Bird Battle
When the patrol team and breeders arrived outside the village, three peacocks were walking slowly in the fields, occasionally lowering their heads to peck at food.
"Hey! You guys are finally here!"
Liu Xiaochuan, a villager who had joined the patrol team earlier, stepped forward and explained the current situation: "They appeared early in the morning! Many people wanted to come over to take a look, but I stopped them and didn't scare them!"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, fellow villager!"
The patrol team praised his approach and assigned some more people to notify and intercept nearby villagers who wanted to join in the fun. They temporarily blocked off the field to make sure the green peacocks would not be disturbed for no reason, and only then did they feel a little relieved.
Next, they had to start considering how to deal with the three peacocks that came down the mountain to steal food.
Looking at the green peacock family slowly foraging in the distance, they talked about it:
"I've never come down the mountain to steal food before..."
"Is it injured? Or is it that a natural enemy has appeared in its original habitat?"
"It's only November now, the mountain's food reserves won't run out so quickly, right? Or are we not feeding them in time?"
During the discussion, the keeper remained strangely silent until he was questioned, then he struggled to articulate his opinion: "I think... it's not that complicated. Maybe they just know that humans have a lot of delicious food."
Others: …
ah?
Is this ok?
“Chichi!”
In the fields, the little peacocks were calling happily.
As expected, this place was much more nutritious than the mountain. The soil was full of fine grains, and there were extremely fat insects deep in the soil. It was simply a delicious and luxurious buffet.
The two peacocks, who were originally reserved and hesitant, were also moved by the favorable environment here and began to forage for food here openly, feeling relaxed for a rare time.
Every winter, they have to live a tight life.
Although they could occasionally see fresh food on some high platforms, it was basically eaten up by other small birds before they arrived. They could only eat a little bit, which was better than nothing.
I didn’t expect that there is such a treasure land at the foot of the mountain!
As expected of their cubs, they are so smart!
The female peacock helped the little peacock tidy up its feathers in between meals as a reward.
Narrator:
"The tribe is facing a crisis, and TA remembers the previous opportunities."
"As a favorite of Heaven, although his methods are still immature, he did help the tribe survive this crisis."
[Wow, it’s been two months and I still remember it! ]
[Little Peacock: Coming back here feels like coming home! It’s so friendly! ]
[I am dying of laughter, hahaha, they really don't consider themselves outsiders. I think humans are more panicked than them.]
[I guess he really knows that he is protecting animals ()]
After discussing for a long time, people finally speculated that the green peacock family might have gone down the mountain because one of the members was injured and unable to find food. After much thought, they sent out keepers to observe closely.
Then, something unexpected happened.
Originally, the keeper just walked to the entrance quietly, intending to observe the walking posture of several peacocks to determine their health condition, but after observing for a few seconds, he made eye contact with the little peacock that popped out of the field.
Then, the other two peacocks also turned their heads and looked at him with their beautiful light blue eyes.
Oh no!
The keeper didn't want to disturb them and wanted to evacuate immediately, but the peacock opposite took the initiative to approach him first.
To be precise, the little peacock took the first step, and the two big peacocks hesitated for a moment and followed closely behind.
The breeder's pupils tremble.
He subconsciously took a few steps back, but when he thought of the people hiding behind him, he stopped abruptly. Looking at the peacocks running towards him, his scalp almost numbed.
What happened?!
Could it be that he had made a wrong judgment before, and the little peacock actually didn't like being taken care of and fed by him, and had been holding a grudge against him for two months, and now when it met him again, it started asking its parents to take revenge on him?
What kind of peacock-like sleeping on straw and tasting gall is this!
What should he do now?!
A healthy adult would certainly not be afraid to confront a peacock, even if there are two adult peacocks.
After all, the fighting power of a peacock is roughly equal to that of the big goose at the entrance of the village, and it is not even as arrogant and domineering as the big goose. Generally speaking, it will only attack its male companions with its claws when competing for a mate, and will basically not actively attack humans.
But here’s the thing…
They are first-class protected animals in China! Even if he didn't fight back, they would complain about what kind of plastic buttons he had eaten and what to do if he got sick!
While his thoughts were in a mess, the leading little peacock had already come a few meters away from him, chirping.
Then, a voice that was all too familiar to him came out:
"Jiyingying~"
The little peacock spread its fluffy little wings, waved them symbolically in the air, and then looked at the human in front of it with intent and expectation.
The young bird's body movements can be translated as:
Hungry!
Food!
Breeder: ...
He doubted his judgment for a moment, but still tentatively took out the feed he had prepared from his bag and scattered it to the little peacock from a distance under the watchful eyes of the two parent birds.
"grumble!"
The next second, the little peacock immediately lowered its head to confirm, pecked and chattered, and then excitedly called out to the parent birds behind it, as if it regarded the human in the distance as a ruthless feeding machine.
"Whoa whoa--"
The two parent birds called softly and hesitantly. Compared with their cubs, they were still more cautious. They glanced at the strange two-legged beast in the distance several times with their beautiful and elegant eyes, making sure that the other party was stable, relaxed and posed no threat. Only then did they lower their heads to peck at the food that suddenly appeared.
One bite, two bites...
"Jiji?" Delicious, right?
The little peacock circled around its parents as if seeking credit, chirping non-stop.
Just say it!
This is a great place!
In the interval, it seemed to turn its head to look at the breeder who was standing stiff and motionless a few meters away, and then continued to act coquettishly with its own bird.
No need to worry at all.
These two-legged beasts don’t dare to do anything to the peacock!
The two bird parents seemed to be thinking about something.
