A bolt of lightning passed through the gaps in the leaves in the sky, and the rumble of thunder was deafening.
Lightning illuminated the ground, and the dense forest that was originally bright quickly dimmed.
Without any warning, the rain fell.
"It's raining." Bi Fang touched the rain on his cheeks and looked at the big fish still struggling in the muddy water. He reached out to fish without caring about safety, "We have to go back quickly, otherwise we may catch a cold."
The rain became heavier in an instant, and large cold raindrops hit my body, causing a dull pain. This was because the leaves blocked most of it.
Bi Fang spread his fingers and fished the fish out of the muddy water to the shore. After several repetitions, he fished out all the fish in the fishery, three in total, and there were more small fish that were too late to catch.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the red mud on Bifang's body began to fall off, leaving red marks.
Bi Fang hurriedly put several big fish jumping on the shore into the bark frame and reached out to grab the spear on the ground. He accidentally saw his own palm and was suddenly stunned.
Bi Fang felt a chill in his heart and almost felt like vomiting.
An extremely fat leech was quietly attached to the side of his palm, and its body slowly expanded and squirmed!
[Why don’t you leave? It’s raining heavily]
The live broadcast room was half-lit and half-dark, and many viewers did not notice the huge leech hidden in the darkness.
When Bifang raised his palm, the audience who urged him to go back quickly discovered that a long black spot was attached to it.
【What is this posted on?】
【Willow leaves?】
Branch lightning exploded in the sky, briefly illuminating the forest.
"Fuck! Leeches!"
Cao Lifeng screamed, alerting everyone present.
"leech?"
"It's just a leech."
"Holy shit, it's so disgusting."
There were whispers in the first venue. Looking at the huge black bar on the screen, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
When did you bite it?
Bi Fang couldn't remember, maybe it was when he reached out to catch a fish, he was really unprepared.
There was pain when bitten by a leech, but it was not very obvious. He didn't notice it even if he didn't realize it.
Looking up at the increasingly heavy rain, Bi Fang took two steps back, staying away from the river and not getting close to the trees. Banna was the place with the most thunderstorms in Yunnan, and he didn't want to die young.
Looking at the leech on the side of his palm, Bi Fang's tone was as calm as ever.
"For leech bites that are very tight, especially when they have penetrated into the flesh, do not pull hard to avoid breaking off the locust's mouthparts and leaving them in the flesh, which can easily lead to inflammation and infection."
"Generally, you can spit on the sucker and body of the locust, mainly on the sucker. If you spit a little more, you can often make the locust loosen its mouth, and then pat it a few times and the locust will fall off."
Bi Fang opened his mouth, pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and began to salivate. Soon the drops fell on the leech's mouthparts. When it was almost done, he stretched out his right hand and patted it gently.
After a while, the leech squirmed and continued to swell.
What...what's going on?
The audience was shocked. Bi Fang's method had never gone wrong before, but now it actually failed?
[Damn, this leech is too fierce]
[I remember being bitten by leeches when I went to the paddy fields when I was a child. My grandfather just patted me down and came down]
[Should I say they are worthy of the leeches in the rainforest? They are big and fierce]
[Actually, the big ones are easier to deal with. I’ve seen small ones that can burrow directly into people’s bodies]
Bi Fang raised his eyebrows, a little surprised that he failed.
The probability of this is not high, and there is nothing that can burn around him right now, otherwise he would just use fire to set it on fire.
Without too much hesitation, Bi Fang directly let the drone deflect the camera, then stood up and said very calmly: "If saliva doesn't work, you can pour your own or your companion's urine on the leech. After a while,
The leech will also let go on its own."
hiss!
The audience gasped and poured urine on it?
Cruel person!
Bi Fang didn't have any psychological discomfort. It was normal to handle urine in the wilderness. When there was really no water to drink, peeing was a luxury.
Unfortunately, the location where the leeches are adsorbed is on the side of the palm of the left hand, which is not easy to handle.
So Bi Fang took a bamboo tube as a transfer station.
In the live broadcast room, the audience could only see Bifang's naked upper body with his back turned to him. The red mud on his body became very mottled after being washed away by the rain.
After a while of rustling, the camera turned to the front and saw Bifang pouring the liquid in the bamboo tube directly onto the leech that had become very huge.
"The effect of urine and salt is that many molluscs have a lot of water in their bodies. Once salt is sprinkled, the osmotic pressure changes dramatically, and the water in their bodies will be lost quickly, causing serious damage, and they will automatically give up the attack."
