【Chapter 788】 Jungle Stories (Subscription Requested!)

In the early morning, Xiao Feng's ears heard the crisp voice of the North American lark, and when he opened his eyes, a ray of sunlight penetrated through the glass tiles of the roof and fell into the cabin.

The white clouds and black soil were lying on the ground at the door, but their ears were pricked up, and they were unusually alert!

Xiao Feng quietly got out of the sleeping bag, for fear of disturbing his father, although his movements were gentle, Xiao Jinyang, who was born in the army, woke up immediately.

Father and son glanced at each other and smiled knowingly on each other's faces.

Maybe it was the long talk last night, the looming estrangement between father and son disappeared into invisibility, and the relationship between Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang became more tacit.

It's still the same as last night's division of labor, Xiao Jinyang cooks horses and hunting dogs, Xiao Feng prepares breakfast, packs up, and father and son work together.

In the early morning in the North American jungle, the fog has not yet dissipated, and the bright sunlight in the sky pours down, creating a dreamlike scene.

Xiao Feng was naturally attracted by this beautiful picture, and during the break between breakfast, he also took out his camera and looked for the right angle to take several sets of photos.

This time I went into the mountains, hunting was in the name, but in fact, it was more time alone with my father, and shooting was also an important part of it.

In fact, now Xiao Feng carries a camera every day when he goes out, he likes photography from the bottom of his heart, and his photography skills and impulses have been deeply imprinted in his blood.

For a wealth has reached one; It is a good way of life for the super-rich to find hobbies that can pass the time and cultivate their sentiments.

Photography and cooking have become skills that Xiao Feng has carefully studied, and perhaps in the future, there will be airplane piloting and the like, and the life of the super-rich is not just about spending time drinking.

After being busy for a while, the father and son continued to go on the road after eating and drinking, and Baiyun Heitu consciously ran in front. They also seem to be aware of the dangers of the jungle and are quite focused.

Don't look at Baiyun Black Soil is a pure Chinese pastoral dog, but over the years, it has been nourished by the 'space aura', and has grown into a behemoth with a shoulder height of more than 80 cm and a weight of nearly 100 kilograms, which is quite a bit of a Caucasian dog. Besides. Under the teaching of the hunting expert Rhubarb, the hunting skills of Baiyun Black Earth have reached the point of perfection.

In the past two years, the white clouds and black soil have been exposed to the Bengal Tiger King, and they have learned more hunting skills, and their combat effectiveness in the jungle is not bad.

In the past experience, Baiyun Black Soil is not only the pet of the Xiao family, they are also the dog king of Ginkgo Village, leading the local dogs of the whole village to maintain law and order and clean up some flooded prey, which is very beautiful.

The brothers once worked together to hunt and kill a 300-pound wild boar. In fact, combat capabilities are not covered.

Although the environment has changed, the vigilance of the white clouds and black soil has not weakened, and they are very careful to smell the smell wafting in the air, and do a good job of early warning.

Seeing that the white clouds and black soil had entered the working state, Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang did not delay, riding horses to keep up, and went deeper into this jungle little by little.

Compared to the forests of northwestern Yunnan, the temperate coniferous forests of North America do not have as many shrubs, vines, and weeds. The pine forests are quite spaced apart, and even horseback riding in the forest is unobstructed.

The place where Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang hunted was about 10 kilometers deep into the jungle. There is a valley where more than a dozen sika deer are often seen, as well as fierce beasts such as brown bears and cougars, and it is the best hunting ground within a radius of tens of kilometers.

Compared to the speed of the grassland, the speed in the jungle is not to mention, sometimes because of the terrain. Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang needed to make a detour, and even dismounted on foot.

However, this is not a big deal for the two hunting enthusiasts, who follow the guidance of the satellite nav and some road signs. A little bit closer to the destination.

This was originally the place where the former owner of the salmon ranch bought it as an autumn hunting ground, and entering the hunting area from outside the mountains and forests naturally left a large number of road signs, so Xiao Feng didn't have to worry about getting lost. This is also an important reason why old Bob is relieved to let Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang enter the jungle, after all, this forest is not a virgin land of human footprints, coupled with the military satellite positioning system and satellite phone carried by Xiao Feng, the safety factor is naturally extremely high.

