Chapter 31 South China Tiger (Thirty-one)
Generally speaking, when choosing a territory, common tigers mainly consider the type and quantity of prey, followed by terrain and climate.
The South China tiger's requirements for a "home" are very similar to those of humans.
I like places that are warm in winter and cool in summer, relatively flat, and where I have no worries about food and drink.
Yu Yiyun had to consider a lot when choosing a territory.
He has experienced cold winters and endured bitter summers, and has his own unique way of survival, so he can tolerate the climate a little.
As for the terrain... Mommy Kang Kang is a 'ivy'. Yu Yiyun has been climbing up and down with her mother since she was a child, and she also inherited the swimming skills from her father.
Whether it is a mountain or a valley, the little fat tiger can easily handle it~
What Piglet cares about most, besides the number of prey, is the tigers in the reserve.
Even though he had his own territory, Yu Yiyun still wanted to visit his aunt and be her little tiger cub.
After my younger brothers and sisters grow up safely, I would like to visit Kang Kang and Shan Jun occasionally.
Other tigers can endure long-term loneliness and never see their mothers after leaving their tigresses, but Yu Yijun cannot.
He has too many emotions and ties that he cannot give up easily, nor does he intend to give up.
Who says that the king of the jungle must endure long periods of loneliness?
I, Yunxiao, want to be the first tiger king who has good luck with cats!
[Lift your head and stick out your belly.jpg]
Yu Yiyun made up his mind and started the "Site Selection Investigation for Private Tiger Villa".
By the way, take advantage of this period before independence to play as you please.
As a male Tiger, once you have a family, you can no longer go out and fool around.
——Your house will be robbed!
Yu Yiyun decided to embark on the journey, looking at her mother and newborn brothers and sisters from afar.
The rewilding team originally believed that Kang Kang had only one cub in his first litter because they had no experience with the first litter.
It was not until the second litter of puppies was born that they dared to confirm: Kang Kang is a smart mother who "values quality over quantity".
Her second pregnancy gave birth to a son and a daughter.
Due to adequate nutrition during pregnancy, both cubs were as round as Yu Yiyun, almost threatening her status as the "cutest little tiger in the jungle".
Fortunately, Zhumi became famous early, otherwise, Yun’s rainbow sack would have to hold other kittens.
In nature, the lower the success rate of an organism, the more offspring it produces.
During the breeding season, fish and insects often lay hundreds or thousands of eggs, of which only a few percent or even a few thousandths survive.
Tigers give birth to many babies in one litter, betting on a 1/4 survival rate.
Kang Kang obviously has his own ideas.
She was not willing to give birth to more children to hedge the risk.
Female tigers have strong maternal instincts and love each of their cubs very much, not wanting to treat them as "losses".
Moreover, Kang Kang had been seriously injured before, and his physical fitness was definitely not as good as Mulan's.
If there are too many babies, there may not be enough nutrients for the cubs.
It is better to have two healthy and strong cubs than to have many weak cubs.
She held the two cubs in her arms and fed them with her nutritious milk, just as she had done with her first son.
The tigress who had just given birth was very sensitive. Yu Yijun did not make any sound for fear of disturbing the mother and the cubs.
He waved his tail from a distance, turned and left the jungle.
When Yu Yiyun was about to leave the territory, he met a tiger that had returned from hunting.
It looked like the tiger had killed another giant beast. The orange fur on its neck and the left side of its chest and abdomen had all turned red.
Even if the tiger does not roar, any animal that sees him from afar will know that he is a tiger that cannot be provoked.
Yu Yiyun looked at his father enviously, thinking: When will I be able to be so powerful?
[Trying to usurp the throne.jpg]
The tiger walked straight towards him, passed by his son, and rarely stopped its paw, looking at Yu Yijun with its animal eyes without any extra emotion.
"Ah?" Little Fat Tiger raised his cat face and looked at his father in confusion.
The staring lasted for two full minutes.
Finally, the tiger seemed to realize that his son was about to become independent and become the new jungle overlord.
He tilted his large cat head and made a sound that represented expulsion and threat.
"roar--!!!"
It was the first time that Yu Yiyun was yelled at by her father. She was so scared that her body trembled and her ears drooped in fear. She really wanted to ask him, "Why are you yelling so loudly?"
Just go!
Who wants to stay in your territory!
Yu Yiyun held his breath, but did not dare to stay for long, and hurried out of the mountain lion's territory.
Turning back, I saw the look in Shangshanjun's eyes, which was as fierce as if he were an enemy beast, and suddenly I understood.
The tiger's animal instincts are very strong, and there is almost no need to analyze his mental process.
