Chapter 62 The Price of Growth
The small black shadow collided and bounced on the raised part of the stone wall, and finally fell heavily!
The big goose that had just swooped down and flew back into the sky had quickly fallen to the side. At the same time, a white figure suddenly jumped out from the top of another stone wall, descending at a very fast speed!
Only then did Guo Mi see that what fell to the ground was not a black stone, but a goose that looked like it had just been born!
The big goose spread its wings and stood in front of the gosling, trying to block the attack of the raptor with its body and try to save the gosling a way out.
The white-haired falcon that wanted to hunt the goose hit the big goose like a cannonball, knocking it backwards.
The impact of a falcon's hunting is huge, and there are few natural enemies in nature. The fierce collision just now was enough to kill the goose.
But it still supported its body and tried its best to stop in front of the goose.
The body of the goose that fell from a high altitude was lying on the rocks like it was falling apart. Guo Mi suspected that it was dead because it fell from a height of at least 80 meters.
The height of this mountain wall is much higher than the one she climbed up. If a bear fell from such a height, it would be shattered to pieces.
If she had faced such a mountain wall just now, no matter how hungry she was, she would not have been able to climb it.
What's more, what's falling down now is such a small gosling.
However, just when Guo Mi lamented that the goose was doing useless work, the little goose that she thought was dead suddenly twitched twice!
Guo Mi's eyes widened and he stared blankly at the fluffy goose on the short rock suddenly "resurrected from the dead"!
The immature body struggled hard, then slowly rolled and stood up, with its short wings flapping, looking up at the goose protecting him with its little head raised, and letting out a high-pitched and small cry!
As if telling the world that it survived!
The cry was like a trumpet encouraging the seriously injured goose. It spread its wings and flapped hard, making a rough cry. It continued to stretch its neck to attack the white gyrfalcon in front of it, trying to kill it. The uninvited guest was driven away.
The attack power of the falcon dropped sharply when it landed on the ground. After weighing the pros and cons, it could only fly into the sky first.
The big goose, which had finally driven away its strong enemy, seemed to have lost its fighting spirit and suddenly collapsed. With exhaustion and support on its seriously injured body, the goose lowered its head and nuzzled the little goose.
Guo Mi believes that it has taught her children the most valuable lesson, that is, bravery.
In the distance, two geese, one big and one one small, cuddled up affectionately, as if it was the perfect ending to the story.
It was so beautiful that Guo Mi hesitated whether to take this opportunity to eat them.
However, not every story has a happy ending. The direction of the story changes in an instant!
Two foxes suddenly jumped out from the gap in the boulder!
The big goose obviously did not expect this change to happen, and it was too late to spread its wings and repeat the same trick to protect the gosling!
The two foxes cooperated tacitly. One was responsible for dealing with the big goose and bit its wide-open wings, while the other pounced directly on the little goose!
The little guy who had no ability to resist was taken into the mouth by the fox and dragged into the gap between the boulders before he even had time to struggle!
The goose tried to catch up with the cub, but it was no longer possible. The remaining fox bit its wing and shook its head hard and dragged it back.
The goose, which was at the end of its fight, could only watch helplessly as the fox snatched the little goose away.
No, it doesn't care about the gosling now. The cunning fox has noticed that it is seriously injured. Its greedy eyes fall on its bloody wound, and a harsh cry comes from its throat.
Why not if you can get more?
The fox bit the wound on the goose's wing recklessly, causing broken bird feathers and blood to fly everywhere, letting its miserable and miserable cry ring through the valley!
It was at this time that Guo Mi stepped onto the boulder.
The unusually prominent dull footsteps and gasping sounds of bears instantly woke up the red-eyed fox!
Foxes are much more agile than bears, but this can only support their escape. Once they come into close contact with a bear, the possibility of escape is slim.
At this time, the fox also realized that it had no room for resistance in front of Guo Mi. The scene where she and Little Bear hunted the fox just now was still vivid in her mind. The body of the fox was still lying on the pile of rocks not far away!
The Arctic fox glanced at the dying goose reluctantly, and finally jumped quickly into the crevices of the rocks before Guo Mi caught it.
Guo Mi felt a little heavy for no reason. She raised her paw and walked towards the big goose lying silently on the stone. It had expired, and its round goose eyes were wide open. Guo Mi always felt that it was looking at the gap in the stone where the goose was dragged into. Maybe it was a coincidence.
The two little bears jumped on the stone one after the other, looked at the dead gray and white goose, did not come forward, and sat obediently next to Guo Mi.
Guo Mi looked at the dead goose for a long time, and finally whispered to the two cubs:
“You can eat this too.”
The courage of two geese, one big and one small. She was in awe. If there were no foxes, Guo Mi thought it would be possible for her to let them go.
But it was too late now. She and the little bear still had to live. It was impossible to give up the food that was already in their mouths for the sake of spiritual prosperity.
The two cubs plucked goose feathers silently. Guo Mi took two bites of the Arctic fox he killed first, and finally sat aside and waited quietly.
After staying here for an afternoon, she finally discovered that the goose falling from the mountain wall was not accidental.
I originally thought it was just the goslings that accidentally fell from their nests, but I didn’t expect that they jumped down on purpose!
One afternoon, the goslings jumped down one after another, and the goose parents demonstrated again and again, guarding them.
Some of these goslings that fell from high altitudes died on the spot, while others were lucky enough to survive.
Those who survived had to avoid the birds of prey and foxes that had been waiting in the sky or in the crevices of the rocks. The survival rate was not high.
Of course, it's not all a tragedy. The goslings that have survived these hardships will stagger behind their parents, step by step towards the river beach where there is food, to welcome their new life.
Originally, Guo Mi wanted to observe what the fox was waiting for here so that he could get a piece of the pie.
Now she had to give up this idea.
There are some psychological factors, but not entirely. The important thing is that these goslings are too small. It is conservatively estimated that most of them will not break out of their shells for more than two days.
The number of goslings is not like that of fish in glacial lakes. It takes a while for them to be born as eggs, hatch and then break out of their shells, and the number of eggs each female goose can lay is limited.
The number of these geese is much smaller than other migratory birds.
If you are just hungry and anxious, eating one or two occasionally may not have much impact, but if Guo Mi wants to live by eating goslings, I am afraid that all the goslings that fall down in one day will enter her body. Belly.
Isn’t it true that just one bear caused the genocide of the goose species in this area?
As a practitioner who has been engaged in animal-related work, Guo Mi would like to avoid causing such harm to species as much as possible, if possible.
After all, bears are not the natural enemies of birds, and she is unwilling to become the culprit who maliciously interferes with the food chain.
But Guo Mi soon found a new prey target——
That was the Arctic fox hiding in the crevices.
The terrain of this land is very suitable for arctic foxes to hide. If she wants to catch foxes, she won't be able to catch many foxes in a day, but it is impossible for her to gain nothing.
Bears don’t have to eat enough every day.
Here she took her little bear and caught foxes to keep her belly full and kill time to fight hunger.
In addition, you can occasionally pick up giant geese that died violently like the one just now. No matter how you think about it, this is the most suitable place at the moment.
Arctic goose
A rare and endangered bird that goes to the Arctic Circle to lay eggs in the summer.
Newly born goslings must jump off a hundred-meter-high cliff with their parents within three days to go to water with food, otherwise it will be difficult to survive once the newly born downy hair fades away.
It can be said that every Arctic goose that lives and grows up has experienced the test of death.
(End of this chapter)