Chapter 9 South China Tiger (Part 9)
Friends who have raised tigers know that the fighting power of a female tiger is completely different before and after giving birth.
The tiger mom with cubs is ferocious and sensitive, and even the jungle white moonlight Kang Kang and the little sweet girl Shatangju are no exception.
A tigress who has just given birth is in the most susceptible stage to stress.
Zhen'an, overflowing with fatherly love, counted the days, took Shatangju's favorite prey, and happily went into the tiger's den.
As a result, as soon as it popped its head out, it was chased out by the sugar orange with roars and scratches.
“Wuwuwu…”
Zhen'an clasped his paws together, lowered his head, and sobbed in grievance.
The jungle punching bag is confirmed.
After listening to his "crying", Yu Yiyun patted the tiger, which was about to break apart, with her paw and fed him the chicken in her mouth.
"Awoo~" Zhen'an smacked his lips and ate the chicken happily, thinking that his precious son is always so good to him.
The next second, Yu Yijun was seen picking up the plump deer leg next to the tiger's hole and running into the cave.
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Zhenan: ???
So I worked so hard to hunt, but in the end I wasn't even allowed to enter the house.
What kind of injustice? !
It’s not that the sugar orange is too fierce.
When a tigress gives birth to a cub, the message "stay away from male tigers" is engraved into her DNA.
Even if he is the tiger cub’s biological father, it will take some time for him to get in touch with the cub and adapt.
But Xiaohu is different.
Yu Yijun is not even six months old yet, and is still far from sexual maturity. She does not have the aggressiveness of a male tiger, and certainly will not bite a tiger cub to death for the sake of reproduction.
In addition, the "beeping" sound he made naturally stimulated the maternal instinct of the tigress, making her reluctant to show her claws to the cute cubs.
Shatangju allowed him to enter the tiger's nest, but blocked his baby tightly so that he couldn't see anything.
It is the nature of a tigress to protect her cubs. Yu Yiyun certainly would not risk her own life to challenge a mother's instinct.
He placed the prey where the tangerines could easily eat it, and roared twice at Haopenghu.
'Congratulations on becoming a mother~'
"Take good care of yourself and your baby~"
Shatangju did not respond. His whole body was tense and he stared at Yu Yiyun with sharp eyes, as if he was about to jump up in the next second.
Newborn South China tiger cubs are extremely fragile.
The tigress must be highly alert and be extremely careful.
In the zoo, even the keepers who have been taking care of the tiger cubs dare not approach a tigress who has just given birth.
Yu Yijun put down the prey and glanced at his younger brother and sister who were blocked tightly, but he didn't insist on seeing them clearly.
He swung his tail and wisely withdrew from the tiger's xue, allowing the tangju to have a good rest.
Zhen'an had finished eating the chicken long ago and was standing at the entrance of the cave licking its feathers.
Seeing the tiger cub come out unharmed, Zhen'an felt the deep malice of the world.
Why?
Am I not cute enough? Woohoo...
"Aoao~" Yu Yiyun patted Zhen'an perfunctorily to comfort him and urged him to find prey quickly.
In the ice and snow, the sugar oranges need to resist the cold and feed the babies, so they need sufficient nutritional supplements.
Zhen'an, who suffered domestic violence, turned around with a wronged look and went down the mountain to look for prey.
Yu Yiyun stayed for a while to make sure the area around Shatangju's cave was safe.
——There are both tigresses with cubs and mature male tigers. Even the black bears in the mountains dare not approach easily.
Seeing that it was getting late, Yu Yiyun ran home panting.
Mulan lived up to her cub's expectations and successfully caught a fat and tender "city sheep".
She has learned the storage technique of 'eating half and hiding the other half'. After she has eaten her fill, she leaves enough meat for her cubs, tears off the remaining meat, drains the blood, and puts it in a natural refrigerator.
As soon as Yu Yiyun returned home, she had fresh and nourishing mutton to eat. She immediately pounced on it and gobbled it up, performing an online eating show.
As they ate, Yu Yiyun couldn't help but worry.
Because there are cameras in Mulan's territory, the rewilding team paid special attention to this tigress with cubs.
Whenever she was unable to catch prey for a long time, she would quickly airdrop supplies to ensure that the 'weak' tiger cubs could survive the winter.
