In my days as a farmer

Xia Dongli has always known that felines are more or less neurotic, but for a dog father who has never had close contact with cats, he never imagined that the first close contact with cats would be such a scene .

When he rushed to rice panting, he saw the pet dogs lying on the ground idly watching, and in the open space less than 50 meters away from them, two lynxes were arguing.

Yes, it was a quarrel.

The lengths of the two lynxes are not much different, but one of them looks thinner, but its hair is upside down all over its body, and from the visual effect, it is rounder than the other one.

The distance between the two lynxes is less than 20 centimeters, facing each other face to face.The thin and thin lynx was louder. I saw it howling loudly at the other one. It looked very aggressive, but the other one had to be calmer and calmer. Although the sound was not loud, every time it yelled, it would be louder. Can elicit an even more angry howl from the other.

Uh, for Twolegs who don't understand the language of cats, the so-called angry howl is the difference between "ah~" and "ahhh~", if it's more angry, it's ahhh~

"Why are there two lynxes? Isn't a lynx a solitary animal?" Xia Dongli was a little puzzled, but this didn't stop him from quietly reaching out and pulling Rice's collar, dragging it back from the front row of spectators, and then Calmly put the traction vest on Mi Li, and quietly pulled the two dogs back tactically.

After he pulled the two dogs back a few steps, San'er, who was eating melons in the front row, also spontaneously sat beside them when he saw this.

The two humans and the three dogs just watched as the roars became louder and louder, and the foreheads of the two lynxes got closer and closer. The thinner one assumed an attacking posture and was about to hit the other with its head, but was caught by the other. One easily dodges.

This move obviously aroused its anger, and the thin one immediately stood up and was about to use its front paws to attack the enemy, but the other one took two steps back to avoid the attack again.

For onlookers, they can easily see the difference in strength between the two. The thinner one is obviously weaker, and the other one can only be said to be playing with it, not really.

Injuries to wild animals in the wild can easily attract predators. Except for mating rights during the breeding season, when animals of the same species meet, except for those who intend to grab territory, most of them are on point. Face each other to judge their size and voice and protect them. The willpower of the territory, if you see that the other party is not easy to provoke, just retreat.

After all, life is the most important thing. It's really strange that a small lynx like today is holding on and not retreating.

"What's wrong with them?" Xia Dongli asked Xun Yao with his head tilted.But before Xun Yao could speak, another person suddenly interrupted them.

"Hush!" A head suddenly poked out from the bushes on the side, and the other party made a gesture of silence at them, and then beckoned them to hide.

Xia Dongli glanced at the camera sticking out of the bushes, then looked at the man's almost perfect concealment posture and the camouflage uniform, and walked over with the dog, and then he was horrified to find that there were still people in the grass. hiding from a young man.

This one is even more exaggerated. He even wears a hat full of branches on his head, and camouflage colors are painted on his face. People who don't know may think he is a field soldier.

Four people and three dogs sharing a small grass is a bit cramped, and everyone can barely squeeze their upper body to avoid the lynx from seeing them directly.

"The two are...?" Xia Dongli had a rough idea when he saw the label on the camera of the other party. This kind of coded label is usually a mark made by a large enterprise for the convenience of entering and exiting the warehouse. This kind of machine should not be a private player.However, although he had guessed, he still wanted to confirm it.

"We are from the Forestry Bureau." It was a middle-aged man who greeted them. He moved with some difficulty, and stretched out his hand to Xia Dongli, "Are you Xiaoxia, a villager in Xiaojin Village? I have admired them for a long time, and my surname is Li." Muzi Li, just call me Lao Li, this is my partner, surnamed Zhang, Li Zaozhang."

The villager Xiaoxia was silent for a while, and took his hand out from under the dog's belly of the rice to shake with them: "Hello, Teacher Li, Hello, Teacher Zhang, I am Xia Dongli, and this is Xun Ao, Xunzi's Xun."

After exchanging greetings for a while, Lao Li briefly introduced the situation: "Actually, we went up the mountain when we received the news, but we didn't tell you about the discovery of rare wild animals according to the regulations. But it doesn't matter if we happen to meet now Come, come, let me introduce you."

He pointed to the calm lynx: "It should be the one that nestled in your house at the beginning. It is the lord here, and it is a male lynx. We named it Dawang."

"This one," he pointed at the lynx with fried fur, "this is a girl, she came to Baiyun Mountain with a big belly a while ago, she was still injured when she came here, she might have escaped after losing the land grab. It has now given birth to a cub in Baiyun Mountain, and the cub is estimated to be less than a week old, I don’t know how many there are, but it should still be alive.”

"But it may be unfamiliar with the terrain, or it may not be enough hunting skills. We have seen it fail several times. If the mother does not eat well, the milk will not be enough. I don't know how the cub is doing now."

It turned out to be a hungry mother, and Xia Dongli suddenly thought of the scene of the sudden theft at home yesterday: "So it should be the one who stole my chicken yesterday."

