Dry meals, easy to say, but in fact the process of finding food on the vast polar lands is far less easy than one might think.
Qiao Qixi had been hungry too, like now, they had spent a long time walking through the coniferous forest to the last ice-covered sea.
Here, they encountered more and more polar bears, busily searching for food.
Ice is not so thick. Polar bears stand up and slap down a palm, they can slap a hole in the ice, and then grab the prey under the ice.
Even Odis is not easy to catch.
He broke a piece of ice, but the prey ran away, he chased it all the way up until it swam into the deep sea not covered by ice and went away.
Qiao Qixi stretched his head, this white ice, raging seawater, he simply had no way to navigate.
Odis stared blankly in the direction of his prey's departure, slightly gasping, but he quickly adjusted his direction and continued to search for its prey.
Immediately to flood the sea water here, crisscrossing the ice, two hungry polar bears, marching with wet limbs.
Qiao Qixi found that there was a black shadow on a piece of ice on the opposite side, it was a seal.
But it's a bit far away.
If the effort to swim over, and the other side ran away, it really is not worth the loss.
Obviously Odis had the same idea as him, although he stopped to look at the seal on the opposite side, but did not take the next step.
Perhaps the opposite seal also found them, but because of the distance, the two can only look at each other across the air, each in the heart of the spit.
Seal: small sample, dare to come over and let you run for nothing.
Polar bear: ...
General polar bear can do not force, found that cannot do, then turn around and go, the Arctic and not only this one seal.
The actual fact is.
Qiao Qixi held the small yellow bucket very stubbornly, followed Odis's unrestrained footsteps, and continued to look for other prey on the ice.
As he walked, he found himself two to that seal as the centre, almost around a circle.
This side was easier to get close to the seal and less likely to startle the other side.
Odis dived into the water, and Qiao Qixi made the shore wait obediently, without making a sound.
On the deep blue sea, a polar bear swam silently to the opposite shore.
The sunbathing seal did not notice the danger creeping in.
The polar bear, cunning and calm when hunting, comes ashore from the snowdrift behind him and then peeks out most of his body.
The not-so-calm sea provides the polar bear with the opportunity to hide himself, and he has enough patience to wait for the opportunity to move.
The little bear in the distance, at this critical moment, dare not even move his ears.
He held his breath, like a sculpted bear, watching the opposite battle from afar.
Dried rice or hungry, just look at the present.
If he could catch that sizable weight seal, Qiao Qixi swore that he would eat two more bites of greasy fat.
Yes, it was a male seal, weighing almost twice as much as the female.
A polar bear would have to eat at least 40 seals to make it through the year.
In the last little while before the glacier melts, if they can catch it, Odis and Qiao Qixi will have peace of mind.
With the energy brought by the seal, they could survive until winter came without so much trouble.
Odis has always been patient when it comes to catching prey, and it was far from the right time for him to do so, but there was a hiccup in the middle when he caught the scent of another polar bear.
An uninvited guest, before he arrived, Odis ended his observation period early and finally attacked the sunbathing seal.
Hearing the commotion, he immediately threw his tail into the sea, and Odis followed him, diving into the water together.
On the swimming of course is the seal more flexible, Odis in underwater combat is easy to lose the opportunity.
But he still bit the seal, and as he flung his head, his fur formed a kind of pendulum in the water.
Due to the resistance of the water, the polar bear played underwater.
The bear's strength was affected, so he desperately tried to bring his prey to shore.
This is when his sturdy limbs play a big role, as long as the seal body is bitten, it is difficult to swim past him.
On the shore, Qiao Qixi waited anxiously.
Odis went down to the water, and it was difficult to peer into the underwater situation, which made him restless.
Suddenly, the uninvited guest, which was predicted by Odis, came in slowly.
Its appearance disturbed the small polar bear on the shore, because at this moment, the distance between the two of them is perhaps less than 50 meters.
This is a rather dangerous distance.
So after a short consideration, Qiao Qixi chose to jump into the sea and swim towards Odis.
The Odis, who was hunting, emerged from the water with a clatter, holding the prey that was not yet dead in his mouth.
The giant polar bear, drenched in wetness, came ashore and immediately bit the prey to death!
Then he pressed it under his paw, and only then looked up to see the child.
However, instead of the familiar figure he found on the shore, he saw an unfamiliar polar bear.
Odis was not surprised, he quickly swept his eyes from the other side, and then stared closely at the small polar bear swimming in the sea.
The yellow plastic bucket on Qiao Qixi's head stood out like a bright sight on the dark blue sea.
He swore that he had never swam so fast before.
And the reason he swam so fast was not because there was food in front of him, although he was indeed quite hungry.
The reason he swam so swiftly was because if he didn't swim a little faster he would become a meal for that strange polar bear.
Odis shrugged off the seawater on his body, and after making sure Qiao Qixi could swim over by himself, he put his eyes back on the polar bear.
At this time his aura, distinctly domineering.
As if across the air to the invading polar bear said, here already has a master, quickly away from here, I will not bite kill you.
Animals with a keen sense of smell distinguish between enemies and me by smell, and also by smell, they can tell each other's strengths and weaknesses.
The polar bear knew that Odis was young and strong, so he did not dare to move, but the smell of blood, seduced the hungry polar bear very salivating.
