Chapter 131 Qinling Giant Panda (Seventeen)
Deep in the lush bamboo forest, there is a small earthen slope.
The most handsome giant panda in the entire reserve was squatting alone in the middle of the slope.
The handsome bear face looks up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, facing the wind... chewing bamboo shoots.
His full name is Yiyi. He is four and a half years old this year and theoretically has reached sexual maturity.
In late summer and early autumn, Yiyi is about to enter the first breeding season in his life.
However, he did not join the army of male bears to attend the marriage meeting of the beautiful female bear.
All he does all day is eat, sleep and eat bamboo, and he has absolutely no worldly desires.
After eating all the bamboo shoots in his claws clean, Yiyi lowered his round head, picked up the bamboo shoot scraps on his chest, and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them.
Just at this moment, a rustling sound was heard in the bamboo forest.
A female bear, about 7 or 8 years old, followed the scent and came over. She fell in love with this young, handsome male bear who was thrifty and exuded a charming and sad look as he ate bamboo shoots in the wind.
The female bear was very proactive. She crawled straight down the slope, stuck her head out and sniffed the base of Yiyi's tail to confirm whether he was in the breeding state.
Yiyi might have been frightened by the older sister's passionate attack, or he might not have liked the mother bear in front of him, or he might not have realized that he had matured.
In short, when Yiyi realized that the female bear was approaching, he actually took several steps back, rolled down the slope, and barked fiercely to drive away the strange bear.
"..." The female bear was disappointed. Seeing that the Steel Straight Bear was so resistant, she turned around and left silently.
Bye bye, the next one will be better.
As for male bears, there are plenty of them in the mountains.
Yiyi watched the female bear go farther and farther away...without realizing that the first peach blossom in his life had withered.
The Iron Bear broke off another bamboo shoot and prepared to climb back to the center of the slope, posing in the noisy wind.
Before Yiyi could start to crawl, an evil claw stretched out from the side and snatched the tenderest and largest bamboo shoot in his arms.
Yiyi was stunned for a few seconds, and his eyes became clear and stupid.
He was obviously lost in thought, suspecting that his memory was inaccurate and that there was actually no Sun Sun in his arms.
After a while, Yiyi slowly turned around, intending to catch another bamboo shoot.
As soon as I turned around, I saw a little bear with beautiful eye spots, a round face, and a very standard appearance. The bear would probably be even more handsome than me when he grew up. The bear was squatting there quietly, nibbling on the bamboo shoot in his mouth.
"Yiyi." Bear, your bamboo shoots are so delicious.
She chewed the sesame dumplings loudly, deliberately provoking the male bear.
"..." Yiyi looked at the little bear who was deliberately smacking his lips while eating, who was still very cute, and then looked at Sunsun.
After struggling with it for a moment, he decided not to bother about it.
As for the bamboo shoots, just catch them again.
Yiyi stretched out his claws to reach for the bamboo shoots again, but just as he pulled them out, they were snatched away by the little bear next to him.
"Woof!"
Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry, Yi Yi was furious!
Decided to continue feeling pissed off.
He stood up slowly and walked further away from the Sun Sun bandit.
It grabs a bamboo shoot with its two front paws and pulls it out with all its strength...
When he pulled it to 99%, Sunsun disappeared from his claws in an instant.
"Eeyee."
The Food Review Bear said pickily: This one is not as delicious as the previous one, is that okay with you?
“Woof woof!”
Yiyi couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed towards Xiaoxiong, roaring and demanding that he hand over Sunsun!
The evil bear was actually quite happy to see that he was angered. He made an arrogant and provocative "yiyi" sound, guiding Yiyi to run towards another bamboo forest.
Yiyi chased the evil little bear and when he ran past the 68th bamboo, his anger had subsided.
There are so many bamboos and shoots around, there is no need to fight over a few shoots.
The Buddhist male bear calmed himself down, rolled into a ball on the spot, and happily pulled out a new bamboo shoot.
Zhima Tangyuan, who was running in front, heard no movement behind him. He immediately turned back, raised his bamboo shoots, pointed at the male bear and scolded him loudly.
"Eeyore?" What kind of male bear are you?
"Eeyore?" You can't carry it no matter what, right?
