Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 533: Don't listen to Leopard's advice, you will suffer the consequences
Before leaving, he needed to observe how the seals got along in their natural environment.

The situation is not bad, not many seal pups died in this batch. As the eldest brother in the group, Haibo is very responsible in taking his younger brothers and sisters to practice fishing.

Although the two fat boys have round bodies, their movements are quite agile. They rush towards the target in the shallow sea, and with a shake of their heads, a delicious fish is in their mouths.

In comparison, the younger sister fish, whose body appears to be more slender and streamlined, is much more clumsy. Usually, when it arrives, the fish is gone too, just shaking its tail without leaving a single tear.

At the end of the three-day observation period, although the younger sister cub was clumsy in hunting, fortunately, with the help of three reliable (not so) brothers and the feeding of two foster mothers, she looked healthier and more lively than when she lived in the pool.

I packaged up the observation videos and sent them to the conservation association, informing them that I would be leaving in two days and hoped that they would arrange for someone to come and patrol occasionally.

"This year, there are nearly one-fifth more young leopards in the bay than last year. Although the increase in the number of seals is a good thing, the corresponding food shortage problem needs to be solved urgently. In addition, the village chief said that he had communicated with other villages, and the top predators in the Arctic Circle seem to be lurking nearby. You may want to pay attention to the reason."

A slow and continuous increase in population is a positive development brought about by the increase in food resources in the region. However, the seal population has increased abnormally in just two years, making it impossible for food in the bay to keep up with the development of predators. If this continues, the local ecological chain will surely collapse in the long run.

Fortunately, the seals also know that they cannot fish out the pond when the fish are dry. Originally, there were only one place in the bay where ringed seals were found, but now there are also ringed seals in the bay near the two neighboring villages to the north.

The Nature Conservancy had already discovered this anomaly. Of course, no normal person would link this anomaly to Chen Ying. Isn't this the result of their nature conservation? How could they give the credit to someone else?

The night before departure, Haibo took his three cubs out for some fun and did not return home.

The two foster seal mothers don't have to worry about their children recently. They just eat, drink and sleep soundly in the sun every day. Their lives are so happy that even their bodies seem to have become rounder.

After getting up early in the morning, packing his luggage and belongings, and covering the furniture in the house with dust cloth, Chen Ying knocked on the door of his neighbor's house carrying a small first aid kit.

"This is the updated first aid medicine. I have sent a text message to your phone with the passwords for the warehouse and the temporary rescue room next door. In addition, I have signed a daily delivery agreement with Uncle Isaac, and I have prepaid one month's money. He will deliver fish every day, about 50 kilograms a day. I need your help to put it at two fixed feeding points, and the rest can be added to Haibo's snack warehouse."

"Why do we need to feed them?" The old man was a little puzzled. "They can catch fresh fish by themselves."

"The weather is getting colder and colder. There are more seal pups this year than last year, but the number of marine fish is decreasing. I am worried that weak seals will not have enough to eat. These foods are not attractive to adult and strong seals, but they are life-saving for baby seals."

The old man patted his forehead and solemnly assured Chen Ying that he would do a good job.

After another round of patrol along the coast, Chen Ying didn't see the familiar fat seal. After standing with his hands on his hips for a while, he turned around and prepared to get in the car and leave.

Just as the car started, the village chief called.

"Chen, are you leaving?"

Hearing the urgency in the village chief's voice, Chen Ying quickly stopped the car and said that he was just about to leave.

"Thank God you're still here, Chen, come quickly, we need your help here."

The village chief gave an address, which was located in the northern section of the river where it flows into the sea. It was the southernmost location of their village. Across the river was another village in another province.

Chen Ying drove over and ran to the beach, where he saw a group of people gathered together. There were at least dozens of seals lying on the beach in front of them.

"What's going on?" This time is not the time when seals usually sleep on the beach, especially with so many of them and so crowded, it looks abnormal no matter how you look at it.

"I don't know. These seals look very tired and frightened. Some of them are injured. We have already treated some of the less seriously injured ones. We dare not touch the rest."

The villagers have lived by the bay for generations, so they have no problem dealing with daily minor injuries. However, when it comes to fatal injuries and the animals are protected, they must be handled by professional veterinarians. If they act arbitrarily, they will be treated as threatening the lives of protected animals.