However, there are no cameras at the Sugar Orange site, so the images can only be captured using fixed infrared cameras.
After a tigress becomes pregnant, she becomes more vigilant and becomes more difficult to catch.
In addition, giving birth in the cold winter goes against the natural instinct of wild animals to seek benefits and avoid harm.
Most of my former colleagues in the rewilding team probably didn’t notice that the tangerine had given birth, and they might not even have noticed that she was pregnant.
That’s why we didn’t airdrop any food. We hope the tangerines can survive the winter on their own.
How can we make them discover it?
You can't just carry the camera in your mouth, right?
My former colleague was not familiar with this thing, and if it was damaged or broken by hitting or biting, he would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in minutes.
It’s New Year’s Day, don’t make things difficult for others.
I can only think of other ways.
Yu Yiyun chewed the meat with a smacking sound and fell into deep distress.
Mulan hid the meat and came to Yu Yiyun to lick his fur.
Looking down, he could smell the scent of the cub, apart from that of the cowardly male tiger and the female tiger from the neighboring territory, as well as some elusive scents of its own kind.
It's a cub.
New cubs were born on this land.
Mulan smelled the message and suddenly stopped.
I was in a daze, not knowing what I was thinking.
Yu Yiyun knew that her aunt was going to lick her fur, so she lay down in advance and exposed her belly.
After waiting for a while, Mulan just sat there blankly.
"Oh?"
Yu Yiyun turned over, moved closer to her aunt, and rubbed her affectionately.
Mulan lowered her head and began to lick the baby's fur, her breathing making muffled sounds and sounding a little lost.
Yu Yiyun thought for a long time before realizing that it must be the smell of the cubs that was on him.
Mulan has never had a cub of her own, so she inevitably feels lost.
My aunt is so good to me!
In addition, it was the rewilding team that made Mulan wear a positioning collar, which affected her conception.
As the 'mastermind', I must take responsibility!
Suddenly, Yu Yiyun's inner universe exploded, and he boldly climbed onto Mulan's head, trying to bite the positioning collar for the umpteenth time.
The teeth of a six-month-old tiger cub are definitely sharper than those of a four-month-old tiger cub.
As he tore at it like a mad dog, the positioning collar made of nine layers of cowhide finally had a sharp tooth mark.
Yu Yiyun had consumed too much energy and was gasping for breath with a dizzy head.
Seeing the subtle tooth mark, the tiger cub suddenly regained his energy and happily ran circles around Mulan.
Although it is just a very small tooth mark that is difficult to find without careful observation.
But I can already bite through the cowhide. As long as I bite a little bit every day, success will not be far away~
The more Yu Yiyun thought about it, the happier she became. She even lay down and rolled around on the spot, rubbing herself into a creamy glutinous rice ball.
Mulan: Why are you going crazy for no reason?
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In the next few days, Yu Yiyun only had two things to do in his daily life.
Go visit the baby in the next-door territory and bite Mulan's positioning collar.
The progress of both things was also slow, but fortunately it was going smoothly.
After two weeks of hard work, a gap of about 0.5 mm finally appeared in the nine layers of cowhide.
0.5mm sounds like a small amount, but it is actually not much at all.
At the current rate, Yu Yiyun will have to bite for at least three years.
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However, the tiger cub's teeth will become stronger as it grows older.
When I grow a few more months, I will surely be able to bite faster!
Yu Yiyun gritted his teeth confidently.
Compared with his younger brother and sister, it is easier to conquer Shatangju.
After half a month of contact, Shatangju finally got used to the tiger cub's visit and was no longer so nervous.
Finally, when the cub was two and a half weeks old, the fat little tiger ran into the cave carrying the prey caught by Zhen'an.
When Shatangju smelled the food, he immediately got up and came over to eat, leaving his cub defenseless in front of Yu Yiyun.
Yu Yiyun:!!!
Little tiger, cuddly little tiger!
Happiness comes so suddenly~
He took tentative steps with his short legs, carefully holding his breath, and moved closer to the milk ball little by little.
The sugar orange did not respond.
She trusted Hao Penghu enough to believe that he would never hurt his cubs.
Yu Yiyun moved closer and finally saw clearly the second litter of sugar orange babies.
The little ones had just opened their eyes and saw a tiger other than their mother for the first time. They were scared but curious at the same time.
