Wang Xiaoshan and Li Miaomiao went directly to Barren Mountain after breakfast in the hotel. Today he wanted to go there early to check on the progress of the digging.
When Wang Xiaoshan arrived, the excavator was busy working. The area he wanted to dig this time was not very big. Captain Shi arranged for one excavator. Two excavators would be a bit crowded.
Wang Xiaoshan looked at the edge of the pit for a while and then went for a walk elsewhere. The excavator still had to dig for a while before it could reach the designated location.
He stayed there and looked bored. The areas that needed to be excavated were all marked, and the excavator could just dig them. No command was needed.
While walking, Wang Xiaoshan discovered that vehicles were coming to transport dinosaur fossils from the barren mountains again today. Transportation was quite frequent during this period.
The fossils are relatively large, and one vehicle cannot transport several bones. Some particularly large bones require a particularly large vehicle to transport them.
Even though the dinosaur has been excavated now, it is quite troublesome to transport it. I am afraid it will be crushed or it will not be able to be put back together again. Anyway, there are a lot of things to do.
Small fossils can be moved manually, but those that are too large need to be lifted out of the pit by a crane. Fortunately, the slope of the barren mountain is not steep, so it is easier to lift the fossils.
Nothing was dug out of the other pits. Wang Xiaoshan wandered around for a while to see how to install the fossils. Now he just needs to wait for the excavator to finish digging.
Captain Shi walked up to Wang Xiaoshan and said with a smile: "Old Wang is interested in cranes!"
Wang Xiaoshan: "No, I have nothing to do and see how fossils are transported!"
Captain Shi: "These have no technical content. They are almost the same as ordinary freight. Compared with your technology, they are child's play!"
For Captain Shi, who is often on the front line of excavation, transporting dinosaur fossils is as simple as lifting them out, loading them on a truck, and hauling them away.
It can't be loaded in one car, so it can be loaded in two cars. Just transport the skeletons safely and unload them safely underground.
For Captain Shi, the most difficult thing is to find fossils in an unknown area. The fossils are buried too deep and cannot be found without some skills.
Not to mention Captain Shi is such an experienced driver, even if we let experienced experts come, we may not be able to find fossils in a short time.
Therefore, Captain Shi admires Wang Xiaoshan very much. Wang Xiaoshan can find quickly and accurately, and the fossil recovery rate is 100%. This is the real technology.
Wang Xiaoshan: "No, no, it's just a matter of specialization!"
After chatting for a while, it was almost time, and Wang Xiaoshan went to the hole he needed to dig today to prepare for the live broadcast.
"Good morning to all my friends in the audience. It will take a while to dig the hole yesterday. The excavator hasn't finished digging yet."
Wang Xiaoshan took the camera and let the audience take a look at the busy excavator. He estimated that the excavator would dig for more than ten minutes before he could go down to dig.
[I thought I could see the fossils in the pit as soon as the live broadcast started. Why did I have to wait? Lao Wang urged the excavator master to go faster. 】
[If Lao Wang is digging with the shovel of an excavator, the speed will definitely be very high. Seeing how Lao Wang is used to digging holes, and then watching the excavator dig, it feels so slow!]
[Lao Wang, take a break before the work starts. When it’s your turn to dig in, dig faster. You’ve been waiting all night, and now you’re anxious to take a look! 】
[Can Lao Wang reveal what kind of dinosaur fossils are at the bottom of the pit? They will be dug out soon anyway, so don’t hide them! 】
[Have anything been excavated from other pits? Lao Wang will take us to see the conditions in other pits first! 】
The audience actually began to dislike the slow speed of the excavator. The excavator cannot dig as fast as Wang Xiaoshan. Machines win by quantity, not speed.
Many people are already impatient to wait. Everyone has been waiting all night just to see the fossils in the pit, but Wang Xiaoshan has not started digging yet.
Missing is a disease, and the audience is already sick.
Wang Xiaoshan is not one to do spoilers. Once spoilers are revealed, it would be meaningless. It would be more meaningful for the audience to discover for themselves what kind of dinosaur the fossils in the pit are.
"If you want to know what kind of dinosaur it is, you have to wait. The dinosaur hasn't been dug out yet and I don't know what kind of dinosaur fossil it is."
