Chapter 129 Qinling Giant Panda (XV)
Sesame glutinous rice balls, Ziwei and Little Bear, the three round balls lined up and climbed up the mountain with great effort.
The little bear had just learned to walk and his limbs were relatively weak. He often rolled down while crawling, turning himself from a ball into a pancake.
"Ah..." Mommy, it hurts...
"Eeyee~"
Sesame Dumpling, who was watching the fun, laughed in a very wicked way.
When they reached halfway up the mountain, the three bears were blocked by a river.
“Woo woo!”
Ziwei rushed forward bravely, then retreated timidly and hid behind the sesame dumplings.
Yu Yiyun raised his face, opened his 800-degree myopic eyes, and observed carefully, and found that the thing could not be called a "river".
A large amount of spring water gushed out from the mountains and flowed to the rock fault, like a huge curtain tilting down, blocking the rocks behind.
Humans often call such landscapes "waterfalls".
If the geographical location had not been slightly off, Yu Yiyun would have even suspected that he had found the remains of Mount Huaguo, and that he could find the monkeys and descendants of the Monkey King by going in.
The three bears had traveled a long way, crossing mountains and rivers, and were already thirsty.
Ziwei and Xiaoxiong had never seen a waterfall before, so they were a little scared at first. They moved slowly towards the lake under the waterfall.
The waterfall on the mountain hit the rocks and changed its original trajectory. The water droplets splashed on them, and the high-pitched "wooo" and "na na" were heard instantly.
"Hey!" There's a water monster!
"Woo woo..." So scary...
"Eeyee?" Where is the water monster?
Yu Yiyun corrected them seriously.
"Yiyi!" There were only Sun Wukong and his monkeys inside.
Zhima Tangyuan didn't realize that Sun Wukong was probably more terrifying than the water monster, and he controlled Xiong Xiong for ten minutes.
Finally, thirst overcame fear, and the two cowardly bears mustered up their courage, scrambled to the lake, stretched their necks and licked the water with their tongues.
"Hey!" The water is so sweet!
"Woo woo woo~" So delicious~
The mountain spring water is naturally filtered and purified, and contains galactose and a variety of minerals.
Some of these minerals, such as magnesium, potassium, strontium... make the spring water sweet.
It is midsummer now and the temperature is rising day by day.
Instead of drying up, the spring water has a hint of coolness, just like the nectar of a national cellar.
If a nature porter brand discovered the mountain spring here, they would definitely climb up the mountain with bottles of water at night to get them.
The little bear gulped down a few big gulps of water, then rolled into the lake at the bottom of the waterfall to bathe in the mountain spring water.
“Hey!”
Yu Yijun looked down and thought that since the water was dirty anyway, she might as well jump in and soak in the cold spring with her son.
The spring water from high up continued to hit the rocks, splashing water everywhere. Ziwei was scared at first.
Seeing her friend so happy, she finally overcame her fear, stepped into the lake with her paws, and imitated the dog-paw style of Sesame Dumpling.
Yu Yiyun: This is breaststroke! Breaststroke!
The three bears soaked for a long time and washed themselves thoroughly, with their fur glowing white.
Yu Yiyun raised his head and looked around, and found that the waterfall was about ten meters high. The rocks on both sides were quite steep, with slippery moss on the surface, and there was no cave hidden inside.
It is almost impossible to climb up the mountain along the waterfall.
The local pandas live at higher altitudes and have rarely come down the mountain since humans began observing them.
In order to find out their survival status, the staff had to climb up from the other side of the rock using ropes.
Due to the naturally closed living environment, local pandas have no channels to communicate with the outside world.
Even if the staff wanted to send foreign pandas to the mountains to change the genes of the population, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky, and they were so worried that they were losing a lot of hair.
At this moment, they found three bears stopped in front of the waterfall. Everyone was worried that they would also be blocked.
Fortunately, with Yu Yiyun's guidance, the two bears dried their fur, followed Sesame Rice Balls to find a relatively flat cliff, and climbed up again by stacking them up.
Every time the pile was piled high, Yu Yiyun was always at the bottom.
The pandas had no awareness of "helping their teammates". The two little bears that climbed up the mountain first lay there and stared eagerly, relying on their cuteness to provide great emotional value.
"Hey hey!" Mommy!