Witnessing this scene, the breeder fell into silence for a long time.
So, instead of sleeping on straw and eating bitter food, you want to enjoy life and bring the whole family along? !
He wanted to leave in a daze, but when he moved his feet, he heard the little guy calling at him, and the two parent birds also looked up and stared at him.
He was totally at a loss as to what to do and could only take out a handful of grain from his pocket and try to seal the mouth.
It was successful for a short time, but as soon as I moved my feet, the little guy raised his head again.
He kept repeating this several times until there was really no feed in his pocket. He repeatedly gestured to his empty palms, and then the little guy mercifully stopped barking at him, and happily pecked at the nutritionally balanced feed with his parent birds, just like a chick in a farm that ate the feed obediently.
……Um?
He seemed to be robbed by this group of peacocks.
After realizing it belatedly, the breeder returned to the team in a daze.
The expressions of the people who witnessed the scene just now were very subtle:
"Why do I feel like these guys are a bit... rogue?"
"No, no, it's just the little one. The two older birds are more like the green peacocks we are familiar with. They hid every time I took out my pocket."
"This little peacock is really brave!"
“Hahaha… I’m sorry, this is really too funny!”
Seeing the keeper finally return to the team, they couldn't help but tease: "How does it feel to be robbed by a green peacock?"
I didn't dare to move or curse. It was even more stressful than moving glass.
The breeder smiled bitterly, responded to a few jokes, and then got down to business: "I've observed that the peacocks are in good condition. They came down the mountain this time... probably just because they knew there was food down there."
Just now during the feeding break, he had carefully observed the movements of the peacocks.
It moves freely and looks in good spirits. There seems to be nothing wrong with its feathers, sharp beak and claws. It must have gone down the mountain to look for food intentionally.
Um……
Maybe it was under the command of the little peacock?
Just less than a week of rescue has had such an impact until now, even making a family of peacocks bold enough to enter areas where humans live. It is not known whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
"The green peacocks are relatively safe here. The villagers have a sense of protection and will not even shout loudly to scare the green peacocks. If the peacocks come down the mountain to look for food because of lack of food, there is no problem at all and there is no need to forcefully interfere."
Finally, after discussion, everyone reached a consensus.
They decided to strengthen patrols of the farmland and the entrance to the mountain, and to replenish feeding points on the mountain in an intensive manner, in an effort to ensure that the green peacocks can spend the rest of the winter safely.
These days, the villagers living at the foot of the mountain have had a complete feast for the eyes.
This mysterious and beautiful bird, which originally lived in the mountains, suddenly came down the mountain. Who wouldn't be curious?
Of course they can't get close to the peacocks and disturb them, but now it is a modern society, so it is no problem for them to take pictures from a distance with their mobile phones.
As a result, the patrol team often sees the following scenes:
"Oh, did you see that? There are dragon scales all over its neck. The dragon bird from our mountain has flown down!" A middle-aged woman was holding her phone, taking photos of the peacocks in the field from a distance. She squinted her eyes and tried to zoom in, trying to explain to the comments floating across the screen, "What's weird? What's weird? Doesn't it look good? There's something wrong with my phone. There's nothing wrong with our dragon bird!"
Because of the continuous training and popular science education provided by the staff of the nature reserve, local villagers have a strong awareness of protecting green peacocks and like these beautiful large birds from the bottom of their hearts. Now that they finally have the opportunity to see them, they can't help but share them on the Internet.
Unfortunately, in order to minimize the impact on the green peacock family's morning and evening foraging, people are not allowed to approach the foraging area, so the photos taken by the villagers are rather blurry.
In China, the green peacock’s popularity is completely overshadowed by the blue peacock.
After all, it is a rare animal and is basically not found in zoos. The only thing people can see is the blue peacock with a deep blue neck in the zoo, and people have always thought that peacocks look like that.
Now seeing some blurry photos, they even feel a little strange.
[Why is the neck green? Shouldn't it be blue?]
[Why are there two male peacocks? One of them has a very short tail... There are homosexuals among peacocks! Uh, where do their offspring come from?]
[Why is there only one tuft of hair standing up on the top of the head? I remember it should be spread out?]
Overlooking these comments, the reserve staff had mixed emotions.
The blue peacock is an introduced species, and it is only because of its strong reproductive ability that it is widely distributed today.
But the peacock symbols in their traditional culture are clearly green peacocks.
The green peacock is more beautiful and rarer, but its reputation is far inferior to that of the blue peacock. This situation is really sad...
So, in addition to basic species protection, should we also work hard on publicity and popular science?
As soon as this proposal was put forward, it was recognized by most people.
Before this, some people actually thought about whether they should promote the green peacock specifically. However, because the green peacock is timid and afraid of people by nature, it will hide once it is frightened. Even the cameras in the mountains can hardly capture images of it, so there is no way to start promoting it.
But now it's different.
This family of green peacocks are completely the fiercest bandits in the population. After the young birds successfully robbed humans many times, the two adult birds followed suit and quietly blocked the humans until they got food, then they gracefully left.
Even though it feels a bit rogue... but at least I'm not that scary and can take some close-up photos for reference!
If one day they get tired and don't come down the mountain, there will be no such great opportunity again!
Just do it.
So during the feeding on the second day, the keeper carefully brought a portable camera and took a close-up of the little peacock chirping and rushing up to rob.
The title of the release is: Have you ever seen such a rogue animal protection?
Little Peacock: ...
Little Peacock: (angry and embarrassed) Delete it! I told you to delete it! (biting at someone's shoelaces)
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