"Eeyee, eyee!" Stop chewing your broken bamboo shoots and follow me!
"......Ah." The evil bear roared fiercely, and Yiyi was inexplicably frightened.
What a grumpy bear. He must be very angry.
If I can't afford to offend you, I can just hide, okay?
Yiyi had an idea and was about to escape...
"Eeyore!" If you run again, I'll bite your butt!
"...Aww." Yiyi shrank back in fear, letting out a wronged cry.
Yu Yiyun has discovered that threats are more effective than provocations when dealing with pandas who take "hide as long as possible" as their survival rule.
In the second half, he chased after Yiyi like he was chasing ducks.
After several attempts, the handsome male bear of marriageable age was finally driven under the tree of the beautiful female bear of marriageable age.
Zhima Tangyuan waved his hand and unilaterally...it can't even be called unilateral, he agreed to the marriage.
The female bear was in the best bonding period. She smelled the male bear who was only available to her coming down from the tree. She came to the ground again and sniffed the base of Yiyi's tail.
"Ah..." After encountering the hot and proactive sister twice in one day, the young male bear found it difficult to adapt and subconsciously wanted to avoid her.
"Yiyi!" Why are you hiding? Be open and honest!
Just as he was about to dodge, Zhima Tangyuan pushed him back with his claw.
It doesn’t matter if matchmaking fails, I can arrange a marriage for you!
Yu Yiyun, like some feudal patriarch, uttered famous lines from early melodramatic romance dramas.
"Yiyi~" Can feelings be cultivated~
"Eeyore!" Anyway, the male bear is not involved in raising the cubs, he is just a breeding tool, so just force yourself on him!
Compared to the reserved and awkward male bear, the beautiful female bear was very satisfied with her handsome husband, whom she coaxed and deceived and forcibly tied to her boudoir. She raised her fat legs to show her goodwill to Yiyi.
Yiyi was just four and a half years old and didn’t understand the mother bear’s hints at all. His two bear eyes were extremely upright.
Before Yiyi could respond, Zhima Tangyuan kicked Yiyi from behind and pushed him in front of the mother bear.
The female bear took it for granted that the male bear was ready, so she pounced on him and pressed her whole body on him.
By the time Yiyi regained her freedom, the mother bear had returned to the tree, quietly waiting for the new life to settle down.
“…Huh?”
Yiyi got up and looked around blankly with his handsome face.
——Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?
"Woof!"
“Woof woof!”
In the distance, two high-pitched howls were heard.
The male bear that had been driven away by Sesame Tangyuan returned almost at the same time.
When he discovered that there was an adult male bear under the tree, he thought that another rival had come, so he roared angrily and tried to drive the competitor away.
Yu Yiyun never could have imagined that when she came to watch pandas fight, she would actually witness such a dramatic drama with many twists and turns.
Poor two loser bears, they probably don’t know that Yiyi has successfully stolen the house.
Even if the two of them teamed up to chase Yiyi away...
Yu Yiyun was just thinking about it when he noticed a drastic change in the situation on the scene.
In just a few hours, Yiyi grew from a young bear into a mature and fierce bear. It seemed that some instinct had awakened, and it stretched out its claws to prevent other bears from approaching its companion, the mother bear.
The two male bears were older than Yiyi and were in their prime. But after guarding for several days, they were already tired and hungry, and their physical strength was almost exhausted. Naturally, they could not beat the young male bear who had just eaten bamboo shoots.
Finally, they let out angry roars and reluctantly left the tree.
Yiyi hugged the tree trunk and looked at the mother bear on the tree.
Then he found a place to nestle and protect his partner and unborn baby from harm.
Yu Yiyun watched the whole process, munching on air-popped popcorn, and exclaimed that the show was really wonderful!
As a wild Cupid in Qinling Mountains, a certain sesame dumpling happily concluded:
Hehe, it turns out that a forced melon is also sweet~
Those who say it’s not sweet must have never forced it!
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Sesame Tangyuan tied a knot in the red string for both of them, and then went home happily to find Little Bear.
After climbing over half a mountain, Yu Yiyun relied on smell and memory to return to the place where he and Little Bear had stayed recently.
The smell still lingered on the ground, but there wasn't even a single bear hair at the scene.
"!!!"
My baby is lost again!
Sesame dumplings were terrified.
