Snow Leopard Elegy

Chapter 3 Snow Leopard Elegy (3)
At this time, the argali flock just escaped to the position where Qiangba was ambush. The strong head sheep led the flock to fly past, and an old argali sheep was weak and fell behind.When the old argali ran to the parallel line with the bush where Jamba was ambushing, I could see clearly through the telescope that the two goat hooves that were about to jump were hooked, and the body lost its center of gravity, as if it had been kicked violently. The football catapulted out in the air, fell heavily on the ground, and rolled several times.Although I couldn't see how Qiangba manipulated the cowhide rope because of the bushes, I can definitely guess that when the lonely old argali jumped and ran in front of the cowhide rope, it landed its hind hooves and raised its front hooves. In an instant, he tightened the end of the rope in his hand in time, and the cowhide rope jumped out of the grass with a bang, tripping the old argali.The fall was severe, and the old argali bleated and wailed, but failed to stand up after struggling several times, probably spraining its ankle or spraining its thigh.In that wall, the Snow Demon's sharp eyes saw the old argali falling, as if he had drunk a stimulant, the leopard's tail was raised again, its waist was tightened again, and it screamed excitedly, and ran towards the old argali at a faster speed.

All the other argali had fled without a trace, and a cloud of brown-yellow smoke rolled on the grassland in the distance.

This is a pie that fell from the sky. If you don't pick up the cheap ones, you'd be a fool.

In the blink of an eye, the snow demon was approaching Lao Panyang, and there were only about 60 meters left between the two sides.Lao Panyang must know that if he can no longer jump up and run away, the menacing snow leopard will pounce on him in a few seconds, which means the death knell is ringing, the end is coming, and he has to report to the king of hell up.It bounced on the grass, the sheep's neck twisted like a twist, trying to stand up.The tenacious will to survive can create miracles in life. Two or three seconds later, Lao Argali suddenly recovered and was able to run.But it was already too late. At the moment when the old argali sheep wanted to flee, the snow demon had already rushed to the old argali sheep, leaping lightly, a guy jumped on the sheep's back, wrapped its front paws around the sheep's waist, and opened its mouth to bite. .

I was secretly happy, as worthy of being a snow leopard known as the overlord of the mountains, with the blood of beasts flowing in its veins, I knew how to catch those herbivores.As long as the Snow Demon can successfully bite off the neck of this old argali sheep, it will be regarded as having withstood the baptism of blood and taken an important step on the road to rewilding, and the road to go in the future will be much smoother.

But what happened next disappointed me.Half of the snow demon is on the back of the old argali, which is a very good start. I have witnessed the hunting scene of big cats many times. This has come to a successful conclusion; this posture is very beneficial to the hunter, and there are two ways to follow the trend to catch the prey without any difficulty; the hunter is still standing on the ground with his hind legs, kicking his claws hard on the ground, his body Jump half a foot forward on the prey's back, and the bloody mouth can hold the back of the prey's neck. After clenching it tightly and twisting it hard, the prey can be put to death; The nails protrude from the claw sheath, nail into the prey's leg muscles, and press the whole body weight on the prey's two hind legs.No matter which method the Snow Demon adopts, it can effectively subdue Lao Argali.

It's a pity that the Snow Demon doesn't seem to know that the back neck is the fatal part of the old argali, so he didn't jump forward to bite the back neck of the old argali, and he didn't know how to lift his hind legs and use his body weight to crush it. Instead, he opened his mouth and gnawed on the ass of the old argali.In the body structure of an argali, except for the horns, the buttocks are the least lethal, or non-critical parts, unless the whole buttocks of the sheep are gouged out, the argali cannot be knocked down.The snow demon gnawed the old argali's butt until it was bloody and bloody. It looked bloody and intense, but it was an ineffective show. Not only failed to knock the old argali to the ground, but stimulated the old argali to struggle even more crazily , jumping, spinning and running, trying to throw the snow demon off the sheep's back.Although I am very dissatisfied with Snow Demon's performance, I am not worried that Lao Panyang will jolt Snow Demon off the sheep's back and run away.The leopard's claws are sharp, and the claws are bent like fishhooks. After being embedded in the sheepskin, it is like a fishhook hooked on the fish's mouth, and it is not easy to slip off; although the snow demon does not have the whole body on the old argali, but also has half of its body riding on the sheep. On the back; although the old argali is a famous long-distance runner in the animal world, he has a lot of stamina, but running with a heavy load consumes a lot of physical energy, and it won't take long to jump; although the snow demon is a famous sprinter in the animal world, his stamina is relatively insufficient, but he waits for work with leisure , half-riding on the back of the sheep and jumping with the old argali, not only does not consume physical strength, but also has a chance to breathe; if the snow demon persists like this, it will eventually wear down the old argali; in fact, I never Through the binoculars, it was clear that Lao Argali's muzzle was foaming like a crab, indicating that he was about to be exhausted.Success often lies in persistent efforts.

