Chapter 858 Identity Recognition

The feel of a wild cheetah is completely different from that of an ordinary domestic cat.

Many people may think that it is very soft, just like a fat cat at home, and it is very pleasant to pet it.

But after actually touching it, you will find that the feel of a large cat is much rougher than that of a domestic cat, and even rougher than that of a dog of the same size.

It is not because the hair is naturally hard. The difference in hardness of the hair can also be felt from wild cats and domestic cats. The main problem is feeding.

Domestic cats have sufficient nutrition and are bathed frequently, so the texture of their hair is naturally soft and smooth.

Not to mention the nutrition of wild cats, it is extremely common to be hungry and full at one meal, and coupled with wind and rain, the hair will become dry, split and hard.

This is actually a kind of protection. Hard hair will be more advantageous in a fight.

Harley grew up in a conservation center, so he naturally didn't have to worry about food. Eating meat alone was not enough. The breeders here would specially allocate a certain amount of liver to supplement vitamins.

But there is no need to think about bathing.

Except for water-loving creatures like elephants and hippos that flush regularly, normal animals may be washed a few times when they were young, and basically maintain a state similar to nature after adulthood, which also helps animals adapt to the wild environment in advance and enhance their body resistance.

The Kenya Conservation Center is not a zoo, and most of the rescued animals will eventually return to the wild.

Because of this, Harley's hair is not as soft and smooth as most people imagine, and some parts of his back can even be called hard.

However, the hair on the flank and neck is still soft. Thanks to the huge size compared to the domestic cat, it feels completely different to touch. There is a feeling of fullness that the whole palm is wrapped, which is absolutely incomparable to small animals.

The audience in front of the screen expressed their envy in their hearts, and at the same time they were happy for the successful release this time.

In just three days, no, it should be said that it was two and a half days, and he could successfully have physical contact with a strange cheetah without resistance. This progress is really incredible.

[Should I say that he is worthy of being Fang Shen? ]

[I have been feeding a wild cat downstairs for more than a month, but I have never touched it (woohoo)]

[Wild cat: That idiot who delivers food every day is so easy to fool, meow~]

[Hahaha, I am dying of laughter]

[I also want to pet the big cat woohoo]

Since it was the first time, Bifang was not too eager. After Harley finished eating, he stopped and did not stay in Harley's residence for too long, and left directly.

With a successful contact, everything became easy in the following development.

In the next three feedings, even if the hunger was not so strong, Harley still chose to go up to eat, from hesitation at noon to natural calmness at night.

The changes were so fast that it was unexpected, and inexplicably reasonable.

After all, everyone saw the whole process of change.

The chin, the top of the head, and the back are all areas that Bifang focuses on.

With the same physiological structure, there is really not much difference between cats and cheetahs, and even the comfort zone is similar.

When a cat is immersed in petting, it means that it likes you, and the same is true for cheetahs.

At night, after finishing his last meal, Harley did not leave as before, but lay on the ground and let Bifang stroke his neck.

This is another progress worth celebrating.

With the foundation, the relationship between the two sides developed rapidly on the fourth and fifth days, and the level of the relationship continued to break through. At noon on the fifth day, Harley was able to come out and move around again.

In fact, before the keeper who found Harley died unexpectedly, Harley had a certain amount of activity time every day, usually moving freely within the protection center.

The protection center does not often have outside visitors. Even if there are, every employee will be notified to manage the animals they are responsible for and ensure that no strangers are attacked.

When everyone is familiar with each other, wild animals that are not too dangerous can move freely.

If you want to go outside the protection center, you will wear a collar.

However, since Hamid Griffith died of a heart attack, the protection center has created familiar conditions for Bifang and Harley, so it has never left its 30-square-meter area surrounded by iron nets.

Today is the first time.

Barry drove the car past the dirt road, looked at Harley walking leisurely beside Bifang, and said with a smile: "It seems that your relationship is developing well."

"Yes, it is much easier to get along with than I thought."

"Hahaha."

Barry laughed a few times, then turned the handlebars, and the car disappeared from sight. Everyone could still see the skinned pork on the back seat of the car, revealing the bright red flesh and blood tissue, shaking up and down in the bumps.

Obviously, Barry went to feed.

[I envy you, the animals in the protection center eat better than me]

[Will the protection center accept human waste like me? If necessary, I can show my belly]

[Is the one showing her belly in front a young lady? ]

[No, she is a real man]

[Fuck, can you die?]

[We can still discuss whether to have a young lady (dog head)]

[It's the fifth day, Fang Shen, tell me, can we see Harley running on the prairie before the National Day holiday ends? ]

Seeing the question in the last barrage, Bi Fang looked down at Harley at his feet, thought for a moment, and estimated a time point.

"Maybe on the 7th."

"After spending the past few days together, I found that Harley is quite smart. After five days of being together, it can now roughly identify me."

Identification is not about distinguishing between individuals.

For animals, this is actually easy to confirm. You will know it after smelling it a few times.

But identity confirmation is not that simple.

In the animal world, there are also concepts of parents, friends, parent-child, and children. In addition, there are hierarchical concepts of leader, subordinate, and equal.

This kind of identity confirmation is not so easy for animals.

Especially when it is obviously not the same species, it takes a lot of effort to make the animal think that it is its companion.

Even Bifang spent several days trying to impress Harley with the impression that he was his new breeder and companion.

Perhaps this is still due to the fact that cheetahs are social animals.

"There is a social intelligence hypothesis regarding the cognitive abilities of animals, which posits that social animals need to constantly monitor their peers, predict their behavior, and respond appropriately to collaborate with them or compete for resources."

