Chapter 60 Whose good bear can see the street kid? The transfer team arrived the next afternoon. The team was led by Mr. Luo, who is in charge of giant panda rescue at the center. "You are very thoughtful, and the center is also exploring the feasibility of introducing female giant pandas from the wild to improve the genes of captive giant pandas. Mendun'er will be sent to the breeding base for further examination. If it is confirmed that it has reached sexual maturity, it will most likely be temporarily placed in the semi-wild area to wait for it to naturally mate with other male pandas." Teacher Luo patted Chen Ying on the shoulder and said, "If it succeeds, you will be the first to do so." "If it succeeds, it will all be thanks to our colleagues at the base. By the way, I heard that the base plans to release four female giant pandas into the wild next year. Can you get one for us?" Teacher Luo also has this idea, but whether it will succeed or not depends on the leadership. The next morning after seeing off Mendun'er, Dr. Gao came back and immediately took the three crispy ones to the mountain to watch birds. Once the people left, the pandas were gone too, and the rescue station instantly became quiet. Xia Sen felt a little lost. He locked himself in the panda house for the whole day, staring at the green balls left by Mendun'er in a daze.
"If you're bored, why don't you go see how the big civet family is doing?" There have been a lot of things going on these two days, and apart from checking the mother civet's condition on the surveillance camera, no one has had time to go and see how the civet cubs are doing. Although Xia Sen specializes in pandas, he is a veterinary student after all. He is familiar with observing and caring for other animals, not that he doesn't know how to do it. Having found something to do, he excitedly went to the outside of the mother civet's burrow with a bag of rabbit meat. I didn't dare to get too close, so I found a convenient place to hide and used a telescope to observe the movements of the mother civet. I wanted to put the rabbit meat I brought in front of the cave while the mother civet went out to look for food. Just as he watched, he felt something was wrong. After the mother civet cat came out of the cave, she did not rush to hunt, but leisurely groomed her fur and stretched her body vigorously. Xia Sen murmured in his heart, this is unscientific, how can a mother with a baby have such a strong sense of relaxation? Before he could figure it out, he saw a familiar animal running towards him. Xia Sen was almost frightened and cried out. Although it is not known whether lynx will hunt and kill civet cats, under normal circumstances, even if they don't eat it, they will probably take a bite. However, something happened that shocked him so much that his jaw dropped. Jin Ya dropped a big rat near the hole, then it quickly jumped up a tree and lay down. The mother civet cat came over, sniffed the big mouse, and started eating it without any hesitation. "What kind of a miracle is this? Am I still asleep?" Xia Sen rubbed his eyes hard. The mother civet cat seemed to have heard some noise, stopped biting, and looked around vigilantly. Jin Ya on the tree had already discovered Xia Sen's presence, and when she saw this, she let out a cry. The mother civet looked up at it hesitantly, then lowered her head and continued, but her movements were much faster. After eating, the mother civet cat didn't bother to clean up the leftovers, and turned around and crawled into the burrow.
