Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 530 Eat My Fish, You're My Sister

The seal pup was found on the coast near the Arctic. It was lying alone on a piece of ice, making "yaha, yaha" sounds.

The area on the floating ice was not large enough for the little girl to lie on, and her tail was always soaked in the water, making her look extremely pitiful.

Residents living nearby discovered and rescued the seal cub, but because it was too small for ordinary people to raise, it was sent to a seal rescue center.

Chen Ying had previously sought help from the center for her own little seal cub. Now, after trying for a long time without success to comfort the little sister cub who had lost her mother, they turned their attention to Chen Ying.

He was able to take care of a baby seal of the same size at that time, so he should be able to take care of this little seal cub, right?

In the short video sent by the other party, the seal cub was lying on the edge of the pool without eating or drinking, and occasionally cried out. Others could not understand, but Chen Ying could understand that the little one was looking for her mother, shouting that she was hungry, but she refused to eat the food she was fed.

Usually, baby seals are weaned after about a month, and then they will eat some fresh fish and shrimp. Judging from the color of this seal's fur and body shape, it is estimated that it has not been weaned yet and has no idea how to eat fish and shrimp.

The seal rescue center just didn't have any suitable ringed seals to collect breast milk from, and after asking several nearby partners, none of them could provide enough breast milk. After all, in addition to feeding the rescued baby seals, the mother seals also have to feed their own children.

It was very risky for the rescue center to collect seal breast milk from the wild, so they had no other choice but to turn to Chen Ying.

After understanding the specific situation, Chen Ying agreed readily.

"I'll go to the coast first to check the situation. If there are enough lactating seals, I'll collect milk in advance."

Although her seal kid didn't use breast milk at the beginning, Chen Ying had learned how to collect seal breast milk. Three years later, she had forgotten a little, so she needed to do some homework in advance.

Fortunately, the university’s database contains a video on collecting seal breast milk, and various precautions are listed in detail.

As he watched the video, he muttered something to himself and his fingers followed the movements, simulating the entire process in the air.

I repeated this three or four times until I had memorized it, then I took my tools and went to the beach.

Fortunately, many ringed seals have given birth recently. When Chen Ying went over, the mother seals with their pups just looked up at him and then continued to lie down and rest.

There are slightly more ringed seals on this beach than there were three years ago, but probably less than one-fifth.

But because the number was small before, although the growth is not much now, it is quite obvious.

Chen Ying was carrying a box on his back, searching for someone to attack on the shore, when he unexpectedly saw his own little seal named Haibo fighting with another seal.

When two seals fight, they are just bumping into each other; it would be more accurate to describe it as playing.

Haibo noticed his biped approaching from a distance, so he immediately abandoned his fighting partner and rushed towards Chen Ying.

Chen Ying happened to find a "high-quality nanny" and was just about to squat down and communicate with it to see if she could be the foster mother of the seal cub. Before she could even open her mouth, she was pounced on by her own reckless little seal.

The female seal next to her finally got the favor of the gentle two-legged beast, but before the other person's hand even touched her, it was destroyed by the damn cub.

The mother seal became visibly angry, (′口｀) If you want to die, I’ll make your wish come true, little one!
In a fight, a seal that has not yet grown into an adult is definitely no match for a mother seal protecting her cub. In addition, it was caught off guard at all, so it was successfully pinned to the ground, beaten and bitten severely by the mother seal.

Chen Ying did not go up to stop him. After all, Haibo's behavior was a provocation to the female seal. It was normal to be beaten back when you couldn't beat others.

If this little guy wants to reproduce in the tribe in the future, he must abide by the rules of the tribe. Besides, an adult male seal can't even beat a female seal, so how can he reproduce?

The female seal did not beat Haibo to death. After hearing Haibo's howling for mercy, she let go and then turned around and slid into the water.

The mother seal's pup was watching them not far away, and after its mother went into the water, it also slid into the water.

Chen Ying rubbed Haibo's head in annoyance, treated its wound a little, let it play by itself, and turned around to continue looking for a seal nanny.

This time Haibo did not come over to make trouble, but took the initiative to go into the water, wanting to find the most delicious fish as compensation for his two-legged beast.

After walking for more than ten meters, Chen Ying found another mother seal. Its cub looked very healthy, and the seal itself was also quite plump.

