Chapter 101 Bald Eagle (VI)
Inspired by the aroma of tea in the little sea otter, the little fat chick, whose feathers have gradually grown, decides to start practicing flying in advance, determined to become a talented little bird in the eagle world!
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Generally speaking, common bald eagle chicks begin learning to fly at around 9 weeks old.
At first, the young birds can only flap their wings in the nest and practice flying.
Then wait for the right moment to jump off the branch.
Either complete your first flight or earn a one-way ticket to the planet.
There is a famous story in human society: an eagle will push its child off a cliff to force it to learn to fly.
It sounds cruel, but it is a true portrayal of how young eagles learn to fly.
Eagles like to build their nests on treetops or on the edge of cliffs, and their chicks only have one chance to learn to fly.
Either dominate the sky or be shattered to pieces.
——Yu Yiyun is an exception.
He can climb trees.
The little fat bird flapped its wings twice, feeling that it was no different from the sea eagle, and with the mysterious confidence of a genius bird, it climbed to...
On a tree branch about half a meter above the ground.
The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
Yu Yiyun still understood this truth.
He spread his wings and tested the wind with the tips of his wings.
It's the heat dome period right now, and the air is relatively stagnant.
Although it cannot provide flight assistance, at least it will not provide resistance.
After confirming the direction of the wind, the little fat bird took a leap of faith with great confidence.
The next second, he landed headfirst on the beach in a free fall.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
Yu Yiyun dug his head out from the beach, cursing.
Where is the genius bird?
My first test flight didn’t even reach one meter!
Lose the bird!
The genius bird's self-esteem was hurt, and it climbed back to its previous position with a grunt.
This time, he did not rush to take off, but instead observed the birds around him.
Through careful observation, Yu Yiyun discovered that all birds do not spread their wings straight when they start flying.
When taking off, they must first flap their wings to provide a boost before they can enter level flight.
I’ve given up on studying~I’ve given up on studying!
Yu Yiyun, who has a strong learning ability, flapped her wings in a very realistic way, and then...
This time it's not a free fall.
He somersaulted several times in the air, spun a few times, and then stumbled to the ground.
Yu Yiyun was not convinced and tried several more times, falling down badly.
Due to the lack of sufficient wing-flapping practice, it was difficult for Yu Yiyun to immediately become proficient in controlling wild wings and achieve the state of coming and going freely.
After falling for more than ten times, he finally found a little trick, at least his falls didn't look so ugly.
“Chirp.”
Let’s stop practicing here for today and fall again tomorrow.
Yu Yiyun was exhausted from the fall, and the plan of "learning to fly in one day" failed.
Frustrated, he returned to the tree where the parent birds had built their nest and climbed up from the bottom as usual.
As he climbed, Yu Yiyun was surprised to find that with wings as a help, climbing trees was much more efficient.
Sometimes after climbing up a few times, he flapped his wings and released his claws, and with the help of the power of flapping his wings, he could rush up a long distance.
The same action was repeated many times. When Yu Yiyun climbed back to the bird's nest, she felt that her control over her wings was much better than a few hours ago.
After struggling back to the bird's nest, Yu Yijun was tired and hungry, and lay there motionless.
Not long after, the male sea eagle, who had gone out to forage early in the morning, returned late, bringing back a herring.
At the smell of fish, the little fat bird jumped out of the coffin, excitedly rushed to his father and chirped for food.
The three little sea eagles are two months old and their body shapes are almost the same as their parents.
Although we don’t eat as frequently as we did when we were kids, we can still eat a fish at every meal.
When food was plentiful, Yu Yiyun would eat at least two.
In the multi-parous sea eagle families that have successfully survived to this stage, although they will not kill their fellow eagles, the phenomenon of competing for food is still obvious.
Strong and healthy sea eagle chicks always have the greatest advantage.
The little sea eagles that couldn't grab the food could only continue to starve.
Fortunately, the strongest little fat bird in the nest is very virtuous and would not do such a thing as eating alone and letting his brothers and sisters starve to death.
He took the fish from his father and pecked it into three pieces, keeping the fattest part in the middle for himself and giving the head and tail to his brothers and sisters.
Over time, my older brothers and sisters have become accustomed to this eating pattern.
Although my younger brother blatantly smuggled in some goods, the overall distribution was still fairly even.
Everyone can eat meat and there is basically no fighting over food.
Yu Yiyun finished the fish in just a few bites, blinking his lips, feeling a bit melancholy like Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit.
Before I could even taste it, the fish was gone.
“Chirp…”
Hungry...
Yu Yiyun begged for food from his father without any hope.
Logically speaking, when the chicks are about to take off, the parent birds will reduce the number of times they feed them.
Stimulating their desire to fly and hunt through hunger can help young birds grow.
Perhaps the pair of birds felt that the time was not right yet, and after a while, the female eagle flew back to the nest, also bringing a fat herring.
Yu Yiyun, who ate herring again, subconsciously raised her head and found that the air was still hot and humid. It seemed that the heat dome had not ended yet.
In that case, where did Mommy and Daddy catch the fish?
Soon, Yu Yiyun discovered that not only the mother and father, but all the sea eagles nearby had caught herrings for their babies. It seemed that some birds had found the best foraging area.
Yu Yiyun, who was naturally curious, ate the herring, climbed down the tree and stayed up all night to practice flying.
