Chapter 122 Qinling Giant Panda (VIII)
On a dark spring night, the Qinling Mountains are not at all quiet.
Near the red panda's nest, you can hear noises every now and then, and various nocturnal animals jump up and down and dance.
There were also the roars of wild beasts in heat, coming from the distant hills, disturbing it and making it unable to find peace.
The two red panda cubs are at a carefree age. They lie on their mother's belly, one on the left and one on the right, and sleep very soundly.
The long tail was twitching unconsciously, obviously it was having a sweet dream.
The little creature sandwiched between the two, with its body covered with a thin layer of white fur and looking like a white mouse, seemed to think it was too cold at night, and hummed as it tried to get into the red panda's arms.
The red panda with its cubs was very alert. It pricked up its ears immediately when it heard any movement, held the "white mouse" that had stuck to the cat in its arms, and licked its fur perfunctorily.
Who understands?
Feral children are much harder to raise than biological children!
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The little panda held a cub that was only a few days old and had not yet started to color. Seeing it leaning into his arms again, it looked for milk to drink as if it had been hungry for five minutes.
“Hiss!”
It only barked twice, and immediately a "bee-bee" response came from outside.
The two baby pandas who were sleeping soundly and snoring the previous second, immediately rolled over and got up when they heard the familiar call, and scrambled to stick their heads out of the cave, making squeaking sounds and exposing their position.
"Wow~"Brother~
"Squeak~" The baby is here~
The red panda was even more tired.
If you encounter an enemy beast, these two little idiots will attack faster than the other.
Outside the cave, the sesame dumpling that was looking for the entrance heard the cubs' cries and immediately stuck its round head in.
"Eeyee!"
He is already one year old and his weight is approaching three digits, almost the same as that of an adult panda.
The red panda nest is mainly for caring for newborn cubs and cannot accommodate such a large cub.
Yu Yiyun tried very hard. The best he could do was to stick his head in. His fat body had to be exposed outside, and his short tail was wagging in the air.
"Yiyi~" I'm coming~
Yu Yiyun was visibly happy to be able to rub both the red panda and giant panda cubs at the same time. She took turns rubbing the two red panda cubs that were gradually getting colored, and then rubbed the red panda that was working hard to raise three cubs.
"Yiyi!" I brought you a lot of prey!
Yu Yiyun shouted, and brought in some bamboo shoots, a piece of honey, a bamboo rat, and some steamed buns that the little man had dropped from the cave.
Zhima Tangyuan piled all the spoils in front of the red panda, and praised it in a babbling voice as the best red panda at taking care of children in the Qinling Mountains.
Before the sesame rice balls appeared, the red panda had complaints about the cub in its arms, who was demanding, ate a lot, and had to be held in its arms all the time.
Seeing that its cub 'nanny' brought so many preys, the red panda suppressed his complaints.
What can I say? It turns out that being a gold medal confinement nanny is a high-paying job.
The food served with sesame dumplings is nutritious and a combination of meat and vegetables.
Not only does it save the red panda the time of hunting, but it also allows it to secrete enough milk.
This red panda is a mother for the second time and is quite experienced in raising cubs and breastfeeding.
If there is enough food, it can take care of three or more cubs.
The premise is that -
Yu Yiyun lowered her head and glanced at the giant panda cub, whose weight had increased several times in just a few days.
Panda cubs grow very fast. Now the little panda can be completely held in the arms, but it will not be possible in a few days.
Giant panda cubs are high-demand babies. They need to be breastfed for a very long time every day and need their mother to be with them all the time.
In the first month after birth, the cub's weight will increase 10-20 times.
After the full moon, the mini red panda mother will not have enough milk to feed her baby even if she supplements him with more nutrition.
Not to mention, the breastfeeding period for giant panda cubs lasts at least half a year.
Yu Yiyun must find a new wet nurse for the cubs who can eat and sleep as soon as possible to reduce the burden on the red pandas.
The question is, how should one find a wet nurse?
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“Wow~”
“Squeak!”
The two red panda cubs, who have already opened their eyes and learned to crawl, have no idea of Sesame Rice Balls' troubles.
From birth till now, they can only stay in their nests. They are full of curiosity about the outside world and eager to explore the unknown nature.
