Chapter 28 Happy Pond Life
After the polar bear mother and son left, Guo Mi took the two little fur balls to herself and had the entire lake to herself!
After simply catching a few fish to pad Ba Ba Ba’s belly, she led the little bear towards the hole they dug in the first place!
Anyway, a rogue male bear suddenly appeared inside in the end, and Guo Mi no longer insisted on digging new holes.
She thought of a better way!
From the time Caesar first appeared in the cave sleeping soundly until now, after digging out the hole used by Guo Mi to "kill the ground bear" and the first hole that collapsed, she dug a total of more holes near the lake. Six whole holes!
Both the location and the soft dead grass leaves inside, these holes are perfect places to live!
The most important thing is that Caesar can only find up to three holes in a row in a day!
Taking into account the lazy character of the male bear, this number will be reduced to two!
Guo Mi is going to take the little bear back to the cave and sleep one day at a time!
This way, the possibility of meeting Caesar is much less. Even if Caesar smells her scent in the cave, she will not go back to the cave the next day!
As long as two small furballs smell the scent farther away from the hole, they can determine the hole with the least smell left by the male bear at a safe distance, and the possibility of Caesar finding them while they sleep. Very little!
This will not only prevent Caesar from attacking the two bears while she is sleeping, but also enjoy the fruits of his labor.
The hole she dug must not be cheap for that big and strong bear!
After three days of such peace and quiet, Caesar never appeared again. Guo Mi felt that the method was effective and relaxed his vigilance slightly.
She still takes the little bear to the lake to catch fish every day. There is no way to avoid this. They have to eat.
During the period, the mother bear appeared once again with her cubs that day, but she only saw Guo Mi with two small fur balls at the lake from a distance, so she did not come closer, but brought her cubs with her. The little bear left.
Guo Mi sighed in his heart and did not do anything extra.
It is much more useful to stay silent and do your own thing at this time than to disturb the polar bear mother and her son.
Two days later, the polar bear mother and her son appeared around the lake again.
This time they did not leave. The mother bear and her cubs came to the opposite side of Guo Mi and the two little fur balls. There was an entire lake between them.
This is a very safe distance!
Although they are still far apart and unable to speak, this also means that the female bears are becoming less wary of them.
Guo Mi is already very satisfied with the result.
She took her two cubs to catch fish on this side of the lake. She had a strong sense of boundaries and did not cross a safe distance, so the polar bear mother and her son got along well with them.
However, Guo Mi looked over there uncontrollably from the corner of his eye, and soon discovered that the polar bear's method of catching fish was completely different from his own!
The mother bear left the cub on the shore, then jumped into the water, and soon began to dive!
The huge body of the white bear appears very nimble in the water, turning and floating leisurely.
However, agile movements cannot make up for the size gap. The fish in the lake are much more agile than the huge body of the polar bear!
It is undoubtedly difficult for a female bear to catch a fish that is much smaller than her own body in the water, and it always takes a lot of time.
After a long time, she managed to catch a fish and climbed onto the shore. After placing the small fish in front of the bear cub, she shook her hair and seemed ready to rest for a while before continuing.
Guo Mi was amazed at how long the female bear held her breath in the water!
After watching the female bear swimming, she tried to go into the water, but her paws were only halfway into the water. She couldn't bear it anymore and finally retracted!
There is no way, it is too cold. As long as the paws stay in the ice water for a long time, the biting cold has penetrated into the body through the hair, as if it is going to penetrate into the bones.
Guo Mi had to give up and once again marveled at the polar bear's adaptability to the cold.
While Guo Mi paid close attention to the mother and child of the polar bear, the female bear opposite also became very curious about her hunting methods.
This was the first time she had seen such a fishing method.
That strange bear just put its nose on the water, and in a short time it was able to slap the fish out of the water with its paws!
Those fish seemed to appear out of thin air in front of her paws, and they were extremely fast, much faster than she could catch them in the water!
