5119. Chapter 5119 It should be a temperature-changing insect
When he passed the poisonous gas barrier before, Leng Lintian felt something was wrong and released a white mouse that immediately fell to the ground.
Another one ran to explore the road, touched the sensor and was stabbed to death...
Another one died of starvation or suffocation.
The remaining one is probably dying.
Although Leng Lintian brought rat food and some vegetables - there is water in carrots and vegetable leaves, so when he remembered, he put some in the box.
Ximen Longting frowned, and then realized that Leng Lintian actually brought a laboratory rat.
"Tsk, why didn't you take it out earlier?"
"I took it out, but you didn't notice it."
Ximen Longting and he had always been at odds with each other, and he was self-absorbed and refused to listen to Leng Lintian's instructions every time. But fortunately, he had a flexible mind and was very observant, so he didn't cause any trouble.
Leng Lintian put the young mouse on the ground.
The little white mouse stood up tremblingly, jumped a few steps, probably because it was thirsty, picked up the ice crystals on the ground with both hands, and chewed them.
Ximen Longting stared at it with jealousy.
He gave the last sip of water to Leng Lintian, and he was injured, lost too much blood, and was now more exhausted than Leng Lintian.
"Look how delicious it is, and nothing happens!" Ximen Longting reached out and picked up a piece of ice.
He was immediately slapped away by Leng Lintian.
"You have such busy hands!"
"Wait." Leng Lintian pointed to his watch, "At least 5 minutes!"
Before 5 minutes, about 1 minute, the little mouse suddenly stared and fell straight to the ground. His whole body became rigid, as if he had turned into a piece of ice, motionless.
But the strange thing is that its heart is still beating.
"It's dead?!" Ximen Longting looked stiff.
Leng Lintian's face darkened.
What a desperate situation, God must let them die in this tomb?!
There was an eerie silence, and the cold air coming from the ice chilled the skin.
After a while, the little white mouse rolled its eyes, suddenly shook its calves, and sat up.
Ximen Longting: "..."
Leng Lintian: "..."
The little white mouse didn't know whether to live or die, so he picked up another piece of ice and chewed it.
Just like the reaction just now, after the ice enters its body, it will suddenly fall over, as if it is temporarily frozen.
But after a while, it can wake up again.
"What's going on?!" Ximen Longting stretched out a hand and poked the white mouse.
He had only heard that hamsters could pretend to be dead, but he had never heard of mice pretending to be dead!
Leng Lintian thought for a moment and understood the mystery: "These insects should be temperature-changing insects."
The body temperature of ectothermic animals/insects will change with changes in environmental temperature: when the ambient temperature decreases, the body temperature decreases, so the metabolism in the body weakens; when the environmental temperature increases, the body temperature increases, so the metabolism in the body increases.
The temperature here is very low, especially when they are caught in the ice. As the environment lowers the temperature, the metabolism in the body stops and enters a dormant state...
But mice are warm-blooded animals——
When the ambient temperature drops significantly, its body temperature can still remain relatively constant.
The chemical agent in this ice layer should be some kind of substance that can freeze at high speed...
The white mouse was frozen after eating it, but its constant temperature was able to withstand it and it came back to life.
Since mice can do it, people can do it too.
Leng Lintian only reminded him, and Ximen Longting understood: "I don't care if it has any side effects, just eat it first and then talk about it!"
His voice was so thirsty that it sounded like an old man's, rich and hoarse, and very unfamiliar.