Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 322 - : Is it true that eating too much meat makes it hard for the brain to grow?

Chapter 322 -322: Is it true that eating too much meat makes it hard for the brain to grow?

“Is that small room next to the winter nest warehouse sitting empty, not being used?”

“Yes, it used to be the cashier room, but after the village committee moved, it’s just been used for storing miscellaneous items. The room is very small, though, only about seven or eight square meters, so it can’t fit large items, and it’s basically not been used at all.”

As the Cooperative Defense Captain drove, he quickly glanced at the village chief, “Uncle, are you planning to make use of it?”

“I see city folks like to set up those things… cat houses? Seems like we also have a few Desert Cats and stray cats around here. Some other day, you find some youngsters and see how to arrange it, set up a winter shelter for the little guys.”

“Okay, I’ll have the youngsters take care of it later.”

The pastoral villagers are kind to dogs, but not so much to cats.

Mainly because village dogs help with herding, cats have very little they can do.

Especially during the move, who would even bring a cat along? Besides, cats can’t catch the rodents on the grasslands.

And if they’re not taken along, they turn into stray cats over the summer.

So in the pastoral areas, there are people who keep cats, but definitely not many.

The pastoral village’s little interlude came to a temporary close, and on the side, Chen Ying also found time to visit those two children in the hospital.

Actually, they could have been discharged and gone home, but because the hearing-impaired child’s situation was concerning, the doctors worried something might happen to him, so they hadn’t let him be discharged.

Now, his residency had been transferred to his aunt’s home, and his irresponsible parents had left, so the hospital informed them they could be discharged at any time.

Chen Ying visited them the day before their discharge.

The boy hadn’t completely lost his hearing; he was deaf in his left ear and had a hearing disorder in his right, now wearing a hearing aid.

“Thank you, Dr. Chen,” the boy said, his head lowered, fingers gripping the edge of the bed so tightly his knuckles had turned white.

“By the way, I came to see you two today because there’s something I want to ask you both.”

Chen Ying’s gaze swept over his hands and turned to the other boy sitting on the next bed.

“I’ve been invited to join a project, and probably won’t be able to rest until a couple of days before the New Year. During this time, I’d like to ask you two to help feed two cubs every day. Would you be willing?”

The Snow Leopard Cub and Little Lynx’s full-time keepers were going on vacation and would temporarily be covered by others.

Originally, the plan was to send the little brown bear to Qing Ye for observation and treatment, but they were short-staffed at the moment, so after discussing with the rescue center, they hoped to temporarily keep it here until after the New Year, when the vacationing staff returned, before sending it over.

“The main issue is that they haven’t made much progress in the research on the Flower Leopards over there, and this matter can’t be delayed; we need to get results quickly and develop a treatment plan. That’s why I need to go help, and we’ll be short-staffed here.”

Chen Ying had offered them a temporary job, in part to help the hearing-impaired child overcome the shadow of being abandoned by his family.

With something to do, being busy, they wouldn’t dwell on things too much.

And they wouldn’t need to have much interaction in helping care for the cubs, just follow the full-time keepers’ instructions, clean the cubs, bring in fresh food, and observe their daily activities.

He wouldn’t dare let these two kids do it if it were really unsafe.

Chen Ying wasn’t lying; things were truly headache-inducing over at Qing Ye.

Several Flower Leopards had been sent over, and they had formed a joint medical team, with several expert professors in neurology acting as consultants.

But when kept separate, these Flower Leopards were still a bit restless but didn’t lose their sanity to self-harm.

Yet, the moment they saw each other, they would go crazy, scaring the caretakers so much that they hurriedly dropped the iron gates to completely separate them.

“All blood tests come back normal, and no problems have been found when observing their behavior alone. It’s just that they can’t see each other; seeing each other leads to fighting, as if they’ve been drugged.”

At first, they wondered if the leopards had consumed something that affected their nerves, like hallucinogenic plant fruits.

But now it seems as long as they don’t see each other, there’s no issue whatsoever.

Even when a few live chickens were deliberately put in with them, they wouldn’t even go after their prey when full.

“You know, the feeling they give me is like they’ve seen red after being stolen from their homes.”

Wild beasts don’t have the same ethical considerations as humans.

During the same breeding season, a female may interact with and even mate with different males.

For Flower Leopards, once a mating partner is chosen, they will spend time together, inseparable during that period.

Once the estrus period ends, they go their separate ways.

If, after a month or two, the female isn’t pregnant, she will enter estrus again.

Of course, this also depends on regional climate and the abundance of food.

The ecological environment around Sanjiang has been recovering well, and there’s sufficient food for mid-large carnivores like Snow Leopards and Flower Leopards, so it’s not like they are fighting over food.

A group of experts couldn’t understand the reason and could only look for external help.

Qing Ye’s Veterinarian knew Chen Ying well, and since it was Chen Ying who had helped catch these Flower Leopards, he vented about the baffling research to him in their small group.

