Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 468: Three Otters vs. One Crocodile

"Brother Ying, look, the official account of the management station has sent out a notification reminder."

Chen Ying opened her phone and took a look. There were many people cursing in the group.

In particular, the two villages further down immediately formed patrol teams and used nets to search the nearby waters.

Fortunately, when flash floods broke out last summer, the town installed protective nets on the sections of several rivers that flow through the town and are close to the town.

It was originally intended to prevent flooding, but some people got into danger while taking photos despite being stopped. Now it can be used again.

In addition to residents on both sides of the river being notified to go outdoors, the town's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens were also notified, repeatedly emphasizing that students were not allowed to swim in the river without permission.

The weather is hot, and the river is narrow and shallow, so adults and children alike like to cool off in the river.

People drown every year, and there are always many people in the river every year.

In order to allow residents to play in the water as safely as possible, the town built a dam for water play in a spacious area and arranged people to patrol in three shifts around the clock.

Before the crocodile was caught, the relevant departments in the town placed four large loudspeakers on both sides of the river to continuously remind residents not to go near the river.

"There are seven crocodiles in total, five big and two small. Two are female, and the rest are all male. Although crocodiles are not very aggressive after they are full, a sudden change in the environment can also make them aggressive."

"And I don't know if the crocodiles that escaped have eaten in the past few days. If they get hungry, they will even eat their own kind." Xiao Shen muttered while looking at his phone, "This boss has done a terrible thing."

In this incident, the town that suffered the most was not the town where Jiamugou is located, but the nearby Baisha Town.

Baisha Town is a relatively important dividing point geographically. To the left is the nature reserve where Jiamugou is located. This large nature reserve is connected end to end with three medium-sized nature reserves.

Less than 30 kilometers to the right is a hot spring town, and 25 kilometers further into the mountains is the snow-capped mountain that is said to be the closest to the city. In other words, as a junction between two national key scenic spots, Baisha Town is also home to many people who come here to rest and play.

This farm is located north of Baisha Town, geographically closer to Jiamugou.

A few years ago, the mainstay of this town was a cold-water fish farm, which was relatively large and well-equipped. It was said that one-third of the cold-water fish in the provincial capital were supplied by this farm.

After an earthquake, the upstream river was diverted and the water source decreased. The farm was forced to move to another county and contract a reservoir. The original base was transferred as a whole to the current owner to raise giant salamanders.

I didn’t expect that this breeding boss was so ambitious. Even the giant salamanders couldn’t satisfy his ambition, so he even set his sights on crocodiles.

Fortunately, he was just experimenting and didn't make dozens or hundreds of them right away.

Chen Ying and the other two were not in the mood to pay attention to the crocodile incident for the time being. After all, they had cubs to take care of at home.

An hour later, the familiar voice of the panda mother was heard.

It sounded like it was angry, and the barking of dogs was particularly obvious.

Chen Ying was worried that something might have happened, so she rushed over to check. Just as she was about to go downstairs, she saw two assistant keepers running back in a hurry.

"Teacher Bai, Brother Ying, the mother panda is really strong. She pinned down the male panda and beat him up, and even bit its ear until it bled."

Hiss, are mother and son Yue so angry?

Chen Ying picked up the first aid kit and ran to the back. After walking a few meters, he saw the fierce male panda whimpering in grievance and curling himself into a ball.

A few drops of blood from the ear spilled onto his face, and the bright red blood on his white hair was very eye-catching.

The mother panda stood beside it and roared at it, then moved over to lick the blood drops off its face.

The male panda took the opportunity to rub against the mother panda, and as expected, he was beaten again.

Xiao Shen and Professor Bai also followed and watched their interaction from behind Chen Ying.

"My mom told me that there are a lot of short videos recently showing CEOs falling in love with the cleaning lady. What do you think, do these two count as a silver-haired romance?"

In terms of age alone, it definitely counts.

After all, giant pandas enter the old age when they reach 20 years old.

Giant pandas in the wild can live to their twenties, which is considered a natural death. Captive giant pandas have a longer lifespan and can die around the age of thirty.

Chen Ying waited until the mother panda had let out all her anger, then made a sound to signal that he was coming.

The mother panda was still a little angry, but not as excited as before. She also knew to make way so that Chen Ying could help the stupid tom cat treat his wounds.

As soon as Chen Ying's hand touched the male panda's ear, it instantly stood up and wanted to bite Chen Ying. The next moment, a slap hit its face and its other intact ear was also bitten hard.