Sesame Rice Balls, which appear near the nest with food every day, naturally become the best choice for the bears to satisfy the curiosity of the cubs.
"Wow~" Brother, what is this?
The slightly larger red panda cub climbed to the top of Yu Yiyun's head and grasped the little bear's ears with its two soft paws.
"Wow!" Bear ears, take a bite!
The other red panda was jealous and wanted to climb up, but unfortunately he didn't have enough strength. He pulled Maomao to 'climb' halfway and then rolled back to the ground, crying out in grievance.
"Yiyi~" Yu Yijun put away his thoughts, stretched out his paw to let the red panda climb onto his paw, and then placed it on the position of his left ear.
The red panda brother and sister each rode on a pair of bear ears. They were so happy that bubbles appeared in their mouths. They looked so proud.
Yu Yiyun thought it was fun and greeted the red panda with two "yiyi" sounds. Then she crawled out of the nest and slowly stood up on her hind legs.
Newborn red pandas have never left the surface, so how could they have seen such a scene?
Seeing the familiar scene slowly getting shorter, they thought they were flying. They were so scared that they clung to Sesame Tangyuan's ears tightly, their four little eyes rolling around, full of desire to explore the world.
The infrared camera, which was still working normally at night, was triggered by the restless cub and successfully took this precious photo.
Before dawn, the entry #Photos of big and small pandas you've never seen# became a hot search. The super cute combination of cute + adorable sparked heated discussions across the Internet.
Many netizens who usually don't pay attention to pandas, when they saw the giant panda wearing "red panda-style twin ponytails", they exclaimed that it was super cool and asked to get the same style.
Of course, the Internet is full of keyboard warriors, commonly known as "argumentative people", who pursue a sense of existence, do not know how to respect others, have a strong sense of self-awareness, like to exaggerate and have a strong desire to refute.
Even after seeing such a cute photo, the nitpickers still acted relentlessly, claiming that the photo was "fake at first glance" and was definitely staged or AI-generated.
[Haha, netizens are always young and always being led by the rhythm. Giant pandas and red pandas are not the same thing at all, how can they take a photo together? ]
[Oh my god, the guy upstairs is so smart~ We all thought that the red panda was the childhood of the giant panda (dog head)]
[Sister, put the dog head in front next time. I almost hurt my friendly troops by mistake.]
[u1s1, even if we are led by the rhythm, what harm is there in it? Seeing such a cute photo on a weekday morning, even if it is a staged photo, can bring a good mood to the office worker and remind me of the time when I was not a vicious woman.]
[+1, I don’t understand why you argue, I just think red pandas and giant pandas are super cute!!!]
[All the nitpickers say it's fake at first glance, right? Today I have to teach you how to make it real! I found the original source of the picture according to the time, opened the details, and saw that the picture was located in Qinling Mountains and was taken by a fixed night-time infrared camera. It has not been processed, so there is no possibility of AI synthesis.]
[Let’s pose for photos. Catch giant pandas and red pandas to Qinling Mountains and pose them in the photos]
[Brother, you are really brave. Why don’t you catch a giant panda and bring it to Qinling Mountains? ]
[Just to say, I am a fan of the panda Qiqi. The panda in the photo is Qiqi's eldest son. He is too young to be named yet, so we call him 250 (no malice, the fat cub weighed 250 grams when he was born). Anyone who follows Qiqi and her son knows that 250 and the little panda are friends, and they interact a lot. I don't know why this photo became popular.]
[Fire is metaphysics, our treasure bear has been discovered]
[Fortunately, the photo of 250 and the tiger didn’t go viral, otherwise those nitpickers would have had more material to work with]
On the hot search square, more and more people who know about pandas and wild animals have come forward to share their own experiences, explaining to the nitpickers that "the habitats of red pandas and giant pandas overlap, so it is normal for them to interact with each other."
In the past few years, due to human expansion, the number of giant pandas decreased, and the number of red pandas was even smaller, resulting in humans' lack of understanding of them and thinking that the giant and red pandas were two completely isolated species.
The nitpickers who thought they knew everything were so choked up that they were speechless, and finally gave normal netizens a quiet space to absorb bears.
