The two reporters discussed while writing. Wang Xiaoshan has not dug out the entire fossil yet. They are not particularly anxious. Now they are waiting for Wang Xiaoshan's fossil.
It's not that Wang Xiaoshan dug slowly today, it's because the fossils are not very big. If he dug too fast, the fossils would be split by him.
Wang Xiaoshan has been holding a small shovel to gently dig out the soil, and then uses a brush to clean some fine soil.
The fossil is not big, so Wang Xiaoshan has time to clean it slowly. If the fossil is larger, his cleaning speed will be much slower.
Wang Xiaoshan cleaned up for a while and took the camera to let the audience see the fossils under the pit. The audience was anxious to death and would scream if they didn't look for a while.
"This is the part that was dug out just now. This dinosaur has a long neck."
Wang Xiaoshan dug under the pit for a long time and all he found were dinosaur necks, and the necks were a bit long.
[With a duck’s mouth and such a long neck, the dinosaur dug up by Lao Wang this time is definitely related to ducks!]
[It could also be a goose. The beak of a goose also looks like this, and its neck is also very long. You can’t tell it’s a duck just by looking at its long neck!]
[I just checked and found out that there are actually many animals with duck beaks and long necks. Animals like swans and ostriches all have the same beaks and long necks! 】
[The neck is still curved. It looks like this dinosaur was looking at something. Could it be a fish? 】
[What kind of dinosaur is this? It looks so strange. It’s easy for people to think about it when it looks like this. Although it’s buried deep, I really don’t believe it’s a dinosaur fossil.]
After seeing the long neck, many viewers were convinced that the dinosaur dug up by Wang Xiaoshan this time was definitely related to ducks, and was most likely the ancestor of ducks.
However, many viewers went to the Internet to check and found that not only ducks have such mouths, but many animals also have flat mouths.
And not only the mouths, many of the necks are also long, which makes many viewers think that what Wang Xiaoshan dug up this time may be related to ducks, or it may be the ancestor of other animals.
However, many viewers still think that the fossil excavated by Wang Xiaoshan this time is a bit special. The long neck paired with a small body looks very special.
There were many dinosaurs with long necks in ancient times, but the audience had never seen an animal with a long neck and a mouth similar to that of a duck.
The curiosity of the audience was completely aroused by Wang Xiaoshan little by little. Many viewers now want him to dig out the fossils as soon as possible.
Everyone wants to see what this dinosaur looks like and why it is so special.
The staff at Barren Mountain were also curious. Many staff were digging holes while watching Wang Xiaoshan’s live broadcast.
Everyone wants to see what this dinosaur looks like as soon as possible. This kind of strange dinosaur is so rare.
So many dinosaur fossils have been excavated from the barren mountains, but there are very few that look particularly strange, and most of them are very ordinary.
Although there are some ordinary dinosaur fossils that many viewers have never seen, those are indeed ordinary dinosaur fossils.
The fossils unearthed by Wang Xiaoshan this time are not ordinary at all. None of the staff who often excavate fossils of dinosaurs have ever seen such dinosaurs.
Li Miaomiao and Cao Bingbing, who were writing articles at the camp, were a little confused after seeing the live broadcast. What on earth was this thing? It looked weird.
The two reporters quickly went to the Internet to check information. They both wanted to check online to see if there was any relevant information about this dinosaur online.
The audience was not as anxious as the reporters. Many of the viewers watching the live broadcast were at work and watching Wang Xiaoshan's live broadcast in their spare time. They were not in a hurry.
After a while, when Wang Xiaoshan dug out the fossils completely, everyone could see what the fossils looked like, but reporters couldn't.
The two reporters were anxious to write the article, but they were slow and had to work overtime tonight.
"Don't worry, everyone. I'll continue digging first. You will see what the dinosaurs look like in a moment."
"I just carefully cleaned the dinosaur's mouth and showed it to everyone. It has sharp teeth."
The first time Wang Xiaoshan showed it to the audience, he didn't clean it very well. When he cleaned his neck just now, he specially cleaned his mouth again.
After cleaning up, Wang Xiaoshan discovered that this dinosaur had small sharp teeth inside its flat mouth.
[Sharp teeth, my dear, it seems that none of the ancient dinosaurs were good at stubble. They looked like ducks, but the teeth in their mouths were nothing like them!]