Sure enough, the urine tube is used more than the saliva tube.
As soon as it was poured on, the leech had a huge reaction and began to struggle.
Perhaps because he hadn't replenished his body with water after a busy afternoon, the concentration of inorganic salts in Bi Fang's urine was a bit high. To a leech, it was no less than falling into sulfuric acid.
The body swayed violently for a few times before falling to the ground and crawling towards the muddy water.
After the treatment was completed, Bi Fang did not care about cleaning and stopping the bleeding, nor did he have any thoughts of revenge. He directly threw the bamboo tube in his hand into the river and rushed towards the camp. As for the bamboo tube, let nature degrade it.
In the dark rain forest, the sound of running water is everywhere.
The rain fell into the woods, leaving pillars along the leaves, forming small streams in the forest, showing how powerful the rain was.
When Bi Fang just left the river, he even felt that the water in the river had risen a bit.
"Everyone, don't panic when you are on your way." Bi Fang kept moving forward in one direction. At this time, the rain forest was completely dark.
If Bi Fang hadn't walked this road many times, he would have felt that he might even get lost. Without him, it was too dark and there was no need to use a torch at this time.
The trees all around are exactly the same height, with vines everywhere. There is no difference at all in the eyes of ordinary people, and even the most experienced hunters cannot tell the difference.
Fortunately, the distance was not far and the original mark was still there. After going around for a while, Bi Fang successfully returned to the camp.
"Huh! I finally came back. It seems that I made the right choice to build the ceiling." Bifang wiped the red mud from his face and made a big mess.
The rain has soaked his hair, and water drops are dripping down his chin quickly.
Rains in the rainy season are so unexpected, and the signs are rarely noticed. Often, by the time they are discovered, it is too late.
Bi Fang rinsed and took out the fire in the bark frame, dug out the filled fire pit again, and lit the flame. The high temperature immediately dispelled the coldness, and the comfort spread along the limbs and bones.
The rain fell on the palm leaves on the roof of the shed, rolled down, connected the dots into a line, and flowed down the slope.
The rainforest in the rainy season and the rainforest in the dry season are two completely different places. Rivers can flow from the flat ground here, and trees can grow thick aerial roots overnight.
Therefore, as early as when choosing a campsite, Bi Fang could set up the camp on a higher ground to avoid being directly flooded by water.
"At no time should you leave a burning fire pit, and make sure someone is watching, otherwise it is very likely to cause a forest fire, and a gust of wind may blow sparks onto the withered leaves." Bi Fang stretched out his hand to warm the fire.
, and at the same time, the moisture on the body is evaporated.
All kinds of animals are taking shelter from the rain, and there are actually rare and peaceful branches in the rain forest.
Bi Fang inserted the bamboo tube directly into the fire pit and let the flames boil it.
"The boiling point of water is only 100 degrees. We could just throw it in, and the bamboo tube would not be burned. At most, the outer skin would be burnt black. This is a convenient way to boil water. However, now I need to deal with the wound quickly."
"In order to facilitate blood sucking, leeches will secrete an antithrombin when they bite. Under the action of this enzyme, even if we safely remove the leech, the wound will continue to bleed."
Bi Fang showed the wound that had been bitten by a leech to the audience. There was no obvious wound, but the gurgling blood could not stop pouring out, which was very scary.
If it hadn't rained, Bi Fang would never have returned to the camp bleeding, as that would have likely attracted wild beasts, but it didn't matter if it rained, as all traces would be washed away by the rain.
Bi Fang picked up a bowl of water from a bamboo tube that was not fully heated and slowly poured it on the wound to clean it.
"The only good news is that leeches are non-venomous, so there is no serious danger in being bitten by them. It only loses a part of the blood. However, the wound may be infected, so disinfection is the most important."
"And some people will have allergic reactions after being bitten by leeches, such as erythema, itching, swollen lips and eyes, dizziness, difficulty breathing and other symptoms on the body. In this case, they should seek medical attention immediately."
From being bitten to now, Bi Fang has not felt any discomfort. It seems that he is quite lucky.
"If there is only a small wound, you can use iodine, alcohol or a five percent sodium bisulfate solution to flush the wound."
"If you don't have sterile tools, you can burn bamboo leaves into charcoal, or pound young bamboo leaves and apply them on wounds to prevent infection and stop bleeding."
