Compared to the other polar bears, Odis and Qiao Qixi were the lucky ones.
Previously, during their two months in the rescue station, they had consumed enough food to make their bodies strong and obese enough.
Secondly, humans chose the right place for them to be released, where there are not only abundant food resources, but also less cruel competition.
But as the temperature rises and the glaciers melt from south to north, polar bears risk chasing the ice that has not yet melted in order to take in more fat and energy.
Until there is little ice left on the sea, their adventure game really begins.
With the ice melting in the north, only small islands remain, barren and desolate in the summer, with no food for survival.
At that time, the polar bears will swim to the southern coast, and although they will go ashore past some islands on the way, the distance between the two places is still frightening.
Short of swimming two or three hundred kilometres away, the long reaches five hundred kilometres.
Many years ago, the ice on the surface of the Arctic Ocean didn't melt completely until after July, which was friendly and meant the polar bears had more than enough time to store up energy for the summer.
And with global temperatures rising, this year, the time left for them has shrunk by a full month.
At this very moment, this is the last piece of ice.
Every day, Qiao Qixi would hear the sound of ice breaking and icebergs falling to the ground, then sadly look at the lumps of ice drifting away into the distance, despondent because it was only on the ice that they could hunt the seals.
Fortunately, they were done for the year and would be able to move south when they finished eating this seal.
But the polar bear that was guarding the shore, obviously not so lucky, it didn't look as strong as Odis, and the fur on its body was yellowing, it looked at least more than ten years old.
Qiao Qixi is a little worried about that polar bear, I wonder if he has stored enough fat to?
But how to say it, can only give moral support like this.
After all, he is still a consumer, even he needs Odis to feed it, where there is food left over to relief other polar bears.
As Qiao Qixi feared, the smell of food did attract another mother polar bear with cubs.
I don't know if it's the same family of three we met in the coniferous forest earlier, but the cubs look just over two months old, and it's hard to imagine that they'll be crossing the sea with their mother in another half month or so, moving south for food.
If they are lucky enough to survive their first year, they will have to follow their mother back and forth about two times, and then take this memory to heart and pass it on to their children, or go back and forth alone.
Just now, in the face of a dozen old polar bears, Qiao Qixi moved compassion, now facing the mother bear with cubs, Qiao Qixi also feels sorry for them.
If only he were a butcher store owner, he thought to himself.
Although the temptation of food was hard to resist, the mother bear with cubs knew that she was not in a position to snatch food from the mouths of male polar bears, which would have been a whimsy.
So the wise mother bear quickly took her cubs out of Qiao Qixi's range of vision and went to other places to forage for food.
With the departure of the family, the ice layer nearby, came the familiar sound of clicking and breaking.
This means that the sea covered by the ice layer, another part of the reduction.
Qiao Qixi side, feel the whole ice floes are vibrating, apparently they are staying inside the 'melting reserve'.
How can this be done?
Qiao Qixi looked to Odis, round and naive big eyes wrote: We want to run away from it?
Now back to the shore is not too far, in time.
Odis lying on his side on the ice floe, just stretching his neck, looking across the shore that is getting farther and farther away from their polar bear, but otherwise no other reaction.
The calm look in the eyes as if to say: a trip just to go, look at you scared.
Seeing his partner so calm, sitting on the ice, Qiao Qixi thought, the ice drifted you also drifted.
Waiting for another two minutes, they are farther from the shore, seemingly the last chance to make a decision.
Qiao Qixi thought to himself: really do not leave the place?
It seems to be yes, Odis seems to have his own ideas, and did not start with care.
The drifting ice floes, even holding his head to continue sleeping, looked like a fierce bear doing big things.
But then again, if he does, then they have only one choice next – wait for the ice floes to melt and immediately set out on the road to the south.
The young polar bear, who was following Odis, did not have the concept of moving south, so he did not know that there would be a swimming marathon of two to three hundred kilometres waiting for his chubby self.
The happy-go-lucky little polar bear brings back his little yellow bucket so as not to roll into the sea.
In mid-June, the Arctic ice, which is about to melt completely, is filled with the eyes of a large number of polar researchers.
Well-made drones were flying over the poles twenty-four hours a day.
By chance, one of the drones captured an interesting scene.
In the vast ocean, on a huge ice floe about ten meters wide, there are two polar bears and a half-eaten seal, and, to be precise, there is also a yellow plastic bucket.
People feel somehow unable to resist this image, no reason, just feel somehow comical!
"These two polar bears are quite white and fat?" The researcher sighed, "Isn't it said that the polar bears of this summer are particularly tough? I saw the photos I took before, and all of them were ashamed."
"Yes, they are quite white and fat." This young voice said, "This is the best looking polar bear I've seen this year, take it to the professor."
