Alpine pasture

Chapter 284 Guaranteed to Make You Feel Worth

When it was time for dinner in the evening, Ju An met the zoologists that Miles mentioned, a couple and three old men, a total of five young men, all of whom had beards and big underpants , The short-sleeved clothes with pockets on the upper body look like a white hat on the head, which is similar to the steel helmet seen on TV in the British colonial period, but it is just a white one.

Miles introduced several zoologists to Ju An, and Ju An shook hands with them one by one and greeted them for a while, before reaching the side of the dining table, a black woman helped everyone serve the dishes, and seven people surrounded the table After dinner, a simple piece of bread accompanied by a few slices of lettuce, pork chops and a fried egg. Several zoologists at the dinner table talked about today's discovery. Juan and Miles were next to them with ears listen.

Makar with a white beard tore the bread into pieces and soaked it in the soup: "The Xitian lions are facing a change of lion king these days, the old lion king is dying, and now two new mature male lions are staring at them outside the territory It is estimated that the seizure of power will take place in the past few days. After dinner, Elsa and I will go to observe again. I don’t want to miss the scene of the Lion King’s fight. Mark will bring a starlight camera with us. Today We might not be able to come back until very late at night."

Hearing that the old man was going to see the lions at night, and it was very likely that the lions would change their owners, Miles said: "I hope it's not at night, it looks blurry when it's dark, but it can be very good in the daytime." I clearly saw several male lions fighting."

George with white beards replied: "Don't worry, Miles. The two stray male lions only set their eyes on the lion group yesterday. It is estimated that they will observe the old lion king for two days. Makar is also afraid that if he encounters two impulsive lions However, one of the three children of Datan I studied died today, and Datan was a little too careless and was stolen by a hyena.”

Old George's words confused Ju An, and she frowned a bit. After all, a woman is very careful. Elsa saw Ju An's expression and explained: "George has been studying a litter that just gave birth these two days. It is difficult to find these leopards, so old George is very excited during this time."

As soon as he heard that the leopard gave birth to a cub, Ju An said to Old George: "Is the place far away, I would like to follow you to see the little leopard."

Old George nodded and said with a smile: "If you want to go tomorrow morning, come with us, but it depends on luck. The leopard hides the child, so we may not be able to see the little guy, but we will go early. We're leaving, can you get up?"

After hearing this, Ju An nodded with a smile and said, "It's okay, just call me when you set off tomorrow morning. By the way, Miles, do you want to go and have a look together, or do you go hunting directly?".

Miles swallowed the pork in his mouth: "Seeing leopards and hunting are not interfering, but everyone brings shotguns and sees impalas or pheasants and shoots."

Ju An nodded after listening to Miles' words, and continued to listen to the chatting of several old men. Harry with a white goatee said: "There may be heavy rain in two days, when the wildebeests will pass by the territory of the lions. Now you can go and see the scene where lions prey on wildebeests."

"About how many lions are there in this reserve?" Ju An asked after a pause.

Makar said: "There are six lion prides, and there are many stray male lions outside the lion pride, a total of more than 100 lions. We are relatively close to Kruger National Park, where there are also many lion prides, and some stray lions will also Come here, you are lucky to come here this time, George just found a leopard giving birth, it is usually not easy to see these guys."

Miles patted Juan on the shoulder after hearing this: "This man's luck has always been good."As he spoke, he recounted some of Ju'an's great achievements in catching cattle and buying naughty bags.

After a meal, Makar left the table, and several old men discussed about putting a starlight camera on the car. It was the first time Ju An had heard of such a camera, so he went out curiously to see it, and when he walked out of the house I saw three cheetahs lazily lying on their stomachs in the yard with the wooden fence. They were not at all afraid that people would see Ju An and Miles coming out.

Ju An looked at the three cheetahs and said, "Why are the cheetahs running into the yard? They're not afraid of people at all."

Elsa said with a smile: "These three little guys are adopted by us. They basically never leave the house, except that sometimes they go out with us. We have adopted many small animals here, including hippos, rhinos and horns. Horses and deer, but these have all gone when they grow up, only these three stay, they are more home-loving.”After speaking, he walked up to touch the head of one of them.The cheetah squinted and seemed to enjoy Elsa's petting.

At this time another cheetah stood up, walked to Elsa's feet and looked up at Elsa.Ju An didn't see this big African cat until the cheetah stood up. Compared with its body, its head looked very small, its legs were very long, and its chest and belly suddenly shrunk when it got bigger. When it comes to the elegance of the cheetah, it holds its head up without haste, just like a supermodel on the catwalk.