"Woo woo!" Come on!
As a result, Zhima Tangyuan climbed up all by himself, showing strength and agility that was inconsistent with his body size.
The little guy, who also climbed that mountain road, was extremely impressed by the sesame dumplings.
Only when you have experienced it will you know that it takes a strong life to get over that hurdle.
——That’s it, is it necessary???
Yu Yiyun, who had just been a bird in her previous life and had learned to crawl back to her nest before learning to fly, did not find climbing a small hill difficult.
Well, even if the experience of being a bird is too niche.
After Professor Yu took over the "Return of the Tigers to the Mountains" project, he once drove a large group of wild cattle to the mountains to graze.
If cows can be brought up the mountain, what about two pandas?
"Eeyee~"
Zhima Tangyuan climbed up the mountain easily, summoned his two friends, and began to look for traces left by the local bears.
At this moment, the local bears living in paradise are unaware that a social gangster is approaching.
Because of the rugged terrain and the natural isolation formed by the waterfall, this mountain forest has not been cut down or restored by humans, and the trees and vegetation have been preserved in their original state to the greatest extent.
In summer, bamboos bloom in low-altitude areas, and the scent left by pandas is very faint.
I guess he's like his next-door neighbor, hiding in the highlands to escape the summer heat.
Over the years, the pandas in the two places have never interacted with each other due to their separated habitats, but they have maintained the same habits.
All the signs are enough to prove that, at least for now, they are pandas of the same origin.
"Eeyee~" Is there a bear?
"Yiyi!" Pay attention to me!
Yu Yiyun climbed up following the remaining breath, raising his voice to make a sound, hoping to get a response from the local bears.
Not long after, a rustling sound was really heard in the woods, and a wild bear was approaching at full speed.
The upright deer that was secretly following the little bear detected the signal from the positioning collar and their eyes went dark in unison.
"Help, why is it Dudu?"
"It's all over!"
"Dudu?"
The upright deer from Sesame Tangyuan's hometown was not very familiar with the local pandas and asked in confusion:
"That name sounds cute. Which bear is it?"
"Dudu is the panda with the most aggressive temper in our district."
"At the summary meeting last year, we reported a bear attack that bit all our colleagues who went up the mountain. Although the bites were not serious, since then, everyone has been nervous every time they go up the mountain, fearing that they will be attacked by a bear."
"Oh, I remember now. You are in such a pity. The southern bears in our area don't bite people very often. At most, they bark a few times."
"Well, I'm a newcomer, and I have a question..." The intern who had just joined the team raised his hand weakly, "If I'm bitten by a panda, do I need to get a rabies vaccine?"
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The seniors stared at the intern in silence, and the scene was very awkward for a moment.
While they were embarrassed, Sesame Tangyuan had already climbed up the mountain following the sound and met Dudu who was rushing down.
Dudu has a ferocious personality, and the protection team was bitten more than a dozen times in order to put a positioning chip on him.
After wearing the chip, although you can track Dudu's movements, you still can't get close to it easily.
He is strong and agile, and can move faster than most pandas.
The staff didn't even have time to hide, let alone approach and study Dudu.
The conservation team often comes into contact with pandas and knows that pandas have different personalities. But most pandas are gentle, even a little timid, and have nothing good to offer except being cute.
Pandas as fierce and aggressive as Dudu are exceptions.
——The 250 type is an isolated case among isolated cases.
Zhima Tangyuan smelled Dudu's scent and determined that he was an adult male bear in his prime.
Except during the courtship period, adult pandas rarely attack subadult pandas.
As the saying goes, there are always exceptions.
In the eyes of the protection team, 250, who is only 16 months old, would definitely be injured if he went head-on with Dudu.
The little people accompanying him also became nervous and secretly worried for the little bear.
Unexpectedly, Sesame Tangyuan didn't worry about himself at all. He excitedly pounced on the local bear and greeted him from a distance.
"Yiyi~" Hello, Bear!
"Woof!" Enemy bear, get out!
The bear on the other side barked twice, clearly not welcoming the 'intruder'.
"Yiyi." Xiong, you are a little angry.
"Yiyi~" Come with me to soak in the cold spring to cool down~
Amid Yu Yiyun's long-winded babbling, the local bear finally appeared.
He was tall, at least two meters from head to tail.
