Huge searchlights were projected into the forest, and long ladder ropes descended from the sky.
Two minutes later, one after another, the rainforest staff appeared from the long ladder, climbed down little by little, and arrived near the tree hole.
The staff carried the incubator, picked up the snake eggs on the ground, and used a flashlight to observe. The light shone on the snake egg shells, reflecting a bright orange light.
After confirming that they were correct, they put them into the incubator one by one, and the people who came down from behind were even more amazed.
The remaining eggs of wild Burmese pythons are also survivors of the battle between pythons and cows. They are so rare that they are so rare that a plaque can be put up in the zoo to explain them.
On a certain day of a certain year, the offspring of a white-legged bison and a wild Burmese python who survived a battle were brought back by the famous explorer, biologist, and geographer Bi Fang.
How awesome.
On the ladder rope, Director Zhou of the reserve was the last to come down. Bi Fang did not expect that Zhou Weisheng would actually come in person. Although he was quite old, his skills were still good and he landed firmly on the ground.
Naturally, the two met for a while and exchanged pleasantries. Zhou Weisheng also praised Bi Fang's performance and finally promoted a series of scenic tours to the audience.
Today is the fifth day of the live broadcast. The number of tourists coming to Banna Scenic Spot has increased significantly, which is gratifying.
The publicity effect is simply for nothing. Spending 10 million on advertising may not be as effective as a one-day live broadcast.
The only problem is...
"You didn't find the body of the Burmese python?" Bi Fang was surprised when he heard Zhou Weisheng's story about his experiences along the way. How could such a large Burmese python body disappear before the reserve personnel arrived?
Zhou Weisheng nodded: "We searched the coordinates you gave, but we didn't see the body of the Burmese python. We searched along the way and found nothing, but it doesn't matter. It might have been dragged away by wild animals."
"Dragged away by a wild beast?" Bi Fang frowned. The Burmese python died in the afternoon, and there was only a few hours in between. It is not impossible to say whether it was long or short. "What kind of wild beast did you find nearby?"
Are there any traces of him?"
Zhou Weisheng was stunned for a moment and felt a little embarrassed: "I didn't notice that. We went to the jungle, found everything and left. At that time, we also thought that we might be eaten by something."
Reserve staff often put tracking devices on the protected animals they encounter. We have seen many cases of accidental death and being eaten. We don’t always recover the bodies successfully, but I don’t think it’s strange.
Bi Fang's frown deepened, but relaxed after a moment.
Maybe he was really eaten by something. Various carnivores are not uncommon in the rainforest, Bi Fang thought.
"By the way, we also want to take this Zhoushan cobra away." Zhou Weisheng knelt down and looked at the slightly swaying bark frame, "The stock of Zhoushan cobra venom serum is not enough, and there are fewer and fewer wild Zhoushan cobras.
, there are not enough to breed, so this one is just the right one to take back to extract the venom to make snake venom serum."
"Take it if you want. There's no use staying with him anyway. He has to let him go tomorrow." Bi Fang waved his hand, not caring at all.
Zhou Weisheng nodded, and a staff member immediately came forward to catch the snake. They took out a plastic board, cleaned the soil around the bark frame, inserted the plastic board at the bottom, and then carried the entire bark cage toward the snake catching bag.
Go, then pull away the plastic plate and pour it into it.
The thrown Zhoushan cobra struggled violently and tried to jump out of the barrel, but the next moment it was covered with a lid and plunged into darkness again.
Catch the snake, store it, and get on the helicopter, all in one go.
There were no accidents.
They are all professionals, so how could an accident happen? As a staff member in the rainforest area, the most common thing we see are venomous snakes, and we are all experts at catching snakes.
Once the snake pole is inserted, no snake can escape.
After doing all this, Zhou Weisheng and others continued the live broadcast without disturbing Bi Fang. After chatting for a few words, they climbed up the ladder rope with the others and left.
The huge roar gradually faded away. Bi Fang put his hands on his hips and said with some pride, "Now the owner of the tree hole is really me."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Weisheng came to collect the snake eggs and took the cobra away, which solved a big trouble.
[What will happen if the snake is taken away]
[Will be locked up in a small dark room]
"The venom will be extracted. The venom of the Zhoushan cobra can be made into freeze-dried products and snake venom enzymes, which can be used to make serum." After a pause, Bi Fang added, "It is still in its breeding season, and it may still be caught.
Let’s breed them, and then they should be released into the wild.”
Catching wild animals basically follows this process.
Extract the things that can be reused, capture and breed those that are cherished, and then release them into the wild after the wave is over.
[Breeding? I’m so happy. Is it what I thought? After finishing Dashan No. 1, Zhoushan No. 1 appeared!]
[One day later, Zhoushan Cobra: What kind of fucking paradise is this? One month later, let me go quickly, what kind of fucking hell is this for juicing]
[Ah, this, draining it dry in every sense of the word]
Returning to the tree hole again, Bi Fang raised the torch to illuminate the surroundings. The tree hole was not only large, but also very high, and almost completely hollow in the middle.
Above the fire, there is a space that can never be illuminated.
"There should have been a tree here originally, but unfortunately it was strangled to death. Now there is nothing left on it. Think about it, in such a large forest, the banyan tree has been growing here for who knows how long. It is impossible for the plant to be strangled.
Survive.”
[Strangulation, what is strangulation?]
[The anchor is too professional and netizens can’t keep up]
"The fruits of the banyan tree are often carried by birds and other animals to the branches or bark cracks of the host plant, and the seeds will germinate, take root, and grow."
"The growing stems will wrap the host tree tighter and tighter, weaving them into natural 'flower baskets' of different styles. Look at this tree hole. If there was a big tree in it, wouldn't it look much more natural?"
