Chapter 484 The King of the Snowy Mountain
Chapter 484 The King of the Snowy Mountain
As evening approached, there was still no sight of the snow leopard.
But as dusk fell, everyone returned to rest and recuperate.
The next day, they continued their search.
Walking to and fro on the high plateau, climbing mountains was quite exhausting, and having risen early, Fang Ye no longer observed the surroundings with the same enthusiasm as yesterday while in the car. Instead, he closed his eyes and caught up on some sleep.
When they arrived at another valley where the snow leopard might appear, Fang Ye yawned, rubbed his face, and walked out of the car.
After a sip of spiritual water, he felt much more spirited!
Pulling out his binoculars, he noted that it had snowed the previous night, and there were still a few small snowflakes falling this morning. Fortunately, the snowfall wasn't heavy and didn't hinder their departure.
Layers of snowflakes covered the valley in a thin layer of white.
Snowy weather like this undoubtedly increased the difficulty of finding the snow leopard!
Lan Li squinted her eyes at the gray stones and white snow for a long while, gloomily saying, "My eyes are about to go blurry!"
Fang Ye, with the aid of his Aimbot Binoculars, still maintained a relaxed attitude and joked, "Yeah, it feels like there's a snow leopard hiding everywhere you look!"
As he scanned the surroundings with his binoculars, he found himself unconsciously focusing on the same direction several times.
He guessed there must be some animal there.
After carefully looking for a long while, he spotted a snow leopard with a coat of grey and white, spotted with black, descending the slope gracefully, its gait composed.
It was like a mysterious and beautiful spirit, an envoy sent by the mountain god, walking elegantly through the snow!
For a few seconds, Fang Ye's mind went blank, then he exclaimed in surprise, "I see the snow leopard!"
Joy often appears when one least expects it!
Lan Li eagerly asked, "Hey, where is it?"
Fang Ye pointed in the direction, "Over there, on the slope!"@@@@
The snow leopard is a unique flagship species of the high mountain snowfields. Its stoic appearance and mysterious movements are surrounded by many magical legends, giving it endless charm.
Its presence proves the excellent ecological environment and diversity of species here.
In this corner of the beautiful planet, on the cold snowy mountains, such magical creatures exist.
Seeing the snow leopard before her, Lan Li couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion!
Ah! Lan Li shook Fang Ye's arm back and forth, her voice trembling with excitement as she repeated a few words over and over, "Wow, a snow leopard! It's really a snow leopard! So beautiful! This is the snow leopard!"
Seeing her like this, Fang Ye couldn't help but laugh!
With the atmosphere just right, the two naturally embraced each other, kissing deeply.
Unable to suppress his instinctive love for petting cats, he really wanted to activate his affable skill and play affectionately with the snow leopard for a while.
But the best love and respect for wild animals is to maintain a distance and admire them, not to approach them closely.
He regretfully extinguished that impulse.
The snow leopard lazily basked in the sun behind the ditch for a while, squinted its eyes and dozed off, then noticing that they hadn't left, it got up from the ground.
It walked a few steps, raised its rump, lowered its back, flexed its paws on the meadow as if it was scratching a cat scratching board, scratching repeatedly.
It stretched a charming stretch and leisurely walked away.
Its figure grew smaller and smaller, leaving only a tiny black shadow that disappeared over the ridge line.
Not until the snow leopard had gone far did Fang Ye let out a sigh of relief and looked in the direction it had left, whispering, "That was amazing, I'll remember this scene for a lifetime."
Being able to quietly coexist with such a creature in the wilderness for so long, admiring its beautiful form, and even witnessing its adorable stretching behavior, was an incredibly wonderful encounter.
Having seen the beautiful king of the snowy mountains, there were no regrets about this trip to Angsai.
In the following days, Fang Ye and the others continued driving around, and they had quite a few finds.
They saw a scene of a wolf pack chasing Thorold's deer, the group of wolves cornering and blocking a deer that had strayed from the herd and killing it by the river, which quickly attracted Eurasian griffon vultures to circle in the sky.
Waiting eagerly to descend for the feast once the wolves had finished.
April is the mating season for golden eagles, which like to nest on cliffs.
Two golden eagles on a cliff tree, one standing on the back of the other, rocking up and down, engaging in indescribable deeds.
Listening to Qunan, January to March is the mating season for snow leopards, and in the mornings when they went out, they could occasionally hear the distant "howling" of snow leopards.
On the fourth day, they were fortunate to see a snow leopard mother playing with her cub in the high snowy mountains, chasing and frolicking happily.
They also saw Tibetan foxes chasing red foxes, Tibetan foxes fighting with Pallas's cats...
Of course, the most common scene was still pikas being caught and eaten by various animals.
On the fifth day, as they were preparing to leave, they encountered another snow leopard on the road.
By now, Qunan was completely convinced of Fang Ye being favored by the sacred mountain.
When he spoke to him, there was a respect that went beyond that of a mere guest.
For others to come and see a snow leopard even once was very lucky, but to see snow leopards three times in five days, including a mother and child at play, was incredibly fortunate luck, not to mention all the rare scenes witnessed.
Fang Ye knew that it was mainly thanks to the Aimbot Binoculars.
Wildlife in the field are actually very well concealed and not that easy to find.
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