When he runs, you can see his tendon muscles through his thick fur, and his body bears many signs of having lived through life in the martial arts world.
Half of his ear was bitten off, and there was a fresh scar on the left side of his face.
Yu Yiyun squatted opposite him, the contrast between the two pandas was tragic.
It's like one is a bear and the other is a cat.
Sesame dumplings are called "Mimi" and the opposite is called "Sangbiao".
Yu Yiyun had seen many southern bears like herself, Ziwei, and Xiaoxiaoxiong, so when she suddenly saw a northern bear, her understanding of the entire panda species was almost overturned.
So "Kung Fu Panda" is a documentary?
"Woof!"
Sangbiao... No, Dudu was observing the foreign bear vigilantly, with his front legs lying on the ground and his body lowered, and his muscles were particularly tense.
This action is not common in the panda world, but Yu Yiyun has been a tiger and a wolf, so she knows the fighting patterns of wild beasts very well.
Dudu was on high alert, observing himself.
If he judges that he or his companions are threatened, he will show his claws without hesitation.
Yu Yiyun was a little confused.
Although there was the scent of pandas around, there were no signs of territory marking, proving that this place did not belong to Dudu.
I didn't enter Dudu's territory, why was he so aggressive?
"Eeyee, eyeeeeee!"
Ziwei and Little Bear saw such ferocious creatures of their own kind for the first time, and they were so scared that they hid behind the sesame dumplings.
Sesame Dumpling took two tentative steps closer, trying to reason with Dudu.
Obviously, Dudu believes in 'if you can move your claws, don't beep'.
He found that the sesame dumplings were not rolling, but were moving closer. Dudu gathered strength in his limbs, jumped high like a dog, and pounced on the sesame dumplings.
He moved quickly, but Yu Yijun reacted even faster. He turned around, hugged the little bear, and rolled two or three times on the spot, calling Ziwei to hide in a nearby tree hole.
Dudu's target was obvious. He only attacked Yu Yiyun and had no intention of harming the two accompanying bears, so as to avoid distracting Zhima Tangyuan from protecting them.
Zhima Tangyuan has never fought with pandas since he was a child, and he has never even watched a few fights seriously.
But he was well aware of the panda's disadvantages in a fight.
Yu Yiyun made "yi yi" sounds throughout the whole process, like an inexperienced boy who took the initiative to expose his position.
In fact, Yu Yiyun had already observed the terrain and chose to hide in piles of earth and stones that were similar in color to his own.
As soon as Dudu approached, Yu Yiyun quickly hid behind the cover.
Pandas have very poor eyesight, as Yu Yiyun has experienced before.
Dudu was in a state where his reason was dominated by anger. When he pounced, he had no time to make careful judgments and fell headfirst into the big rock.
After several battles of wits and courage with the stone, Dudu raised his trembling paws and let out a long roar from his chest.
"Eeyore?" Bear, are you angry?
Yu Yijun stuck his head out, not wanting to be provocative.
"Yiyi~" Do you want to go with me to soak in the cold spring?
"Woof!" Get out!
Dudu howled at him angrily, turned around, and climbed up the mountain dejectedly.
But who knew that the invading bear would not give in and would follow him with its entire family.
"Woof!" Why are you following me!
Yu Yiyun blinked her eyes and told him, "Because I don't know the way."
Since Dudu didn't drive him away, he would definitely return to his territory and defend it strictly next.
As long as he follows him, Yu Yiyun will be able to find the local bears smoothly without taking any detours.
Dudu never imagined that his fierce operation would end up being regarded as a free navigation system.
He roared several times along the way, the invading bear was really cunning.
Every time he attacks, he hides, and as soon as the fighting stops, he immediately shows his head and shamelessly acts as a follower.
There was only a little bit of mountain road left, and Dudu walked and stopped frequently, his small head clearly showing hesitation.
He didn't want the invading bear to discover his territory, but he had no way to get rid of the invading bear.
What should I do?
Kung Fu Panda Dudu thought hard and finally came up with a genius idea!
He spread his paws, ran in the opposite direction, went into the dense forest and caught a pheasant.
He ate them in the most brutal way, gnawing until his face was covered in blood, while he occasionally stole glances at the sesame dumplings out of the corner of his eye.
——I look super ferocious when I eat meat, are you scared?
