Arrive at Professor Patters' base.

The base is located in the estuarine delta of the Lusisi River, not far from Lake Tanganico, where Nile crocodile clusters are often active.

"Liu, let's go to the base and rest first!" Patters invited.

Liu Wei followed into the room of the base.

Patters walked Liu Wei into his research room.

In addition to the usual experimental equipment, the most eye-catching thing in the research room is a wall covered with photographs.

Liu Wei couldn't help but walk to the photo wall and take a closer look.

These photos are all related to Gustav.

Patters explained to Liu Wei: "These photos are now precious scientific research materials. ”

Most of the photos are of Gustav going about his daily activities taken by Patters, but there are also some creepy photos.

It's like a murder scene in a criminal investigation TV series.

Liu Wei pointed to the corpses lying on the river bank with missing body parts and said, "Are these all humans who were attacked by Gustavus?"

Patters nodded, "That's all I found, but from the villagers, there's an even bloodier scene!"

The audience in the live broadcast room was also stunned when they saw these photos.

"I'm going to throw up!"

"It's disgusting!"

"Reminds me of a certain corpse shredding case!"

"Gustav is basically half gone in one bite!"

"I'm suddenly a little scared!"

Liu Wei said calmly: "Brothers, the villagers do not have a deep understanding of species like the Nile crocodile, and they will do some unwise behaviors when facing the Nile crocodile, which led to the tragedy.

I've seen a lot of crocodiles, and in fact, it can be avoided!"

Patters said: "Liu, I have seen the video of you approaching the crocodile before, and the most impressive thing for me is the saltwater crocodile that I caught in the swamp of the Philippines, to be honest, I don't dare to get close to a crocodile of that size." ”

"Professor Patters, your research is more inclined to academic theory, while I am more inclined to practice, and we are complementary!" Liu Wei said modestly, giving the old professor a lot of face.

Patus also heard some flattering words and smiled, "After visiting the base, I'll take you to see the Nile crocodile in the estuary delta!"

“OK！”

Liu Wei photographed Patters' base and explained, "Brothers, what you have seen is the laboratory of the most authoritative experts in the industry, and you should be glad that Professor Patters's research results have been precipitated here for decades!"

After the live broadcast of the research base, Liu Wei followed Patters out to the estuary delta.

Patters first took Liu Wei to the place where Gustav had appeared, and where he had set the trap more than a decade earlier.

Now the iron cage, which is more than a meter high and weighs a ton, is still there, and after the rain, wind and frost, the outside of the iron cage has been rusted.

"Brothers, this is the trap that Professor Patters set up to capture Gustav!" Liu Wei said, "It's bigger than the trap we set when we captured the Sumatran tigers, enough to fit two man-eating tigers!"

"In order to lure Gustav, we used a live buffalo weighing 800 kg as bait, and several expeditions and local forces were involved in the capture operation," Patters said, pointing to the iron cage.

We kept around for three days, but the result was not ideal, Gustav didn't take the bait, it was too cunning!"

"The Nile crocodile has the highest IQ among crocodiles, not to mention that Gustav had reached sixty years of life at that time, in our Chinese words, I have never seen any wind and waves, and I have become a sperm!" Liu Wei excused Professor Patters.

Patters nodded: "At that time, our capture methods were also very immature!"

Get out of the trap.

The two walked straight to the river beach.

In the river, the head of the Nile crocodile is emerging from the water.

A few crocodiles lie on their stomachs on the river beach basking in the sun.

Crocodiles are cold-blooded, not that their blood is not warm, on the contrary, the normal temperature of crocodile blood is between 30-38 °C, and they need to go ashore regularly to absorb sunlight to maintain the temperature of the blood in their bodies.

The size of the Nile crocodile in the footage is the average size of this species.

It's all around three meters five.

The way they walk with their bodies propped up and their tails dragged is already very visually impactful.

Imagine the visual stunner of Gustav, who is more than six meters long.

Soon, Liu Wei's gaze locked on a relatively prominent Nile crocodile.

The black spots on the armor slowly faded and gradually became covered with black, and the skin on both sides of the abdomen was yellowish with obvious black spots.

The little eyes looked around for a while, then climbed ashore and lay motionless on the shore to sunbathe.

Patters noticed Liu Wei's gaze on its body, and introduced, "It is the largest Nile crocodile in the delta in recent years, 4.35 meters, I call him TANK!"

Liu Wei smiled.

Professor Patters is supposed to be a military fan, and likes to use heavy weapons for his name.

Gustav!

Tank!

Liu Wei said: "I'll go up and have a look!"

"Stay safe!" Patters was not too worried about Liu Wei, after all, Liu Wei had come into contact with crocodiles that were bigger than tanks.

Liu Wei was quickly noticed by the tank, and the tank did not overreact.

"OK!I know you've started following me, I just want to see you!So you don't have to worry at all, keep enjoying your sunbathing!"

Liu Wei didn't get too close.

Observed from head to toe for a while.

Squat down and fall into thought.

Patters walked up when he saw Liu Wei's state.

"What's wrong?" asked Patters.

Liu Wei said truthfully: "Professor Patters, are you sure it's the largest Nile crocodile around?"

Patters nodded and said with certainty: "I observe them every day, I see them as the descendants of Gustav, and among the second and third generations of crocodiles, the tank is the largest!"

After listening to this, Liu Wei became even more puzzled.

Here's the problem.

"Professor Patters, the hierarchy of the Nile crocodile is very simple, the bigger the size, the higher the status, which means that the tank should be the highest-status crocodile here!" Liu Wei said, pointing to the tank.

Patters nodded, not understanding what Liu Wei was trying to say, "Liu, what did you find?"

Liu Wei pointed to the tank's body from beginning to end, "Look, the tank doesn't have a serious scar on its body! Don't you think it's strange?"

Patters suddenly realized, and followed Liu Wei's thinking and said: "The Nile crocodile has a strong sense of territory, and when driving away invaders, there will definitely be fights, especially when capturing prey!"

Liu Wei nodded and said: "Yes, Professor Patters, the crocodile king is reluctant to share food with other crocodiles, but it is difficult for it to cut large prey alone, even if it is unwilling to share, other crocodiles will take the initiative to approach it, tear the prey from its mouth, and get a piece of the pie, and in the end, the prey eaten by the crocodile king is only a few, far less than the amount of food it eats."

The crocodile king will vent his hatred of being robbed of food, so in the group of Nile crocodiles, there are often fights, and injuries are inevitable, but there are no obvious scars on the tank!"