Chapter 154:
The place where the Tibetan fox mother hunts is not far from the family's hole. At this time, Chen Xing, who is standing at a relatively high place, can clearly see the hunting figure of the Tibetan fox mother not far away.
Among the four little Tibetan foxes, Chen Xing, the eldest, seemed a little out of place at this time. He did not spread out on the platform to bask in the sun like his brothers and sisters did, and did not choose to play with his brothers and sisters to practice hunting skills. The father fox stayed together, occasionally looking at the beautiful grassland scenery, and at the same time squatting on this high place and watching the figure of the Tibetan fox mother not far away, a little quiet.
Rarely came out and regained her freedom. The Tibetan fox mother seemed to be much more lively than when she was concentrating on staying in the cave and feeding her baby. She trotted to the grassland below like a joy.
The lively figure of the Tibetan fox mother disturbed many small animals on this grassland, and a few gray birds fluttered their wings and flew away quickly.
Occasionally, the Tibetan fox will use the birds to add food to himself. The birds can't afford to be provoked at the moment, can't they hide?
The Tibetan fox mother ignored these escaping small animals, continued to trot on the grass for a while, and took a big breath of fresh breath, and then gradually returned to calm.
When it comes to hunting, Tibetan fox mother and Tibetan fox father are both excellent hunters.
After the Tibetan fox mother regained her composure, she began the next road of patient hunting.
There are four young cubs at home, so this trip must bring at least four food back to grow them up, and the Tibetan fox mother also needs to eat food, all of which need to be obtained by her own hunting.
Most of the food sources of Tibetan foxes living on this plateau are pikas living on the same plateau.
The pika is a close relative of the rabbit. It also looks a bit like a rabbit. It is gray all over, and its ears and small head look like a miniature version of an ordinary rabbit.
However, since it is called pika, it naturally means that the relatives of this kind of rabbit are very small. On average, the weight of a pika is only three hundred grams, which is more than half a catty.
Such a body type is naturally incomparable to an ordinary rabbit.
Like rabbits, pikas are vegetarians. They usually eat grass from the grasslands. On average, they can eat half of their body weight of grass in one day. They are animals that eat too much without gaining weight. Many people envy that if there are too many pikas, it will also endanger the ecology of the entire grassland.
Pikas have strong reproductive ability and are abundant in numbers, so as long as the luck is not too bad, creatures such as Tibetan foxes can easily encounter pikas and have a chance to catch them.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that Tibetan foxes use pika as their main food source.
When the hunting finally started, the Tibetan fox mother immediately relaxed her steps, her narrowed eyes carefully paid attention to the surroundings, and her ears also paid attention to the nearby wind and grass.
As long as there is a slight change, it will definitely be discovered by the Tibetan fox mother.
Not far from the entrance of the cave, Chen Xing, who was squatting beside the Tibetan fox father, stared at the Tibetan fox mother's hunting movements without blinking.
In this life, he has become a wild carnivore living on the prairie. Now he is still carefree when his parents worked hard to feed him when he was young, but when he becomes an adult, he will inevitably be able to survive on his own.
Although Tibetan foxes are also included in the wild animal protection list in China, hunting is prohibited, but this only means that humans cannot attack Tibetan foxes, otherwise it is a crime, but this does not mean that Chen Xing can rely on this to make the country responsible for it for a lifetime .
If Tibetan foxes starve themselves to death, or are seriously injured or even killed by natural enemies, it is something that humans cannot intervene.
After all, the survival law of nature is the survival of the fittest, and humans cannot interfere in the affairs of wild animals at this point.
If Chen Xing wants to live hard when he is an adult, then learning to hunt is a must.
This is not only true of Chen Xing, but also of his other three siblings.
The idea of eating and waiting for death is completely inapplicable in this life.
The Tibetan fox mother, who is being watched by Chen Xing near her home, has no time to pay attention to other things, because she has found a prey ahead.
A grey pika with a round body was grazing quietly, its mouth moved, its eyes were a little empty, and it was completely unaware that a behemoth was slowly approaching it.
Tibetan fox mother finally saw the prey, she immediately lowered her body, her body and limbs almost became a horizontal line, just about the height of the surrounding green grass, so that her body was hidden in the green grass, it did not affect her view. sight to the prey.
The mother Tibetan fox moved very slowly. She moved her limbs and approached the pika in front of her. The movements were very slight, and she hardly made any sound. This also made the pika in front, who was concentrating on grazing, still be aware of everything that happened behind her. ignorant.
