Chapter 87 Encountering the natural enemy Gyrfalcon and the lone otter (35)

At this time, an otter on the shore jumped into the lake with a long branch in its mouth.

Its feet kicked under the water and its head, holding the branch in its mouth, emerged from the lake.

Its soft and flexible body and long tail twist in the water like waves, demonstrating its extremely high swimming ability.

Although otters are small in size, their fur is one of the densest in the entire animal kingdom!
There are anywhere from 350000 to 1000000 hairs per square inch of skin!

The brown hair on the back and the gray-brown hair on the abdomen are shiny and dense, and have excellent waterproof properties.

This special tubular hair structure allows otters to swim more freely in the water.

When otters first build dams, they choose a narrow location in the river because there will be many stones and earth slopes there. When branches are transported into the river, they will be blocked by these stones and earth slopes.

Then, the continuous accumulation of branches will form the keel for the otters to build the dam.

This is the most important component in building a dam.

After the dam took shape, the subsequent construction work became much easier.

They will spend weeks bringing in branches of varying lengths to use as building materials.

After Su Ran's explanation, netizens seemed to be there witnessing the entire work process of these otters a few weeks ago.

Fortunately, they can now watch the final finishing touches on the dam project in real time!

As the otter stuffed the last branch into the dam, the rest of the otter team began to dig up river mud and use it like cement to fill the gaps between the dams.

The otters worked in a team and were very efficient. Except for the two otters who ran away to the side and were discovered by Su Ran, the rest of the otters worked together to complete the final work in less than half an hour.

At this point, the entire upstream river was completely blocked by the dam.

The remaining outflowing water will not be able to provide enough water to the downstream, which will cause the water flow at the foot of the mountain to completely dry up within the remaining seventy-two hours.

At this time, Su Ran also began to understand why the stream at the foot of the mountain had disappeared.

It’s not that the lake doesn’t have enough water reserves, but that it has been blocked by these little guys in previous years.

Su Ran had a headache.

However, netizens completely forgot about this and were indignant at first, demanding that Su Ran catch the culprit.

But when they found out that the culprit was such a cute baby otter, they suddenly felt sorry for it.

"The baby is so cute, it's hard to criticize him."

"Woo, woo, woo, can I carry the bucket and help the otters build the dam?"

Seeing that netizens even wanted to infiltrate the otter, Su Ran's smile was full of bitterness: "You really have done enough. The most important thing now is to think about how to solve the problem of water shortage in the downstream riverbed."

"Brother Su, have you thought of a solution?"

"We can't tear down the masterpiece that Otter has worked so hard on."

In fact, if we want to solve the current problem, we still need to analyze why otters build dams.

Su Ran said: "Otters build dams to raise the local water level so that their underwater nests and passages will not be exposed."

"And they carry out such a huge water conservancy project not only to protect their homes, but also indirectly to save more water for plants on both sides of the river."

This is also why the trees and plants around the lake grow lushly.

It can be said that this is a real project that benefits the people.

Su Ran certainly cannot tear down the dam by force.

The best solution is to see if a small hole can be opened near the dam to ensure that the water level is high enough to protect the otter nests while providing a continuous water supply downstream. Dahei seemed to understand Su Ran's idea and ran directly to the lake to negotiate with the otter construction team.

But I didn't expect that they didn't take Dahei seriously at all.

The otters standing on the dam saw the big black wolf on the shore and started to call out to their companions. Then they all jumped into the water and swam to the shore. Their little heads popped out of the water and they looked at this uninvited guy warily.

The biggest otter among them opened his mouth and barked fiercely at Dahei, trying to warn it not to trespass into its territory.

When has Dahei ever been scared by such a little thing?
Just when he was about to show them some color, Su Ran picked him up from behind.

"Brother Gou, forget it."

"Otters are the absolute rulers of freshwater lakes. They look cute but are not easy to bully. They are powerful not only in water but also on land."

"Besides, we are facing off against the entire otter family. These guys who like to form gangs are definitely the evil forces in the freshwater animal world. We better be careful."

The otter boss shouted at Su Ran, as if to say that you are sensible.

Su Ran was also a little embarrassed.

Seeing Su Ran get humiliated for the first time, netizens were so happy.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Brother Su would also get humiliated sometimes."

"Su Shen has a strong enemy, but I didn't expect it to be an otter!"

Su Ran felt a little helpless. In fact, he was not really afraid of these otters. If these otters really wanted to attack him and Dahei.

With the cooperation between him and Dahei, it was easy for them to subdue this group of guys.

But Su Ran is not the Jack the Ripper of the animal world, so there is no need for him to fight with these little guys.

Whether it is towards people or animals, we must win them over with virtue.

Just at this moment, a sharp and heroic cry suddenly came from the blue sky.

The sound was high-pitched, breaking through the air and reaching the sun and the moon.

The sound was like an alarm for the otters. The leader of the otters cried out and called on his companions to swim quickly towards the nest for shelter.

Even a strong animal like the otter is not without natural enemies. Apart from land beasts, what they fear most are large birds of prey!

When encountering medium or large birds of prey, they don't even have a chance to fight back and can only passively avoid attacks from the sky.

What can make these ferocious guys so scared is the Saker Falcon soaring in the sky!
The drone captured the picture of a Saker Falcon hovering in the sky with sharp and shining eyes, a long, sharply curved beak, and snow-white claws like silver hooks.

The leader of the otters, who was leading his family members to retreat to their nest, was staring at the Saker Falcon in the sky with fierce eyes.

As an opponent they had fought against several times, several members of his family had been hunted by Saker Falcons.

This Saker Falcon first appeared in this forest area about half a year ago, and the otter family has never been quiet since then.

The purpose of building the dam was also to defend against the sudden attacks of Saker Falcon.

After the other family members dived into the water and passed through the underwater passage into the nest, the eldest otter who was left last to go in finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just as it was about to enter the nest to avoid its predators, it suddenly heard the wailing of its companions coming from the water in the distance.

Su Ran also saw two lone otters.

"It's those two Xiao Shuai and Xiao Mei who ran to the side and were lazy."

(End of this chapter)