Chapter 853: Lineup
The third day of feeding cheetahs.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Bifang came to the iron net on time to feed.
After two days and more than double-digit memory reinforcement, the cheetah has gained a considerable degree of understanding of its new "keeper".
The cheetah was so familiar with the smell, appearance, shape and every aspect that the Bifang stood up before the cheetah even reached the iron net.
Unlike the previous alert performances, the cheetah's constantly sweeping tail shows that this is not a sign of being frightened, but a sign of being happy.
Cheetah Harley is looking forward to his second feeding of the day.
The audience flocked into the live broadcast room early, for a simple reason. As early as the last feeding on the second night, Bifang told the audience that he would try to have a certain degree of physical contact and simple interaction with the cheetah today.
Although the audience did not see any of the big scenes they were looking forward to after the first feeding at 6 o'clock today, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, when Bifang made it clear that the contact would take place in the second feeding, the audience who felt they were "let down" still came as scheduled.
[Is the big one coming? ]
[I woke up at 3am and didn’t see anything. Now it’s 6am, so I shouldn’t be stood up, right?]
[Hey man, where are you from, brother? The time difference is so outrageous]
[I am not afraid of sudden death, I am so patient]
【Ruthless】
【To be a tough guy, be tough! 】
"I was planning to put the contact behavior on the second feeding. I made it clear yesterday, but you guys didn't listen carefully."
Bifang inserted the key into the keyhole, turned it twice, and unlocked it with great effort.
The door lock had been exposed to wind and rain for a long time, causing the chain lock to rust a little. It took several attempts each time to open it.
"There is a reason why this should be done during the second feeding."
Pulling out the chain, Bifang pushed the door open and entered, and the Harley's tail beside him shook faster.
【What is the point?】
[It must be another small detail that I didn’t know about.]
【Tell me quickly so that I can open my eyes. 】
Bifang came to the food bowl, picked out the dead branches and leaves, wiped them briefly and said:
"I feed Harley every three hours. After the first two times, his hunger level will be limited. But if it is the second feeding of the day, it is exactly when he is most hungry."
【Ah, why is this? 】
[Why is the level of hunger limited? ]
After Bifang wiped the food bowl clean, he poured all the blood and flesh in the bag into it. At this time, Harley's tail was shaking so much that an afterimage was almost visible.
It was so hungry that it couldn't wait to go upstairs and eat after Bifang left.
But Bifang's next move was somewhat unexpected to Harley. He did not leave immediately, but stayed where he was.
For a moment, Harley was a little anxious, but Bifang was calm and talked to the audience.
“I wonder if you have ever had this experience: if you play with your phone while eating, you will find that your appetite is smaller than usual?”
[Uh, I didn’t care]
[Is there? I don’t feel it.]
[It seems like there is a little bit. When I eat lunch boxes at work, if I play with my phone while eating, sometimes there seems to be one or two chopsticks of rice left? ]
[Hiss, after what I said before, I think I have a little bit of that.]
"One reason for this is that eating while looking at your phone will put your brain in an excited state, which will have a certain inhibitory effect on your gastrointestinal motility, reduce the secretion of digestive juices, and affect the digestion of food and the absorption of nutrients."
"But that's not what I'm going to talk about today. I'm going to talk about another reason, which is that if you extend the time you eat, you'll feel full more easily."
"The feeling of fullness is controlled by the hypothalamus. When you eat to a certain extent, the satiety center is stimulated, which will give the brain a feeling of not wanting to continue eating and not feeling hungry."
"But if you eat quickly, a lot of food will accumulate in the stomach in a short period of time, and the stomach's nerve reflexes won't have time to report to the brain, so it's easy to overeat."
"Nowadays, most people are looking for quick results when they go to work or school, which can easily lead to eating quickly and then overeating. However, if you are distracted while eating, it will naturally prolong the entire eating process, and it will be easier to feel full."
"In fact, it's the same for cheetahs. They all eat five kilograms of meat a day, which can be divided into five times and one meal. The effect is completely different."
"By the fourth or fifth time, the cheetah itself was not very hungry. The food itself was fatty offal. The energy obtained by Harley was quite sufficient, and the brain did not send a strong enough signal to the body to eat."
