Sometimes it is easier to get clues by putting yourself in the actor's perspective.
Bi Fang came to the tree he pointed out that was easy to ambush. The audience found that, as he expected, there were very obvious scratch marks on the tree trunk, and they were in the form of blocks.
"The bark of the tree has been rubbed, which proves that someone has been on it."
Many viewers who followed Bifang on his "traveling around" can probably be regarded as a different kind of well-informed.
They know that if it is a bear or other animal that likes to scratch trees, the marks they leave should be below a certain height, and the marks will be more obvious. Sometimes the bark will completely fall off, exposing the white inside.
Cambium layer, if an animal has a special liking for a certain tree, it may even be able to rub out the tree pith.
Secondly, if it is other animals, such as leopards and other animals that like to climb, the marks will be more obvious and are claw-shaped rather than patchy.
Most of the audience had seen it with Bi Fang's own eyes. Lao Fang did not need to explain these things. Many old fans began to popularize science on their own to new audiences.
"Look, some of the plaques are not obvious, but there are also some that are deeper and have curved edges, which means they are shoe prints."
"In outdoor activities, everyone wears hard-soled shoes instead of soft-soled shoes that focus on comfort, because in the wild where accidents are common, safety is more important than comfort."
The hard sole is heavier and stronger. When you step on a tree trunk, it is naturally easier to scratch the bark and leave traces.
If you look closely at the traces, you can also see that the traces are not the same pair of shoes. You can basically judge that more than one person climbed this tree.
In order to avoid damaging traces, Bifang took off his shoes and climbed to the tree crown in a more difficult direction with no traces on the other side.
There are even more marks on it. On the branch branches of the tree trunk, you can clearly see the traces of being strangled by ropes.
Bi Fang rubbed the torn bark and quickly restored the scene in his mind through the rope traces.
"A platform has been built on the tree. The direction of observation should be facing the dead elephant."
For hunters, trees are a good ambush spot.
Most animals can't climb trees, which isolates them from many dangers. At the same time, trees provide excellent concealment.
You can't see inside the tree from outside the tree. To use an inappropriate metaphor, this is a bit like a person's bangs. Others cannot see the eyes of a person with bangs. They are completely covered by the hair, but a person with bangs can easily observe them.
External conditions have almost no significant impact.
This is why, after observing the surrounding environment at close range, Bi Fang judged at a glance that this tree was suitable for an ambush.
What I don't know is what the other party is going to do.
Bi Fang jumped under the tree and came to the elephant corpse again.
These poachers are very cunning. In order to cover up their crimes, they often cut the bodies open after poaching to attract scavengers such as vultures and hunting dogs, which can destroy the crime scene and cover up the facts of the crime.
Some poachers will gouge out the eyes of rhinos because they believe the rhinos have seen their crimes and will remember them forever. Some will also hold some rituals after poaching, hoping to morally excuse their crimes.
It has rained in the evenings of the past two days, and the soil has become very slippery, making many traces unclear.
The smell of decay mixed with the smell of earth also covered up a lot of complex smells.
Elephants, ambush platforms…
A very obvious trap.
As a trap, what does the opponent want to trap?
Bi Fang instinctively felt that something was wrong. If nothing else, just hunting elephants was already illegal. These were definitely a group of lawless elements, or to put it more bluntly, they were poachers.
But the location chosen by the opponent is very strange.
If I remember correctly, I and Harley had already arrived at the edge of the Kenyan reserve.
This was also the place where Harley was first discovered, and even Bi Fang didn't know if they were still within the protection range.
"Many laws are regional. Once they reach the edge, there are many opportunities to take advantage of them. Many originally major crimes may become irrelevant."
"Such a costly trap was deliberately placed on the edge of the protected area. The purpose is so strong that the other party will definitely not be an unknown person."
【I smell conspiracy】
[Don’t sleep too much at night, the big one is coming]
[The medicine is here, the medicine is here, his grandma drips it, drink it, why not drink it]
Facing the live broadcast, Bi Fang did not hide it, but frankly told everyone his suspicions, and at the same time revealed a corner of the world of poachers to everyone.
"Ordinary people don't have many channels to know about it. In fact, there are three levels of poachers."
"The vast majority of poachers are expendables, usually those who are struggling to survive and have no other way out, such as men in the tribe who can't survive, old mothers at home, or sick sons. They have a gun.
You can become a competent fighting force. After all, what you have to face is just a group of animals. As long as you can hit a bullet, the battle will be over."
"The status of these people in the entire illegal trade chain is irrelevant. If they are caught or die, criminal organizations can immediately find new replacements."
"Catching these people will not solve the entire trade chain, nor will it effectively prevent poaching."
"At the same time, this group of people is relatively the least threatening. Their weapons and equipment can be said to be backward even in a battle. Not to mention systematic training, their anti-reconnaissance capabilities are limited, and they have little knowledge of the law. Some
He didn’t even know he was committing a crime, and his actions seemed foolish.”
"After cutting off the rhino's horns, they will gouge out the rhino's eyes because they believe the rhinoceros has seen their crimes and will remember them forever."
“Or they may hold some rituals after poaching in the hope of morally excusing themselves from their crimes and alleviating their discomfort.”
【Like this】
[There are really three hundred and sixty lines, every line has its own bottom layer]
[Didn’t Lao Fang meet me once before? I felt so awesome]
"Because that time I was unlucky and met another kind of bad luck, and the bad luck may always follow me."
Bi Fang narrowed his eyes.
Contrary to ordinary poachers, it is a very small group of elite hunters.
Contrary to consumables, these elites are more like the private armies of criminal organizations, and their most basic constituent units are veterans.
They are well-organized, well-trained, well-equipped, and have a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance. They will not engage in any messy rituals after the hunt is completed.
After poaching, they know how to cut the body open to attract scavengers such as vultures and hunting dogs, which can destroy the crime scene and cover up the facts of the crime.
Or they can directly lure animals out of protected areas and into private areas, then obtain hunting licenses and poach them in an irreproachable and legal manner.
The level of trouble is far greater than that of ordinary poachers.
This is undoubtedly what Bi Fang is most worried about.
But no matter how much he didn't think about it, everything he saw now proved that what he encountered was exactly such an organized and premeditated elite group.
"I just looked at the bugs on the elephant carcass. Although I haven't counted them specifically, based on the weather and temperature in the past two days, the death time of the elephant is roughly between two and three days. This is just a rough estimate,"
[Awesome, how do you see this?]
[Basic Essentials of Forensic Medicine, jpg]
[Different types of insects will arrive at the corpse at different times, and different types of insects decompose the corpse at different rates. The time of death of the corpse can be roughly estimated based on the type and quantity of the dominant population.]
[Also, the development speed of insects is relatively fixed, and the time of death of the corpse can also be estimated based on the development stage of the insect.]
[It can be said that I have learned very well]
[I can’t take samples, and I don’t know the difference between elephant and human flesh and blood tissue. Judging from the video, I think it takes about two or three days]
Someone answered, and Bi Fang also saved his energy.
He wanted to turn the elephant over and check its wounds, but unfortunately even though most of it was rotten, the remaining weight was not something he could handle alone. Moreover, if it was so rotten, forcing it to turn over would destroy the clues.
"Let's go, let's look around again, there may be other clues. It has rained in the past two days, but it has been light rain, so there should be some traces."