Eight hundred and eighteenth chapter golden meteorite
Carrying the dead horned vipers, Bi Fang found a flatter stone slab on the spot and took them to the stream in the canyon.
Skillfully peel, bleed, and clean.
What Bifang eats most these days is probably rattlesnakes, and he is very skilled at doing this.
He neatly sliced the snake from the abdomen with a dagger, then picked up the spine, lifted the head, and separated the entire snake bone by sliding along the spine, leaving a long, flat snake meat that was soft to tread, and then washed it in water.
It looked like a long flat belt once, and when it came out again it was almost unrecognizable.
The snake's stomach pouch is also preserved and used as a kettle. A few days ago, for some unknown reason, one of the snake pouches burst and a large amount of fresh water was lost. It was just in time to replenish it today.
[Good guy, it feels like poaching an eel]
[There is no difference between snakes and eels. They both have only one spine. Open them, then slice them and fry them with green peppers. They are very fragrant]
[I'm a little hungry, it's time to order a midnight snack]
[Lao Fang eats lunch and fans eat midnight snacks. Is this the jet lag? I love it.]
After cleaning the snake meat, Bi Fangyou took out a "big stone" and immersed it in the water. After a while, he picked it up. After the "stone" became looser, he peeled off pure white snake eggs from it.
These snake eggs are not scattered one by one like eggs, but are all bound together by unknown substances. The joints are filled with sand, and they look like they are embedded in stone balls, which is quite strange.
[By the way, why are the snake eggs all bunched together and they feel like stones?]
"It should be because snakes are reptiles and they lay amniotic eggs, which are moist and soft on the surface. Moreover, during the egg laying process, the female snake also excretes a kind of mucus to lubricate the birth canal, so that the eggs can be laid smoothly."
"There will be mucus on the surface of the snake eggs that are laid. The mucus solidifies quickly and sticks all the eggs together through the amniotic eggs, thus forming a complete egg mass."
"And because it is in a desert area, the condensation process will inevitably be contaminated with sand. When they are united together, it looks like eggs growing on the rocks. Sometimes the whole thing is even balled up with sand. You can't find it unless you look carefully.
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"Speaking of whether snakes lay eggs or viviparous eggs, we are quite lucky. The horned viper belongs to the former, so we can now eat its eggs."
【What the hell】
【Oviparous I understand, what is viviparous】
[Xi Suo, Xisuo]
"The so-called oviparous means laying eggs."
"There are some differences in viviparous snakes. There are eggs in the snake's belly, but it does not lay the eggs. After hatching in the body, the snake will eventually come out directly, and the eggs will not be visible."
"This is probably related to the living environment of different snakes."
The white snake eggs were placed on the shore after being cleaned, and were neatly arranged together. They were about the size of a thumb, and there were nearly twenty of them!
"Snakes that live in watery areas do not have a good incubation environment for laying eggs, so they adopt the ovoviviparous reproduction strategy of allowing the eggs to hatch in the mother's body and directly produce baby snakes."
"Snakes that live in warmer lands with fewer natural enemies usually lay more eggs because the eggs are naturally hatched safely."
"But this is not absolute. It is mainly the result of genetics. Some life patterns have not yet been discovered by humans."
Bi Fang shook off the water stains. Under the sun's rays, the water stains on the snake eggs were quickly evaporated. Looking at the sun, he could clearly see the scene inside the snake eggs through the eggshell. Fortunately, he did not see it.
to the formed little snake.
"Vipers in the family Viperidae are both oviparous and viviparous. Fortunately, horned vipers are oviparous. They will hide their eggs under rocks, or in caves dug by other animals, and wait for two to three months.
It will hatch and be born.”
After the processing was completed, Bi Fang returned to the cave with the slate and food, then lit a fire to boil water, set up the slate and kettle, and then threw all the washed snake eggs into the kettle.
“Snake eggs are rich in protein as high as 60% and are much more nutritious than eggs. They are also rich in minerals, trace elements and amino acids needed by the human body. Nutritionally speaking, snake eggs are
It is a highly nutritious substance.”