Passing through a dense forest, Xiao Feng could hear the murmuring of water in the distance, the outer perimeter of the Rocky Mountains and the upper tributaries of Montana's two most important rivers, the Yellowstone River and the Missouri River, mainly composed of iceberg meltwater and mountain spring water.

The water is clear and clean, rich in minerals deep underground, and can even be used to bottle mineral water, but in the Yellowstone Park, there are so many mountain springs of this quality that the water resources in the 'Dream Ranch' are not of much development value.

When they were about to arrive at the creek, Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang slowed down, because the white clouds and black soil had already sent some information back, and they might have encountered some wild animals in front of them.

Holding crossbows, Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang quietly walked to the edge of the jungle, searched along the banks of the creek with their eyes, and soon found several red deer drinking water on the other side of the stream.

However, the size of these red deer is average, and their antlers only have seven or eight branches, which does not meet Xiao Feng's standards, so the father and son did not do it.

At this time, there was another uninvited guest upstream, but the red deer herd was still calmly drinking water, without the slightest panic.

Xiao Fengtong looked at his glasses and saw that it was a half-sized brown bear, this guy may have just been kicked out of the house by his mother, and he was a little miserable, the hair on his body looked a little yellow, and his body did not look like he was fat, and he was skinny.

Since taking over the 'Dream Ranch' and knowing that there are many brown bears going out nearby, Xiao Feng has also collected a lot of information to have a comprehensive understanding of brown bears.

Brown bears (scientific name: ursusarctos), also known as grizzly bears, mainly inhabit cold temperate coniferous forests, mostly active during the day, walk slowly, do not have a fixed habitat, and usually move alone.

Don't look at brown bears are usually very slow, but if you think that brown bears are at their limit, you are very wrong!

When the brown bear runs, it can reach an astonishing 56 kilometers per hour in a short distance, and humans cannot outrun the brown bear in the jungle, and the trick of lying down and playing dead is not useful for the brown bear. Its curiosity is very strong, and if it is not careful, it can cause great harm to humans.

On the North American continent, there have been reports of bruising and even fatalizing brown bears, so the powerful and fast-moving brown bear is a major threat to the general population.

"This brown bear doesn't seem to be big!" Xiao Jinyang looked at the brown bear who was clumsily catching fish in the stream. It's kind of weird.

In the Biluo Snow Mountain area, there are also many Asian black bears, and when Xiao Jinyang was young, he once used a trap with Xiao Siye to capture a big black bear of 300 catties, so he felt that the brown bear in front of him was not too big.

"This brown bear is probably less than three years old, and it has just left its mother to live independently, so its size is naturally very small!" Xiao Feng recalled the information he had seen, and introduced to his father: "Brown bears need to be at least 4-6 years old to begin to reach sexual maturity, and it takes about 10 years for physiological maturity!"

According to the average of 20 years old for brown bears to survive in the wild, the brown bear in front of Xiao Feng is at best the level of a human 12-year-old child. For it, the hardships of life have just begun.

Brown bears have a mixed diet, including various roots, tubers, forages, grains and fruits, etc., and like to eat honey, and animals include ants, ant eggs, insects, rodents, ungulates, fish and carrion.

The wide range of food sources gives the brown bear a very good chance of surviving in the jungle, and once it matures, it has few natural predators in the jungle.

For humans with weapons, though. The strength of brown bears does not determine their survival, and the number of brown bears in the world has been declining dramatically in recent years. It is nothing more than the shrinking of habitats and the proliferation of human hunting.

While Xiao Feng and his son were observing, the brown bear caught an Asian carp from the creek and began to eat it with relish.

Brown bears are one of the largest mammals in the animal world, and their largest food source is fish that live in streams.

Every year, when the salmon goes back to spawn, the brown bear feasts. When it came time to enjoy the feast of food, many photographers at that time were keen to go to the rivers where salmon appeared to photograph the North American brown bear fishing.

