The feel of a wild cheetah is completely different from that of an ordinary domestic cat.
It looks furry on the outside, and many people may think it is very soft, just like a fat cat at home, and it feels great to stroke.
But in fact, when you touch them, you will find that the general feeling of big cats is much rougher than that of domestic cats, and even rougher than that of dogs of the same size.
It’s not because the natural hair is hard. You can also feel the difference in hard and soft hair from wild cats and domestic cats. The main problem is feeding.
Domestic cats are well-nourished and bathed frequently, and their hair is naturally soft and supple.
Not to mention wild nutrition, it is extremely common to be hungry and full. Coupled with wind and rain, the hair will become dry, split, and hard.
This is actually a kind of protection, and hard hair will be more advantageous in the event of a fight.
Harley grew up in the conservation center, so she didn’t have to worry about food. Simply eating meat was not enough. The breeders here would specially allocate a certain amount of liver to supplement vitamins.
But there’s no need to think about taking a shower or anything like that.
Except for water-loving creatures such as elephants and hippos, which flush regularly, normal animals, except for maybe being washed a few times when they are young, basically remain similar to their natural state as adults. This also helps animals adapt to the wild environment in advance.
Enhance body resistance.
The Kenya Conservation Center is not a zoo, and most of the animals rescued will eventually be returned to the wild.
Because of this, Harley's hair is not as soft and smooth as most people imagine, and some parts of his back can even be called hard.
However, the hair on the flanks and neck is still soft. Thanks to the huge size compared to domestic cats, it does have a completely different feeling when touched. It has a full feeling that the entire palm is wrapped.
This is absolutely incomparable to smaller animals.
The audience in front of the screen expressed their inner envy, and at the same time they were happy for this successful release.
In just three days, no, I should say two and a half days, I was able to successfully have physical contact with a strange cheetah without resisting. This progress is really incredible.
【Should I say that I am worthy of Fang Shen? 】
[I’ve been feeding a wild cat downstairs for more than a month, and I haven’t touched it yet (woo woo woo)]
[Wild Cat: That fool who comes to deliver food every day is so easy to deceive, meow~]
[Hahahahaha, I’m laughing so hard]
[I also want to make the big cat purr and purr]
Since it was his first time, Bifang was not too eager. After Harley finished the food, he stopped and left directly without staying too much at Harley's residence.
With a successful contact, everything that follows becomes easier.
For the next three feedings, even though the hunger was not that strong, Harley still chose to step forward to eat, from hesitation at noon to natural calmness at night.
The changes were unexpectedly fast and somehow reasonable.
After all, everyone has witnessed the entire change process.
The chin, top of the head, and back are the areas that Bi Fang focuses on taking care of.
With the same physiological structure, there really isn’t much difference between cats and cheetahs, even their comfort zones are similar.
When a cat indulges in being petted, it means it likes you, and the same goes for cheetahs.
At night, after finishing his last meal, Harley did not leave as before. Instead, he lay on the ground and let Bifang stroke his neck.
This is another progress worth celebrating.
With the foundation in place, on the fourth and fifth days, the relationship between the two parties developed rapidly, and the level of the relationship continued to break through. At noon on the fifth day, Harley was able to go out and do activities again.
In fact, before the keeper who discovered Harley died unexpectedly, Harley had a certain amount of activity time every day, usually roaming freely within the confines of the conservation center.
The protection center does not often have outside visitors. Even if there are, every employee will be notified to manage the animals they are responsible for to ensure that strangers will not be attacked.
As long as everyone is familiar with each other, beasts that are not too dangerous can move freely.
If you want to go outside the protection center, you will wear a collar.
However, since the accidental death of Hamid Griffith from a heart attack, the protection center has never left its thirty-square-meter home and was surrounded by iron nets in order to create familiar conditions for Bifang and Harley.
of square.
This is the first time today.