It did not leave, perhaps it was waiting for a meal abandoned by the other side.
But it didn't think about it, the male seal was enough for the Odis family to eat several meals.
In this season of food poverty, it was impossible for Odis to leave the seal with just one meal.
As the old saying goes, the mountain is dead, and it is not too much to describe Qiao Qixi's current situation.
Seeing Odis swim so easily, he thought he could do it.
It turned out he couldn't.
It's not that he couldn't hold on, he was just tired.
Qiao Qixi raised both palms without pressure, put the small bucket on his head down, bottom down, the hollow bucket is a natural buoyancy artefact, used to hold his chin.
Although this seems insignificant for his weight of a bear, but at least it can reduce the burden a little.
Anyway, it is better than wearing it on the head useless to be so strong a drop.
It is estimated that Odis would be so anxious to see such a grimacing child.
Want to jump into the water and bring the little bear over.
What should Qiao Qixi say, he and Odis are slow in doing things, a work of wind and fire, can get along peacefully is purely a language barrier to the credit.
Otherwise, Odis will educate him every day, making a good home is not peaceful.
This side, Odis patiently waiting for a period of time.
The little polar bear and his plastic bucket, slowly came to the shore.
Qiao Qixi threw the bucket up first, then lifted his legs and climbed up the shore.
Before going to the sea, he was a white handsome bear, after going to the sea, he was a big white rag that would gasp for air and looked very embarrassed.
The tired Qiao Qixi, lying on the ice to rest, worried about his Odis, came over to sniff his nose.
Able to slap the seal's huge bear paw, in the bear body measured lightly pressed.
Qiao Qixi lying on the ice floe.
He couldn't help but make a grunting sound of enjoyment.
He knew that Odis was not massaging himself, after all, where did a simple polar bear know massage.
Looking at him so tired that he was doing health care or something like this, click, stop, but after swimming, the sour muscles were pushed back and forth, and it was really comfortable.
As for the real intention of Odis, may be to see if he is dead?
In order not to worry about each other, Qiao Qixi climbed up and brushed off the water.
In fact, it was not very tired.
Just human inertia.
Before they came here, they had been on an empty stomach for a long time, and their bodies urgently needed food.
Odis waited until the bear was safe and sound. He and the bear ate together. As always, this giant polar bear always let the bear eat first and himself later.
This allows him to be alert to his surroundings so that nothing special happens.
The other side of the river was also home to an unscrupulous polar bear, who would swim over and take over the food at any time.
Qiao Qixi gobbled it up and had a full meal, and it was his turn to wait for Odis to eat.
The little bear who can't adjust, changed his naughty and mischievous past and became serious.
Because he was a little worried that the rest of the seal meat would attract more polar bears to compete.
But luckily, the place where they are located is like a lake island, which is exactly easy to defend and difficult to attack, a place where soldiers must fight.
Even if ten polar bears surrounded them, they could throw the prey out and let the ten bears nest, while he and Odis took the opportunity to slip away.
The polar bears on this icy land probably never dreamed that they would meet a polar bear who had studied the art of war in their lifetime.
Qiao Qixi: Just watched it.
Odis eats quickly and eats a lot because indeed he is hungry and he can eat 100 pounds of food in one sitting.
This is the polar bear at its peak.
Moreover, Odis is far from the peak state, his upside is still very considerable.
Eating enough food, the giant white bear licked the blood from his mouth, as well as his paws.
The claws of polar bears are very hard, but they may be damaged. If they are injured, they must be dealt with in time.
Whenever Odis finished hunting, Qiao Qixi would look at his teeth, some condition of his mouth, and paws.
There have been cases like this before.
The polar bear's paw was pierced across and never removed, so the entire paw was swollen and flowing with pus and could not heal.
As a bear child with a lot of stinky problems, Qiao Qixi can check Otis' paws at will, because Odis is so used to tossing him.
The other side does not understand why the bear likes to toss his paw, but he still patiently indulges.
But Odis does not like to be examined in the mouth, whenever Qiao Qixi tries to break his mouth with his paw, he will dodge away even if he is not fierce Qiao Qixi.
Now, for example, this well-fed, energetic bear is interested in his paws and mouth.
This makes Odis want to hide.
Unfortunately, the ice floe is limited in size, so he can't hide.
To be honest, teeth and paws are so important to a polar bear's life that not only do they have to be checked after every hunt, but it would actually be better to brush them every day.
If possible, Qiao Qixi hopes that Odis will live longer, even if he is too old to hunt, but there is still his young partner who is a few years younger.
He will try to hunt to feed Odis, so to protect the teeth.
There is no ready-made toothbrush in the wild, but it is possible to achieve a cleaning effect by rubbing the hair from the bear's paw.
Sea water is a natural mouthwash and also acts as an antiseptic.
Just taking out a few minutes a day will protect the health of your teeth and avoid the dilemma of not being able to bite into meat when you reach old age.
The current situation is that, as a thoughtful fake bear, Qiao Qixi insists on brushing his teeth every day.
After the convenience is completed, it will also rub buttocks on the snow, as well as daily snow rolls, which are also indispensable.
Under the constant harassment of this energetic bear, Odis simply lay on his side on the ice, holding his head up and burying it into his stomach. Qiao Qixi was helpless with him, and could only wait for the next opportunity.