28. The ecology of forests
Male tigers do not have the obligations of a father, but they just do not help raise and provide a source of food, and there is no ambiguity when it comes to protection.
Male tigers will allow females who raise their offspring to forage for food in their territory, and also allow their minor offspring to enter their territory to forage for food.
A male tiger with a strong sense of responsibility, he will occasionally leave a portion of food for his wife and children.
Of course, such kindness as the male tiger is only for his own children.
If it finds another tiger or cub foraging in its territory, it will not hesitate to kill it.
The mother tiger was busy in the vicinity for a while, leaving her mark and then whispering to the tiger cubs.
"Roar~" This is the method of dividing the territory of our tiger clan, study hard, don't be stupid in the future.
Lin Qian received the teaching of the tiger mother, and immediately stepped forward obediently, indicating that the school was wasted.
The courage was ignorant, and he looked at the trunk of the tree, and then at the tiger mother and brother.
"Wow~" Mom, I'm also useless~
The tiger mother swung her tail in satisfaction and took the tiger cubs to a nearby place suitable for resting.
Now the tiger cubs are still young and not suitable for long-distance travel, and the rest of the journey can only be slow.
Lin Qian saw that the tiger mother didn't take them back, and he understood in his heart.
Tiger marking territory has always been a big project, the tiger mother with their two cubs, it is impossible to complete it in one day, it is estimated that this is to find a place to rest.
Following the tiger mother, Lin Qian was very careful all the way, for fear that he would miss the camera installed in the forest.
Just walked more than 100 meters, he found a second black box, the same shape, it should be the same.
After the road stopped, Lin Qian did not find the black box again.
However, in addition to the camera installed by humans, Lin Qian also had a lot of other gains along the way.
There are also a lot of shrubs and plants, such as trees, mountain lilacs, rhododendrons, etc.
He also saw a lot of wild fruits, among which the dry grapes were the most numerous.
Summer is the season when dry grapes are ripe, and the plants of dry grapes are not very tall, usually more than 1 meter, so it is particularly obvious.
Well, there is also daylily, this thing he recognized at a glance, and he used to love cold salad.
But now that he has become a tiger, his taste is different from that of humans, so he didn't try it.
Well, the main food can only be eaten raw and chewed, which makes no sense.
There are also a lot of wild flowers and wild fruits, not many of which he can recognize, and there are only a dozen in total.
There are even more plants that I don't know, and Lin Qian is dazzled by it.
The vegetation in this primeval forest is very lush, and it can be described as verdant and vibrant.
The vegetation is abundant and the growth is in good condition, and the herbivores of this forest must be doing well.
Thinking of the small animals he met along the way, Lin Qian couldn't help but sigh, the herbivores are full, and our carnivores can eat more!
Perfect!
Lin Qian really didn't expect that there would be a protected area with such a good ecological environment, which was beyond his imagination!
Although he had recently discovered the existence of mysterious energy, it was obvious that this energy was not a small part of the environment, and it should not be possible to affect the ecology of the entire forest so quickly.
So the natural environment here should be like this, and it seems that those people who shout about environmental protection every day are not doing nothing.
Lin Qian sighed, but he never thought that there would be another possibility.
He is now full of happiness, the environment of the living area is good, and their family can live well.
If the forest resources are poor and the environmental pollution is serious, then no matter how much their family crisscrosses the mountains and forests, they will have to become a bitter commander.
Summer and autumn can be better, and in winter, heavy snow covers the mountains, and it is possible to starve to death.
The ecological chain is a pyramid, and at the bottom are herbivores.
But despite their weakness, their reproductive ability is the strongest, and their survivability is also the toughest in the entire ecological chain.
On the contrary, tigers and birds of prey at the top are the most vulnerable, but any unfavorable changes in the ecological chain may face extinction.
Herbivores have no such concerns, they only need a piece of grass and a little water to survive.
On the other hand, carnivorous birds of prey need territory suitable for survival and reproduction if they want to survive, and these conditions include food that can support them for a long time, dense forests and grasses that are convenient for them to hunt secretly, and enough for them to move in the vast wilderness.
If nothing else, food is more difficult than herbivores, and meat is definitely much more difficult to obtain in the forest than plants everywhere.
In fact, the beasts at the top of the ecological chain are not only killers, but also play the role of protectors.
When herbivores eat a lot and reproduce, the beasts hunt and kill a lot to prevent the destruction of forest vegetation and stabilize the ecological environment.
If herbivores eat less and it is difficult to reproduce, the beasts will take the initiative to tighten their belts, preferring to eat less to maintain the survival of their food.
Don't look at the intelligence of wild beasts, but they consciously follow the laws of nature and have their own set of survival rules.
During normal hunting, predators will give priority to hunting old and disabled herbivores to eliminate these species that cannot survive and reproduce normally.
When necessary, they even help wild boars hunt wolves, and red deer drive away brown bears to keep their food alive.
So, despite the fact that the beasts do not have great intelligence, but they maintain complex work for generations, any link in this mutually restrictive ecological chain is extremely important.
Just like a precision instrument, any gear problem can have a huge impact and cause irreversible results.
Every species, every ethnic group in the forest, they are all interdependent and live, and without them, there will be problems.
Walking through a dense thicket, the front suddenly opens up, and there are no dense bushes and tall trees to block the view.
Courage saw the wide meadow, and ran forward happily, and his short limbs sprinkled with joy, crushing the weeds all the way.
The tiger mother followed closely behind, and her courage was suddenly not afraid, but she jumped high with all her strength.
The female tiger was very concerned about the safety of the cub, and when she saw that the cub was running fast, she also took a big step and followed closely.
Lin Qian had to speed up his pace and chase after the mother and son.
Fortunately, there are no boulders and shrubs on this hillside, and everything is unobstructed, and if there is danger, the tiger mother can see it immediately.
As long as the ordinary blind beast glimpses the tigress raising young, it will basically avoid it as soon as possible, who does not know that the tigress is more ferocious and suspicious than the male tiger when she takes her children.
Of course, there are some meat eaters who don't take the female tiger's deterrence seriously.