Chapter 447: Mutant Leopard?
"How is it possible? Even African cheetahs can't reach more than 100 kilograms, right?", Zhou Ran is not stupid, Yun Yang suddenly chilled when he said it!
A leopard of the same size as a tiger, Nima, can also climb trees, isn't that a situation where there is death or life?!
"Look, it's a front paw print, two-thirds the size of my fist. And the footprints of a normal leopard are at most a third of my fist. Looking at the traces left by the horned deer in front of him, he stepped on it with one foot and entered the soil about one centimeter. Based on this, I can roughly tell that the weight of the horned deer is between 50 and 60 kilograms, but the leopard's footprints are more than 1 centimeter deep into the soil, and this is because it has meat pads on the soles of its feet!"
As Yun Yang said this, the two of them felt their necks flutter, and when they looked up, the huge tree trunk and the snow moving above their heads seemed to hide the beast waiting for the opportunity to move!
Seeing that the two of them began to be suspicious, Yun Yang stood up and smiled slightly, "However, you were right just now, as long as it is a leopard, they will definitely stay away when they see humans." Let's go, look for a while, we have to go back!"
"Cut, I'm scared to death by you!", Zhou Ran was just frightened by Yun Yang, and seeing him smile, the solemn atmosphere immediately disappeared.
However, the three of them still took it to heart. Especially Yunyang, this kind of weather is extreme, and the snow on the trees falls from time to time, which is not small, which adds to the concealment of the leopard.
"Do you want to follow the footsteps to find it?", Zhou Ran smashed his mouth twice, looked at the towering ancient trees around him, and in the woods that covered the sky and the sun, the footprints under the trees were still quite clear.
"Yes, Yunyang, didn't you say that this leopard might be bigger than ever? The one in your house is envious of me, do you want to send me?", Zhao Jinyang was also ready to move.
"It's okay to send you!", Yun Yang didn't care, but obviously the two of them were more interested in the mutant leopard that Yun Yang said, and they still urged Yun Yang to move forward.
"Okay, but everything must be listened to me. Yun Yang shook his head, the two of them were curious.
So the three of them followed the clear footprints to the northeast. Yun Yang was in front, the two followed behind, and each of them had two prey hanging on their sides, which looked like a hunter in the deep mountains.
The horned deer walks along the ridge to the ravine at the foot of the mountain, where the trees are densely wooded, the snow is not completely covered under the trees, and there are green plants that emerge, and some ferns are the favorite food of the horned deer.
Yun Yang's guess was not wrong, and the three of them followed the ridge and came to the foot of the mountain with difficulty. Here you can see the green vegetation bare.
"Look, there!", Zhou Ran pointed to a place not far away. Following his gaze, Yun Yang saw that in the ravine, the dry grass of ferns was covered with snow, and the place that seemed to be very flat had collapsed, and it was still the traces of animal struggle, which looked very messy.
"It should be that the horned deer fell down with one foot in order to eat the fern opposite, and soon struggled to jump out again. Yun Yang said in a low voice.
"So, the leopard should have caught up?", Zhao Jinyang asked.
"Look at the footprints, it shouldn't be far away. The horned deer was so frightened that it did not even eat the bare ferns nearby, and fled in a hurry. According to its habits, it will stop and continue foraging after being 100 meters away to make sure there is no danger, and that is when the leopard will quietly approach. After speaking, Yun Yang took the lead in leading the way, lest the two of them accidentally fall into the snow-covered ravine.
Walking north along the ravine, ten minutes later, a touch of red suddenly appeared in front of the three of them in the distance!
In the snow-white mountains, the red color is very conspicuous. In order to ensure safety, Yunyang's spirit is emanated, with the help of water vapor in the air, it is overwhelmingly emitted, and within 100 meters, all the wind and grass are in his heart!
"No?", Yun Yang was very curious, did the leopard run away? Within a radius of 100 meters, except for a few mice digging holes under two trees, there were no more live animals.
Even earthworm crickets have disappeared.
Yun Yang led the two of them quickly to the blood-stained snow, where a huge camphor tree and several unknown trees occupied both sides of the valley not far in front of them.
On the snow, red blood was sprinkled all over the ground, and Yun Yang followed the traces and found that the horned deer should not be light, and it was dragged away by the leopard.
"The leopard should be on the camphor tree in front!", Yun Yang's eyes stared, reminding the two.
It was freezing cold, and even if the blood of the horned deer was warm, it only took ten minutes to freeze the wound.
Therefore, looking at it now, only a faint trace was left, and the blood color was getting less and less, but the trace left when dragging was disappeared under the banyan tree.
"Do you want to chase after it?", to be honest, Zhou Ran's heart was also sudden, not only wanting to chase over to confirm whether what Yun Yang said was right, but also afraid that the leopard hiding in the dark would pounce!
"I heard that leopards only go straight to the throat when they kill people?", Zhao Jinyang hid behind Yun Yang and asked with some palpitations.
"Alas, they kill their prey in pursuit of a single kill!", Yun Yang nodded, his mind moved, and with the help of the water vapor in the air, his spiritual power quickly spread to the camphor tree. It's a pity that it's a bit far away and can't be covered.
"I'll go over and take a look, you two stay safe, and watch my gestures. Yun Yang said in a low voice.
The two of them nodded hurriedly, and there was already admiration in their eyes when they looked at Yun Yang.
This courage broke the hearts of the two. At this time, knowing that the leopard was hiding in the dark, both of them had a little trembling legs, but Yun Yang was still calm, and the two sighed to themselves with this calmness.
With the help of the water vapor, Yun Yang's spiritual power was radiated, and he paid attention to the movement on the tree at any time. When he was close to the area covered by the camphor tree, and there were still more than 20 meters away from the trunk, he finally found the figure of the horned deer.
On a forked branch of a man thick, more than ten meters above the ground, the horned deer was placed horizontally on it, and only the internal organs were missing, and the rest of the body was intact.
"It seems that this leopard is planning to store the horned deer. The entire tree was scanned by spiritual power, and nothing was found except for a few footprints!
"What about the leopard?", Yun Yang was stunned.
With a slight narrowing of his eyes, Yun Yang looked towards the east side of the camphor tree and the other side of the valley, and faintly guessed.
The branches of this camphor tree are crisscrossed with the branches of the two large trees opposite, and it is easy for the leopard to get out of the branches.
In fact, after a careful search, Yun Yang found several faint footprints leading to one of the big trees.
"How is it?", Zhou Ran couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Come here. Yun Yang beckoned.
The two of them saw his movements and immediately ran over. Zhao Jinyang accidentally tripped over the roots of a tree and fell covered in snow.