The old argali sheep half-carried the snow demon and jumped forward tens of meters. Suddenly, it turned the sheep's head violently, twisted its neck, and hit the snow demon's chest with its horns.The snow demon jumped and dodged, and the sheep and leopard twisted into a ball.When a layman sees such a scene, he will inevitably sweat for the snow demon.In fact, what Lao Panyang did did not constitute a substantial threat to Snow Demon.Argali argali, as the name suggests, has horns on its head coiled into a big knot, with the tips of the horns hidden inside the knot.With this type of horn, even if you stand still and hit it a few times, there will be no major problems. At most, the ribs will be hurt, and the body will never be pierced with bleeding holes. Of course, it will not be life-threatening.The chest was hurt by the wide and thick horns of the argali, but in exchange for an argali that was enough to feed for two or three days, it was a very good deal.The reason why Lao Panyang dared to hit the Snow Demon with its horns was actually a desperate gambling behavior. Its physical strength was severely exhausted, and it could no longer persist. It simply used offense as defense to fight, and lost its life anyway It's also death, if you win the fight, you can get a little life back.To say the least, it was a suicidal turn from defense to offense.I can affirm that the behavior of Lao Argali turning around and hitting the snow demon with its horns is a last-ditch effort. As long as the snow demon can hold on, Lao Argali will no longer have any escape techniques to perform, and his will to survive will inevitably collapse. It must also be exhausted, and collapsed on the ground to be at the mercy of the snow demon.

At this moment, the Snow Demon has two choices. If you are more courageous and more courageous, if you are more skillful, facing the impacting horns, you can just take advantage of the situation and abandon the sheep's buttocks to catch the sheep's head in front of you, ahhh Bite the neck of the sheep, and end the hunting cleanly; you can also deal with it in the same way, continue to half-ride on the back of the sheep, jump sideways, avoid the impact of the horns, wait for the old argali to weaken the counterattack momentum, and then wait for an opportunity to clean up Old argali.No matter which coping strategy is adopted, the ending is perfect.

Regrettably, after being hit by the goat's horn, the snow demon jumped off the sheep's back in fright and dodged away.This hit Lao Panyang's arms, turned around quickly, and ran away.At this time, if the snow demon realizes that he has made a mistake, there is still a remedy, and when the old argali is about to escape, he will jump on the sheep's back again.This is quite possible, if it is willing to do so.The old argali just turned around, raised its front hooves and squatted its rear hooves, and put on a jumping posture. During this period, there was a pause of a few tenths of a second. The snow demon was only one step away from the old argali, so he could grab the old argali The sheep pounced on it before it took off.However, I was disappointed again, the snow demon stared at the old argali in a daze, as if she didn't know what to do.The opportunity was fleeting, and after a few tenths of a second, the old argali kicked his hind hooves violently, flew out, and fled to the wilderness.Snow Demon didn't go after him, but just yelled resentfully at the back of Lao Argali.

The cooked duck flew away, and the food in the mouth escaped. It was a waste of work and a waste of joy.

