Chapter 1240: The Trapped Reindeer
After eating roasted mountain oysters, Han Xuan's stomach was full, and he rode the blue-black tiger Obama to a cedar forest to collect chanterelle mushrooms.
It had rained a few days ago, and there were quite a lot of yellow mushrooms, so I quickly picked a basket full of them, and walked back home along the same road.
When they meet cowboys or tourists on the road, they will be surprised and ask "what's wrong with the tiger" or "where did the black tiger come from?" and say that it is Obama, but many people don't believe it.
Even if you believe it, you will ask why you dye it this color, and you have no idea that there will be a natural black tiger in the world......
Beneath the willow trees by Lake Rota, a flock of peacocks perched there.
They were bought by Daddy Han as ornamental pets when he bought turkey seedlings last year, a total of thirty, including a black peacock and a white peacock.
The mutation rate of peacocks is about 1 in 1,000, that is, in 1,000, it is possible to produce a mutated peacock, which is not rare, it may become black or white, and they are all descendants of blue peacocks.
These raised in the Snow Mountain Ranch, except for the two mutated ones, all belong to the blue peacock, the neck and forebelly are blue, the green peacock is not as cold resistant as the blue peacock, and no one here in Montana will buy it.
When I passed by, I happened to see a blue peacock opening the screen, shaking its tail, like the bird of paradise, they are also masters of dancing among birds, but it is not as exaggerated as the dance of the bird of paradise.
Han Xuan once saw it once in the Snow Mountain Zoo, when the gorgeous bird of paradise transformed into a dance master in order to attract the opposite sex, with funny dance moves and strange appearance, it could laugh to death.
Obama carried Han Xuan, skirting the fountain to the door, and Han Xuan found an old Ford pickup truck parked on the side of the road, with a license plate from Ohio, and there was no car in the ranch in his memory.
Thinking that there were tourists coming to the door, Han Xuan felt that opening a resort seemed to be a wrong decision, it was more lively than before, and it also brought a lot of profits, but tourists seemed to be unable to see the "no approaching" sign on the roadside, and often ran to their homes.
Jumping off Obama's back, he said to her mother's bodyguard, Miss Cindy, "Who's coming?" ”
The bodyguard George liked Cindy for a long time, but unfortunately every time he made some progress, Han Xuan left the ranch, which made George quite helpless.
Cindy, who had just been discharged from the army last year, had always been lukewarm towards George, having been married once before joining the army and having only been in a relationship with her husband for just over two months.
Second marriages in the United States are as common as drinking water and eating, and George doesn't care about it.
She told Han Xuan with a smile on her face: "It seems to be a documentary director, I don't know, they are chatting with your mother." ”
"Documentary filmmaker? Again? ”
The BBC has filmed documentaries about the Snow Mountain Ranch, ABC TV has also filmed it, and the Discovery Channel has produced a special series of 20 episodes, revealing the magical events of the Snow Mountain Ranch from all aspects.
Han Xuan carried the basket into the door, took off his shoes and socks and changed them into slippers and walked in, only to see a man and a woman sitting face to face with his mother, about forty years old, putting down the basket full of chanterelles and mushrooms and walking over, smiling and greeting.
"These two are Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer, and they are filming a documentary on reindeer migration, and they want to ask you for some help.
I've just seen their snow leopards, and the picture is amazing, it took them two years to shoot an episode, and they spent more than a year in the snowy mountains, which is a great profession. ”
"Reindeer? Aren't they gone? Han Xuan asked.
Reindeer migration on the North American continent has been going on for countless years.
Every year, before the arrival of summer, countless reindeer herds scattered across the North American continent migrate to the Arctic permafrost to give birth, and in the winter they travel all the way south to warmer climates.
For thousands of years, they have retained this instinct and have not changed, no matter how extreme the terrain is, they cannot stop the reindeer, so in the summer, it is almost impossible to see reindeer in the wild in the snow-capped mountain pastures.
Mr. Hoyer sat up straight, nodded and spoke: "It used to be like this, but this year we found out that a small group of reindeer were left in Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest.
In the summer, the temperature is high, the snow on the mountain melts quickly, and we saw a lot of reindeer carcasses during the shooting.
Their fur is so thick that they can't get out of their body heat, and they die soon after heat stroke.
We also saw reindeer at an altitude of about 1,800 meters above sea level, leaving a population of about 700 individuals, while other reindeer have reached the vicinity of the Arctic permafrost.
Later investigations found that a 300-kilometre fence had been set up at the border with Canada, which had once been designed to prevent British Columbia wolves from moving south, but now it had become an obstacle to the reindeer's northward movement.
This season was supposed to be the breeding season for reindeer, but they showed no signs of mating and were scattered across the snowy mountains.
As the snow line gets higher and higher, the reindeer have to descend because of food shortages, and the lack of oxygen at high altitudes, I doubt they will survive the summer. ”
"What do you need me to do for them?" Han Xuan sat next to his mother and asked the Hoyer couple, "Do you remove those protective fences?"
I can talk to the governor about this, it should be fine. ”
"It may not be ...... enough"
Mrs. Hoyer looked at her husband and continued: "We want you to find a way to send these reindeer to the tundra.
They have a great ability to identify their way and can run back on their own in the fall, and those old reindeer know the way back.
The migration goes through a natural culling process, otherwise the reindeer herd may gradually decline.
I know you're the most loving, and your animal protection organization has rescued a lot of animals, so I want you to help them. ”
Sending a few hundred reindeer to northern Canada is not a big deal, at most it is just a nuisance.
Han Xuan didn't know whether the couple really wanted to help the reindeer, or whether they borrowed themselves to create the effect of the show and scanned their faces with his eyes.
But the reindeer are innocent, and this summer is hotter, and at the top of the snowy mountain in Flathead, only a small patch of white remains, which may all melt away.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, he replied, "Okay, I promised you."
I'm going to figure out how to get those reindeer caught and see how I can get them over quickly. ”
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer were overjoyed to hear the news, and kept telling him about God bless and something.
Sending the couple away, Han Xuan's mother asked, "Son, how are you going to send those reindeer to the North Pole?" ”
"It's best to prepare some ice cubes and transport them directly by a few trains.
I went to the animal police department to help me get some tranquilizer guns, and the chanterelle mushrooms were picked back, where's my dad? ”
"Upstairs, call your grandfather.
When he was asked to go to SOS Group for an internship, he didn't want to live or die, but now he is actually drumming up to do business, I really don't understand what he thinks in his head, you find someone to help him, otherwise he will definitely lose money. ”
Han Xuan understood that it must be his own words in the morning, which inspired his father, nodded and replied: "Well, I will ask someone to help him build a factory, a business that will make a steady profit, you don't have to worry about ......"