"The excavator hasn't finished digging yet. Let me show you the conditions of other pits first!"
The workers at other pits were busy digging pits, and the speed was not slow, but nothing was dug out of any pit.
Wang Xiaoshan went around each pit and then went back. Nothing was dug out. The audience could only watch people digging holes, which was boring.
After waiting for a while, the excavator finished digging, Wang Xiaoshan went to dig in the pit. This time the pit was a little bigger, so he directly used a drone to broadcast it live to the audience.
After a night's rest, Wang Xiaoshan regained his energy. When he got to the pit, he dug quickly. There were people specifically helping to transport the soil, so he just dug hard.
When Wang Xiaoshan was excavating, many workers and experts from Yehu gathered together. Everyone knew that he had started work, and it would not be long before all the fossils were excavated.
Everyone wants to see the true face of this dinosaur for the first time.
Yesterday, many people went down to the pit and saw the fossils, but they only saw part of them. Some people had already guessed what kind of dinosaur they were, but they still wanted to take a look and confirm whether their guesses were correct.
Wang Xiaoshan dug very fast at the beginning, but after a while the speed slowed down. When he was about to dig out fossils, he also needed to be careful.
Wang Xiaoshan will stop after digging for a while to see how many centimeters are there from the fossil. At this time, a group of people digging together will be much faster than him digging alone.
In this way, the digging speed was much slower. Fortunately, no one rushed him. Everyone knew that Wang Xiaoshan fought alone, and digging fossils was a delicate job.
They dug like this until almost noon when Wang Xiaoshan finally dug out the entire fossil. It was so laborious.
He didn't clean up the soil on the fossil, but he could already tell from the air what kind of dinosaur fossil it was.
The dinosaur dug up by Wang Xiaoshan this time had only one head, and the body had gone somewhere. Even with the head, the audience could tell what it was.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This dinosaur is so unique that almost everyone can guess what it is.
"Dear viewers, it took so long to finally dig out the fossil. You should be very familiar with this animal!"
[I have never seen the ancient species of this animal, but I have seen the modern species. There are many of them in the zoo, and those born in different places also have different names!]
[Although it only has one head, it’s hard to tell how big this dinosaur is. Seeing those two big teeth, I already know what kind of dinosaur it is!]
[With two such long tusks, could it be that what Lao Wang dug up was a mammoth? Those who look at such long tusks will make their eyes light up!]
[This ivory is at least two meters long. With such a long ivory, it’s scary to think about how big the elephant must have been!]
[I didn’t expect to see mammoths without going to Siberia. Lao Wang is great. This is my first time to see mammoths!]
Whether it is an elephant in ancient times or a modern Asian elephant or an African elephant, they all have a common feature: ivory.
The tusks of elephants in ancient times were longer and larger than those of elephants today. Of course, the elephants in ancient times were also very large.
Many viewers immediately thought of mammoths when they saw ivory. The main reason is that mammoths are so famous that other elephant viewers in ancient times didn't even know about them.
Wang Xiaoshan dug out a mammoth from the pit this time, but only its head and tusks were left. It was a pity that we could not see the mammoth as it originally looked.
Not many mammoths have been excavated in China, and only a few museums have mammoth fossils. As a result, many viewers have only seen photos online and have never seen the real thing.
The mammoth excavated by Wang Xiaoshan today allows the audience to take a close look at this prehistoric beast.
The ivory of the mammoth excavated by Wang Xiaoshan is about 3 meters long. It can be judged from the ivory that this mammoth is very large.
The tusks are long enough, indicating that the mammoth is relatively old and will naturally become very large if it lives for a long time.
"The one dug out this time is indeed a mammoth. Its tusks are about 3 meters long. I estimate that this mammoth was nearly five meters tall and weighed about eight tons."
"Mammoths once flourished in ancient times. Later, due to ecological changes, all mammoths became extinct."
[Such a big mammoth must be very shocking standing on land. Such a powerful species has become extinct. Hey, we are so small in front of nature!]
[It’s great that Lao Wang can dig out different fossils every time. This time he dug out ivory tusks and heads, and next time he will try to dig out a whole mammoth! 】
[Mammoths have thick fur. Their extinction should be related to the climate. When the weather got hot, they couldn't take off their clothes, and they died of heat.]
