The breeze passes through the forest, the stream hits the pebbles at the bottom of the water, and the slender bodies of the swimming fish sway, dangling their long silver tails, and the shining scales reflect a ray of sunlight.

Beams of warm sunlight leaked through the cracks in the branches and foliage, shining on the banks of the stream, and the speckled spots of light reflected the gray-brown figure who was bowing his head and drinking water.

A herd of reindeer was happily drinking by the stream, when a female deer stood high on the riverbank with her ears pricked up, guarding her surroundings for her companions.

The number of this group of reindeer is neither more nor less, and the members of more than 300 are considered a powerful group in the reindeer family, of course, this group of reindeer usually does not gather so many of the same family, and they usually live separately as a "family".

In the stream, the conspicuous stag with a pair of huge antlers on its top looks like it is a little strained to lower its body, bow its head, and gulp down the clear water of the stream.

The reindeer leader looked at the sky, there was a hint of joy in his eyes, today is a good weather, a good time to travel.

The creek churned by the front hooves of the deer, and the sound of trampling stones sounded on the riverbank, and a drinking song was played.

The reindeer leader quickly swallowed enough water from the stream, and he stood up and shook his huge head, its heavy antlers looking huge.

There are two large bifurcation points above and below the antlers, the color is like the brown branches of trees, in the sun, it is a relatively brown color, and the upper end also has complex small bifurcation points.

Reindeer feed mainly on stone cores, but also on the twigs and leaves of horsetails, mushrooms and woody plants, so they will always look for lichens on the banks of rivers.

Reindeer begin to shed their hair in May and grow winter hair in September. The main coat colors are brown, off-white, white flowers and white, and white is generally found on the abdomen, neck and above the hooves.

The dorsal coat color of the reindeer is gray-brown and chestnut-brown in summer, the ventral surface and the lower part of the tail, and the inner side of the limbs are white, and the winter fur is slightly thick, gray-brown or gray-brown, and the beard and will be densely grown, showing self-color.

One of the most striking moves of reindeer is their annual migration of kilometres.

Every spring and summer, the reindeer begin to move north, returning to their birthplace. They leave hundreds of forests and grasslands in the subarctic region where they winter, and follow a route that has remained unchanged for centuries to the north.

The reindeer began to slowly leave the spruce forests scattered all over the place, and made their way through the mountains to the shore plains where no trees were growing.

Pregnant female reindeer will drag their heavy bellies in front and male reindeer in the back, which is a form of protection. Therefore, reindeer herds are always led by females, followed by males.

The reindeer herd is always in good order, and they eat day and night as they go, shedding their thick winter coats and giving birth to new thin summer coats, and the fluff that falls on the ground becomes a road signpost.

Year after year, I don't know how many centuries have passed.

The reindeer always move at a constant speed, and only when they encounter the disturbance of the wolves or the pursuit of the hunters, they will come to run, make an earth-shattering loud noise, raise the dust in the sky, break the tranquility of the grassland, and start a competition for life on the originally silent northern pole.

And today, it's time for this small herd of reindeer to head to the big army, ready to migrate.

Herds of reindeer gather on the flat grasslands outside the forest.

In the grassland, there is a mother river that connects the grassland and the forest, and they will run along the river through the grassland, over the forest and the mountains, and embark on a familiar and arduous road.

The future route of the reindeer, when the reindeer goes from south to north in spring, there will be the reindeer's fluff hanging on the road along the way, forming a road sign.

When the harsh winter is approaching, they follow the road again, and the fluff indicates the direction clearly, and there is no possibility of taking the wrong route.

Therefore, the reindeer herd is very familiar with this route.

Of course, their routes are not fixed, and they will change their routes at any time when they find predators, terrain, man-made obstacles, food, and weather on the way, but in the process, their destination does not change.

The huge reindeer herd ran in unison, the sound of hooves and chirping, like a song of heaven and earth, showing the power of life.

The main reason for the reindeer migration is the lack of food, and they spend a lot of time every day looking for low-calorie food such as lichen moss, so they have to walk long distances every day to find it.

Stone cores are the favorite plants of reindeer, and the young branches and leaves of mushrooms and woody plants are also on the diet of reindeer.