There was a brave tiger. It opened its toothless mouth and breathed at him fiercely.
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Yu Yiyun cooperated and lay down.
What a fierce little tiger cub~
I was hit hard by the cute light wave~!
When the 'giant' lay down before his eyes, the fear of the little girl was instantly reduced by half.
They bravely crawled over and came into contact with the South China tiger other than their mother.
The babies were originally crowded in the innermost part of the cave, hugging each other and unable to tell them apart.
Now, the milk ball crawled over grunting, and Yu Yiyun could see each baby clearly.
This is the second birth of the tiger, which basically conforms to the breeding rules of the tiger.
There are four tiger cubs in this litter, two brothers and two sisters, and they smell like milk.
Yu Yiyun was immersed in the joy of being surrounded by cuteness. She turned over her belly to let them play, feeling the tiger cubs stepping on her body and milking her, bubbles of happiness appeared in her eyes.
Suddenly, Yu Yiyun glanced and noticed the orange ball a little far away from her.
It was a little girl tiger, smaller than the other three. She looked listless and listless.
Poor little thing, it must have been unable to compete with its brothers and sisters in the same litter for milk, right?
As the tiger cub grows up, it needs more and more milk every day, and the competition becomes more and more fierce.
According to the data that the survival rate of wild tigers is less than 1/4, this litter of cubs is lucky to survive to adulthood...
There is only one.
The three babies left may have died of cold, hunger or the claws of wild beasts.
Sandangju knew this, so she couldn't favor one child over another.
The law of survival in nature is extremely cruel and will only leave behind strong individuals.
The cubs that can’t get milk will be eliminated sooner or later...right?
Yu Yiyun licked the little tiger girl lovingly and heard her calling out in a soft voice, begging for food.
She instinctively craved food and wanted to survive.
"Aoao." Yu Yijun whispered to comfort the tiger sister, rolled over, and shook his tail to say goodbye to Shatangju.
On the way home, he kept thinking about it.
If the baby couldn't eat meat, Yu Yiyun could catch a chicken for her, chew the meat into pieces and feed it to the baby.
However, the cub is so young that it is not yet old enough to eat meat.
She needs milk, where can Yu Yijun get it?
You can't force Shatangju to give Tiger Sister special treatment.
The sugar orange is small in size and has limited energy.
There are too many babies in this litter, and they were born at the wrong time.
It was a miracle that she could nurse her three cubs to health.
So, there is only one way left -
Yu Yiyun secretly made a decision and tried her best to overcome her shame.
What I am going to do next is indeed a bit embarrassing.
But for my younger brothers and sisters, I have no choice but to give it my all!
Back in the cave, Mulan was sleeping soundly.
Adult tigers wear tiger skin coats and are not afraid of the cold even in winter. They turn out their white bellies to dissipate heat.
Yu Yijun pounced over, buried himself in Mulan's soft belly, then endured the shame and stretched out his tiger claws.
First show the paws blooming, then...
Start, begin, step on, milk.
Mulan woke up suddenly and howled at him.
"roar!"
Silly cat, what are you doing crazy again?
No matter how much you step on something that doesn't exist, it won't exist, okay!
The audience in the live broadcast room had been waiting for two months, but this was the first time they saw a tiger cub stepping on milk, and they all posted comments to make fun of it.
[Such a big tiger, but he still steps on breasts, shame on you~]
[Don’t laugh at my piglet! What’s wrong with a six-month-old baby wanting to drink milk~]
[u1s1, some mama's tigers are still breastfed after they are six months old. Our Fat Tiger was weaned too early, so what's wrong with stepping on the milk? ]
[@野化团队, my baby wants to drink milk, please arrange it quickly! ]
[Rewilding team: We are arranging it, we are arranging it, please be patient, all the cloud mommies~]
The staff of the rewilding team couldn't understand why the tiger cub suddenly wanted to drink milk after eating meat for several months.
However, considering that a six-month-old tiger drinking more milk is good for its physical development.
They prepared milk powder suitable for wild tigers overnight and stuffed it into a clean sheep's stomach. They also thoughtfully installed an edible-grade silicone pacifier at the seal, trying to imitate the breast of a female tiger so that the little fat tiger could relive the joy of suckling.
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