"It's just that not many people eat snake eggs. Firstly, snakes, unlike chickens, can lay eggs every day. Secondly, snake eggs are far less valuable than adult snakes. Thirdly, probably people who eat snakes don't know how to eat snakes in the first place."
Many, most people still have a subconscious fear of things like snakes."
Boil the water and the milky white snake eggs will roll slightly in it.
Bi Fang placed the snake meat on the stone slab. Under the high temperature, the snake meat, which was more than half a meter long, quickly curled up and gave off a faint aroma of oil.
"I have said many times that wild snake meat is likely to contain parasites, but don't be afraid. As non-microorganisms, they cannot withstand the high temperature of 100 degrees. You just need to wait patiently for a while to allow the high temperature to be completely transmitted to every cell.
, it doesn’t matter even if the food is burnt, safety is far more important than taste.”
Normal eggs only take seven or eight minutes to be completely cooked, not even soft-boiled eggs, but for the smaller snake eggs, Bifang cooked them for almost ten minutes and even added water twice. This shows that he is cautious, but it is also correct.
Because of this, the taste is not very good.
"The protein in eggs contains a lot of methionine. After being heated for a long time, it will decompose into sulfide, which reacts with the iron in the yolk to form iron sulfide that is difficult for the human body to absorb, resulting in greater nutritional losses."
"So if you combine the two, it will take about ten minutes."
Bi Fang poured it out, let it cool slightly, picked up one, stuffed it into his mouth even though the eggshell was not thin, chewed the shell, and then swallowed it.
【How is it?】
【What does it taste like】
[I have never eaten snake eggs in my life. Are they the same as eggs? 】
【How can it be the same】
[I think the most delicious thing is goose egg, boiled, very delicate, and then dipped in soy sauce to eat, delicious]
Bi Fang pondered for a moment, licked the corner of his mouth and said, "It's dry and not very tasty."
【What, that’s it】
[Looking forward to this in vain]
【What are you looking forward to? It’s not your turn to taste delicious】
"When an egg is cooked in boiling water for more than 10 minutes, a series of chemical changes will occur inside it. The protein structure becomes tighter and is less likely to come into contact with the protein-digesting enzymes in the gastric juice, so it is more difficult to digest, and the yolk also becomes very dry and loose."
"Snake eggs have a higher protein content, which makes them more chewy to eat. Plus, they have eggshells, so they don't taste very good."
After the snake eggs, there is snake meat. There is nothing to say about this, it is no different from other snake meat.
It's slightly bitter with a hint of oily aroma, and it also has a unique taste.
However, snake meat sprinkled with a thin layer of salt in the wilderness is also a rare delicacy.
One snake was enough for lunch. I only tasted one snake egg and put the rest in the bag for dinner.
The next day, the live broadcast has not started yet.
Bi Fang drew a map on the ground, used the memory and route in his mind to find the approximate coordinates, and left it to the local government.
Although I don't know how the locals will use it, and whether this is an unknown mural location, I can't control those things.
Riding Alpha and continuing on the road, the audience followed Bifang's time and witnessed the surroundings changing from huge rocks to sand dunes again, watching the gradual change of many rocks that were blown by the wind into "castles", "stone mushrooms" and other strange shapes.
disappear.
Blowing by the wind, the flat sand surface forms many scattered strip-like ridges, which look like waves, rising and falling one after another.
Returning to a familiar scene again, Bi Fang was not happy. No matter what, he would rather face the rocks of the past few days.
"Sand dunes can move. Driven by the wind, they will move everywhere, and they move very fast. In one day, a sand dune weighing several thousand tons can move dozens of meters."
"The moving sand dunes have created a large number of 'mazes' in the Sahara Desert. If you are not careful, you will get lost in the desert."
"Sand dunes are also a manic expander. They are constantly moving at a speed of several kilometers per year, which makes the Sahara Desert expand faster and faster."
"I have to re-judge the direction every once in a while to confirm my path forward, which is very troublesome."
During the day, the most reliable direction guide is undoubtedly the sun, and even the sand dunes under the prevailing wind can only be used as an auxiliary basis.
"Not to mention there's quicksand inside."