On the third day, the little fat bird, still flying crookedly, flapped its wings and followed its parent bird.
The female eagle was surprised when she saw the fat little bird following behind her:
How come you can fly so quickly?
I haven’t started teaching yet!
He realized that his little divine chick was not fully developed yet, so its flying speed was very slow and there was a risk of it falling at any time.
The female eagle let out a long cry, calling back the male eagle flying in front, and they escorted the cubs on the left and right.
The two baby birds left in the nest looked at their brother's back as he flew away, their eyes red with envy.
They looked at each other, and began to climb down the tree in tacit understanding, deciding to imitate the younger brother's posture to practice flying.
The little sea eagles that lived nearby cursed collectively.
Three reserve students from Peking University and Tsinghua University suddenly transferred to the ordinary class, making them look particularly useless.
These days, being a bird is really cool!
Although Yu Yiyun's flying was shaky, his advantage was that he had rich experience in adapting to changing circumstances and was particularly good at using leverage.
On the first day of learning to fly, he completed a feat of nearly 30 kilometers 'alone'.
——He stepped on his mother’s back and then on his father’s back, almost crushing their spines.
After hesitating for two hours, Yu Yiyun finally arrived at the place where fish could be caught.
He blinked his eagle eyes.
Eagles have very good eyesight.
There are 200,000 cones in the human eye, and more than 450,000 cones in the eagle's eye.
Even if it flies several thousand meters in the air, it can still lock onto small prey on the ground.
Yu Yiyun blinked her eyes and saw many sea lions on the sea, driving the herrings hiding in the deep sea to the surface.
On the coast nearby, there were many sea lions lying densely.
Yu Yiyun, who had a poor sense of direction, instantly realized where this place was.
Alaska is located at the northwestern tip of North America and is surrounded by the sea on three sides.
It borders the Bering Strait to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Isn't the coast from the Bering Strait to the Pacific Ocean the place where Fat Tiger ate sea lions in his previous life? !
The little fat bird suddenly felt a sense of intimacy, and happily flapped its wings and flew over to observe the group of 'old lion friends'.
Kruger lions and sea lions both have the word "lion" in their names, so we are all lions~
Sea Lion: That’s not what you said in your previous life!
Spring came late this year, and the temperature near the coast rose slowly.
The female sea lion that was originally expected to give birth in late July has not yet appeared. Only a group of male sea lions are waiting on the shore, eagerly waiting.
Male sea lions that have reached sexual maturity will come ashore before the female sea lions every year, looking forward to the arrival of the female lions.
But not every male sea lion can successfully complete the breeding process.
Male sea lions will have several fights before the females arrive.
Domineering and powerful male sea lions will repel competitors in advance to ensure that they have more breeding rights.
Yu Yiyun arrived late in her previous life and had no idea that so many interesting things had happened on the coast.
“Chirp~Chirp~”
Fight~Fight~
He folded his wings, landed on a large rock high up, and cheered with interest.
Suddenly, the male sea lion that dived into the sea to catch fish became alert.
They smelled the scent of the female sea lion, and they didn't even bother to eat the fish, and hurriedly climbed to the shore to greet the beautiful lion.
The herrings that were driven to the surface of the sea became a bargain for the army of bald eagles that came to pick up the spoils.
The sea eagle couple caught a herring, flapped their wings and flew over to feed their young.
Seeing that the little fat bird was watching with great interest, the two of them also started to eat fish and watch the show.
Although bald eagles have little thinking ability, they have strong imitation skills.
Soon, all the sea eagles, holding herrings in their mouths, watched the first female sea lion climb ashore and then be surrounded by countless male sea lions.
Male sea lions fight with each other in order to get the female sea lions.
In the chaos, it was unknown which lion had mistaken its target and attacked the surrounded female sea lion with its fins.
By the time they realized what was happening, the beautiful lion that the group of bachelors had been waiting for so long had already passed away.
“…”
The lions realized they had hit the wrong lion, and there was a strong sense of embarrassment in the air.
When animals are embarrassed, they will pretend to be busy.
Some of them rolled to the side to dry their bellies, some jumped into the sea to catch fish, and some made meaningless calls...
Seeing the sea lions scattering, Yu Yijun bravely flew over and made a crisp "chi" sound.
"Chirp?" Do you still want to fight for this lion?
"Chichi!" If you don't rush to grab the food, start eating while it's hot!
Sea Lion: “…”
What happened to the agreement that we are all one family? Liar!
Yu Yiyun's expression changes faster than turning the pages of a book, and he happily enjoys the gift of nature.
When the Eagle Sauces standing nearby saw this, how could they just watch their own kind eat the food alone?
They all rushed over and scrambled for it, fearing that they would miss out on this cheap lunch.
Sea lions are much larger than herrings. An adult female sea lion can weigh up to 600 kilograms, not to mention a female sea lion that is about to give birth.
Yu Yiyun was very active in eating. He grabbed a large piece of meat in advance and hid aside to enjoy it slowly. He watched the Eagle Sauces fighting fiercely like the US military discovered oil, and he once again let out a familiar sigh.
The people who chose the bald eagle as the national bird...
The fat little bird was chewing the sea lion meat and happily watching the Eagle Sauces fighting each other to the death.
Suddenly, several tall ridges emerged from the sea in the distance.
The top fin hunters that followed the sea lions arrived as expected.
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