Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 858 Identity Recognition

The feel of wild cheetahs is very different from that of ordinary domestic cats.

It looks fluffy in appearance, but many people may think it is very soft, just like the fat cat at home, it will be very refreshing to rub.

But in fact, after stroking it with your hands, you will find that the handle of a big cat is generally rougher than that of a domestic cat, and even rougher than a dog of the same size.

It's not because the natural hair is hard. From wild cats and domestic cats, you can also feel the difference between soft and hard hair. The main problem lies in feeding.

Domestic cats are well-nourished and bathed frequently, and their hair is naturally soft and supple.

Not to mention the nutrition in the wild, it is very common to eat a full meal when you are hungry. Coupled with wind and rain, the hair will become dry, split ends, and hard.

This is actually a kind of protection, and the hard hair will have an advantage in the event of a fight.

Harley grew up in the conservation center, so he didn't have to worry about food. Simply eating meat was not enough. The breeders here would specially allocate a certain amount of liver to supplement vitamins.

But don't even think about taking a shower.

In addition to being similar to elephants, water-loving creatures such as hippos will flush water regularly. Normal animals may have washed several times when they were young, but they basically remain similar to their natural state after adulthood. This also helps animals adapt to the wild environment in advance. Enhance body resistance.

The Kenya Conservation Center is not a zoo, and most of the rescued animals will eventually return to the wild.

Because of this, Harley's hair is not as soft and smooth as most people imagine, and some parts of the back can even be called hard.

However, the hair on the flanks and neck is still soft. Compared with the huge size of a domestic cat, it really feels completely different to the touch. There is a feeling of fullness that the entire palm is covered. This is absolutely unmatched by small animals.

The audience in front of the screen expressed their inner envy, and at the same time felt joy for this successful release.

In just three days, no, it should be said that it was two and a half days, he was able to successfully have physical contact with a strange cheetah without resisting. This progress is really incredible.

[Should it be said that it is Fang Shen? 】

[I have been feeding a wild cat downstairs for more than a month, and I haven't tried it yet (woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

【Wild Cat: That idiot who comes to deliver meals every day is so easy to lie, meow~】

[Hahahaha, I died laughing]

【I want to lick big cats too】

Since it was the first time, Bi Fang wasn't too eager. After Harley finished his food, he also stopped. He didn't stay too long in Harley's residence and left directly.

With a successful contact, the subsequent development becomes easier.

For the next three feedings, even though the hunger was not so strong, Harley still chose to go forward to eat, from the hesitation at noon to the natural calmness at night.

The changes in it were unexpected, and inexplicably reasonable.

After all, the whole process of change was seen by everyone.

The chin, the top of the head, the back, these are the areas that Bi Fang focuses on.

With the same physiological structure, there is really not much difference between cats and cheetahs, even the comfort zone is similar.

When a cat indulges in petting, it means it likes you, and the same goes for a cheetah.

At night, after eating the last meal, Harley did not leave as before, but lay down on the ground, letting Bi Fang stroke its neck.

This is yet another progress worth celebrating.

With the foundation, on the fourth and fifth day, the relationship between the two parties developed rapidly, and the level of the relationship continued to break through. At noon on the fifth day, Harley was able to come out for activities again.

In fact, before the breeder who discovered Harley died unexpectedly, Harley had a certain amount of time for activities every day, usually within the range of the protection center.

The protection center does not often have foreign visitors. Even if there are, every employee will be notified to manage the animals in their charge to ensure that strangers will not be attacked.

As long as everyone is familiar with each other, beasts that are not too dangerous can move freely.

If going outside the sanctuary, a collar will be worn.

However, since the accidental death of Hamid Griffith from a heart attack, in order to create familiar conditions for Bi Fang and Harley in the protection center, it has never left its own 30 square meters and is surrounded by iron nets. Fang.

This is the first time today.

Barry drove by the dirt road in his small car, looked at Harley who was walking leisurely beside Bi Fang, and said with a smile: It seems that your relationship is developing well.

Yeah, it's a lot easier to get along with than I thought it would be.

Hahaha.

Barry laughed a few times, then twisted the handle of the car, and the car quickly left the sight, and everyone could still see the skinned pork on the back seat of the car, exposing the bright red flesh and tissue, shaking up and down in the bumps.

Apparently, Barry was off to be fed.

【Envy, the animals in the protection center eat better than me】

[Does the protection center accept human waste like me? If necessary, I can show my belly]

[Is the one showing her belly in front of you a young lady? 】

【No, pure man】

【Damn, can you die?】

[You can still discuss this matter with a young lady (dog head)]

[It's already number five, God Fang, tell me, can you see Harley running on the prairie before the National Day holiday is over? 】

Seeing the last barrage question, Bi Fang looked down at Harley at his feet, thought for a moment, and estimated a time point.

Maybe on the seventh.

In the past few days of getting along, I found that Harley is quite smart. After five days of getting along, it can roughly recognize my identity now.

Identification, not distinction from individual to individual.

For animals, this is actually very easy to confirm, the smell is clear after a few smells.

But identity verification is not so simple.

In the animal world, there are also the concepts of parents, friends, parent-child, and children, as well as the hierarchical concepts of leaders, subordinates, and equals.

This kind of identity confirmation is not so easy for animals.

Especially in the case that it is obviously not the same species, it takes a lot of effort to make animals have the idea that this is their own companion.

Even Bi Fang spent several days in order to impress Harley that he was its new breeder and companion.

Perhaps this is still due to the fact that cheetahs are social animals.

There is a social intelligence hypothesis about animal cognitive abilities, which holds that social animals need to constantly monitor their fellow animals, predict their behavior and respond in time to cooperate with them or compete for resources.