Three cods were used to persuade a mother seal to be the wet nurse for the seal cubs. However, the mother seal said that her own cubs were about to be weaned and she probably didn't have much milk left. It would be a bit difficult to feed two cubs, so she asked Chen Ying to find another mother seal to share the responsibility.

And it even recommended its sister, another female seal that was about the same size as itself.

When we found the mother seal, she was enjoying a big fish, and her cub was imitating her mother's actions, ferociously tearing a piece of meat from the big fish.

Chen Ying used the fish to pave the way and negotiated a commission with the female seal, and then collected enough breast milk from the two female seals.

He needed to rush to the rescue center immediately, feed the seal pup, and then bring it back.

When collecting seal breast milk, Haibo had already come over with a fish in his mouth. Seeing Chen Ying working, he didn't dare to make a fuss, but held the fish and lay down beside her obediently waiting.

The second female seal's pup looked a little rounder than its aunt's brother and had a better appetite. Seeing its mother and aunt lying together playing, it felt a little hungry and wanted to go for milk, but its mother would not let it get close, but it was still very hungry.

Just as they were humming, they saw a strange male seal coming over with a fish in its mouth. It didn't come close or eat the fish, but just lay down not far away and watched them.

The chubby seal cub tilted its head, ran over, bit the fish's tail, and then gathered all its strength to drag it towards itself.

Haibo: ??? What? If I can’t beat your mother, how can I beat you?

But before it could make a move, Chen Ying held down its head, took the big fish from under its front legs and threw it to the little guy who was so bold as to covet its food.

Haibo was completely stunned at that time, looking at Chen Ying in disbelief. The next moment, he started to whimper and roll around on the beach.

Chen Ying looked at it helplessly and stroked its head. "Okay, stop making trouble. I'll give you some shrimp when we get back."

Hearing that there was krill to eat, Haibo immediately lay down obediently at his feet, patted the ground with his tail, and let out a few muffled growls.

"I want to eat the big shrimp, not the hard shell."

Looking at the guy's chubby face, Chen Ying sighed and nodded. What can he do? How can he not be satisfied with the little baby that his girlfriend has spoiled? It's just peeling shrimps. As a grown man, he can't say no!
Not far from the beach, fishermen were selling their catch. Chen Ying went over and bought two buckets of large shrimps and a bucket of small fish, preparing to nourish the two nurses and comfort the two little seals whose food had been taken away.

A bucket of prawns and a bucket of miscellaneous fish were dumped on the beach. In addition to the two female seals, other seals also tried to come and get a share of the pie.

Chen Ying didn't let the big guys get close. She waited until the two female seals had almost finished eating, and then threw the rest to the little guys that didn't look like they had fully grown up.

An adult seal weighs about 90 kilograms and is no more than 1.23 meters long. Juvenile seals are even smaller.

After feeding the shrimps, Chen Ying walked back with the remaining bucket of shrimps. His fish Haibo slid gracefully into the water and rushed towards home.

The two female seals watched Chen Ying leave, then huddled together, whispering something to each other.

When Chen Ying had prepared the shrimps, fed his own little seal, and was preparing to set off with the preserved seal breast milk, he saw that the two mother seals and their cubs had moved to the beach near his cottage and settled down.

Haibo, who wanted to follow Chen Ying but was gently rejected, saw two pairs of mother and cub seals as soon as he went out. He immediately felt that his position was threatened, and he jumped back, as if he wanted to close the gate leading to the pool outside the wooden house.

Chen Ying laughed, explained to his next-door neighbor, and drove directly to pick up the seal cub.

The next evening, he returned to the cabin with the two rescuers who were responsible for taking care of the seal pups.

As soon as I got off the car, I heard a "woo woo woo" sound. When I looked carefully, I found that the sleeping place that my girlfriend designed for Haibo was occupied by a strong female seal, and another female seal occupied the pool. The two little guys were following Haibo, and they took every step he took.

Seeing Chen Ying coming back, Haibo ran over eagerly, looking as aggrieved as a 200-pound baby.

Rescuers took the seal pup down from the back of a van and tentatively placed it on the thin ice near the pool.

