Chapter 126 Qinling Giant Panda (XII)
"Yiyi~" Leopard~
"Ahhh!" Bad bear!!!
It is hard to tell whether Leopard was annoyed by the sesame dumplings or moved by the conciliatory offensive of "appealing to reason and appealing to emotion".
It chased Yu Yiyun with its graceful and agile long legs in light cat steps, and ran to the river bank panting.
By the time they reacted, it had already passed through the iron net between the wildness experimental area and the panda reserve.
"Oh?"
When passing through the iron net, there was obvious confusion on Leopard's face, as if he was surprised that the iron net that always blocked his way and prevented him from hunting on the other side could pass through easily and unscathed.
Is there such a good thing in the world?!
However, the third second after passing through the iron net, Leopard regretted it.
The air was filled with the scent of wild beasts.
Powerful, ferocious, and strong smell of wild beasts.
Even the remaining breath proved that the beast was very far away from him.
Leopard still instantly judged: I can't beat the lord beast here.
According to the survival rules of cats, continuing to move forward is equivalent to a blatant provocation to the lord.
——Come on, bite me!
The leopard kept its paws suspended in the air, and was hesitant to put them down, for fear of stepping on the lord beast's territory.
If you leave any trace behind, you will probably be hunted down until the end of time.
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Compared to the cautious and sensitive leopard, the sesame dumpling, whose fighting power is almost zero in front of the beast, is much calmer~!
Yu Yiyun knew clearly that now that spring had come and the flowers were in bloom, Shanjun Baba was living a happy and fulfilling life with his wife and children, sucking big buffaloes, and he had no time to wander around the edge of his territory.
Even if Tiger Baba appears, as long as Leopard does not take the initiative to provoke him, the tiger will definitely not bother to pay attention to them.
As for sesame dumplings?
Oh, he dared to order the tiger to catch a cow for him to eat!
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"Yiyi~" Leopard, come here quickly!
"Eeyee!" Don't be afraid, my ex-daddy is busy with his ex-mom and has no time to bite you!
Yu Yiyun called out to the leopard twice, then jumped into the river, which was several dozen meters wide, in front of it.
“…Huh?”
Leopard's eyes widened, as if he saw a panda swimming for the first time, and he was stunned by the scene.
The sesame dumplings floated in the water, their short hairs moving with the waves, looking...
Uh, 100% solid.
Fat is fair to everyone, what you see is what you get.
He grunted and fiddled with his short legs, demonstrating the cute bear's water-playing skills, and switching between backstroke and freestyle with ease.
If the world holds the Olympic Games, Yu Yiyun will definitely be a favorite to win many titles.
If Sesame Tangyuan's legs weren't so short and thick, it would be hard to see the basic movement of "bending". He could even perform breaststroke and butterfly stroke for everyone.
Baobao stopped at the river bank, watching a giant panda performing fancy swimming in the water, and expressed deep doubts about his own preconceived ideas.
Pandas, can they swim?
He is so fat!!
"Eeyore!" How rude, who are you calling fat?
Yu Yiyun seemed to understand Baobao's thoughts, but also seemed to dislike his dawdling.
Sesame glutinous rice balls flapped their little chubby legs, turned 720 degrees in the water, and called out to Leopard Yiyi. Then they waved their little bear paws again, inviting it to play in the water.
Leopard doesn't understand bear language, but after all the trouble it has just gone through, it has gradually gotten the hang of it:
The little bear made that rapid cry, which was a urgency for him to hurry up and follow.
“…”
How to get there?
As a large cat, the leopard naturally has swimming skills. However, before today, the leopard had never thought about crossing this river, and of course had never thought about swimming such a long distance.
After chasing the sesame dumplings over several mountains, Leopard, who had very poor endurance, had almost exhausted all his energy and was thinking about finding a place to rest.
Faced with the wide river, Leopard found it difficult to make up his mind to jump in.
"Eeyore?" Leopard, are you also a drought sufferer?
"Eeyore!" Such a big cat can't swim.
"Eeyee, eyeeeeee~" Follow my lead and paddle the water with your flippers~
Yu Yiyun completely ignored the fact that neither she nor Baobao had "fins", and floated there, turning over and over, showing Baobao her "graceful" swimming style.
Leopard looked at the flexible solid ball, felt his dignity insulted, and jumped into the river as well.
"Ah!" Bad bear!
"Ahh!" Don't let me catch you!
On land, the running speed of Sesame Tangyuan cannot be compared with that of the golden leopard. On average, it has to call a time-out after being chased for 500 meters.