"Eeyee~"
Yu Yiyun was so happy that his eyes lit up as he rarely met someone like him who also liked to eat meat and was willing to hunt.
He climbed to a high place and took a look, and happened to see an old beast - a muntjac!
After many years, Yu Yiyun encountered the Qinling muntjac again, and tears of excitement flowed from her mouth.
He moved gently so as not to disturb the young muntjac that was grazing, and climbed up the tree next to it with light claws and feet.
Halfway through, the little muntjac seemed to notice the black and white ball.
According to the common sense of the little muntjac, the black and white ball moves slowly and mainly eats bamboo, so it is not at the top of its food chain.
The little muntjac avoided the crisis and continued to nibble on the grass, with its short tail wagging up and down, looking very cute.
As we all know, Xiong Xiong loves cute little animals the most~!
While the little muntjac was absorbed in eating grass, Yu Yiyun aimed at the target and pounced on it from a high place. At the same time, he opened his mouth and demonstrated the long-lost one-hit-kill skill he had learned in Qinling Mountains.
Dudu next to him didn’t see it clearly, but was stunned.
On the entire mountain, besides himself, it was the first time that Dudu saw a panda that could hunt.
Moreover, his prey was a small muntjac of exceptionally large size.
"Eeyee~"
Yu Yiyun dragged the still warm little muntjac and greeted his companions who had hit it off right away.
"Eh?" Bear, do you want to eat some muntjac?
Dudu realized again: this bear is very dangerous and he cannot be allowed to get close to his territory.
He barked loudly twice in anger, and while the little muntjac was absorbed in eating the sesame rice balls, he quickly ran away with his paws.
"Eeyee?"
Yu Yiyun watched Dudu running away, hesitated for a few seconds between "chasing" and "eating", and decisively chose the latter.
Don’t waste food!
Yu Yiyun held the little muntjac and skillfully tore open the hide.
Ziwei, who was observing secretly, smelled the aroma of meat.
After playing for a long time, she was influenced by Yu Yiyun and occasionally caught bamboo rats to eat.
But this was the first time that Ziwei encountered such a large prey.
The sesame rice dumplings were particularly generous. He tore off a large piece of meat and put it into Ziwei's mouth, enthusiastically recommending the deliciousness of the small muntjac.
The small muntjac belongs to the deer family. Its meat is particularly nutritious. Eating more in winter can help keep you warm.
"Hey~"
Seeing that the two of them were eating happily, the little bear also came over, opened his mouth with newly grown teeth, picked up a piece of meat and scraped it in his mouth.
As a giant panda, it first tasted meat before learning to eat bamboo, which is a tribute to its ancestors in a way.
Unfortunately, the little bear was pulled away by Yu Yijun just after he took two sips of the deer blood.
"Eeyore!" You can't eat little bears!
"Hey?"
"Yiyi~" Be good, when you grow up a little, I will catch a bigger deer for you to eat!
Deer on the Qinling Mountains: ...
No thanks.
The little bear tried to act cute but to no avail. He could only lick his lips and watch his mommy and the sister next door eat heartily.
As the local staff stared in amazement, Zhima Tangyuan and Ziwei killed a small muntjac weighing 20 to 30 kilograms.
According to humans' inherent cognition, pandas should eat bamboo.
Even Dudu, who loves meat the most on the whole mountain, only eats pheasant occasionally.
Most pandas will not waste their energy hunting.
It was rare for them to eat some meat, either bamboo rats from near the bamboos, or the remains of animals that died accidentally in the mountains.
This is the first time that local staff have encountered a bear like 250 that actively hunts for meat and regards meat as its staple food.
"What's the connection? He dared to compete with the tiger for food just to eat meat."
"So brave?" The new intern asked again, "He eats so much meat, will his poop stink?"
Friends who know pandas know that 99% of their food comes from bamboo, and only a small amount is digested.
Therefore, most of the panda poop is undigested bamboo, which is "processed" in the body into a shuttle-shaped green ball, exuding the fragrance of bamboo.
As for the meat-eating panda, what does its poop taste like...
"Would you like to smell it?"
“…”
The intern shut up instantly.
Yu Yiyun shook his ears when he heard their discussion and secretly decided: from today on, he would bury the body after using the toilet.
