An insensible new mother? Don't animals have the nature to raise their babies?
Tell me in detail!
"As you said, animals do have the nature to raise their children, but they don't know everything from the beginning.”
Lu Chen smiled and explained,
"There are many animal mothers who give birth for the first time. In fact, they don't know how to take care of their cubs. They don't prepare in advance, and they don't take good care of them.
Therefore, in the natural world, the mortality rate of the first fetus of mammals, especially ferocious beasts such as lions, tigers, and leopards, was actually very high.”
Oh, oh! I understand now that the streamer said that! My cat doesn't take care of the kittens in the first litter, nor does it feed them. If we didn't help raise the kittens ourselves, we would have starved to death! But even so, the mother cat still crushed a kitten to death.
"Yes, it's common for a new mother's female cat to not take care of her kittens or crush them to death.”
Lu Chen happened to see this bullet screen and nodded with a smile.
But this mother snow leopard was clearly very good to her babies. She had always taken care of them and fed them milk.
That's right, that's right. The mother snow leopard was afraid that her baby would catch a cold, so she deliberately curled up her body and surrounded her baby in the middle. She clearly knew it very well!
"In terms of taking care of the baby, this snow leopard mother is indeed doing a good job. However, there's a reason why I said that it's an insensible novice mother.”
Lu Chen raised the windproof lamp in his hand and shone it around.
"Have you noticed anything wrong with the mother snow leopard's nest?”
This little nest…was problematic?
Hearing Lu Chen's question, the audience in the live broadcast room was stunned.
What was the problem?
Seeing that everyone was still confused, Lu Chen smiled and shook his head. He said,
"Let me give everyone a small hint.
Snow leopard cubs only open their eyes about a week after they are born.
Before that, they were all very fragile.
Therefore, for the first 7-10 days after the birth of the baby snow leopard, the mother snow leopard was not allowed to leave the nest.”
When Lu Chen said this, some of the audience members who knew more about animals noticed something.
I think I understand what the host means! He couldn't go out to hunt for a long time, but there wasn't any food reserves near this nest, right?
Yes, it really seemed like that!
"Yes, that's right."
Lu Chen smiled and nodded.
"Breastfeeding and raising the snow leopard cubs is very exhausting.
Generally speaking, experienced snow leopard mothers would hunt some small animals in advance and hide them in their nests or near their shelters to replenish their strength at any time.
But look, the shelter is barren, and there is no food storage.
If I hadn't happened to pass by here, even if this mother snow leopard could give birth to this nest of cubs on her own, she probably wouldn't be able to support the consumption of raising these six cubs.
The location of the shelter was also problematic.”
Lu Chen turned on the flashlight he carried with him and shone it around.
"Look at the surrounding environment. It's just a rocky beach. There's basically no vegetation, and there's no shelter.
It was because of this that my search drone was able to find the mother snow leopard so quickly.
But think about it, even I can find the mother snow leopard's location so quickly. What about those carnivorous birds and beasts with sharper vision?”
After being reminded by Lu Chen, everyone finally understood the seriousness of the matter!
Oh my god, I really didn't think so much about it before…
After the streamer said that, she felt a lingering fear! It must be very difficult for a mother snow leopard to protect six cubs during the breast-feeding period! If carnivorous birds or other wild beasts ambushed them…
It was too terrifying. He did not dare to think about it anymore!
"An experienced snow leopard mother would definitely build a shelter in a secluded place and store food before giving birth.
The mother snow leopard had failed to do both.
That's why I said that it's an insensible new mother.”
It was unknown if it was because the labor had consumed too much of its strength, but although Lu Chen was chattering not far away, the mother snow leopard had already fallen into a deep sleep.
For the wild Chinese snow leopard, which was very vigilant, this was almost impossible to happen if there were humans nearby.
But it really fell asleep.
Looking at it from this distance, it really looked like a docile and obedient big cat.
A fatherly smile appeared on Lu Chen's face. He tiptoed and walked towards the RV.
Since the snow leopard's mother was asleep, it was time for him to rest.
Although he had gone back, Lu Chen did not take back the drone.
What a joke. How could he let go of such a precious opportunity to film the Chinese snow leopard?
However, Lu Chen, who had returned to the RV and was in a sweet dream, did not know that in just one night, his name had already appeared on the front page of all major social platforms and news reports in China!
Even the foreign media had begun to pay attention to him!
The seventh chapter was delivered!
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