Every summer, when the salmon that live in the ocean swim back to the river to lay their eggs, the brown bear stands at a key point in the river. Catch salmon swimming against the current with fat bear paws or large mouths full of sharp teeth. At that time, brown bears were not at all clumsy, and they tried to catch as much prey as possible in a single summer, filling their bellies and storing fat for the long winters of the North American continent.

The fat content of brown bears is 16~35%, and in summer, the body will double the fat, and the fat content accounts for almost half of the total body weight, because brown bears need these fats when they hibernat.

During hibernation, the brown bear's body temperature, heartbeat, and detoxification system all stop working to reduce the loss of heat and calcium, and prevent hypothermia and osteoporosis.

Therefore, the brown bear in front of Xiao Feng needs to eat desperately and store more fat in this short summer to survive the first winter after living independently.

According to zoologists, more than a third of brown bears do not survive the first winter, but after surviving the first winter, their ability to survive is greatly improved, and they are basically able to survive in the jungle.

In order not to disturb the little brown bear that was hunting, Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang did not make a sound, and even put muzzles on the horses to prevent their voices from disturbing the brown bear that was living independently.

Xiao Feng took out a telephoto lens and took a set of photos, he hoped to share his life in North America with fans, and this brown bear is naturally a part of life.

When the brown bears were full of food and drink, and the red deer herd dispersed, the valley, which was still a little lively, suddenly quieted down, and the occasional sound of the North American lark was quite crisp.

Xiao Feng sent Baiyun Black Soil to check the vicinity, and after finding that there was no other threat, he continued on the road, after all, their destination was still some distance away.

The deeper you go into the Rocky Mountains, the higher the altitude, the vegetation gradually changes, the dense forests become sparse, and some alpine shrubs begin to appear.

From the perspective of the distribution of the alpine vertical vegetation zone, the Rocky Mountains and the Biluo Snow Mountains are very similar, but the higher latitude Rocky Mountains have more vegetation of temperate or even cold plants, and the Biluo Snow Mountains can even see some tropical and subtropical plants.

Looking at the dazzling array of rare plants and seeing some biological populations that are completely different from those in China, Xiao Feng and Xiao Jinyang felt very novel, and the cameras in their hands kept shooting.

If Zhai Qingsong could come here, he would definitely be fascinated by the diversity of species here!

Because I was with my father, the originally boring action became interesting!

Since or after the 'Zizhu Space', Xiao Feng's memory has been greatly enhanced, and he can remember all kinds of books he usually reads very clearly, so along the way, Xiao Feng introduced various animals and plants to his father.

For Xiao Jinyang, in the past 26 years, the communication between himself and his son has not been as much as in the past few days, and the father and son seem to want to make up for the days they missed before.

Xiao Jinyang didn't expect that the little guy who had snot at the beginning has now become a polymath with rich knowledge reserves, and every time he sees a plant or animal, he can say one, two, three, which makes Xiao Jinyang sigh.

At this time, Xiao Jinyang also regretted a little, he didn't care too much about his son's growth at the beginning, and he put most of his time and energy on work. Now that I think about it, I missed many key points in my son's growth, and I also lacked the joy of growing up with my son.

Xiao Jinyang didn't understand his son and daughter-in-law very well before, and he didn't pay much attention to work, so he became a shopkeeper at a young age and stayed at home to take care of the children. Now, Xiao Jinyang understands his son's good intentions, they just hope to leave more time for the children, and share every wonderful moment together as Nini and Yu'er grow up.

Perhaps, it is difficult for people who have received traditional Chinese culture education to understand this practice, after all, Chinese people pay attention to 'holding grandchildren but not children', which is completely different from this slightly European and American style of family education concept.

Xiao Jinyang is not the kind of old stubborn who is not old, since he discovered his son's good intentions, and also understood why his son must accept himself and his wife to the United States, his heart is naturally full of emotion.

Following his son all the way to enjoy the beautiful scenery and observe rare animals and plants, Xiao Jinyang felt that this trip to the jungle was very interesting, and the thin oxygen brought by the high altitude did not make him feel too tired, and the whole person's spirit became extremely excited.

This hunting trip, even if he was not able to get a weighty prey, Xiao Jinyang felt that the trip was worthwhile, and the improvement of his relationship with his son was undoubtedly the biggest gain......!

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