57. The happiness of petting cats
Lin Qian looked at it for a while, and even wondered if the big bird was asleep.
Judging by its nightlife experience over the past few months. Eagle owls are nocturnal animals and cannot sleep at night.
Just when Lin Qian was puzzled, the big bird in the tree suddenly moved.
The eagle owl suddenly lowered its head and retched, and after a long vomiting sound, a pile of white bones fell from the bird's beak.
There was still some gastric juice on the broken bones, and they all fell on the dead branches and leaves piled up under the tree.
After tossing for a while, expelling the foreign objects in its stomach, the eagle owl retracted its neck into its feathers and continued to stare at a pair of big eyes in a daze.
After watching the whole process, Lin Qian was stunned.
What's going on?
Did this big bird eat a bad stomach?
Don't blame Lin Qian for thinking like this, it's really strange that the eagle owl's behavior is really weird.
In fact, this behavior is the normal state of eagle owls, which is called "food balls", which is a special habit of them.
When the eagle owl eats the animal alive, some of the fur and bones cannot be digested in the stomach and cannot be excreted, so they will spit out the waste and make room for their stomachs.
This behavior is similar to that of a feline eating grass and spitting out hair balls.
Lin Qian didn't have much contact with the eagle owl, although he was a little surprised, but seeing the eagle owl standing on the tree seriously, there was nothing abnormal, so he didn't think about it anymore.
There were many strange behaviors and habits of the animals, and he had seen a lot of them now, so he made sure that the big bird was not sick and continued to wait.
He didn't want to catch a sick bird, he couldn't eat it then, and it was a small matter to eat a bad stomach, and if he was infected, the disease would be terrible.
The eagle owl did not know what the cub was talking about it, and it had no interest in the cub.
Such a large tiger cub cannot be its prey, and it has more and better options than a tiger cub.
Nature has given birds the right to fly, with streamlined bodies, well-developed wings, soft feathers, and hollow skeletons, so they can make everyone envy and soar freely in the sky.
They maintain a high constant body temperature to meet the energy lost in flight.
The special structure of the lungs allows them to fly for a long time without feeling breathless.
Eagle owls are the best among birds, their fine fluff can reduce the sound of flight, and their flying skills are so superb that even small and dexterous birds cannot escape the capture of eagle owls.
In the moonlight, a sable hides in the grass and eats a vole.
The subtle sound of tearing flesh sounded in the quiet moonlight, and the sable's movements caused only a very faint shaking of the blades of grass.
But even this little movement still can't escape the prying eyes of predators.
On the other side, a fox is quietly stepping into the meadow, also looking for voles.
The eagle owl looked at the low grass, turned its head in an instant, and between the fox and the sable, the eagle owl only hesitated a little and chose the sable.
Because it felt that it would take more physical effort to catch a slightly larger prey like a fox, and that it would not be as easy and comfortable as a prey of a moderate size like a sable.
What's more, the fox is searching for prey, and it is in a state of high vigilance and concentration, which makes it more troublesome to hunt.
The sable, which is eating, is relaxed and comfortable, obviously vigilant and has a relatively low difficulty in hunting.
With a decision, the eagle owl let go of its claws gripping the branch, and in an instant spread its wings and swept down the branch, sliding towards the grass, a series of movements without a single stagnation.
Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, and found that the big bird had flown away.
The sable, munching on vole meat, was unaware of the danger, and it did not hear the small sounds of vomiting on the branches of the trees in the distance and the movement of broken bones falling to the ground.
Even if there were occasional strange cries of "Roar ~ Roar" in the forest at night, it didn't pay attention to it.
The call is the bird language used by eagle owls to communicate with each other, and if they had stopped foraging for food because they were afraid of this call, the sable would have starved to death.
The last bit of vole meat was swallowed into its stomach by nostalgia, and the little tongue smashed it, and the sable still had some nostalgia for today's deliciousness.
The eagle owl spread its huge wings and was silently gliding down from the sky.
As the best of the birds of prey, the eagle owl attacks very quickly.
By the time the sable sensed the danger, it was too late, and the owl's claws had already grasped its thin body, and the sharp tips of its claws had pierced its freshly fed belly.
"Squeak—"
"Goo-"
The shrill cry of the sable dying and the joyful cry of the eagle owl in a successful hunt converge.
Lin Qian looked at the big bird that had fallen to the treetops in the distance and began to eat, and a trace of chagrin and disappointment flashed in the tiger's eyes.
Alas, this guy is moving too quickly and he hasn't reacted yet......
Looking at the bright moon hanging high, the little tiger cub temporarily gave up the idea of hunting big birds.
Frightened by the sight of a predator falling in the night sky, the fox was quickly jumping into the bushes to leave the area.
Although the eagle owl already has prey, the skinny sable may not be able to fill its belly.
Foxes are the most apt animals to protect themselves, and naturally they will not put themselves in danger.
But where did it think that there were two kings in this seemingly ordinary small area!
One is invincible in the night sky, and the other dominates the jungle.
"Whew!!"
The fox's frightened cry rang out in the night sky, and then instantly dissipated in the night wind.
The eagle owl, which was happily eating, turned its head slightly to look at the tiger cub under the tree that had peeped at it for half the night.
Lin Qian raised his head, with the bloody fox blood at the corner of his mouth, and grinned at the eagle owl with a tiger grin.
Big Bird, you wait!
One day, the master will pounce you under his claws and taste the taste of your flesh and blood!
This time, the eagle owl felt the provocative hostility of the tiger cub, and it was very angry and spread its huge wings at the tiger cub to show that it was not weak.
You're a little guy who hasn't even grown all the hair, better not beat me!
Lin Qian bared his teeth, noncommittal, and the fox turned around and sank into the dense bushes.
It's not that Lin Qian doesn't want to eat supper, it's really that the fox's fox smell is really unbearable, so it's better to be cheap and courageous little guy.
Seeing his brother come back with his prey, his courageous eyes suddenly lit up.
In the past few days, my brother has gone out to hunt secretly every night without taking it, and it is feeling unhappy, but when I saw that my brother brought him food, the stuffiness in my heart suddenly dissipated.
Lin Qian was a little amused when he saw that his younger brother was so coaxing.
The tiger's claws lifted and smoothed out the hair of courage.
Courage is not in a hurry to eat meat, and it is comfortable to be hairy by my brother.
The little tiger cub whined happily, and immediately lay down on the ground, letting his brother scratch his back.
Lin Qian lay next to him, stretching out his double grasp to smooth his hair.
Ah~The joy of petting a cat~