After gaining a general understanding of the situation, Chen Ying directly called the protection center, described the current situation in the most professional language, and then put forward her own needs.

His mini first aid station only had a small amount of common medicines and equipment in stock, but with so many seriously injured seals, a large amount of first aid supplies would definitely be needed. More importantly, the problem of manpower must be solved.

Fortunately, there is a professional veterinary research institute in a nearby university town. After Chen Ying’s call for help, the graduate students responded quickly and coordinated with the protection organization very quickly. Two hours later, the first group of rescuers arrived at the scene by helicopter, bringing much-needed relief supplies.

It took nearly twenty hours just to treat the seal's injuries. During this period, injured marine animals were discovered and reported from time to time. The most recent one was that two bottlenose dolphins were sent to Chen Ying.

"These two little guys were injured when they collided with each other while jumping. This is absolutely impossible to happen, but it happened right in front of us." The worker on the fishing boat that brought the two dolphins over described the whole incident with gestures.

Fortunately, the two dolphins only suffered impact injuries, and there were several fresh tooth marks on their bodies, which were probably left by sharks.

In addition to treating injured animals, the most urgent task for humans to do is to find out the cause of the abnormality.

Chen Ying pieced together a message from the animals' cries of pain and mutterings: something might have happened on the seabed.

The plan to go home was delayed again, but this time Chen Ying's reason for asking for leave made the teacher bring the students in the research group to this small seaside village which was usually sparsely populated.

"In addition to the unusual movements of marine life, there are also problems with animals in the coastal forests." His teacher said with a serious expression, "From yesterday afternoon to nine o'clock this morning, the school veterinary hospital located 100 kilometers away has received nearly 30 cases of wild animals."

Although the main base of their school's veterinary program is at the southern end of the bay, there are also branch institutes and a small but strong veterinary hospital in the nearby university town.

"I got news that there is a high probability of an undersea earthquake in the near future, but due to the terrain, the specific data cannot be accurately predicted."

Although he has lived here for three years, Chen Ying is not as familiar with the geographical environment of the region as the locals who have always lived here. Besides, as a veterinarian, isn't it a bit difficult for him to analyze geography, geology and even meteorology?

Not long after falling asleep, Chen Ying suddenly woke up with a start. His heart was beating so hard that he felt something ominous.

He rushed to the window and pulled open the curtains. Outside, only the dim outdoor lights emitted a warm and soft light, illuminating the entire garden.

The water in the pool ripples, gently hitting the sandy beach specially laid out beside the pool. The gates open, and wave after wave surges onto the beach from the bay.

After changing into warm clothes, Chen Ying came to the beach and looked carefully and found that the sea water seemed to have risen a lot at the same time.

He frowned and just stood up, he saw the village chief and others coming over with lighting equipment.

"Hey, Chen, did you also notice something wrong?" The village chief patted him on the shoulder. "The notice said that an earthquake occurred on the seabed near the Arctic Ocean, which may cause a tsunami in the surrounding waters. But it doesn't matter, we are far away from that place and it won't have any impact." Chen Ying smiled and said nothing, but his eyes looking towards the sea were filled with lingering worry.

So far, Haibo has not been seen returning with the three cubs. Where did they go?
The village chief and his colleagues were still responsible for patrolling, while Chen Ying stayed on the beach, trying to find the figure of his fat boy from the dark shadows.

After standing in the cold night wind for more than half an hour, Chen Ying shivered and prepared to go back to sleep. If nothing happened tomorrow, he would set off again.

"wuwa, wuwa"

As soon as he turned around, he heard a voice coming from behind. Chen Ying quickly ran to the edge of the beach, and sure enough, his fat boy was back.

Four seals ran towards him, chattering and vying to tell Chen Ying about their thrilling journey.

“Ulala, it’s so scary, there’s such a huge sea beast rushing towards us, but who am I? I’m the famous Haibo, how can I be defeated so easily? So I took my brothers and sisters to walk the sea beast, and finally it tied itself into a knot and sank to the bottom, oh ho ho!”

Chen Ying pinched her brows. This fat kid, can he watch less erotic TV series? He should blame himself. Last year, he recommended a erotic video website to the old man next door. Now the old man watches videos by the pool when he has nothing to do. Haibo, who was listening for free, learned it.

"Brother, brother, get to the point!" The younger sister was the most reliable. After listening for a long time, she couldn't help but slapped her brother's chubby and elastic body.