He doesn't want to have the ingredients of his poop analyzed by little people. It's embarrassing.
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After eating and drinking, the little bear spread out his paws and lay down to rest for a while before getting up and getting ready to do his work.
Although Sesame Tangyuan lost the bear-shaped navigation device Dudu, he was not panicked at all.
Dudu had just hunted a pheasant, and his body was filled with the smell of pheasant's blood, so it was particularly easy to track him.
Having been a beast for many years, Yu Yiyun is very good at tracking the scent of prey.
Following the smell of blood along the way, he soon arrived near the territory of Dudu.
Before finding Dudu, Yu Yiyun first smelled the scent of several other bears.
He climbed to a high place, opened his not very useful eyes wide, and searched carefully.
The target hasn't been found yet. The little bear called out "na na" and happily pounced towards a certain location.
Ziwei was afraid that the little bear would encounter an enemy beast, so she followed him immediately.
Yu Yiyun looked carefully and found that there was also a group of little bears not far in front of the little bear.
The little bear hid in the tree hole, with half of its body sticking out. It wanted to respond to the little bear but didn't dare to.
Hearing the little bear's voice getting closer, the little bear hid in the tree hole, turned around, and only left its tail exposed.
The little bear came over and happily pounced on the local bear, using her tail as a cat toy and inviting her to play with him.
Most mountain bear cubs are only children, so it’s rare for them to have companions.
The little bear who just learned to walk had a strong desire to explore the world. When she met a foreign little bear, she couldn't resist the temptation and rolled around with the little bear.
The friendship between the cubs is very simple. After getting familiar with each other's smell, the two bear cubs start chasing each other, and then they hug and wrestle together.
The two little bears were having fun when the mother bear finally sensed the presence of an enemy beast. She stopped foraging and returned to the tree hole to check the situation. She saw a scene that made her pupils tremble.
“Ahhh!”
The mother bear pounced over, trying to drive away the little bear that had come from nowhere.
The local little bear happily jumped into the mother bear's arms and chattered to introduce his little friend.
Seeing her daughter being so worthless, the mother bear transcended time and space and empathized with last year's Xiong Xiong.
You rascal, you seduced my precious daughter while I was not at home!
"Hey~"
The little bear didn't seem to realize that he was hated. He made baby calls and greeted the mother bear.
The mother bear didn't know what to do with her cubs that were twice as cute.
Yu Yiyun lay on the tree and observed secretly. If the situation was not right, he would take his little bear away.
Before the mother bear could figure out the answer, a familiar roar was heard in the distance.
"Woof!"
Dudu, who had just tried every means to get rid of Sesame Dumpling, appeared again and barked even louder than last time.
Yu Yijun knew as soon as she heard it that he was really angry this time and the consequences would be serious.
Zhima Tangyuan immediately jumped under the tree, picked up Little Bear and hid in a safe place, muttering to himself:
Dudu is so angry, is it because he is the little bear’s father?
However, I have had so many contacts with the panda protection team.
I've never heard of any male bear taking the initiative to stay with a female bear to take care of his wife and children.
Yu Yiyun was just wondering when Dudu appeared and patrolled around vigilantly, checking whether the mother bear and her cubs were injured.
In most cases, the relationship between a female bear and a male bear is just a passing one, without any deep emotional bond.
When the mother bear saw Dudu, she showed deep pity for him. She approached him actively, hugged Dudu tightly in her arms, and licked the wound on his face.
From the mother bear's behavior, Yu Yiyun immediately concluded that the mother bear was Dudu's mother.
Some bears that are raised by their mothers will confine their territory to a place very close to their mothers.
The reason why Dudu is so wary of foreign animals, often fights with enemy animals, bites people on sight, and prevents them from approaching his territory.
Because he is protecting his dear mother and the entire family in his own way.
“Ahhh.”
The mother bear held her son in her arms, licked his wounds, patiently calmed him down, and told him not to be so nervous.
“Ahhh.”
Mom was once your big tree, and now she is still your harbor.
Dudu lay in the mother bear's arms, gradually putting away his aggression and anger, and even rolling around and acting coquettishly.
Yu Yiyun secretly observed for a long time, and made sure that Dudu would not suddenly attack, then he poked his head out from the darkness and called out twice cutely.
"Eeyee?"
Auntie, are you still short of food?
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