Chapter 176 The Bug and The Coati (1/2)
Chapter 176: The Bug and The Coati
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Crispy Noodles stayed in Li Du’s arms. Seeing the female doctor’s outreached hand, it retreated deeper into his embrace, as if trying to dig a hole.
Li Du pulled it out and said with a smile, ”Hey, little guy, don’t be nervous. This is Sophie, Flagstaff’s most gentle and kind lady.”
Hearing his words, the female doctor smiled as well. She pulled a lock of her golden hair behind her ear. ”Thank you for your compliment. Seems like this baby doesn’t want me to come near it.”
Li Du, perplexed, said, ”I don’t know what’s going on with it. It’s like Ah Meow; besides me, it doesn’t want to have contact with anyone else.
Actually, they were not exactly the same. Ah Meow disliked contact with other people because it was just a proud little ocelot. Crispy Noodle, on the other hand, was afraid of other people.
Sophie asked, ”I guess that when you met it, it was in danger? Or being tortured by some jerks?”
Li Du recounted the story of how he saved Crispy Noodles. After hearing the story, Sophie nodded and said, ”The white-nosed coati has had an instinctual response similar to imprinting.”
”Imprinting?”
”When a baby animal first opens its eyes, the first living thing that’s bigger than it that it sees it will imprint on as its mother.”
Li Du was surprised. ”What you mean? This child had made me its mother?”
Sophie couldn’t hold back her laughter. ”No, these two responses are similar, but not the same. We could say that it has made you its guardian. The white-nosed coati is very sensitive, so whenever their life is threatened, whoever saves it, it’ll feel affectionate toward that person, and this will at the same time, remove any dangerous elements for it.
”In other words, in the future, this baby will be reliant on you, and remain fearful to all other humans.”
Li Du massaged its head and said, ”That’s quite pitiful of it.”
”It’s okay. As time goes on, that fear will slowly dissipate,” Sophie said.
Crispy Noodles reached out its tiny claws and held onto Li Du, and used its pink tongue to lightly lick his palm.
Sophie asked, ”How much do you know about raccoons?”
Li Du shrugged. ”Um, I know that its one of the most common animals in America. I also know that they like to roam around in cities, and that they like to eat fried fish, chips…”
”Then do you know that their waste is dangerous?”
Li Du shook his head. ”I don’t.”
”Then let me tell you now: the first thing that you have to do, is to buy a cage or a litter box, and teach it to go to the bathroom in there.
”Raccoon waste contains large amounts of roundworm eggs. If accidentally ingested, they will grow in the human body. They grow in the brain and eyes. There is currently no effective cure for it.”
Li Du sucked in a breath of cool air. ”That dangerous?”
Sophie assured him, ”As long as it's not ingested. If just touched, it won’t be a problem.”
He originally wanted to have dinner with the female doctor, but clearly, the more important task at hand was to potty-train Crispy Noodles. So he returned home.
There was a litter box at home, so he put Crispy Noodles on it to train it to poop there. Once Crispy Noodles stood on it, Ah Meow became mad, and jumped three feet high: ”Meoww, Meoww!”
Crispy Noodles was so scared it couldn’t hold its bladder. It peed directly into the litter box.
Seeing this, Ah Meow became furious, and flashed its sharp claws to try to scratch Crispy Noodles.
Crispy Noodles tried to escape and tunneled into the bottom of the sofa, but that couldn’t stop Ah Meow, as it tunneled in as well closely behind.
The coati ran out again. With its tail behind its legs, it rushed to the decorative fireplace, and used its four paws to agilely grab onto the walls and climbed up.