What's going on?
While I was working part-time, my home was robbed?
Where are those standing deer that followed me? How could they not even keep an eye on a child?
I won’t cooperate with you in shooting promotional videos next time!
Yu Yiyun was anxious and angry. He walked around the area and checked every tree hole.
By the third round, Zhima Tangyuan was so angry that he almost spoke in human language. He was ready to find the upright deer and demand an explanation from them!
Just when Zhima Tangyuan was about to explode with anger, he began to search the mountains and fields for the upright deer.
"Hey~"
A familiar call came from behind, and the little bear was acting coquettishly with his mother as usual.
"Eeyee?"
Yu Yiyun turned around immediately, and there was only bamboo and air behind him, but no trace of the little bear.
——Could it be that I am missing my child so much that I am hallucinating?
“Hey hey!”
The shouting was obviously louder, allowing Yu Yiyun to identify the direction.
Zhima Tangyuan pricked up his ears and heard a sound circling in the air. He raised his head quickly and found his round black and white dumpling stuck on a lower branch next to him.
The staff who were secretly tracking and recording breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Thank God, 250 was finally found."
Another employee found the video and showed it to his colleague who was taking over the shift. "Late last night, 250 had just left. Little Bear woke up and crawled out of the den. He looked for 250 but couldn't find him. He must have been bored and started climbing trees for no apparent reason."
"After practicing for a short while, he actually climbed up! But as you know, it's easier to climb up a tree than to get down. As expected, he got stuck in the tree."
"Luckily, he was stuck low, so he wasn't hurt after falling. I don't know where 250 went, and he hasn't come back for several hours. I found him stuck there, and I almost rushed over to help him."
"Speaking of which, the little bear is really well behaved. He didn't make any noises even when he was stuck there, and slowly coaxed himself to sleep. Even if we take a step back, couldn't he be the bear I gave birth to?"
"Eeyee~"
Yu Yiyun figured out what had happened, walked around the tree twice, found a position where he could easily exert force, climbed up and got the little bear down.
The little bear was stuck on the tree for several hours. Although it was okay, its paws were numb from maintaining the same posture for a long time.
Finally it returned to the ground, each of its four legs walked on its own, its front paws tripped over its hind paws, and it rolled over to Sesame Rice Balls to act like a spoiled child.
"Hey~" Mommy~
Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls got the little bear down, and then realized:
"Eeyore!" Baby, you can climb a tree!
There are no specific rules for when panda cubs learn to climb trees.
Zhima Tangyuan started learning late and did not start climbing trees until he was six months old.
Therefore, he always felt that the five-month-old Little Bear was still a baby and had no intention of teaching him.
Who would have thought that the little bear was so hardworking that he actually learned to climb trees on his own.
"Hey~" Mommy~
"Hey, hey!" Baby wants to climb the tree with you!
"Eeyee!"
Yu Yijun was very happy to hear him speaking in a baby voice and act coquettishly, and she hugged the little bear and rubbed it hard.
The little bear learns to climb trees, which means that his limbs are gradually gaining strength and he can conquer more difficult mountain trails.
In the next few days, Yu Yiyun rarely fooled around. She stayed with the little bear all the time and taught him all the skills of climbing trees.
Qinling is the hometown of Teacher Yunyun, and the teaching work went very smoothly. Before long, the little bear was able to climb up and down independently.
Although his limbs had limited strength and he could only conquer shorter trees, it was more than enough.
The little bear really learned to climb trees, and autumn came.
Yu Yijun took Ziwei and Little Bear and set out on the journey again.
The reserve, located to the west of the transit station, has a suitable environment, a large number of pandas, and relatively complete protection work. The number of wild giant pandas has been increasing year by year.
The three foreign little bears stayed here for more than half a month.
The conservation team naturally believes that they are quite satisfied with the local environment and plan to settle in this area for a long time.
But when the harvest season of autumn comes and the mountains are rich in bamboo shoots and wild fruits, the little bears set out on their journey again.
The staff who were secretly following him found that Xiongxiong continued to go west along the original route and couldn't help but wonder:
If we continue like this, we will go south to Sichuan and north to Gansu.
There are wild giant pandas in both Gansu and Sichuan provinces, but they belong to different subspecies.