Just when the Tibetan fox mother was very patiently approaching to the point that she was only three meters away from the pika in front of her, suddenly, the Tibetan fox mother no longer hid herself, jumped forward suddenly, and rolled again...
The next second, a pika appeared in the mouth of the Tibetan fox mother, struggling to make a squeak.
The next moment, with a click, the pika, who was struggling, was bitten off by the mother Tibetan fox, completely lost its breath, and immediately returned to silence.
When the prey finally came to her mouth, the Tibetan fox mother was not at all complacent. Instead of staying on the lawn any longer, she immediately trotted back in the direction of the house not far away.
Both Father Tibetan Fox and Chen Xing at the entrance of the cave saw Mother Tibetan Fox running back.
Soon, the Tibetan fox mother had arrived in front of the father and son.
This also allowed Chen Xing to finally see the prey in the mouth of the Tibetan fox mother.
Seeing the eldest son staring at her mouth, the Tibetan fox mother immediately let go, and threw the pika that had been bitten to death by her in front of her eldest son, then turned around and left, and went to hunt again.
Chen Xing was a little moved when he saw the figure of Tibetan Fox's mother leaving again.
The Tibetan fox father on the side looked at the eldest son next to him and started to stare at the Tibetan fox mother in front of him. The prey on the ground still didn't get a look from him. The eldest son dialed in front of him.
When the Tibetan fox mother came back just now, the eldest son was the closest and stared at the prey in her mouth, so this eldest son, Chen Xing, got the first prey.
Of course, if she had changed other children just now, the Tibetan fox mother would have made the same choice.
When Tibetan fox parents feed their children, they do not follow the principle of equal distribution. Instead, they ask their children to come and compete for food, cultivate their sense of competition, and let them develop their hands-on ability in the fight between siblings.
Chen Xing didn't know this at first, so the first food that the Tibetan fox mother got from the first hunting, it was directly cheaper for him.
The action of the Tibetan fox father moving the prey brought Chen Xing back to his senses. The other party was obviously urging his eldest son to eat the prey quickly.
Living on this prairie, only the food that enters the stomach is the food that belongs to oneself.
Being urged by Father Tibetan Fox, Chen Xing couldn't continue to procrastinate.
Chen Xing looked carefully at the prey in front of him, because the mother Tibetan fox had bitten, and red bloodstains appeared on the neck of the prey.
However, the **** smell did not make Chen Xing feel uncomfortable, but rather aroused his appetite.
Although the prey was completely dead at the moment, Chen Xing could also see that the prey was actually quite cute, like a miniature rabbit.
However, no matter how cute the prey looks, for Chen Xing in this life, he must overcome his admiration for such cute prey and treat them as food.
After all, appreciation cannot be eaten as food, and food is more important than pets.
Chen Xing swallowed his saliva, ignoring the cuteness of the prey when he was alive, and finally couldn't resist burying his head and mouthing at the dead prey.
The bite force of the Tibetan fox is very strong. Even Chen Xing is only over a month old now, and he is still more than ten months away from adulthood, but now he is enough to eat such a pika.
Chen Xing held down the pika's body with one front paw, and started tearing the pika's body with his mouth, tearing the flesh into pieces so that it could be swallowed directly into his mouth.
The Tibetan fox's eating posture is similar to that of a dog, and Chen Xing is quite used to it.
I thought it was the first time in my life that I would be a little uncomfortable, and the food wouldn't be very tasty, but when Chen Xing started talking about the pika brought back by the Tibetan fox mother, he realized that this was the case. A small animal shaped like a rabbit, the taste of the meat is quite delicious.
Not only did he not feel ashamed, but he felt a hint of sweetness. Chen Xing didn't resist at all, and quickly swallowed the whole pika in his stomach.
If the raw food is replaced by the mature food, I am afraid that this plateau pika can still enter the human table.
If the whole pika was used for barbecue, Chen Xing felt that it would not be worse than many fragrant kebabs.
Such a whole pika was swallowed, and soon Chen Xing couldn't eat anything else.
A pika weighs more than half a catty on average, and an adult Tibetan fox weighs no more than ten catties at most, usually within six to ten catties. It's smaller and lighter.
A three-hundred-gram pika is a satisfying meal for an adult Tibetan fox. Naturally, Chen Xing, who has not grown up yet, feels a little stretched, and his belly is a lot rounder.
Chen Xing licked his mouth, and simply lay down on the ground to digest food.