Chapter 319, On the Island

Brown bears are omnivores. The astonishing amount of food has led to the fact that most of the most ferocious predators in nature, with forty-two sharp teeth, are actually plants.

Tang Wen followed the guidance of the map to a river on Kodiak Island.

In the summer, brown bears appear en masse on river beaches to hunt for plump salmon at the water's edge.

Because of their nature, salmon return to spawn in the summer every year. On the way through the river, more than 3,000 large bears were killed.

The strongest male bear stands in the best fishing position next to a river bank with a good geographical location and suitable water depth, followed by the weaker male bear, and finally the female bear with the cub.

Kodiak Island is a cold zone, and hibernation is a skill that bears must master. Otherwise, if you can't find food in winter and still maintain a lot of calorie consumption outside, you will be starved to death.

Before hibernation, a large amount of food must be consumed.

And salmon is their richest source of fat. If a brown bear on Kodiak Island can't eat enough salmon to replenish its fat in the summer, it will have a hard time surviving the harsh winters in the caves of the cold snowy mountains!

Unfortunately, bears with females often need to stay away from advantageous fishing spots near the river bank because they need to be protected from attacks by other males. Try your luck at the beach or somewhere else. Eat some oysters or wild fruits.

After listening to Bai Qing's introduction, Tang Wen frowned and asked, "So, the survival rate of the bear cub won't be low and terrible, right?" He didn't quite understand that the most ferocious predators in the world were concentrated on one island.

How many lives can an island, even if it is not small, support.

Two-thirds of the area has been designated as a nature reserve, but what about it? The number of Kodiak bears is still not rising? It is not always in a low-level and endangered state. You must know that the reserve here has been built for more than 60 years, and the brown bears have grown for several generations, and this thing has no natural predators in the wild. But isn't the number of such groups still small?

Bai Qing searched for a while in the information document and read: "The pregnancy cycle of a female bear is about eight to ten months. It's about the same as a human being. And most of the cubs, seventy percent of the cubs to be exact. None of them will live to be a year old. Most of them are killed by male bears of the same kind, because if you don't kill the cubs, the female bears will not enter the mating period......" Her tone became inexplicably unhappy, she glanced at Tang Wen out of the corner of her eye, and snorted: "Stupid male." ”

Tang Wen smacked his lips and said nothing. Carefully steering the direction, follow the river to the depths of the island.

Kodiak Island has a complex landscape, with forests as well as swamps and snow-capped mountains. Everything else is easy to say, only when facing the swampy terrain, Tang Wen and they must also be careful, otherwise if one is not good, the whole car will probably be swallowed up......

The night is getting deeper, and the temperature in the depths of the forest is lower than on the seaside. The water vapor outside the glass of the infantry vehicle gradually condensed into a white ice mist.

Zhong Chuhong opened the partition between the cockpit and the rear compartment and proposed: "The terrain here is complicated, it is not safe for us to drive at night, and more importantly, there are generally no brown bears out at night. Especially when the temperature is already getting colder and cooler at night. I think we'd better find a place to rest for the night. Tomorrow during the day, we should be able to see these bears out for the last feeding before hibernation......"

Tang Wen was as good as a stream, and found a flat river beach by the river and stopped the car.

Yang Zilong released a small drone from the back window. Operated through the handle, it went up to the sky, turned on the night vision mode, and flew around the car a few times. After making sure that there was no danger, he beckoned everyone to get out of the car.

Because the drone occupies a small area and is easy to operate, they brought three this time. This is also to make it easier to search the mountains and forests for traces of brown bears.

After all, the infantry vehicle is such a big iron guy, and the action is so loud and quiet, I am afraid that the brave brown bear will not be calm when he sees it. When the female bear with the cub saw it, she avoided it from a distance. They have a keen sense of hearing, and if they are bent on hiding, no one can do anything about it.

"I've heard that there are bear hounds in Alaska and Russia, but I don't know what they look like. I should find it when I have time...... "I didn't see the brown bear for the first time, Tang Wen felt a little regretful.

Lu Fei didn't follow, after all, among the three employees, Tang Wen trusted him the most. After thinking about it, I had to give up his clever cook and let him stay on the barge just in case.

This time he had to cook the dinner himself.

All four are Chinese stomachs.

Gasoline-stained firewood burned under the propped up rain shelter, and Bai Qing sat on the roof of the car, wrapped in a thick blue-green military coat, while watching the scenery while on guard.

Tang Wen made out the barbecue grill and prepared the barbecue, sausages and potatoes. Barbecue is the most convenient thing in the field with limited conditions, and the ingredients are cleaned up in advance.

It's a no-brainer.

The firewood burns in a barrel, and when there is no smoke, take some out and put it in the oven, and stir it up a little to make the flame vigorous. After the fresh steak is thawed, brush it with a little olive oil, and after the skin of the steak is browned over high heat, it is slowly grilled over low heat until it is eight ripe.

Yang Zilong's means of survival in the wild do not need to be weak by a special soldier, when he and Zhong Chuhong came back from fetching water, in addition to the two buckets of water, they actually carried two light white salmon in their hands.

"Yo, it seems that there is fish soup to drink!" Tang Wen handed over the barbecue to Zhong Chuhong.

The salmon had already been cleaned up, Tang Wen took another pot, poured it full of mineral water, and threw the fish into pieces. Set it on the fire and prepare to add dehydrated vegetables to cook soup and drink.

The aroma of the food quickly spreads, and in the rather cold night breeze, just a light smell is refreshing.

Yang Zilong took out a few plates, divided the dinner, and patted Tang Wen's ass very sincerely.

Tang Wen volunteered to cook just now, and he and Zhong Chuhong were still a little worried that they wouldn't be able to eat well at night on the way to fetch water. As a result, I didn't expect that my young boss was really unusual, and cooking was such a thing, for young people of their age, I'm afraid not many people were willing to do it, right?

The two of them, the top security personnel who have 'read countless people', now find that even their bosses can't see clearly, and they are not only a little worried.

"Come down!"

Tang Wen dragged four folding stools down. I looked up at the sunny baby standing on the roof of the car, with a fluttering windbreaker.

She was holding a monocular night vision binoculars and looking into the distance.

"All in!Can't eat outside!" Bai Qing's tone was a little nervous.

Tang Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "There is a bear coming?"

"Hmm. And more than one. ”