123 Wilderness Survival
◎The squirrels are getting more curious◎
Under Ye Zhizhi's leadership, the caves became better and better. All the messy stones were cleared out, and many caves were made suitable for wolves to live in.
Wolves have no awareness of tidying up their dens. They will spread comfrey in their dens and will not defecate anywhere in their dens. They have a certain awareness of hygiene, but they are animals after all.
Ye Zhizhi moved around the nest freely, and would clean up any dirt he saw to make it look less rough.
This new cave is generally good now, but some details still need to be worked on. When the wolves move in in the future, they will feel more comfortable and cleaner.
After the cave was almost cleaned up, the wolves began to go out and brought back a lot of purple grass.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the comfrey they brought back, which was tied into a large pile with vines. However, their claws had not yet learned how to tie knots, so they just bit the two ends of the vines in their mouths and brought them back.
Ye Zhizhi was extremely happy. He finally found comfrey. Without comfrey, he couldn't sleep so well.
The next day, she went out with the wolves to get comfrey, along with Big Bear and Little Flower. She helped to tie them up and let the wolves carry them back on their backs. Three or four trips were enough.
Ye Zhizhi dried the comfrey outside the cave entrance, along with firewood and dried meat, in a thick layer, and was busy every day.
At first, the squirrels only heard faint noises coming from the cave. They were very curious, but seeing that these predators with terrifying auras did not harm them from beginning to end, and even went in and out every day, they had no idea what they were doing.
They had never seen any animal moving stones or picking up dead branches and leaves to dry as grass.
It's really weird.
The squirrels became more and more curious, and gradually their curiosity overwhelmed their vigilance. A few brave squirrels even sneaked into the cave to watch them work.
At first they just watched from afar, but when they found that these predators really had no appetite for them, and with Ye Zhizhi as a bridge, the squirrels quickly let down their guard and became less wary and afraid of these predators coming in and out every day.
Occasionally, he would even stand on a rock, chewing nuts while looking down at the busy animals below, like a supervisor.
Ye Zhizhi had to move the things that were dried outside into the cave every day, otherwise the day's drying would be in vain. She dried more and more things, including dried fruits and meat. Even with the help of wolves and snakes, she had to run several times every day to finish carrying them all.
The big squirrel and the little squirrel that had the most contact with Ye Zhizhi, after watching him from the tree for a few days, seemed to understand something and jumped down from the tree. They picked up the hay with their two paws and ran in and out behind Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi noticed it and rubbed their little heads happily. Then, after a few days, the squirrels also joined in curiously. When in and out of the cave, they followed Ye Zhizhi closely and helped from time to time.
After Ye Zhizhi emphasized that the small animals outside the cave should not be harmed, especially the squirrel family in the trees outside, these powerful animals no longer paid special attention to their existence, and even restrained their aura, making themselves look less scary except for their size.
Because according to their experience, small animals will easily be frightened if they smell their scent and find that they are paying attention to themselves. On the contrary, treating them as if they don't exist and getting along with them naturally can quickly eliminate the small animals' vigilance.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before the squirrels no longer jumped up trees in fright when they saw wolves, snakes or bears on the ground. Instead, they jumped away calmly.
Ye Zhizhi felt relieved when he saw that the squirrels adapted well.
But think about it, these squirrels look very naive and easily deceived. They trust other animals so easily. Fortunately, they have no bad intentions, otherwise these squirrels would probably be deceived and lose everything.
However, the squirrel still only dared to interact with Ye Zhizhi. Even though it was no longer afraid of other animals, it did not take the initiative to communicate or contact him, and they just lived in peace.
The sun is very strong now, shining from morning to night. The comfrey is quickly dried out and spread by Ye Zhizhi in the nest. All animals now have a thick and comfortable hay nest, including snakes and bears.
Ye Zhizhi's dried fruits, dried meat and medicinal powder were also replenished.
Then they prepared to leave the canyon.
They are not yet fully familiar with the environment outside. If they want to settle down here completely, they must be familiar with the terrain, every blade of grass, every mountain and every stone in this area. In this way, if they are attacked in the future, they can use the terrain advantage to fight back.
No matter what, you must be aware of it.
Ye Zhizhi estimated the time and found that there were still about two months before the rainy season arrived. They still had time to observe this area. There was still plenty of prey in the area not far away.
Walking straight ahead along the riverbed outside the canyon, there is a huge basin valley surrounded by rivers, which enrich and nourish the earth. The mountains are winding and undulating, and the green plants are lush, which is suitable for animals to live in, including those swimming in the water, running on the land, and flying in the sky.
There are also many predators in the mountains, some acting alone and some living in groups. Many of them are strong, but not strong enough to kill the wolf pack. Even if they fight, they are good targets for the wolf pack.
Even the current wolf pack cannot completely defeat these predators. Once the wolf king and wolf mother come, the tribe will be even stronger and they can directly become the overlord of this area.
