124 Wilderness Survival
Why do these squirrels get help from their fearsome carnivorous predators?
It's not easy to learn the survival skills of other animals.
Ye Zhizhi and a group of animals followed Da Mo, getting familiar with the nearby mountains and forests while learning his concealment skills. Now that they were familiar with the entire mountain, no one could break in.
Ye Zhizhi had high hopes for Xiaohua, thinking that her kind would be easier to learn. However, when Xiaohua ran around the mountains and fields every day, she would just follow and have fun. Ye Zhizhi had no idea whether Xiaohua had learned anything or not.
There was no visible effect from this method of learning, mainly because they couldn't communicate and she couldn't tell how much they had learned.
So Ye Zhizhi decided to combine education with entertainment, and played hide-and-seek with the animals while learning.
It just so happens that they are already familiar with this hilltop, so using it as a playground is a good opportunity to test it out. Maybe practice will pay off!
Ye Zhizhi gathered the animals together, explained the rules of the game to them with excited roars and hisses.
Animals have never played such a smart game of simple language communication. They have been playing games of chasing and biting since they were young, but when Ye Zhizhi added body expressions and movements, they probably understood what Ye Zhizhi meant.
After Ye Zhizhi played a round of animals finding their cubs and cubs finding their animals games with them, the animals began to enjoy the fun.
This not only trains their ability to hide, but also their perception ability, killing two birds with one stone!
Wolf girl is so smart!
The integration of learning and playing greatly improved the animals' understanding. They had never played such a novel game before, and their skills in finding and hiding improved by leaps and bounds.
Ye Zhizhi was also having a lot of fun. This was her first time playing a game related to humans. She didn't feel childish at all. She played with the animals for ten days or half a month without getting tired of it. Moreover, she always found surprises when looking for animals.
Because there are not only them in the entire forest, there are also many other animals. They have touched the nests of other animals many times, which is very surprising.
If the rainy season wasn't coming soon, they could have played for longer.
The temperature in the cave was always comfortable. Later, they explored the entire cave, even reaching into a dark hole the size of a fist to feel around. The closer the cave was to the mountain, the lower the temperature was, making it suitable for storing food.
After Ye Zhizhi saw that the clouds in the sky began to change, he and the wolves prepared to store food.
Ye Zhizhi originally thought that Xiaohua and Damo should go back to their own nest. According to her understanding of the terrain and routes, this place is closer to Xiaohua's nest. After all, this place belongs to the central area. She can get familiar with the way next time she has the chance. It is estimated to be a few days' journey.
Once the rainy season begins, it becomes inconvenient to walk outside the jungle. When the rainy season ends, the temperature will drop rapidly, which will be even more inconvenient for Xiaohua and the others.
But neither Xiaohua nor Damo had any intention of returning to their own nests. They seemed to be spending the winter with them. They even learned to hunt like wolves and store food first, and hid in the cave together.
Even the giant bear goes looking for honey to catch its prey.
Every time he found honey, he would come back to Ye Zhizhi to cooperate in stealing the honey, and soon a lot of honey was stored in the cave.
Ye Zhizhi thought that since Xiaohua and the others chose to spend the rainy season and winter here together, it meant that this place was suitable for them and would not be affected by the weather, so he did not stop them.
This mountain forest is very rich in resources. Even before the rainy season, there are still many prey groups roaming around. Unlike the prey groups near the wolf's territory, they will migrate away, making hunting increasingly difficult for the wolf pack.
Ye Zhizhi made a special observation and found that many prey groups lived here for a long time, multiplying and surviving.
Ye Zhizhi nodded and made another tick with great satisfaction in her heart. There was no problem with food at all. The wolves didn't even need to be bred anymore, except that the competitors were a little strong. But she believed that the wolves could definitely defeat other predators.
The squirrels outside were also busy, almost their entire population running out of the canyon to look for nuts.
They could see that all the animals in the forest were busy, diligently looking for and storing food.
On a tree deep in the jungle, a lot of squirrels were jumping and climbing up, picking hazelnuts from the tree and stuffing them one by one into their bulging mouths.
Their luck was exceptional today. They had stumbled upon a fruit tree in the mountain stream that was bearing nuts, and thankfully, no other animals had picked them yet. If their entire tribe could pick all the nuts from this tree, they could fill half of the tree's hollow. The fruit trees near the canyon had already been picked by many animals, so the squirrels ventured deeper into the forest. Cautiously, they stayed within the trees, hopping slowly from one place to the next. Soon, they discovered this particular fruit tree, hidden by rocky vines and growing on the slopes of the mountain stream.
The big squirrel found a plump hazelnut with an attractive yellow luster. It stood on tiptoe to pick it up, held it in its front paws and put it into its mouth. Its eyes and erect ears were always alert to the surroundings, and its already bulging cheek pouches became even rounder.
Suddenly, the squirrels discovered that a different smell was approaching rapidly. The originally harmonious and busy squirrels became alert in an instant, their big eyes kept looking around, their ears stood up, and an unusual tense atmosphere quietly filled the air.
Not long after, the group of squirrels caught a slight tremor on the branches not far away, and soon many unfamiliar squirrels appeared in their sight. They were squirrels from other groups. After discovering the fruit trees here, they surrounded them without paying attention to the group of squirrels that had already arrived here.
There were no fewer strange squirrels than the tribe, and their overall size looked even larger and sleeker. Their fur was of different colors, some dark brown, some light gray, and their eyes sparkled with greed.
He comes with ill intentions.
“Gugu——”
The squirrels stopped picking and quickly gathered on the branches, confronting the group of foreign squirrels. They issued a warning, declaring that this was their discovery and that this was food that belonged to them!