Reindeer have a strong digestion of lichens, and everything is depressed in winter, and lichens and mosses have become the main food of reindeer.

Lichen foods are high in unsaturated fatty acids, and it is this substance that improves the reindeer's ability to withstand the cold, so they don't have to worry about freezing in winter.

But the lichen itself is very low in nutrients, so most of the reindeer lose a lot of weight after the winter.

It can be said that the reindeer's whole life is to find food to survive.

The reindeer herd on the grassland is getting bigger and bigger, and countless deer hooves gather together, and the sound of converging hooves resounds between heaven and earth, announcing that the whole forest is about to set off.

"Howling ————"

A loud roar of the leading reindeer rang out, and then the deer's hooves lifted, and the huge reindeer procession began to move slowly.

It is the most vivid description of the moment to move the whole body, and the huge herd of deer is like a tide, slowly flowing and advancing.

The reindeer herd is not fast, they have already grasped the rhythm, unless they encounter danger, they will not waste too much energy, they still have a long way to walk, perseverance and long-term physical strength are the key.

As the deer began to advance, predators in the forests and grasslands quietly appeared and followed, staring at the figure of the deer with bloodthirsty and covetous eyes, they had already shown their sharp claws, waiting for an opportunity.

The route of the deer herd is unswerving, because this ancestor explored the road, there are many traces of brown and black hair, on the ground, on the trees, the wisps, are the reindeer hair that has been migrating for a long time, which is the road sign accumulated by the deer herd over the years of migration.

A small number of reindeer may find the northbound route their ancestors have traveled on this journey, or they may smell a hint of their predecessors.

Because the reindeer travel in groups, the growing herd often looks like a growing river, with tributaries flowing from both sides and eventually converging into a single wave that flows into the vast expanse of snow.

In the reindeer herd, there is naturally no shortage of young and old, although the assembly is formed, but the wisdom of wild animals is limited after all, although the reindeer herd will try to protect the young deer, but the crisis is always difficult to prevent.

Accidentally leaving the deer herd, the little reindeer that is one step behind can easily become the target of the beast, a shock, a sharp claw, and the deer herd will be frightened out of a distance.

Unfortunately, the reluctant hunter did not get what he wanted, and the deer that was attacked quickly and sensitively rushed into the herd and was once again sheltered.

Don't look at the young reindeer look immature and ignorant, but in fact, their ability to save their lives is not small, and the growth rate of young reindeer is incomparable to that of any animal.

The doe conceives in the winter and gives birth during their migration in the spring. The cubs can follow the doe two or three days after birth, and after a week, they can run as fast as their parents, reaching speeds of up to 48 kilometers per hour.

The reindeer mating season is from mid-September to October every year, when the battle for females is fierce, and the antlers on the top of the buck's head will be of greatest value at this time.

The sexual cycle of reindeer is 13-22 days, the fertility rate is high, the gestation period is 225-240 days, the litter is born in April-May, 1 litter per birth, occasionally 2 litters, and the lactation period is 165-180 days. Females are sexually mature at the age of 1.5, and individual well-developed individuals can participate in breeding that year until they are 14 years old, and their reproductive ability is very strong, while males are sexually mature later.

The lifespan of an ordinary reindeer can reach 20 years, of course, this is according to normal aging, in fact, wild reindeer can easily die in the wild and die young.

In the upper reaches of the grassland, a tributary of the Mother River winds into the heart of the forest, where the reindeer leader and a herd of reindeer slowly move down the river, ready to join the large army from the grassland where the tributaries converge.

In the afternoon of the primeval forest, it is quiet and gentle, the sun shines on the flowing water, and the river sparkles around the forest, which is as peaceful and beautiful as a painting.

The mother and son of the tiger were on the bank of the river at this time, and the mother tiger was lying under a small tree with two cubs, and the shallow shade of the tree slightly covered its huge body, giving cover to the mother and three tigers.

This is the first time that Lin Qianhe has participated in the feast of the forest, and it is also the first time to see such a large team of reindeer.

The feast began without warning and as a matter of course, and the tiger cubs, who had tasted the fruits of victory, felt the joy of hunting deer.

