Because this time I carried more things, and it was heavier, and I also brought pets, it would be very troublesome to call a taxi, and after lunch, Wang Qian drove Wuling Hongguang to send Zhang Zi'an to Binhai Airport.

"Master, isn't it inconvenient for you to use me to help you move things in?"

The cat god statue is too heavy, in addition to Zhang Zi'an's own luggage, drone suitcase, accessory suitcase, gimbal camera suitcase, and small bag with infrared trigger camera, all unloaded from the car, piled up into a small luggage mountain, looking at it is a headache, no matter what, it is impossible to move in at one time, put it outside without guarding, what should I do if someone steals it? Not to mention that Zhang Zi'an also has to go through the pet consignment procedures for Pegas.

Zhang Zi'an glanced around and said, "It's okay, you go back, someone over there is coming to pick me up." ”

Wang Qian poked his head out of the car window and saw a middle-aged and elderly man in simple clothes walking quickly towards this side with three young men of different fat and thin shapes, it was Professor Wei Kang and his three male disciples. They arrived first, knowing that Zhang Zi'an had a lot of luggage, so they asked the only female disciple, He He, to be in charge of guarding the luggage in the departure hall, and the four of them came to pick them up.

"Okay, then Master, take care and have a good trip. Wang Qian waved his hand and drove Wuling Hongguang back to the pet store.

Wei Kang and the others walked in front of Zhang Zi'an, but the eight eyes of the four people didn't look at him, but stared at Fina in unison, and that look made Zhang Zi'an want to say - don't look into the eyes and can't pull it out......

Not only them, but other passengers arriving at the airport also looked at Fina strangely, firstly because it was too rare to bring a cat to the airport without being in a cage, and secondly because Fina was too rare for her coat color and markings.

Fina yawned lazily, she was used to such stares, and as long as she didn't do it, everything was fine.

"Tsk!"

Wei Kang exchanged glances with several disciples, and although he did not do a complete examination, he was at least eighty percent sure that this was a living fossil that occupied a key position in the domestication history of domestic cats, in the transition stage between African desert wildcats and modern domestic cats.

According to Nature magazine, the Ashmole Museum in the United Kingdom treasures a tomb mural from Thebes, ancient Egypt, which depicts a cat eating fresh fish under the hostess's chair.

Zhang Zi'an told Wei Kang that the capital of ancient Egypt was moved to Thebes in 2000 BC, and the capital was Memphis earlier, so the age of this mural is less than 4000 years ago.

Where was the transition between speckled and mackerel patterns over the long 4,000 years?

However, Fina's mackerel and spots are similar in appearance to that of a modern Egyptian cat, and everything seems to indicate that its origin is mysterious and extraordinary.

It is certainly not correct to say that it is a feral cat, but it is not a modern Egyptian cat, so Wei Kang and others believe that even if it is not a primitive Egyptian cat, it must be extremely close.

In the past, because Zhang Zi'an made it clear that he didn't want to send Fina as a scientific research sample, and he didn't agree to the door-to-door visit of the Department of Biology of Binhai University, Weikang had to adopt the policy of saving the country by curve and observe Fina through video.

As for where did the video come from? Of course, it is a clip taken from Xiaoxue's live video, and when she holds her mobile phone to show the audience the whole picture of the pet store, there is always a flash of Fina surprise.

The video clips and screenshots are collected and become the first-hand information of Weikang's research.

However, the videos and screenshots are not particularly clear after all, and they are never as good as witnessing them.

Wei Kang and the three disciples had obviously come to pick up Zhang Zi'an, but now they were leaving him to hang him aside, arguing around Fina about how many years ago the mackerel pattern and spotted coat color was most likely a representative of the primitive Egyptian cat?

Wei Kang focuses on academics and is a good talker, although Xiao Tianyu and Gao Ke are not motivated to study, but they are willing to prove that they are still learning through arguments and throwing out some wild speculations.

"Teacher, I don't think the mixed pattern of mackerel and spots will appear too late, otherwise it will not be conducive to the spread of primitive Egyptian cats to Eurasia, so I think such lines should appear in ...... Around 3500 years ago. Xiao Tianyu said. As for how these 3,500 years came about, of course, he came up with it temporarily.

"Not true. Wei Kang shook his head, "During the New Dynasty, that is, 3,500 to 3,000 years ago, another tomb mural was unearthed, which depicts the ancient Egyptians hiking and hunting with cats......

"What, hiking and hunting with a cat?" Gao Ke also interrupted Wei Kang's words, "Shouldn't you take a dog for hunting?

Gao Ke's words were obviously discriminatory against cats, and Fina glared at him angrily, but unfortunately he didn't have cats, so he didn't know about it, and thought it was a good impression of him.

Wei Kang also glared at him, and said hatefully: "Cats are natural hunters, especially good at catching birds and fish in swamps and wetlands, these areas are not conducive to the play of dogs, how did you learn from the creatures before......"

Gao Ke saw that Wei Kang was going to talk about it again, and quickly defended himself strongly: "No, I didn't mean that, I mean...... Cats are indeed natural hunters, but when they catch their prey, they eat it themselves and take the cat to hunt, and as a result, the cat eats itself and the owner is hungry...... Eh, this cat doesn't seem to be happy?"

When he was pulling around, he finally found that Fina's eyes were wrong, the hair on her body was swollen, and her ears were torn into airplane ears. No matter how bad his biology is, he is still studying the evolution of cats with his mentor, and seems to vaguely remember that this is a signal that cats are about to attack.

Zhang Zi'an didn't want to make a blood-spattered tragedy at the airport before he set off, so he didn't dare to watch and eat melons, so he interjected: "You're wrong, you haven't had a cat, right?"

Gao Ke coughed dryly, "I don't have a plan to raise a cat for the time being......"

In order to appease Fina's emotions, Zhang Zi'an explained without waiting for him to finish speaking: "The dog will bring the prey back to the owner, and the cat will also, provided that you have a good relationship with the cat, when the cat catches any insects, birds, mice or other small animals outside, it will bring the prey back to you...... Of course, modern humans may not need these prey, and the sight of bloody small animal carcasses may even be disgusting, but it is enough to prove that cats are capable of hunting. ”