“Squeak—”
However, if they would leave so easily, they would not be here at this moment. They have already become competitive and are determined to get this fruit tree that is full of fruits and has not been picked.
"squeak--"
The largest squirrels made sharp cries, and these foreign squirrels rushed over and quickly attacked the original group of squirrels.
Naturally, they would not give up the fruit tree they had found with great difficulty easily. The giant squirrels in the tribe quickly organized their companions to launch a self-defense counterattack.
"Squeak--" The two groups of squirrels quickly started fighting with each other.
However, the attack of the alien squirrels was extremely fierce. They seemed to have experienced countless such domineering struggles. Their movements were agile and orderly, and they cooperated well with each other. It can be said that they were at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
Chasing, jumping, scratching, the branches and leaves of the entire fruit tree kept shaking, and nuts and squirrel hairs rolled down from the tree from time to time.
The squirrel tribe tried hard to cooperate with each other to fight back, but no matter in combat experience or strength, they were no match for these robber squirrels. Soon many squirrels fell from the trees, and sharp screams could be heard from time to time.
The big squirrel's eyes were like torches, and it nimbly shuttled between the branches, constantly looking for opportunities to fight back. Despite trying its best, its fellow tribesmen were soon defeated. Only a dozen or so were still trying to hold on, barely achieving a draw, and most of them were being crushed.
The big squirrel tried to sneak attack the largest squirrel, but was kicked off the tree. Fortunately, there were thick dead leaves on the ground, so the squirrel would not be killed after falling from such a high tree. However, many of its kind fell to the ground and were unable to get up and rejoin the battle.
The big squirrel looked up at the battle in the tree. There were more and more robber squirrels, two against one, three against one, and almost all of its fellows were defeated.
It was so angry that its hair stood on end.
Wait! It's going to get help!
The big squirrel ran away quickly.
They come out to look for food with those predators that don't harm mice. The big squirrel still remembers the direction they went, so it goes to find its cubs to help fight!
The squirrel ran and jumped nimbly. Halfway through the jump, it suddenly bumped into a thick hairy leg with a thud and fell to the ground instantly.
“Squeak!”
The big squirrel smelled a familiar scent, looked up, and saw the huge predator that it had always been afraid of. It was the predator that took it away in one bite and almost got eaten.
But it didn't care about being afraid at this moment. It jumped up and made a sharp squeaking sound.
It ran back a few steps, looked back, and squeaked anxiously, its big watery eyes full of pleading.
Yin Yi looked down at the squirrel with messy fur and obvious bald spots, listened to its rapid calls, and walked towards it.
When the squirrel saw it following, its eyes suddenly lit up, and then it ran quickly, leading the way.
The big squirrel ran very fast, and Yin caught up with it in just two or three steps, and then ran ahead.
It was walking not far away when it heard the noise here. The sounds sounded familiar. It was the group of squirrels in front of the cave, and it sounded like they were being attacked.
Yin Yi thought that these little squirrels were under the protection of the wolf sisters. If they were bullied outside, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the wolf pack? He was about to go over to take a look, but before he ran far, he bumped into a little squirrel that had just run out.
The movement became clearer and clearer, and soon the chaotic battle on the fruit trees came into view.
Many of the squirrels that were knocked down and still had the ability to fight climbed back up the trees and continued to join the battle.
Yin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling extremely disgusted.
He is so weak that he can't even beat his own kind.
How did such a weak tribe occupy such a good nesting place in those two trees in the canyon?
"Squeak--" the squirrel that was chasing behind was panting.
The big squirrel suddenly remembered that these large predators didn't seem to be able to climb trees! They should go looking for their cubs!
It was about to turn around to look for it again, but it saw Yin Yi walk near the tree trunk, jump lightly, and climb up the tree in a few seconds.
"Gu?"
"squeak?"
The squirrel tribe was fighting fiercely, but only realized the terrifying aura of the other party was restrained until the predator climbed up the tree.
The robber squirrel opened his eyes wide in disbelief. Before he had time to think about why a terrible predator suddenly appeared, the other party's huge wolf claws had already slapped him.
It was obvious that after the squirrels on both sides fought together, it was difficult to distinguish friend from foe by appearance. However, animals distinguish each other mainly by their breath. The silver wolf accurately knocked the strange robber squirrels down from the tree one by one, and deliberately avoided the group of squirrels in the canyon.
Soon, the robber squirrels all experienced the treatment of the squirrels they had knocked down from the trees.
"Ouch?"
Ye Zhizhi and the others vaguely caught the commotion here, but they were much farther away than Yin Yi and arrived late.
She thought the squirrels were attacked and was very worried.
Now, Ye Zhizhi saw Yin Yi on the tree at a glance.
The big squirrel that was originally standing on the rock saw the robber squirrels falling from the tree one after another, so it rushed over quickly and fought with them again. This time, it was obvious that they had the upper hand.
The robber squirrels didn't expect that a predator would attack them, and for a moment their morale was low and they had no intention of fighting.
The big squirrel was chasing those robber mice. When it saw Ye Zhizhi appear, it ran to her side in a few seconds, jumped onto her little shoulders, and made a series of calls.
“Squeak—squeak—”
The big squirrel pointed at the fruit trees and squeaked in complaint. It was these robber squirrels who wanted to steal the fruit trees they had found and beat them so badly. The cubs had to stand up for them!
The robber squirrels that were beaten even worse later saw more terrifying predators appearing one after another and surrounding them. Many of them rolled their eyes and fainted.
They just want to steal a fruit tree, so why would these squirrels allow the help of terrible carnivorous predators?
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