In the process, cognitively stronger individuals benefit from this challenge and are better able to survive and reproduce, resulting in an evolutionary advantage.

Thus, the more complex the social structure, the more it facilitates the evolution of cognitive abilities.

Because it's just a hypothesis, it hasn't been substantively proved, and even many experiments are contradictory, so I'll just say it out for everyone to listen to.

In an ugly country, two female scientists conducted an experiment on who is smarter, a lion or a tiger, and the results of the two experiments were contradictory.

Natalia Borrego from the University of Miami designed a puzzle feeding box that allows animals to pull open the door and eat the meat if they pull the string in the right direction.

She used spotted hyenas and three types of big cats as experimental subjects. A total of 48 animals participated in the experiment, and each animal had three attempts.

The result of the experiment was that 8 of the 9 spotted hyenas opened the box door, 16 of the 21 lions succeeded, 6 of the 11 leopards succeeded, and only 2 of the 7 tigers succeeded.

This result is in line with the social intelligence hypothesis, and the innovation ability of group-living spotted hyenas and lions is better than that of solitary tigers and leopards.

Also a social predator, spotted hyenas performed better than lions in the experiment, which may be because spotted hyenas have a more complex social structure.

Spotted hyenas live in hierarchical clans, while lion pride members are equal in status.

Spotted hyenas face more challenges than lions in dealing with social status and social relationships.

In 15 years, Natalia published her experiment as a paper titled - Social carnivores use innovative problem-solving abilities better than non-social carnivores.

However, anyone who has done scientific experiments should know that only a small number of samples of four animals were tested, and the representativeness is suspicious.

So Sarah Benson Amram of the University of Wyoming also published her research results in a paper in 2015. Her research is more thorough and detailed, involving 9 families and 39 species of mammals.

She also designed a kind of educational feeding box, the animal can open the box door by pulling out the latch, and get the food in the box.

As far as the four animals in Natalia's experiment are concerned, in Sarah's experiment, the success rate of spotted hyenas is still the highest at 40%, but the success rate of tigers is 33.3%, ranking second. , and the lion and leopard dropped to third and fourth.

The difference in the results of the two experiments may be due to the different experimental props. Natalia's experiment is to pull the rope, while Sarah's experiment needs to pull out the door bolt. Relatively speaking, the latter experiment is more difficult.

Another possible reason is individual differences, and some animals in individual zoos may have been trained to be more intelligent.

These two opposite results can't prove that the social intelligence hypothesis must be wrong, nor can it prove that it is right. It may be correct in some aspects, and it is more likely to be incomplete, so I say it out , expand it for everyone.”

But Harley is indeed quite smart. I'll take it to the grassland tomorrow to have a look. If it performs well, I'll try my best to officially start the live broadcast before the 7th.

From the 1st to the 7th is the National Day holiday.

Nowadays, Bi Fang's fans are becoming more and more globalized. The domestic audience has already accounted for less than half of the number of people in the live broadcast room, but it is still about one-third. He still takes care of the reasons. If he can try to start during the holidays, then during the holidays start.

[Good guy, these days, if you don’t read some papers, you’d be too embarrassed to come out to survive in the wilderness]

[Don't be so omnipotent! 】

【Too scary】

[In the past, I always thought that the development of an industry was rapid and gradual. Knowing that I discovered Fangshen, he directly took the path of survival in the wilderness to the peak (cover face)]

[Indeed, masters of rock climbing, masters of rappelling, and those who play the limit, there will always be people who are more powerful. I also believe that there will be people who break the record in the future, but Fang Shen, to be honest, I really can’t imagine a better person than him. What is the more awesome scene]

No way, no way.

Bi Fang smiled, knelt down and touched Harley's ear.

Harley walking on the path is more vigorous and graceful, full of the unique charm of cats.

Felines are recognized as attractive species, but if you want to choose the most beautiful among cats, different people may have different answers.

For example, snow leopards have white hair dotted with black markings, like snow elves.

Some people will choose a lion, with a thick mane and a domineering look.

There are also many people who favor cheetahs. They have slender limbs and a graceful figure, combining elegance and beauty.

Being able to let such a beautiful creature spread out with him is definitely an experience worth recording in life.

Bi Fang took Harley to the protection center for more than an hour, relieved Harley's depression of staying in the iron net for a long time, and then returned to the protection net, but this time Bi Fang did not leave, but unexpectedly Unexpectedly, everyone cleaned up at the side, clearing out a small open space.

Harley sat in the shadow of the fender, his tail swept the ground, and yawned boredly.

Harley's performance is good today. Tomorrow I'm going to take Harley to the grassland to have a look. In order to shorten the distance between us and it, I'm going to sleep with Harley tonight and find a place in the protection net. Make a floor.

Even if you get used to it in advance, you will be in the wild after two days, and there will be days like this every day.

Bi Fang slept outdoors every day, and felt no discomfort when making a bed on the ground.

Instead, the audience expressed their views.

【Damn it, I want to sleep with the big cat too】

【Ah, is this dangerous?】

【Impossible】

[To be honest, cats are not as reliable as dogs. Sometimes I really don’t know what they are thinking. They may be playing well one second, but they will scratch their heads the next second.]

[This is urgent (funny)]

Of course I have considered all of these, but as I said, this is actually an adaptation in advance. After all, there will be no fewer days like this in the future. It will be the same sooner or later.

If I'm not sure, I won't make such a decision.

Bi Fang comforted the audience.

He knows much more about the behavior and reactions of felines than the audience. After a few days of getting along, he also has a general understanding of Harley's character, so he can still ensure safety.

The development of the matter was indeed as Bi Fang expected, and nothing unexpected happened.

Early the next morning, Bi conveniently saw the cheetah curled up beside him.