Chapter 141 Qinling Giant Panda (Twenty-Seven)
Yu Yiyun had been a beast for several lifetimes, from the South Pole to the North Pole, and it was very rare for him to encounter any of his own kind who had died of natural causes.
The laws of survival in nature are extremely strict. Even the strong ones standing at the top of the food chain must abide by the law of the jungle.
When social animals grow old, they may be cared for by their families, without having to drag their weak bodies around to fill their stomachs.
But solitary animals like tigers, lions, and leopards, once they are past their prime, will either become prey or starve to death due to the loss of their ability to hunt.
The situation of giant pandas is slightly better than that of big cats.
Pandas are huge in size, and hunters would not easily take them as prey unless food was extremely scarce.
Moreover, pandas mainly feed on bamboo, which is easy to obtain. At least they don't have to starve to death like other carnivores, which lose their hunting ability.
Even so, elderly giant pandas still face various difficulties.
As they enter old age, their limbs gradually lose strength and they lose most of their climbing ability. They are not only unable to avoid enemy beasts, but also unable to shuttle back and forth in the steep mountains and forests.
In addition, giant pandas often chew hard bamboo, which causes severe wear and tear on their teeth.
Like humans, bears have only two sets of teeth.
If the permanent teeth fall out, the panda will lose the tool to chew food and will no longer be able to eat bamboo.
In order to ensure the basic survival needs of elderly giant pandas, the conservation team will focus on bears over 16 years old. If they find that they are slow to move and stay in the same area for a long time, they will try every means to take the old bears to the rescue station for artificial feeding until they die.
Many old bears who have lost their competitiveness in the wild have come to the rescue station to eat and drink well and spend their later years in relative comfort.
Yu Yiyun originally believed that protecting animals by providing them with care could prevent them from suffering in their old age.
They also plan to adopt the same plan and provide the wild South China tigers with retirement care when they get older.
After truly coming into contact with giant pandas and South China tigers as equals, Yu Yiyun's thinking underwent subtle changes.
Humans have all kinds of ideals and values, and animals also have their own personalities. Not all animals are willing to accept human elderly care services.
Perhaps some animals can sacrifice their freedom for food.
But among them, there are also free souls who are unwilling to be bound.
Take Yaoyao for example. He is already 19 years old, which is equivalent to an 80-year-old man. He climbs a tree and pant heavily, trembling and panting, and he is exhausted.
Even though he is old and frail, whenever he smells the scent of humans, Yaoyao will definitely avoid them as quickly as possible and will never touch the food fed by humans.
Because he knows exactly what it means to be fed by humans.
Yaoyao has a stubborn personality and is used to being free. He cannot accept being kept in captivity by humans.
Out of humanitarianism, elderly people over 80 do not need to go to jail for minor offenses as long as they do not commit murder, arson, drug trafficking, or bank robbery.
Why is an 80-year-old panda going to start a life sentence?
"Woof!" Get out!
The 80-year-old bear climbed up the tree and used all his strength to hold on to the trunk to prevent himself from falling due to exhaustion.
Yaoyao raised his bear head and roared angrily in the direction of the noise, warning the terrifying upright ape to give up!
“Woof woof woof!”
I would rather starve to death or fall from a tree than accept your imprisonment!
Bears can be insulted but sharks cannot be insulted!!!
"Eeyee~"
There was a rustling noise in the grass, and a sesame dumpling poked its head out, making the gentlest, most harmless sound.
[Your little cutie suddenly appears.jpg]
"Eeyee." Why are you yelling so loudly? You scared the baby!
“…Ah.”
Yaoyao's momentum weakened significantly in an instant.
From the beginning of summer to now, he has encountered three groups of humans who tried to capture him, setting up a tight net to surround him.
Yaoyao was so frightened that his voice sounded obviously awkward.
If he hadn't been too old and the use of a tranquilizer gun was risky, the old bear would have been kidnapped by humans long ago.
“Ahhh.”
Smelling the little bear who had helped him last winter and disappeared for more than half a year inexplicably, Yaoyao slowly stepped down from the tree and took the initiative to approach Sesame Dumpling.
A few years ago, Yaoyao was locked up in a small, sunlightless room by humans because of an injury, which left a deep trauma in his life as a bear.
Noticing that the sesame dumplings had disappeared, Yaoyao came to the conclusion that he had also been abducted by humans.
