Covered with snow, burying the bloodstains, the family tiger set off again.
Last night's blizzard caught many animals off guard, and most of those animals that had nowhere to shelter from the snow and were not adequately protected from the cold were left to die in the wilderness.
Therefore, the tigers hadn't gone far when another snowdrift appeared ahead. The mother tiger went over, reached out her paw, sniffed it, confirmed there was food, and quickly started digging.
Lin Qian, with a deer hide in his mouth, looked puzzled at the two sika deer that were frozen solid.
The blizzard was so powerful, are the animals in the forest really that stupid?
They just froze to death like that?
Lin Qian really couldn't understand the reason behind this. In his opinion, even the dumbest animals have a survival instinct. Snow accumulates little by little, not all at once.
Don't the animals know to find a place to shelter from the snow?
Lin Qian's doubts were not unfounded. In fact, wild animals will immediately move to find safe areas when they sense that a blizzard is coming, but finding a place to shelter from the wind and snow is not so easy.
Of course, many animals will look for burrows before winter arrives, but natural burrows are extremely rare.
In extreme weather, most animals' fur is not enough to protect them from the cold, especially deer, whose fur is not particularly outstanding among many animals. This is why Lin Qian and his team kept digging up deer.
Last night's blizzard was quite unexpected; such a blizzard shouldn't have happened in early winter.
This also caught animals foraging outside off guard, leaving them completely helpless.
When faced with a sudden blizzard, the animals can only brave the wind and snow and leave their fate to chance.
If you're lucky, you might find a glimmer of hope before your limbs stiffen.
Those who are unlucky can only walk slower and slower in the swirling snow until their hooves freeze solid, they lose all feeling, eventually lose consciousness, and are completely buried by the snowflakes.
Just like the cattle and sheep on the grassland, they will never stop moving forward when they encounter a blizzard.
Because they know that if they stop in the snow and wind, they will be frozen solid in no time and lose all hope of survival. They have no choice but to keep moving forward.
Therefore, some people have photographed cattle and sheep standing in the snow, frozen to death, as they moved forward in the blizzard.
As they struggle to survive, their consciousness is gradually erased, they lose warmth, their bodies stiffen, until they are completely frozen into ice sculptures.
When it comes to survival, animals are neither stupid nor foolish; in fact, they are very brave and resilient.
However, they had no choice. Faced with the power of nature, they were powerless to resist, and even their struggles appeared extremely fragile.
Perhaps only animals with such unique advantages as the Siberian tiger can remain unharmed amidst the howling wind and snow.
Tigers are blessed with exceptionally thick fur and fat, which allows them to move freely even in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius.
Therefore, tiger cubs like Lin Qian, which are only half-grown, are better able to withstand the cold winter than other animals; this is an innate difference.
Lin Qian's doubts were fleeting. Apart from tigers and humans, he only cared about whether other animals were edible or tasty.
He didn't care whether the animals were really stupid or not. He wasn't a scholar, nor did he have that much curiosity. For now, the food in front of him was the most important thing.
After all, he's living a primitive life now, so he doesn't care about anything else.
The experience of scavenging for food gave Lin Qian a new idea. He was now very familiar with Tiger Mom's territory, and he encountered three deer after walking only a few hundred meters.
This forest is quite large. If we come out to forage for food every day, we won't have to worry about eating meat for a long time to come.
If one could gain something without effort, who would be willing to work themselves to the bone?
He understood the joy of lying down. Having ready-made food was, of course, the best.
The thought had barely crossed Lin Qian's mind when he rejected it.
They're not the only tigers in this forest; other predators will definitely come out to hunt for food as well.
Moreover, the number of animals that froze to death is likely not as many as he expected, since most animals certainly have ways to survive the winter.
These deer were probably just unlucky; they couldn't find suitable shelter and were unfortunate enough to encounter a blizzard in early winter.
Just as Lin Qian thought, most of the deer that froze to death in the blizzard were just unlucky, and they were mostly old, weak, or disabled. The strong and healthy ones had already secured their homes and wouldn't be wandering around outside in the winter.
The fact that Lin Qian and his group were able to find two snow mounds in a row was simply due to their good luck.
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