Chapter 140 Qinling Giant Panda (Twenty-six)
Last summer, Sister Bear played with Little Bear, and they seemed to be of similar size.
Considering the differences between male and female bears, she should be slightly older than Little Bear. Now she is over 18 months old and has reached the stage where she can live independently.
Logically, it should be easier to migrate with a sub-adult sister bear than with a cub.
Reality tells Yu Yiyun: Giant pandas are unreasonable!
Female bears tend to be more dependent on their mothers than male bears and spend more time with their parents.
Especially sister Xiong, who lives in a closed environment and stays in a small room, has never left her mother since she was born.
She has always lived under her mother's protection and love, and regards her mother as the whole world.
Suddenly separated from her animal parents, Sister Bear's world collapsed in an instant.
If the little sister bear is allowed to leave her parents for too long, she will definitely have a strong withdrawal reaction and will have to look back after taking a few steps.
Gradually moving away from the forest where she grew up, the little sister bear was particularly unaccustomed to the lack of bamboos within reach, and even more unaccustomed to the absence of her mother's scent around her.
If you don't pay attention, Sister Bear will run away or come back.
"Yiyi!" Come back!
“Ahhh!”
Sister Bear screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
Yu Yiyun once again stopped her sister Xiong who was trying to crawl back, and she wanted to pick some willow branches to weave into a hemp rope and tie her around her waist.
“Wuwuwu…”
Sister Bear was brutally suppressed and felt extremely aggrieved. She curled herself up into a ball and rolled several times, burying her face in her belly and sobbing.
It was as if Sesame Tangyuan was bullying the weak and picking on her little sister Xiong who had left her mother and was left alone.
Yu Yiyun, who was more wronged than Dou E: …
Oh God, please snow!
Compared to sister bear who suffers from severe separation anxiety, Dudu, who has lived with his mother for five years and has stayed by her side even after becoming a big bear, is exceptionally calm.
After climbing the mountain for two days, he always followed behind not too far or too close.
He didn't even look back during the whole journey, leaving his hometown far behind, as if he had no attachment to it at all.
At noon, Zhima Tangyuan felt that climbing the mountain was too hot, so he hid under the shade of the only remaining tree to rest.
While he was half asleep, he vaguely heard the sound of an engine.
Listening carefully, I found that Dudu was fast asleep and was unconsciously imitating the sound of the engine.
"Yiyi." No wonder your name is Dudu.
Yu Yiyun noticed that Dudu slept very uneasily and realized that his separation anxiety symptoms were not much better than those of his sister Xiong.
Just in the middle of the two mountains is an abandoned resort, which is extremely desolate within a few miles.
Looking up, there was no food or water, not even a shadow of an animal, and nothing could divert the attention of the two bears.
Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball climbed up using his claws and stared at the two poor little things beside him. He was in no mood to continue sleeping.
He quietly left Sister Bear and ran to a lower altitude to check the road signs to make sure he didn't take a detour.
Giant pandas have limited understanding abilities, and Yu Yiyun has no way of telling them in words that "you'll get there just by climbing over this mountain."
The unknown is always the most terrifying thing for both humans and animals.
If the siblings are not given hope as soon as possible, the two bears may suffer a mental breakdown, resulting in irreversible consequences.
Yu Yiyun successfully found the road sign, roughly confirmed that the direction was correct, and then returned to the place where he had just landed as quickly as possible.
Even though he climbed fast, it was too late.
Sister Bear was already suffering from separation anxiety from her mother and was highly emotional. When she woke up from a sleepy sleep, the sesame dumplings that guided her migration had disappeared.
“Woo woo…”
The little sister bear suffered a double blow and felt so aggrieved that she banged her head against the tree in anxiety.
"Eeyee!"
Seeing this scene from afar, Sesame Tangyuan ran over as fast as he could, spreading his paws.
Dudu stopped a few dozen meters away from Sister Bear, looking a little helpless.
His ability to understand was limited, and he didn't know why his sister Xiong suddenly went crazy, nor did he know what "comfort" meant. He could only watch his sister bang her head against the tree.
“Ouch!”
“Ahhh!”
Sister Xiong howled very loudly, refusing Yu Yijun to get close to her.
"Eeyore." Baby, it's me.
The personality traits of bears are closer to those of dogs, and they are easier to develop feelings for.
For example, when college students go to study in other places and go home during winter and summer vacations, the puppy will still wag its tail excitedly.
The puppy doesn't know what "going to school" means. It only knows that the person it likes disappears for a few months and then comes back.
When Sister Xiong heard Sesame Tangyuan's voice and confirmed that he was still alive, her anxious mood gradually calmed down.