Now, seeing that Zhima Tangyuan had been 'released from prison', Yaoyao took the initiative to approach him and licked his fur slowly to express his comfort.
Not until she came face to face with Yao Yao did Yu Yijun see his cloudy eyes clearly, as if they were frosted glass covered with mist.
"Eeyee?" Bear, can you see me?
Sesame Tangyuan raised his paw and waved it, but Yaoyao's eyes did not move, and it was obvious that he could no longer see clearly.
As they age, giant pandas not only lose physical strength, but also face threats from various diseases. Vision loss is a common disease among old pandas.
The digestive ability of elderly pandas slows down, and they are unable to absorb enough vitamin A from a single diet.
Vitamin A plays a vital role in retinal development and maintaining normal vision, and can help pandas synthesize rhododendron necessary for dim light.
In addition to lack of vitamin A, cataracts, glaucoma, retinal degeneration and other reasons can also turn pandas into real "blind bears".
Even though giant pandas are born with poor eyesight, they don't rely that much on their eyes.
But the loss of vision will still add a lot of trouble to their lives.
"Eeyore." Bear, come and look at my paws.
Sesame Tangyuan waved his paws persistently, and finally realized from Yaoyao's reaction that his eyesight was not completely lost.
Since there is still a little bit of vision left, it means that you are not completely blind and there is a chance of being saved.
Our Qinling Hua Tuo pinched his claws and calculated, and considering Yaoyao's skinny appearance, he concluded that the main reason for his declining eyesight must be insufficient nutrient intake.
That's quite reasonable.
The foods with the highest vitamin A content in nature are pig liver, chicken liver, beef liver, etc. and various animal offal.
Yaoyao spends all day chewing bamboo. How can he get the vitamin A needed to maintain his eyesight?
On the contrary, among the entire panda world, the panda that loves to eat meaty sesame dumplings the most has seen its eyes become clearer and clearer, from 800 degrees of myopia to 700 degrees.
After reaching a preliminary conclusion, Yu Yiyun whispered, "Don't move around here. I'll find you a little sweetheart."
Hunting is easiest at noon in midsummer.
Most animals are afraid of heat and hide in the shade of trees or caves, which is suitable for catching turtles in a jar.
Moreover, high temperatures speed up metabolism, prompting animals to excrete large amounts of feces, making their scent easier to capture than in other seasons.
Especially sheep and deer with strong body odor, which can emit a fishy smell that attracts animals from a long distance, attracting predators that are ready to strike.
The sesame dumplings, which carry a harmless bamboo fragrance and are particularly deceptive, quietly approach the sheep taking an afternoon nap, preserving this beautiful dream for it forever.
Only half an hour had passed, and before Yaoyao had finished chewing the bamboo in his claws, the sesame rice balls had already returned to his side with a fresh heart.
"Eeh...Eeh...Eeh." Hurry up...burp...eat.
"Yiyi." I worked so hard to give you my little sweetheart!
—He ate a whole lamb!
The sesame rice balls were almost stretched to the point of revealing the filling!
Yaoyao smelled the strong smell of blood and reflexively opened his mouth to accept the sesame dumplings.
Last winter, he injured his hind legs and stayed in the cave to recuperate. Zhima Tangyuan often brought Rourou into the cave.
Yao Yao can use "hunger strike" to deal with humans, but he can't deal with the Qinling Mountain Tyrant.
If he refused to eat, 250 would force the red berries, which were more bitter than life, into his mouth.
Over time, Yaoyao has completely accepted his fate.
Just now I saw the old bear chewing bamboo, but he couldn't chew it for a long time. I guessed that his teeth were not very good.
When feeding, tear the meat into pieces in advance to ensure that Yaoyao can swallow it directly.
After supervising the old bear to finish eating the sheep heart and liver, Zhizhi Tangyuan nimbly jumped to a high place and picked many bamboo shoots and banana fruits and brought them over.
Bamboo shoots are more brittle than bamboo and easier to chew. Musaceae fruits are softer and also contain vitamin A.
Even if we cannot help Yaoyao regain his eyesight, we can at least prevent his eyes from getting worse and preserve the last bit of light in his life.
At first, Yaoyao was obviously confused when he touched the food in front of him.
When Sesame Rice Balls pushed aside the bamboo shoots for the third time and brought them to him, Old Bear made a very low guttural sound.