Of course, these are all on the surface. There are also many dangers in secret. After Ye Zhizhi and the wolves walked a little further, they encountered plant killers and huge animal corpses that had not been digested on the roots... They had to experience all of these one by one and knew their neighbors very well.
During this period, Ye Zhizhi will also put on the agenda a course on concealing aura with Da Mo.
This period of time is also a good time for learning and practice.
At first, Da Mo might not have known what Ye Zhizhi wanted to exchange with it, but later it walked in a winding manner in front, and the cubs and animals followed behind it and observed it.
Da Mo: “…”
It now knew their intentions.
The hiding ability of the snake is indeed not an innate instinct of snakes. The fact that it has this ability is actually related to its growth experience since it hatched.
When it was still a snake egg, it was a very low-key snake.
After its mother snake laid a clutch of eggs, she was never seen again. On the day it and its group of snake brothers and sisters hatched, its brothers and sisters all hatched early and crawled out hissing. Unexpectedly, a secretary bird appeared and accurately picked up all the hatched little snakes into its mouth. The other snakes sensed the danger and instinctively rushed into the jungle in a snake-like shape, trying to avoid the crisis. But how could the newborn baby snakes compare to the predator that had been waiting for a long time?
The secretary bird chased after them without hesitation and reunited them all in its belly.
The eggshell of Da Mo had also cracked, but it was a somewhat solitary little snake. It did not immediately crawl out to join its excited brothers and sisters, but continued to stay in the eggshell. As a result, not long after, the little snake's hissing sound was heard to stop abruptly.
It took less than two minutes from the time it hatched to the time it was eaten.
Da Mo sensed that danger was approaching, and instinctively he stayed still, trying to reduce his presence.
It waited patiently for a long time, until the secretary bird thought that it had eaten all the hatched snakes and left, then it slowly crawled out.
The snake didn't crawl away, but hid itself in the eggshell and ate the eggshell bit by bit.
Big Mo instinctively knew that these eggshells could provide it with nutrition. After its brothers and sisters were killed in the nest, these eggshells became its food. So it did not leave the nest immediately and crawl into the dangerous jungle. Instead, it burrowed into the dead branches and leaves under the eggshells, and quietly popped its head out to gnaw on the eggshells when it was hungry.
Just relying on those eggshells, Da Mo survived the most vulnerable period of being a young snake, grew up successfully for a few days, and improved its survival rate in the jungle.
But as a newly born snake, it has no safe nest and no shelter, so it is easily targeted by other predators.
In order to survive, it will pay special attention to concealing its breath, reducing its presence, and then wait for an opportunity to act.
It can be said that this concealment skill of its has been honed through countless trials and tribulations, and has been honed through countless times of escaping from predators.
Without any shelter, it is difficult for cubs to survive no matter how powerful the predator is, because they can hardly escape being hunted by other predators.
Just based on this growth experience, Da Mo is far superior to 99.99% of the animals in the jungle.
Compared with Da Mo, Xiao Hua is much luckier. Although it will also be a snake when it grows up, it also has a companion when it is a young snake. Its mother snake has always been with it, and it also has a safe nest. It was not born in the wild.
However, before Xiaohua became an adult, the mother snake left one day and never came back. Xiaohua went out to look for her for a long time but couldn't find her. She returned to the nest with injuries all over her body. Since then, Xiaohua has been living alone as a snake.
Xiaohua had experienced living with a mother snake, and she was not used to the days of being alone in the following years. So when she met Ye Zhizhi, a cub who was kind to her and made her very happy, she had always wanted to take her back to the nest and live with her like she did with her mother.
Although she only got half of her wish and could always accompany the cubs and failed to bring her back to the nest, Xiaohua was already very happy and lived happily every day.
Ye Zhizhi had no idea about the sad experiences of the two snakes. She especially admired Da Mo's stealth skills. If she had not been able to catch Da Mo's body within her sight, Ye Zhizhi would not have known that there was a snake crawling in front of her.
No matter how fast or slow it is, as long as it doesn't want to make any noise, it crawls silently and blends perfectly into the surrounding environment.
Ye Zhizhi stared at the snake's belly that was close to the ground, trying to see if its scales were any different from others.
She glanced at the little flower twitching happily beside her, feeling rather disappointed. She had paid tuition, and the little flower had studied diligently! If they didn't learn, wouldn't it have been all for nothing?!
Ye Zhizhi observed silently for three days, but still couldn't figure out the reason.
There is a generation gap between animals, not to mention between animals and humans. They cannot speak, and if Da Mo explains in snake language, not to mention whether he can explain it or not, they won’t understand it either!
Ye Zhizhi turned her head to look at the wolves and big bears scattered nearby, wanting to see how well they had learned, but from her perception, there had been no progress at all, and they probably hadn't figured it out yet.
Ye Zhizhi gave up studying the belly of the giant black snake and looked back at its other delicate movements.
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