【Chapter 62】The tragic death of a polar bear cub
With many worries and thoughts, Wang Xiaotie and Gwendoline are getting closer and closer to the plane camp. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
By the time she got here, Gwendolyn had already remembered the route to the plane, as this was the area where they had collected supplies.
"Wait! King! There is a case ahead! Gwendoline grabbed Wang Xiaotie, who was walking beside him, with undisguised nervousness in his voice.
"What's wrong?" Wang Xiaotie immediately glanced around nervously, but when he looked around, there was a vast expanse of snow and glaciers, and he didn't see anything dangerous.
"There are wolves!" Gwendoline crouched down beside a shallow footprint, scrutinizing it, and the furrowed brow proved that the situation seemed serious.
"Wolves?" Wang Xiaotie was startled at first, and immediately looked around more nervously, and found that he really didn't see a creature like a wolf, so he squatted in front of Gwendoline together.
It was a trace that was almost hidden by the wind and snow, and in terms of quantity, it was densely packed, if it was really the wolf that Gwendoline said, then Wang Xiaotie initially estimated that at least seven or eight of them passed through this place.
"Are you sure it's a wolf's footprint?" Wang Xiaotie seems a little skeptical, although Gwendoline is a polar expert, but Wang Xiaotie has not read the information about the North Pole.
In the barren land of the Arctic, there are very few species of organisms. Especially in areas like this one covered in snow and ice, which is almost barren.
As for the wolf part, there is indeed a pack of wolves here in the Arctic, and they are known by their name Arctic wolves. Like wolves, they are fierce social predators with few natural predators. The strength of a wolf may be small, but a pack of wolves will definitely make all creatures shy away.
According to the information collected by Wang Xiaotie, it is true that the Arctic wolves are in the North Pole, but the area where they operate is generally in the subarctic region, that is, the area of the cave shelter that Wang Xiaotie built himself.
After all, there is more food there than here, which is conducive to the development and survival of wolves.
"That's right! Such footprints are indeed the footprints of wolves! Gwendolyn looked at it carefully, and made sure of what was in mind.
"What about them?" Although Wang Xiaotie wanted to question Gwendoline, there was something about this kind of authority, and Wang Xiaotie didn't have much background after all.
"It's a trail left by hunting prey!" Gwendoline glanced at the place where the footprints were going, and that was exactly where their plane had fallen.
"Why?" Wang Xiaotie couldn't help but ask.
"Because of the hurry!" Gwendolin glanced at Wang Xiaotie and explained, "Every wolf pack has a clear division of labor and discipline. In normal times, such as migration, their steps will be very neat, comparable to that of human armies. If you see such hurried footprints, there are only two situations, one is to hunt the prey, and the other is that this place is the place where they hunt. ”
Wang Xiaotie didn't ask again, no matter what the situation was, it was not good news for Wang Xiaotie.
Nima, is this a wave of unevenness? Besides, how the hell did these wolf cubs get here? Was it also transported by helicopter by the GM of this game?
"Let's go! Anyway, it's all here, I think, don't think about it when you go back or anything! Anyway, the worst-case scenario is death, and it is different in whose hands to die? ”
Wang Xiaotie picked up the bear skin bag on the ground and signaled to move on. It's just that the mountain knife in his hand is tighter.
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"What is this?" This time it was Wang Xiaotie, who was highly vigilant, who discovered the situation, and he found a trace of dark red on the surface of a snow-white snow.
When Wang Xiaotie opened the snow, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Hiss~Nima! So brutal? What made Wang Xiaotie couldn't help but exclaim was that under the ice and snow, there was a mutilated corpse, the head, right forelimb, internal organs, and torso were almost gone, but from the remaining parts, it could be seen that this seemed to be a polar bear.
"This is a cub of a polar bear." As an expert on polar bear observations, Gwendoline came to a conclusion after a few glances.
"This is a 5 to 7-month-old polar bear cub, and this time should be the time to learn survival skills from its mother."
"Look, it was the wolves that killed it." Gwendoline glanced at the mutilated corpse, which weighed less than 3 kilograms.
"I'm rubbing! Can a wolf beat a polar bear? It's incredible, Lao Tzu thought that the polar bear was the boss in the Arctic! Wang Xiaotie was shocked at this time, if there was a polar bear that was starved to death, of course he would not be surprised, but the defeated polar bear, uh~ that thing can really be defeated?
"Nope! Polar bears have no natural predators, but they are not invincible. In addition to polar bears that died unexpectedly, there were also many incidents of other creatures being killed. In particular, there are not a few killer whales who have been killed. After all, polar bears' favorite sport is swimming. ”
Gwendoline continued to popularize science for Wang Xiaotie, "Polar bears are typical polygamy, each litter usually has two, and the newborn polar bear is only about 30 centimeters long, and when it is 1-2 months old, it can walk; After 3-4 months of birth, the mother bear leaves the cave with her children, let them go out to see the world, grow knowledge, and lead them back to the cave for the night. ”
"They usually start to become independent at the age of 2 to 3 years, so during this time the cubs follow the females to learn to hunt and how to survive in the harsh environment of the Arctic."
"The cub was supposed to have been separated from the female by the wolves and then fed to death. But Mom should have escaped safely. ”
Gwendoline was right, wolves would not provoke a large and ferocious animal like a polar bear, after all, after an exciting fight, their population would be greatly traumatized.
But the viciousness often refers to the wolf pack, and sometimes, it is only the wolf that makes some obviously unflattering decisions and actions.
They can't really fight against an adult polar bear, a polar bear can kill a wolf with a slap, but the mother bear with the cub is different, in the eyes of the wolf, the cubs of all creatures are delicious, of course, including large creatures such as tigers and lions.
Wolves hunt in packs, and most powerfully, they sometimes use offensive strategies that are no less intelligent than humans. Outflanking, circumventing, and attacking by division are their usual signature tricks.
When you see a wolf swaggering in front of a certain creature, the greatest possibility is that there are a large number of wolves in ambush in front of and behind the creature.