Haibo, who was awakened by his sister's slap, quickly gave her an embarrassed smile and continued, "We found a lot of foreign sea beasts in that sea area, and a lot of big fish that usually live very deep. The smell there made the leopard very uncomfortable, so we rested for a while on a nearby island and then came back. On the way back, we also encountered a group of long-nosed guys and some damn big fat fish."

After spending more than a year with Haibo, I roughly understand what the long nose and big fat fish in its mouth mean.

Bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales.

However, false killer whales do not usually move in this area.

This sea area is brackish water with a salinity of only 0.5-1.5% (much lower than the ocean average of 3.5%), and the water temperature can even drop below zero in winter.

False killer whales are adapted to warmer water environments with higher salinity, about 15-25 degrees, and the North Atlantic where they live is connected by only narrow straits, making migration extremely difficult.

But this false killer whale, which Haibo hated so much, was an exception.

It must have gotten separated from its own group and accidentally joined a group of bottlenose dolphins.

For some reason, that group of bottlenose dolphins actually accepted this false killer whale, which looked completely different from themselves and even had very different living habits.

The most outrageous thing is that this year a new life was born in the bottlenose dolphin family. It has half the genes of a false killer whale and is called a cetacean.

(Baby cetacean following its mother)

The reason why Haibo confronted the false killer whale was because this dolphin could never have offspring of its own.

One went north and the other went south. The two different species met at the southern end of the bay and then fought.

Both sides are unconventional creatures, but the cetacean has the word "豚" in its name, so it is naturally closer to the bottlenose dolphins that are common in the bay.

The people who were beaten into the bay took shelter from the waves and only escaped death by going ashore.

The feud had been going on since then, but under normal circumstances, Haibo and the dolphin beast would never meet again in their lives.

However, something unusual happened.

This time, the unusual movement on the seabed caused chaos in the biosphere for a while. The cetacean, who followed his parents to avoid danger, and Haibo, who was overly curious and bravely entered the dangerous area with his younger brothers and sisters, met again in history.

"Stop Haibo, get to the point!" Chen Ying pressed the bulging veins on his forehead and glared at this fat boy who was a middle school student and liked to show off.

"There are dangers at the bottom of the sea, but there are many two-legged beasts in the nearby waters. They don't seem to know that danger is coming. One of them is holding the thing in your hand and pointing it at us for a long time."

"My brother and I tried our best to signal them to hurry up, but they didn't understand a word of our language and actually went closer to the danger zone. Ahhhh, I'm so pissed!"

Little Fatty No. 3 slapped the beach hard, his screams were sharp and piercing.

Chen Ying quickly comforted it, "It's okay, don't be angry, the big ship that those two-legged beasts are on is very safe, nothing will happen...right?"

Since human lives were involved, Chen Ying did not dare to ignore it. Even if he exaggerated the danger, it was better than knowing the danger and not warning people.

It was useless to ask the teacher for help, so Chen Ying decisively called Klaus.

Although he was an ordinary person, Klas was actually the head of the largest shipping family in Northern Europe. Even though he was just an inconspicuous descendant of a branch of the family, the connections he could make use of were far beyond what a foreign student like him could have.

After receiving Chen Ying's call, Klaus was a little unhappy that his sweet dream was interrupted, but after listening to Chen Ying's subsequent story, Klaus sat up abruptly and asked in a serious tone whether the news was reliable.

"I'm not sure. After all, the submarine earthquake point announced by the Ocean Bureau is not in this sea area. I just feel that the state of the waves is not right. Combining the village chief's reminder, the changes in the tides I observed, and the abnormal number of injured marine life, I made the above inference."

Chen Ying stood on the dark beach, facing the vast ocean, with a heavy tone.

"I can't guarantee it, so I thought of asking you if you have any way to warn the ships on the route. If I were sure, wouldn't it be faster for me to call the Ocean Bureau directly?"

Kras let out a breath and wiped his face, "Okay, for Haibo's sake, I'll go and ask about the situation."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ying squatted down and stroked the bodies of the four seals. "Go and have a rest. We have done what we can. Now it all depends on their luck."

The swaying sea level, the surging waves, and the quieter beach than before all seemed to warn of the impending danger. Chen Ying slowly exhaled, and did not plan to sleep again. She returned to the pool and stared at the four little ones wolfing down their food.

(End of this chapter)