Giant pandas do not have the same rich emotions as humans, but Yu Yijun could understand that Yaoyao was expressing his gratitude to her.
"Eeyee."
You're welcome. Just acknowledge me as your father next time you reincarnate.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls murmured happily, picked up a bamboo shoot, peeled it and handed it over, suddenly curious.
After several lifetimes, Yu Yiyun has accumulated many relatives and animals, both blood-related and non-blood-related.
As the animals around them grow old, Yunxiao, No. 9119, Youbang Kewei, Hill, and Xiao Feichu, who have been influenced by Yu Yiyun since childhood, will definitely not be able to sit idly by, right?
I'm really curious about how the animals will react when they are taken care of.
It would be nice if I could go back and have a look at it when the time comes.
Yu Yiyun held his head in his hands, thinking aimlessly:
Kang Kang and Mulan love the tiger cub so much. When they are old, they will definitely not refuse Yun Xiao from being close to them.
Not to mention Zhen'an. When he was young, he liked to steal cows and chickens everywhere, and he would definitely not refuse food that was delivered to his mouth.
As for the tiger... Anyway, Baba is old and will definitely not be able to beat Yunxiao. When that time comes, the rebellious Yunxiao will definitely treat him as a big cat, rubbing his head and rubbing his belly. Just thinking about it makes me happy!
The more Yu Yiyun thought about it, the more excited he became. He even began to look forward to taking care of his animals in their old age.
After all, the tiger has a bad temper. It would be more convenient to kill it by shark than to take it back to the zoo to live out its life.
Thinking of this, Zhima Tangyuan broke off more bamboo shoots and fed them to Yaoyao, training him in advance the skills of caring for the old beast.
"Ouch." Yaoyao protested weakly.
I can't eat any more, not even a drop!
"Yiyi!" You have only eaten two kilograms of fruit and ten kilograms of bamboo shoots. It's not enough. Eat quickly!
"Ahh..." The eighty-year-old bear wanted to cry but had no tears.
Since Yaoyao had not eaten a full meal for a long time, his appetite had dropped significantly and was far below the normal level of a panda.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls doesn’t care about that. It is fed according to the standards of ordinary giant pandas, with a combination of meat and vegetables at regular times and at regular times.
After a few days, the overnourished Yaoyao regained his ability to move, and the first thing he did was to escape.
"Yiyi!" Why are you running? I don't want any syrup!
The evil Tangyuan chased him from behind with a bamboo shoot in his hand and forced it into his claws.
Seeing that Yaoyao was hesitating and unwilling to eat, Sesame Dumpling raised its other paw, revealing the red berries that had just ripened.
Yaoyao was too aggrieved to say a word, and under the supervision of the Qinling Mountain Bully, he ate the bamboo shoots in humiliation.
At present, Yaoyao is the oldest bear in the entire mountain.
Pandas of his age have either died or been taken to zoos for retirement.
The protection team was unable to force Yaoyao down the mountain, and was worried that Yaoyao had died quietly and his remains had been eaten by wild beasts, so they increased their attention on him.
Under the care of staff and panda lovers, Yaoyao became increasingly weak and could no longer chew the hard bamboo.
Seeing that Yaoyao's range of movement was getting smaller and smaller, and his body was becoming thinner and thinner.
The team held an emergency meeting and after intense discussion, decided to find a way to capture the old bear without harming Yaoyao. Following the example of the Nanpo habitat, an area was enclosed in the mountains to provide him with a nursing home that simulated a wild environment.
The plan has not yet been implemented, but photos taken by the infrared camera are being sent back one after another.
On the first day, the camera captured Yaoyao eating bamboo shoots.
On the third day, the camera captured Yaoyao's expanding range of activities.
On the sixth day, all those who paid attention to Yaoyao were pleasantly surprised to find that hair stubble had grown again on the bald areas of his body.
Summer is the peak period for pandas to shed hair. After young and strong pandas shed their hair, they will quickly grow new hair.
Elderly pandas suffer from malnutrition and low absorption efficiency, and their bodies lack protein, vitamins, minerals, etc., which results in the inability to regenerate hair after it falls out, resulting in patchy baldness.
Before this, Yaoyao had large areas of alopecia on his body due to long-term hunger, which made everyone extremely worried.
What surprised everyone even more was that on the twentieth day, an infrared camera captured Yaoyao running.
run.
This move performed by a 19-year-old panda is roughly equivalent to a Thomas full spin + 720° backflip by an 80-year-old woman.
