Farmer's Wife Has Space

Chapter 537 Book Knowledge
Yue Lingzhi and Gu Zheng went into the dense jungle, focusing on looking for the big tiger's footprints.

"Gu Zheng, look, are these tiger footprints?"

Yue Lingzhi found a large plum blossom footprint.

"Exactly!"

Gu Zheng reminded Yue Lingzhi: "Don't wander around now, remember not to stay two feet away from me."

Although there is space for Ganoderma lucidum, it should be just in case.

Yue Lingzhi nodded: "I know."

Not to mention that she would not leave Gu Zheng too far.

At a critical moment, she had to drag Gu Zheng into the space.

Even Feng Qingyang and the others dare not provoke this big tiger, which shows that it is unusually ferocious.

If they weren't ferocious, the First Prince might not have specially invited them to hunt.

The two followed the footprints of plum blossoms step by step.

Soon they discovered that there were more plum blossom footprints underground, and there were also obvious claw marks on the surrounding tree poles.

Gu Zheng whispered: "The big tiger may be nearby, and we have already entered its territory."

Yue Lingzhi also asked in a low voice: "How do you know?"

Then Gu Zheng popularized the knowledge about tigers to Yue Lingzhi.

"As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and tigers have a strong sense of territory."

"It will often leave its own scratch marks on the tree, which is actually to mark its territory."

"Tigers are felines with a poor sense of smell. Even if they have a strong smell and will urinate on the edge of their territory to mark them, it is still difficult to deter them."

"So, it will leave claw marks on the tree. When leaving claw marks, the scent glands in the claws will secrete a special smell, which can better mark its own territory."

"I saw these in books."

Yue Lingzhi laughed secretly, Gu Zheng didn't explain that it was book knowledge, she thought it was practical experience.

The tigers she had seen in her previous life were in zoos, and she knew that they could not be compared with those in the wild.

So, she was also a little nervous.

Gu Zheng took her hand and told her in a low voice.

"The tiger's senses are extremely keen, especially the sense of hearing. It can hear the subtle sounds around it, and can perceive the direction of the wind through sight, hearing, and feeling."

Yue Lingzhi was very interested: "Then has it heard the movement we made?"

The sound of her and Gu Zheng stepping on dead branches and leaves was quite loud.

Gu Zheng said: "I should have heard it."

Yue Lingzhi became even more interested: "Then why hasn't it moved yet?"

Gu Zheng pulled her closer, and the two leaned against a tree, not going any further.

"For carnivores like tigers, because they eat meat frequently, their body odor is very strong. It is also used to mark their territories and distinguish their companions. However, such odors can easily expose themselves and make hunting fail."

"Therefore, tigers usually approach their prey slowly from the downwind position, in order to get closer to the prey and increase the success rate of hunting."

Yue Lingzhi felt the wind direction subconsciously, and asked in amazement: "According to what you said, the tiger is on our left!"

Gu Zheng nodded: "Very likely."

Although Gu Zheng was talking about book knowledge, Yue Lingzhi was fully awake, ready to pull Gu Zheng into the space at all times.

Gradually, the surroundings suddenly became very quiet.

Yue Lingzhi checked the information before, and there is a saying that tigers secrete a substance that makes other animals unable to move in fear after smelling it.

Greatly increased the success rate of tiger hunting.

(End of this chapter)