[Hunting for the first time]
After a meal, the animals are most relaxed and comfortable. It is not surprising that the staff will choose this time to start.
Odis was hit when he closed his eyes and rested, but the effect of the medicine did not work for a while, he fell on the ground and looked at Qiao Qixi with red eyes.
Maybe he wants to do something, but his body gradually loses strength and he can only try to half-open his eyes.
Qiao Qixi arched Otis's face with his kiss, and made a low voice, a bit like the cry of a cub, with no other meaning, just to express his parting feelings.
Odis, who has always been indifferent to Qiao Qixi, may have realized something at this time. Perhaps, in short, he uncharacteristically wanted to lift his neck to touch Qiao Qixi.
But it didn't work.
When the staff came in with the intention of taking away Odis, they found Alexander curled up beside Odis, a scene that made them feel very unforgiving.
Perhaps this period of companionship has made these two polar bears establish a deep friendship.
It is quite cruel to think of placing them separately.
But the rescue station also has the rescue station's consideration, they will not put the two polar bears too far, if they have the intention to find each other, it is not so difficult.
Qiao Qixi followed the cage containing Odis and walked all the way to the door, saying goodbye to each other in his heart.
But he also knew that the whole Arctic is so big, and the chances of meeting each other again are very small.
Releasing a polar bear is a huge project.
The rescue station wanted to track the life of the rescued polar bear after its release, so the staff would implant a GPS locator in the polar bear beforehand, and then airlift the bear far enough away that the process alone could take two or three hours.
Odis is awake during the transportation process, after all, the effect of anaesthesia is very short, otherwise I am afraid that it will be life-threatening.
The unfamiliar environment will certainly make it very restless, and even a state of rage, which is possible.
So the cage must be strong enough to withstand the 800kg polar bear tossing and turning.
The good thing is that Odis is very quiet on the road and does not add to the workload of the staff.
The area chosen by the rescue station for Odis' release is an ice-covered island around the Arctic Ocean. Although the island has a name, there are too many islands around it for people to remember them all.
Anyway, there are not too many polar bears in this area, and if they don't go too far, they basically won't meet.
For close releases, the polar bears are netted up in a strong net and then lifted by helicopter.
In this case, the distance was long, so Odis stayed in the cabin until he reached the release site, which was more than 800 kilometres away.
People parked the helicopter on a flat shore, and the staff went to work, giving Odis a filler shot.
This big guy is so heavy, we wouldn't have been able to move him without the helicopter."
The cage with wheels was pushed down to the ground, the cage opened from above, people tied the sturdy net to the helicopter, and then used the helicopter to lift the polar bear up and out of the cage and into the ground.
Hurry up and open the net, it might be about to wake up!"
The crew ran ashore.
Before Odis regains his aggressiveness, they will leave here.
The helicopter was still hovering in the sky, observing the situation of the polar bear on the ground.
"Is it awake?" The crew contacted by radio.
"It looks okay." The person on the ground said.
Ha, what a big, strong-bodied guy!" Everyone was happy to see that Odis had woken up and was staggering along: "Ha ha, good luck to it!"
"Goodbye Odis, I hope you don't meet any more poachers again!"
After making sure the polar bear was in good condition, the helicopter that had been observing it for some time left the skies over the island.
After more than a month, Odis was back in the wild where he was familiar, but it was also a strange place for him.
The new environment had no scent of other polar bears, and Odis had carefully checked.
At least within a 60 kilometre radius, it did not smell any unfamiliar polar bear scent, indicating that this is an un-owned place.
If there is sufficient food within this range, it will generally not leave the range and go in search of new territory.
Of course, this is only in general.
March to April is the breeding season for polar bears. Polar bears over 5 years old without cubs go into heat, they go out in search of suitable objects and so travel long distances, moving every day, from a few kilometres to over 20 kilometres long.
They are still in the second half of the breeding season, but Odis is less than five years old and will not come into heat for another year, until next spring.
Polar bears that are strong enough will find a suitable partner in the first heat.
If things don't go well, they may be delayed for a year or two, or they may never find one.
The phenomenon of bachelor is not so new in the animal world, it can be said to be a very common phenomenon.
The polar bear is five to six years old, equivalent to 17 or 18 years old for humans, so technically speaking, Odis is also a preteen bear.
Returning to the wild in the latter part of spring, all he has to do is make sure he has enough food and that's about it.
At this time, Qiao Qixi, who is staying at the rescue station, is enjoying a solitary life all by himself, and then he knows that it won't be too long before he is released.
"Summer is coming soon, will Alexander really be able to survive in the wild?"
Apparently, the one-year-old polar bear has no experience of spending summers alone, and this summer will be extra difficult for him.
If it were to be released.
I think we should be sensible and think about the fact that it's not doing it much good to keep it in captivity at a rescue at an age when it should be learning survival skills."
Because a long time in captivity may cause Alexander will forget all the memories of survival in the wild, which will be even worse.
If you can't keep it for the rest of its life, then it's best to release it early.
"I really can't let go of this cute little guy, it's so simple and friendly ..."
"Yes."
Alexander's gentle temperament is deeply rooted in people's hearts, no one will be willing to give it away.
Only forced to do so due to practical factors.
The free world is where polar bears belong, even if they end up in danger and difficulty, and even then, people can't keep them in captivity under the banner of love and protection.
This is not the true core of animal protection.