"Oh, oh, oh!" The male panda trembled and shrank his body again.

Chen Ying wanted to laugh but forced herself to hold it back and quickly treated the wound.

A laceration requiring stitches.

Animals have a strong tolerance for pain, especially wild animals, so Chen Ying did not give them anesthesia. He quickly sewed a stitch and then used anti-inflammatory drugs to stop the bleeding.

The hemostatic powder contained a mild anesthetic sedative. After a few minutes, the male panda's ears no longer hurt.

It wanted to scratch, but Chen Ying held its arm.

This time, it did not act ferociously like before. Instead, it bleated cautiously twice, as if to say thank you.

Only after seeing Chen Ying put away the medical box did the mother panda let go of the other ear that had been bitten.

Chen Ying took the opportunity to check it out. Fortunately, the mother panda was sensible this time and did not let the panda get hurt.

"Where are you going to let it live? By the way, I just got news that there may be dangerous creatures in the water."

Knowing that the pandas had never seen a crocodile, Chen Ying gave a brief description and did not mention it again.

You will know when you meet them. After all, although crocodiles are powerful, the power of the giant panda's palm strike should not be underestimated.

Compared with the possible danger that giant pandas may face when encountering crocodiles, Chen Ying is more worried about the otters that have already reproduced in the Laobeigou waters.

After all, they all make their livings in water, so crocodiles are to otters as giant pandas are to red pandas.

On the third day after the notice was issued, four of the seven crocodiles that had escaped had been recaptured, including two baby crocodiles, at the cost of two patrol members being injured.

Among the other three crocodiles, one was tracked down and ran downstream, where it was discovered by a fisherman. The fisherman was so scared that he almost fell into the pond. He didn't even take his shoes and crawled away before calling the police.

But the pond was quite large and the water was deep, so for safety reasons they had to drain the water before catching the crocodile.

The remaining two crocodiles are the most dangerous broad-snouted caimans, and they are also a pair of adult crocodiles bought by the boss as breeding crocodiles.

Adult broad-nosed caimans are three meters long and have an incredible bite force, while female caimans are nearly two meters long and are equally ferocious.

Chen Ying was worried. After learning that the two caimans were missing, he hesitated and went to Laobeigou to check the situation. The two monitors who were responsible for taking care of Uncle Hu saw him coming and knew that he was worried about Uncle Hu, so they quickly gave him a reassurance pill.

Uncle Hu has been living a very comfortable life recently. He is in good health and is less willing to move around.

The biggest activity every day is to go to the river to drink water. Even the food it eats is specially fed by the two monitors. Occasionally, Leopard Sister and Brother Leopard and Jin Ya and Xiao Jin will take turns to come and bring it prey.

Uncle Hu's teeth are becoming increasingly unusable, and the food he brings to the table has to be prepared by someone and cut into shreds of appropriate thickness before he can swallow it.

"Brother Ying, we estimated that Mr. Tiger may not live long. He may not survive this winter."

Seeing the records and inferences made by the monitors, Chen Ying felt depressed.

But everyone will experience this sooner or later. After all, human lifespan is much longer than that of animals.

When he came over, Uncle Tiger was asleep on a rock above the cave. The sun was shining on his fur, making him feel warm and sleepy.

Without alarming Uncle Hu, Chen Ying told the two monitors about the crocodile. They said they had received the news and that when Uncle Hu went down to drink water these few days, they all followed him.

"It seems that they haven't come here yet. The otter family is active every day and there is no sign of crocodiles."

Although the river in Laobeigou also flows through Baisha Town, it actually first merges into another river and then turns and passes through Baisha Town.

This is also the reason why the people at the first aid station were not particularly panicked.

We went down to the river and watched for a while. The otters were still as brave and aggressive as ever. In just half an hour, they had four or five fights.

Of course, "gan qiang" should be read as "da jiao".

Usually the trigger is not the size of the fish, or who picked up a prettier branch.

The little ones were in good spirits. Chen Ying also took a few short videos and sent them to the group of the management station.

Inspecting the conditions of animals and plants is also part of their job responsibilities. The videos sent by Chen Ying can be used in work reports. Those that are particularly interesting can also be sent to the official email account of the county cultural and tourism bureau to contribute to the cultural and tourism promotion of their hometown.