Barry drove his car by the dirt road and looked at Harley, who was walking leisurely beside Bifang. He smiled and said, "It seems that your relationship is developing well."
"Yes, it's much easier to get along with than I thought."
"Hahaha."
Barry laughed a few times, then turned the handle of the car, and the car quickly disappeared from sight. Everyone could still see the skinned pork on the back seat of the car, exposing the bright red flesh and blood tissue, shaking up and down in the bumps.
Obviously, Barry went to feed.
[I’m envious, all the animals in the conservation center eat better than me]
[Will the protection center accept human waste like me? If necessary, I can show my belly]
[Is the one with her belly exposed in front of me the young lady? 】
[No, just a man]
[Fuck, can you die?]
[We can still discuss the matter of having a young lady (dog head)]
[It’s already the 5th, Fang Shen, tell me, can you see Harley running on the prairie before the National Day holiday ends? 】
Seeing the question in the last barrage, Bi Fang lowered his head and glanced at Harley at his feet, thought for a moment, and estimated a time point.
"Maybe on the 7th."
"After spending the past few days together, I found that Harley is quite smart. After five days of being together, it can now roughly identify me."
Identification is not about distinguishing between individuals.
For animals, this is actually easy to confirm. You will know the smell after smelling it a few times.
But identity confirmation is not that simple.
In the animal world, there are also concepts of parents, friends, parent-child, and children. In addition, there are hierarchical concepts of leader, subordinate, and equal.
This kind of identity confirmation is not so easy for animals.
Especially when it is obviously not the same species, it takes a lot of effort to make the animal think that it is its companion.
Even Bifang spent several days trying to impress Harley with him as his new breeder and companion.
Perhaps this is still due to the fact that cheetahs are social animals.
"Regarding the cognitive abilities of animals, there is a social intelligence hypothesis, which posits that social animals need to constantly monitor their peers, predict their behavior and respond appropriately in order to cooperate with them or compete for resources."
"In the process, individuals with stronger cognitive abilities will benefit from this challenge and be better able to survive and reproduce, thus creating an evolutionary advantage."
"Therefore, the more complex the social structure, the more it can promote the evolution of cognitive abilities."
"Because it is just a hypothesis and has not been substantively proven, and there are even many experiments that are contradictory to each other, so I just put it out there for everyone to listen to."
Two female scientists from the Ugly Country conducted an experiment on who is smarter, a lion or a tiger, and the results of the two experiments were contradictory.
Natalia Borrego from the University of Miami designed a puzzle feeding box. As long as the animal pulls the rope in the right direction, the door can be opened and the meat in the box can be eaten.
She used spotted hyenas and three types of big cats as experimental subjects. A total of 48 animals participated in the experiment, and each animal had three attempts.
The results of the experiment were that 8 out of 9 spotted hyenas opened the box door, 16 out of 21 lions succeeded, 6 out of 11 leopards succeeded, and only 2 out of 7 tigers succeeded.
This result is consistent with the "social intelligence hypothesis". The innovative ability of spotted hyenas and lions living in groups is better than that of tigers and leopards living alone.
"Also a social predator, spotted hyenas performed better than lions in experiments. This may be because spotted hyenas have a more complex social structure."
"Spotted hyenas live in hierarchical clans, while members of a pride of lions have equal status."
"Spotted hyenas face more challenges than lions in dealing with social status and social relationships."
"In 2015, Natalia published her experiment as a paper, with the title - Social carnivores are better at using innovation to solve problems than non-social carnivores."
"However, anyone who has done scientific experiments should know that only a few samples of four animals were tested, and the representativeness is questionable."
"So Sarah Benson Amram of the University of Wyoming also published her research results in a paper in 2015. Her research was more thorough and detailed, involving 39 species in 9 families of the order Mammalia, Carnivora."
"She also designed a puzzle feeding box. The animals can open the door by pulling out the latch and take the food in the box."