The professor saw this picture, pushed his glasses and laughed: "This is a picture of who you are, bring it to bluff me."
The young man said, "No, it's true."
The professor froze, pointed to the big one and said, "This is a male polar bear, look at its weight, at least six or seven hundred kilograms to start."
The young man nodded: "I can see that."
"You can see it, my ass." The professor criticized, pointing to another small one: "This is an immature cub, about two years old, as a rule, has not left the mother bear to live independently ..."
"Such a big one, should be more than two years old, right?" The young man interjected.
"Anyway, it's still a baby bear." The professor said, "It shouldn't stay with an adult male polar bear, which male polar bear have you seen with cubs?"
That's why he suspects the photo is of a youngster.
"That's true." The young man scratched his head: "But this photo, professor, is definitely not, it's really our aerial photograph, and if you are interested, we can continue to track these two polar bears."
"Well, they are floating on the sea, it looks like they are preparing to move south." The professor speculated.
"I suppose so." The young man nodded.
After a serious discussion, the young man posted the picture to the circle's forum, which immediately inspired many messages:
Hahahaha, these two polar bears are awesome and will travel with food.
: What is important is not important, but the most important thing is to bring the food with you.
: Ouch! This looks like a life, look at this white fat body, hahaha.
: What's up with that little plastic yellow bucket?
: Marine garbage is thought-provoking.
: The picture is full of joy, but it also can't help but make my generation think deeply.
: The polar bears are having a hard time staying in the Arctic and living with human garbage.
Humans never dreamed that the little yellow bucket was the private property of the little polar bear.
He picked it up is his.
Qiao Qixi also never dreamed that suddenly he would be forced to make his debut, and the beautiful photos spread in the circle of polar researchers.
And also forced to participate in the real bear show program.
As an extraordinary bear, he wanted to keep a low profile, but his strength did not allow it.
In other words, when people see a polar bear alone, staying helplessly on the ice floes and looking at the boundless ocean, they will feel lonely, lonely, and helpless, and they will feel a sense of melancholy and sadness in their hearts.
In another situation, when one sees two fat polar bears snuggling on a solid ice floe, blowing a little wind, sunbathing and eating seal meat...
Melancholy? Desolate?
They are not exist
Because they have company, they have food, and they are fat and white.
It's not that they say that some people live worse than bears.
Why do you say so?
According to the latest aerial footage coming back, the adult polar bears and the immature cubs are indeed companions, not predators and reserve food.
At first people were quite worried that the little one was not a reserve food for the big one to find itself.
Then it turned out that it wasn't.
The adult polar bear was very good to the cub.
Yes, after floating on the ice for more than ten hours, Qiao Qixi woke up from a hazy sleep and felt that, lying on the drifting ice to sleep was quite comfortable.
Waking up, the feeling of hunger came from the stomach.
Qiao Qixi rubbed the Odis's body lying beside him, he wondered, is Odis hungry?
Hello, do you want to have some seals together?
Odis squinted his eyes, licked the little bear arching in his arms, then put his head on the opponent again, and continued to sleep soundly.
Qiao Qixi is convinced, isn't he also hungry if he is not hungry?
The bear who is strong and wants to eat, crawls out from the weight of the heavy weight, and crawls next to the seal to eat meat.
Odis looked at Qiao Qixi, rested his head on his paws and continued to sleep, not because Odis was sleepy.
He was just recuperating and reducing unnecessary physical exertion, because there was a tough battle to be fought next and he had to keep his body in shape.
When polar bears fall into partial deep sleep, they do not need to eat, drink, or excrete.
Odis was in this state.
But Qiao Qixi did not know that he stopped eating after he was seven percent full and wanted to leave the rest of the food for Odis.
Satisfied, the little polar bear licked his mouth and looked around for a while, suddenly exploded and knocked!
The area was surrounded by sea.
It's over, Qiao Qixi started to feel leg cramps.
God, when the ice floes under their feet melt, can they get to the shore?
Qiao Qixi immediately measured the area of the ice floes, then continued to blow up, knock, seems to be less than half than when they set out.
That is to say, in another ten hours at most, the ice floes underfoot will be completely melted away.
Yes, the ice floe a little smaller, it cannot bear their weight, even if it does not completely melt away, they cannot stay on it.
Qiao Qixi looked at the smaller and smaller ice floes, and hurriedly bit the seal and dragged it toward the centre, which is an important property, as well as the small yellow bucket.
Odis! Wake up!
Qiao Qixi shouted in his heart, get up and eat the seal, then do not eat it will fall into the sea.
At this time, the aerial footage, a round polar bear, busy on the ice floe.
It can be seen that the small polar bear was dragging food for a while, grabbing his bucket for a while, and running to the adult polar bear for a while… acting like a baby?