Chapter 9: Tierra del Fuego

It was already January 6th, and it took Fang Hong three days to advance from the farthest point on earth to the Inca Bridge, and into the Patagonian wilderness. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It then took another seven days to reach the far south of Patagonia.

When we arrived in this area, there were basically only two kinds of large animals.

One is a mountain lion and the other is an alpaca.

That's right, it's just that ******* altitude here, it has reached four thousand.

Fang Hong was already fully armed, wearing a five-piece set of thermal underwear, warm clothing, fleece lining, down jacket, and jacket.

To be honest, this kind of dress made Fang Hong feel very hot to walk, but Fang Hong needed these feelings.

Although Fang Hong is very frost-resistant, frost-resistant and cold-resistant are two different things.

On the grassland, a herd of protocamels with particularly long necks is grazing.

And down the hill, on the meadow, is a flock of sheep.

It seemed that this was the pastoral area of the shepherds, and Fang Hong had already walked out of the wilderness area and reached the southernmost point outside of Tierra del Fuego, where Patagonia had gone out.

From here, the altitude is four thousand to zero meters above sea level, and only less than fifty kilometers.

This is the end of the Andes Mountains on the South American continent.

Fang Hong knew that it was getting dark, and the shepherd should be coming soon.

"I'm Nima, it's a big group********* isn't this a divine beast!"

"Brother Gun, get closer, I want to see the Divine Beast!"

Fang Hong rolled his eyes: "Please see clearly, this is Yuan Tuo, not an alpaca." ”

"What's the difference?"

"The alpaca is a cross between the original and the baby alpaca, and the original is their wild ancestor. ”

"It looks like it. ”

In fact, Harato was also the ancestor of domestic camels. ”

"Aren't the ancestors of camels wild camels?"

Fang Hong thought for a while, and didn't know how to say it: "Let's put it this way, now the scientific community has not confirmed that the wild camel is the ancestor of the camel, but it is very likely that the wild camel is a wild breed of domestic camel." It's as if a wolf has become a dog and a dog has become a wild dog. ”

"In fact, there are two kinds of camels, one is the original tuo and the other is the peaked camel. Whereas, wild camels are scientifically called real camels. There is no evidence that real camels existed in the world in the first place, and many scientists agree that the original is the ancestor of camels. ”

"Damn, that's the case, I'm looking at tomb robbers...... Doesn't that mean that story is false?"

Let's put it this way, just the description of the camel's bone specimens shows that whether it is tomb robbery or other novels or stories, the German army's exploration of Lop Nur was made up by themselves. ”

At the foot of the mountain, the two shepherds rode up the mountain and said a lot of things that Fang Hong didn't understand.

"Don't you see a mountain lion behind you?"

Fang Hong's eyes widened: "Nima, when will I have a mountain lion behind me?"

Fang Hong took the notebook and copied the barrage and communicated with the shepherd.

It turned out that there was a mountain lion who had just been in this position, and the shepherds were afraid that it would attack the sheep, so they came up the mountain.

As a result, Fang Hong happened to come here at this time, and the mountain lion hid on the stone peak behind him for a while before leaving.

Fang Hong asked the two shepherds to take him to the port, and the two shepherds agreed.

"Brother Gun, do you want to take a boat?"

"The end of the world, of course, you have to go to the real southernmost Tierra del Fuego, otherwise what is the end of the world......"

"Another night, see you tomorrow. ”

Early the next morning, Fang Hong was on the boat when he turned on the live broadcast.

"We are now in the Strait of Magellan, named after the world's first adventurer to complete a circumnavigation of the world. In fact, Magellan died on the road when he participated in the indigenous struggle in Southeast Asia, and it was his sailor who completed his first voyage around the world, but the difference between an adventurer and a sailor is that an adventurer is an adventurer who pursues the limits of human beings, and a sailor who takes risks for money, so the honor also belongs to Magellan.