However, after entering the water, Yu Yiyun, who has rich swimming experience, finally regained her position. She swam in front of the leopard and activated her taunting skill, dissing it for its poor swimming skills.
"Yiyi!" If you are not good at it, just practice more.
"Ah!" The leopard was so angry that he was powerless and furious. He immediately forgot all his tiredness and sleepiness. He aimed at the black and white ball's tail and swung his claws hard.
Because Yu Yiyun's curse was so dirty, Leopard player performed well and soon followed Sesame Tangyuan to the shore.
After climbing onto the shore, Leopard was already exhausted like a dog, and was wheezing with his tongue hanging out to cool down.
It didn't even bother to shake off its fur. It fell on the shore, kicked up its four legs, and fell asleep as if there was no bear around.
"babble!"
"Eeyee!"
Yu Yiyun called out several times, but the cat, which is said to be "very alert when sleeping", did not even lift its eyelids the entire time.
Poor Sesame Tangyuan, his plan to eat for free failed, so he had to go out to find food alone.
Although the distance is only a few dozen kilometers, the natural environment of the South China Tiger Rewilding Experimental Zone is very different from that of the Panda Reserve.
Inside the protection net, there are no large tracts of bamboo and bamboo shoots suitable for giant pandas to eat. Tall trees can be seen everywhere, which are suitable for larger wild animals to live and hide.
It would be difficult for other giant pandas to find a suitable habitat here.
But Yu Yiyun is different.
He pursues a combination of meat and vegetables.
After traveling through mountains and rivers and going through numerous hardships and dangers, Yu Yiyun finally returned to his "hometown". How could he be satisfied with continuing to chew bamboo?
Relying on his knowledge of the terrain, Yu Yiyun sniffed around.
After walking around for two rounds, he met the old beast he had been thinking about.
"Eh~"
Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball lay flat on the spot, looking towards the tree hole beside the river bank and saying hello to the cute little otter inside.
"Yiyi~" My little cutie, long time no see.
The little otter is only a few months old and has always lived on the banks of the middle and upper reaches of the river. It has never seen the black and white balls living in the high altitude areas on the other side of the river.
The sesame dumplings give off a bamboo fragrance, which is very deceptive.
The little otter, who had no idea of the dangers of animals, simply thought that he had encountered a larger herbivore.
The cute little otters poked their heads out, wanting to take a closer look at the black and white balls.
Then--
Cuteness is fleeting.
The sesame dumplings replenished their cute energy, licked their lips, and burped contentedly. I patted my belly and taught them, "Have you learned nothing? Don't talk to strange animals casually in your next life."
Before the mother otter came back to chase the shark, the nimble solid ball climbed up the tree and fell into a sweet dream.
Having lived in the wild for many years, Yu Yiyun has an exceptionally good sleep quality. He can even fall into a deep sleep even when dozens of wolves and dogs are barking 200 meters away.
The forest was relatively quiet today, but Yu Yijun slept uneasily. When he closed his eyes, he had a particularly terrifying nightmare.
In her dream, Yu Yiyun saw that the mother panda didn't like the little bears and only took care of her own babies.
The little bear, who was fattened by bear milk and cat milk, was like Cinderella in the fairy tale. She was abused by her mother and bullied by her sister every day and lived a miserable life.
The cub was so hungry that his bones were showing, and without a warm tree hole to rest in, he lay alone in the snow, shivering.
“Hey… Hey…”
Little Bear cried heartbrokenly, his eyes watery, and he asked Yu Yiyun why she abandoned him...
"babble!"
Yu Yiyun yelled and woke up immediately.
He opened his eyes and looked around. There was no snow or ice, and no crying little bear.
Come to think of it, it's summer now, and even if the little bear doesn't have the shelter of a tree hole, it won't freeze to death easily.
He can now walk and crawl and find a hiding place for himself.
Most wild animal mothers will favor stronger cubs to ensure they raise at least one.
The little bear grows so fast and has enough competitiveness in the wild, so he shouldn't be bullied by his mother and sister.
Yu Yiyun thought about it and felt that she was scaring herself, so she changed her position and lay down again.
Yu Yiyun couldn't fall asleep after changing several positions. When she closed her eyes, she looked like a little bear with tears in her eyes.
Zhima Tangyuan was really worried, so he simply climbed down the tree, tiptoed to the sleeping Leopard, and started to torture him.
"Yiyi." Leopard, are you asleep?
"Meow." Asleep.