Bi Fang reached out and picked up all the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and leveled a clearing. This will be his bed tonight.
From intimacy to revenge, the host tree eventually dies due to overload and nutrient deficiency, and these strangler plants eventually become independent trees.
The banyan tree is the most typical "slow killer" in the plant world, and it is extremely cruel to the trees that are strangled.
Underground, they plunder water and nutrients, leaving the strangled trees in a state of hunger and thirst.
On the ground, its basket-like root system tightly hugs the trunks and branches of the strangled trees, inhibiting their thickening and preventing them from transporting water and nutrients.
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In the canopy, strangled trees quickly branch out and grow leaves, competing with the strangled ones for space and sunlight.
Almost all plants that have been strangled in the tropical rainforest will die, and the strangler will take their place, slowly feasting on the remains of the strangled ones as nutrition.
"But this is nature, life and death change, dead trees sprout. Every life has its own way of life. They need nutrients, and we also need to eat, so let's solve the problem of dinner first."
There is no need to think so much about the reincarnation of life and death. If you think about it so much, it is better to think about what to eat at night.
Everyday meal time is the happiest time of the day.
Eat food into your stomach, feel the energy brought by its digestion, and support yourself to live. This is the simplest and most basic meaning of life.
After putting the supplies that had been poured on the ground back into the bark frame, Bi Fang looked around and felt so relaxed for the first time.
"It's actually a good thing that the owner of the tree hole is a Zhoushan cobra. Cobras have very ferocious temperaments, and there are basically no other small animals near their territory."
"Now that the master leaves, this is a rare safe zone. No other small creatures will dare to come here for at least a few days."
Bi Fang chose to light a fire three meters away from the big tree to cook, or to eat fish and wild vegetables.
Although the space of the tree cavity is relatively large, because it is a tree cavity, it is destined that no fire can be lit inside. It is not only flammable, but also lacks ventilation, and it is easy to choke on the smoke.
"After eating fish for four days in a row, I now feel that my body smells fishy, but I have no choice. In order to ensure energy intake, I can only eat these things. Occasionally, I can catch some bugs to improve the taste."
Stick the cicadas you caught earlier on branches. They are the most common edible insects. Unfortunately, there is not enough oil to fry them.
A big fish, a few mouthfuls of vegetable soup, and some roasted insects are Bifang's dinner today.
A primitive and happy atmosphere arises spontaneously. In a wild rain forest full of life and death crises, the sense of satisfaction that a piece of safety brings to people is unparalleled.
After all, humans are creatures that like stability.
Many people also feel that it is very romantic to dig a fire pit and have a barbecue in front of a huge tree hole in the primitive jungle. It is like a fairy tale. If they can experience it in person, they are willing to spend any amount of money.
Unfortunately, thinking about today's bull-python battle, everyone still had to give up this idea.
It's too dangerous. Even if they know that lying on the ground can avoid the attention of the white-limbed bison, most people are so frightened that they are stunned the first time they see the bison. How can they remember this?
Safety manuals and various survival knowledge have been repeatedly promoted during school years. Many people do not know what to do, but when danger really comes, their brains will still go blank. No matter how much they know, it will be difficult to apply them at critical moments. Actually.
There was no entertainment at night. Before going to bed, Bi Fang found a few thick vines. There was nothing else in the rainforest, only vines.
Windmill vine, pole vine, Tokyo big leaf vine, winged stone fruit vine, etc.
Vines wrap around trees, trees wrap around vines, big and small, thick and thin, long and short, from fences to ropes, from weaving to knotting, we can meet all your needs.
Wrapping thick rattan around the roots of the banyan tree and covering it with mud can perfectly isolate the outside world and prevent small animals from accidentally entering.
Just as he was filling in the dirt, a huge white worm suddenly jumped onto his hand.
The white worm is as long as two knuckles, and its width is almost the same.
Suddenly caught in the hand, the white insect twisted its fat body to escape, but the next moment, it was pinched and struggled harder.
Bi Fang held the torch and came closer. Under the light of the fire, the white worm became fatter.
【I dropped a weird, fat bug!】
【Big...big white insect?】
[Has the caterpillar mutated?]
"This is a grub (read half of it)." Bi Fang pinched it, and it was plump, as if the white worm would explode out of pulp in the next moment, "I seemed to have said it yesterday or the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect to encounter it today.
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"This thing is a larvae of the Scarab family. The larvae of the Scarab family are all called grubs, and they look almost the same. Only after breaking the pupa do you know what kind of insect it is. It may be a rhinoceros beetle or a scarab beetle."
Bi Fang didn't know what kind of insect he was holding.
"They lay their eggs in soft and moist soil. Each female can lay about a hundred eggs. I should have just dug up the eggs when I was digging, and then one fell out."
Bi Fang rummaged through the soil he had just dug and found two more. He was immediately happy.
"Hey, this is a snack for me. The protein of this guy is six times that of beef. It seems that I will have breakfast tomorrow."
[Holy shit, is this thing edible? It’s a bit yue]
[What’s the matter? Isn’t this thing just a large cicada pupa? Have you never eaten cicada pupae? 】
[Eating white worms is probably a beautiful thing]
[I can’t accept it, it’s a bit harsh.]
The harvest is always so sudden.
This is the rainforest, you never know what creature you will encounter at the next moment.
Maybe it's a good meal, maybe... it's still a good meal.
All the surrounding soil was dug up, and twelve large white worms were harvested. Bi Fang stuffed them all into bamboo tubes and sealed them with leaves and soil.
Once everything is done, turn off the live broadcast.
"sleep!"
...
In the middle of the night, in a shrub not far from the tree hole, a purple flower that no one noticed bloomed quietly, spreading pollen.
The evening breeze blows and the flower branches sway.