In this part of the forest of Ussuri, it was not the noisy ravens or howling wolves that alerted the wild boar Thor and the musk deer high priests, but the inhabitants who were as secretive and famous as them.
There is another rare animal hidden in the woods, which few people have seen, and may not see in the future, that is, the Amur leopard, also known as the Far Eastern leopard or the Northeast leopard, but the best name is "golden leopard". There are only about 30 leopards left in the wild, all living in the Far East Primorsky Territory, and are the most likely to become extinct big cats. In the dark forest, a male leopard with a melancholy and sad face, named Cheek, is a typical loner. The golden leopard, also known as the leopard, is one of the big cats.
The golden leopard has no tear marks on its cheeks, and the rose petal pattern is also significantly different from that of a cheetah
Cheek looks golden from above, with a long head and tail, and looks like a tiger from the face, except that the tiger has stripes on its body, and Cheek's brain and body are full of black rings. Cheek's body is 3 meters long and weighs 70 kilograms, equivalent to the weight of an adult. The golden leopard lives in broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest belts in cold temperate regions, and emerges day and night. The Golden Leopard has a strong sense of territory, and Cheek needs at least 80 square kilometers of continuous territory to have enough prey to feed itself. The forest area is shrinking, and there are also female leopards and other male leopards in Chek's crowded territory, their territories are partially overlapping with each other, and Chek can tolerate them, which is also a compromise that there is no way to compromise.
White-fronted insect, Siberian tiger
At the edge of this lush primeval forest, a predatory beast is creeping along. It is the largest cat on earth, because there is a white area above the white eye circle, called the "hanging eye white-fronted tiger", and because the black stripe on the forehead resembles the "king" in the Chinese character, it looks extremely powerful, and is also known as the "king of the mountains" or "the king of the beasts", and has amazing strength and breathtaking beauty. The Siberian tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger or Amur tiger, derives its name from the Amur River, the largest river in the region, the Heilongjiang River. Tigers themselves are more suitable for living in cold places, and tigers in the north are larger and more ferocious. Among the 5 subspecies of tigers, the Siberian tiger is the largest and heaviest, and the male tiger that appears is large and rounded, with a long mane-like hair on its neck in winter, a high bulge on the shoulders, a loose and wrinkled fur, and soft fluff to keep warm. It is more than 3.5 meters long and weighs 360 kilograms, which is worthy of four big men practicing sumo wrestling. The cold has created snow tigers, and killers like Leon need huge volumes to maintain body temperature and fight against large prey such as deer and wild boar. At the same time, its thick fur is much longer and thicker than that of the Sumatran tiger and the Bengal tiger. These favorable conditions are precious survival advantages for cats that have stayed in the ice and snow for nearly half a year.
Leon and Bloody Mary are in love
The male tiger Leon is not alone, and there is a tiger in front of it. Two tigers appeared together, and such a public appearance is really incredible. The territory of the Siberian tiger is very wide, requiring 200 square kilometers of territory to live. They roam alone in near-empty forests and are difficult to spot. Since Siberian tigers are so rare, even an occasional glimpse is a big deal for humans. "There is no room for two tigers in a mountain, except for one male and one female", this pair of tigers who are busy mating are secretly photographed by humans on the bank of the river. The heroine of the sex video is known as "Bloody Mary", and it is known worldwide for its brutal killing scenes. Making offspring doesn't happen overnight, and Leon and his girlfriend lingered together for days.
After leaving the sex heroine, Leon continues to look for a new marriage partner. Such a big thing as having a child cannot be hanged from a tree, and finding a few more wives to broadcast seeds can also ensure a harvest - this is an effective means of leaving genetics behind.
In the frozen snow of the temperate forest, the footprints of musk deer are covered. There was also a yellowing mark around, which was the mark left by another tiger. The smell of tiger urine could still be smelled, which had been left over from a short time ago; there were still a few hairs left by the tiger on the trunk. The Siberian tiger communicates with the neighbors by marking the tree, and when the other tigers look up, they must see the scratches on the tree, and they know that the lord is declaring to himself: "The king of the mountain, I am here, stay away from me!" "The smell of those marks on the trees was so great that Leon could easily smell them. Tigers don't usually meet directly, but communicate with each other through these high-level markers. Two male tigers that are very close to each other often fight for territory, food and mates, with the winner being the king and the loser far away.
