Chapter 5 The Snow Leopard

The snow leopard, half-crawling on the bare rock, was looking sideways at us, the white fur under the neck was unusually striking, and the white and black spots on the body were mixed with the bare mountain rocks, forming a camouflage color, and we didn't know how long it had been there, and we never noticed it. If it hadn't been for the sudden sight of the striking white hair on the bottom of its neck, I might have really ignored it.

The snow leopard is still far away from us, and from this position, it looks very small, with thick fur and a thick fluffy tail, which looks very beautiful.

The wild alpine snow leopard is an endangered animal that has been rarely spotted in recent years, and is said to be mainly due to poaching. We didn't expect to find one here, and at this time, Blue Eagle and the others were also attracted by this snow leopard and walked back.

These people are worthy of being active in Tibetan areas, and Lan Ying was surprised: "It's really a snow leopard!" No, this thing is day and night, and its place of life is at least about 5,000 meters above sea level, how did it come here? "We're at about 4,000 altitudes right now, and it's not where snow leopards are found.

The grizzly bear took out the binoculars from his backpack to look at it, and soon he shouted, "Oh, it looks like it's injured, and there's blood on its shoulder blade." "Hurt? The snow leopard can be described as the overlord of the plateau, who can hurt it? As he spoke, Grizzly began to adjust the distance of the telescope, adjusting the magnification to the maximum, and after looking at it for a while, he took a breath and said, "It seems to be a gunshot wound." ”

As soon as these words came out, we were all shocked, gunshot wounds? In an instant, I reacted: "Is there someone hunting?" ”

Tan Jian frowned and said, "How are you sure it's a gunshot wound?" ”

The grizzly bear was still holding the binoculars and observing, and said without moving: "We often walk in Tibetan areas, and we have seen many Tibetan antelopes shot by poachers, and the skin of their bodies has been stripped of their bodies, leaving only the carcass of the antelope. It's the gestation time for antelope and snow leopards, and females are immobile and easy to hunt, making it a good time for poaching. ”

I thought that poaching was only possible in those primeval forests, but I didn't expect that there was hunting on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Then the grizzly bear said: "This snow leopard has a bulging belly, and it is likely that it is pregnant with a baby leopard, and eighty percent of it was driven here by poachers." ”

I said, "Poaching is so bad?" Can you catch a snow leopard? ”

Lan Ying said: "You don't know this, the current hunting equipment is very advanced, there is an explosive agent, for different animals, after shooting out and exploding, it will produce a blocking agent." When an animal smells it, it thinks there is a predator or danger ahead, and it does not dare to run forward. Eighty percent of this snow leopard was forced down by poachers. No, let's notify the reserve as soon as possible. After speaking, he immediately took out his mobile phone, the signal here is not very good, and he has not called it several times.

The snow leopard watched us for a while, and reckoned that we were not in danger, so he climbed up the rock, and after a few clicks, he was gone. I reached out of my binoculars and saw only a trail of blood on the rock.

The blue eagle is still making unremitting calls, the wild snow leopard is a very endangered animal, if it is wounded by a gunshot and does not treat it, and does not get the bullet out, this snow leopard will not escape death even if it is not caught up by poachers in the end.

A few of us looked around with binoculars, and it wasn't long before we saw several vague figures in the distance. The magnifier in the grizzly bear's hand was very large, and he could see it better than me, and immediately said: "him, uncle, sure enough, it's poachers, they're coming, good fellow, with a bulging back like an antelope skin!" ”

Another younger girl in the team, codenamed 'Antelope', stamped her feet angrily and said, "It's so hateful. These poachers are specially selected to hunt during pregnancy, and one corpse has several lives, no, they must be caught. Blue Eagle, did your call go out! ”

Lan Ying finally gave up, spread his hands, and said, "No, this is a no-man's land, and the signal is not good, why don't you try it with your phone?" ”

The rest of the people tried their phones of different brands, but to no avail, while the hunters looked unhurried.

Blue Eagle observed the group and said, "The snow leopard has left too many marks, it is now injured and cannot climb too high, and these people have a chance to win." ”

As they approached, I could see the men in my binoculars.

There were four people in total, all of whom were big men, about thirty or forty years old, and the burden on their backs was swollen and bulging, and some fur was faintly exposed. They all had shotguns in their hands, and their faces looked fierce.

The antelope said, "That's on our own!" "It looks like they're trying to stop the poachers. I'm also very angry about this, poaching has led to the extinction of many animals, and these poachers are even more hateful, in order to get the most profits, they even go so far as to pick out the animals that are pregnant.