"But the first three times, especially the second time, is when the cheetah's hunger signals are the strongest."
"After a whole night of digestion, the cheetah's stomach is already empty, and it has also eaten for the first time, which arouses its desire to eat."
"It's like when you open a bag of potato chips and then think about your weight, you tell yourself to only eat a few bites, but once you start eating, you rarely stop until you finish the bag."
[I looked at the corn chips next to me and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they were not potato chips (dog head)]
【It’s me now. 】
【(Angry out of shame)! 】
【Start losing weight today! 】
Bifang put his hand next to Harley's food bowl and never left, causing Harley to not dare to get too close and to linger about four or five meters away.
Many viewers broke out in cold sweats.
For cats, this distance is just a matter of leaping.
Especially when Bifang is in a squatting position, which makes it extremely inconvenient to exert force or dodge, it becomes even more dangerous.
"My goal is to make Harley approach me actively, and use his appetite to increase his initiative and necessity. At the same time, by squatting, which is not convenient for exerting force, I can reduce my threat in Harley's eyes."
“I wonder if you have noticed that people who are afraid of cats or keep their distance from cats are more likely to be favored by them.”
“This is because cats don’t feel threatened in them.”
"Humans are too big for cats. If you pounce on a cat as soon as you see it, it will often give it a sense of oppression and make it feel uncomfortable."
"Before approaching something strange, cats will do a scent survey. If you take the initiative to find a cat, this process will be ignored, and the cat will think you are dangerous and avoid you."
"It's better to retreat in order to advance. The cat will approach you out of curiosity."
"Cheetahs are similar to cats, so the corresponding methods are similar. After two days of feeding and familiarization, I have successfully made Harley familiar with my smell. Today is almost the time to inspect the results."
The audience in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded when they heard this.
[Wow, this is a high-end game]
[Touch a big cat, it's full of heart and eyes]
[Is this the line? ]
[I've learned it. Now I'm going to fight the wild cat in the neighborhood! ]
[Alpha: He is so gentle, I am crying]
[Naked choke plus horse-holding throw, a series of moves, right? ]
Bifang was happy: "The situation is different. Harley was raised by humans and has a family foundation. If we use gentle methods, we can quickly narrow the distance."
"But if we deal with it the same way as we dealt with Alpha, it will only take longer for us to get to know each other."
In front of the food bowl, Bifang and Harley avoided looking at each other, and just stared at Harley's feet with a slightly vague look.
He even tilted his body slightly and didn't face the cheetah head-on.
Seeing this, Harley, who was originally hesitant, became a little braver. "If you are not familiar with an animal, don't keep staring at it. It will be seen as a threat. Remember what I said before? If you encounter a wild animal in the wild, don't panic. Stare into its eyes first. That's the reason."
"Staring is a self-protective behavior that means 'I know you see me, if you want to hunt, you'd better change your prey.'"
"Among predators, except for cheetahs, which mostly rely on hard pursuit, most rely on surprise attacks."
"It's not necessarily impossible to catch up head-on, but the success rate of hunting will be greatly reduced. For predators, after a few failed hunts, they may not even have the strength to hunt. If they are lucky, they can just pinch their noses and eat carrion and berries. If they are unlucky, they may get injured while trying to grab the leftovers. If things go wrong, they may really die."
"So for most predators, if their prey spots them, they have to reassess whether it's worthwhile to continue chasing them."
"So when animals face potential attackers, if they are not sure they can win or escape, they will often wait for the attacker to retreat by staring at them."
"That's why many outdoor books will tell you that if you encounter a single wild animal, you should look it in the eye, stay alert, and don't move."
"If the beast is not absolutely sure or is extremely hungry, it will most likely retreat. After all, there are not many beasts that have eaten humans, and it has no idea of the chance of getting hurt if it attacks you."
"Some hats used in the wild will use reflective paint to draw a pair of eye-shaped patterns on the back of the head, which can also reduce the chance of being attacked by wild animals."
"But now we want to get closer to each other, so naturally we have to do the opposite."
After squatting, avoiding sight, turning sideways, and with the familiar smell and deep memory, Harley, who was raised by humans, finally began to try to get closer due to his hunger and the temptation of food.
