Playing Together, Cooperative Hunting: "Eye of the Hidden Realm" Takes You to See Pairs of "Best Friends" in the Animal Kingdom
in a nature reserve
wild animals have established territories
they are diligently building comfortable circles
it's most important to eat and drink well and avoid predators
they occasionally meet on the road
they can 'row friendship's double oars'

Shaanxi Zhouzheng Old County Town National Nature Reserve
spoonbills carefully scan their surroundings
little deer and this timid friend
maintaining a distance
they never disturb each other during mealtime

the considerate little deer has great popularity
white storks can also get along happily with it
in Zhejiang Jiangshan Xianla Ridge Provincial Nature Reserve
the usually arrogant white stork
has already let go of its defenses
actively follows the little deer's pace
little deer forages by flipping over the grass
the white stork behind it can also peck up a few insects to eat


in Jiangsu Jurong Chishan Lake National Wetland Park
there is also a pair of inseparable friends
cattle herons stand on the backs of their partners, cattle
the cattle allow it to jump on their bodies

cattle herons mainly feed on insects
the cattle will stir up insects in the grass when moving
this provides an opportunity for cattle herons to forage
so even if one soars in the sky
one walks across the earth
they can be inseparable companions

not all encounters have a story
Guangdong Wengyuan Qingyunshan Nature Reserve
there is such a pair of happy couples
after a drizzling rain
wild boar got moving
it walked while using its long nose to flip over the grass
suddenly bumped into a white stork strolling in the forest

wild boar was obsessed with food and couldn't help it
the wild boar's messy eating style ruined the elegant picture
the white stork left reluctantly
a rain after encounter ended with a full stop
don't you also have such a
'mutual disdain' friend?

compared to 'cross-border friends'
living inSichuan Jiuding Shan Provincial Nature Reserve
yellow-throated martens
prefer to play with similar species with similar body shapes and interests
'yellow-yellow' and '' (diao diao – little) are good friends
yellow-yellow lay lazily in front of the red thermal camera
waiting for the friend to arrive
little (diao diao – little) knew it was late

hurriedly arrived
in the rush, it fell on its side
it's like seeing each other only once a thousand years

the two friends hugged each other
rolling on the grass
playing together, cooperating to hunt
the red thermal camera is called 'nature's' (qian li yan – thousand-mile eye)

in the past ten years
has been set up in many nature reserves
standing guard among the green mountains and blue waters
they are for
the protection work staff
provided valuable materials to us
and let us achieve not to be disturbed encounters
together pay attention to '' (mi jing yan – hidden realm's eye)