The image of canines howling at the moon has formed a stereotyped impression in people's minds through media such as movies, animations, and comics. It does not need to be described to imagine it.
Not only coyotes and wolves, but even pet dogs such as huskies sometimes do the same. Of course, when huskies howl at the moon, they do not have the domineering ancestry of their ancestors. Instead, they will be beaten by their owners a few times for disturbing people …
As nocturnal animals, wolves and coyotes howl at the moon has no special meaning. It is just a means of contacting their companions – the trachea is fully opened, allowing the airflow to pass through the vocal cords at high speed. Of course, it is better to look up. No singer has ever seen a singer sing with his head down.
Out of fear of wolves, the ancient people filled in a lot of groundless things for the scene of wolves howling at the moon. This led to a series of mysterious legends, such as werewolves transforming on the night of the full moon. In fact, these were all nonsense.
However, one thing is certain. Wolves howl at night to contact their companions.
The black wolfhound howled, apparently ordering the coyotes to prepare to attack. The coyotes howled in response to their leader, indicating that they were ready.
Today happened to be a full moon night. He was alone in the forest surrounded by a group of coyotes, and the howls were endless. It was really creepy.
Zhang Zian has been mentally prepared to call the elves to temporarily hide in the trees, not to confront the coyotes head-on, so as not to be infected with diseases. As for the deer, although he is also very sorry, the law of the jungle in the forest park is a link in the ecological chain. Both coyotes and deer play their respective roles in the ecological chain.
However, he and the coyotes did not expect that there would be another howl in the forest. The arrogant coyotes suddenly wilted like frosted eggplants.
The howl of coyotes is relatively short, far less long than a real wolf howl. When the two are compared, it is easy to hear the difference. Even if you don't know that it is a wolf howl, at least you know that it is definitely not a coyote.
The black wolfhound howls to contact its companions. What is this howl for? Obviously, it is also to contact its companions.
Zhang Zian was shocked at first, and then he was half happy and half worried. He secretly signaled the elves to calm down and wait and see.
Wolves are the natural enemies of coyotes and often hunt coyotes for food. However, due to human beings' wantonly hunting of wolves for their own safety and the protection of animal husbandry, the number of North American wolves has plummeted. Coyotes have no natural enemies to restrict them, and the number has skyrocketed to the extent of flooding.
In recent years, scientists have released gray wolves in some national parks in the United States to control the number of coyotes and achieved good results.
Could it be that wolves have reappeared in the Mahogany Forest?
Wolves are the super-enhanced version of coyotes in terms of size, wildness, and teamwork. When the wolves face the suburban wolves, it is tantamount to the suburban wolves facing a herd of deer. It is basically a one-sided massacre.
Therefore, when this group of coyotes heard the howl of their natural enemies, they were immediately frightened. Some coyotes howled and became mute, not daring to howl again. More coyotes whimpered like frightened puppies.
Even the leader, the black wolfhound, tucked its tail between its legs. Its body seemed to have shrunk, and it looked around in panic, not caring to attack Zhang Zian anymore.
After hearing this distant howl, the wild genes flowing in its blood seemed to be awakened. It felt like there was something in its chest that could not be spat out. It could only resist the desire to howl, because it knew that it was not a wolf or a coyote, and it could not lower itself to howl with these wild animals.
When Zhang Zian first found the coyotes, he had already added a lot of dead branches to the bonfire. At this time, the newly added dead branches were ignited. He held the end that was not on fire and threw the burning dead branches one by one in all directions. He did not expect to burn the coyotes, but to expand the safe area.
Wherever the dead branches were thrown, the coyotes retreated out of fear of the flames, and the encirclement that had been set became scattered.
As the leader, the black wolfhound wisely judged that it had lost the possibility of attacking. If it attacked, not only would it encounter the tenacious resistance of this human, but it could also be attacked by the wolves behind it at any time … In the worst case scenario, the coyotes may be wiped out, roasted by charcoal, or become food for their natural enemies.
In desperation, it issued a short low roar to the coyotes. The coyotes, as if they had been pardoned, followed it into the forest with their tails between their legs, and soon disappeared.
Except for the stench of the coyotes, it seemed that nothing had happened.
The sudden lifting of the crisis left the elves at a loss for a while.
"Quack! Where are the coyotes? If you have the guts, come over. I will fight with you for three hundred rounds! "
Hearing that the coyotes had retreated, Richard, who had been hiding somewhere, jumped out and shouted again. There was still feces and urine hanging from his butt.
"Come on! If you want to fight, you can. Although the coyotes are gone, there may still be gray wolves. "Zhang Zian grabbed its neck." Don't talk nonsense! "
"Quack? Gray … gray wolf? I am not afraid. Other people call me a gray machine, which is the same as the gray wolf. Gray wolves don't eat gray machines. Hahahaha! "Richard was scared to the point of being incoherent, but it still wanted to act cool.
Old Time Tea said worriedly, "Zian, that was clearly a wolf howl. I am going to investigate nearby. If it is really a wolf pack, we need to take precautions."
Old Time Tea had seen wolves attack livestock and pedestrians before. It knew how terrible the most disciplined animals could be when they acted collectively. Only a few animals could resist them.
He shook his head slightly. "It doesn't look like it. If it was a wolf pack, there should be more than one howl. Even if there are wolves in the mahogany forest, there won't be too many of them. I think that howl was more like a wolf looking for its companions. "
There were no reminders or warnings about wolves in the visitor center of the forest park. This might be because the number of wolves in the forest was too small, or it might be that the staff didn't know that wolves had returned to the forest. After all, wolves had suffered a lot from humans, so they would generally hide from humans. Besides, even the park staff rarely came to the depths of the forest where humans rarely went.
A few wolves were nothing to worry about.
After his analysis, Old Time Tea felt that it was reasonable. There was no shortage of prey in the forest park. Wolves generally wouldn't take the initiative to attack humans when there was other food.
Nevertheless, they were still on guard that night. They would wake up every once in a while, feeling as if they hadn't slept at all.
As a result, the night passed peacefully, and nothing unusual happened.
The next morning, they packed up and moved on.
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