Jamba and I came to the Snow Demon. It was lying on the ground, using its long tongue to clean the blood and wool between its lips and teeth. I looked at its facial expression, it was relaxed, as if it had just played a game. , Tired of playing, want to rest.I feel very uncomfortable.I have also witnessed the carnivore's great effort but let the prey escape. Without exception, there will be a frustrated expression on the face, looking up at the escaping prey, eyes full of annoyance, remorse, self-blame, and depressed , walked heavily, and some would let out a mournful cry, panicked, as if they had encountered a disaster.For carnivorous animals, predation is not easy. When they are unlucky, they cannot find their prey for several days and spend most of their life in a state of starvation, so they cherish every hunting opportunity.Once the prey is found, they will do their best to fight with the prey, trying to capture and kill the prey.Because they know that a hunting failure is likely to be a life-threatening misfortune, which means that the shadow of disaster hangs over their heads, and it means that death is approaching them.When the carnivore is so hungry that its eyes turn green, the hunt is successful, and the chance of survival is seized; if the hunt fails, the chance to continue living is lost.In this sense, the catching of prey by carnivores is not only a life-and-death struggle for the prey, but also a veritable life-and-death struggle for the hunter. There is still a glimmer of hope, which is never willing to give up.However, Snow Demon doesn't seem to care that Lao Panyang escapes from his minions.

"Hey, how can you know how to cherish food if you haven't suffered from famine." Qiangba shook his head and sighed.

These words illuminated my chaotic brain like lightning and flint, and I suddenly realized clearly that both Qiangba and I made a mistake. We always thought that the biggest obstacle for the Snow Demon to return to the forest was that he had never learned hunting skills since he was a child. , Lack of experience in jungle life, in fact, it is not the biggest problem is that it does not understand the joys and sorrows of life.It was raised by hunters since it was a child, and it was fed on time, and it never felt hungry. It can be said that it grew up in a honeypot; out of the most primitive impulse of carnivorous beasts, it would chase and bite herbivores when it saw herbivores. He didn't realize that hunting is the most important and indispensable part of his life, and he didn't realize that if he failed to hunt, it would have disastrous consequences for his life. He didn't feel hungry, and of course he didn't regard hunting as a means of sustaining his life. It must; it regards chasing prey as a very fun, exciting and enjoyable game. Of course it is good if you succeed, and it doesn’t matter if you fail. , it gave up the fight at the critical moment, and after the old argali ran away, it didn't feel upset or regretful, and showed a look of indifference; it couldn't catch it, and it didn't have any substantial impact on its life, anyway, when the time came Someone will put meat on it, and it will never be hungry.For wild animals, if there is no pressure, there will be no motivation, and if there is no survival crisis, there will be no serious and responsible attitude.

Yes, the snow demon lacks hunting skills. After jumping on the old argali, he gnawed at the sheep's butt, but failed to bite the deadly sheep's neck, and would not stand on its hind legs and use its own strength to overwhelm the old argali ...Wait, wait, etc., showing a lot of childishness and ignorance.But these problems, compared with his mental state of not knowing the joys and sorrows of life, are obviously minor problems. Applying philosophical concepts, they are secondary contradictions.I think its main problem or contradiction is that there is no pressure to survive and the necessary sense of crisis is lacking.I have learned a bit of dialectics. When encountering many contradictions, you must be good at discovering the main contradiction. Once you grasp the main contradiction, other secondary contradictions will be easily resolved.I think that Qiangba and I spent a lot of effort to bring the snow demon to the hunting ground again and again, but the result was very ineffective, because we caught the secondary contradiction and lost the main contradiction.Regardless of primary and secondary, suffered a big loss.I decided to change the plan, start with the main contradiction, and carry out wild training for the snow demon.

Miyoshi and lazy

It is the nature of animals to love leisure and hate work. Lazy people have lazy ways, and lazy animals have lazy ways.

We have drastically reduced the food we feed, and let hunger force the Snow Demon back to its wildness.

I can't stop feeding the Snow Demon completely in the first place. It hasn't learned how to find and catch prey. If I stop feeding it now, it will be cornered and it will starve to death.I can only adopt a policy of gradually reducing food for the snow demon, step by step, and finally transition to let it feed on its own.My specific method is that I used to feed it twice a day in the morning and evening, but now I feed it once a day in the evening; the food is open and available, and it can eat as much as it wants. When it has a good appetite, it will eat it in one meal. Seventeen or eighteen pounds of clean meat is now changed to a ration system, giving him about six pounds of meat per meal.I have calculated that the calories produced by six pounds of meat a day can maintain the physical strength necessary for its hunting activities, and it will produce a certain degree of hunger, but it will not starve it out.After a period of time, when it can raise part of its own food, it will be fed once a day instead of once every other day, reducing a six-pound meal to a three-pound meal, artificially creating a sense of crisis for it, Force it to work harder to find food in the wilderness and snowy areas.Finally, when the food it hunted can basically meet its needs, it will stop feeding it completely.