She stopped hitting the tree and curled up pitifully, with low sobs rolling in her throat.
"Eeyore." Be good, don't be afraid.
Zhima Tangyuan leaned over and gently stroked her ears with his bear paw to ease Sister Bear's anxiety.
During the rest of the journey, Sister Bear became much more sensible and no longer looked back or stopped to cry.
It wasn't that she suddenly became human, but she was afraid that Sesame Dumpling would disappear again and she wouldn't be able to catch up.
If that happens, Sister Bear will have no idea what to do.
Dudu: ...Wait, I'm still following you.
Finally, the three bears climbed over another ridge, and the rocks under their feet were gradually covered with green grass.
We continued to crawl forward on the wild grass carpet. We saw a few bushes ahead and there were signs of animals nearby.
Then there are the mountains and forests, with the fragrance of bamboo wafting in the air.
"Eeyee!"
We are here!
"Oh?" Where is this place?
"call."
Not to mention Sister Bear, even Dudu had never seen such towering trees, endless grasslands, and such vast forests.
In summer and autumn, food is abundant in the mountains and forests.
The red-crowned cranes and various birds that live in low-altitude areas fly up the mountain, spread their wings, forage for food and build nests in the woods.
"Eh~"
The evil Tangyuan almost forgot that he had another skill: stealing bird eggs!
Yu Yiyun, who was a bird in his previous life, looked at the bird nests on the treetops and couldn't help but feel restless.
——Oh, I must kill my own kind today!
The little bear twisted his fat waist and climbed up the tree nimbly.
While the parent bird was out looking for food, she secretly took the eggs with a lower chance of hatching and brought them under the tree to share with her sister bear.
"Eeyore." Baby, have some snacks.
The deep mountains where the sister bear originally lived had limited environment, so only bamboo and shorter trees could grow, but no towering trees could grow.
Bamboo's growth cycle is too short to support birds building nests, let alone laying eggs.
"Oh?" Stone?
Sister Bear held the hot oval stone in her hands and observed it carefully with curiosity.
Faintly smelling the scent of food coming from the 'stone', she thought for a few seconds and stuffed the entire eggshell into her mouth.
"Eggshells can't be eaten...
Before Sesame Tangyuan could stop her, Sister Bear bit down with a crunch, and the unformed eggshell and egg white flowed out from the corners of her mouth.
"Ahhh!" It's so delicious!
Sister Bear was chewing the eggshells with a crunching sound, her eyes sparkling, and she lamented that she had never eaten such delicious food.
Chicken flavor, crunchy!
Yu Yiyun silently lowered her head and looked at the egg white and yolk on the ground.
Dandan, you died in vain!
Dudu followed from behind, looked at his sister, then looked at the bird eggs on the ground, and lay down to lick them.
"Hoohoo." Delicious.
After licking the bird eggs that fell on the ground, Dudu made two puffy sounds, but he felt unsatisfied. He imitated what Zhizhi Tangyuan had done just now and climbed up the tree to take out the bird eggs.
As expected of a hunting ally of level 250, you learn really fast!
In just two minutes, Dudu brought back a new bird egg and handed it to his sister Xiong, asking her to eat the outer eggshell, while he ate the yolk and egg white inside.
Seeing that the two of them had such a clear division of labor, Yu Yiyun kept smiling:
As long as you two are happy.
There were more and more birds and animals around, and the forest became more and more lush and green. Sister Bear was dazzled by the colorful world, and her separation anxiety was finally alleviated.
According to the habits of wild giant pandas, they tend to live in areas with higher altitudes in summer.
Following the footprints and green rice balls left by the bears, Sesame Rice Balls quickly found their gathering area.
Last year, he set up a bear cub park in the reserve, and many bear cubs pestered Sesame Tangyuan, the only one in the school who could hunt, to beg for food.
Time flies, and the little bears that were fed have grown up. Many bears leave their mothers to occupy the mountains and become local lords.
Under the influence of sesame dumplings, the bears who get tired of eating bamboo will catch rabbits or lambs to change their taste, and their adaptability to the environment has been greatly enhanced.
The pandas still remembered Teacher Yunyun's scent. When they heard her call from afar, they came out from the woods and mountains to greet her.
"Eeyee."
Teacher Yunyun, who has many students in Qinling Mountains, responded enthusiastically to her former students and introduced her sister Xiong to them.
Considering that sister Xiong is too dependent on her mother, Yu Yiyun does not plan to take her to the farther Beipo.
Stay in the protected area closest to her mother, and wait until Little Man’s forest restoration plan begins to show results, and the mother and daughter can visit each other frequently.
