"What's over there! The carcass of an elephant. It's so rare."
Standing on the top of the slope, Bi Fang was looking at the safety of the surrounding environment, but suddenly he saw a mountain of meat lying in the open space in the distance. If he looked carefully, he found that it was the carcass of an elephant, and there was still something hovering in the sky directly above.
Vulture.
This surprised everyone. Many people had never seen an elephant carcass with their own eyes and it was a novelty.
【Was it killed by poachers? 】
[Possibly, I heard that poachers are rampant in Africa]
[Should you be more careful?]
[Perhaps he was bitten to death by something? 】
【Yes, it's possible】
Various speculations emerged, but if you want to know the truth, you still need to get closer and observe carefully before you can draw a conclusion, so everyone asked Lao Fang to come forward and check it out.
If it were another anchor, everyone might ask the other person to be careful and not to overturn the situation.
But for Bi Fang, fans have long known what he is capable of, and their inner thirst for knowledge is ready to stir up, so they started to encourage him.
Do you understand the value of the title Fang Shen? Tactically fall back.
【Why don't you go and take a look】
【Yes, yes, go to Kangkang】
[Charge forward, I cannot ignore justice!]
Even if the audience doesn't demand it, with Bi Fang's consistent style, it will definitely pass.
However, in view of the possibility of poachers, Bi Fang did not act rashly. He first looked around and found no obvious traces around the elephant carcass, and there were no bunkers around where a car could be hidden.
"I see that the body has been eaten, but the flesh and blood tissue exposed inside is already very dark, and there are vultures on the body. It seems that a long time has passed since the elephant died, and the body has begun to gradually decay. In this case,
Even if it is artificial, there is a high probability that we will not encounter anyone who takes action."
"To put it simply, I came late."
After explaining, Bi Fang ran and slid down the hillside. Small gravels kept rolling down under his body. He trotted all the way, followed by the unknown cheetah. Not long after, one man and one leopard came to the elephant carcass.
Sure enough, as soon as he walked nearby, a strong putrid smell hit his nostrils. The cheetah covered his nose with his paws and stepped back, refusing to take another step forward.
Even Jerry the Gambian mouse had a huge reaction and curled up in his pocket motionless, as if he had fainted.
Reluctantly, Bi Fang had no choice but to go alone.
The vultures' sharp long beaks easily tore off the flesh that was loose due to decay. They raised their heads and swallowed the pieces of meat, discovering the invading enemy.
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The vulture screamed as the stranger approached, but the stranger did not flinch.
Seeing that the threat was useless, the vulture took a few steps back, grabbed the skin and jumped on the elephant's back, and then started to eat, obviously unwilling to leave easily.
Bi Fang didn't pay attention. He squatted down, held his breath, and used the tree stick in his hand to open up the hanging elephant skin, revealing the inner tissue.
When the elephant skin was lifted, large black flies flew out, startling the audience in front of the screen.
Fortunately, the mosaic blocked everything before a more disgusting scene appeared.
But even if Mo Hu loses sight, everyone can guess what the scene is like underneath. It is nothing more than what flies like to do most, eating and laying eggs.
The recent weather has not been very hot, but as long as the temperature is above fifteen degrees, it is still a suitable environment for them to lay eggs.
[Hey, I just have lunch here and I have no appetite at all]
[Man’s greatest invention, mosaic]
[That’s not what you said last night]
【How long has this been bad】
【So how did you die?】
[Looking at the wound, it looks like it was bitten to death by an animal. The head is also intact. It should not be ivory.]
[Is it possible that he died of old age?]
[It seems that we rarely see elephants that die of old age]
[You should have been killed by poachers before you died of old age]
"Elephants themselves rarely die of old age. They basically starve to death before they die of old age. This has nothing to do with poachers."
Bi Fang tried to find more clues on the elephant carcass, and at the same time glanced at the barrage to answer the audience's confusion.
"Elephants' teeth are very special. Most mammals only have three sets of molars, which grow out in a manner similar to the tips of bamboo shoots. The teeth cannot be renewed in adulthood.
But elephants are different. They have no canines, only incisors and 6 sets of molars. However, because the upper and lower jaws are relatively short, they cannot accommodate 6 sets of molars at the same time, so these 6 sets of molars appear in sequence, like a conveyor belt, from the mouth
The back gradually moves forward."
"There are actually very few such mammals. Among the 5,500 known species of mammals, less than 10 species can continuously renew their molars. In addition to elephants, only 3 species of manatees, rock kangaroos, and frost rats have teeth from back to front.
Pushed forward.”
[Sounds painful]
[A bit lost]
【What the hell】
"It's really uncomfortable, so elephants that are losing their teeth usually have a bad temper."
Bi Fang confirmed this statement and continued.
"Because elephants have a long lifespan, the sixth set of molars lasts for 20 to 30 years. If they eat too much hard and difficult-to-chew food, causing damage to the teeth, it will shorten their lifespan."
"Many wildlife rescue non-profit organizations, such as wildlifesos, will feed semi-liquid food to old elephants that have reached their sixth set of molars."
"In fact, many animals will starve to death because they lose all their teeth. However, elephants have almost no natural enemies, and even when they are old, they cannot be provoked by carnivores. Therefore, the basic natural death situation is death from starvation, not death from old age."
Bi Fang walked around the elephant, and the vultures also jumped around in a circle.
"Without food and unbearable hunger, elephants will rely on drinking water to relieve themselves."
"And older elephants generally become more pink as they get older, because their ears and noses tend to fade with age."
"So we don't see elephants dying of old age, but we can often see pink elephants dying near water sources."
[Useless knowledge increased]
【Awesome, you all know this】
[Shit, sometimes I don’t have lunch and it’s not dinner time. When I feel hungry and uncomfortable, I drink boiled water and it makes me feel much better]
【plus one】
[Sudden understanding (funny)]
【The secrets of nature are already known to all!】
Bi Fang circled around to the elephant's back, and the vultures jumped onto the elephant's belly again.
At this point he finally made a discovery.
"It wasn't an animal that did it, it was a human being. Look, there are bullet holes here."
Bi Fang pushed the elephant's head away with all his strength, exposing the side of its neck. Due to the huge bullet holes in the elephant's neck when it was pressed to the ground, the scars were as big as the mouth of a bowl, proving that the man-made statement was correct.
"This is a female elephant without tusks, so the skull remains intact."
"African elephants are different from Asian elephants. Both male and female elephants here have tusks, but I remember saying that due to human selection, more and more African elephants no longer have tusks."
"I don't know why those people wanted to kill her."
Bi Fang was a little puzzled.
Speaking of the most popular commodities in Africa, they are definitely ivory and rhino horn.
But rhino horn is made of epidermal horn, with no bone core inside, and its main component is keratin.
Ivory is different. Ivory is an extension of the elephant's bones, and almost one-third of it grows inside the skull. This means that the ivory and the skull are connected. There is no way to remove all the tusks while the elephant is alive.
So you don’t have to kill the rhinoceros to take its horns, but if you take the ivory, the elephant will definitely die.
But on the other hand, if the ivory is not taken, why should the elephant be killed?
"The bite wounds were added later, and at least two days have passed."
Observing the surrounding environment again, Bi Fang made a different discovery this time at a closer distance. He pointed to a big tree not far away.
"That tree seems to be an easy ambush. Let's go and have a look."