773.Baobab (2/5)
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The big centipede dragged the lizard to the sea, it probably wanted to go underground and eat the lizard, but on the beach it couldn't get into it with the lizard, and wanted to find a gap in the reef to hide and enjoy a big meal.
It writhed its colorful body and quickly ran to the nearest reef.
At this moment, a big frog suddenly popped out of the puddle behind the reef, this frog had to be the size of a child's bicycle tire, and Li Du was stunned when he saw the huge size.
After jumping out, it opened its mouth and spit out its tongue to wrap up the big centipede, curling the centipede and the lizard together in its mouth, and then it returned to the puddle next to the reef, lurking in the water to reveal its tan rough back, and continued to pretend to be the reef......
At this moment, Li Du just wanted to say: Mom, I want to go home!
He called Brother Wolf and the others over, pointed to the puddle and collapsed and shouted: "Look there, there are frogs over there, my God, or maybe I am wrong, is that a frog?" Then he's a frog spirit! ”
Hans said, "Calm down, Lee, calm down, what's so terrible about frogs?" Did you see a poison frog? ”
Li Du picked up a reef and threw it into the puddle, and the huge frog was frightened and jumped up suddenly.
The group saw it, and when it jumped, they had to keep looking up, because this frog's bouncing ability was terrifying, and it could jump three or four meters at once!
Hans was stunned and said, "What kind of frog is this?" Is this a bullfrog? No, no, it's an elephant frog, right? ”
Brother Wolf shook his head and said, "It's an African giant frog, I didn't expect this animal to live on this island." ”
Li Du said: "How did the African frog swim here? Halfway around the world? ”
"As far as I know, in the 80s of the 20th century, Australia seemed to import a lot of giant frogs from Africa, and their purpose was to make the giant frogs compete in the high jump. ”
"It's really jumping." Hans interjected.
Brother Wolf said: "Yes, this kind of frog has a very strong jumping ability, and it can jump to a height of more than 5 meters. Later, it was added to the red list of endangered species banned from international trade in the Washington Treaty, which is relatively rare. ”
It was a poisonous snake and a giant centipede and an African giant frog, Li Du began to hesitate, he remembered the comments of those people on Cape Barron Island last night, this island is very dangerous, it is better not to come up.
But they were on the boat for too long, and everyone had to move, and they needed to replenish fresh water and fruit, and this island was the most suitable place for the beautiful scenery.
After some consideration, he still asked Brother Wolf to drive the speedboat to pick everyone up.
At the same time, he asked Sophie, Hannah, and Rosalind to take care of the children, and could only rest in the open space that Brother Wolf had carved out.
African giant frogs feed on insects, scorpions, crustaceans or other frogs, and Wolf says they don't attack creatures larger than themselves.
But Li Du saw that the giant frog was eating the centipede with relish just now, and was worried that it would be poisonous, so he still asked everyone to be careful about it.
Behind their camp was a jungle of Heti, where Sophie and the others went to pick Heti, and Wolf and Hans climbed trees to pick the fruits and leaves of the baobab tree.
The baobab tree has many voids in its trunk, and this wood is the best way to store water, and during the rainy season, it uses its thick body and soft wood instead of its roots to absorb and store water.
Its xylem resembles a porous sponge that contains a lot of water, and when the dry season comes, it quickly strips all its leaves in order to reduce water evaporation.
When it is full of water, it will grow leaves and large white flowers.
These baobabs have long, wide, and wide leaves, but the branches are few and often short, which in combination with their thick trunks make them look interesting.
The yacht was to be replenished with fresh water, and after picking some baobab fruits and leaves, Brother Wolf brought a bucket of water and cut a hole in the trunk with his saber.
Soon, some clear water flowed out, and the clear water flowed more and more later, like a faucet in a state of water shortage, and water kept flowing out.
During this time, Brother Wolf divided and picked a few more holes, and the trunk of the tree kept flowing water, filling all the two large buckets, and he used the cooking pot to catch some more.
Seeing that Li Du was interested, he said: "There are baobab trees, which means that there are fresh water resources, and these waters are very safe." ”
Li Du said: "Their water storage capacity is really strong, and there is so much water. ”
Brother Wolf said: "A tree can store thousands of kilograms of water, and the trees here are not short of water, look at their leaves, the leaves are very lush." ”
Baobab trees have an amazing ability to grow leaves according to the water stored in their bodies, if they are short of water, they will be bald, and if they have enough water reserves, the leaves will flourish.
Sophie and the others collected the black and said to Li Du: "You should be careful when you enter the island, there are many snakes here, and most of them are poisonous snakes. ”
Li Du asked, "You met again?" ”
Sophie said: "Yes, fortunately we brought Meow, and Meow went in and drove these snakes away, otherwise there is a high chance that something will happen." ”
Surrounded by poisonous snakes, the environment on this island is really not very good.
However, the number of black gold abalone in the sea is really large, Li Du took advantage of the warm sea water at noon, changed into a diving suit and jumped into the water, looking for the black gold abalone below.
Maybe no one usually comes here to catch black gold abalone, and the Fishing and Hunting Bureau has not noticed here, so there are no fishing and hunting officers coming, and the surrounding area is quiet and desolate.
In just one hour after entering the water, Li Du fished up more than 30 large black gold abalones.
There are a lot of abalone in shallow water here, which is the same for him, and he can get one in less than two minutes on average, of course, practice makes perfect, which is also related to his familiarity with the skills of fishing black gold abalone.
When it was time for lunch, Sophie beckoned him to come up and eat.
You can eat it at noon, as well as toasted breadfruit and bread leaf stew, and the drink is black grape juice.
After taking a sip of the juice, a sweet and sour taste with a fragrance filled his mouth, and Li Du exclaimed: "Cool, this juice is much better than the black grapes pressed in the supermarket." ”
"Of course," said Hannah triumphantly, "the black quality here is superb, and it uses the water stored in the bread tree, which Wolfgang says has been purified by the bread tree, and is healthier than pure water." ”
Li Du said: "How about we go back and plant baobab trees around the yard?" It's a natural water purifier. ”
Brother Wolf, who was pouring a drink for his daughter, shook his head and said, "You have to wait for many years, unless it is for offspring." ”
Thinking about the age of the baobab tree, which is often thousands of years old, Li Du decided to give up this idea.
With the black grape juice, they began to eat, although there were many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects on the island, but the better thing was that there were no fierce beasts, Meow and Ah Yan were lying next to them steadily, and they did not show defense from beginning to end.