I saw dozens of wild yaks forming an egg-shaped arc, the bull facing the bottom of the gourd, and the cow at the tail, guarding the calf in the middle.
This group of wild yaks can also be regarded as leaders in the wild yak family. Those bulls are born tall and mighty, with sharp and long horns, and sharp and fierce eyes. At first glance, they are the masters who have been used to crossing the plateau.
The head of the yak is in the prime of life, with long hair and fleshy, high heels, and a pair of horns like steel guns sharpened on a whetstone. Standing at the pinnacle of the cattle, it can be compared with other yaks just by looking at that head. Distinguish clearly.
Throughout this trip, especially in Hoh Xil, I have seen a lot of wild yaks, but this size is rare, and the weight is estimated to be close to two tons. But at this moment it glared at the front, somewhat helpless.
However, the field of view of the bird-watching mirror is limited, and I don't know what the wolves are facing the yak herd.
I moved the lens slightly, aimed at the bottom of the gourd, and looked intently, but I was disappointed.
I saw a dozen wolves lying sparsely on the grass at a distance of fifty steps from the yak, with eyes full of jokes, some dangling leisurely, some squatting on the ground, tidying up with their front paws. While holding the hair around his mouth, scratching his head there, and some chasing and frolicking, he didn't pay attention to the wild yaks who were ready to die and fight desperately at all.
The plateau wolves are small in size, but the group in front of them is even thinner. I'm afraid that the dozen wolves together don't have the weight of the yak. The scene of the gathering of hundreds of wolves mentioned by Maimat is completely different from the scene before him.
These dozen wolves can't even close the gap in the bottom of the gourd. Those wild yaks collectively make an impact to the southwest, and it is entirely possible to break through.
No, how could the wolves leave such obvious flaws? There must be a fallback.
Thinking of this, I quickly moved the camera to the gap and looked out along the gap left by the wolves.
Sure enough, there was a team lurking in the recessed ground behind the gap. There are about twenty wolves in the pack, and they should not be seen in the position of the yak.
However, they also have a yawning and lethargic expression, lying in the grass, laid back, giving people the feeling that these wolves don't seem to be hunting, but they are coming for an outing.
I looked up at Mai Mai Ti in astonishment, and found Mai Mai Ti was also looking at me with a smile, as if saying, I told you that they are wolves that you have never seen before, and their behavior is beyond your guesswork. of
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I smiled and did not say a word. I continued to check with the bird-viewing mirror. I quickly recognized that there were 25 adult bulls, 18 cows, and 9 calves. Look at the appearance of the wild yaks, although the adult yak belly There is still some fat, but the calf is so hungry that it "moo" and yells. The two or three smaller calves want to eat milk, but they are violently driven away by the cows. It looks like this herd of yaks are blocked here. It's not a day or two.
Maimat said: "We can't see these wolves with the eyes of wolves, we have to see them with the eyes of hunters. Those thin wolves are obviously showing weaknesses deliberately, and there must be ambushes elsewhere. Everyone. Look around and see where other wolves are distributed."
A Tibetan guy was surprised to say something in Tibetan, followed the direction of his fingers, and soon discovered that there was a large group of wolves on the opposite side, but they were more than a dozen female wolves with twenty or thirty female wolves. A little wolf pup, obviously the purpose of the pack of wolves was not to participate in the battle, but the she wolf brought the little wolf to learn.
This is the case with wolves. They learn through observation and honed in practice, and their hunting skills are trained in this way.
Maimaiti said: "Look again, there is more."
The hills here are very large, far away from the wolves, and there is no major movement of the wolves, so it is very difficult to find the wolves scattered in the mountains.
However, it didn’t take long for Maimaiti to find it. He said, “On the west side of the yak, about two hundred meters up the waist of the gourd terrain, that should be the main force.”
As soon as he finished speaking, I found the pack of wolves he was talking about. The pack of wolves was dark in color, and compared to the rest of the wolves, it was indeed much stronger, with a number of about twenty.
Maimaiti said, "This is the hunched team. It is in the center of the team. See if you can see it, the blue-grey wolf with a little camel on its back."
I followed the sound and found a wolf with a little bow in the middle of the team, and its fur was blue and gray. A wolf beside it moved slightly, and when it bared its teeth, the wolf fell down obediently.
I said: "It seems that the first two batches of migrating wolves were not expelled, but were all collected by the third batch of wolves."
Maimat said: "It should be like this."
I took a breath and said, "Three in one. If you count it like this, there are now more than two hundred wolves. But they all look lazy, and even the main force is."
"Lazy? According to me, that should be the winning ticket, and you have to be confident." Maimat said.
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That said, those wild yaks are bound to die, how can we save them? "
Maimaiti sneered and said, "It's not saved at all. As soon as we go out, it's food delivered to the wolves. I didn't want to come, but Shamsake kept looking for me again and again. I came here because of helplessness."
I was stunned, and said, "That's why you let Shamshaq take most of the people behind and don't let them follow?"
Maimaidi nodded and said, "That's right."
"But the wild yak is a god worshipped in Hemu Village. Wouldn't you not save it if you die..."
"I am not from Hemu Village. The totem of our ancestors is a unicorn."
I laughed dumbly and said to my heart. Fortunately, these words were spoken in Chinese, and the other Tibetan boys did not understand them. If the people in Hemu Village knew this, he would have to be driven out of Hemu Village.
But after another thought, it was wrong. Maimaati did not live in Hemu Village at all. How should I say this, I can only say that the entrusted person is not human.
But also, knowing that you have to wade in the muddy water to die, isn't that a fool
Maimaiti continued to check with his spectacles, and slowly said, "In the direction of the gourd’s mouth, there are a pack of wolves above the two walls, and there are a pack of wolves extending 100 meters away from the west line at the bottom of the gourd. A group, two hundred meters away, there is a bigger group. These wolves should add up to the same number as Shamsak said."
I turned the camera around, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as what Maimat said.
I asked: "Although there are many wolves, I don't see anything special. Where are they?"
Maimat said: "It is because I found them that I say they are amazing."
"Huh?" I don't understand.
Maimat said: "I have been here before. At first, I planned to conduct a carpet search from the ridge to the bottom of the mountain, so I found those shewolves watching the battle.
Later I found out that this search is not good, the scope is too large, and the target is too small, so I changed my strategy. I was thinking, if I were a herd of yak trapped in the center, how would I get out of the trap? If I was a wolf, then I Where should I stay
First of all, I saw the western hillside at the bottom of the gourd, the slope is not high, and the yak should be able to climb it. Once climbed up, there is a wide valley going north-south. At that time, you can leave the wolves when you face south or north. With the force of the yak sprint, the wolves dare not resist it head-on, but..."
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