The little bear cub eats fish very quickly. A mere fish is eaten up in the blink of an eye. He sits next to the mother bear and looks at the salmon and fish bones on the other side of the lake with his mother. He takes a picture of Guo Mi. fish piled together. His small eyes shone with desire, and he licked the remaining blood around his mouth.
The mother bear noticed the appearance of the cub, and her eyes looked in the direction of Guo Mi with a little more hesitation.
Guo Mi was directing the two cubs to work when Salmon suddenly trotted over, Doudou looked at her expectantly:
"Guo Mi, you said last time that I could learn from you how to Caught fish!”
Guo Mi immediately remembered that this was indeed the case.
Salmon can now quickly deal with the fish she lands. She no longer has to wait for her to knock the fish out, and she can indeed learn more things.
When faced with a little guy who is eager to learn, Guo Mi will never be stingy in teaching him.
She brought the salmon to the lake and explained the key points of catching the fish in detail, adding at the end:
"You are still young, and your claws are not as strong as mine. You may not be able to take pictures of big fish, so when you take pictures, try to choose small fish. Although they don’t have much meat, they are easy to succeed!”
Little Bear listened carefully to Guo Mi’s instructions and couldn’t wait to give it a try, and then ……
Fell into the water!
It almost happened in the blink of an eye. Guo Mi only had time to hear a clear sound of water, and then there was only a high splash of water in front of him!
In the blink of an eye, the soaked little bear was already splashing its little paws in the water, and its little head was trying to reach out of the water, looking like it was struggling desperately!
Guo Mi was completely dumbfounded. He stretched out his claws to fish out the little bear but found that he couldn't do it. The little bear had already fluttered away on its own!
In the end I could only grit my teeth, close my eyes and jump into the water!
The polar bear mother and son opposite also stared blankly on the spot, just watching the huge fur ball splashing on the water, and then disappeared!
The fish bones were running around anxiously. They stood on the shore and stretched their necks to look into the water, screaming incessantly.
Only then did the mother bear realize something, and her eyes widened in surprise:
Can that little cub and that strange bear not know how to swim?
This possibility is very slim among polar bears. You must know that the biggest food source of polar bears is seals. Being unable to swim means that the possibility of hunting seals is almost zero!
The female bear was a little unable to accept it, but seeing the little cub jumping up and down across the way, she couldn't help but feel excited, and she sat on the bank and looked worriedly into the water.
Time passed little by little, and just when the mother bear couldn't sit still and wanted to go into the water to have a look, a huge bubble suddenly appeared on the lake, and then a wet head emerged from the water with a little bear on its head. Come out!
Guo Mi held the salmon on his head and paddled slowly towards the shore, finally using all his strength to climb onto the shore!
The salmon was put back into the snow. It didn't look like it was frightened, but just a little confused.
The hair all over Guo Mi's body was soaked with ice water. When the wind blew, he suddenly took a breath of cold air, shaking like chaff and unable to sit still.
Just as he was about to stand up and shake his hair, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear:
“These two cubs can’t swim?”
Guo Mi was stunned and turned his head. At first glance, I found that the mother bear and her cub were in front of me out of nowhere, and I couldn't hide the surprise in my eyes.
The mother bear still firmly protected her cub behind her, looking at Guo Mi who was shivering from the cold with complex eyes, emotions mixed in her eyes, and finally whispered:
" You must teach the two cubs to swim, and you must also be able to persist in the water for a long time. In the Arctic, bears who cannot swim cannot survive.”
As if just to say this, the mother bear turned around and left with the cub without waiting for Guo Mi to answer.
Guo Mi lowered his head blankly, faced Salmon who was also wet and confused, and took a deep breath.
The picture comes from the documentary:
"Polar Bear: Detective on the Ice"
I would like to collect your opinions. If you see the inserted picture, will you find it awkward? If it’s too abrupt, I will only post pictures of the environment in the future
(End of this chapter)