"As for the four animals in Natalia's experiment, in Sarah's experiment the spotted hyena still had the highest success rate at 40%, but the success rate of the tiger was 33.3%, ranking second.
, the lion and leopard dropped to third and fourth."
"The difference in the results of the two experiments may be due to the different experimental props. Natalia's experiment involved pulling a rope, while Sarah's experiment required pulling out the door bolt. Relatively speaking, the latter experiment was more difficult."
"Another possible reason is individual differences. Some animals in individual zoos may have been trained to be smarter."
"These two opposite results cannot prove that the social intelligence hypothesis is definitely wrong, nor can it prove that it is right. It may be correct in some aspects, but it is most likely not comprehensive, so I just said it.
, expand it for everyone.”
"But Harley is indeed quite smart. Tomorrow I will take it to the grassland to have a look. If there is no problem with the performance, I will try my best to officially start the live broadcast before the 7th."
The 1st to 7th is the National Day holiday.
Nowadays, Bi Fang's fans are becoming more and more globalized. The domestic audience has already been less than half of the number of people in the live broadcast room, but it is still about one-third. He still takes care of the reasons and tries to start during the holidays, so during the holidays
start.
[Good guy, these days, if you don’t read some papers, you will be embarrassed to go out to survive in the wilderness]
【Don’t be so omnipotent!】
【Too terrible】
[In the past, I always thought that the development of an industry was rapid and gradual. When I discovered Fang Shen, he directly brought the wilderness survival path to its peak (face covering)]
[Indeed, among rock climbing masters, downhill masters, and those who play extremes, there will always be more awesome people. I also believe that there will be people who will break the record in the future, but Fang Shen, to be honest, I really can’t imagine anyone better than him.
What kind of scene is this even more awesome?]
"No, not really."
Bi Fang smiled, knelt down and touched Harley's ears.
Harley walking on the path is even more muscular and graceful, full of the unique feline charm.
Cats are recognized as charming species, and if you want to choose the most beautiful among cats, different people may have different answers.
For example, snow leopards have white fur with black markings, just like snow elves.
Some people also choose a male lion, whose thick mane is domineering.
There are no shortage of people who are fond of cheetahs. They have slender limbs and graceful bodies, combining elegance and beauty.
Being able to have such a beautiful creature spread with you is definitely an experience worth recording in your life.
Bi Fang took Harley to visit the protection center for more than an hour, which relieved Harley's depression after staying in the iron fence for a long time, and then returned to the protection fence again, but this time Bi Fang did not leave, but unexpectedly
Unexpectedly, everyone began to clean up and cleared a small open space.
Harley sat under the shadow of the baffle, his tail sweeping the ground, and he yawned out of boredom.
"Harley performed well today. Tomorrow I am going to take Harley to the grassland to have a look. In order to shorten the distance between us and him more quickly, I plan to sleep with Harley tonight and find a place inside the protective net.
Make a floor bunk."
"Even if you adapt in advance, if you really go to the wild after two days, days like this will happen every day."
Bi Fang sleeps outdoors every day and doesn't feel any discomfort about making a bed on the ground.
Instead, the audience expressed their opinions.
[Damn it, I want to sleep with the big cat too]
【Ah, is this dangerous?】
【Not so much】
[To be honest, cats are not as reliable as dogs. Sometimes I really don’t know what they are thinking. They may be having fun one second, but scratch their backs the next second]
【This is urgent (funny)】
"Of course I have considered all of these, but like I said, this is actually a matter of adapting in advance. After all, there will be many days like this in the future, and it will be the same sooner or later."
"I wouldn't make such a decision without certain certainty."
Bi Fang comforted the audience.
He knows much more about the behaviors and reactions of cats than the audience. After a few days of getting along, he also has a general understanding of Harley's character, so he can still ensure safety.
Things developed exactly as Bi Fang expected, and nothing unexpected happened.
Early the next morning, Bi Fang saw the cheetah huddled up next to him.