"Stealing the chicken?" The two of them, Li and Zhang, have been on the mountain these days, so they obviously haven't gotten any news yet.Seeing the two of them looking at each other with curiosity in their eyes, Xia Dongli picked out the surveillance screenshots on his phone and showed them to them.

When Lao Li saw the photo, he insisted: "That's it."

Xia Dongli took back his phone and looked at the figure above, and then at the female lynx who was scolding in front of him. He couldn't figure out how this figure could be judged from such a silhouette.

"We just eat this kind of food, so we can naturally see the difference, just like some people can see [-] by staring at a stone."

"The spots captured by your infrared lens are the same as those on this little girl." Seeing Xia Dongli comparing the photos back and forth, Lao Li smiled and explained, "But what's the matter with your dogs, they were straight up just now I went straight at the female lynx, if the male lynx didn't jump down and interrupt it, there would have been a fight."

"I didn't say that, no matter how small the lynx is, it is still a beast. Its bite force is not a joke. You two dogs look like pet dogs. Next time you have to tie them tightly, otherwise you will not be able to charge up. .”

"They are not pet dogs, they are working dogs." Xia Dongli reiterated the identities of the dogs, "When this lynx came to steal the chicken yesterday, all my dogs were in the house but couldn't stop it. Those who came for revenge, I didn't catch any of them, and they sneaked up the mountain."

"Ouch——" Lao Li was silent for a while after hearing the words, a little embarrassed, "Then you can only wrong them in the future. After all, lynxes are protected animals, and there are only a few thousand in the world..."

Xia Dongli nodded, and interrupted his unfinished words: "It's okay, I know, I didn't care about it, I just couldn't bear the dignity of the dog at home."

"Hey, okay, then you can tell them more, or buy a few more chickens quickly, and they will forget when they get busy." Old Li was a little happy when he heard this, and he raised his mouth again, "Yes, I was arrested. Remember to report the chicken to the Forestry Bureau, and you will get compensation.”

Xia Dongli didn't say that he had already submitted the application. He expressed his gratitude to others for their kind reminders, but he heard Lao Li groaning and saying: "Well, can you send me a copy of the video first?"

Xia Dongli was speechless for a moment, but it wasn't a big problem. He readily agreed, and the two of them happily turned on the mobile phone transmission mode.Xia Dongli asked while sending the video: "Then how did the two of them do it?"

"We don't know too much." Lao Li glanced at the transmission record happily, then carefully put the phone away, and said, "Lynx is a special animal. There is no absolute difference in size between male lynx and female lynx. At most, it is a few centimeters bigger and weighs one or two catties, which is actually not obvious when put together."

"These two are just because the female lynx is breastfeeding, and it should be younger, so it can be clearly seen that it has become smaller." Xia Dongli glanced at the two lynxes, and said to Lao Li, " I have a new understanding of the word "obvious".

Lao Li continued: "Because there is no absolute advantage, in the wild environment, male lynxes and female lynxes have a tacit understanding with each other when they meet each other. Everyone just weighs and compares their body shapes and then avoids them. Now on the bar If so, I guess the female lynx's nest may be nearby, and the male lynx wants to drive her away."

Xia Dongli was taken aback: "Shut it away? The male lynx doesn't want a wife?"

Isn't it said that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers unless there is one male and one female?Tigers are also felines that like to live alone, so their living habits should be the same as those of lynxes, right?

"This year's estrus period has passed." Lao Li obviously knows the physiological habits of lynxes very well. "After the estrus period, animals generally seldom have the urge to mate. Even mating females will try to avoid ovulation. This is a female self-protection, mainly to avoid having children in seasons of food scarcity.”

"Experienced female animals can even control their estrus according to the weather conditions of the year, so as to achieve the most abundant food opportunities when the cubs are born."

He smiled: "Don't look at this male lynx as if it's doing something stupid to drive away the wife-to-be. In fact, it's quite shrewd. This female lynx has just given birth, even if the male lynx takes her away The cubs were killed to force it to go into heat again. The gestation period of a female lynx is two months. In September, Baiyun Mountain has entered the end of autumn. .”

"The purpose of mating animals is to leave offspring. Since the female lynx can't feed her offspring, why should the male lynx keep it in its own territory for free?"

Well, what a heartless thinking!

Xia Dongli slowly closed his wide-open mouth, because he knew that this woman could not be the mother of his child and drove her away... It's a bit unmannered, but it's understandable when you think about it.You can only know honor and disgrace if you have enough food and clothing. Isn't it a fool to talk about feelings without enough food?

Just looking at the female lynx who was covered in fur but not retreating an inch, Xia Dongli couldn't help but sighed in his heart: "It seems that the female lynx is afraid of the little lynx and refuses to retreat... Will they fight?"

"Maybe, it depends on the temper of the male lynx." Lao Li was also a little pessimistic, he sighed, "If there is a fight, the female lynx will definitely not be able to win."