Leon's Sphinx sitting
As a result of Leon's days of searching, there were no other tigresses in the vicinity except Bloody Mary, and only another male tiger was king in this enclosure. However, the urine stain indicates that the lord is old, and the ticking urine is a sign of disease or aging. The wandering Leon also took the opportunity to sharpen his claws on the trunk of the tree, and then rubbed his neck against the tree to make a distinctive advertisement for himself; then left his own urine and smell, and wrote a war book to the former lord. Leon intends to stay here, looking for prey and solving the problem of a small belly. It sat down to examine the kingdom that was about to belong to itself, and felt satisfied. This posture is called "Sphinx Sitting" in Russian, which is noble and mysterious. Leon waited in the snow, and the silence and cold air filled with the breath of the king.
In the tiger's territory, everything is decided by the tiger. The high priest of the male musk deer remained highly alert, as the tiger ghost was as ubiquitous as it was. The surroundings were calm, there was no movement, the moon fell silently into the treetops, and the darkest time of the day had arrived. The high priest of the bull deer was slightly tired and wanted to close his eyelids and squint.
Unlike the Southern Bengal tiger, which hunts during the day, the Siberian tiger is not a true nocturnal animal, but Leon is more alert and active at night. In the icy moonlight, the wide stripes on its body are an excellent protective color in the environment. Leon's body color changes with the seasons, and the pale orange fur blends it into the summer and autumn forest colors; in autumn and winter, the fur color begins to fade until it is almost gray, and the white belly and chest in the snow help it hide its tracks and stay warm. Leon's eyes have a special reflex layer called the optical nerve fiber layer, which is located in front of the retina, which enhances the light entering the retina and makes the object brighter on the retina, so that the Siberian tiger's night vision is 6 times stronger than that of humans, and even at night it can ambush and accurately attack prey. Leon spotted the target in the distance.
The largest cat on earth, it sneaks closer to its prey under the cover of trees. Leon has flesh-cushioned paws and wide paws that prevent him from falling into the snow and making noises while moving, and can also allow him to hunt at a speed of fifty kilometers per hour in the snow; with claws and body colors adapted to snow life, Leon has become a lone hunter who combines strength and mystery.
Musk deer carrying a "heavy weapon"
The world's most beautiful killer disappeared as it tracked its target, silently coming up from behind the high priest of musk deer. Its strong hind legs made it leap to a height of 6 meters, or even 2.5 meters, directly knocking down the high priest of musk deer and hitting it fatally. Leon's eight-centimeter-long canine teeth easily cut into the link gap in the male deer's cervical vertebrae, separating the two vertebrae and cutting off the nerves in the spine, making the prey unable to move. Because of the long distance of the attack, Leon was unable to reach the shoulder back of the prey, could not cut the vertebrae of the deer, had to cut off the aorta of the deer's neck, and used a strong upper and lower jaw force to crush the trachea of the deer, so that the prey died of breath in whimpering.
Leon not only has a powerful large round head, but also a piece of its armpit, naturally forming a strong muscle in the shape of a round ball, which supports its powerful jaw, and produces great force when the tiger bites, which is used to kill large animals. Despite having the largest canine teeth and the most powerful jaw among land predators, like the Bengal tiger, Leon succeeds only once in every ten hunting operations.
Schematic of a large spherical muscle under the armpit of a tiger
The victorious tiger fell down and lay on the ground to devour the flesh and skin of the musk deer. Hunger is always inevitable, and the king of the forest has to overeat and eat 40 kilograms of venison at a time. Winter is too cruel, life is uncertain, and the days are torturous. Siberian tigers hunted day and night for several days to have food, so they used food thoroughly, and Leon was able to use the small hook on his tongue to tear off all the flesh on the bone and eat it, but only wasted the precious musk. That's why it keeps you fit. #Almighty Creator ##吉林东北虎 #