoots.

Because the feces produced by eating meat and bamboo are different in color and shape, it is very likely that the green balls of this giant panda were overlooked.

With fresh and delicious meat to fill their stomachs, giant pandas no longer covet canned meat, which has a strong aroma but does not actually have much nutrition.

While it was eating, Chen Ying also cut off the zipper on its clothes.

Back at the tent, Shu Nan asked him to eat first.

After eating, Chen Ying decided to go to the shallows to take a look before it got completely dark.

Chen Ying suspected that the bear drinking water opposite was a female bear, probably with cubs.

There are also clouded leopards.

There were actually four clouded leopards here. With such a large density, they might be born from the same litter and are not yet ready to leave their mother to be independent. But why haven't I seen the mother clouded leopard come out to drink water for several days? Chen Ying always felt a little uneasy.

After a quick meal, Chen Ying asked Shu Nan to guard the camp while she took her equipment to explore the shallows at night.

When Xiao Zhang came, in addition to supplies, he also left them two walkie-talkies for easy communication in the mountains.

About forty minutes later, Chen Ying called Shu Nan on the intercom and asked him to come over and help.

Shu Nan closed the tent, took the things Chen Ying wanted, held a flashlight, and ran towards Chen Ying based on the direction he remembered.

It rolled several times along the way, but fortunately, the general direction was correct. When it rushed to Chen Ying in a panic, it saw him kneeling on the edge of the shallows, wearing a spotlight on his head, treating a large clouded leopard.

"Brother Ying, I'm here, what you want."

There were several bruises on Shu Nan's legs, which were very painful, but he endured it and helped Chen Ying treat the clouded leopard's injuries first.

"This is..." He got closer and saw the wound on the clouded leopard's abdomen that had become infected and festering. "Oh my God, how long has this been injured?"

"It should be four or five days. Luckily the weather is not too hot, otherwise it would have died long ago."

Shu Nan shone the flashlight and saw that the clouded leopard's neck and limbs were pierced with several silver needles.

"Take an anesthetic needle from the medicine box and inject it according to the dosage I prescribed."

Shu Nan was so nervous that his hands were stiff.

"Ying, Brother Ying, I can't..."

"It's okay. I'm here. You can do whatever I say. Don't be afraid."

Perhaps it was Chen Ying's stable mood and tone that calmed Shu Nan down. He took a deep breath, took out the needle, and gently injected the anesthetic according to the dosage and injection position Chen Ying had specified.

After waiting for a while and making sure that the medicine had taken effect, Chen Ying pulled out the silver needle and began to clean the wound quickly.

Shu Nan felt a little flustered at first, but later on, he was able to keep up with Chen Ying's pace and quickly handed over the necessary equipment.

After the suturing was completed, Shu Nan let out a long breath, sat back, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

When I looked up, I was so scared that I almost screamed.

At some point, four clouded leopards were lying neatly on the rock opposite, staring at the big clouded leopard that was still sleeping beside Chen Ying without blinking.

Carefully sprinkling hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder on it and bandaging it with gauze, Chen Ying opened the broken waterproof cloth that she had asked Shu Nan to bring and found two branches of suitable length to make a simple stretcher.

After putting the big clouded leopard on the platform, Chen Ying called on Shu Nan to help carry the clouded leopard back to the camp.

The wound is so severe that even if it has been cleaned and sutured, if it is not carefully cared for, the clouded leopard may not face a better outcome than death.

I walked back to the camp one step at a time, and before I stopped, I heard the threatening sounds of two leopards.

"Don't shout, you are all leopards, live in peace, understand?"

Chen Ying's head felt like it was exploding with pain. He had no time to comfort the two stupid leopards and had to first settle the injured clouded leopard.

(End of this chapter)