Chapter 84 A pile of stones with few deer traces
Guo Mi searched around the water source to no avail, but still couldn't find the key.
People tend to have a blank mind when they have nothing to do, and the same goes for bears.
Everywhere here was the scent left by the reindeer herd. She sniffed the scent left behind in boredom, and then slowly followed the scent and circled around the water source.
This senseless behavior took a turn for the better when passing by a field of rocks!
Guo Mi stopped walking in circles and her nose twitched twice. She was a little unsure, so she took two steps back, went to another place and smelled it again, and then her eyes fell on the rocky ground in front of her again.
These stones are similar to the stones under the cliff where the goslings leap.
Large chunks of strange-shaped rocks are piled together, with deep and narrow gaps in the middle. The only difference is that the rocks here seem to have less edges and corners.
This water source is very popular with reindeer, and their smell is left in almost every corner. Except here, only a faint smell remains in the air.
These smells are not so much left by the reindeer as they are carried by the wind.
That means those deer rarely come here.
Guo Mi observed the rocky ground carefully, and a lot of fertile grass grew in the gaps. Some of it had grown very tall because there were no reindeer to enjoy it.
So why don’t those deer eat the grass here?
She thought, raised her paws and touched the edge of the stone. Finally she stood up, put her two front paws on the stone and jumped hard with her hind legs!
The four bear paws couldn't be placed on the same stone, so she moved her front paws to another stone.
As soon as the claws touched the stone surface, the stone under the claws shifted slightly downward.
Guo Mi quickly stabilized his body, tensing up to maintain balance.
Fortunately, the stone only moved slightly downward and then stopped moving.
She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her paw and stepped hard on it. After confirming that the stone would no longer slide, she continued to use this stone to climb to another stone.
It went smoothly at first, every stone steadily bore Guo Mi's weight.
But as she slowly climbed up, there would be one or two sounds of small stones falling from the bottom of the stone she grabbed every step she took.
Guo Mi became more and more convinced of his suspicions, so he stopped climbing and carefully exited the rocky ground.
The two little bears looked at her curiously.
Guo Mi greeted them:
“Let’s hide in a distant place and see if any deer will come today.”
In order to hide herself even more, Guo Mi did not return to the rocky slope where she launched her attack, but hid further away with her two cubs.
The only thing they have to do now is wait.
Although deer often visit here, Guo Mi has already greatly alarmed them after all.
She didn’t know whether the reindeer herds would send messages between them. The Arctic was very large, and sometimes even if no predators disturbed the deer herds, there would be no prey in this water area for a whole day.
Sometimes the difficult part of hunting is not the chasing process, but the waiting.
What's more, now there is no difference between them and waiting for something to happen.
The three bears hid in the dark and stared at the water source in the distance for one hour, two hours...
At the third hour, even the most well-behaved little bears could withstand Unable to stand the test of time, I began to feel drowsy.
Guo Mi is also very difficult to endure.
Human beings who are accustomed to the fast life in the city, if they have to look at a place for several hours without doing anything, the boredom and boredom will increase exponentially, and every minute and every second will test her patience. . At the fourth hour, Guo Mi was already filled with irritability, and Little Bear couldn't help but ask her:
"Guo Mi, when do we have to wait?"
Polar bears cannot adapt to this way of hunting. Most of them rely on their sense of smell to proactively find food, and then start hunting.
Guo Mi didn’t know, but she believed that the deer would come back sooner or later.
Because when she was chasing reindeer a few hours ago, she found that most of the deer had dry bellies, and more of them drank water than ate grass.
This shows that they have not been in the water source for a long time.
Although it is possible that they will eat fresh grass and replenish water elsewhere, there is also a high possibility that they will come back.
That’s why Guo Mi decided to wait for the deer.
But judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that they will wait for the deer.
Everything in nature will not be smooth sailing. Although Guo Mi was disappointed, he calmly accepted his decision-making mistakes.
After much thought, she finally decided to give up tracking and take the bear to rest first to maintain her strength.
However, they did not choose to return to the cave, but simply slept on the ground.
Animals that provide shelter from wind and snow in summer are no longer necessary. This is the first time that Guo Mi has followed the tradition of polar bears sleeping wherever they go.
The two little bears still find it quite novel. Although Kaya led them to continue the living habits of polar bears when they were still alive, after all, they have been with Guo Mi for a long time and they have long been accustomed to living in caves.
Guo Mi found a place to block the light, huddled together, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The two little bears were tired after persisting for a whole day, so they slept next to her. The salmon's little head rested lazily on her waist, and Youyou closed her eyes.
I don’t know how long it took, but the unique smell of dry forage from the reindeer penetrated the nostrils unusually strong.
Guo Mi opened her eyes suddenly. She lowered her body and looked towards the water source.
Another herd of reindeer has stopped there, gathering at the water's edge and grazing contentedly. Some deer even took the initiative to get into the water and walk slowly in the pool.
Guo Mi looked at the sky. The bright sun was still high in the sky. He didn’t know how long it had been. It might have been the next day.
But it doesn't matter, now there is a golden opportunity in front of her!
Facts proved that her decision to rest in the first place was correct. Although Guo Mi was still hungry, she was no longer physically and mentally exhausted.
Now she can afford a complete hunt!
The two little bears also woke up and sat down obediently to wait without Guo Mi’s reminder. Salmon said seriously:
“We will learn from it!”
Guo Mi's ears twitched, he glanced at the two little guys with approval, and then returned his gaze to the deer in the distance.
She still followed Caesar's method before, hiding her figure as much as possible, and then arrived at a place more suitable for launching a pursuit.
However, what is different from before is that Guo Mi changed his previous target strategy and chose a group instead!
She imagined many deer escape trajectories in her mind, and finally landed on four deer that were far away from the water, but between the water's edge and the rocks.
The giant fur ball took a deep breath, and after two seconds, he suddenly mobilized all the muscles in his body, once again rushed out of the terrain hiding his body, and ran towards the deer in the distance with great momentum!
(End of this chapter)