The snake hiding in the crack of the big rocks by the stream is the sharp-nosed adder, which is also known as the five-step snake.
Even people who don’t know anything about snakes have heard the name “Five-Step Snake”. This name is too loud.
As soon as you hear the name "Five-Step Snake", you will know its venom!
The poisonous snake that belongs to Ya Ke, the name of Zhuye Qing sounds poetic, and the name of the five -step snake is simple and rude, comes with a horror bonus.
When Steve approached there, the snake in the crack of the stone did not react. It was not until Steve moved the grass to pull the snake out that the snake hiding inside moved.
“It’s a big guy! It weighs seven or eight pounds!” Cheng Si sighed.
Having only seen the section below the crack in the stone, he knew that he couldn't handle this snake.
A five-step snake weighing seven or eight pounds is already considered big, but this is a venomous snake!
Cheng Si didn’t have the guts to try a stubby venomous snake with this weight.
This is a snake, its body is full of muscles!
If you don't have enough experience and physical strength, don't try it easily. He still cherishes his life.
Compared with Cheng Si's flinching, Steve was even more excited when he saw the snake coming out. Seeing its raised head and pointed little nose, he looked for an opportunity to take action and said "Oh baby~" and "That's really cool."
Cute~" popped up.
Feng Yi: “…”
Cheng Si shook the goosebumps on his body. Seeing that Steve failed to catch the snake and was attacked several times, he said, "Want to help?"
Steve waved his hand: "Get out of the way, you can't hold your strength!"
Cheng Si thought to himself: I can’t hold it even if I have the physical strength!
He was chased by a five-step snake, and he became frightened when he saw the snake.
When Steve finally caught the snake, the three of them walked back.
Cheng Si looked at the surrounding environment and said to Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, why don't we do a live broadcast here now? We just happened to catch a five-step snake and let everyone see what venomous snakes in the wild look like."
The purpose of letting Cheng Si join the team is to take advantage of his popularity in the live broadcast room to let the public understand some of the work related to scientific research and to enhance awareness of ecological and environmental protection.
Professor Zhou looked at the weather, nodded and said, "Okay, you and Steve will work together to do a live broadcast first."
Cheng Si was about to start broadcasting. Before broadcasting, he asked Feng Yi: "Let's broadcast together?"
Feng Yi shook his head, "You go ahead and broadcast it, I'm not interested."
"Okay." Cheng Si breathed a sigh of relief. With Feng Yi's good looks, he would definitely steal the limelight when he comes here.
Feng Yi didn't pay attention to Cheng Si's little thoughts. He took out a compressed biscuit from his bag and nibbled it cherishedly.
After the scientific expedition team enters the mountain, if it follows the planned route, there will be a supply point along the way. Some materials will be replenished there, and the samples collected along the way will be placed there. Someone will pick them up and then send them to Nanchong.
Testing and analysis at the nature reserve experimental base.
But even if there were supply points, the food they brought could not satisfy Feng Yi's stomach.
Here, Feng Yi was thinking about how to find an opportunity to start a little business for himself, while over there, Cheng Si and Steve had already started live broadcasting.
Steve is interacting with his online audience.
"...This is the sharp-nosed pit viper, commonly known as the five-step snake. I just caught it. I heard that when there were a lot of them in the past, they often coiled up on the roadside at night. If you are not careful, you can step on it. It may not be effective if you use a bamboo pole to catch grass.
…
“…arrogant? Look at people with your nostrils? Hahaha, that’s why it has such a small upturned nose, that’s why it’s nicknamed ‘never bow its head’…”
"But the two big nostrils you are talking about are not its nostrils. Its nostrils are here, these two small holes are. The two big holes are the typical cheek pits of the subfamily Viperidae. They are the same as the labial pits of pythons.
It is a heat-sensitive dimple.
“...Small eyes? Its eyes are not small, but the pupils don’t look that big.
"Generally, snakes that hunt during the day have large, round pupils, while snakes that hunt at night have long, upright pupils, which are what you often call vertical pupils. You all know that cats, cats have long, upright pupils in the light during the day.