Humans and snow leopards belong to two species, and it is difficult for them to communicate with each other emotionally, verbally and behaviorally.We have no way to teach the snow demon how to hunt like the female snow leopard. We can only force it to go to the jungle to find the food it needs by reducing feeding.

I remember a sentence in a book on animal behavior translated from abroad: For an animal, hunger is the best teacher, and it can teach it all the knowledge it needs to survive.I think this sentence is very incisive. If you don’t want to be a starving animal on the snow, if you want to save your life, you have to learn hunting skills assiduously, keep practicing, work hard, and learn true knowledge through practice. Continuously improve, perfect and enrich your own hunting skills.

I believe that I have found the golden key that allows the Snow Demon to return to the forest smoothly.

On the first day of the diet reduction, Xue Yao gobbled up six pounds of meat. He was still unsatisfied, and his belly was not full. He stared at Qiangba and me with eyes full of question marks, and vomited, yelling, It seems to be reminding us: Why is there so little meat today? I’m not full yet. Come and add more meat!

I tapped the empty washbasin with a bamboo stick to indicate that there was no meat left.Qiangba kicked it and said, "That's all, get into the cage and go to sleep!" It howled twice in grievance, and reluctantly got into the iron cage.

That night, it darted around in the cage for a while, making the iron cage rattle and rattle, and vomited and screamed for a while, which made Qiangba and I unable to sleep.I know that it is protesting to us in a unique way of snow leopards, why should it withhold its food?It's as if its rights have been violated.We ignored it.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as we got out of the tent, the snow demon threw himself on the cage door, hitting its head against the iron railings with a bang.As soon as Qiangba pulled out the latch, it jumped out impatiently, and ran to the broken washbasin that usually held meat pieces for it. In the past, the washbasin was already full of fresh meat pieces at this time, but today In the morning, the broken washbasin was empty, not even a trace of blood or flesh. It angrily slapped the broken washbasin, making tinkling noises.Last night we only fed him six pounds of meat, more than halved the amount, and he was half hungry, and now he must be hungry and hungry for food.I certainly won't feed it again.Qiangba opened the fence gate of the observation station, first pointed to the snow demon's nose, then pointed to the woods outside the fence, and snapped: "Go, get out!"

After all, Snow Demon has been hanging out with people for a year. Although she can't understand people's words, she can guess the general meaning from people's tone of voice and expression.He has clearly understood that we are not going to feed him breakfast, and not only that, but to go to the forest on an empty stomach.It blew its beard and stared, its nose was wrinkled tightly, its green eyes stared at Qiangba and me, ho ho ho ho ho, it let out a vicious curse sound from the depths of its throat, like a grumpy lady scolding an old mother who neglected her: How about breakfast? Not ready for me?I'm going to be rude to you!
I was so angry and funny, I threw a broken broom in front of it, oh, if you are really hungry, please eat the broken broom, it can also satisfy your hunger.It really thought that something good was thrown for it to eat, so it quickly jumped on the broken broom, sniffed it, and immediately realized that I was teasing it, so it flew into a rage, and grinned at me like a bite.Qiangba got angry, picked up a bamboo stick, crackled and slapped it on the back several times.The Snow Demon was raised by humans since she was a child, so no matter what she was afraid of humans, she was beaten, whimpered twice, tucked her tail, and jumped out of the wooden fence with her head down.It trotted all the way, and soon got into the fir forest, hidden in the colorful hillside in late autumn, and its mournful roar could be vaguely heard.

I'm sorry, I made you feel wronged now, so that you can live in the mountains and forests like a normal wild snow leopard in the future!Go, if you feel uncomfortably hungry, you can find and catch blue sheep, red deer or wild boar. The food you get by your own efforts, you have the right to dispose of and dispose of it as you like, eat as much as you want, eat No one will care about you if you have a round belly and a mouth that is dripping with oil.

Go ahead, no matter in human society or in the animal world, the food that comes from you is not delicious. Eating food that comes from you is equivalent to eating soft food. Not to mention the shame on your face, you have to pledge your self-esteem to the giver. It is bitter to eat , It is sour when you swallow it, and only when you eat food that you have exchanged for your hard work, will it taste sweet from your mouth to your heart.

(End of this chapter)