The rainforest is dark, humid and hot, and mosquitoes are abundant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But Li Sheng and Thomas are smeared with mosquito repellent things, like a kind of grass juice. Mosquitoes don't target them much, but they still need to be guarded against. In the rainforest, a bug may fly somewhere, and a bite can make people hurt for a long time.

Living in the jungle is not easy. The jungle is rich in resources, but it is not easy to make a living here. The fruits here are mostly poisonous before they are ripe, and things that can be easily eaten are also likely to be poisonous, such as leaves. The toxicity of many plants may not be fatal if you eat some, but at least it is phantom. In the vast Amazon jungle, there are not many mammals living on the ground, and many more animals live in trees.

However, there are not many animals that live on the ground, but they are all very small, such as ants. Thomas also told Li Sheng in previous training that one of the keys to living in the jungle is food and water, and the other is to pay attention to insects. In the tropics, bugs are quite powerful, but in the Amazon jungle, the bugs here are indeed much more powerful than in other places. Here, you can find spiders that can make you die by biting you, and ants that can sting for half a day, and ordinary people may faint in pain if they are stung a few more times.

Of course, in addition to the fact that many animals can cause problems for people, there are many more that can be your food.

Therefore, staying in the Amazon jungle is not only to bring enough supplies, but also to concentrate and get to know the creatures of the jungle.

Spiders, ants, scorpions, these inconspicuous critters can be deadly.

Take, for example, the equally notorious man-eating ants. The real name of the man-eating ant should be called the marching ant. The marching ant is a type of migratory ant, and there may be millions of individuals in each colony. But these millions are only about 100 meters long. As for their horror, it is more important that they will sweep away all the insects in a certain area before they get there, which can be said to be the implementation of the three-light policy. But to say that they eat people, we also need to see whether they have the ability to do so.

Although the formic acid in their bodies can paralyze their muscles, they are so slow that they can't even catch up with sloths, let alone catch up with people and eat them.

Such ant colonies are not easy to see. But as the two of them were walking north by the river, Thomas heard birds chirping in the woods, and he listened to them with a smile and said, "It looks like an anteater." ”

Anteaters are not a single species, and the food they are targeting is not ants. It's just that they are always seen in places where marching ants are infested, and they sometimes eat ants, so some people call them anteaters. To put it bluntly, they are opportunists, eating insects that are startled by marching ants. Thomas heard their chirping and suspected that marching ants were hunting not far away.

Ants are abundant in the Amazon jungle, but marching ants are not often seen. The process of their marching and predation is also a kind of microscopic battle, and it is also worth watching for some people with a strong sense of curiosity. And Li Sheng will just belong to that kind of person.

Hearing that there might be man-eating ants, Li Sheng was indeed curious. Thomas walked into the jungle to the sound of birds, and after walking a few dozen meters, Thomas began to explore his way forward lightly.

On a large fallen tree, some birds stood on some branches. These birds stare at the ground, occasionally flying up to catch escaping bugs, and then perched on branches close to the ground.

Thomas and Li Sheng slowly approached, and the birds, which were less than the size of a fist, were frightened and fled at first. But perhaps the temptation of the food was too strong, and the birds flew back quickly.

Thomas and Li Sheng stood a meter or two away and watched the ant colony sweep the entire ground, the small reptiles under the leaves were not quick to see the opportunity, if they could escape the anteaters, maybe they could escape. Otherwise, once you get entangled by ants, you basically don't have to think about the consequences.

Li Sheng looked at the dense ants, and a spider half the size of a palm was wrapped in a mass of ants, and no matter how hard he struggled, it had no effect. Such a scene is indeed a bit chilling to watch.

They also found the camp of this group of ants under a big tree, and the layers of ants were piled up in the depression under the tree, Li Ming's first thought was that this must weigh more than ten catties, enough for twenty people to eat a full meal.