Qiao Qixi counted the time, about three meals later, that is, a day, he also finally embarked on the journey back to nature.
The release site chosen for him by the rescue station is more than 100 kilometres away from Odis, which is a safe distance between polar bears.
At such a great distance, they could no longer smell each other's scent.
After Qiao Qixi woke up, the whole bear was quite bewildered and confused, because ... as a halfway decent polar bear, he had no experience of surviving in the wild for a day.
Well, everything around him was so unfamiliar that he had no clue.
So! What should I do on the first day after returning to nature?
As for the Arctic Circle, the surrounding area is white and the icebergs are all the same.
It is not easy to distinguish between the north and south east, but it is useless.
He is a novice, this thing must be practiced, otherwise there is a risk of starvation.
It is said that the polar bear will hunt an average of 20 times before it will succeed once. This probability sounds weird.
Qiao Qixi looked down at the fat he had raised in the rescue station and wondered how many days this fat could sustain him without food?
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a couple of days.
20 times?
Qiao Qixi thinks that 40 times are enough.
The field is colder than the rescue station, and walking on the ice is quite physically demanding.
Since there was a helicopter visit just now, the surrounding animals should have been hiding, so it felt very quiet.
But this is only a psychological feeling, in fact the ice was very windy and the sound of the sea was heard in the distance, maybe this is what the animals are used to the sound.
However, as a human, Qiao Qixi can't help but feel lonely and helpless in this environment, except for the ice and snow, which is too lonely.
I can't imagine how other polar bears live.
Oh, no, other polar bears don't have so many random thoughts, only humans think so much about what's going on.
This can't be helped.
The bear is slowly walking towards the shore alone, praying, by the way, to meet a small seal sunbathing on the way.
But obviously, this requires a lot of luck.
Qiao Qixi didn't run into a sunbathing seal along the way, perhaps because he didn't know how to hide himself, the seal had long since sniffed the polar bear's scent and had hidden.
Take ten thousand steps and say, what if you encounter a seal?
The seal is so cute, as a fake polar bear with a human mind, Qiao Qixi feels that he has absolutely no way to pounce on the first time to bite and kill each other.
That would be too cruel...
After fully analyzing the pros and cons, Qiao Qixi felt that it was not a wise choice to get close to the shore, even if there were seals lying on the shore, he couldn't catch up.
The dog has to be brave enough to admit that he is a vegetable dog and face up to the miserable bear life in order to break and stand afterwards.
Qiao Qixi used his keen sense of smell to find the breathing mouth of the polar animals on the ice.
On the inland ice, there will be a breathing hole not far away, which is used by the marine animals under the ice to breathe, and they will swim up from time to time to breathe while avoiding the freezing of the water.
If Qiao Qixi has enough patience to wait here, there is no lack of hunting opportunities.
But the marine animals are very alert, they will choose a relatively safe hole floating up to breathe.
Qiao Qixi lying on the edge of the hole and wait for ten minutes, finally an animal floated up, is a white whale.
Qiao Qixi was confused, round-headed white whales look at him, not to mention hunting, is simply bewildered.
The appearance of the beluga whale is very cute. I believe everyone is familiar with it. You can see it in almost every aquarium. Most of the marine animals that perform are also beluga whales.
This thing is the same as the seal, Qiao Qixi simply cannot kill, oh, he can't kill it either.
He watched the white whale swimming up and down for a circle, and then it went down again. The tail splashed on the water for a while, and then disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Qixi does not know is that the beluga whale is also one of the prey of polar bears, polar bears do not care if the other party is a whale, as long as the hungry effort to dry rice.
I don't know how long he stayed at the entrance of this cave. When Qiao Qixi was drowsy, he finally waited for a group of sea fishes coming up to breathe.
And the variety is similar to what he usually eats.
Qiao Qixi hesitated before he was about to jump down. What if he can't climb up? Will it drown in the sea?
Although it is said that the polar bear is a good swimmer, able to swim 90 kilometres away in one breath, but that is people polar bear.
The opportunity does not wait for people, although Qiao Qixi had many scruples in his heart, he still threw himself down. The moment he opened his mouth to bite the prey, his eyes could not be opened, relying entirely on keen intuition and speed.
Feeling that he had bitten his prey, Qiao Qixi was relieved, the first time he went into the water, he floated upwards seven-handed, he struggled to climb to the ice and enjoy the sea fish he had hunted.
However, a marine fish is three or four pound at most, which is a drop in the bucket for the polar bear's appetite.
And with the smell of blood in this breathing hole, there will be no more animals floating up in a short time.
Qiao Qixi licked his mouth and paws, a little lost to go inland to find another breathing hole squatting.
Summer is coming, the ice and snow on the shore began to melt, gradually most of the marine animals no longer need to rely on breathing holes to get oxygen, they will go to the shore.
But the shore is very dangerous, many animals still like to stay under the ice, Qiao Qixi is not without opportunity to rely on breathing holes to fill their stomachs.
But if he has not been able to overcome his human mind to hunt seals and beluga whales, etc., it is actually impractical to live entirely on sea fish only.
After a few breathing holes, his stomach was half full, Qiao Qixi became sleepy, and he began to appreciate the hardships of living in the wilderness.
The first time he found a place to sleep and got down, he thought of Odis, he wonder how Odis is doing now?
He adapted to return to the life of nature?
It should be adapted, because the other side is originally a wild polar bear born and raised in the wild.