The reason why he roared at Yu Yijun was that he regarded him as an invading tiger and tried to expel him.
Before this, the tiger had never driven away any wild beast, including an adult male tiger.
Chang Sheng and the captain broke into the tiger's territory, but the tiger didn't bother to deal with them. When they came to the front, the tiger king would raise his claws and beat them up.
Now, the tiger roared at Yu Yiyun.
Wild tigers rely on their strength to obtain survival resources. It is normal for fathers and sons to compete for territory, and there have even been precedents of them biting each other to death.
The tiger instinctively judged that this male tiger would pose a threat to its territorial sovereignty.
In other words, the current Tiger King recognizes his strength.
When Yu Yijun thought of this, she was so proud that she wanted to rush back and roar at the tiger.
The timid little pig only dared to think that he was not strong enough to be beaten by the tiger now.
Even if the pig grows up a little bit, it will have the strength to compete with the tiger.
The reserve is so big, it seems there is no need to fight with Dad for territory...right?
The tiger's territory is vast and rich in prey, making it the best habitat in the entire reserve.
But Yu Yiyun didn't like it.
It’s too big, and I’m exhausted from patrolling it every day.
Moreover, it is too far from Hexi. If I want to go find my aunt, I have to leave the territory for several days.
Yu Yiyun silently told herself: I just don't care, not because I'm afraid~
The little fat tiger adopted the method of spiritual victory, stretched out his already long legs, and walked out of the tiger area with a clatter.
Although he talks tough, his body is very honest.
It's really scary to be yelled at by the tiger tyrant in the face, woooooooooo...
There were no male tigers occupying the tiger's territory for several kilometers.
Yu Yiyun walked for a while and came to the door of Changsheng's house. He rushed in with a proud look on his face and caught a sheep. He then stayed in the territory and fell asleep.
Chang Sheng was so angry that he dared not say anything and could only pretend that he did not notice the tiger.
Now, it is no longer a question of Fat Tiger asking his parents to beat him.
The sub-adult tiger, which is only 21 months old, has a length of 2.7 meters from head to tail, which is two times larger than Changsheng, whose length is 2.6 meters from head to tail, and has an absolute advantage in weight.
Changsheng had rich experience in losing battles. He had already foreseen the outcome of fighting the enemy tiger without even fighting, and he hid away pitifully with his tail between his legs.
Changsheng cursed: Did the prey next door take hormones? They are so huge!
What's wrong with bullying my dad because he's not the Tiger King?!
Yu Yiyun ate and drank his fill, and arrogantly left behind food remnants, repeatedly avenging the half sheep he had not finished eating.
After leaving Changsheng Territory and walking for a while, I smelled the captain's scent.
Yu Yiyun wandered around the territory, but ultimately did not go in to bully the old tiger.
The team leader was the oldest tiger on the first batch of rewilding list and was five years old when he was released.
Today, the "Return of the Tigers" program has entered its fifth year, and the captain is about to turn ten years old.
South China tigers reach adulthood at around 3 years old and reach their peak at 5. From the age of 10, their condition gradually declines.
Captive South China tigers can live for more than 20 years, and some long-lived individuals can even live up to 26 years.
Tigers in the wild usually only live to 15 years old, and most of them die of natural causes.
After the age of ten, wild tigers' fighting power declines and their competitiveness weakens.
As the body weakens, the hunting ability gradually deteriorates.
They have to hunt dozens or even hundreds of times before they can get food.
Aged South China tigers either die in territorial battles or from lack of food, ending a life of fighting all over the country.
Fortunately, there is now a rewilding team that keeps an eye on the tigers at all times.
If the captain is really unable to hunt, someone will take him back to the zoo so that this veteran who has made outstanding contributions to the Tiger Return to the Mountain Project can have food and drink and enjoy his old age.
Until then, enjoy the jungle~!
Yu Yiyun withdrew his gaze and continued walking along the river.
Even after entering sub-adulthood, Zhumi's 'Tiger Navigation' is still not very useful.
As I walked, I lost track of where I was and had to determine which tiger's territory it was by smell.
He searched everywhere for trees with scratches and vaguely smelled the scent of greengage.
However, Yu Yiyun always felt something was wrong.
Although she had forgotten the scenery of Xiaoqingmei's home, Yu Yiyun remembered clearly that Kang Kang once took her through Xiaoqingmei's territory and climbed up the mountain to look for caves.
The mountains on the east side of the river are some distance away from the river and cannot be near the coast.
Did Xiao Qingmei move?
Yu Yiyun couldn't figure it out, so she sniffed it carefully again and smelled another stronger smell.