Another day passed and the crocodile was still not found. This time, all the management stations were asked to suspend their operations and come back to form teams to look for the crocodile.

Although the first aid station was not among those called up, they could not sit idly by. After leaving two assistant keepers to accompany Professor Bai to take care of the panda family, Chen Ying took Xiao Shen and formed a team of two other panda people to patrol the lower reaches of Laobeigou.

The lower reaches of Laobeigou are dangerous and deep, which is not an environment that crocodiles like, but no one knows whether these two crocodiles will hide here.

The river below them was surrounded by cliffs, as sharp as a knife, and there was no way down. Since there was no way to get down to the ditch, the drone that had been shelved for a long time came in handy.

Moving slowly along the river, Chen Ying carefully observed the conditions in the water and on both sides of the river.

"I heard that the town has asked the higher authorities for help and is going to use sonar equipment to find the two crocodiles." The two panda brothers are well-informed. "I have a high school classmate who works in the county. He heard from him that the county leaders have slammed the table and demanded that the two crocodiles be found within a time limit."

Whether there is a time limit or not has nothing to do with them. In any case, the final responsibility will fall on the farm owner, and the people who help him buy the crocodiles may also be held accountable.

The four of them were walking and talking, and when this section of the river was about to merge with another river, something strange happened.

"Brother Ying, look, there's a crocodile down there!"

Because it is close to the confluence of the two rivers, this section of the river is slightly wider.

On the right side of the river, there is a swamp that is more than ten meters long and less than two meters wide. It is formed by the sedimentation of mud deposited by the river.

Strictly speaking, this should be considered a riverside wetland with lush vegetation.

Also, because both banks are still steep cliffs, there is no way to go down and check.

If the crocodile had not revealed itself, they would never have been able to see where it was hiding.

It was actually three otters that forced the crocodile to show up.

Two otters provoked the crocodile, one in front and one behind, while the other one made a mobile attack, specifically attacking the crocodile's abdomen.

After watching for a few minutes, it was clear that the three otters were almost beating the crocodile. The attacked crocodile wanted to escape but couldn't find a chance.

"Brother Ying, we've called the police, and they said they'll be here soon."

Xiao Shen called the police as soon as he saw the crocodile and sent its location to the management station group.

"Didn't they say there were two? Why did I only see one?"

Chen Ying operated the drone and searched the river carefully twice, but still could not find the whereabouts of the other crocodile.

"Could it be possible that the two crocodiles separated and escaped?"

"It's possible. The male crocodile may be active in another river, but it should not be too far away from the female crocodile."

While waiting, they witnessed the classic scene of three otters killing a single crocodile. Three mobile phones were constantly taking photos of the four figures in the river, with unreliable commentary and dubbing.

Chen Ying did not participate in the filming. He operated the drone to shoot some close-up footage and then began to search the surrounding waters.

Crocodiles do not have vocal cords. If they want to find their mate, male crocodiles can only squeeze their muscles to produce low-frequency vibration sounds to attract female crocodiles. Sometimes they also make guttural sounds similar to the croaking of toads, so male and female crocodiles must not be too far apart.

But the female crocodile was not rescued by the male crocodile until her death. Could it be that the two were too far apart?
Chen Ying cast his eyes towards the opposite hill, but that place was not under the jurisdiction of Jiamugou.

After Chen Ying sent a copy of the video to the "Safety Emergency Working Group", he planned to go find the otter family to have a chat.

The otters in this section of the river should all belong to the same family. They have their own way of communicating with each other and passing on various information.

Since the three otters were able to cooperate in hunting a female alligator, is it possible that they had already hunted a male alligator?

Although the three otters hunted the female crocodile, they were not very interested in eating crocodile meat.

After tearing and eating the most tender parts of the crocodile, the three otters quickly left.

"Can we go down now? Even if the crocodile is dead, we have to bring back the remains. By the way, send us the video you just took of the otter fighting the crocodile for our archive."

Just edit it and put it into the safety promotional video.

Every year we give safety education to students in the town, it’s the same old thing, but this time we can give them a different surprise.

After salvaging the crocodile's remains, the group took tools and carried the remains down the mountain. Just as they reached the foot of the mountain, before getting into the car, they received a call for help from another patrol team.

"What did you say? Someone saw a crocodile while playing in the wild river? OK, got it. We'll go over there right away."

"What? There are two more leopards?"

The person who answered the phone subconsciously looked up at Chen Ying.

(End of this chapter)