After watching such a good show early in the morning, netizens were all curious and searched for more information about the '250' bear.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t search. After starting to learn about 250, everyone found that the little bear is indeed the "most special little bear in Qinling Mountains" and has an impressive record of life.
He provoked 50% of the most ferocious jackals, bears, tigers and leopards in the Qinling Mountains, but he was able to escape unscathed every time.
It completely overturns netizens' stereotypes about giant pandas: they are "gentle in temperament," "cannot compete with other animals and can only eat bamboo," and "are good for nothing except being cute."
Look at this little bear, it's definitely the overlord of the Qinling Mountains.
Yu Yiyun, who was completely unaware of her overnight fame, was walking around looking for a wet nurse for her adopted son with her pigeon-toed gait.
It is spring time, and many animals choose to reproduce at this time, and many of them are in the lactation period.
There are only a few people who can serve as giant panda wet nurses.
Giant panda cubs need adequate nutrition, so they must find animals of similar size.
Animals of similar size to giant pandas are either wild deer or leopards, all of which are ferocious and brutal.
Before Yu Yiyun got close, the lactating wild deer immediately chased after it vigilantly, scaring Sesame Dumpling so much that it rolled and crawled onto a tree.
Not to mention Leopard.
Yu Yijun couldn't escape even if he jumped onto a tree, and he didn't dare to provoke the mother leopard with her cubs.
In the zoo, when looking for a wet nurse for a young animal that is stranded, the zoo usually chooses a lactating dog.
Dogs give birth to many puppies, and some breeds can give birth to ten puppies at a time, so the amount of milk secreted is naturally sufficient.
Moreover, dogs have been domesticated for many years and have a certain degree of obedience, so they will not easily attack puppies.
Yu Yiyun was in the wilderness and couldn't find a suitable dog.
After much deliberation, he decided to settle for the second best and target a species that also has multiple cubs per litter, can be tamed through specific behaviors, and is most closely related to the giant panda.
Close kinship means similar milk composition, which can provide the best nutrition for the cubs.
Okay, it’s decided to be you!
That evening, Sesame Tangyuan, who had a strong execution ability, sneaked out with Ziwei to steal honey.
After successfully getting a large piece of honey, Yu Yiyun and Ziwei dodged the army of bees, broke off a small piece, and then the two little bears ate most of the honey cleanly.
After eating and drinking, Yu Yiyun took a small piece of honey and went deep into the wild fruit bushes that had been marked in advance, lying on a big rock and waiting quietly.
Not long after, there was a rustling sound in the grass near the rock.
The big black bear, which blended into the darkness, left the cave with the little black bear, which was estimated to be three months old, to look for food.
Unlike giant pandas, black bears hibernate in winter.
A successfully pregnant black bear will give birth to cubs in the middle and late stages of hibernation, and then consume its own fat to feed its babies.
By the beginning of spring, the cubs that were taken out of the nest had already mastered basic mobility.
However, the three-month-old bear cub is still in the breastfeeding period, and it will last until 6-8 months.
Black bears have stronger survival abilities than giant pandas, and mother black bears can feed two or three cubs at the same time.
Now, the mother black bear has only one baby with her.
If it could become the panda cubs’ wet nurse, Sesame Tangyuan wouldn’t have to worry about its cubs going hungry!
The dream of sesame dumplings is as high as the sky, but its realization is equally difficult.
It can be seen with the naked eye that even though Yu Yiyun's weight is the same as that of an adult bear, he is still several sizes smaller than a black bear.
The lactating mother bear was very alert. Before Yu Yiyun approached, she held her cub and roared, shocking all the wild beasts nearby.
With the sesame rice balls having almost zero attack power, if you approach the mother black bear rashly, it will probably turn your 3D image into 2D.
If it were any other beast, it would never dare to have such a crazy idea.
However, Yu Yiyun is different.
Black bears are similar to dogs and are also called black bears.
As for the dog, haha.
I once trained a large group!
Yu Yiyun, the self-proclaimed dog training master, appeared confidently and took advantage of the opportunity when the female black bear had just ended hibernation and needed a lot of nutrition to lure it over with a small piece of honey.
The female black bear smelled the scent of food and the enemy at the same time, and the whole bear was visibly confused.