The cheetah that stood up walked to Elsa's feet and lay down lazily. At this time, Miles stepped forward to rub one of the cheetah's foreheads, then turned to face her. Ju An smiled and said: "These three guys are good helpers for hunting, and they are easy to domesticate. If you catch the prey, you only need to give them a little minced meat. It is easy to use even hunting dogs. Earlier, there were African tribes who raised cheetahs to hunt. ".

Ju An walked to the side of the three cheetahs and just wanted to stretch out his hand, the cheetah sniffed at Ju An's palm, then stretched out his hand to lick Ju An's hand, retracted his ears to the back of his head and squinted his eyes, Miles saw This kind of situation said: "It likes you. I have seen it several times and I have not been treated like this. You are so affectionate to you just after meeting you for the first time."

Elsa smiled and said: "Animals can feel the friendliness of people. I guess they think that An is much friendlier than you. She doesn't have the hunting spirit that you often carry."

Ju An touched the fluffy leopard's head, felt the guy's wet and rough tongue from time to time, and watched George put a video camera on the car and fixed it. There was a shelf on the roof of the car near the sunroof. The camera was added to the shelf, so that when the car stopped, people could stick out the sunroof to shoot. After Mark moved the camera out, Elsa walked quickly to the jeep, leaving Juan and Miles behind. Personally stay next to three cheetahs.

Ju An pointed to the camera and asked, "This starlight camera looks no different from other cameras."

"Ten times more expensive than different ones! Ordinary cameras can't be used at night. Even with a light, the range is very limited and you can't shoot anything farther away. Starlight cameras and thermal imaging cameras don't have this problem, but The things captured by thermal imaging have no starlight. The camera is so good. Basically, if there is moonlight or starlight in the sky, the effect is almost the same as in the evening, and it is easy to see the animal situation," Myers explained.

Guo Ju'an secretly sighed in his heart, looking at this private research tool: "This private reserve of yours will cost you a lot of money every year."

Myers smiled and said: "Now we have to invest no less than 30 US dollars every year. If you are interested, you can also invest some money, or even buy shares."

Ju An said with a smile: "I don't have much money to invest in this protection center now. My money is basically spent on my new house and horse farm, but I can squeeze out [-] yuan."Looking at the surrounding scenery, it is completely different from his own ranch. It would be great to have a hunting ground here, and he can bring his family on vacation.

After hearing this, Miles smiled and said, "That's great. My two partners don't want to invest money in it anymore. With your investment, the conditions here can be improved."

"The conditions here are very good, what can be improved?" Ju An asked puzzled.

Miles shrugged his shoulders: "Do you think such a big house feels empty with only a dozen people?".

Ju An nodded after hearing this: "I really don't feel anything if you don't tell me, what you said is really empty."

"I planned to hire some more people this year. Poaching is very serious in Africa. Elephants, rhinos, and lions are all vulnerable to threats from poachers. In recent years, American brokerages have been sluggish. Two of my friends have encountered difficulties in business. When it is difficult, the investment is less and less every year, and there is no money to hire more people to patrol here, so this time I not only bring you to hunt, but also think that you can invest some money in, at least hire more people.” Meier S said.

"So that's how it is. I said why did you invite me to hunt so enthusiastically? You let me shoot down a hundred thousand dollars and lose it. This is too expensive." Ju An rolled up his fingers and poked at Miles. for a moment.

Miles pushed Ju An's hand away and said, "It's fine even if you don't pay. It's a friend's invitation for me to bring you hunting."

"Okay, I know, but this time I must have a good time, if I don't have a good time, my [-] will be gone." Ju An interrupted Miles and said with a smile.

"Then leave it to me. Let's go see the leopard cubs tomorrow morning and the lions in the afternoon. Depending on your luck, you might be able to see the lions change their leaders. We'll wait for you to finish watching the activities the day after tomorrow. You have the final say in the arrangement, okay?" Myers said happily.

Ju An nodded: "That's not bad, but pick me a good gun tonight, and it will be more exciting to hunt then."

"Except for not being able to hunt leopards, lions, rhinos, elephants, etc., the rest of the gazelles, impalas, wildebeests, etc. can be hunted casually. If you kill the prey, you can make specimens for you and send them back to the United States. What do you think? Guaranteed to make you think It's worth a hundred thousand flowers," Myers boasted.

(End of this chapter)