The ice in this season has begun to melt. There is an ice storage in the basement of Chen Ying's house. A lot of ice is stored in the winter. When the weather gets warmer, the stored ice will be put into the pool to cool down, so that the little ones who like to soak in the water can have the most comfortable private swimming pool.

At this moment, the neighbor couple who had been notified in advance had already placed the prepared ice by the side of the pool. The rescuers finally felt relieved after watching the little girl carefully lie on the ice and make comfortable sounds.

After the rescuers left, the mother seal soaking in the water tentatively approached the younger cub and smelled a hint of her own scent from it.

Huh? Is this my cub? Then whose cub did I feed before?

The confused female seal sniffed again and found that only the smell from the head was familiar, while the smell from the body and tail was rather unfamiliar.

Chen Ying waited for a while and took out the last bottle of seal breast milk and fed it to the cub.

The mother seal watched from the side for a while, then suddenly ran over, pushed Chen Ying away, and called out to her little cub twice.

The little sister cub, holding the bottle, looked on in confusion as the two-legged creature was pushed away. She was then pushed ashore by the mother seal, and then the bottle was pulled away by the mother seal.

"Oh, eat this. What is that thing? Can you eat it?"

Seeing that the little cub was stunned and didn't move, the mother seal pushed forward again, "Eat quickly, eat more to gain weight. Look at you, you are as thin as a fish."

Chen Ying understood what the mother seal said, held back her laughter, and patted her cub's head, "Go and eat, your mother seal loves you."

The little sister tried to put the milk in her mouth, glancing up to observe the mother seal's reaction. The mother seal still didn't react until the warm milk entered her mouth, so the little sister began to swallow it with confidence.

Chen Ying brought out a bucket of prawns, peeled them, and fed them to the female seal.

In fact, seals prefer to eat large plankton, and their favorite is cod, followed by other small fish, such as herring, flounder, etc. Then there are krill, amphipods and crabs, and the least eaten are cephalopods. Ringed seals living in the Arctic Circle occasionally prey on lone penguins, but this phenomenon is relatively rare.

Ringed seals living in the Baltic Sea prey more on bottom-dwelling fish and mollusks.

Wild seals would never peel the shrimps before eating them. It was only because their little seal was spoiled that it wanted to eat shelled shrimps. Chen Ying and Dao Meihua doted on their child, so they satisfied its outrageous request.

Chen Ying was peeling shrimp shells for his little seal cubs. He didn't mind spoiling the mother seal who was willing to help raise her younger cubs. After all, when he was not around, they would have to eat the shells together.

The other female seal lying on the rest bed saw Chen Ying feeding her sisters delicious food, and she couldn't sleep anymore, so she ran over and shamelessly asked for food.

But eating requires something, so it starts to push its sister, wanting the younger sister to eat its food.

The little girl was already very full. If she ate any more, she would burp. So she opened her mouth and slid into the icy cold water to swim around to digest the food.

Seeing that her sister cub refused to eat, the mother seal returned to her previous position in melancholy, and fell into an emo state with her head down...

(Leave me alone...)
There is a new member in the family, and Haibo, as the eldest cub in the family, must go up to show concern. The most important thing is that the two seal mothers brought little brothers, and suddenly a little sister comes, which is so rare!

The little sister was a little shy. She looked at them timidly, closed her eyes and sank down, wanting to dive to Chen Ying to seek protection.

Haibo was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly turned around and swam to the other side.

"Chen, is it angry?" One of the rescuers who was standing nearby and observing the behavior of the little seal squatted down and asked in a low voice.

"Probably not. It might be going to look for fish."

Chen Ying also built a small pond between the pool and the wooden house, and raised a few fish in it. It was originally used to train Haibo to catch fish for food, and later it became its snack warehouse.

Haibo picked out a fat cod from the fish and rushed towards his sister.

Haibo put the fish on the floating ice in front of his little sister and nudged it with his nose, signaling to his little sister to eat freely, because he had fish, big fish!

The other two male seal pups watched for a while and then turned around and swam towards the snack warehouse. After a while, a seal came over with a fish in its mouth.

Haibo was trying to get close to his younger sister seals when he saw two careless little rascals stealing his snacks to please his younger sister seals. Haibo got so angry that he let out a bull mooing sound and rumbled towards the two little seals with the momentum of a tank in the water.

(End of this chapter)