33. The flood swept away

The mother tiger walks along the riverbank with her cubs, and it is her experience in search of the delicious taste that nature has bountiful.

A heavy rain hit the forest, the river swelled and raged, and I don't know how many fragile lives were swept away by the flood.

Lin Qian looked a little more worried than the ferocious torrent, in the past few days, he had already seen that the tiger mother planned to live in this forest next.

He remembers that tigers are constantly changing their habitats, because this is the only way to ensure that there is enough food, and if you stay in one forest for a long time to hunt, the ecological chain of the forest will quickly collapse.

Because big cats are not only invincible in the forest, but also very eating.

And the tiger mother took him and courage to trek a long way to this forest, apparently changing her place of residence.

If it was before, Lin Qianzhi didn't have any worries, this forest is dense and luxuriant, and there are many animals, which is a very suitable place for tigers to live.

But the rumbling sound of the torrent in his ears made him feel worried, the heavy rain in summer is the most likely to break out of the torrent, looking at the gloomy sky, I am afraid that this rain will not rain a few more?

If the water continues to rise and the torrent does not recede, this forest will not be a good place to live, and when the flood is raging, the mountain collapse will be extremely dangerous.

Lin Qian's worries are not unreasonable, but a forest veteran like Tiger Mother is obviously confident.

Past experience tells it that rain and torrents are only temporary.

"Whew~" A cute call called Lin Qian's thoughts back.

Courage was stretching out his head to rub his neck, and the little tiger's eyes were squinting slightly, and he wanted to lick his brother's hair.

Lin Qian turned his head and rubbed it back, showing intimacy.

Looking up, I saw that the tiger mother was standing by the river at some point, and was lowering her head, pulling something under the trees in the horizontal torrent.

The roots of the trees had been broken, but not yet completely, and the branches that had been submerged in the torrent were rippling with the current, intercepting the pit vipers mixed in the torrent on the branches.

Of course, the tiger mother naturally did not look at the pit viper, but saw the tiger's mouth force, and a northern goat was dragged out from under the branch by the tiger mother.

The ibex had already choked its breath, its brown hair swaying lightly in the muddy flood, and its body was already a little swollen from the flood.

The ibex obviously doesn't live in this forest, but the rocky mountains in the distance are their home.

It is likely that the flash flood broke out yesterday and did not escape in time, and this ibex was not only swept into the torrent early and died, but was also carried all the way to the forest by the torrent.

If it weren't for the broken tree on the shore to intercept it, this ibex would have been able to continue the "long journey".

The mother dragged the ibex a little further away from the river before beckoning the tiger cubs to come over.

Courage was already impatient when he saw the food, and the little tail flicked and rushed over like a small cannonball.

Lin Qian followed, and his speed was no slower than his courage at all.

The tiger mother tore open the belly of the ibex and dragged the internal organs out first, as usual.

Lin Qian took the sheep's heart in one bite, and his movements were very skillful.

Courage's little head is stuck in the pile of meat, trying to bite the liver.

Although the sheep was soaked in water for a short time, the meat was still fresh and did not spoil.

Fresh and tender mutton, the smell of mutton is strong, and it is very tempting.

The tiger mother leaned over, swallowed most of the internal organs in a few clicks, and then bit the mutton and ate quickly.

The tiger's eating is fast because the tiger's intestines are very straight, and the food in the mouth can be swallowed directly without chewing.

This is what humans often mean when they say "gobble".

Compared with the eating speed of the tiger mother, the Lin Qian brothers are obviously not enough.

Their teeth weren't sharp enough to bite the meat off, the barbs on the tip of their tongues weren't powerful, and the scraps of meat on a single bone could make two tiger cubs lick for a long time.

Lin Qian licked a lamb rib, and his tongue was about to lick sour before he licked the meat clean.

It's not that he has to fight with the bones, but he is deliberately training his licking skills.

Compared with the pure tiger cub of courage, whether it is combat instinct or licking ability, Lin Qian felt that it was far behind, so he had to practice more and strive to make up for the gap.

Courage had no idea that his brother was envious of his 'talent', and he was struggling to lick the lamb bones.

The ibex, the full name of the Siberian ibex, is a mammal of the order Artiodactyl, Bovidae, and the genus Goat.

Generally, the body length is 105-150 cm, the tail length is 12-15 cm, the shoulder height is about 100 cm, the weight is 40-60 kg, and the largest ibex can weigh up to 120 kg.

Lin Qian's head under their mouths is obviously an ordinary northern goat, about 40 kilograms, and after removing the weight of horn bones, the edible meat is only about 20 kilograms.

Therefore, at this time, Lin Qianhe and Courage really didn't have many parts to gnaw after the tiger mother was full.

If it weren't for the tiger mother's intention to leave the meat on the bones, the brothers would not have been able to eat a few bites of meat except for the internal organs.

It's not that the tiger mother doesn't give the cubs meat to eat, but that's the rule of the beast, and the stronger ones can only provide enough protection if they are full.

What's more, the tiger cub is still lactating, and it can't eat much meat itself, and it is not a big problem to eat more meat and eat less.

At this stage, the tiger mother is mainly training the biting and other abilities of the tiger cubs, and traveling with the tiger cubs, but also to teach the tiger cubs to hunt, so that the tiger cubs gradually get used to walking in the forest.

The well-fed tiger mother crouched comfortably on the side, squinting slightly at the tiger's eyes, watching the cubs eat, and being vigilant about the movements around her.

Every meal in the wild is hard to come by, and the smell of fresh blood can easily attract other predators.

The gloomy sky still hadn't cleared the clouds, and when Lin Qianhe and his courage stopped licking his bones, the tiger mother roared and was about to set off.

The well-fed mother and son and the three tigers paced slowly on the wet grass.

The remaining ibex behind him was soon overrun by small animals emerging from the grass.

The yellow-throated marten has been creeping up, its yellow fur is slightly wet, and it stands up, revealing the fur on its front chest, and its large slender tail stands up behind its buttocks.

A pair of beanie eyes looked around to confirm that there was no threat, and then a roar of "cluck~whoa~" came out of his mouth.

The call of the yellow-throated marten is rhythmic and very distinctive.

This is the yellow-throated marten's way of communicating with its kind, and it is calling out to its companions.

Known as the "wolf of the weasel family", the yellow-throated marten can fight alone or in groups, has certain social skills, and will communicate with each other with a cry when hunting.

Soon after the peculiar cry was made, there was a rustling sound in the bushes, and three yellow-throated martens emerged.

Looking at the fresh wreckage, the yellow-throated martens quickly took up their positions and began to search for the remaining scraps of meat on the sheep bones.

The licking of the tiger cubs was not comprehensive enough, and there were still a lot of broken meat residues left, but they picked up a bargain for this group of little guys.

And the parts that are difficult for tigers to bite, such as sheep heads and hooves, are almost complete, which is enough to fill the stomachs of these little guys a little.