"Brother Gun, you're going to Tierra del Fuego today, so the second half of the adventure is going to be completed on Tierra del Fuego?"

Fang Hong smiled: "Tierra del Fuego also belongs to Patagonia, the end of the world, in fact, this is still the first half. Originally, I had planned to drive to Ushuaia Harbor after reaching San Sebasdian, Tierra del Fuego, but luckily the ship was bound for Rio Grande on the northeastern coast, so I had three days to spare, and I had to cross through the wilderness to Ushuaia in the evening of the ninth three days later. ”

"Ushuaia, I know the second half of Brother Gun!"

Many of the sailors often pay attention to the news about this, and they can easily guess the destination of Fang Hong's second half of the trip.

"If you see through it, you can't say it, and if you see through it, you can't say it. Fang Hong smiled.

"Well, we don't say. ”

", say it, I feel like others know more than I know, so it's so unpleasant. ”

Fang Hong laughed: "Unknown is interesting, why bother to break the casserole and ask the end?"

The ship had been sailing all night, and in the offshore water, again in the direction of the current, the coastline of Tierra del Fuego could already be seen.

"Tierra del Fuego, like Patagonia at the southern tip of South America, is divided between Argentina and Chile. On the mainland, however, Chile is more narrow, while on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina is given a narrower territory. ”

"We're almost at our destination! ”

"By the way, there are two states in Brazil called Rio Grande do North and South, but the Rio Grande in Argentina is a city, which can also be said to be a small town. ”

"Don't tease Brother Gun, the cities in the Americas are all small towns when they get China. ”

That's right, just like the huge LA, the city of Los Angeles is actually a big generic name, it is made up of many counties, each of which is not too big.

At this latitude, the temperature is still above freezing, which is very rare.

"In two months, it's going to be winter, and in fact, it's just summer. Spring and summer are very short at this latitude, and if it weren't for the Atlantic, I'm afraid that this place, like Siberia, would be frozen all year round. ”

The boat stopped at the edge of the small city, Fang Hong put on his bag and walked to the port.

In fact, the city goes further into the Rio Grande Valley, which is deserted.

"During the day we will walk along the hill of the coast, which is a river valley, and I will be in three days to the port of Ushuaia, so there will be no need to climb the mountain, and we will see many of the most peculiar sights and animals in nature on this coast. ”

The bag disappeared into the harbor.

After walking out for ten minutes, Fang Hong saw the first scene he saw when he checked the information in advance.

A large area of seals, the umbrella name for the pinniped suborder seals, slumped on the beach. The body of the seal is thick and round, spindle-shaped. The whole body is covered with short hair, the back is blue-gray, and the belly is creamy yellow with blue-black spots. The head is nearly rounded, the eyes are large and round, there is no external auricle, the snout is short and broad, and the upper lip tentacles are long, thick and hard, in the shape of a rosary. All four limbs have 5 toes, webbed between the toes, forming flipper-like limbs, with sharp claws. The hind flippers are large, extending backwards, and the tail is short and flattened. The color of the coat varies with age: the young animals are dark, and the adults are light.

Fang Hong was excited: "See, the baby seals, they are all newborn, this beach is very suitable for seals to breed and teach offspring to swim." ”

"Seals are amazing creatures, they are also marine mammals, dolphins will have dry skin and die immediately when they come ashore, but seals can be kept moist with their special skin, they have a thick layer of fat, which can be lower than the cold of any sea. ”

"Oh my God, I'm bloody!"

"It's so cute. ”

The live footage gives a close-up of the baby seal lying on its back on the beach, looking furry.

"Seals have been poisoned over the centuries, but now they are living a good life, and if there is no marine pollution, then their life can be considered carefree. ”

Ten minutes later, in the reluctance of the water friend, Fang Hong was decisive and decisive: "Brothers, there is still a long way to go, there are many surprises waiting for us to discover, we have to go." ”

"Walk with me. ”