The atmosphere was a little dull for a while, Xia Dongli looked at the few people around him, and stopped talking.

He actually wanted to say that otherwise they could come forward together to get rid of the male lynx first, and then move the female lynx and cubs to other places to avoid the conflict between the two sides, but the two forestry bureau experts are silent Without saying a word, he seemed to be silently observing the situation, so he swallowed the thought.

The reason why insiders are insiders is because they know the way. They have tracked and recorded the two lynxes for so long, and they must be more nervous than him about the current situation. But at the moment, the two of them are silent, obviously for some reason Cannot intervene.

He seems to have heard that when shooting a documentary, the law of absolute onlookers must be followed, but does the Forestry Bureau also need it?

As if knowing what he was thinking, Comrade Xiaozhang, who had been silent all this time, said, "It's not non-interference, it's that we can't interfere now."

Lao Li looked back at them, and understood what Xia Dongli was thinking. He cracked the corner of his mouth, and the middle-aged man covered in mud stretched his eyebrows and showed him a hearty smile: "If we go out now, we can indeed drive away." The male lynx, but the female lynx will feel that its nest is not safe, and it may choose to move, but it is more likely to kill the cubs immediately."

"But if we don't go out now, there is another possibility—" He pointed to the scene with a mysterious face and said, "Look!"

Xia Dongli poked his head out, and the curious rice followed suit.One person and one dog got out of the bushes with two heads, and saw that the two lynxes who had been fighting a few minutes ago seemed to have reached some consensus through fierce quarrels. It barked lazily a few times, and the female lynx actually curled up its limbs, and slowly sat down on the ground in front of the male lynx, and then let the male lynx lick its fur with a gesture of acquiescence.

"Look!" Lao Li looked a little proud, "This is the establishment of a relationship of submission."

"Submission relationship?" Xia Dongli repeated these four words, realizing a little, "You mean the male lynx allows the female lynx to live in its territory?"

"The young man has a good understanding!" Lao Li praised him, "The vast majority of cats are lone rangers, but it is not completely accidental. If the territory is large enough and the food is abundant, they will also establish Submit to the relationship, like a tiger."

"Male and female tigers generally live in separate areas. They only approach each other during the estrus period, and leave immediately after mating. However, some male tigers will also allow female tigers to live in their territory, and even tolerate cubs. When it becomes an adult, it will return to its territory to hunt, of course not many times."

"However, it is rare for the king to allow lynxes that are not his wife and children to live in his own territory. It should be said that he is worthy of the king."

Lao Li introduced Xia Dongli with some pride: "The king is a very special lynx. It has a very good temper. I am sure it must have discovered us several times, but it did not attack. I think it may be It has something to do with keeping a catnip tree in captivity."

"Catnip?" Xia Dongli heard this term for the first time, "What is that? Is it a very precious plant?"

"The scientific name is Nepeta, an aromatic plant, just like ordinary mint, but its aromatic substances make most cats feel happy and excited, so everyone called it this name." Lao Li touched it Chin, "The effect of catnip varies from cat to cat. Some cats have no reaction to it, some cats will be very aggressive after smelling it, and some will lie down and roll. Generally speaking, male cats react more. Said it might have something to do with hormones, catnip gives cats a feeling of being in love."

"Da Wang's reaction to catnip may be a little more peaceful, similar to the mentality of "I'm in a good mood today so I don't bother to care about you". "

"Now this season is the flowering period of nepeta, and the smell will be stronger, so cats will be more affected. We are also surprised that catnip has an effect on lynx, and it is so strong. No one here before It's strange to plant such a thing."

"You said... no one grew catnip here before?" Xia Dongli thought suddenly, and the thoughts in his mind suddenly strung together.

He remembered what it was like when this lynx named Dawang came to his house for the first time! !

At that time, his whole yard was full of intoxicated cats. Until they were startled away by Assistant Xiao Li, those cats were all in a daze, and some were rolling and meowing.

correct!What did the lynx pluck from their house at that time!Could it be that a catnip tree was accidentally mixed with the mint planted in his yard to repel insects, and then that catnip tree attracted a group of grass-sucking cats?

They didn't come back later, not because there were people at home, but because the catnip was gone!I'm afraid that this boss thinks that smoking mint in other people's house is not enjoyable, so he came to the door and kidnapped the catnip directly?

What kind of domineering president's style is this? ! !

and also!

Xia Dongli suddenly thought of the anti-drug propaganda slogan of Xiaojin Village pasted on the gate of his house, and then thought about this person's behavior, and wanted to tear it off and stick it on the cat's door.

Eliminating the scourge of drugs can benefit future generations, dear!Indulging in virtual love is a bad idea!

The author has something to say: Lynx Dynasty:

The patriarch of the Buddhist domineering lynx who is addicted to sucking grass - the king of the male lynx.

A grumpy old mother who raises a baby——a little lynx girl.