But alas, with a strange white mist appearing, the feast turned in an unknown direction.

The agile beast chose to stop and leave, and the greed continued.

The reindeer herd no longer kept the rhythm of the previous year slowly, and the reindeer leader who led the way in front suddenly roared, it felt a bad breath, and as soon as it lifted the deer hooves, it galloped forward with the deer, and it intuitively felt that it must leave this section of the river quickly!

The reindeer that followed were called back to their senses by its roar, and the deer roared loudly, and countless reindeer ran and quickly left the riverbank.

However, the reindeer herd behind them were unaware of the leader's roar, and they were already lost in the white mist.

The reindeer leader looked back at the thickening mist, and the figure of the deer herd in his eyes became more and more shapely, and this time, it had already made a decision.

"Young ————"

The resolute roar of the deer resounded through the forest, and was instantly drowned in the roar of rushing hooves.

With the sound of a thunderclap, a life-devouring vortex appeared strangely on the river, countless animals were swept in, and the terrified animals fled in all directions, leaving blood and minced flesh on the riverbank behind them.

The rushing reindeer herd ran up the hillside of the upstream side bank, and no reindeer dared to look back at the riverbank, and the blood turned from white to red, even if they were not very smart, they did not dare to take a second look.

The deer live on the hillside, and the flickering thunder of the night worries them, perhaps because they are afraid that their future will be difficult when the river rises heavily when it rains, or perhaps it is the strange change of the day that makes them uneasy.

The reindeer leader stood silently under the night sky, his eyes flashing with a flash of lightning.

When the morning sun is white, the strange night passes silently.

The riverbank, which was stained red with blood, was reflected in the golden eyes of the reindeer, which was originally adapted to the heat of summer, but now it was dyed blood-red by the scenery of the riverbank.

A strange emotion grew in his heart, which was suffocating, uncomfortable, and something that the reindeer leader could not comprehend at the moment.

Shaking the giant horn on its head, it clearly felt the weight from the top of its head, it still had a task, and a way to move on.

"Young ————" A deer roared, and all the reindeer who were shocked by the tragic situation on the riverbank came back to their senses, and then gathered and prepared to set off.

The reindeer herd finally took a look at the riverbank from afar on the hillside, and then resolutely departed under the leadership of the reindeer leader.

The dead of their kindred cannot be remembered, they need to find a new direction and go to the road to survival, but the red color in front of them has become the deepest memory in the hearts of many reindeer.

The reindeer leader's eyes have since taken on a hint of red, and his eyes have never changed from golden to blue with the climate change.

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The convergence of the reindeer leader and the steppe army was achieved when they left the tributary area.

But this year's reindeer herd has obviously shrunk a lot, but the reindeer are still quietly converging and moving forward, and no reindeer will ask questions or communicate with each other.

They have never had such social conditions, and they don't care about the scenery behind them, moving forward and surviving are the only background colors in their lives.

The leader of the reindeer herd is mostly a female deer, and a male deer such as the reindeer leader is relatively rare, but it is not impossible, and the merging of the surviving herd and large army makes the reindeer leader breathe a sigh of relief.

When the reindeer advances, the tendons on the soles of their feet collide with the bones, making a "kacha" and "kacha" sound.

Each deer's 4 legs make a sound 4 times, and when 100,000 reindeer move forward together, it sounds like a "concert" of 1 million people banging their teeth at the same time.

But at this time, this concert will undoubtedly make all the reindeer feel at ease.

With the end of autumn and the arrival of winter, there are more and more windy days, especially in recent days, and there is a trend of intensification.

After autumn, the reindeer herd arrives at a familiar and unfamiliar forest, familiar because they pass through this forest almost every year, and strange because they hardly enter the interior of the forest, they only walk in fixed marginal areas, hurrying by.

The forest is almost entirely made of pine trees, the ground is solid, and there is a common stone ditch at the bottom of the hillside, which in summer is like a small stream with a clear stream of water.

However, as the temperature drops and the arrival of winter, the high parts of the snow-capped mountains are re-frozen, and the small streams at the foot of the mountains naturally disappear.