"Eeyee, eyeeee." I can't sleep. Let's go find Brother Leopard quickly.
"Meow!" I'm asleep!
Leopard covered his eyes with his paws and turned over, trying to block out the cat's calls.
However, Sesame Rice Balls was more persistent than expected. When it found that Leopard refused to get up, it stretched out its claws and scratched him.
When pulling and rubbing didn't work, he boldly jumped onto Leopard and provided a personal wake-up service.
Today, Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls weighs 150 kilograms, far exceeding Leopard's weight.
He sat on Leopard and almost crushed out Leopard's leftover rice.
“…Ah!”
Leopard howled in pain, did a sit-up on the spot, pushed down the sesame rice balls, and opened his mouth to reveal his frightening fangs.
Sesame Tangyuan faced the sharp teeth and fangs without any fear. He rolled over and sat up, making an urging sound to signal Leopard to follow quickly.
Yu Yiyun was troubled by nightmares and was particularly worried about her little bear.
After much thought, he decided that he should quickly settle Baobao's lifelong affairs, and also go back to confirm whether the cub was being taken care of by its biological mother.
“…”
Leopard was deeply confused.
Other animals in the forest, let alone hearing the leopard roar.
The leopard can scare away a lot of people with just the slightest movement.
How come my threats had no effect in establishing my authority in front of Sesame Tangyuan?
Where did this strange bear come from!
Yu Yiyun had lost her way countless times in the Qinling Mountains, but she finally figured out the terrain after repeated practice.
He took Leopard and skillfully crossed the jackal army's territory, confusing the jackals who were taking care of their cubs.
Wait, what's going on?
Some time ago, a juvenile Tigress crossed through their territory, which was quite an insult to the Paw Patrol.
Now another panda has come, and it simply doesn't take the top beasts in Qinling Mountains, the king of jackals, tigers and leopards, seriously!
The two jackals rushed out like arrows from afar, blocking the panda's way, intending to teach the ignorant herbivore a lesson.
Zhima Tangyuan ignored him completely and loudly urged Leopard, who was running out of stamina and hanging on completely by a grudge.
Leopard climbed up grunting, and when he saw the two ferocious jackals, he began to feel like retreating.
The jackal on the opposite side also began to think of retreating.
They have never seen a panda, but they know a leopard.
There is a leopard nearby, which often intercepts them when they are about to catch them. It is so annoying.
But every time the leopard fought with it, it always suffered a loss.
Over time, the jackals would subconsciously retreat three points when they saw the leopard.
The atmosphere on the scene reached a delicate balance, with both sides adhering to the principle of "I won't move unless the enemy does."
At this moment, the sesame dumplings sandwiched in the middle play a decisive role.
"Yiyi!" Baobao, hurry up, you're not going to make it, are you?
"Meow!" The leopard cried out angrily. Its dignity as a top predator drove it to follow behind Sesame Dumpling and strut through the jackal army's territory.
Seeing Sesame Dumpling Bear pretending to be a leopard, the Vanguard Jackals looked at each other in bewilderment and silently decided to swallow this humiliation.
Just as he turned around, the arrogant panda suddenly called out to one of the jackals.
"Yiyi~" Old Jackal, I'm too busy today and don't have time to say hello to you.
"Yiyi!" Be a good dog, goodbye!
“…Wu?”
The old jackal, who was inexplicably being asked to reminisce about the past unilaterally, had a look of confusion on his face.
Yu Yiyun brought Baobao and skillfully broke into Kang Kang's territory.
Pretty Leopard looked at his back and was completely convinced.
Baobao has been traveling around the world for many years and has come into contact with countless pandas.
In its perception, pandas have no advantages other than their huge size.
If I encounter it, I will just hide in a tree. If I can't hide that well, I will crawl into a tree hole. My main strategy is to hide as long as I can and act like a bear with its tail between its legs.
This bear was different. Not only was he not afraid of himself, he didn't even flinch when he smelled the strong scent of ferocious beasts nearby.
——Laughing, Yu Yiyun has no reason to retreat.
The lord tiger of this territory is his dear mother~
At this time, Mommy has reached the other side of the river, enjoying the world of two tigers with Tiger Baba.
I don’t have the time to go back and enjoy a complete childhood.
Sesame Tangyuan swaggered into Kang Kang's territory, followed the smells left everywhere, and came to the big rock where Leopard Brother often basked in the sun.
The temperature in the forest has soared in recent days.
Brother Leopard felt too hot and hid under the shade of a tree deep in the forest.
