Chapter 26

The experts were more curious about Wang Tianba than the green peacock. After all, the peacock could only be seen on surveillance cameras, but Wang Tianba was right in front of them.

 

Therefore, after noticing that Kong Bi wanted to feed more, they quickly stopped her.

 

In fact, judging from the amount Kong Bi was feeding now, she was already over the limit, but considering Wang Tianba’s size, no one stopped her.

 

Kong Bi hesitated for a moment: “But it doesn’t look full.”

 

Li Xiangdong said: “You have fed enough. This owl may have some genetic defects that make it unable to distinguish between hunger and fullness. We have sent blood samples to relevant institutions for testing. Let’s observe it for a while before deciding whether to continue feeding.”

 

While Kong Bi was recruiting employees, everyone was not idle. They had been observing Wang Tianba through cameras and took turns to observe it closely. Although there are not many studies on forest eagle owls in China, there are not few owls of the genus Eagle Owl in China. Logically speaking, the habits of forest eagle owls should be similar to those of its close relatives.

 

But since arriving at the zoo, Wang Tianba’s behavior has hardly been consistent with their cognition.

 

Although Kong Bi knew that Wang Tianba ate a lot to provide enough energy for her body’s evolution, this reason obviously could not be told to them, so she nodded her head and said, “You make sense, so I won’t feed it for now.”

 

Wang Tianba: “?”

 

As a monster, Wang Tianba was undoubtedly smart. Although she did not understand the conversation between Kong Bi and Li Xiangdong, she knew that Kong Bi’s previous behavior was to feed her again, but now she seemed to have changed her mind. She was anxious. It was miserable enough to eat all day and still not be full. Now she was not even half full. If they didn’t feed her, she would starve to death!

 

It frantically spread it wings and flapped them, opening it mouth wide and shouting.

 

“Wah—wa wu wa wa wa—”

 

The loud cries, filled with vibrato, made Kong Bi, who was standing nearby, feel like her eardrums had been bombed. She hadn’t expected Wang Tianba’s lung capacity to be so astonishing, and for a moment, she couldn’t even make out what it was saying.

 

She quickly reached out and pinched Wang Tianba’s beak, so that Wang Tianba could not continue to howl.

 

Li Xiangdong was surprised: “This is the cry of a young bird begging for food from its mother. I didn’t believe Lao Quan’s speculation that this forest eagle owl was raised by humans before, but now it seems to be somewhat reasonable.”

 

Generally speaking, owls will no longer make calls to beg for food after they reach adulthood. After all, they have the ability to feed themselves. Only artificially raised owls may retain this habit after growing up. In the animal world, even if the cubs want to be mama’s boys, their parents will not pay attention to them.

 

“This call is really powerful.” Li Xiangdong was amazed.

 

Because the habit of the animal world is always to give priority to the one with the highest survival rate, when begging for food, young birds often try their best to make themselves the one that calls the loudest. Knowing the truth that crying children get milk, Wang Tianba is an owl that grew up in a normal animal society after all, and has learned these habits 100%.

 

Kong Bi rubbed her ears helplessly: “Then Professor Li, are you going to feed it now?”

 

Li Xiangdong pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: “Let’s wait and see in the evening.”

 

According to the habits of nocturnal owls, Wang Tianba, who has not slept since arriving at the zoo, is undoubtedly behaving abnormally.

 

Upon hearing this, Kong Bi let go of Wang Tianba’s beak and stepped away.

 

“Goo hoo!”

 

Boss!

 

“Goo hoo!”

 

“Goo hoo goo—”

 

Kong Bi listened to Wang Tianba’s ‘affectionate’ plea to stay, pretending she heard nothing, and closed the door, leaving quite elegantly.

 

To be honest, Kong Bi still didn’t quite believe that this forest eagle-owl would give in so quickly. After all, when it was buried in the pile of trees, it had shown great arrogance. But now, its attitude had changed so rapidly. Considering it was a demon, Kong Bi couldn’t help but suspect it was playing tricks. And in the game, it was still in a red-named state. Therefore, Kong Bi decided to starve it for a while and deal with it later in the evening.

 

After all, compared to daytime, night is Wang Tianba’s home court, so if it wants to do something, it will definitely wait until night. 

 

With this thought in mind, Kong Bi didn’t mind leaving Wang Tianba to cool off and go hungry for a while. This way, even if it wanted to cause trouble at night, it wouldn’t have the strength.

 

Almost all of a bird’s physical structure exists to better adapt it to flight. Therefore, with their short intestines, it’s impossible for them to eat one meal and be satisfied for several days like a beast. Skipping just one meal can make them unbearably hungry, especially for Wang Tianba, who was already plagued by hunger.

 

“Goo hoo!—”

 

Wang Tianba watched Kong Bi’s retreating figure, grabbing the woven net with one claw and shaking it, wishing he could sing a song of “Tears from behind Iron Bar” right then and there.

 

“Goo hoo—goo hoo—”

 

“Goo—”

 

Wang Tianba dejectedly walked back, spread her wings, and lay down on the ground, the entire demon had lost its dream.

 

 

 

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When it was completely dark, Kong Bi came in with a cage of live voles.

 

Because of Wang Tianba’s behavior, everyone agreed with Quan Xiangsong’s guess that Wang Tianba might be an owl raised by people, so they decided to put live mice in to see if Wang Tianba still had the ability to hunt independently.

 

Although its body size did not look like it could hunt independently.

 

Due to the gradual expansion of human activities in recent years, people often pick up adult owls or cubs injured for various reasons, so basically you can find out how to feed owls by searching on the Internet, but the possibility of feeding live animals is relatively small.

 

Most people feel a little uncomfortable when they see animals hunting living things, so even if they raise owls, they should be more inclined to feed dead animals. After all, no matter how cute an owl looks, it is still a bird of prey. If it is fed alive, its wildness may be aroused. At that time, it may not be as docile as before, and it is not suitable to be kept as a pet.

 

Kong Bi, carrying a cage of rats, was very calm. Having experienced a cat’s gratitude, she was quite familiar with creatures like rats and snakes. So, she didn’t even consider taking the cage outside to open it. Instead, she directly reached in and opened the latch, dumping all the rats out. One of them clung tightly to the cage and refused to come out, so Kong Bi simply reached in, grabbed it, and tossed it towards Wang Tianba.

 

“Wang Tianba, dinner time!”

 

“Goo hoo!—”

 

Wang Tianba immediately snapped the big field mouse, which had practically thrown itself into her claws. Starving and dizzy, she instantly switched into hunting mode, quickly and efficiently arranging all the field mice neatly in front of her.

 

The scene, however, was still somewhat different from what everyone had expected. It’s well known that owls hunt by relying on their almost silent wings, which allow them to capture prey before it even notices any movement.

 

But Wang Tianba didn’t fly at all. It just “crashed” down from a height like a chicken on the ground, it claws accurately pinning the field mice, and that’s how it killed them.

 

The style was as if it had sat on her prey to death. Although the end result was always the death of the prey, this method just felt somehow… off.