When it is intense, the pupil is also narrowed, like this, almost shrinking into a line. But when the light is dark, the pupil expands, and the eyes may look bigger at that time.
“But I think their narrow pupils are still very cute. Do you think they are cute or cute?”
Cheng Si: “……”
audience:"……"
We don’t have a problem with you saying it’s fierce, but “cute” is really not something that most people can recognize!
Snakes can hunt as soon as they are born. They are definitely born killers! They are also cold-blooded animals! They are also famous venomous snakes!
How cute!
There was a large barrage of comments, all complaining about Steve's "cute" and "cute" words just now.
Steve's pronunciation is too accurate, and it definitely doesn't mean "fierce".
However, Steve doesn’t care what others think, in his eyes he is just a cute little girl!
"...Fat? Fat house? Well, it looks a bit fat for its size, but it definitely can't be considered fat. There are even fatter ones! For example, the Southern Thorn Snake, and those of the genus Viper, especially
Gabonese Viper, that’s definitely a fat house plus!”
Cheng Si continued from the side: "I know the Gabon viper. When it walks in a straight line, it is like a snake caterpillar. When I first saw that kind of snake, my first reaction was, 'Is it going to turn into a butterfly?'"
Steve looked at the online comments and said with a smile, "...A fat nerd like you? Audience, please don't be too naive! Their fatness is all composed of developed muscles, which are both flexible and extremely poisonous.
Fat man!"
Steve then showed the online audience the big fangs of the five-footed snake.
“...Look at its teeth, the five-step snake, the bamboo leaf green snake, and the rattlesnake are all pipe-toothed vipers of the subfamily Viperidae. Look at its large fangs. Let’s collect some venom first..."
Feng Yi, who was chewing biscuits, paused to make sure that his two large teeth were well closed, rubbed his cheeks, and continued to chew biscuits as if nothing had happened.
Over there, Steve talked to the online audience about the five-step snake for a while, and then left time for Cheng Si.
Cheng Si continues to interact with online audiences.
"... Steve and the others also need to measure the five-step snake's physical characteristics, etc., and record its body length, tail length, weight, location where it was found, surrounding environment, etc. This information will be entered into the database... It is still quite difficult in the wild.
Yes, you have to be careful not to step on venomous snakes when walking in the mountains and forests...
“My harvest? I caught a silver krait on the first day I entered the mountain. Although the process was a bit tortuous, I did catch it..."
As for the incident of Feng Yi holding the snake in his mouth, Professor Zhou mentioned it in other external stories, and the impact was not good. Therefore, Cheng Si did not mention it.
"...We had to pick up trash along the way. Look, this is what I picked up today. Professor Zhou, who led the team, said that these may have existed in the mountains for more than 30 years, but as you can see, most of them show no signs of degradation, so we picked them out.
, don’t let them destroy the ecology of the mountains...
“…picking up a giant python?? You think too highly of me! Picking up a small python is just as good as a giant python???”
Speaking of this, Cheng Si asked Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, are there pythons in this nature reserve?"
Professor Zhou came over and said, "Yes. During the period of abnormal climate, some people found pythons that had frozen to death. Later, several wild reintroduction activities were organized, including the release of pythons, but those pythons were implanted with biochips and could
Locate the specific location. Scientific expedition teams sometimes encounter them when they come over.
“However, after the scientific expedition team entered the area in recent years, they have not found any native pythons. Moreover, the route we planned this time avoids the released pythons, so the possibility of encountering pythons is extremely small.”
Cheng Si was relieved.
The possibility of encountering a python is extremely small, and the possibility of encountering a giant python is even less likely. It is possible that the native pythons would have froze to death during the abnormal climate period.
Over there, Steve, who was holding the five-step snake and measuring the physical data of the five-step snake with others, heard the voices in the live broadcast and turned to ask Feng Yi: "Have you ever caught a giant python?"
Feng Yi shook his head: "No."
Steve: "Do you think you can catch him alone?"
Feng Yi: “I don’t think so.”
Steve: "Hey, I can't either. Then if you find a giant python, call me and I will catch it with you!"