Chapter 16 South China Tiger (XVI)
Compared to small cats that are always alert when they are about to scare someone, adult tigers are alert when they sleep, but they are not so nervous.
Especially the dominant tiger, which even turns over its white belly when sleeping, and is not afraid of being attacked at all.
In case of an attack by a wild beast...
Delivery guy? Great!
Queen Mulan slept soundly, snoring rhythmically. She did not wake up until noon the next day.
She stretched her limbs, stretched herself, and then slowly got up.
There was still half a wild deer left nearby, enough for Mulan and the tiger cub to eat for half a week.
However, she still has to go to the river today to teach her cubs how to hunt.
Born as a tiger, hunting is a compulsory course if you want to survive in the jungle.
Mulan wants to teach the cub all the hunting skills before he grows up, and supervises Fat Tiger to practice them over and over again.
Only in this way would he not starve to death when he roamed the jungle alone as a tiger.
"roar."
Mulan lowered her head and saw Fat Tiger lying on his back sleeping next to her, snoring softly and showing no intention of getting up.
She flicked her tail and lashed twice, neither too hard nor too soft.
The pig just turned over and continued to sleep soundly.
Mulan: ...?
Who gave my kid sleeping pills?
If Fat Tiger was still a child, Mulan would definitely not be too lazy to wake him up and let Piglet sleep as long as he wanted.
However, he has reached the point where he is able to learn to hunt.
If Mulan continues to indulge the tiger cub, it will only make him lose his competitiveness in dominating the jungle.
Accompanied by three crisp "whoosh whoosh" sounds, Mulan's tail brought about a gust of wind and hit the tiger cub's butt.
"roar!"
get up!
Who says kittens don’t have to go to school?
Fat Tiger cried out in pain, and climbed up reluctantly, he was so sleepy that he could not open his eyes.
Yu Yiyun yawned, forced herself to stay awake, dozed off as she walked, and followed Mulan to the river.
Looking at the river from afar, he really wanted to run over and check whether he had dark circles under his eyes.
Last night, after returning to Mulan's territory, Yu Yiyun practiced hunting alone until dawn, and then went back to sleep with his aunt.
I probably slept for two or three hours when I was woken up by my aunt's shouting and screaming.
If this continues, I might evolve into another rare species in the Qinling Mountains - the giant panda.
How wonderful it is to be a panda. You can eat bamboo and be cute every day without having to get up early and go to bed late to hunt wild animals.
If she had a choice, Yu Yiyun really wanted to experience the life of a national treasure bear.
"Huh?" Mulan turned her head and found the tiger cub standing there in a daze, his eyes revealing deep disgust.
I don't know what's wrong with Zaizai. He looks dazed today.
If we continue like this, when will we be able to learn how to hunt?
Mulan originally thought that today's hunting teaching would definitely not produce any results.
Unexpectedly, the tiger cub performed quite well.
Compared with yesterday's awkwardness and recklessness, he now has hunting awareness and knows how to predict the opportunity.
After two or three times, the tiger cubs rushed out first to attack without even Mulan's help to drive away the prey.
Unfortunately, the kid's reaction was a little slow and his physical strength obviously couldn't keep up.
Several times, it bit its prey, but due to lack of stamina, the prey slipped away from its mouth.
"Moo——"
Mulan called the baby over, bent down to lick his fur, and encouraged the child not to be discouraged.
The decisive, mighty and domineering jungle queen rarely shows her gentle side.
This caused the audience who often pay attention to the two tigers to exclaim, "Sister Lan has changed her personality" and "Queen Mulan, I prefer your rebellious look."
However, after licking her fur, Queen Mulan looked down and found...
The tiger cub was already half asleep.
She was so affectionate just now, but the silly cat didn't feel it at all.
Queen Mulan's claws stretched out and then retracted.
Forget it, it’s my own child, I have to raise it myself if it gets hurt.
Yu Yiyun leaned in her aunt's warm embrace, had a good sleep, and ate the remaining venison, restoring her strength to her best condition.
Over the next few days, every evening, Yu Yiyun would sneakily hide in the bushes by the river.
Keep your ears open and your eyes alert to choose the right prey.
Finally, it was the morning of the sixth day.
Mulan, who was sleeping, heard heavy breathing, accompanied by a series of heavy dragging sounds.
She woke up instantly, opened her eyes, and saw from afar the tiger cub dragging a sub-adult goral, running towards her with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The tiger cub, which was not even one year old yet, had not mastered the skill of 'dragging its prey' and fell several times on the road, getting itself covered in mud.