Bifang left some bamboo leaves when setting up the camp. They were rolled from the bamboo poles. He didn't think much about it at the time. It was just a spare and he put it under the bed. Unexpectedly, he would use it the next day.
Take out some bamboo leaves, place them on the stone slab, light them with charcoal fire, and watch them burn out in the flames.
Bi Fang directly pressed his palm into the ashes, feeling numb and itchy. Fortunately, the ashes physically blocked the wound and stopped bleeding.
"I once read a survey on leeches in the Lizd District. The researcher randomly surveyed the officers and soldiers stationed there. The results found that the bite rate of 50 officers and soldiers in the company was 61%, and the bite rate during field duty activities was 100%.
; Leeches cause psychological fear in officers and soldiers in 70% of cases.”
Even Chinese soldiers are afraid of this little thing, let alone ordinary people.
This is one of the reasons why Bi Fang doesn't go into the water easily. Maybe if you go down with bare feet, when you come back up, you will already have a leg full of black leeches, big and small, and you have sucked them all.
Not to mention that there are large and small locusts, and some are parasitic and can burrow into the skin, which is even more terrifying.
The audience shuddered and the hair on their legs stood up.
[Oh my god, what Fang Shen said made me shrink my toes successfully]
【I was so disgusted】
[The rainforest looks beautiful, but if you go there you will be disgusted to death]
[I originally wanted to travel, but my dear, Lao Fang’s operation successfully dispelled my idea. It’s so scary]
[This is not a rain forest, it is clearly a green hell]
[Director Zhou crying in the storm]
Bi Fang smiled: "That's not the case, the scenery is still very beautiful, and the Banna scenic area is on the periphery, so there will be no danger, otherwise Director Zhou may regret agreeing to me coming."
After the bleeding stopped, Bi Fang pulled the bark frame aside and began to check today's harvest.
There are eight big bamboo shoots and four fish in total.
Among them are two catfish and two carp, both of which are common fish in the Banna rainforest.
The sizes are all impressive. The smallest carp is as big as the palm of your hand, and the other three are almost as long as your arm. If you save some money, you can eat one carp for a day, and it is more than enough to eat with bamboo shoots.
If nothing else goes wrong, Bi Fang won't have to worry about food for at least three or four days, and will be able to eat quite well.
"It's a pity that the rain was a bit heavy today. When the rain stops, the river water is likely to surge. Before it seeps out, the original fishing ground is no longer usable and needs to be reopened."
"But it doesn't matter. It's only for a few hours. There is enough food now. We can dig a wider and deeper fishing ground and catch bigger fish."
Bi Fang's face was full of joy, and he was very hungry. He spread the palm leaves on the ground and started to handle the big fish.
There are so many microorganisms in the rainforest, and the climate is hot, so the dead fish will soon become inedible, so they must be processed quickly and made into smoked fish.
Catfish is more convenient and does not need to be scaled, but carp is more troublesome.
Bi Fang used a stone dagger to scrape for a long time before he finished scraping. It was still quite messy, leaving a few scattered rain scales.
"We don't want to throw the offal randomly. On the one hand, it has a strong smell and is unsafe to leave on the ground. On the other hand, these offal are also good bait. Whether you catch animals or scatter them in the fishing ground, you can increase your harvest."
To survive in the wilderness, catching prey is equivalent to having capital. People who are good at utilizing all resources can quickly make profits and build up their advantages.
There is no doubt that Bi Fang is such a person. With this harvest, it will be difficult for him to starve himself in the next nineteen days.
All the fish were disemboweled, and Bifang cut off all the fattest fish bellies.
"Fish belly is rich in oil, which can help us replenish energy. But I don't lack this now, but I want to extract their oil."
"Bio-oil has many uses. It can be used as a flammable material for torches, and it can also help us make other items, such as mixing it with plant ash to make soap."
"With soap, we can wash our bodies every day, and it also has bactericidal and antibacterial effects, which is quite necessary in the rainforest."
Bi Fang looked happy, and everything was going in a good direction.
Clean the fish and insert it with a bamboo skewer. Bifang is going to try grilling the fish today.
At the same time, he also took out a handful of "weeds" from the bark frame and tied them to the fish under the confused eyes of the audience.
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Regarding the source of the survey report, Yang Zhenzhou et al. "Ecological Survey of Vampire Leeches in Xzlzd District"
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