In order to help the little sister bear adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible, Yu Yiyun stayed with her for half a month, teaching her step by step how to find food, how to mark the territory, and how to interact with other animals in the forest.
In order to ensure that her sister Xiong's life gradually became stable, Yu Yiyun quietly left the mountain on a windless and moonless night.
When he climbed halfway up the mountain, he turned back reluctantly and said goodbye to his sister Xiong from afar, sincerely hoping that she could be free in a wider world.
Before he could finish his sentimental words, Zhima Tangyuan met a pair of bear eyes, which frightened him so much that he almost jumped onto a tree.
After a closer look, I found that it was not a black bear that came, but Dudu who disappeared without a trace after arriving at the new reserve.
Dudu is different from his sister Bear.
He has already become independent and has sufficient ability to survive.
It was originally thought that as long as he was led to the protected area, he would find his own territory and start looking for a mate to carry on his bloodline.
Unexpectedly, when Yu Yiyun set off, Dudu appeared again, still following behind him not too far away.
The sesame dumplings walked a little way and stopped. Then they walked a little way and stopped again...
After walking and stopping several times, he finally came to the conclusion: Dudu was indeed following him and seemed to be planning to leave together.
"Yiyiyi?" Are you sure you want to come with me? This road is even longer than the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. We have to climb many mountains and there will be no bamboo for several days.
"Yiyi." When we get to the north slope, you won't be able to find the way home because you don't have as good a sense of direction as I do.
Little Bear has too thick a filter for himself and is crazy about smuggling in his own stuff.
The mountain road ahead is long and Dudu is not clear about the distribution of the mountains, so it is indeed difficult to find the way home.
"call."
Dudu whispered something urging Sesame Tangyuan to hurry up.
"Yeah." Okay.
"Yiyi." I thought you were a sister-con and would definitely stay with your sister!
No matter what the reason, having companions willing to accompany me through the boring mountain road makes me visibly happy.
The mountain road from south to north is full of peaks and ridges. Whether for humans or beasts, crossing so many mountains must be an extremely arduous task.
At the beginning, Yu Yiyun walked this road alone, and doubted her life several times, thinking "just give up".
Now that I have a strong bear by my side, leaving two strings of bear footprints on every hilltop, climbing doesn't seem so hard.
In a trance, Zhizhi Tangyuan vaguely understood:
The Qinling Mountains were equally dangerous hundreds of years ago, so why have the panda's footprints never ceased?
Because there are people like you around you who are pursuing the same goal as you.
No matter how dangerous the mountain is, it can be conquered by the brave bear!
When setting out, Yu Yiyun originally thought that the journey would definitely not be easy if she had to carry an extra bear with her.
The result was quite the opposite. Along the way, Zhima Tangyuan babble a lot of nonsense, telling Dudu about the glaciers, deep seas, and tropical grasslands that he had never seen...
"Huh." Dudu thought he was noisy and only responded occasionally.
Before I finished saying, "Have you ever seen the sun at four in the morning? I've seen it in the Arctic," I heard a familiar voice.
"geigeigei!"
Accompanied by the whistling sound of the wind, the Monkey King, who looked very high-spirited, swung on his tail and landed magnificently in front of his good friend the bear.
"Eeyee!" Pear Monkey!
When he saw the familiar good monkey, Zhima Tangyuan realized that he had unknowingly entered the golden monkey reserve.
"geigei~"
The pear monkey jumped towards the sesame rice dumpling, holding a little monkey in his arms.
In a golden monkey family, females usually raise the young together, while males act as guards.
The monkeys cherish their newborn cubs very much and will compete to hold the baby monkeys.
Obviously, the pear monkey won the fight.
As primates, monkeys have behavioral similarities with humans.
As a new monkey father, Pear Monkey turns into a baby-showing maniac and displays his cub in all aspects.
"gei!"
monkey!
I gave birth!
The baby monkey doesn't look like a month old yet. Its fur is very soft and it looks like a small kiwi fruit.
It blinked its grape-like eyes, looked at the strange bear, timidly buried its head in its father's arms, and made frightened little baby sounds.
Sesame glutinous rice balls, who like to rub the baby monkey, were instantly touched by the cuteness and stretched out their paws to touch the baby monkey.
Before he could touch it, the pear monkey's expression changed in a second and slapped his claws away.
"geigei." You can rub me, but if you touch my cub, I'll break up with you!
After saying those harsh words, the pear monkey climbed up the tree holding the baby in one hand and went back swinging on the tree with its tail.
"???"
I've met people who forget their principles for the sake of beauty, but I've never met anyone who forgets his principles for the sake of his child.
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In the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains, the activity areas of golden monkeys and giant pandas overlap.
