Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 208 - : Don’t Look If Its Not Proper, If You Look, I Swallow

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Don’t Look If It’s Not Proper, If You Look, I Swallow

Chen Ying and the chief veterinarian of the Bear Garden used two devices to check and confirmed that the female bear had not gotten pregnant with cubs.

Chen Ying held the young female bear and gave her a vigorous rub.

“It’s okay; in a few more months you can become a mother. By next winter, you’ll have two chubby little cubs, and I’ll help you raise them.”

Knowing she didn’t have cubs, the young female bear felt downhearted, touching her round belly and making a “woo woo” sound.

A street rat came over, holding it and feeding it a honeycomb that had been bitten twice.

The young female bear shook her head and sluggishly returned to her cave to nest.

“It’s okay; it’ll be fine once she actually becomes a mother.”

The Bear Garden veterinarian patted Chen Ying on the shoulder, “You’ve done very well; I look forward to working with you next time.”

Taking the opportunity of conducting a pregnancy check on the young female bear, they also checked her overall health condition.

The young female bear was in a semi-wild state now; currently, it seemed she was doing quite well, showing improvement in all aspects compared to when she was in the Bear Garden.

“We plan to release a few young bears next year, and I hope Dr. Chen can participate in helping us determine the release sites.”

“No problem, I can’t help with other things, but I’ll definitely help with this.”

After packing up the equipment with Little Sen, the two left Old Bear Gully and walked back. On the way, they saw Jin’s trio searching for something.

“What’s going on? You didn’t go looking for tigers; why did you come here?”

Seeing Chen Ying, the Professor of Agricultural University caught him and asked quietly if he had caused the old tiger to leave.

Chen Ying looked at him helplessly, “Do you think anyone would believe that if you said it? I’ve patrolled around these last few days, and combined with previous records, it’s almost certain that the northwestern part of Old Bear Gully should be that old tiger’s territory. It appears every long while for a few days, likely patrolling its territory.”

This statement was not false; the professors had checked for tiger activity within a four-kilometer radius and confirmed it came from the southwest direction and headed north to reach this conservation area.

But they had not seen any sign of the tiger to the north.

They had also carefully sifted through the traces left by the Bengal Tiger that had fallen off the cliff, which also came from the southwest direction, making this place its journey’s end, as well as its burial ground.

Unable to extract useful information from Chen Ying, the professor said nothing more, sighed, and decided to keep searching, then everyone would go home.

Before Duanmu and Xiao Song left, they gathered in the small building for a farewell meeting.

Although they were still in the same field, the distance was now greater, and it was unclear if there would be another chance to meet.

Duanmu had spent more time with Little Sen; the paths of the two in the future would hardly intersect anymore.

Little Sen got so drunk that when he was carried into the house, he hugged Duanmu’s arm and bawled for a while.

“This Xiao Xia, really reluctant to part, why don’t you just go with Duanmu.”

Old Gao could not stand such clinginess and scornfully gave him a glare.

“Little Sen’s main focus is still on the giant pandas; he has loved giant pandas since he was young and chose the veterinary specialty for the pandas. Over the years, whenever he had free time, he ran to the base and center to volunteer, learning to take care of giant pandas.”

Chen Ying lowered his voice, “Having a dream gives you motivation; I believe he will achieve his goals.”

Chicken soup is loved by everyone, but too much can also cause problems.

The next morning, Chen Ying was awakened by a scream from downstairs.

He didn’t even bother to put on his coat, rushed out the door, and almost couldn’t help but laugh.

“What are you doing? At your age, still playing with water?”

“No, no, Mr. Chen, come quick, there’s a big snake here.”

At these words, Chen Ying truly got frightened.

He ran down and following the direction pointed by Flower Arm, saw a snake, thick in the middle and tapering at both ends, laying listlessly on the horizontal beam of the Animal shed with its tail dragging on the ground and occasionally twitching.

“Where did this come from?”

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“I don’t know, this morning I and Lin Li had just brought back Teacher Duanmu and Teacher Song, and we thought to take advantage of the good weather to clean out the two sheds, and then we found this thing.”

The big snake sprawled across the wooden beam, and in the corner below, the clouded leopard had hidden itself away until Chen Ying came out, then it started frantically clawing at the door.

Chen Ying quickly opened the iron barred door to let the female clouded leopard exit the Animal shed.

Supporting her not fully recovered body, the female clouded leopard jumped to the second-floor railing at a speed that surprised everyone.

Luckily the big snake hadn’t invaded the neighboring Animal shed, otherwise, the old clouded leopard might have been gone.

They had lived here for over half a year, and this was the first time a snake had come calling.

Chen Ying carefully identified it, confirming that it was a non-venomous snake.

“This is a Flower-tailed Snake, non-venomous.” Chen Ying entered the Animal shed and carefully pinched the snake’s vital spot, removing it from the wooden beam.

Among its kind, this snake was considered large, about three meters long from head to tail, with a girth as thick as Chen Ying’s arm.

But what was abnormal now was that a segment of its belly was distended, slightly spindle-shaped, and it was unclear exactly what it was.

