Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 575 Winter, the hunting challenge of the three little ones is about to begin

After three rounds of consultations, everyone decided to proceed with both sides simultaneously.

Xiao Jin will teach his daughter everything he knows, including how to survive the cold winter in the wild.

Although it spends most of the winter at the Jiamugou First Aid Station, it occasionally spends the night outside. The fact that nothing has happened to it over the years cannot be explained by just good luck.

Everyone was relieved to leave the field training to Xiao Jin, but the winter in Jiamugou was so cold that even Xiao Jin couldn't withstand it, so they still had to make a cat bed for Jin Yazai to spend the winter at the station.

There's no need to change the location, just keep it in the place where its parents used to be. Clean it up, apply some anti-corrosion paint, and ventilate it for a month or two, and there will be no problem keeping it.

The area is large, so even with two little lynxes, it won't be crowded. The terrain is high, so even if people come and go below, it won't affect the three little ones above.

The cat's nest used to be in the passage between the annex building and the main building. Now after the renovation, humans cannot pass through the cat's nest. If they want to repair or clean it, they can only climb up the tree with an elevated ladder. This prevents some people from being too curious and disturbing the lives of Jinyazai and the others.

Jin Yazai doesn't know about humans' plan yet. He is now learning quickly from his father, especially in hunting. He has a great talent, as if he knows by nature how to maximize his advantages.

What's more, unlike his father, Jin Yazai instinctively improved the golden cat hunting method taught by his father, and learned the lynx's lurking skills without any instruction. His success rate in lurking and hunting in the grass is not low. So far, he has never failed to catch rabbits.

The weather is getting colder, and there were a few snowflakes in the past two days.

The three little ones, who had never seen snowflakes before, were frightened by the cold snow water falling on their noses. After that, it was as if a switch was activated. The three little ones would go out for a walk every day, waiting for the snowflakes to fall.

This is very un-golden cat-like. After all, although golden cats can also withstand severe cold, they generally prefer a warm environment. Lynx is different. Every time it snows, Jinya becomes extremely active and won't go home until she has had enough fun. These three cubs have also inherited the lynx's snow will, and don't want to go home when it's cold.

The two lynx cubs recently found out that their mother is not Jinya, but the female lynx who lies in bed and doesn't talk much every day in another animal house.

They came to the emergency station before the beginning of autumn. The station named them Daqiu and Xiaoqiu, taking Xia Sen's surname (actually, Xia Ruanyang strongly requested to take his surname). Daqiu and Xiaoqiu brothers don't understand why they are not born by Jin Ya's mother, and why their biological mother doesn't care about them at all.

Every time he went to practice hunting, Da Qiu would circle around his mother's animal house, stop and watch for a while, and only leave quickly when he saw his mother turn over.

Xiao Qiu didn’t quite understand what his brother was trying to do. His thinking was very simple. Although the one who didn’t move was his biological mother, Jin Ya’s mother was his biological mother in his mind. What did the other lynx have to do with him?
Da Qiu didn't explain to his brother, but he still went over to take a look every time.

After a long time, Xiao Qiu couldn't help but pull Jin Yazi and mutter about his brother's behavior. He felt that his brother was betraying Jin Ya's mother!
But Jin Yazi became interested in the biological mother because of Xiaoqiu's words. Hmm, that auntie is actually my brother's biological mother? Then his mother is also my brother's mother, so that auntie is also his mother?

Thinking of this, Jin Yazai suddenly became excited. Hey, it didn't know this all along. If that was the case, shouldn't it also go to see its mother every day, just like its older brother? Brothers and sisters should keep in step.

Xiaoqiu was dumbfounded at the time. I told you all this to let you know that your brother was being stupid, but it turned out that I was the big fool?
Jin Yazi ran a few steps and suddenly stopped, "Little brother, I don't think we can go empty-handed. Yangyang always brings us snacks every time he comes. We should also bring some food when we go to see mom. Let's go, I know where there is delicious food, let's go grab some!"

Jin Yazai was a child who acted very quickly and would execute his ideas decisively. Xiaoqiu was led by it to run into the woods. While running, he was still wondering where he had expressed himself wrongly and why he was in this situation. It seemed that the direction he was heading was not right.

When they rushed into the woods, they found from a distance that Daqiu was hunting. Its target was a pheasant, which was fat and looked delicious.

Jin Yazai sucked his saliva suspiciously, jumped onto the tree and looked around, and found that it was not a chicken. There were several chickens as fat as it in the bushes nearby.