Meeting a pear monkey means your destination is close at hand.
"Yay!" Yeah! We're here!
Sesame Rice Balls was instantly revived with excitement, and rushed up the mountain at a faster speed, calling out loudly to Ziwei and Little Bear.
The roar of bears echoed through the mountains and forests, and was blown far away by the wind.
The fat bear, who always puts eating first, didn't even bother to chew the bamboo and climbed up to the top of the mountain from the mountainside with great effort.
As a result, after searching for a long time, I didn't see any familiar bear.
"babble?"
Yu Yiyun panicked!
Giant pandas have almost no sense of holding grudges, so it is impossible for them to get angry and ignore Yu Yijun just because he hasn't come back for so long.
Even though Ziwei has become independent, she still wants to protect her own iBear space.
When the little bear hears his mother's voice, he will definitely rush over to rub against her.
Now, neither of them answered.
Could it be that something happened to Little Bear while I was gone?
The more Yu Yiyun thought about it, the more frightened he became. He dragged his exhausted body and rushed into another bear's territory to look for his own cub.
When he rudely intruded into the third bear's territory, he finally smelled a very faint scent of a little bear nearby.
Judging from the concentration of the smell, the little bear came here about half a month ago.
"Eeyore?" Where's my baby!
"Yiyi!" Teach my kid a lesson!
The bear, whose territory was forcibly invaded, didn't have time to lose his temper.
Seeing that Zhima Tangyuan was full of murderous intent and was shouting so fiercely, he was so scared that he hid in the cave and pretended to be dead.
"Eh!" Don't hide in there and keep silent, I...
Sesame dumplings circled the tree hole, angrily and uttered harsh words.
Before he could finish his threat, a familiar voice was heard from a lower altitude at the bottom of the mountain.
"Hey hey!" Mommy!
After more than half a year, the little bear heard his mother calling him again. He excitedly blew bubbles with his nose and howled very loudly.
After they were separated, the little bear took good care of himself, with a chubby face. He climbed up the mountain alone, looking fearless and not afraid of being discovered by wild animals.
He is indeed the son of the Qinling Mountain Overlord!
"Eeyore!" The child slurps!
Finally hearing the little bear's voice, Yu Yijun immediately prepared to run over to join him.
Before leaving, he remembered something and changed his voice to a cute one, apologizing to the frightened bear in the tree hole.
"Eh." Bear, I'm sorry~
The bear poked his head out and looked at the figure of Sesame Rice Ball bouncing away, wishing that every bamboo shoot he ate had worms!
On second thought, such a curse does not apply to pandas.
Humans would feel nauseous if they eat worms in bamboo shoots, but pandas eat bamboo worms as a high-protein nutritious condiment.
The cowardly bear changed his curse: From now on, there will be no bamboo worms in the bamboo shoots you eat!
"Hey~" Mommy!
Over the past six months, the little bear, who has completely inherited the characteristics of sesame dumpling gai Liuzi, has been playing with cats and dogs everywhere on the north slope of the mountain, and occasionally robbing upright deer. Now he cries like a 200-pound child and throws himself into his mother's arms, sobbing suspiciously.
When the mother and son reunited, Yu Yiyun hugged the little bear, who was about to fall off the bed, and asked him why he stayed at the bottom of the mountain. Was there a bear bullying him?
Mountain Bear: It’s unfair!
Every summer, wild giant pandas follow their inherent habits and climb to high altitude areas to escape the heat.
Since the little bear was born, he has only experienced one summer.
Instead of taking him to live in a high-altitude area, his mother embarked on a migration journey.
So, in the summer, when the little bear saw other bears climbing the mountain, he tried to climb up himself.
Influenced by the sesame dumplings, he could not adapt to marking out a territory on the top of the mountain and nibbling on bamboos peacefully.
At first, the little bear felt that he didn't like this territory, so he ran to other bears' territories.
After walking around for several times, the little bear came to the conclusion: I am a bear afraid of heights.
So the little bear returned to the lower altitude area to keep company with the two bears who stayed there.
In addition to eating the only available bamboo in summer, they also rely on wild fruits and prey for survival.
Yu Yiyun followed the trail left by the other bears and climbed to a high place, but of course he couldn't find the little bear.
After figuring out the reason, Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls, which had a strong ability to adapt to the environment, followed their cub back to the medium and low altitude areas and could smell the scent of crape myrtle from afar.
Ziwei is now over two years old, and her physical fitness is no different from that of an adult bear. One can tell from the smell that she is a powerful female.
When Ziwei couldn't be found, Yu Yiyun was fully convinced that Ziwei was too stubborn and must have hidden herself in the depths of a jungle to conceal her presence.
