A group of people rushed to the place where the crocodile was discovered as quickly as possible.
The two leopards unsurprisingly turned out to be Brother Leopard and Leopard Sister.
During this time, everyone's vigilance and worry were exceptionally clear. Although the animals at the rescue station weren't entirely sure what was happening, they'd seen the video on Chen Ying and Xiao Shen's phones. They knew it was those particularly ugly creatures that caused all this trouble.
The animals at the rescue station had been actively searching outside for those ugly creatures these days, and today Brother Leopard and Leopard Sister finally found them.
This area is known for its high mountains, dense forests, and numerous rivers. In the summer, it's a famous national destination for escaping the heat, and tourists never cease to come here.
Most people are aware of safety measures, and when they want to play in the river, they also engage in activities in safe areas with their family and children.
And every town, even villages, are equipped with safety officers monitoring all places suitable for playing in the water.
This is Wild River Gully, to put it bluntly, an undeveloped area that's a famous niche check-in spot online.
The scenery is certainly beautiful; there are no unattractive landscapes in this area.
However, lurking beneath the beautiful exterior are scary dangers, but there are always some people who don't feel pain when the knife doesn't fall on themselves.
The incident this time involved a self-driving tour group made up of five families.
They found reviews of this place online, then drove over and set up tents and awnings, even doing barbecues by the river.
The prominent warning signs on the road and river were seen by them, but this group knowingly still ventured into the dangerous area, hoping to capture a wild crocodile on video and upload it online, predicting the video would go viral.
As they wished, the video did go viral, and they ended up in the police station. Injured, the two people couldn't escape penalty.
Despite everything, one of them was even shouting about suing the local government, claiming that their negligence in not blocking the roads and paths led them to drive in.
This fellow even started a live stream to incite public emotions to pressure the authorities.
Unfortunately, most people in this world have brains.
The most liked comment was "If you choke while eating, should you blame the farmers for growing too much grain?"
Chen Ying and the others weren't sure what punishment those taken away would face, but the video they shot of Brother Leopard, Leopard Sister, and Jinya, Little Jin with the four beautiful big cats fiercely hunting the crocodile truly went viral.
"I'm not saying I'm jealous, but why did Brother Ying's video get so many clicks? Over 40 million! This wave of traffic is wild!"
There are plenty of people filming videos and posting them online.
The worst ones still get tens of thousands or millions of clicks, but the reason Chen Ying's video stands out is due to Brother Leopard, Leopard Sister, and those big cats successfully hunting the crocodile, with four cats lined up on the crocodile's back, turning their heads simultaneously to look at Chen Ying—that scene was epic!
After the four cats feasted, leaving a pile of crocodile remains, they joyfully ran away.
Jinya was running while shouting "Ow!" saying that although the meat of this weird creature had a slightly earthy taste, the texture was surprisingly good, and she wanted to eat it again next time!
"Hey, there's only half of the crocodile left..."
The group of people looked at each other, and finally, Chen Ying made a call to report the matter to the County Forestry and Grass Bureau, who quickly suggested they submit the footage from the work law enforcement record camera along with the remaining remains, and they didn't need to worry about the following matters.
"Alright, everyone should disperse. We'll take the items back, and if there are any subsequent rewards or notices, check the group chat."
After a hard week, the group finally captured the escaped crocodile. Besides those who acted recklessly, no one was injured, and the result was quite satisfactory.
There were only seven, if there were more, or if young crocodiles had already hatched, this incident could have led the perpetrator to be sentenced.
They walked downhill on their way down and were driven back up the mountain by the Protection Bureau.
As Chen Ying reached the rescue station's small building below, he saw Professor Bai peering from the third-floor balcony.
"Professor, what are you doing?"
The third floor was Old Gao's domain, although over the past year he had to frequently go out either for research or to give lectures, he would always come back to stay whenever he had free time.
His accommodation on the third floor remained intact, including the bird's nests outside the third-floor window being well-preserved.
"Little Ying, come see this. Why are there suddenly a clutch of eggs here?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ying went up to take a look, and surprisingly they weren't laid in the artificial birdhouse but in a corner of the outdoor platform window, inside an abandoned long flower pot filled haphazardly with some tree branches and grass leaves to make a nest.
"It's already August, whose bird decided to lay eggs here?"
Chen Ying carefully identified them, "They should be red-footed falcon eggs. But red-footed falcons typically breed from May to July; how come they're laying eggs in mid-August?"
They were quite skilled at performing surgery on animals, but to hatch the eggs, they needed expert guidance.
Following Old Gao's direction, they installed a small camera by the window, connecting directly to a phone, enabling twenty-four-hour monitoring of the eggs.
Perhaps, just like the previous Little Owl Mother, due to lacking male assistance, she decided to lay her eggs in human activity areas voluntarily.
Indeed, a few minutes later, the red-footed falcon mother returned after securing enough food.
Upon returning, she spread her wings and paced in the flower pot while chirping softly, then settled down to incubate the eggs once she felt everything was normal.