Agriculture Idol

Chapter 205 Carefree Age

After finally discovering the traces of the little raccoon dog, Professor Pan took the stage in person, and then took a video of the little raccoon dog, which was also played for netizens to watch.

This video was shot in the evening. The raccoon dog was photographed in dim light huddled in a corner, its two bright eyes looking warily at the camera in front of it.

It was also the first time for Li Chengxin to watch this video. Looking at the little raccoon on the screen, he couldn't help sighing: "If you don't tell me, I will really think it's a little milk cat."

In the video, only the little raccoon dog was walking alone, and soon disappeared among the trees and grass.

"Its parents should be nearby," Professor Pan said, "It may be because they saw humans nearby, so they just watched from a distance."

Little raccoons should be born in spring, and half a year after birth, they can grow to be about the same size as their parents.The two-month-old raccoon dog photographed at that time, compared to humans, should be around the age of elementary school.

The video continued to play. Since this video was shot by Professor Pan himself instead of using a fixed-point camera, there are many parts that can be explored.

In the place where the little raccoon dog walked, Professor Pan found a beast path.The animal path is hidden under the trees, and the sides are covered by grass blades, but the middle can pass through, like a tunnel.

Conditions are invisible from a human standing perspective, and can only be seen when the perspective is moved to a very low position.

This animal road is just near the junction of the Town God's Temple and the residential area. Since wild animals such as raccoon dogs come and go here, no plants grow, and this tunnel is formed.

Raccoon dogs also belong to the canine family, but their legs are much shorter than dogs, so they can also use this animal way.

Professor Pan walked along this animal path while taking pictures. For people, the dense shrubs and other trees here are very obstructive, which also hinders the idea of ​​human beings walking this way.

Although it is between the trees, there are no fallen leaves on this road, which is obviously one of the evidences of wild animals passing through here.

Not long after walking, a cave appeared diagonally downward on the side of the road in the video.

Li Chengxin paused the video and asked, "Does this cave look familiar?"

Professor Pan nodded: "We saw this cave when we first went to Chenghuang Temple."

As he said that, he dug out the videos from previous years and found out the video they took in the Town God's Temple two years ago, and also found out the image of this cave that was taken at that time.

Professor Pan pointed to the screenshots of the two caves placed side by side on the display screen and said: "You see, although it is the same cave, the ones taken two years ago are not the same."

Indeed, in the video from two years ago, the entrance to this cave is even narrower, surrounded by fallen leaves and overgrown with weeds.This year, the hole captured by Professor Pan is nearly twice as wide as before, and the hole is much cleaner.

Professor Pan explained: "raccoons can't dig holes by themselves, but it's not difficult to find a usable hole and widen it."

Because the front legs of raccoons are very short, they evolved in the direction of crawling on the ground in search of food 2000 million years ago, so they cannot move flexibly, so they are not good at digging by themselves, so they can only find existing caves to survive.

In today's cities, traces of raccoon dogs nesting may be found in tree holes and sewer pipes.

In short, it can be inferred that the hole photographed now is the raccoon cave.

Li Chengxin couldn't help complaining: "It seems that raccoons prefer second-hand houses to new ones!"

"Haha, that's right, but it's the type that likes to renovate." Professor Pan was also amused by this statement.

The cave photographed two years ago, Professor Pan once speculated that it was the abandoned cave of foxes or badgers decades ago.But since there are raccoon dogs living in it now, it is natural to set up an automatic infrared camera at the entrance of the cave.

There were traces of raccoons moving from all directions near the cave. Professor Pan found a suitable place to assume the camera, and after a week, only two videos were captured.

Li Chengxin clicked on the videos arranged in chronological order.

As soon as the first video shot at [-] pm was opened, there was a cry of "Wow, woof, woof", which startled Li Chengxin.

Following the barking of the dog, a slightly smaller raccoon rushed in from outside the camera, and then jumped into the cave facing the camera.

The barking of the dog outside the angle of view continued. It seems that the raccoon met a person walking the dog nearby during the trip.

The raccoon dog that fled into the cave seemed to find that the dog was just barking and did not chase after it. It actually poked its head out of the cave to watch curiously.This lovely image was all captured by an infrared camera.

This should be the little raccoon dog born in spring, still at the age of exuberant curiosity.

Compared with the little raccoon captured in June last year, it obviously grew up a lot in August.

While everyone was lamenting the growth of raccoon dogs, two more raccoon dogs came into the camera from different angles.Seeing that the three raccoons are about the same size, they should all be born in spring.

"Hey! If you put it this way, there are actually wild animals breeding in Lanhai City!" Li Chengxin sighed.

Professor Pan also nodded: "A litter of raccoon dogs can produce three to five raccoons. At that time, we had a preconceived notion that there was only one."

After a little gesture of proportion, Li Chengxin estimated that the three raccoon brothers were about 35 centimeters in length.

Four months after birth, they are equivalent to middle school age for humans. In two months, they will become adults and need to live alone without their parents.

Then, Li Chengxin clicked on the next video, and several soft screams came from the video. For Li Chengxin, who had watched so many raccoon videos, he immediately recognized the voice of the raccoon.

Soon, three little raccoon dogs came out of the cave biting their tails, obviously playing around. This is indeed a very carefree age when they dare not do anything.

Professor Pan continued to popularize science: "In fact, animals play together during this period. One is to exercise their motor skills, and the other is to learn their social habits and exercise each other."

Suddenly, a low raccoon cry sounded outside the video. This sound made the three little raccoon dogs in the video stunned.

Professor Pan said: "This should be the voice of parents calling for their children."

Sure enough, upon hearing the sound, the little raccoon dogs ran towards the source of the sound.

From the direction of the animal path at the scene, it seems that the direction of the raccoon child's parents calling for the little raccoon child was at the back hall of the Chenghuang Temple, which is also near the release pool.Presumably, the release pool that Brother Xiaoyong and Li Chengxin cleared out together has also become a place for raccoon dogs to drink water.

After getting this clue, Professor Pan instructed the staff to set up an infrared camera near the release pool.

　When writing this chapter, the background music is "dancing the night twice", full of youthful vigor, and the wind in July is really comfortable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)