[Isn’t it said that humans and mammoths lived together for a while? Is there any possibility of resurrecting mammoths? 】
[Don’t resurrect this beast. This is a prehistoric beast. It may lead to the extinction of other species on any continent. For the sake of ecological balance, forget it! 】
In fact, mammoths are very close to us. More than 10,000 years ago, when human activities were flourishing, humans even hunted mammoths.
At that time, humans did not know how to farm and could only hunt wild animals. Animals such as mammoths were rich in meat and their fur could keep out the cold, so they became the targets of human hunting.
Of course, human over-hunting is one aspect, and there is also global warming, which makes mammoths unable to adapt to the existing living environment, and they can only migrate to colder places.
Such a large mammoth has to eat a lot of food a day, and there is not enough food in cold places, which is one of the reasons that led to the extinction of the mammoth.
According to records, when the last mammoth died, the Egyptians had already begun building the pyramids, which shows that mammoths are actually very close to us humans.
Like other dinosaurs, humans have never seen living animals, but mammoths have also been seen alive, which is really not easy.
Many mammoth fossils have been discovered in dry and cold places like Siberia. Among the animal fossils in these places, Wang Xiaoshan, DN of Paleontology, is very well preserved.
Maybe mammoths will be cloned one day in the future, and maybe Jurassic Park will be built in the future.
"If I can come across a complete mammoth fossil, I will definitely dig it out and let everyone see it."
"The reasons for the extinction of mammoths are actually very complicated, not just one reason!"
"In the future, science and technology will become more and more advanced, and it is uncertain whether the mammoth will be resurrected. These are all issues that science needs to consider."
[These two ivory tusks have turned into fossils. If they had not become fossils, they would definitely be valuable. Lao Wang will look for them again to see if there are any ivory tusks nearby! 】
[It seems that the place where Lao Wang is standing now was relatively cold tens of thousands of years ago, otherwise mammoths would not have existed!]
[It seems that it is all caused by climate change. Such a huge species has become extinct. Suddenly there is a sense of crisis. Human beings will not become extinct because of climate change! 】
[Why is digging fossils related to the extinction of human beings? Don’t worry, humans will not become extinct in the next few decades. We will soon land on Mars. I’m afraid of climate change!]
[Lao Wang will continue to find a place to dig during his break. Today, he will work hard to dig out two dinosaur fossils! 】
There are really no other dinosaur fossils near this pit, and I don’t know how this mammoth fossil ended up in this place.
And there is only so much left, maybe it was eaten by some animal.
Fossils will be more completely preserved in cold places, but not so completely in other places. Those who freeze to death may be able to retain their fur.
The ones dug out by Wang Xiaoshan are purely fossils, and they are stones. Not to mention the skin, they don’t even have any hair, just a bare skeleton.
"We will stop digging in the morning. We will continue in the afternoon. I can't guarantee whether we can dig out fossils. I can only say that we will try our best."
After Wang Xiaoshan finished speaking, he adjusted the camera to the drone. There will be many people in the pit after a while. If the audience wants to see the fossils in the pit clearly, they can only see it from a high altitude.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Xiaoshan came out of the pit to take a look, a lot of people ran down to the pit. Everyone was very interested in this mammoth, or to be precise, it was the tusks of the mammoth.
Not only the staff came down, but also several old experts. These old experts just saw Wang Xiaoshan digging a hole and never left.
Fortunately, the place under the pit is big enough, so even if there are a lot of people going down there, it won't feel crowded.
Some staff members brought tools with them when they went down. When they saw something they wanted to see, they took the tools and started cleaning.
Wang Xiaoshan's cleaning was really dirty. Except for the two tusks that had no soil on them, all other parts of the fossil had soil, and there was a lot of it in some places.
These staff members are already accustomed to Wang Xiaoshan's excavation method, and they don't mind going down to the pit to help Wang Xiaoshan clean the soil from the fossils.
While we were in the pit, we discussed from time to time that mammoths have been unearthed several times in our country, including both adult and old elephants.
The workers in the barren mountain today have never dug out mammoths before. They have all seen photos online or seen real objects in other museums.
But it was the first time for almost everyone to see a newly unearthed mammoth under the pit like today.