Jin Yazi climbed down the tree lightly, clung to brother Xiaoqiu's shoulder, and whispered to him his plan.

Xiaoqiu nodded, separated from Jin Yazai, and surrounded them from the left and right.

When they walked, they kept their bodies as low as possible so that the chicken would not notice their presence.

Just as Da Qiu was planning to find an opportunity to pounce, he suddenly saw a tail tip standing up in the grass. The unique pattern and shape allowed it to recognize the other party's identity at the first sight.

Originally, this pheasant was intended to be taken back for Jin Yazai to eat. Now the other party came by himself and seemed to want to participate in hunting. As an older brother, he would definitely follow his sister's wishes. Making her happy was the most important thing.

Although the three siblings did not discuss tactics, they began their cooperative hunting in tacit understanding.

In the distance, Jin Ya and Xiao Jin were very satisfied seeing this scene. The child was able to feed himself at such a young age, and they felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Sure enough, its cubs are so amazing!
Jin Ya was happy but also a little regretful. It was a pity that Erniu was not here, so she could not see her daughter's hunting ability. Maybe one day, her daughter wanted to go out and explore the world, and she would go to her aunt Erniu's house.

Just like Xiaobao and Beibei from Sister Bao’s family, they took their children on the journey home at the end of spring this year.

Even though I may never see Xiaobao and Beibei again for the rest of my life, knowing that they are living well and loving like Leopard Brother and Leopard Sister is enough to satisfy me. Except for some special circumstances, animals basically do not stay with their mother for their whole life. Just like it and its brother, after leaving their mother, they never saw each other again.

Jin Ya lay down, rolling on the stone to scratch her itch. She squinted and saw Xiao Jin standing by her side gently and silently. She stretched out her paws to hook its neck and grinned at it.

Xiao Jin looked at it for a long time, then bent down to comb the hair on its neck, one stroke at a time, gently and carefully.

Fortunately, the three little ones did not get to eat their parents’ dog food. At this moment, the three little ones had already approached the group of pheasants.

After all, they were all raised by Jin Ya, so the three little ones had a great understanding of each other. As soon as Jin Ya's tail tip moved slightly, the three chickens jumped out at the same time, and the chickens became a mess. Those that could fly quickly flew away, and those that couldn't fly hid in the bushes.

The three little ones were not too greedy. They hunted the young pheasants in the flock. They were not as experienced as the old birds and were so nervous that they only cared about their heads and not their butts. They put their heads in the grass cage with their butts sticking high outside. It would be a shame not to catch them.

After biting off the chicken's neck skillfully, the three little ones dragged the prey away.

Originally, Xiao Qiu wanted to find a place to pluck feathers and eat meat as usual, but just as Xiao Qiu had plucked a mouthful of feathers, Jin Yazi stopped her. "Let's go, bring this to mom, we'll go catch more later."

Mom? Xiao Qiu subconsciously looked up at the big rock on the hillside not far away. The auras of Jin Ya's mother and Xiao Jin's father were there.

Jin Yazi glanced at Xiaoqiu and slapped it on the face, "It's your mother. Come on, go over there quickly, you can get some food."

Although the prey you catch yourself is delicious, it’s also nice to occasionally eat a meal of beef fed by the first aid station to change the taste.

Xiaoqiu rolled her eyes and said nothing. She bit the chicken's neck and trotted after it.

The three little ones brought the three chickens to the mother lynx’s house. After walking around for a long time, they realized that they couldn’t get in!
After seeing the behavior of the three little ones from the surveillance video, Chen Ying thought about it and went downstairs.

Jin Yazi still doesn't have a name of his own, mainly because it's too difficult to name a baby. It has to take into account the characteristics of both parents and sound good, which is extremely difficult. Anyway, Jin Yazi is not old enough to be independent, so we just follow the habit of naming giant pandas and give him a nickname after his mother.

As for Chen Ying, he secretly said that every time he held Jin Yazi alone, he always called her "youngest daughter". This is the customary nickname that parents in Sichuan Province use when they call their female children.
At this moment, he picked up Jin Yazi as usual and rubbed him, then kissed his ears and asked in a low voice, "Little girl, what are you doing? Why did you bring the chicken here to eat?"

"It's not for me to eat, it's for my mother. My brother's mother is also my mother."

Chen Ying was slightly stunned and glanced at Da Qiu and Xiao Qiu.