"Woof!" Enemy beast!
"Ouch!" Honey!
"Woof..." Damn enemy, I'm going to...
"Ahh..." The honey smells so good, take a bite...
Yu Yiyun seemed to see a scale appear above the female black bear's head, with "Appetite" written on the left and "Instinct" written on the right.
Finally, the scale tilted heavily to the left, and the female black bear picked up the food and began to lick it happily.
The next day, Yu Yiyun used the same trick again and brought a fish.
In order to catch the fish, Yu Yiyun used all his strength, jumped into the river and struggled for a long time before finally catching a small fish that he had stepped on to death.
——It’s so embarrassing.
Yu Yiyun secretly made up his mind: No one must find out that I was a seabird in my previous life.
Neither brown bears nor black bears can resist the temptation of fish.
This time, the black bear hesitated for a shorter time. Without much thought, he picked up the fish and started eating.
The same routine was repeated four or five times in a row, and the black bear had developed a habit. When it saw the sesame dumplings, it didn't even bark, but started to eat the delicious food he fed it.
The daring sesame dumpling tentatively approached the black bear while it was eating, and even rubbed the little bear, but was not attacked.
Until the black bear finished eating the food, it turned hostile and barked at him.
"Woof!" Enemy beast, get out!
The black bear bared its teeth symbolically, protected its cub, and walked away slowly.
Yu Yiyun looked at its back and chirped secretly.
"Eeyore!" You stingy guy, I just rubbed your child!
"Eeyee!" After eating so much honey and meat from me, you actually yelled at me!
Although he was yelled at, the effect of Yu Yiyun's feeding was obvious.
Even though the black bear had finished eating the food, it just left on its own initiative and did not show any aggression towards the sesame dumplings.
Then, it's time to increase the intensity.
Black bears eat very quickly and can finish a piece of honey or a fish in just a few minutes.
However, giant panda cubs need several hundred milliliters of milk every day, and just a few minutes is definitely not enough.
The next day, Yu Yiyun brought over a bamboo.
Although the black bear is an omnivore, it has no interest in bamboo and is disappointed as it prepares to go far away to find food.
"Eeyore~" Xiongxiong, come here~
Yu Yiyun waved the bamboo, letting the wind blow away the smell of the food.
The black bear sniffed, turned around again, and came to Yu Yiyun, only to find that there were several cracks on the bamboo, some of which had only a few holes, filled with meat.
The black bear sat down and tried to get the meat out of the bamboo.
Yu Yiyun stood by and observed the black bear, and was very satisfied with his "bamboo" tactics.
In order to increase the difficulty of obtaining meat, Yu Yiyun chose relatively hard bamboo.
Since he couldn't bite the bamboo pole with his teeth that hadn't been fully replaced, he would pass the bamboo to his mother while she was eating, wait for her to poke holes with her canine teeth, and then exchange it for honey or fruit.
Poor Qi Qi, turned into a tool bear in an instant.
Yu Yiyun stood by the side the whole time and estimated the time, and confirmed that it would take the black bear about half an hour to finish eating the meat in the bamboo.
On the third day, he prepared two bamboos and coated them with honey to increase their appeal.
The black bear smelled the scent of meat and honey and pounced on them impatiently, leaving even the baby bear behind.
Yu Yiyun handed out the bamboo as usual. The black bear had already gotten used to it and sat down and started to chew on it.
As soon as he sat down, the black bear found that the black and white ball that always squatted next to him was slowly approaching him.
In the past few days, black and white dumplings would also come over during meals.
The black bear didn't take it seriously and continued to compete with the bamboo.
Before breaking the first section of bamboo, the black bear suddenly felt a suction on his chest.
It looked down and found that the black and white ball was holding a baby that had just started to dye in its arms, and it put it into its arms without saying anything.
The little ball had clearly opened its eyes, but it seemed as if it hadn't opened its eyes. It hadn't realized that the bear in front of it was not its biological mother, or even its own kind.
The cub smelled the milk and started sucking it.
The black bear suddenly got angry and was about to throw away the bamboo and shake off the two pandas who had no sense of boundaries.
Yu Yiyun was well prepared and took out his ultimate weapon -
Steamed bun!