According to research, the two species of pandas have not interacted for at least 300,000 years and have become geographically isolated.
The premise for protecting giant pandas in China is mainly to "respect the habits of wild animals."
During the years of conservation work, the conservation teams in Shu and Long have never thought of sending wild pandas from Sichuan to Shaanxi, or bringing wild pandas from Shaanxi to Sichuan, for fear of causing a tragedy similar to the 'hybrid killer whale'.
Today, the wild pandas that live in the mountains of Shaanxi are about to approach the provincial border, causing great headaches for the staff.
Stop it...it's interfering with the normal life of animals.
If they didn't stop them...the bears on the other side of the mountain were not the same kind as them, and the three bears would be easily isolated.
Even if they successfully adapt to the new environment, the hybrids of foreign subspecies and local pandas will produce mixed bloodlines and the resulting pandas will be easily excluded.
Fortunately, before the staff got too worried, the three bears changed direction.
Yu Yiyun didn't know the road, but he knew the general distribution of the provinces.
If you keep going forward, you will soon achieve the achievement of "having obtained Long and wanting more".
As a senior scholar in the field of animal protection, even if Yu Yiyun wanted to visit Sichuan Xiongxiong's home, she absolutely could not take Ziwei and Xiaoxiong with her.
If the two little bears develop a habit of strolling around Sichuan when they have nothing to do, it will inevitably affect the genetic purity of the two subspecies.
Just like when they want to rewild the South China tiger, they have to release it into the tiger’s original habitat and cannot release it into the Northeast or Siberia.
If the Siberian tiger and the South China tiger come into frequent contact, either one or both species will disappear.
Yu Yiyun glanced vaguely to the west, temporarily put aside his ambition to get more, and continued to climb northward according to the original plan.
From the very beginning, his target was the bear on the other side of the mountain.
We just climbed over a few mountains and went through a few tunnels.
The three bears rely on their own strength to achieve the transformation from southern bears to northern bears.
Yu Yiyun, with the arrogant pigeon-toed steps of a national treasure, passed through the last tunnel with the two little bears under the watchful eyes of a group of drivers who did not dare to park illegally.
As we all know, the tunnels along the Qinling Mountains are basically built within major cities.
Sesame Tangyuan crawled out of the tunnel and climbed a long distance along the mountain road.
I didn't find any wild companions, but I first discovered a large fenced-off area.
Through the wall, the sounds of little people and various animals could be heard from inside.
Yu Yiyun, who always liked to join in the fun, ran over and peeked inside through the fence. She finally realized where she was:
Qinling Wildlife Park.
Qinling Wildlife Park covers an area of nearly two million square meters and is one of the larger zoos in China.
Compared with ordinary zoos that put animals in cages, wildlife parks provide animals with larger areas for activities and living spaces that are closer to their original habitats.
Most of the wildlife parks in the country are also responsible for animal rescue and protection, and will take in animals that are temporarily injured or unable to return to the wild.
Many wildlife parks also participate in the rewilding and release of animals.
Yu Yiyun had been a wild beast for so long, and this was her first time to come into contact with the zoo as an animal, and she couldn't help but feel curious.
He stared at the huge zoo and suddenly wanted to know: Would there be any difference if he changed his perspective and looked at the animals in the zoo again?
Sesame dumplings are very active.
He knew the closing time of the zoo, and the dog was secretly guarding near the zoo.
After the tourists left, the staff went off work one after another, leaving only a few people on duty.
Taking advantage of the dead of night, Zhima Tangyuan settled Ziwei and Little Bear down, found an easily surmountable wall, and successfully broke into the zoo.
There is no human voice in the zoo at night, but it is just as noisy.
The tourists dispersed, and the animals that were forced to work during the day finally got their own private space.
Yu Yiyun had only walked a few dozen meters when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"roar--"
From nearby, there was a roar of a big cat, followed by a second roar, and a third roar...
Yu Yiyun, whose luck is always subtle, accurately chose the beast area to land.
It seems that it is still a beast among beasts.
In the moonlight, Yu Yiyun opened his blurry eyes and saw a big cat approaching him.
It was not until the big cat was about fifty meters away that Yu Yiyun ticked the former from the two options of 'lion' and 'tiger'.