After the mother civet cat entered the cave, Jin Ya jumped down, walked slowly to Xia Sen, and looked at him with her head tilted. For some reason, when Xia Sen saw Jin Ya's expression, he felt like he was caught peeping. After staring at Jin Ya for a minute, he decisively admitted defeat, stood up, packed his things and walked back. Jin Ya followed behind him like an overseer. Back at the rescue station, Xia Sen pulled Xiao Song and Duanmu aside and complained in a low voice. "You don't know, when I saw Jinya feeding the mother civet cat, I began to doubt my life." Xia Sen's exaggerated expression made Xiao Song laugh so hard that he covered his mouth, while Duanmu next to him rolled his eyes rudely. "You still don't have enough experience. Isn't it normal for Jin Ya to worry about Brother Ying and take care of the big civet cat for him?" "Normal...?" Xia Sen touched his head, looking confused, "It seems so." Xiao Song couldn't help it and laughed out loud, holding his belly. The golden cat that was napping on the platform next to him was startled and stood up suddenly, almost stumbling and falling to the ground. "Boy, I really don't know whether you are natural or just pretending." Duanmu laughed angrily, slapped him on the head, and stood up to retrieve the little golden cat. "I'll take it for an ultrasound to see how its abdominal cavity is recovering. Xiao Song, come and help me and do another blood test." Looking at Duanmu and Xiao Song leaving side by side, Xia Sen tilted his head, "Why do I feel so weird? I wonder if Duanmu is really going to do it." Chen Ying came out of the office on the second floor and saw Xia Sen squatting in the yard alone. "What are you doing? If you have nothing to do, come and help count the medicines. We'll go up the mountain and take a look tomorrow." "Going up the mountain? Found a wounded animal?" Chen Ying choked, "Can't you hope for something good?" "The breeding base plans to release four giant pandas into the wild in March next year. I mentioned this to Mr. Luo, hoping to release one here. Some preparations need to be done in advance." "We also need to be aware of the winter preparations of other animals." The mountains are blocked by heavy snow in winter, and it will be difficult to get supplies, medicines, and equipment up if they are not fully prepared. The last time Sister Leopard came, she told him that there seemed to be a pregnant bear in the mountains. Most of the animals that roam here are black bears, and female bears usually go into heat in the summer, with a gestation period of up to seven months. Calculating the time, if the female bear got pregnant in June, the birth period would be around January. At that time, food was scarce and the weather was cold. If we were not careful, we might end up dying. Chen Ying also considered one thing, that is, maybe that kid didn't look like a street urchin? If he really is a street urchin...his scalp tingles at the thought of a street urchin appearing in this forest. (Childhood version of Street Drifter) When Yin Li heard that he was going to look for the mother bear, he offered to go with him. Master Yi and Duanmu Xiaosong are at the station. If you have any questions, please contact them directly by phone.
The first stop was directly towards Huashu Valley. Sister Leopard said that if a mother bear is seen between the Huashan Valley and the ravine, then the area centered on the Huashan Valley may be its choice for wintering. Yin Li could also come over to help collect the images from the infrared cameras to see if any of them had recorded the mother bear. We came out at seven in the morning, and only spotted the shadow of a bear in the infrared camera on the south side of the ravine around four in the afternoon. Based on a not very clear photo, it is impossible to tell whether it is a male or female bear. But it is clear that this bear is not a street bear. "Based on the fact that the animal's territory cannot accommodate other males, this bear is most likely a female bear." While Yin Li was speaking, he also discovered fresh bear paw prints on the tree trunk next to him. Pregnant female bears will consciously avoid male bears and look for a safe tree hole or rock crevice as a place to give birth. Since it was confirmed that there were black bears here, Yin Li directly took Chen Ying and Xia Sen to find the place that was most likely to be the black bear's nest. During their search, they discovered fresh feces and claw marks, which indicated that they were getting closer to the mother bear. "I remember there's a rocky area near the ravine ahead. Do you think black bears will find a place to give birth there?" Yin Li pulled up the map and clicked on a certain place. "I prefer tree holes. There are too few vegetation in the rocky area, and there are no plants that black bears like. If a female bear is pregnant, she needs to eat a lot, and the cave cannot provide her with enough food." Chen Ying has a different opinion. He is more inclined to believe that the mother bear would choose to spend the winter in the woods. "Okay, let's go northwest. That's the old forest. There are a lot of big trees and tree holes." They definitely couldn't make it back tonight, so they had to spend the night in the wild. Hopefully we can find a safe place to camp before nightfall. This request was quickly met. But at the same time, they also faced a problem: the tree hole next to them was undoubtedly the den of the black bear they were looking for! The worst thing was that just as they went to check the tree hole, the mother bear and the street urchin appeared at the same time not far away and showed strong aggressiveness towards each other. Good news: It seems that there is an 80% chance that Streetliuzi is not the mother bear's favorite bear. Bad news: The threatened mother bear's fighting power is about to explode! Can they escape? (End of this chapter)