He thought for three seconds before he figured out which tiger it was.
rice cake.
The eldest son of Tiger Overlord.
The areas where Nian Gao and Xiao Qingmei marked their territories were very close and clearly overlapped.
Yu Yijun was so curious that she ignored the social etiquette of the tiger world and swaggered into the territory.
Nian Gao sensed the presence of someone, rushed over quickly, and yelled at Yu Yiyun at the top of his voice.
After a few minutes, Xiao Qingmei recognized Xiaohu's cry and ran out to check the situation.
Fat Tiger noticed that the tigress had a bulging belly, which clearly showed that she was in the late stages of pregnancy and would probably give birth to a baby in a few days.
Yu Yiyun:!!!
What's going on?
Nian Gao, who once had no sense of territory, stood in front of Xiao Qingmei and roared even more fiercely:
Get away! Stay away from my wife and children!
Yu Yiyun stayed where he was and did not leave immediately.
It’s not that he intended to provoke Lord Tiger, but Yu Yijun, who still retained human wisdom, had a completely messed up brain.
——Help!
From a human perspective, this relationship is incredibly twisted.
My mom's best friend is having an affair with my dad's son?!
What does their child have to do with me?
Brothers and sisters? Nephews and nieces?
Yu Yiyun couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, so he shook his head and gave up thinking.
As he turned around, he thought of another thing.
Thinking back to the time, he had gone to great lengths to provoke Qingqing, risked his life to take him across the river, and personally led him to Xiao Qingmei's house.
Qingqing was so excited that she pursued Xiao Qingmei madly like a peacock spreading its tail.
As a result, Xiao Qingmei has now moved into Nian Gao's territory, and Qingqing's pursuit must have failed again.
“…”
Qingqing, I gave you a chance, but you are really useless.
Forget it, every tiger has his own destiny.
Yu Yiyun shook her head and decided to give up on a female tiger with a very bad relationship.
As a result, he left Nian Gao's territory and saw Qing Qing chasing and biting the serow.
He looked very tired, and was panting for breath as he tried his best to bite the serow to death.
Qingqing did not dare to stop for a moment. He ran back, dragging the 200-pound serow in his mouth.
You know, in order to save energy, Hu Zi usually eats anywhere like Mulan.
This behavior of bringing prey back is often for the sake of the cubs.
Could it be that the peony, which has the longest flowering period in Qinling Mountains, has finally found a mate?
Yu Yijun was curious and followed Qingqing all the way.
Qingqing roared twice at first, but found that it didn't work, so he simply ignored the male tiger behind him and panted back to the territory with the prey.
Going deeper into the territory, Yu Yiyun smelled the scent of a tigress and the subtle scent of a kitten.
Qingqing used both teeth and claws to tear the prey into two halves.
He picked up half of it and ran two steps, looking at Yu Yiyun warily.
"Ahhh!" Yu Yiyun sensed his suspicion and protested loudly.
Who wants to steal your meat?
Am I the kind of kitten that picks up trash everywhere?!
Mulan: ...Isn't it?
Yu Yiyun retreated two kilometers with great courage, and said with her actions: I am not greedy for a mere serow... slurp... if I want to eat it, I can catch it myself!!!
Qingqing was still worried about the male tiger, but the situation was urgent, so he held half a serow in his mouth and rushed it to his partner, the female tiger, who had just given birth to a cub and was in urgent need of nutrition.
After feeding his partner, Qingqing returned to the same spot. Before he could catch his breath, he picked up another half of the ibex and gave it to his partner, the female tiger, who had already found a tigress and was expected to give birth to a baby tonight or tomorrow.
Yu Yiyun: ...I have learned the essence of Zhen'an.
Sorry, I underestimated you just now.
You are really like a dead tree that has come back to life with spring, an old tree that has bloomed.
Qingqing shared the prey with his two female tiger companions, but he didn't eat a single bite himself. He was so hungry that he collapsed on the spot licking his lips, and seemed to have lost all his strength.
Seeing him like this, Yu Yiyun estimated that he would be so hungry that he would not be able to regain his spirits to hunt until tomorrow.
So that tigresses who have just given birth have a nanny and newborn cubs have a nanny.
Fat Tiger secretly ambushed in the tree canopy, locked onto a fat goat, and quickly killed it using a move that dropped from the sky.
After pigs enter sub-adulthood, their ability to withstand hunger finally improves, and even if they do not eat for two or three days, their physical strength will not be affected.
He had just eaten a whole sheep in Changsheng Territory and was so full that he was burping.
After wandering around for two days, I wasn't too hungry.
