533 Discover poachers' strongholds
Cavill had thought about poaching in national parks, which is common all over the world, which is why his team needed to enlist the help of an experienced ranger like Sapp in case they needed it.
Cavill's first concern was Liu Wei, after all, Liu Wei was not a member of his team.
He turned around and asked, "Liu, did you hear our conversation clearly?"
Liu Wei nodded.
"Are you afraid?
Liu Wei smiled and shook his head, "In Thailand, I also survived from the gun!"
Cavill admired Liu Wei's courage and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, let's go!"
Sapp led the way with his old brothers in front, and shortly after leaving the village.
Take a kayak ride along the main river in search of rhinos.
Liu Wei explained, "Brothers, I have mentioned to you several times that it is the dry season, and almost all animals will like to live near water sources, not to mention rhinos.
Cavill's search is right, but the number of Javan rhinos is really too small, and whether they can meet it can only depend on luck!"
The hang-up of the kayak stirred the river forward, and when it reached the denser vegetation, the ranger turned off the hang-up and relied on the thrust of the current and slid the kayak with both hands.
Although the Javan rhino has poor eyesight, it has a keen sense of hearing and smell, and the sound of the kayak hook-up can easily disturb them.
Cavill sat in front of the kayak on the right side, watching the movement in the water on both sides of the river.
At this point, the videographer can only use the camera to photograph the surrounding scenery or the birds in the trees.
The usual technique used in BBC documentaries is to make up for the time with landscapes and other creatures.
"Stop, Stop, Stop......"
When everyone is immersed in the scenery.
Sapp suddenly whispered.
He stared ahead.
Liu Wei followed his field of vision and looked out.
A clump of bamboo hung from the shore, and there was a little ripple of water on the surface of the river.
"Brothers, there's a discovery!" Liu Wei filmed that because of the dazzling sunlight, it was temporarily impossible to identify the creatures in the water.
Sapp is the one who is most familiar with this rainforest and the most familiar with rhino activity, and is considered an expert in practice.
Liu Wei believed in Sapp's judgment.
Cavill lowered his body and stared intently ahead.
The ripples on the surface of the water are getting wider and wider.
Suddenly, a huge rhinoceros emerged from the water.
It is clad in heavy armor, has thick limbs, and from a distance, resembles the size of an Indian rhino.
In fact, the Javan rhinoceros is a subspecies smaller in size than India.
Rhinoceros is seen to show up.
The people on the kayak became excited, and the audience watching the live broadcast also brushed up the barrage to meet the situation.
Even the people in the kayak have tried their best to control their excitement so as not to disturb the rhinoceros.
But the rhinoceros still felt the approach of the humans and became uneasy.
After it emerged from the water, it didn't even look back at Liu Wei and the others, and directly took a few big steps and jumped into the dense grass on the shore.
His body rubbed against the grass and made a "shivering" sound, and he ran quickly.
"It's a pity, I just saw it!" Cavill turned back to the cameraman, who nodded with the same regretful expression.
Sapp smiled, "There's still a chance to meet you!"
He had an intuition that came from the rainforest, based on his knowledge of the rainforest.
Liu Wei looked at the barrage on the live broadcast phone, and the audience had a question at this time.
Why do rhinos run?
It looks like he's timid.
They can't help but think of the Indian rhinoceros they encountered in the Kaziranga National Forest in India.
At that time, the Indian rhinoceros behaved very recklessly, almost ramming the staff of the rescue center, and Liu Wei also mentioned the ferocity of the Indian rhinoceros, which has no other opponents except for wild Asian elephants.
However, the Javan rhino seen today looks no different from the Indian rhino, why is there such a big difference in temperament?
Some viewers speculated that it may be because of the fear left by poachers, which prompted them to hide when they see humans.
Liu Wei smiled, "Brothers, your guess has some truth, but it is not the root cause, in fact, the character of the Javan rhinoceros is relatively timid and easily frightened, just like the first reaction it made after discovering us just now was to run away, and its consciousness thought that this was the safest."
It is only in extreme cases that the Javan rhino will defensively, using its sharp fangs to resist.
Temperamentally the Indian rhinoceros, which is the opposite of its close relative, is naturally aggressive, and if we had just encountered an Indian rhinoceros, perhaps it would have rushed straight at us, and then it would have been possible to leave only if the ranger shot it in the air to scare it. ”
"I see!"
"The Javan rhino is easy to be bullied with this character!"
"That's why the poachers are going to kill it!"
"Brother Niu, no! You have to be fierce! You are so big, you are afraid of chicken feathers!"
"It's not chicken feathers that it's afraid of, it's guns!"
The kayak stopped at the spot where the rhinoceros had just bathed, the water was still a little muddy, and the grass on the shore was trodden out of a new way.
Cavill suggested, "We can follow its footsteps and take a look, Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Wei: "It's a good idea, but the rainforest environment is complicated, and its footprints may disappear at any time!"
"Let's go up and have a look!" said Sapp after listening to Liu Wei and Cavill talk.
He has the confidence to find something smaller in a familiar environment.
Two people were left to watch the kayaks.
Liu Wei followed Sap ashore.
Sapp opened the way with a chopping knife in his hand.
As Liu Wei expected, not long after emerging from the grass, there were no more rhinoceros footprints.
Cavill felt a pity.
But Sapp discovered something else with his vast experience.
"Here, here!"
He explored the way in front and stood on a high rock and beckoned to Liu Wei and them.
Cavill thought he had spotted a rhinoceros and urged the cameraman to hurry up.
Only Liu Wei was relatively calm and slowly followed.
If it was really a rhinoceros, Sapp would not have screamed, and the small sound of the kayak just now could be heard by the rhinoceros, not to mention that now Sapp let go of the sound of screaming in his throat, if there was a rhinoceros, it would have run away a long time ago.
Cavill may have been looking forward to it too much and didn't think about it carefully, just wanting to photograph the rhinoceros as soon as possible.
That glance just now was like a very sweet candy for him to lick and catch his palate.
Go up to the heights.
Seeing that there were no rhinos, Cavill pointed to a simple grass hut in front of him and asked, "What is this for?"
"Poachers set up temporary shelters, they will step on the spot in advance, and then follow the rhinoceros, looking for the best time to hunt, the rhinoceros is very tenacious, a shot is difficult to kill, ordinary guns can not kill it a few shots, poachers will not shoot if they are not fully sure, because they know that we are patrolling in the rainforest!"
Sapp said, slashing down the poachers' shed with a cleaver, "It's possible that this is just a stronghold in the rainforest, or maybe they've already got it!"
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