Mulan, who always loved cleanliness, showed no disgust and got up and ran towards the tiger cub who had completed his first hunt.
“Ahhhh!”
The tiger cub was already tired. Seeing the aunt running over, he simply threw the prey to the ground and called out to her for praise.
"Huh~"
Mulan ran quickly towards the tiger cub, circled around him twice, and licked the blood from the corner of his mouth as a reward.
That was a top hunter, proof of his rise.
“Ahhhh!”
The tiger cub nudged the goral with its head and pushed it towards his aunt.
This goral seemed to be underage and had just finished winter, so it had very little meat on it, not enough for two tigers to eat.
As the tiger cub waited eagerly, Mulan ate a small half of the meat in a few bites and left the rest for the tiger cub.
Then he licked the blood on his face and howled at him twice.
"Huh~"
Stay here and don't move. Auntie will catch a wild boar as a reward for you.
"Ah!" The tiger cub swung its tail happily.
Netizens have been paying close attention since the tiger cub started learning to hunt.
When seeing the photo of the tiger cub dragging back the goral, everyone was so moved that they burst into tears, as if their own children had been admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University.
[It wasn’t easy, but my little fat tiger finally succeeded in hunting! ]
[It is too early for an eight-month-old tiger cub to learn hunting. Before, everyone was worried that he would not succeed, and even tagged the rewilding team to give him some city sheep to catch.]
[Everyone was just too concerned, luckily the rewilding team didn’t listen to our suggestions]
[Rewilding team: Thank you all for your attention to Fat Tiger! The reason why we didn’t deliver any supplies to the tiger cubs is because the general manager, Professor Yu, once said that “rewilding is not about moving tigers to other places to raise them.”
We only airdrop supplies when the tiger's survival is threatened. Normally, we respect the natural habits of animals.
(In fact, it was beyond our expectation that a tiger over eight months old could complete hunting in the wild. Our Fat Tiger is really awesome~)]
[Hahaha! The first two sentences from the official were quite serious, but the brackets immediately exposed the true nature of the mother fans]
[The official also likes our Fat Tiger~ He is smart, cute and brave, who can not love him~]
On the 9th day of learning hunting, Yu Yiyun successfully hunted a young muntjac by the river bank in the evening.
Moreover, it is an adult male muntjac with horns.
On the way home dragging the prey, Yu Yijun held his head high and chest puffed out, howling all the way.
Get back where you fell!
Yu Yiyun completed the riverside copy. After repeated practice, he increased the difficulty for himself and began to chase prey in the open areas of the jungle.
Hunting in the jungle is more difficult because there are no bushes to serve as cover and no rivers to block the way.
In addition, some prey always appear in groups. If you want to hunt one of them, you must first disperse the large group.
If you encounter a particularly united group, you may be beaten up.
The tiger cub is less than one year old and will suffer if it encounters slightly larger prey.
Even so, he still gritted his teeth and improved his hunting skills every day.
After a while, even Mulan found it unbelievable.
She really hopes that the tiger cubs will learn to hunt early so that they won't go hungry when they become independent.
However, the kid still has more than a year to grow up, so Mulan plans to teach him slowly.
Even if tiger cubs learn to hunt, they will still mainly hunt on their own during the period before they reach adulthood.
It doesn't matter how much the baby eats.
Queen Mulan is the best cook in Qinling, and it’s not like she can’t afford to feed him.
After eating the prey given by the tiger cub for two consecutive days, Mulan could no longer sit still. She held down the tiger cub who was about to go out hunting and made him stay at home to play in the mud.
My cub is still a little tiger now.
Hunting is something that he just needs to learn, and his family doesn't expect him to cook.
Mulan wants the tiger cub to be well fed and grow up happily.
However, Mulan didn't know that
The tiger cubs never live to grow up.
Her mother's territory was invaded by a strange male tiger, and Yu Yiyun couldn't bear to watch it take over her home.
In addition, April is approaching, which is the best breeding period for wild South China tigers.
Several other tigresses in Hexi also started to move one after another, leaving their scent to alert the male tigers.
However, a female tiger with cubs will not enter estrus until the cubs leave.
Yu Yiyun tried to walk further away, but unfortunately it didn't work.
As long as she stayed with Mulan, her maternal instinct would make her put the cubs first and refuse to breed her own babies.
Yu Yiyun is now strong enough.
Even without Mulan's protection, he was able to resist most of the wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and he could also hunt to feed himself.
So……
It's time to give the rest of spring back to my aunt.
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