Realizing that an animal had invaded his territory, Brother Leopard became very alert and jumped to a high place to overlook the whole situation.
If the invader is Lord Tiger, Brother Leopard will just pretend that nothing happened because he cannot defeat the invader anyway.
If he encounters a jackal or a black bear, Brother Leopard will attack it with heavy punches without mercy, and he believes in being able to bend and stretch.
Brother Leopard opened his eyes wide, looked carefully, and found that it was indeed a bear that invaded the territory.
But he is not a black bear. He is slightly smaller than a black bear and does not seem to be an adult yet.
"Huh?" Where did this little brat come from?
Although Leopard cannot defeat the lord tiger, he also has his own dignity and will not allow underage bears to run wild in his territory.
It immediately stretched out its long legs and dived down at the fastest speed, intending to let the little bear know who was in charge of this territory.
Brother Leopard originally planned to use his roar and smell to scare the little bear so that Little Nose would give up.
It only intended to defend its territory and had no intention of wasting energy on fighting.
But who would have thought that Brother Leopard would rush to the mountainside with a roar, making such a noise that scared the beasts.
If ordinary animals heard this, they would definitely retreat away.
The little bear was not afraid at all. Instead, it stopped there and waited for it to come over.
Brother Leopard noticed his unusual behavior and became more cautious, fearing that this strange bear, whom he had never seen before, could actually kill ten people with one claw.
"Hey!" Brother Leopard, we meet again!
After "many years", Yu Yiyun couldn't help feeling a little emotional when she saw Brother Bao again.
It was just like when Yunxiao met Brother Leopard and said "Long time no see" to him on behalf of the South China tiger.
Sesame Rice Balls greeted in the same way, telling Brother Leopard "I'm back too."
“Oh.”
Brother Leopard retracted his paws and looked at the sesame dumplings in confusion. For some reason he felt a sense of familiarity.
Although it had never seen sesame dumplings, it knew that the giant panda on the next hill had never left.
Just like himself and many of his kind, he has never left the Qinling Mountains.
Despite facing various threats, they still stubbornly stay in this habitat.
The elves who have lived in the Qinling Mountains from generation to generation still tenaciously inherit and reproduce.
Embellish this forest that was once devastated but is now gradually recovering its vitality.
Perhaps the forest also wants to favor its own people. Sesame Dumplings is still staring at Brother Leopard silently.
A bird that was once declared extinct but later miraculously flew back to the Qinling Mountains and took root on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains together with the giant pandas flew between the two of them.
Yu Yijun raised her head and saw its willow-leaf-shaped crest and beautiful pink and white feathers. She couldn't help but stare in amazement.
"Chirp."
Its cry is heavy despite its appearance, as if it is telling the history it has witnessed.
The crested ibis and giant panda both live on the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains and are theoretically easier to encounter than the golden monkeys that live on the northern slope.
However, giant pandas live at an altitude of 1,500-3,000 meters, and crested ibis are generally active at an altitude of around 1,200 meters.
In the winter that just ended, all the red-crowned cranes hid near the paddy fields to catch loaches.
When the temperature in the mountains warms up in winter, one or two birds will occasionally fly to the mountains.
Yu Yiyun rarely saw a red-crowned crane, and waved her claws at it excitedly.
"Eeyee~"
The beautiful crested ibis heard the sound, flew around the giant panda's head twice, and then flew away with a chirp.
Brother Leopard on the opposite side stared at the sesame dumplings the whole time and found them boring.
He is still a little bear who can play with birds, so there is no need to make a big fuss to expel him.
Brother Leopard roared at him and told him to get out of here as he had enough fun. He turned around and prepared to go back to a high place to continue to escape the heat.
Before he could move his paws, Sesame Dumpling started barking again, his voice somewhat provocative.
The spotted big cat's temper started to flare up, and he decided to act like a bad beast and bully the child.
It leaped nimbly to Yu Yiyun's side and was about to show its claws.
The leopard following behind finally recovered and appeared within the capture range of Brother Leopard.
When Leopard smelled the scent of the beautiful Leopard, he couldn't believe his nose.
You know, the clouded leopards in the Qinling Mountains were once considered partially extinct.
The current number of tigers is probably even less than that of the South China tigers that have just been released, let alone compared with pandas.
Leopards are solitary animals with a large range of activities.
Brother Leopard reached sexual maturity last spring and began to prowl the nearby hills, broadcasting courtship signals.