In fact, Sesame Rice Balls should have made the judgment long before the big cat appeared.
There are no trees around, and there is grassland as far as the eye can see.
Aren’t the big cats that live in grassland environments lions?
Several lions came from Africa. They looked familiar to me as if they were the same species as me in my previous life.
Judging from the color of their mane, they have no shortage of food here.
Generally speaking, wild animals in zoos are not fed too much.
If it is the peak tourist season, the keepers will only feed the tigers and lions until they are 30% full.
The remaining food was fed through the gaps in the glass by tourists on the sightseeing bus.
If the animals are too full, they will ignore the food given by tourists and will not even approach the sightseeing buses.
The big cats that have lived in the zoo for a long time have developed the habit of coming over to take a look when they hear any noise.
They realized that what was approaching them was not a sightseeing bus but a panda. Several lions looked at the sesame dumplings blankly, and no lion rushed up to attack.
African lions are not native species in my country. All lions exhibited in domestic zoos are imported from abroad.
These lions have been fed by humans since they were young, have their own small bottles and small beds, and often sleep in the arms of their keepers.
Even when they first ate meat, the breeder cut it into thin strips and fed it into their mouths with chopsticks.
They live under the careful care of humans and do not need to run around, hunt, or fight against nature.
If wildness has never been formed, how can it be eliminated?
Yu Yiyun took a few steps forward.
The lions smelled the sesame dumplings and actually took a few steps back.
In the darkness, Yu Yiyun met the eyes of the lions and was reminded of the pairs of wild animal eyes on the African savannah.
Think of those wild Kruger lions fighting for food and territory, and potentially paying with their lives if a hunt fails.
Humans always think that although captive lions lose their freedom, they get food and stability.
At least they won't live in danger like wild lions.
Yu Yiyun once had similar thoughts.
After truly experiencing it, if Yu Yiyun were asked to make a choice again, he would choose freedom without hesitation.
Even if he endures thirst and hunger, even if he may die under the fangs of his own kind tomorrow, he is a real and ever-living lion.
Yu Yiyun looked at the lions again, without telling them how magnificent the grasslands of their hometown were, or how delicious the zebras and antelopes running all over the ground were.
Even if they don't understand at all.
"Woof!"
Sesame Tangyuan howled fiercely, scare away the lions, and walked away from the lion area with his paws.
Next to the lion area is the tiger area, where lies the most familiar old friend - the South China tiger.
Wild tigers live alone and each one is the king of its own territory.
However, the space in the zoo is limited, and even in the wild animal park, there is no way to provide enough territory for the tigers, so they have to be kept together.
The big cats living in the tiger house have not only changed their solitary nature, but also changed their biological clock, which is now active at night and dormant during the day.
Probably because they were too tired from receiving guests during the day, at nightfall the tigers slept together lovingly, one on top of the other, snoring loudly.
The sesame rice dumpling crawled past them, waking only one of them.
When he found out it was a panda, Hu Hu closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep again.
joke!
The best they could do with the living creatures released into the museum was to catch free-range chickens, and they had to fight in groups.
The panda is so big that Hu Hu smacked his lips twice and decided that it would be easier to climb onto the sightseeing bus tomorrow.
“…”
Yu Yiyun stopped by and looked at the tigers in silence.
Oh.
I finally understand why you didn't pass the rewilding screening.
After passing by two big cat houses in succession, Yu Yiyun felt so ashamed of cats that she angrily decided to unilaterally cut ties with them.
Not far from the tiger house, squeaking sounds were heard all around.
Yu Yiyun raised his head and saw a rockery built next to him, with a gurgling artificial lake flowing around it.
“Squeak!”
When Sesame Rice Balls was spotted looking over, a few little monkeys appeared behind the rockery and picked up broken stones on the ground and threw them at him.
Because the distance was too far, the stone fell before it touched the little bear.
"squeak!"
The little monkey made expelling sounds in an attempt to drive away the enemy animal.
Yu Yiyun felt the monkey's instinctive hostility and instantly became aroused by his desire to win.
"Eeyore~" Come on, be happy!
Sesame glutinous rice balls quickly climbed over the fence, climbed up the rockery, and ran towards the little monkey.
"Squeak!" The little monkeys squeaked and screamed, and were scared into emoticons.
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