[It’s hard to imagine that an animal that looks like a duck has a mouth full of sharp teeth. If anyone approaches out of curiosity, they will easily be killed!]
[It’s normal for ancient dinosaurs to have rough skin and thick flesh. If they didn’t have fangs, they wouldn’t be able to eat. That’s normal!]
[There is this kind of long neck that is very suitable for fishing in the water, and it has sharp teeth. Once bitten by it, there is no way to escape! 】
[Lao Wang digs in quickly, now I really want to know what the body and legs of this dinosaur look like, whether it is a duck paw or a claw. 】
The audience found it strange that the duck actually had teeth in its mouth. This feature is very rare among real animals.
From the fossils, the audience can see that this dinosaur had a long mouth. The mouth was very thin. Many people would not have thought that teeth could grow on such a thin mouth.
Many people think that even though this dinosaur has a duck's mouth and neck, it might be a very ferocious dinosaur.
Maybe it could run very fast like an ostrich. If an ostrich had such speed and had such a beak, it could eat many dinosaurs.
However, many people still think that this mouth shape is only suitable for catching fish in the water. A flat mouth is easier to catch fish, and other mouth shapes are not suitable for catching fish.
This is in line with the situation at that time. In ancient times, all animals had rough skin and thick flesh. Without good teeth, they might really be hungry.
The teeth of the fish fossils unearthed from the barren mountains are all sharper than the last. If land animals did not have sharp teeth, it would be difficult to catch fish.
If your teeth are not in good condition, you may not catch any fish in the water but may be killed by them instead. This possibility is possible.
In ancient times, it was an era of jungle. If you want to avoid being eaten, you must become stronger. If you are not strong, you will be easily eaten.
Cao Bingbing: "What's going on? He even has teeth. My dear, this dinosaur is pretty awesome!"
Li Miaomiao nodded: "Well, it's a bit fierce. Having teeth will make it much easier to hunt prey. Just now I thought it was impossible to just have an ordinary flat mouth."
Just now Li Miaomiao felt that it was impossible to just have a flat mouth. This kind of flat mouth is suitable for fishing in modern times, but it was not suitable in ancient times.
Cao Bingbing: "I'd better go to the mountains to have a look. This kind of fossil is too rare. I want to take more photos."
After saying that, Cao Bingbing took her mobile phone and went to the mountains. She wanted to take more photos quickly, and some manuscripts would be coming soon.
After Wang Xiaoshan finished reading to the audience, he continued to dig out the fossils in the pit. While he was digging, people would come down from time to time to take a look. Fortunately, only one person came every time.
When we dug the pit in the past, the pit was relatively big, and everyone could stand on the edge of the pit and look at the fossils under the pit. This time, the fossils were too small, and the pit was too small, so everyone could only look at it from inside the pit.
However, you may not be able to see clearly what Wang Xiaoshan is digging when you go down into the pit. That's the disadvantage of the pit being too small.
Wang Xiaoshan dug very carefully. If someone came into the hole, he would take a quick look and leave without affecting him.
Dinosaur bones are relatively brittle and small, and they are all in the neck, so digging them out is particularly troublesome. Wang Xiaoshan dug very slowly.
After a while, Wang Xiaoshan dug to the position of the spine. The fossil under the pit had the spine facing him, so he dug down along the spine of the neck.
It is easier to dig out all the side near him first, and then dig out the other side after digging. It is too troublesome to dig east and west.
The spine of this dinosaur is not very thick, almost the same as the neck. If you don't look carefully, you can easily mistake the spine for a neck.
When the entire spine was dug out, Wang Xiaoshan took a camera and let the audience take a look.
"Dear viewers, this is part of the fossil I dug up just now. Let me show it to you first."
"This fossil is not big and has a lot of bones. It will be difficult to dig out. Please don't be anxious!"
[What is this that Lao Wang dug out? Is it a neck? Why is it so long? It looked like a duck at first, but now it feels a bit like a snake!]
[It can’t be a snake. Lao Wang just showed us the neck area. The bones there are relatively thin, but the part we see now is thicker! 】
[What is this thing, why is it so weird? Can Lao Wang dig it down from the beginning? I’m really confused when you dig it like this!]
[The place Lao Wang is digging now should be the spine. If it were the neck, how terrifying this dinosaur must be, with a duck’s mouth and a snake’s body.]