The staff on duty was so surprised when they saw the video that their eyes almost popped out of their heads!
In order to find out why Yaoyao was running wildly, he continued to play the video and found that Zhima Tangyuan was chasing him from behind.
"Why is 250 chasing Yaoyao?" the person on duty murmured softly.
The video continued to play. The 80-year-old bear ran as fast as he could, but was easily caught up by the young and strong Qinling Mountain Overlord, who peeled a bamboo shoot and stuffed it into his mouth.
Before Yaoyao finished eating, the second bamboo shoot was already in his mouth. Then the third, the fourth...
“…”
There was dead silence in the duty room.
The next day, the protection station uploaded Yaoyao’s latest video and tagged Chang Gung.
Yaoyao and Changgeng’s fans arrived at the same time, and after watching the video, they all felt very complicated.
[There is a kind of hunger in the world, called 250 feels you are hungry]
[No wonder Yaoyao gained weight so quickly, it turns out he drank 250 bottles]
[This word '灌' is so essential hahahaha! ]
[Chang Gung: As long as I am fat for one day, I will not allow any panda in the mountains to be thin! ]
[u1s1, it is rare for a panda to provide food to its own kind except its cubs, even in zoos. But when it happened to 250, I actually thought it was very normal]
[+1, we 250 have fed so many bears, I think he has a talent for raising pigs]
[That’s right. In the previous video of Nanpo Nature Reserve, Chang Geng even exchanged bamboo shoots for steamed bread with the forest ranger.]
[A ten-year old fan of Yaoyao, give a thumbs up to Chang Geng! I got into Yaoyao when he was at his peak. He fought a big black bear, escaped from the siege of more than a dozen jackals without any injuries, and was always the one who succeeded in courting a mate. Over the years, seeing my favorite panda grow old, get injured, and live a miserable old age, I feel very uncomfortable. I hope he can enjoy his old age, but I can't bear to see him being forcibly locked up in a rescue station.]
[Wild animals generally have a miserable old age. In addition to pandas, I also pay attention to tigers and lions. There are almost no tiger and lion kings that can have a good end.]
[What worries me is not the miserable old age, but the high spirits in their youth, as if a piece of beautiful jade was broken over and over again]
[So I am really grateful to Chang Geng. I wish other animals could also meet Chang Geng after they grow old.]
[I don't know about other animals, but there is Yunxiao next door~]
[I am not sleepy when I mention Yunxiao! When it comes to feeding his own kind, our Yunxiao is the best. He feeds more tigers than Changgeng feeds bears.]
[Bears give birth to few babies at a time, so our 250 feeding range is wide]
[Our Yunxiao is recognized as the Tiger God by netizens across the country! ]
【Chang Gung is also the rising star chosen by netizens nationwide! 】
…
Not long after the video was released, the comment section evolved into a "peak showdown between the two top stars in Qinling."
The mother fans of Yunxiao and Changgeng refused to give in to each other and argued with reason and evidence that their own babies were cuter.
As the argument went on, it actually became a hot topic.
Netizens who didn't know the truth saw the grand scene and thought it was a fight between fans of two celebrities.
As a result, when you click on the entry, you will be greeted by a large number of cute photos of tiger skin cakes and sesame dumplings, which instantly capture the hearts of superficial humans who like furry things.
Passersby fanned the flames and encouraged the two sets of fans: Stop arguing and post more beautiful pictures of your idols!
The beast that started the storm had no idea what a trivial matter the little man was arguing about.
After finishing his daily feeding routine, Zhima Tangyuan happily went home with the heartless little muntjac in his mouth to feed the other two bears.
By the time Yu Yiyun returned to Ziwei's territory humming a tune, the other two bears no longer needed him to feed them.
Just as night fell, Ziwei took the little bear, who was about to become independent, to practice survival skills.
Unlike Zhima Tangyuan, Ziwei stayed with her mother until she was one and a half years old, and diligently learned all the skills necessary for a panda.
The little bear, who is about the same size as a big bear, follows Ziwei obediently and imitates her in finding and distinguishing food, choosing a living environment, identifying natural enemies and avoiding danger, and how to socialize.
The little bear has a very strong learning ability and is already capable of surviving independently.
Ziwei was quite satisfied and caught a rabbit as a reward for Little Bear.