Now smelling the scent all over the mountains, Yu Yiyun Xiongsheng doubted his judgment for the first time.
Good job.
She was almost done marking the entire mountain.
The little bear was used to Ziwei's behavior, so he climbed to a high place and called for his sister loudly.
“Hmm!”
From a distance, Ziwei responded muffledly.
Sesame Tangyuan hadn't seen his friends for a long time, so he immediately ran in the direction of the sound.
After running a few hundred meters, he smelled the smell of blood in the air becoming stronger and stronger, smelling like a healthy fawn.
Fawn.
Hiss.
The hungry little bear was busy looking for a companion. He sucked his saliva and thought that after he reunited with Ziwei, he would catch a deer to satisfy his craving.
As soon as the thought flashed through my mind, Ziwei emerged from the depths of the dense forest, dragging a fawn in her mouth.
“…”
Yu Yiyun was silent.
Yu Yiyun was petrified.
Seeing the blood on Ziwei's face and chest, as well as the scratches and bite marks on the deer, he had only one thought in his mind:
"Genetics" never deceives me!
Ziwei is indeed Xiong Xiong's beloved daughter. She is just a cub in disguise. Once she awakens, her attack power will be extremely strong!
Since she started hanging out with Zhima Tangyuan, Ziwei has traveled all over the country with him and learned all kinds of hunting techniques.
After successfully catching a hare for the first time, Ziwei seemed to have been triggered by a switch, and she set out on the journey of conquering the forest.
Seeing the sesame dumplings again, Ziwei cautiously took a half step back, put her front legs on the ground and carefully observed the enemy beast.
"Eh!" Ziwei!
"Woo!" Little Swallow!
The memory was activated successfully, Ziwei relaxed her guard, and threw the hot prey in front of the two male bears.
"Hmm." Eat it.
"Eh?" Give it to me?
Yu Yijun was deeply touched that there was free meat without hunting. He pounced on it and took a big bite. Suddenly, he had a strange premonition.
If the little guy took a photo of this scene, with a female feeding two males, the comments would definitely be the same as those about Theresa:
'The Queen and Her Useless Male Bear'
The useless male bear bit the meat with tears in his eyes: soft rice tastes so good!
The three bears gathered around their prey and ate it all. They were so full of sesame dumplings that they broke off some bamboo to eat and catch up with their friends whom they hadn't seen for a long time.
Ziwei gradually entered the mature stage. Not only her habits changed, but also her temperament. She leaned against a big tree with her legs raised, looking like a cool and arrogant queen.
Shanba 2.0, the little bear, is still clingy and enthusiastic. He throws himself into his mother's arms and chats nonsense with her.
After a satisfying meal and a good sleep, Yu Yiyun regained his energy and couldn't wait to explore the new map, or just fool around.
Not far from Ziwei's territory, he smelled the scent of Dudu, sinking into the high mountains and forests. He must have found a suitable place to stay.
After walking half a circle along the scent marked by Ziwei, Yu Yiyun smelled the scent of another bear.
Except for Ziwei and Xiaoxiao Xiong, other pandas did not go up the mountain, choosing to stay halfway up the mountain at a lower altitude to spend the summer.
Every bear has a personality, so this behavior isn't too surprising.
What really caught Yu Yiyun's attention was that the bear smelled familiar. It should be Yaoyao who was injured last winter and refused to accept human help.
Sesame Tangyuan followed the smell and entered the bear's territory, and sure enough, he saw Yaoyao.
He is already 19 years old, close to the life expectancy of a panda in the wild.
The injury sustained last winter has healed without leaving any residual lameness.
But Yaoyao was getting weaker and weaker and he didn't have the energy to climb to the top of the mountain to find food.
Sensing that a powerful beast was approaching, Yaoyao put down the bamboo he had been chewing for a long time, but did not eat much, so he struggled to climb up a tree and hide.
In midsummer, bamboo in lower altitude areas is overripe and its branches are very hard.
Yaoyao didn't have the strength to go far away to find food, so he could only use his badly worn teeth to chew the thick and hard bamboos.
The protection team climbed up the mountain several times to deliver easy-to-chew bamboo shoots and steamed corn bread.
Whenever Yaoyao smelled human breath, he would think of the cage prepared by humans and refused to touch it.
From the beginning of summer to now, Yaoyao has lost at least 20 kilograms and is in very bad physical condition.
When Sesame Tangyuan broke into Yaoyao's territory, he saw only a skeleton wrapped in wrinkled bear skin, just like Yaya who had lived in a foreign zoo.
"Eh?" Woc, zombies?!
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