In the end, their leadership instructed him to try contacting Chen Ying to see if he could come over and help.

Not for any other reason, but considering his group of Big Cats, the leadership felt he should be able to deal with these few.

Chen Ying had agreed to go, purely because he was very curious about why the Flower Leopards had gone mad; he felt that it didn’t seem like a normal situation.

The two teenagers stayed at home for a day after being discharged from the hospital and came to the center the next day with their simple luggage.

Publicly, it was announced that the two of them had entered the uninhabited zone without permission, causing trouble for relatives and neighbors, as well as for rescue teams, and also wasting quite a bit of property and energy.

But since they were both minors and there were extenuating circumstances, no other punishments could be enforced. They were punished by being made to volunteer at the center, responsible for caring for the rescued wild animals.

There was no pay; the center only provided food and lodging.

Three days later, Chen Ying took Xiao Song to Qing Ye’s rescue center.

The Flower Leopards that had been captured last time were all held here.

Upon entering, Chen Ying immediately noticed that the state of the Flower Leopards was indeed a bit different from that of normal leopards.

Having spent so much time with Leopard Sister and Brother Leopard, he probably understood what a normal wild leopard’s state was like better than anyone else.

And these Flower Leopards didn’t seem mad, but the wariness and ferocity in their eyes were still there.

Not in a hurry to show off his talent, Chen Ying took Xiao Song along with Qing Ye’s veterinarian to get a general understanding of the Flower Leopards’ conditions.

Aside from two large Flower Leopards at either end that were a bit abnormal, the others were actually quite similar to normal leopards.

After reviewing the examination results for all the Flower Leopards and finding no physical causes, Chen Ying could only talk to each of them one by one.

Talking to leopards also required skill; you couldn’t just start with the problematic ones. You had to first obtain enough information from those leopards who were more likely to talk, little by little unraveling the clues.

And from asking, he did indeed find something out.

The Flower Leopard in the number three cage was more seriously injured and also had the calmest temperament.

After accepting Chen Ying’s feeding, it realized that this two-legged beast could actually communicate and immediately couldn’t help but whine and complain.

“Those two are just crazy. That female leopard had already left, and they still wanted to keep fighting as if they had to determine a winner and a loser.”

“For mating?”

“What else?” The Flower Leopard, pinning down a rooster with one paw while effortlessly plucking the feathers with the other, seemed to be venting its resentment on the innocent rooster, “That female leopard suddenly went into heat, and we thought it was pretty rare, so we followed to take a look.”

Who knew that the female leopard didn’t care about them at all, insisting on making her way to the territory of the strongest leopard.

When they realized they had crossed into another territory and were planning to go back, a male leopard that had followed caught up and gave them a good beating.

The two male leopards beaten up acknowledged their own inferiority. Since they couldn’t obtain mating rights, they intended to go back home.

But just when they were about to leave, they encountered another Flower Leopard who had followed the female’s scent.

That Flower Leopard, upon seeing the two defeated leopards, didn’t even ask and just pounced to start a fight.

While fighting, it also continued to snarl angrily.

Already irritated by their defeat, the two leopards unceremoniously joined forces and gave it a beating.

The battle of the three leopards quickly attracted the male leopard that had defeated them earlier.

Not sure if it was the abnormal weather, but that male leopard’s hormones were in excess and, with a roar, it joined the fight.

With these four leopards causing a ruckus in the territory of the local landlord, the territorial owner, enraged to the point of nearly losing its mind, didn’t say a word and just went straight into the fray.

“So you five leopards started fighting like that? What about the female leopard?”

The number three leopard looked dumbfounded for a moment, seemingly a bit sheepish.

“Well, it left I guess. Anyway, by the second day of the fight, we haven’t seen it anymore.”

To be honest, Chen Ying was a bit puzzled by these leopards’ thought processes.

Wasn’t it for the sake of fighting for mating rights? But in the end, nobody knew where the female leopard had gone… After all this commotion, are you just eating meat without using your brains?

Not taking the word of just one leopard, Chen Ying planned to inquire with other leopards for more information.

This time, he went straight to the Flower Leopard that was still nursing serious injuries and was kept in isolation for continued treatment.

This Flower Leopard was in a building next door.

This was an all-indoor animal shed, with the medical area right beside it, mainly to accommodate sick animals, those with severe injuries, and those recovering from surgery.

When Chen Ying arrived, the Flower Leopard was lying on the platform, the entire animal appeared listless.

“Fighting?” The leopard licked the tip of its own paw and glanced sideways at Chen Ying. “Are those two guys mocking me?”

“Not at all, they don’t even know you’re here.”

That was the truth. Since this Flower Leopard had fallen off the cliff and got injured, it hadn’t seen those two “comrades” of its. The two leopards probably thought it was dead long ago.

Chen Ying asked why it had fought, and this leopard gave an answer he hadn’t expected. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

“We needed to determine who was the boss of this area!”

What? The boss? What in the world are you leopards thinking?