[Lao Wang doesn’t dig things according to routines. Lao Wang, come and explain to us, what exactly are you digging this time! 】
The audience was confused when they first saw the fossil. Many of the audience thought the same thing as Wang Xiaoshan just now. Everyone thought the spine was a neck.
Some attentive viewers still noticed that the bones in the neck are relatively thin and the bones in the spine are relatively thick.
The middle parts of snake bones are generally the same thickness and do not grow into different thicknesses, so some people think that what Wang Xiaoshan is showing everyone is the vertebrae.
However, the vertebrae of this dinosaur are not short, they are one long, which is different from the dinosaurs excavated before.
The audience has already seen that the dinosaur dug up by Wang Xiaoshan this time not only has a long neck, but also has a body that is not very short.
Thinking about it this way, the audience became more convinced that this should be some kind of dinosaur with a duck bill, and now the audience wanted to see what the tail of this dinosaur looked like.
If this is an animal such as a duck or an ostrich, the position of the tail vertebra should be boneless, and it should be the butt of a dinosaur.
Some viewers wanted Wang Xiaoshan to dig it from beginning to end, but most viewers still wanted to see what the dinosaur's tail looked like first.
For a while, some viewers in the live broadcast room wanted to see the body, and some viewers wanted to see the tail. It was already very noisy.
In the end, Wang Xiaoshan chose to continue digging along the dinosaur's spine. It was more convenient to dig out the part of the bone that was close to him first, and then dig out the other side later.
It would be too troublesome if we had to dig here and there for a while.
"Dear viewers, I'd better dig the side closest to me first. When I'm done digging, I'll dig the other side."
"Don't worry, everyone, we will dig out the entire fossil for everyone to see today. Don't worry!"
After saying this, Wang Xiaoshan started digging. The dinosaur was not very big. He would be able to dig out the entire dinosaur before the live broadcast ends today.
But the staff at Barren Mountain were waiting impatiently, and they would come over to take a look from time to time, which already affected their speed of digging holes.
Later, Captain Shi couldn't stand it any longer, so he directly put up a sign at the entrance of the pit dug by Wang Xiaoshan, prohibiting anyone from going down, in order to encourage everyone to dig faster.
Last time, Wang Xiaoshan dug a big hole. The staff came to the edge of the hole to see if it was okay. After taking a look, they started digging without affecting the progress.
This time it didn't work. The pit was too small. The staff had to go down to the pit to look at it, one person at a time. Many people were standing in line at the edge of the pit. This affected the progress too much.
Captain Shi asked everyone to disperse and finish their work. You can see whatever you want. But the work is not finished yet. If you always want to see the fossils, that won't work.
This time when Wang Xiaoshan was excavating, the workers stopped coming down, and Li Miaomiao and Cao Bingbing ran into the pit.
The two of them searched the Internet for a long time, but they really couldn't find out the name of the dinosaur Wang Xiaoshan dug this time.
There were still a few animals with duck beaks in ancient times, but they were not sure which one it was, so it was very irrational to rush to look up the information.
If you check a lot of things, it would be in vain and it would be a waste of time.
In the end, the two people decided to go to the pit to watch Wang Xiaoshan dig the pit. After seeing the full picture of the fossil, they went back to write the manuscript.
Now is the critical moment for excavation, and reporters don’t need this much time. It would be troublesome if they wrote something wrong or checked it wrongly.
The two reporters were squatting in the pit, making no sound at all. They were both quietly watching Wang Xiaoshan working in the pit.
Wang Xiaoshan dug slowly and the reporter was not in a hurry. When he was digging, the reporter would take a few photos of the fossil from time to time.
Li Miaomiao looked at the pit for half an hour and then went around other pits. She wanted to help Wang Xiaoshan see the excavation conditions of other pits.
If there are more impressive fossils in other pits, she will tell Wang Xiaoshan in time. Although Wang Xiaoshan is digging fossils in the pit, he is still paying attention to the excavation situation in the entire barren mountain.
After Li Miaomiao visited other pits and came back, she told Wang Xiaoshan that fossils had been excavated in other pits, but they had not been dug out yet.
After Wang Xiaoshan heard this, he continued digging. No fossils were found in other pits, so he didn't have to rush the audience to see the conditions in other pits.
After he dug out all the fossils under the pit, it would not be too late to go to other pits after telling the audience.
There are only a few impressive fossils excavated every day. There won't be too many. If there are too many, they won't be excavated. Wang Xiaoshan knows this well.