"In the process, individuals with greater cognitive abilities will benefit from this challenge and be better able to survive and reproduce, resulting in an evolutionary advantage."

"Therefore, the more complex social structures are, the more they promote the evolution of cognitive abilities."

"Because it is just a hypothesis and has not been substantively proven, and there are even many experiments that are contradictory to each other, so I am just saying it for everyone to listen to."

Two female scientists in Ugly Country conducted experiments on who is smarter, lions or tigers, and the results of the two experiments were contradictory.

Natalia Borrego from the University of Miami designed a puzzle feeding box that allows animals to pull open the door and eat the meat as long as they pull a string in the right direction.

She used spotted hyenas and three types of big cats as experimental subjects. A total of 48 animals participated in the experiment, and each animal had three attempts.

The results of the experiment were that 8 out of 9 spotted hyenas opened the box door, 16 out of 21 lions succeeded, 6 out of 11 leopards succeeded, and only 2 out of 7 tigers succeeded.

This result is consistent with the "social intelligence hypothesis". The innovative ability of spotted hyenas and lions living in groups is better than that of tigers and leopards living alone.

"Also being social predators, spotted hyenas performed better than lions in the experiment, possibly because their social structure is more complex."

"Spotted hyenas live in hierarchical clans, whereas members of a lion pride have equal status."

"Spotted hyenas face more challenges than lions in dealing with social status and social relationships."

"In 2015, Natalia published her experiment as a paper titled - Social carnivores are better at using innovation to solve problems than non-social carnivores."

"However, anyone who has done scientific experiments should know that only a few samples of four animals were tested, and the representativeness is questionable."

"So Sarah Benson Amram of the University of Wyoming also published her research results in a paper in 2015. Her research was more thorough and detailed, involving 39 species in 9 families of the order Mammalia, Carnivora."

"She also designed a puzzle feeding box. The animal can open the door by pulling out the latch and take the food in the box."

"Among the four animals in Natalia's experiment, the spotted hyena's success rate in Sarah's experiment was still the highest at 40%, but the tiger's success rate was 33.3%, ranking second. , the Lion and Leopard dropped to third and fourth.”

"The difference in the results of the two experiments may be due to the different experimental props. Natalia's experiment involved pulling a rope, while Sarah's experiment required pulling out the door bolt. Relatively speaking, the latter experiment was more difficult."

"Another possible reason is individual differences. Some animals in individual zoos may have been trained to be smarter."

"These two opposite results cannot prove that the social intelligence hypothesis is definitely wrong, nor can it prove that it is right. It may be correct in some aspects, but it is more likely not to be comprehensive, so I just said it. , expand it for everyone.”

"But Harley is indeed quite smart. Tomorrow I will take it to the grassland to have a look. If there is no problem with the performance, I will try my best to officially start the live broadcast before the 7th."

The 1st to 7th is the National Day holiday.

Nowadays, Bi Fang's fans are becoming more and more global. The domestic audience has already been less than half of the number of people in the live broadcast room, but it is still about one-third. He still takes care of the reasons. If he can start during the holidays, then during the holidays start.

[Good guy, these days, if you don’t read some papers, you will be too embarrassed to go out to survive in the wilderness]

【Don’t be so omnipotent! 】

【Too terrible】

[I used to think that the development of an industry was gradual, but until I discovered Fang Shen, he took the wilderness survival path to its peak (face covering)]

[Indeed, among rock climbing masters, downhill masters, and those who play extremes, there will always be more awesome people. I also believe that there will be people who will break the record in the future, but Fang Shen, to be honest, I really can’t imagine anyone better than him. What kind of scene is this even more awesome?]

"No, not really."

Bifang smiled, squatted down and touched Harley's ears.

Walking on the path, Harley looked more vigorous and graceful, full of the unique charm of cats.

Cats are recognized as charming species, and if you want to choose the most beautiful one among cats, different people may have different answers.

For example, snow leopards, with black stripes on white hair, are like snow elves.

Some people will choose male lions, with thick manes and domineering.

And there are definitely many people who favor cheetahs, with slender limbs and graceful figures, combining elegance and beauty.

Being able to let such a beautiful creature walk with you is definitely an experience worth recording in life.

Bifang took Harley to visit the protection center for more than an hour, relieved Harley's depressed mood of staying in the iron net for a long time, and then returned to the protection net again, but this time Bifang did not leave, but unexpectedly cleaned up on the side and cleared a small piece of open space.

Harley sat in the shadow of the baffle, sweeping the ground with his tail, and yawned out of boredom.

"Harley performed well today. I plan to take Harley to the grassland tomorrow. In order to shorten the distance between us and him, I plan to sleep with Harley tonight. I will find a place in the protection net and make a bed on the ground."

"Even if we adapt in advance, when we really get to the wild in two days, such days will happen every day."

Bifang sleeps in the wild on a daily basis, and does not feel uncomfortable with making a bed on the ground.

The audience expressed their own opinions.

[Damn, I want to sleep with a big cat too]

[Ah, will this be dangerous?]

[Not really]

[To be honest, cats are not as reliable as dogs. Sometimes I really don’t know what they are thinking. They may be playing well one second, and scratch you the next second]

[This is anxious (funny)]

“Of course I have considered all these, but as I said, this is actually early adaptation. After all, there will be many days like this in the future, and it will be the same sooner or later.”

“I won’t make such a decision without certainty.”

Bifang comforted the audience.

He knows much more about the behavior and reaction of cats than the audience. After a few days of getting along, he also has a general understanding of Harley’s personality, so he can still ensure safety.

Things did develop as Bifang expected, and there were no accidents.

The next morning, Bifang saw the cheetah curled up beside him.