Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 391 This complicated network of leopard relationships

The team member in charge of the night watch swallowed his saliva and added in a hoarse voice, "Be alert, it's not just one, but three."

Yin Li came out, quickly climbed onto the roof of the car, picked up the infrared night vision telescope and took a look, his scalp tingling.

Three leopards, all of considerable size, were slowly walking towards their camp in a surrounding formation.

After taking two more looks, Yin Li felt that one of them looked familiar.

He thought about it, got into the car, turned on the headlights, and the familiar leopard retreated a few meters, lowered its body, and made a warning growl towards them.

"Chen Ying, Chen Ying, the yellow-haired snow leopard is coming."

"There are two more leopards and I don't know if they are their companions."

Leopards don't normally gather in groups, but they will gather for a short period of time during the mating season. Once the male and female leopards fall in love with each other, they will quickly evacuate the gathering place and start their own shameless and happy life.

If there are still female leopards, the male leopards will continue to compete for the right to mate, but if there are no female leopards, the eliminated male leopards will quickly disperse and look for other female leopards.

It makes sense that Huangmao came to find Erniu, as they had a good relationship to begin with, and it was most likely that Erniu's partner was Huangmao.

But what were the other two snow leopards doing here? They couldn't be here to celebrate Huang Mao becoming a father.

Chen Ying came out upon hearing the sound, and stood beside the passenger seat, looking at the yellow-haired snow leopard at the edge of the light's illumination.

Seeing him come out, Huangmao immediately stood up straight and ran towards him without hesitation.

Behind it, two snow leopards took half a step forward, with half of their bodies visible in the light.

One of them was quite big and had a rather sharp look, and was obviously a tough male leopard. The other one was smaller and more delicate, and looked at the fierce leopard from time to time, and was obviously more timid.

Chen Ying came out and stayed for a few more minutes, and Erniu who was in the tent also came out.

As soon as he came out, he saw Huangmao and two other leopards. He lay down in a very human way and sighed.

Seeing Erniu lying at Chen Ying's feet, Huangmao came over. But before he could get close to Erniu, another leopard rushed over and bared its fangs at Huangmao.

What? Snow Leopard version of the wife running away with the baby?
Chen Ying was hit by the big leopard and his back leaned against the car door and he almost fell down.

Erniu became unhappy when she saw this and roared at the reckless leopard.

The yellow-haired boy also followed suit and howled with a naughty expression.

A bunch of heads crowded around the crack of the tent door. Yin Li and the night watch team members stood on the roof of the car and watched closely. Only Chen Ying personally got involved in this Shura scene with Erniu as the protagonist.

Erniu bumped her head against Huangmao, shouted at the big leopard, and then looked up at Chen Ying.

"Oh, Twolegs, I'm going to go out for a while and will be back soon. Don't be afraid, I'll help you bite it."

Chen Ying squatted down and held Erniu's round head.

"Don't run too far. It's cold at night and you have a baby in your belly."

"Woo woo, they are here to bring me food."

Sure enough, when Erniu was talking to Chen Ying, the smaller snow leopard returned to the darkness, and after a while, it dragged a sheep over with great difficulty.

Seeing the snow leopard's actions, Huangmao and the big snow leopard also rushed into the darkness. After a while, the three sheep formed a triangle shape.

Erniu rubbed Chen Ying's calf, trotted over, sniffed each one, and finally chose the smallest snow leopard as its prey.

Seeing Erniu eating her meal in big mouthfuls, Chen Ying felt complicated.

His second daughter is definitely not a scumbag, she is just a little too popular, that's up to her!
The three snow leopards waited until Erniu had finished eating most of her prey before they started to eat their own prey.

The little snow leopard cleaned up Erniu’s leftovers, turned around and ran into the darkness again.

That little bit of leftovers definitely wasn't enough to fill him up, so he probably went on to continue hunting.

After a while, the little snow leopard came back with a sand fox with a broken neck in its mouth.

It hesitated for a while beside Erniu, approached Chen Ying tentatively, and then put the sand fox in front of him.

"Is this for me?"

Chen Ying's tone was dry, and she felt like she was being flattered by her silly son-in-law.

The little snow leopard let out a howl, turned around and ran back to Erniu to rub against her, and then went to eat Huangmao's food.

The yellow-haired boy stopped after eating one-third of the food, then lay down and began to lick his own hair.

When Chen Ying saw this scene, she felt that it was completely inconsistent with her own perception.

The behavior of this group of snow leopards is so weird, it’s completely different from what is written in the books!
The alarm was lifted, and Chen Ying simply took the four snow leopards to the smaller tent next door.

Before, everyone crowded into a tent to summarize the meeting and chat.

Now we need to make room for the snow leopard.

Besides, it was hailing tonight and it was very cold. It would be warmer if we all huddled together.

The warmest person was Chen Ying, who was holding Erniu in his arms, with Huangmao leaning against his back, and two snow leopards lying horizontally and vertically beside him.

It’s difficult to turn over!
In the next two days, Erniu got in the car and followed them. Two of the other three leopards dispersed, the yellow-haired and the big snow leopard disappeared, leaving only the little snow leopard to accompany Erniu in the car.