Old Gao also came downstairs wearing his coat to see what the fuss was about and helped lift the snake for Chen Ying to examine it.

Its scales were smooth, and there were no injuries on its body. Having come to the emergency rescue station, could it be that it knew it had swallowed something it shouldn’t have and now couldn’t digest it, choking on it?

Just as a group of people was gathered around the snake, trying to figure out how to solve its problem, the snake mongoose, which hadn’t been seen for several days, suddenly popped out.

It went straight for the Flower-tailed Snake, and had Chen Ying not reacted quickly and caught it, the snake’s life might have been in jeopardy.

The snake mongoose was furious; it had only been out playing for a few days and yet the snake had invaded its home!

The snake too felt wronged; it wouldn’t have resorted to seeking help in the territory of its predator if it could have endured any longer.

It had carefully observed that its predator was not around, so how could it just suddenly appear? Such a lack of martial virtue!

Chen Ying patted the snake mongoose a few times and sent it off to trouble the mice.

This snake had three chances, and if it hadn’t shown up, that would have been the end of it, but since it had come to them, they had to treat it.

But then came the problem.

How do you treat a snake with indigestion?

A group of people searched online and consulted friends who were familiar with snakes and finally came up with a solution.

Little Sen and Feng Xin brought back a basket of small stones, and then Old Gao and Lin Li evenly spread the stones on a rainproof tarp.

“This way of laying should work, right?” Lin Li kneeled on the ground, trying his best to even out the stones, “Mr. Chen, try putting it down and see.”

Besides laying the stones, they had also purposely lit a water heater to keep the temperature in the small room at least above fifteen degrees.

When the temperature was right and the stones were no longer icy cold, Chen Ying put the snake down, exited the small warehouse, and closed the door to prevent the snake mongoose from sneaking in for a meal.

“The belly of this snake looks like it has eaten a not-so-small fish.”

Feng Xin peered through the window with keen interest.

Unlike him, Lin Li had no affection for snakes; if it weren’t for his role as a veterinarian, he wouldn’t want anything to do with these creatures in close quarters.

“But isn’t the Flower-tailed Snake supposed to eat frogs? How did it end up swallowing a fish?”

“Is there a possibility that the snake swallowed the fish either unintentionally or out of desperation, otherwise it wouldn’t have brought itself to such a dire condition?”

“Like what?”

“Like maybe it was bathing, and a fish swam in, and in a moment of anger, the snake just swallowed the fish.”

Feng Xin joked but didn’t think much of it.

Chen Ying, holding his arms, touched his chin and nodded, “You might actually be right about that. Oblique scale snakes are commonly found along creeks or stony beaches in the highland mountainous areas.”

Chen Ying even felt that this snake might be living near Hot Spring Gully.

After all, snakes hibernate, and the fact that this one was not only not hibernating but also had an appetite could only mean that its home was not cold.

This section of the forest, only Hot Spring Gully could meet its environmental needs for survival.

Slowly the temperature reached about twenty degrees, and the snake began to move slightly faster.

Indeed, it was because it had swallowed too large a piece of food, coupled with the cold weather, which reduced the secretion of its digestive fluids, forcing it to seek help in the woods.

This snake, to satisfy its hunger, delivered itself to the lair of its predator for help, displaying quite an intriguing thought process.

Chen Ying rarely encountered such bizarre incidents, but he also felt that these could offer a bit of help to fans who liked keeping exotic pets, so he edited the video he had taken and uploaded it to his science popularization channel.

He rarely updated this channel, even once every couple of months, so suddenly posting a scientific video led to fans commenting below, exclaiming “playing dead.”

After casually browsing through the comments and interacting with the fans for a while, he was about to close his computer when he received a private message.

The fan who sent the private message was a young girl, claiming to be a high school student, and her home was just one mountain away from Jiamu Gully.

She said that during the Spring Festival, she found a partially eaten animal carcass near an old house on the mountain, and beside the remains, she also found a trap.

The young girl had sent a few photos, clearly showing blood and flesh remnants on the trap.

The young girl said she originally wanted to call the police, but her family forbade it, saying that it was a trap set by poachers for wild animals. If she reported it and the poachers were caught, it would be fine, but if they weren’t, it would be their family who would suffer.

After much internal struggle, she followed her family’s advice.

But the matter had been weighing on her mind, nearly haunting her. Today, after stumbling upon Chen Ying’s scientific video and seeing that the uploader was a veterinarian specializing in wildlife protection, she quietly sent this private message to Chen Ying, along with the photos she had secretly kept.

Chen Ying pulled out a map to check and was surprised to discover that the location of the young girl’s hometown was precisely the direction in which the group of poachers, both local and foreign, had fled.

The timing also matched up perfectly.

It was just a pity that the young girl hadn’t called the police at the time; now, going back to look for evidence and clues was highly unlikely.

Chen Ying sighed, opened up the photos on his tablet, and took a closer look. The more he looked, the more alarming it became, and he suddenly stood up, his expression filled with shock and uncertainty.

(The reason why a picture of a snake swallowing a fish is placed at the end of this chapter is a heads-up to readers who might be afraid of snakes. P.S. This snake is not an Oblique Scale Snake)