When Bifang saw Harley slowly approaching, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and stopped talking to avoid any unexpected effects from his voice.
Animals are different from humans.
Humans have rational thinking, so a person's acquired growth experience often has a great impact on his or her personality.
The opposite is true for animals, where acquired influences only account for a small part, and many behaviors are due to nature and are not easy to change.
Just like what the animal keeper said yesterday, leopards are naturally neurotic and aggressive, and this cannot be changed by raising them from childhood.
In terms of the comparison between nature and acquired experience, nature is basically the dominant one.
It is precisely this characteristic that makes it easy for humans to predict the behavior of animals, and for most animals, a basic characterization can be made.
For example, cobras are aggressive even if the opponent is much larger than themselves.
The bat-eared fox is timid by nature, even if it is just a small mouse.
Cats love hunting and find it difficult to resist attacking creatures that have their backs turned.
Under such a tone, the right medicine can have a miraculous effect.
But this trick is not 100% correct. No matter how small the acquired influence is, it will definitely have an impact, and sometimes some animals will be exceptions.
An experienced hunter never leaves everything to the nature of the animal.
Fortunately, Harley was not an exception. It followed every step as Bifang had envisioned, which avoided a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Under the audience's nervous gaze, Harley slowly, repeatedly, and hesitantly came to within one meter of Bifang.
At this position, the food bowl and the throat of the Bifang, the cheetah can reach out its claws and hook them as long as it wants.
Bifang raised his eyelids slightly and moved his gaze up to Harley's chest. From this position, he could clearly see the cheetah's muscles moving, and thus judge its possible next move.
A distance of half a meter seems to be the limit of Harley.
For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate.
Even if Bifang was squatting, it was a bit too stressful for Harley.
If it was another keeper who made the same movements as Bifang, he might have been able to get close to Harley a long time ago, but when it was Bifang, it was a little lacking.
Bifang, who has lived in the wild for a long time and dealt with various wild animals, has a completely different aura from ordinary people.
This is a rather vague thing, but it does exist.
It’s like two people who have been together for a long time. Even without looking at each other’s expressions, they can vaguely feel whether the other person is depressed or excited.
This is especially true for sensitive animals.
Halley lowered his head repeatedly, then raised it again, his nose moving slightly, constantly capturing odor molecules, but he could not make any further movement.
Outside the iron fence, quite a few people had already stood there without me noticing.
They gathered here, watching the interaction between the man and the beast, not even daring to swallow their saliva, for fear of disturbing the scene and making all their efforts go to waste.
Bifang and the cheetah were standing on the left and right facing each other, with a wooden basin full of blood in the middle. The smell of blood was spreading in all directions under the influence of the wind, and an indescribable atmosphere was constantly taking place.
In the stalemate, a finger tapping on the edge of the food bowl, making a crisp sound, broke the silence.
Harley was so frightened that he shrank his head and leaned back, but his limbs were firmly nailed to the ground and did not move.
Bifang placed his index finger on the edge of the food bowl and pushed it forward slowly and forcefully. Finally, after dragging it about ten centimeters on the ground, he stopped.
This scene made Harley, who was leaning back, calm down again. Looking at the food bowl that was so close to him, his curiosity and appetite surged even stronger.
The atmosphere changed again.
Just when everyone was about to lose patience, the cheetah finally lowered its head completely, leaned forward and sniffed Bifang's fingers.
“Here it comes!”
Barry, who was outside the iron fence, was somewhat excited when he saw this scene.
In the feline world, nose to nose is a form of greeting.
As a human, you can extend one of your fingers and gently touch the cat's nose as a greeting, and then keep your finger still.
If a cat comes up and sniffs your finger, or licks it, it means it is willing to interact more with you.
On the contrary, if it just sniffs and then moves away, it means that it is still unfamiliar with humans and needs more time to accept humans.
The cheetah paused for a moment, as if it had thought for several times, and finally stretched out its tongue to lick it, and finally retracted it like lightning, focusing more on the piece of meat.
Soon, the sound of sharp teeth chewing meat could be heard.
A big hand also pressed on the cheetah's head , sliding along the hair all the way to the neck.
The cheetah seemed to be only concerned with eating and did not notice or resist at all.