He symbolically ate a few bites of the meat and left most of the sheep where it was.
Qingqing was stunned.
Can a male tiger who doesn't have a family to support be so arrogant?
Eat half and release the other half, what a waste of food.
Seeing Yu Yijun walking away with his tail wagging, Qingqing finally couldn't resist the temptation of food, so she tentatively moved over and picked up a mouthful of garbage.
So delicious!
Yu Yiyun walked around the Hedong Nature Reserve and finally went to visit No. 2 and No. 3.
After all, they had served as assistants to the "Mountain King" together, and the No. 2 and No. 3 territories were very close to each other.
The spring cold is over, and it is the spring breeding season again. The two once useless house cats have grown into charming tigers.
They both have the blood of the tiger king and are strong, so they are deeply favored by the female tiger.
The two princes stayed in their father's territory for several months and witnessed that their father did not fight back or retaliate when faced with a beating or scolding from the tiger he loved.
In order to pursue his beloved tiger, Mao Mao secretly crossed the river just to have a date with the beautiful tiger.
The princes were influenced by their father and carried forward his father's spirit of chasing his wife.
When he meets a girl he likes, he retracts his claws and becomes a house cat again.
Yu Yiyun found number two, who was rolling around in the grass, exposing his white belly to please his beloved tiger.
Smelling Yu Yiyun's scent from afar, No. 2 climbed up excitedly and shouted at the top of his voice.
Yu Yiyun felt extremely uncomfortable and took several steps back, loudly expelling Lord Tiger from No. 2's territory.
Not only did the tiger lord not feel anything was wrong, he even came over cutely and got close to the boss.
“Ouch~”
Teacher Yun, you are here!
"Ahhh!" Stay away from me!
If Lao Hu could understand, Yu Yiyun would definitely tell him: When you travel around in the world, don't reveal your master's name.
Having personally trained two useless cats has become Yu Yiyun's criminal record.
It is confirmed that No. 2 and No. 3 have their own places to stay after leaving the tiger. Teacher Yunyun, who has many students in Qinling Mountains, can finally retire after completing his mission.
He chased the swallowtail butterfly to the river, and facing the turbulent river, Fat Tiger jumped in without blinking.
The drone camera captured the scene, and Yun's parents were so moved that they burst into tears.
[Woo woo woo, my baby has learned to swim! ]
[He must have learned it last time, otherwise how did he get here? ]
[u1s1, last time it was because Qingqing chased us and scared us so much that we pigs learned to doggy paddle]
[Don't spread rumors, it's obviously a cat paddle! ]
[That section of the river must be more than 100 meters long, right? The baby finished swimming in just five minutes, bragging~]
[Shanjunbaba: It takes five minutes to swim this thing? ]
[No pulling down! Our little Yunyun is still in the sub-adult stage, five minutes is already very impressive! ]
[I started watching the live broadcast when Xiao Yunyun was four months old. Although it has only been a year and a half, it feels like I have been with him for a long time]
[A year and a half is a really long time for Hu Hu. Our little Yun Yun has learned to hunt, climb trees, swim... I feel like I have witnessed all of the baby's growth, so can't I be his mother? ]
[Kang Kang: Are you sure you want to compete with me? ]
[No, no, Kang Daji seems smarter than me. She applied to Peking University, and I applied to Peking University Jade Bird]
Yu Yijun successfully crossed the river, climbed onto the shore and shook off his hair.
This time, he did not get lost and followed the scent he had marked before and returned to Kang Kang's territory.
Just as I stepped into the border of the territory, I heard a bear roar.
Mama's Boy Bear once tried to compete with Fat Tiger for territory, but fled after losing the fight.
After wandering for a while, he found that the surrounding lord tigers were not easy to deal with, so he sneaked over and ate and drank in Fat Tiger's territory.
At this moment, the lord tiger returned again, and the stray bear trembled with fear, and his eyes became clear.
Its round bear eyes were filled with shock and fear:
After just a few months of not seeing him, how come Lord Tiger has grown so big!
In contrast, the adult male bear had just ended hibernation and was now thin and weak, with no ability to fight at all.
The stray bear hid in the cave timidly, fearing that the lord tiger would get angry and smear his blood on the edge of the territory as the legend said.
Yu Yiyun seemed not to notice the stray bear. He strode to the place where he had marked his territory and hung his claws skillfully.
He had made up his mind long ago that no matter where the territory was chosen, Kang Kang's territory must be well protected.
The mother chose to stay in Hedong, in the tiger's territory, so she could better raise her cubs.
But no matter what, this is where I was born and it has special significance.