The moving sand dunes will bury everything in their path in the sand, forming a vast sea of sand. The sea of sand looks smooth and spectacular, but there is a murderous intent hidden inside.
The sand in the sand sea is very loose, and the loose sand creates "traps".
These traps are very concealed and can easily trap people.
The piles of bones in the Sahara Desert are the witnesses of the victims.
Camels have wide hooves and are not afraid of them, but Bifang does not sit on Alpha's back all the time.
The audience has followed Bi Fang to witness the richness and color of the Sahara, but this is far from all of it.
"Crystal? No, it should be glass."
In the desert, Bi Fang held a tree stick, poked in the sand, and picked out a translucent crystal.
The crystals are irregular, with a light yellow color, and look like a piece of natural mineral.
This is an oasis, but unlike most oases, the water here is not fresh water.
There are many flies gathering on the water. These flies can filter concentrated salt and store fresh water in their bodies.
Next to these flies, Bifang also saw a few birds.
Just as desert travelers squeeze cacti to get water, birds get fresh water by eating flies.
This may be the only time the birds stay. They have gained enough energy. With this energy, they may be able to escape the barren Sahara Desert.
It's just that at this time, the audience's attention is not at all on this exquisite little ecology, but on the "stone" in Bifang's hand.
【What? Glass?】
[Shouldn’t it be crystal or something?]
[I can’t tell these apart]
"No, it's indeed glass."
Bi Fang put the stone on his face to confirm that he felt right.
"Under normal circumstances, the temperature of natural crystal is lower than that of glass. It will feel slightly cold when you touch it with your palms or cheeks. Even in hot summer, if you lick the crystal surface with your tongue, you will feel cold and cool, but glass will not.
This feeling is determined by their thermal conductivity.”
"And the weight is also different. Crystal is a stone-like substance with high density, so the weight is not too light."
"Then there are differences in refraction and hardness. I'm sure it's glass."
Bi Fang threw the stone and spoke in a positive tone.
[How does this glass look like it was formed naturally?]
"It's not like it, it should be."
"There is a kind of natural glass with the highest purity in the world in the Libyan desert. Isn't that a specialty of it?"
"In 1932, a British explorer named Patrick Clayton led an expedition deep into the Sahara Desert. In the Libyan Desert, Clayton discovered some yellow-green 'stones' scattered on the desert."
"In 1996, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo Michel accidentally discovered traces of yellow-green 'stones' in the Egyptian Museum. However, it did not become a separate exhibit, but was hidden as a treasure in the necklace of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
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"The scarab in the middle of the Egyptian Pharaoh's necklace was made of Libyan desert glass."
[Damn it, ancient people three thousand years ago knew how to make glass?]
[Are you stupid? Fang Shen already said that there is natural glass...it is obviously polished]
"In nature, there are four main situations in which natural glass is formed."
"One is volcanic glass, which is formed by volcanic magma erupting underwater or on the surface and rapidly cooling."
"One is false basalt glass, which is usually the product of melting caused by frictional heat when earthquake faults slip."
"The last type is tektites, which are caused by huge foreign objects hitting the earth, melting the rocks on the surface into liquid, and then splashing into the sky. When they are suddenly cooled and fall back to the ground again, tektites are formed."
"There is also a kind of shock glass produced by the impact metamorphism of meteorites."
"Scientists discovered a huge crater in the desert in western Egypt, named it Kobyra."
"The glass in the Libyan desert is most likely the product of the Kobila impact. Evidence to support this statement is that the glass contains a high-pressure mineral called redite, which is only formed when meteorites impact.
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"This kind of glass is called golden meteorite by the Egyptians. It is regarded as a ceremonial treasure that brought the sun god to the earth. The most famous Libyan golden meteorite is the pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, Tutankhamun.
The pendant on the chest - a scarab carved from a gold meteorite."
"Tutankhamun is considered by contemporary spiritual saints to be a pharaoh who ascended peacefully. "
"It is said that the prosperity of early ancient Egypt was developed with the support of aliens, and gold meteorites can help restore this connection. They can connect to the important Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris."
"This thing seems to be quite valuable."
Bi Fang pointed the stone in his hand at the sun, and the stone in his hand emitted clear yellow light.
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