I have to say that the chef of the Qinling Giant Panda Conservation Team is very good at making steamed corn bread, which is completely different from that of a certain zoo in the capital.
At the beginning, the rangers carried steamed buns in their pockets mainly to attract the attention of pandas when they were attacked.
To achieve this goal, the steamed corn bread must be made particularly tempting.
The Qinling team uses lard and eggs to make the steamed bread, without adding a drop of water. In addition to cornmeal, nuts and various freeze-dried ingredients are also added.
In early winter last year, the team rescued a giant panda that was stabbed by bamboo and it was time for it to be released.
As a result, he was so greedy for the team's steamed buns that he stayed in the rescue station all day and refused to leave, and he even developed a double chin.
The staff at the rescue station didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and dissed him with disdain, "Look at other bears, even if they stay in the wild, they have steamed bread to eat."
Sesame Rice Balls: Yes, that’s me!
Today, the free bear ambushed the path that the little man had to pass as usual, and successfully got two steamed buns that were still warm.
The little bear, with a growing appetite, originally planned to eat both of them.
Thinking of today's 'grand' plan, he kept one on purpose, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.
The mother black bear picked up the steamed bun with the aroma of oil and eggs, and was instantly captured. She sat there, munching on the bun and honey-flavored bamboo, letting the black and white ball on her chest drink milk with all its might.
Red pandas are small in size, secrete limited milk, and have to feed their own children.
The black and white ball, which had just opened its eyes, seemed to realize that the mother who was feeding it was not its real mother.
So, even though he didn't get enough milk, he didn't cry and instead replenished his energy by sleeping for a long time.
It was not until today that the little bear had a real full meal and burped with fullness.
The confused little black bear came over and saw his mother feeding another bear, and strange ideas popped into his mind.
——Is she the new little sister?
Why is he black and white?
Was I also black and white when I was a kid?
The little black bear used his brain and successfully came to the conclusion:
My dad is a white bear!
A white bear and a black bear will give birth to a black and white bear. That makes sense, especially sense!
Polar Bear: Spreading rumors, reporting it!
Hearing the cub burp, Yu Yiyun immediately took the cub back and left the crime scene before the black bear finished eating the "bamboo tube meat" and came to settle the score with him.
Panda cubs are only half a month old and are still at their most vulnerable stage even if they get food.
The bear carried the cub, Sesame Rice Ball, to the red panda's den without stopping.
After finishing all this, it was already dawn.
After running around all night making sesame dumplings, I felt sleepy and tired, and my dark circles under my eyes seemed to have become worse.
Luckily, I am a panda. The darker the eye circles, the cuter I am.
Sesame Tangyuan kicked his legs and prepared to find a tree hole or a rock to climb up and sleep.
Just a few minutes after closing her eyes, Yu Yiyun smelled the strange yet familiar scent of a wild animal lingering around her.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls was too sleepy to open his eyes. He hoped that the beast would know better and not disturb him while he was sleeping.
Unfortunately, the beast didn't know what was best for him, and its breath was getting closer and closer to him, almost within reach.
The sleepy little bear was furious. He got up angrily and planned to teach the bad beast a lesson for disturbing his sleep!
As a result, when he opened his eyes, he saw a large face in black and white standing less than 30 centimeters in front of him.
“Hoohoo~”
The bear came over enthusiastically, hugged the round sesame dumpling with its paws, and kept licking the head of the dumpling.
That attitude is even more affectionate than that of a biological mother.
Zhima Tangyuan was stunned for a moment before he realized: this male bear was the unlucky guy who was injured by bamboo a few months ago and was taken to the rescue station for treatment.
Look at him now, not only is he jumping around, but he can also hug himself, proving that his injuries have completely healed.
Yu Yiyun was sincerely happy for him.
Then he started to get angry again.
"Eehee!" Stop licking me, I want to sleep!
"Eeyeeeeee!" Lick lick lick, is this your bear? !
Just as Sesame Tangyuan finished yelling, he suddenly caught sight of a figure hiding in the dark.
The little man who was observing the release of the male bear was hiding in the jungle and whispering.
"Look, this father and son have such a good relationship~"
"Wait, are they father and son?"
"Eeyee?"
This guy and I are father and son?!
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