I couldn't help but say to Zhou Xuanye and the others: "Boss, Brother Zhou, we can't sit idly by, this can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, right?" ”

Zhou Xuanye also held a telescope, he did not answer my words directly, but said: "They have guns in their hands, they can only outwit them, not fight them." ”

I said, "Do they dare to shoot people?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Tan Jian slapped me directly on the back of the head, and said without saltiness: "Who will find out if a person disappears in **?" ”

The snow leopard said to me: "** is one of the strictest places where hunting is prohibited, and those who dare to come here to hunt are all for money, do you think they dare not kill people?" After a pause, he said again: "Lao Zhou is right, he can only outwit, not the enemy." What can you do? ”

The other party has a gun in his hand, and he is a person who does not want to die for money, even if there are many of us, it will definitely not be possible to fight hard. There is no one in this place, and no one will know how to shoot it. For a while, everyone fell silent, and they exchanged heads and ears from time to time, but they did not discuss any countermeasures.

I remembered the ground tire on Tan Blade's neck, so I quietly pulled Tan Blade aside and said in a low voice, "Boss, can you use it again?" I pointed to his neck, Tan Jian raised his eyebrows, and said, "Do you want me to be counterattacked?" ”

"Of course not, I'll just ask, if it doesn't work, forget it."

Tan Jian looked at the group, then looked at the sky, and said, "It's too early now, if it's night, just let Fu An go." ”

I said, "But the snow leopard probably won't be able to wait for the night." ”

Tan Jian said: "Then we will delay until that time." After speaking, he said to me and Zhou Xuanye: "Let's climb up." He pointed to the rock that the snow leopard had climbed up and told us what he thought.

The gang can only follow the snow leopard in the blood, and they will definitely follow it up, and we now have the geographical advantage to climb up one step ahead of them. That position is the commanding heights, easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the time comes, we will be above, and they will be below the cliff, and we will do whatever we can, although we can't clean them up, but it should be no problem to delay the time.

This idea was immediately endorsed by Zhou Xuanye, and at that moment, Tan Jian took the lead in going to that high ground. He was originally a bit of a loner, and he didn't care much about the rest of the people, so he didn't pay attention to Lan Ying and the others. When Lan Ying and the others saw it, they said, "Where is he going?" ”

I told Tan Blade what he thought, and Lan Ying muttered, "The method is good, but what's the point of delaying it until the evening?" Of course, I couldn't just say that I was using ghosts, so I said, "As long as I can delay it until night, I have all the means, but I can't tell you for the time being." "Although Fu An was injured before, he didn't need to really do anything to deal with this group of poachers, and he probably could scare these people stupid by any tricks such as covering his eyes.

It's too pediatric to deal with those who often deal with mountain spirits and ghosts, but it's not a problem to deal with these poachers who have probably never seen ghosts.

Seeing that I had sworn an oath, Blue Eagle thought about it, motioned for me to wait, and then turned to discuss with the snow leopard. They didn't take long, and after a while, the snow leopard said, "We are with you, and there is great strength in numbers." "Needless to say, looking at the attitude of this group of people before, I knew that they were quite righteous and righteous people, I had already guessed that they would definitely join, so I nodded, and without saying much, the group immediately followed the traces left by the snow leopard and climbed to the high ground.

The environment in Tibet is like this, there are bare rocks in the mountains, meadows and snow ditches with small shrubs, and what we are climbing now is a bare rock belt, with white and blue-gray rocks extending irregularly upward, and I don't know what the scene is like at the heights.

The four poachers were still far away, and they didn't use binoculars at this time, so they couldn't see us at all, and even if they did, it was too late to stop them. The first half of the rock is not difficult, but the middle section is steep, and you can see a long trail of blood from the snow leopard, and it is not known how it climbed to such a high place with a gunshot wound and a baby leopard.

Halfway through the climb, I thought of a question and asked Tan Jian: "What if that snow leopard is also on it?" Will it attack us? ”

Tan Jian said: "You are as brainless as you as a snow leopard? ”

"Boss, can you speak tactfully and gently, you can't make friends like this."

ps: Good morning, I have received a lot of messages from my friends recently, for some problematic places, yesterday has been uniformly modified, because it is a detail modification, so you don't have to look back and look at it again. A good book needs to be completed by the author and readers, and I hope you will give more opinions and continue to support o(n_n)o