Daqiu's eyes were secretly on the female lynx, while Xiaoqiu seemed a little impatient. He didn't really look inside. He was pressing his paws on the pheasant he brought, which he was tightening and tightening, looking very annoyed.

Chen Ying pinched Jin Yazi's back and said, "Little girl, my brother's mother can't eat this. Her injuries haven't healed yet, and meat with bones will get stuck in her throat. How about you take it to the kitchen and ask others to help prepare it before sending it to my brother's mother?"

"Ah, can't you eat bones? But this bone is very thin and tastes delicious when chewed..."

"There's nothing we can do. My brother's mother injured her cervical vertebrae. Although she has been treated, the recovery is very slow and she can't use too much strength. She will be almost fully recovered by next spring. By then, I will prepare some delicious food for my brother's mother."

He looked at the animal house with regret. Jin Yazi didn't make a fuss about having to go in, and he was too lazy to find someone to help him deal with the chicken. He took it away the same way they had brought it and found a place to eat it by themselves.

After watching the three little ones leave, Chen Ying went to the mixing room to get the special food for the female lynx, then ground the medicine into powder and mixed it with the meat. Finally, he took the basin of meat and went in to find the female lynx.

The female lynx actually recovered quite well, but as Chen Ying said, the injury to its cervical vertebra was very serious, and it was a miracle that it could recover to its current level. At that time, they thought that the lynx might be paralyzed.

Now, apart from not being able to lift his head for a long time, there is no major problem with the movement of his limbs. He can even eat meat and drink water while lying on his stomach.

After feeding it, Chen Ying, Doctor Xiao Chen and two nurses helped lift it onto the mobile treatment bed.

It needs to be given acupuncture and medicinal fumigation once a week to help it heal its bone injuries faster.

From the initial struggle to lying down now, the female lynx has become much calmer and can accept the combing, bathing and rehabilitation exercises given by the people in the first aid station without anesthesia.

Because the temperature in Jiamugou is lower than that in the plains, the lynx in the mountains estrus a little later. By the end of November, the three little ones just reached the stage of independent training. But in fact, in addition to going home every day, the three little guys have been hunting on their own for a long time. They can't catch large prey, but they can catch rabbits and other food.

In recent days, Jinya let the three of them spend the night in the wild by themselves, while it went back to the first aid station to have a good sleep.

But Xiao Jin was still worried about his precious daughter and did not dare to go against Jin Ya's arrangement, so he had to stay near the tree hole chosen by his daughter every night in the cold wind.

Jin Ya cub is now almost as big as Xiao Jin's father, with denser fur, and a color between Xiao Jin's golden-red and Jin Ya's orange-red, with irregular patches similar to those of a piebald golden cat.

Chen Ying discussed this issue with the experts. Because the golden cat's coat color does not have a stable inheritance, it is possible that one of Xiao Jin's parents is of the piebald type, and the Jin Ya cub inherited the coat color pattern of one of its grandparents.

Jin Yazi curled up comfortably in the tree hole he had found, with soft grass and leaves under him. He slept soundly on this cold and windy night.

The next day, Xiaoqiu and Daqiu decided to hunt farther away. Their goal today was to hunt a sub-adult tufted deer.

Jin Yazai also wanted to go. Although he was not as strong as his two brothers, he was not weak either. He had been able to hunt deer calves and smaller wild boars before. It was time to challenge himself.

Da Qiu and Xiao Qiu looked at each other and had no courage to stop their sister. They could only follow it obediently towards Laoxionggou.

The slope of Laoxionggou is gentler and has many shrubs, making it a favorite place for deer.

Xiaoqiu and Daqiu had come to scout the area before and figured out the appearance pattern of the group of tufted deer.

When the weather is freezing cold, they usually come to the water in groups to drink water and eat after the sun comes out in the morning.

When the weather is hot, deer usually only live in groups of three or five, but in winter, they gather into a large group and move together.

They usually give birth around June, and the fawns in November have just the right taste and size for ferocious beasts like lynxes and golden cats. If they can't finish them in one meal, there won't be much left over, so it won't be too wasteful.

When it gets colder, they will try to hunt bigger prey, and hide the uneaten meat for the next meal. After all, hunting in winter is very difficult and consumes more energy. Failure means hunger, which means that they may not survive the cold winter, and their lives will come to an abrupt end when the snow falls.

The three little ones haven't thought that far yet. They just follow what Dad Xiao Jin and Mom Jin Ya taught them and choose suitable prey according to their own strength, so that they can survive.

(End of this chapter)