As a result, just as she caught the rabbit, Little Bear also imitated Ziwei's ability and caught a wild rabbit.
"Hey!" Rabbit, give it to your sister!
“…Huh.” There’s no need to learn hunting. My mom didn’t teach me.
"Hey, hey!" Sister, don't you want to eat?
The little bear held the rabbit in his mouth and approached Ziwei. There was blood on his face, but his eyes were blingbling and innocent.
Ziwei had no choice but to eat the rabbit given by Little Bear.
After finishing her meal, Ziwei felt that today’s practice was almost over and was about to take Little Bear back to the tree hole to rest.
“Hey hey!”
The little bear called her, his eyes fixed on the passing lamb, and his voice became even more excited.
'Next, sister, please teach me how to catch lambs!'
"Huh." Giant pandas don't need to catch lambs. My mom never taught me that.
"Hey, hey." It's also possible to catch a deer.
“……” Ziwei was silent.
Seeing that the little bear was so interested in hunting, Ziwei had to cheer herself up again, secretly observing the lamb, waiting for the right opportunity to pounce.
She had been in class for several hours from evening to late night and was feeling a little exhausted.
When it pounced on the lamb, its front paws relaxed a little, and the lamb, which had a strong desire to survive, escaped.
Ziwei learned all her hunting skills from Zhima Tangyuan.
As long as Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball catches its prey, it will never lose its claws.
So Ziwei didn't know what to do after the prey escaped.
The little bear, who had been guarding Ziwei the whole time, saw Yangyang break free from Ziwei's claws and try to escape with his injured leg.
In an instant, the hunting DNA left to him by the panda's ancestors began to move.
The little bear pounced on the lamb without any instruction, used his weight advantage to pin it down, and bit the lamb's neck with his short mouth.
After a long period of evolution, the canine teeth of pandas that have not hunted for a long time have degenerated and are no longer able to pierce the neck of their prey and bite it to death.
The little bear bit the sheep's neck hard, recalling how his mother hunted, and repeatedly tore the sheep apart until it lost its ability to resist, until it completely stopped struggling.
"Hey?" Sheep, are you alive?
"Na na!" I succeeded!
The little bear completed a real hunt the first time he used his claws. He was so excited that he didn't even bother to wipe his face and spread his claws everywhere to look for his mother.
Smelling the scent of sesame dumplings from afar, he ran over excitedly, shouting loudly to show off his achievements.
"Hey!" Mommy, I caught the lamb!
"Hey, hey!" I'll give you some lamb!
The little bear ran towards Yu Yiyun like a dog, and found that he was holding a little muntjac in his mouth.
The little bear, who was originally extremely excited, gradually lost his smile and slowed down to stop in front of the sesame dumplings.
In the night sky, the little bear's eyes looked particularly resentful.
"Hey?" Mommy, is that your prey?
"Hey, hey..." After you eat it, will you eat my lamb?
"Eh?" Baby, what's wrong with you?
"Yiyi~" Let's eat muntjac together~
Yu Yiyun didn't understand the situation and mistakenly thought that the little bear was hungry, so he enthusiastically shared the prey.
As a result, he tore off some deer meat and fed it to the little bear, but it made the child cry out of grievance.
“Hey!”
The little bear howled loudly, turned around and ran away.
Yu Yijun blinked his bear eyes in confusion, muttering, "If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it."
Adhering to the principle of not wasting food, he ate the remaining meat by himself.
About half an hour later, the little bear dragged the lamb he had killed for the first time to his mother, and saw that the lamb was gnawing on its bones.
“…”
The little bear silently opened his mouth and the prey fell straight to the ground.
The scene was like a child who had just learned to cook, busy from morning to night, making four dishes and a soup and waiting for his mother to get off work.
But when my mother came home, she said, "I'm full, please pour out the rice."
“Hey hey!”
"Eeyee?"
Yu Yiyun heard the little bear roaring out of defense, raised his head, and thought for a while before he figured out the reason.
“…”
The scene was very embarrassing for a while.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball rubbed his bulging belly, and even suspected that this was Yao Yao's revenge, allowing him to experience the feeling of having his mouth pried open and force-fed.
"Hey?" Mommy, don't you want to eat?
In the darkness of the night, the little bear, whose face had turned into a tabby cat, looked at his mother pitifully.
“……Eh.”……Eat.
Sesame dumplings put on a mask of pain.
Oh, what goes around comes around.
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