During the breeding season, leopards will leave excrement wherever they pass by to attract the opposite sex.
The leopard urinated for a whole year, but except for smelling the mating signals of another male leopard, he did not get any response from any female leopard.
It is summer now, and theoretically the breeding season for leopards has passed.
However, Brother Leopard, who had not found a mate for a whole year, smelled the scent of the female leopard, blinked his golden-brown eyes with eyeliner, and rushed over impatiently.
The female leopard was "tortured" by the sesame dumplings, climbing mountains and swimming. She was already exhausted at this moment, and let the brother leopard circle around her like a dog.
Brother Leopard confirmed the smell of the female leopard and was so satisfied that he couldn't wait to finalize the marriage.
Finding the beautiful leopard so tired, it recalled the way its neighbor next door chased his wife, and immediately prepared to tie the beautiful leopard's stomach with delicious prey.
Brother Leopard looked around and found that the most conspicuous prey around was the sesame rice dumpling that was standing there watching the fun.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball met Leopard's gaze and cried out in disgust.
"Eehee?" Don't you have any conscience?
"Eeyore!" I worked so hard to introduce your wife to you, and you plan to eat your own Cupid?
Brother Leopard looked at the sesame rice dumplings, then looked at the leopard in his dream, and seemed to realize something. His eyes suddenly became clear and he began to search for other prey.
The beautiful leopard lay there for a while, and before he could catch his breath, the delicious antelope was delivered to his mouth.
The beautiful leopard howled as if it were a hungry leopard pouncing on its food. It quickly filled its stomach and only then did it have the energy to look closely at Brother Leopard.
The sesame dumplings did not deceive it. This male leopard had a handsome appearance, a strong physique, and was very good at cooking.
Moreover, he also owns a huge mountain several thousand meters high. He is a high-quality male among leopards and is indeed worth considering.
Leopard is three years old this year and theoretically should have reached sexual maturity.
Since there was no sign of any male leopard near the territory, spring had not yet arrived for the leopard.
Now, surrounded by the scent of the strong male leopard, the leopard gradually became aroused and lifted its tail to let it smell its scent.
Yu Yiyun admired the interaction between the two leopards and knew that they had fallen in love with each other.
I guess it won’t be long before they start doing things that cannot be reviewed.
Yu Yiyun, who made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of the Leopard Family, happily wagged his tail and left the hill quietly.
On the way home, Zhima Tangyuan dug up another otter's den, causing the mother otter to attack at max power. She chased after the bad bear, cursing and biting the bear's tail.
Yu Yiyun swam fast, but not as fast as the otter, and several tufts of hair were bitten off from his tail.
After passing through the iron net, Yu Yiyun wandered around aimlessly, thinking about where he should stay to grow his tail hair.
Before Zhima Tangyuan found a temporary place to stay, he heard a series of human footsteps in the distance.
There are a lot of upright deer that often appear in the mountains, and they are searching for something in groups.
When Yu Yiyun heard the little guy's voice, it almost became a conditioned reflex, and he was about to go over and rob the two steamed buns.
Before I got close, I heard the nearest little man talking to his colleague on the intercom.
"Can you hear me? This is Sector 35. No target found."
"This is Sector 36. No target has been found either."
"Area 37, the panda was not found."
“…”
Voices continued to come from the walkie-talkie, but the target they were looking for did not appear.
The two little guys took off their masks anxiously and looked around through binoculars.
"Oh, I've been looking for a whole day and still have no news. I'm so anxious!"
"Don't worry. It's not a big deal for a wild panda to go hungry for a day."
"How can we not be anxious? We just found out that our baby was missing yesterday. Maybe he had already gone missing before we found out."
"babble?"
Yu Yiyun heard their conversation and thought that the forest ranger was looking for her, so she was about to go over and say hello.
On second thought, I felt something was wrong.
I have been fond of fooling around for a long time.
After half a year of desensitization training, the forest rangers would not react too much even if they found him crossing the iron net.
At this moment, Little Man Mi is so anxious, which means that if he doesn’t find the missing panda quickly, his life may be in danger.
Which panda is missing that makes them so anxious?
"…He is only three months old and has just learned to walk. Where can a bear go alone?"
"Do you even need to ask? I'm sure I'll go find 250."
"I know, the problem is where is the baby going to find 250, and he doesn't know where 250 is located."
The little guy was still chattering, but Yu Yijun was stunned.
Three months old, just learned to walk, alone, looking for myself.
Putting all the information together -
"babble!"
Help! My baby is lost!!!
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