"These ants are one of the chilling predators of the jungle," Thomas whispered, "and everywhere they pass, the entire surface of the earth is empty of insects. For a short period of time, you will hardly see any insects, and the entire insect community will disappear. Soon, however, a new upper biome will form again. ”

Li Sheng looked at it for a while, and after gaining knowledge, he said: "If they can have the same size as someone, I think they will be invincible in the world." ”

"Except for people. Thomas said with a smile.

After they took a few pictures, Thomas said, "Let's go." We had to find a place to have lunch and find a suitable campsite before it got dark in the afternoon. ”

In the jungle, lying on the ground is very dangerous, and at night it is a haven for snakes, scorpions and spiders, and if you bite them, you can easily die. And, of course, there are mosquitoes and even vampire bats, which are not immediately fatal, but they can carry all sorts of viruses that can cause people to suffer from terrible pathogies.

This is also the main reason why they all carry a large backpack. If they want to sleep peacefully, they must have a special mosquito net tent to keep mosquitoes out and to be prepared for rain at night. Both are trained, but no one wants to survive in the wild when they can.

The two of them found a place under a big tree that was high above the ground, and took out the guy to make lunch. They bring a lot of ingredients, all of which are dried products, such as dried fish or dried meat. If it is fresh, it will rot in half a day in the sweltering rainforest. As long as the dry products are wrapped, there is no need to worry about this problem in a short time.

However, after taking out the thing, Li Sheng found that this thing was not easy to get, because dry firewood was not easy to find in this place. In the end, Thomas dragged a soggy dead tree back.

"The tree must have been knocked down and killed by an animal. He said as he chopped down the tree with a machete. "The wood itself has lost its moisture, and although it looks wet, it actually burns vigorously as long as you find it. ”

Of course, the most critical question is how to light this wood.

Thomas certainly has a way. He searched around for a while, and found some dry leaves and branches in a hollow in a tree, and in the nest of some unknown animal. Then the wet twigs were gathered together, and a handful of cotton soaked in alcohol was put under the wet wood along with the leaves and branches found in the hollow, and the cotton was set on fire.

As long as the moisture in the wood is dried, the wood can be ignited.

Although it took a long time, it was finally lit.

Thomas explains: "The wood is actually dry, and the moisture in it only exists in the voids of the tree, which can easily evaporate when heated. If it's freshly cut wood, it's more difficult to evaporate because the water is all in the cells. ”

As he spoke, he hung the small pot over the flames, then poured some water and put some rice on top. When cooking rice, you need the least amount of water. Of course, if it's bread, you don't even need to light a fire. Eating noodles certainly requires more water because eating noodles requires soup to be cooked.

Li Sheng saw that a few pieces of wood were placed next to the fire, so that the flames roasted but did not suppress the flames, and when the small firewood that was burning was almost burned, these larger woods could probably be lit.

After lunch, they continued to walk deep into the jungle.

Amid the roar monkeys, the jungle slowly descended into darkness. In the dark, the jungle can be much quieter, but it can also be much more dangerous.

Thomas didn't have Li Sheng's ability to perceive, and he felt that Li Sheng was spending the night in the jungle for the first time, so he needed to be cautious. So as soon as it got dark, he began to look for a suitable place to stay overnight.

Spending the night in the Amazon jungle requires a lot of preparation. Especially during the rainy season.

The two of them found some fresh small vines to use as ropes, cut down some small branches, and lit a fire to prepare for the construction of the shelf.

In the jungle, even if you bring a triangular tent, you can't camp directly on the ground. It's best to hide in mid-air. In the woods, they set up two shelves about two meters long and then erected tents on them. This kind of tent is only a single tent that can accommodate one person.

The night in the jungle was shady, and the tent was set up before the two began to prepare dinner. Tonight they're going to make jerky-steamed rice.

"I feel like there's something watching us. Li Sheng said with a smile. He wasn't joking, though, and he actually noticed an animal staring at them from behind a tree.

Thomas knew that this boss had a very keen sense, which he had learned from previous bush training. He wasn't worried, though. There aren't many large animals in the jungle that can really threaten humans. In the plains, there are not many big cats.

"It's not surprising that there are a lot of nocturnal animals in the jungle. ”