Chapter 1113: Scarab Beetle
Many cat owners have a similar experience, their cat runs outside to play, and when it has had enough, it comes home, but it does not come alone, it still has the carcass of insects or small animals in its mouth, such as dragonflies, butterflies, mice, lizards, and then puts the carcass at the feet of its owner as if it were asking for a reward.
Even cats that never go out indoors will not subside the hunting instinct in their bodies, they will take every possible opportunity to hone their hunting skills, and then give their prey to their affectionate owners, such as cockroaches.
Even in a place where there are no cockroaches, careful cat owners will find that after having a cat, the number of mosquitoes in the room will be greatly reduced, because cats use mosquitoes as practice objects. Cats will still run to their owners to offer mosquitoes when they catch them, but because the mosquitoes are so small, the owners often don't notice them.
No matter what the corpse is, the owner will probably not be happy when he receives it, especially the sister, who is often frightened by the bloody mouse corpses and cockroaches, and wonders if his cat is deliberately trying to scare himself, whether it is because he is too violent when bathing it, causing it to retaliate against himself......
When receiving these prey, the owner will often review whether the cat is not full, so he forces it to hunt, and then earnestly educates it not to do this, and even beats or punishes it, warning it not to make an example.
Actually, this is really wronging the cat.
When punished and educated, cats must be wondering why their kindness should be punished?
No one knows exactly what the cat thinks when it does these things.
It is more likely that the cat does not regard people as owners at all, but as another very stupid cat, so stupid that it can't even catch mosquitoes and cockroaches, and needs to rely on it to feed humans, and needs it to take its prey back and give it to humans, otherwise people will starve to death.
The cat that will do this must have a deep relationship with the owner, because in the eyes of the cat, it is a supreme honor for the person to treat the person as another cat - because the cat is a solitary animal, it is willing to share space with another stupid cat, and is willing to take on the responsibility of raising the stupid cat, which fully shows that although your cat is stupid to the house, it is very pleasing to it.
Therefore, if the cat often gives the prey it catches to the owner, this is its true feelings, and the owner should not be angry, let alone punish it, otherwise it will make it confused and confused, and it will hurt its feelings if it does something wrong.
Assuming that the owner really doesn't need these mouse and cockroach carcasses for dinner, the correct thing to do is to throw the mouse and cockroach carcasses outside in front of the cat, and then open a bag of cat food and pretend to eat some of it himself, indicating that although he is a stupid cat, he does not need to feed on mice and cockroaches.
On the other hand, if your cat has never done this at all, you need to review your attitude and level of cat ownership.
Zhang Zi'an explained the detailed reasons to Gao Ke reasonably, which made him suddenly realize that cats can really be hunting partners.
Not only Gao Ke, but also Wei Kang and the other two graduate students listened with relish and nodded incessantly. Although they study cats, they specialize in the arts, and they focus on the physiological characteristics and domestication evolution of cats, rather than the psychology of cats. On top of that, none of them had ever had a cat in person.
Gao Ke looked at Fina, then at Zhang Zi'an, and asked with admiration: "I understand, then this cat must have brought you a lot of prey, like rats and cockroaches or something?"
Zhang Zi'an: "......"
"What's wrong?" Gao Ke found that Zhang Zi'an's face looked like constipation.
Although Zhang Zi'an was well aware of these theories, he recalled them with sadness and found that Fina had never brought him anything, but had taken diamonds and renminbi from him......
This further proves that theory does not necessarily connect with reality, and cat sellers are not necessarily good at raising cats.
He smiled reluctantly, "Of course, you brought me a lot of things!
This time it was Gao Ke's turn to look like constipation, he could accept cockroaches and mice, but shell Lang......
Zhang Zi'an suddenly felt a chill surging from behind him, and two piercing eyes seemed to be firmly fixed on his back, and he hurriedly added: "Shell Lang is just our local common name, and the official name of people in Egypt is scarab beetle! It is said that when the ancient Egyptians saw the sun tirelessly rising in the east and setting in the west every day, they were very puzzled in their hearts, wondering where the power of the sun's movement came from? Later, they saw the...... No, they saw the scarab ball rolling around, and their eyes lit up - this dung ball didn't look like the sun, it was all round? So they decided that the sun was also being pushed around every day by a super giant scarab beetle. If you look at its forehead, does it look like it has a scarab pattern?"
The others' eyes were once again focused on Fina's forehead, and they nodded when they saw that the lines on her forehead resembled the scarab beetle in ancient Egyptian murals.
Zhang Zi'an took a breath and continued: "So, let's go to Egypt now, it may be its hometown, it has scarab lines on its forehead, and it has a ...... in the morning Scarab, I think this seems to indicate something! What kind of auspicious omen, like a fish's belly hiding books, a bonfire fox chirping, and a rooster singing the world is white, indicating that we will definitely win this time and succeed! Professor Wei, what do you think?"
Wei Kang was almost stunned by him, and was stunned for a while before he said euphemistically: "Well, this...... I think your ideas are good, and your intentions are also good, but we are engaged in science, and we think that science is the main thing in everything, so it is better not to talk about these feudal superstitions. ”
Zhang Zi'an was completely urged by the desire to survive just now, except for the legend of the scarab beetle is true, there is no other truth, but after listening to Wei Kang's words, he feels that Vladimir should be very satisfied, because this middle-aged and elderly intellectual is not superstitious at all, and should be able to win some of its favor.
In addition, the chill from behind finally disappeared, and the sight of the piercing person also disappeared.
Gao Ke noticed his face and reminded, "Are you uncomfortable somewhere?" ”
"It's okay, it's okay. Zhang Zi'an was happy for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, wiped a handful of sweat with his hands, and said with a smile: "The luggage is a lot and heavy, so I was a little tired and sweaty just now, and it didn't get in the way." ”
This explanation is far-fetched, but their attention is focused on Fina, and they don't take it seriously as they reminisce about the cat habits that Zhang Zi'an just told them.