After Fat Tiger hung up his claws, he didn't stay for too long and continued to move eastward following Mulan's scent.
Mulan's cub is already over half a year old, and has finally passed the stage of being a useless cat that can't take care of itself.
Even so, Mulan still didn't feel at ease.
The six-month-old tiger cub is at the stage where his desire to learn is the strongest. He often mistakes Mulan's tail and claws for prey and pounces on them to attack.
The little tiger that has just grown its canine teeth has almost no attack ability and leaves a lot of drool every time.
After giving birth to cubs, the germaphobic tiger feels dirty every day.
At this moment, she collapsed on the spot, realizing that she had been deceived by the 'Fat Tiger version' of the parenting game.
False advertising!
Reported!
Just at this moment, the culprit who deceived Mulan appeared near the territory.
Mulan smelled a strong and aggressive odor from a distance and knew that her child had reached a new stage.
The six cubs were having fun, but when they smelled the male tiger, they were instinctively scared and hid in Mulan's arms.
"Hoo-woo." Mulan hugged the cubs and made sounds to comfort them.
However, the male tiger approaching the territory was too powerful, and the cub was still trembling with fear.
Mulan noticed the cub's reaction and had no choice but to get up and go to the edge of the territory to drive away the male tiger for her cub.
Fat Tiger realizes that he is no longer the boy he was when he was little and the aura he exudes would scare Mulan's baby.
So instead of rushing in as he had done before, he squatted outside and made a sound to call out to his aunt.
As soon as the aunt showed up, Fat Tiger couldn't wait to pounce on her, but Mulan dodged him.
Mulan’s cub is not even a year old yet, so she must put the cub first, as the smell of the strong male tiger will terrify the little tiger.
"Ahhh..." Yu Yiyun drooped her ears in grievance, accusing her aunt of being heartless, cold, and unreasonable.
When the aunt saw such a big cub, still acting like a spoiled child like when he was little, she howled in disgust, making him look like a big tiger.
"Ao!" Yu Yiyun pricked up his ears again and made a lot of nonsense while running around, telling his aunt that he wanted to mark his territory here.
There is a certain distance between the tiger's territories.
If the traces of the Lord's Tiger Claws are next to each other, they will be considered overlapping or connected.
Generally speaking, male and female tigers only do this when they are in a partnership.
Mulan saw the tiger cub hanging on the doorstep, and she had no intention of stopping it.
Back then, Zhen'an tried to include Mulan's territory into his own territory, but Mulan chased him across three hills and beat him up severely.
As the queen of the jungle, Mulan would not allow male tigers to dominate her, let alone compete with her for territory.
But little Fat Tiger is different.
Mulan called out twice perfunctorily, telling Little Fat Tiger not to scare her baby, and then went back to continue taking care of the child.
"Oh~" Can I come visit you later?
"Huh." Whatever you want.
After receiving a response from her aunt, Yu Yiyun happily conquered a new territory, and then openly broke into the territory of the neighboring Zhen'an.
The territory of Shatangju is within the territory of Zhen'an. Although it is close to the edge, it is several thousand meters away.
It was rare to make good friends with Tiger, and Yu Yiyun didn't want to be unable to play with Shatangju just because of the Zhen'an territory.
Moreover, there is the tiger sister that he raised.
Sister Tiger smelled Yu Yijun's scent from afar and ran out of the territory excitedly.
She is already one year old, officially ending her cub stage, and has begun to learn hunting from her mother. She also has the ability to identify enemy animals.
The younger sister tiger could smell that this was a powerful and dangerous male tiger, so she excitedly pounced on her brother tiger and circled around him.
The cubs of the sugar orange have grown up. They are not as fragile as babies and have no ability to fight back against male tigers.
After a while, Shatangju also came out and greeted his good friend Hu with a bright smile.
Just like before, Yu Yiyun discussed with Shatangju whether he could fence off his territory at the doorstep of her house so that they could play together in the future.
Shatangju is an atypical South China tiger. He doesn’t like loneliness and likes to hang out with his own kind. He happily agreed.
After getting permission, Yu Yiyun immediately started hanging her claws.
As for Zhen'an who originally marked this territory... never mind.
Yu Yiyun secretly thought: I raised so many cubs for him, even if he took over my territory, it’s still mine!
Later, Zhen'an came to inspect the territory and smelled the claws of another male tiger. He almost suspected that there was something wrong with his sense of smell.
Zhen'an squatted there, struggling alone for a while, and then -
He silently marked the area of his territory and retreated several thousand meters.
Fat Tiger is my first precious son.
Let him go.
When the audience saw this scene, they typed "Zhen'an, wronged" on the public screen.
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