During the lunch break, Chen Ying stretched out his claws towards the little snow leopard. In the end, the little snow leopard was twisted into a cat-cat worm, and it also hit Chen Ying on the head.

"No, it's also a female leopard?!"

Erniu looked at Chen Ying innocently. It didn't say that the little snow leopard was a male leopard, so why was its two-legged animal making such frightened sounds?
"No, Erniu, can you guys follow the textbook? You are a female, and it is also a female. Explain to me why it catches prey for you?"

"Because it is the sister of the father of the baby in my belly."

Erniu didn't understand that humans have a name called aunt, but she learned how to build a relationship from Jinya.

Isn't it right for the cub's father's sister to take care of herself for the cub's father? Didn't Jinya also take care of the little lynx for her brother?

Chen Ying looked out the window with a dull look.

Everyone took a temporary break by the lake. Xiao Song and Duanmu enjoyed the scenery leisurely side by side. He and the two leopards were the only ones left in the car.

Erniu's appetite has become a bit big since she became pregnant. Just now, she went out with the little snow leopard to catch two wild rabbits, and she killed them all in one go.

The little snow leopard was probably not hungry yet and had no intention of going out to hunt. He was currently very interested in the Tibetan tassels hanging in the car, and was so engrossed in playing with them that he didn't even bother to look at them.

After eating and drinking, Erniu lazily jumped out of the car, stretched herself vigorously, and found a piece of dry grass to lie down and bask in the sun.

Chen Ying also sat over and quietly asked Erniu why Huangmao was still following her since she had given birth to Little Leopard with Dabaozi.

"Yellow Hair fell in love with the little leopard, but it didn't want to have cubs yet. It was afraid that Yellow Hair would force it, so it followed its brother."

This is a complex four-corner relationship.

No, it doesn't seem complicated. It's just that my male best friend has a crush on my sister-in-law!

Shit, you can write a ten thousand word short story about social life, maybe even earn some money to buy baby milk powder.

After chatting for a while, Chen Ying touched its belly worriedly.

The little guy here made him a little worried.

There are four cubs. I don’t know how many will survive when they are born, and I don’t know if Erniu can raise so many cubs with her ability.

No, he has to prepare in advance.

Xiao Su, a veterinarian at the wildlife park in Gansu Province, had talked to him about this before. They wanted to cooperate with Qinghai Province to carry out ex situ protective artificial breeding, and finally release them into the wild in the Qishan Nature Reserve.

After all, Qishan has a vast area and spans the territories of two provinces, so it should be feasible for the two sides to collaborate in research on the snow leopard project.

Although the areas on the Heyuan and Budong River sides are also large, the conditions are still a bit worse.

The strong little leopard may survive, but the weak little leopard may not survive well.

The most likely possibility is that they will be like their mother Erniu, relying on small animals such as rabbits and marmots to survive. They are skinny and small, and can be bullied by anyone.

Chen Ying felt very uncomfortable when she thought of this.

Erniu’s children cannot follow Erniu’s old path.

Chen Ying thought about it, and rummaged through her address book, adding the veterinarian from Qing Province and Xiao Su, with whom she had communicated before, to a group.

But there is no signal at the moment, so if you want to send a message you have to go out first.

I don’t know if it was because of the blessing of Erniu this time, they completed the mountain patrol mission smoothly.

There was not even a single pitfall or stall. The team members called it a miracle and thought it was all thanks to Erniu.

After returning to the care station, they took the initiative to help Erniu clean up the temporary shelter behind the care station and installed a heater to ensure that Erniu would not be too cold when sleeping at night.

The little snow leopard did not enter the management station. It took a fancy to the animal pen in the backyard, especially the cave made of wooden stakes and stone bricks.

The cave is not big, but it is sheltered from the wind and warm.

Snow leopards shed their fur twice a year. The last time they shed, Erniu and the others gathered their hair together and spread it in the cave.

This time, after the little snow leopard went in, I don't know how it managed to comb some of its own fur and spread it out, and then it rolled around and compacted it.

There were dry grass, twigs and fur on the ground, and the little snow leopard was particularly satisfied with this hole.

The entrance of the cave faces the wasteland and usually no one comes to disturb it. It sleeps here during the day and goes out for patrol and hunting at night. Wearing a full uniform, it is the extra-staff security guard of the Heyuan Management Station!
What's more, with it patrolling nearby at night, even the occasional lone wolf disappeared.

The rabbits and marmots moved overnight, and the sand foxes and Tibetan foxes deepened and lengthened their holes while cursing.

There is also a platform connecting the animal shed to the barracks, which has become a big throne for the two snow leopards to rest and bask in the sun.

After returning to the management station, Chen Ying did not control Erniu's daily activities.

After a careful examination, Chen Ying called the veterinarian in Qing Province who specialized in snow leopards.

"Four? That's too many. The nutrition must keep up. Brother Ying, do you still have the physical examination records of the previous female beasts? Send a copy to me to see if it needs artificial nutrition enhancement."

The number of cubs born to captive snow leopards is greater than that of wild snow leopards, because special nutritional supplements are added to improve the physical fitness of the mothers in artificial breeding.

But in the wild, the mother animal needs to hunt on her own, find a safe place to give birth, and be wary of attacks from other animals. Miscarriage or stillbirth is not uncommon.

(End of this chapter)