Judging from the ecological environment around the tiger's den, it is impossible for it to be an ecological park where humans raise tigers. The surrounding forest looks too unfamiliar and primitive, clearly a primeval forest or a place rarely visited by humans.
Moreover, Lin Qian discovered that the trees here were much taller and denser than those in the documentaries he had seen, probably indicating that it was a very deep primeval forest.
Of course, if he really can't survive independently after reaching adulthood, Lin Qian will definitely go to the human authorities and try to get himself sent to a zoo to "retire".
After all, as a tiger with human thoughts and a human soul, he wasn't really sure if he could learn skills like hunting.
A gust of wind blew through the forest, and fine pine needles and leaves drifted down, landing on Tiger Mom's brown and yellow striped fur.
Tiny pine needles fell into the tiger's fur, and the mother tiger shook her neck to shake the needles off the tiger.
Lin Qian lay down under Tiger Mom's fur, thus avoiding the harassment of pine needles.
Gradually, the sun began to set in the west.
Tiger Mom raised her head, her tiger eyes gazing at the setting sun, and then slowly stood up.
Upon seeing this, Lin Qian immediately looked up at the sky; it was already dusk!
Tiger Mom is going hunting!
Evening is the time when the tiger mother goes out to hunt, and it has always been so.
Lin Sheng didn't know much about tigers' habits before, only some common knowledge, mostly from watching movies or documentaries.
However, based on the tiger mother's regular behavior, he was certain that this was the tiger's hunting habit.
"roar."
The mother tiger growled at her three cubs, a roar that signaled to them that she was going out hunting.
The light in the woods grew dimmer; the sun was about to dip below the horizon, and night was approaching.
Upon hearing the familiar call, the playing tiger cubs immediately tiptoed over.
Tigers have extremely rough and deep voices. To human ears, these roars may seem indistinguishable, but in reality, each tiger's voice is different, though the differences are difficult for humans to discern.
To the tigers of their own kind, this was their language, capable of conveying simple information.
Lin Qian could fully understand the meaning expressed in the tiger's roar; it was like an instinct, an innate ability like walking or suckling.
Seeing the cubs gather around, the mother tiger walked towards the hidden entrance at the back of the cave and led her three brothers into the cave.
The naturally formed cave is the temporary dwelling of the mother and her four cubs.
Tigers do not live in fixed locations. They are nocturnal animals, sleeping and resting during the day.
Tigers hunt by tracking prey within their territory. Their activity radius depends on the size of their territory and the amount of prey, and their territories often overlap.
Therefore, a solitary tiger does not have a fixed place to live.
When tigers need to rest and sleep, they often temporarily choose a bush or patch of grass that is easy to hide in.
In order to take care of their cubs, tigresses with cubs will choose a cave or bush with abundant prey and relatively secluded location as their den. The tigress's hunting activity radius will not be too far from the cubs. At this time, the tiger's den is relatively fixed.
However, once the cubs grow to the point where they can walk, the mother tiger will take them to different places to move around, constantly changing their habitat in search of new places to live.
This is for safety reasons and also to meet food needs.
The tiger mother lay down in the cave, preparing to nurse her cubs.
The tiger cubs quickly crowded around, and Lin Qian even tried to eat more, only stopping when he felt his stomach was about to overflow.
Two months of experience as a tiger have taught me that this meal is not only essential, but I absolutely must eat more of it!
He learned his lesson from this; the mother tiger usually didn't return until midnight after going hunting. At that time, she and her two cubs were starving in the cave, crying for food.
Later, Lin Qian specifically calculated that the tiger mother basically went out to hunt once every three days.
If there is too little prey, then hunt once every two days.
Each hunting trip takes at least four hours.
However, Lin Qian didn't have any tools to calculate the time; he estimated it based on his intuition, which wasn't very accurate.
But usually I get back around midnight, and if I'm unlucky, it might be until dawn.
When the tiger mother goes out hunting, her cubs lose their protective umbrella, which is the most dangerous period of their lives.
Of course, Lin Qian was not aware of this at the beginning, until they encountered a snake that had slipped into the cave.
The chilling hissing sound and the screech of the snake's body rubbing against the ground served as a stark reminder for Lin Qian of the perilous nature of his situation.
When Lin Qian discovered the snake, he was immediately terrified. The tiger cub had just opened its eyes and could barely see clearly. Putting aside whether the snake was poisonous or not, even if it wanted to hide, it certainly couldn't outrun an adult snake.
The two younger tiger cubs were in no better condition; the three cubs could only huddle together, instinctively howling.
They really put all their effort into calling for Tiger Mom.
Of course, they were lucky.
The mother tiger just returned and, hearing her cubs' calls, angrily rushed into the cave, swatting the snake that had wandered into the wrong door to death with a single swipe of her paw.
Actually, it was really Lin Qian and his group's bad luck that this happened. The female tiger will not leave her cubs to hunt before they open their eyes.
After several days of hunger, the tigress finally saw her three cubs open their eyes. On their first day away from the cubs' den, a cunning viper sneaked in.
Although the crisis was over, a shadow remained in Lin Qian's young heart.
On the other hand, the two younger brothers were simple-minded and didn't take the matter to heart at all. They continued to eat and sleep as usual, which made Lin Qian quite envious.
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