Chapter 417: Chapter 413 Cat Mother: If I Didn’t Have to Raise the Kittens, I Would Take This Advantage Myself (Combined 2 in 1)_2
But it wasn’t in a hurry to get rid of Little Bai; such a tiny snake was perfect for Baby to play with.
Chen Ying strode forward, trying to pick Little Bai up, but Little Jin bit onto the hem of his trousers.
Chen Ying swore he saw a hint of regret in Little Jin’s eyes.
Regret about what? Did it know what Little Bai was up to?
Before Chen Ying could ask, Little Jin quickly scaled a tree and called out a few tis at a distance.
The Clouded Leopard Mother, who was already in a defensive stance, didn’t relax. The little clouded leopards quickly retreated into the tree hole behind their mother, shielded perfectly by her body.
Little Jin jumped onto that large tree and picked Little Bai up through the leaves.
The snake struggled but was flung around violently twice by Little Jin, after which its entire body went limp.
Little Jin glanced at the Clouded Leopard Mother, turned around, jumped down from the tree, and dropped Little Bai next to Chen Ying’s feet.
Chen Ying hurriedly picked it up and stroked it; luckily, it wasn’t injured, but its pride was probably hurt, all emo-ed out.
Suppressing a laugh, Chen Ying stuffed it under his clothes and rewarded Little Jin with a strip of at.
“Uncle Lin, it’s unlikely to be this clouded leopard’s doings. Its cubs haven’t been weaned yet; it couldn’t possibly leave them unattended for long. Thus, it should be able to et its hunting needs nearby. When we ca earlier, we saw plenty of squirrels, and there were traces of forest musk deer activity nearby. For the clouded leopard, a peacock is not as tasty as a forest musk deer.”
Uncle Lin had an epiphany but quickly beca agonized again. If it wasn’t this family of clouded leopards, then what could it be?
“Although the most common carnivores identified here are clouded leopards, black bears, and Yellow-throated martens, it doesn’t an there’s no possibility of other carnivorous species. Like Golden Cats or Leopard cats, Forest Cats, and so on. We even encountered a tiger down south before.”
“A tiger?” Uncle Lin was stunned. “I’ve worked here for eight years and never heard of tigers in this area. My father and grandfather did tell stories from their ti about tigers entering the village to prey on livestock, and several were killed. But since I was born, they’ve hardly ever been seen.”
“Exactly. If there were tigers here before, it ans this area was once a tiger habitat. The terrain in the core zone of the forest is complex, and even the patrol team can’t claim they’ve been everywhere. There could still be so left over.”
That seed to make sense.
But… Uncle Lin couldn’t help but glance around nervously; it seed the difficulty of the job had just gone up a notch.
“Don’t worry, if they haven’t appeared after so many years, they’re not likely to pop out the next second to greet you. I’m more inclined to believe it’s the work of agile feline predators like Golden Cats or Forest Cats.”
And those Golden Cats and Forest Cats have a greater preference for birds. While clouded leopards prefer hunting mammals, they’ll also go after pheasants when food is scarce. As a larger bird, peafowl are not safe from leopards’ clutches either.
After leaving the territory of the clouded leopard family, they followed Uncle Lin to the spot where the infrared cara had captured the mysterious animal’s silhouette.
As soon as they got there, Little Jin exhibited an extrely cautious and vigilant state.
“What’s up? Are there fellows of yours here?”
“Yes, quite a few, around five or six.”
Little Jin was puzzled. Why would there be so many golden cats in such a big area?
It carefully canvassed the area and concluded that there were at least two mother cats around, with the others being younger cats.
Mother cats are very wary. In the sa space, mothers with offspring will be alert to the approach of others of their species, let alone coexist in close quarters.
Unless… could it be that sisters had given birth together?
That was not impossible, but it was extrely rare.
Adult female cats would also head out on their own, choosing different places to establish their territories.
It was possible for them to mate with the sa male and bear offspring, but having such a large overlapping territory was too strange to contemplate.
Little Jin quickly darted into the forest to search for its kind.
Before long, there was a stir in the woods, and Little Jin ca rushing back with a cub in its mouth.
“Little Jin, what the heck are you…”
Before he could finish, Little Jin placed the cub at his feet, then turned and dashed back a couple of steps.
Chen Ying noticed sothing wrong with the cub’s hind leg; looking closer, my goodness, the wound was festering.
“Brother Ying, we… might be… surrounded!”
Chen Ying looked up, casually correcting.
“We’re surrounded by leopards, but no worries. Even if there’s a problem, it’ll have to wait until I’m done with this.”
He knelt on one knee, pulled out the first aid kit from the bottom of his backpack.
“Help out, lay out the moisture-proof pad, and place a sanitary pad on top.”
He disinfected his hands with anhydrous alcohol gel, put on gloves, and placed Little Golden Cat on the sanitary pad.
The little golden cat was feverishly hot and had already lost consciousness.
There were six golden cats of various sizes that had gathered around, plus the one lying on the ground made seven.
Judging by their group composition, it was clearly two mothers with five cubs.
Furthermore, the colors and patterns of the two adult golden cats were very similar, clearly born to the sa mother.
One of the mother cats, with an angry deanor, growled low at Little Jin, showing her sharp teeth and claws.
The other one was relatively calm.
Just as the angry Cat Mother was about to go toe-to-toe with Little Jin, the calm cat slapped her companion, tumbling her over with a well-practiced swipe, as if she had done it a thousand tis before.
The calm mother cat approached slowly, stopping a ter away, sitting down, and eyeing Chen Ying’s hands.
Chen Ying didn’t even glance at her, his eyes full of pity for the little cat cub.
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