Chapter 282: The Golden Cat
This man is an animal expert, and is now traveling around the country to study some rare animals, and is calling on the relevant departments everywhere to pay attention to these things. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When Zhang Tao heard the joy, he immediately found a larger bamboo basket and carried four little cats to the old town middle school. It has now been renovated and has become a research branch of the Agricultural University here.
Professor Zhang's old friend, surnamed Song, is a well-known zoology expert in China. After seeing Zhang Tao coming over with four cats, he immediately checked the four guys cautiously.
There are leopards on the Shonan side, clouded leopards and golden leopards, both of which are rare animals. Therefore, Professor Song Lao began to think that it was more likely that the four flower cats were leopards.
Because Zhang Tao was next to him, although the four little flower cats went to a strange place, they didn't resist much. When Professor Song observes them, he sometimes puts on a few postures.
It's just that soon the four guys showed their original forms and fought with each other, and all kinds of second-class appearances were exposed, full of ugliness.
But the expression on the face of the old Professor Song on the side became more and more nervous, and he looked a little excited, as if he had found something remarkable. "It's a golden cat! Felines, golden cats! ”
Neither Zhang Tao nor Professor Zhang Lao understood the old man's words, especially Zhang Tao, who had always had a headache with such jargon.
Old Professor Song looked at the two people here with a confused look, and suddenly felt a little excited just now, and then eased his mood, and then introduced them to Zhang Tao.
The head of the golden cat is short and round, the face is short and wide, the ears are short and wide, the top of the head is erect on both sides, the eyes are large and round, the coat color is very complex, there are mainly 3 color types, bright red (red gold cat) to gray brown, dark gray brown (gray gold cat) and the whole body spotted (flower golden cat).
The four little golden cats brought by Zhang Tao belong to the red gold cats. However, after hearing where Zhang Tao found the four golden cats, the old professor immediately told Zhang Tao that the four little ones should have been separated from the adult cats.
In addition to being active in pairs during the breeding period, golden cats generally live alone and are nocturnal. Agile, good at climbing, carnivorous, 2-4 litters per litter. When this kind of cat builds a nest, it is generally looking for a tree hole or a cave, and will not build a nest directly under the tree.
"Doesn't this cat eat fish?" After listening to the old professor's words, Zhang Tao asked curiously. In his mind, it seems that cats eat fish, right?
"No, they eat more animals and birds, and are generally hares. Don't underestimate them, they can kill calves. The muntjac and roe deer in the mountains are no match for them. ”
After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Professor Song said with a smile: "I didn't expect to have an unexpected joy when I came here this time, the number of this kind of golden cat is very small, and it has been included in the national list of frequently endangered and rare animals, and now you have directly picked up four here." ”
The old professor was in a much better mood after seeing the four golden cats, but he didn't let Zhang Tao hand over the four golden cats there. After all, these four golden cats were originally here, and it would be better to be taken care of by Zhang Tao.
Maybe one day the adult cats will come over, and then they can just take the four cats away, which is much better than keeping them in the zoo.
"You don't know, this kind of cat was called Biao in ancient times." After discovering that the four flower cats were golden cats, Professor Song was in a much better mood, and he also started some history with Zhang Tao.
"Biao? Isn't Biao the third son of the tiger? Zhang Tao was puzzled after hearing this, don't bully yourself if you don't understand animals, you don't know allusions.
It is said that Tiger and Biao were originally related by blood, and they were also enemies who shared the sky. The problem lies in those three handps. Biao is the third and superfluous son of the tiger. Usually the tigress only gives birth to two cubs, and very occasionally a third cub will be born, which is Biao.
Biao is thin and weak due to congenital malnutrition, with only brown fluff and no black streaks of tiger skin. The tigress did not recognize such a son, did not feed it, kicked and bitten it, drove it away, and even took it to the wild land infested by hungry wolves and abandoned it.
The king of the tigers, Xiao Biao, who was chased and abandoned by the tiger, of course, became the enemy of the beasts and was humiliated. Therefore, Biao generally dies during lactation and rarely survives.
But once he survived, Biao was extremely powerful and ferocious. Although it grows in purgatory-like conditions, it is often hungry to eat dead leaves and grass, animal carcasses, gnaw on dirt and stones, and drink sewage and dirty springs.
Despite the constant scars and new injuries over the years, in order to survive, he had to learn to fly mountains, cross streams, climb trees, climb vines, and fight with beasts that were larger and ferocious than himself. It finally grew up and conquered all kinds of dangers and evils in life.
At this time, it already has the most ruthless and vicious temperament of the beast, and its first target is the biological tigress who once wanted to kill it, followed by the two brothers who were favored by the tiger.
It has no feelings, because life has only given it hatred, hatred of all beasts, especially the behemoths that dominate the forest. But whenever a bully appears, it will come to the wind, but the bloody battle is not for anything.
After fighting, they often have no time to lick blood and groan wounds, that is, they run to another battlefield.
It is often injured and has not a single intact fur, and it cannot find a single unbroken bone after death, but it has extraordinary vitality, and the longevity of a surviving wild turtle is comparable to that of an old turtle.
"Hehe, that's a misunderstanding. According to historical data, Biao and the tiger are not the same species, and the only one in the animal kingdom that can best meet the description of Biao in the literature is the golden cat. ”
The biggest feature of the golden cat is that its face is covered with beautiful patterns, and the word "Biao" is understood as a word that is very vivid, and the three apostrophe are very vividly depicted with the big flower face of the golden cat. ”
After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Professor Song explained with a smile that what Zhang Tao knew was just the explanation of the popular allusions, but in fact, there was still a difference between Biao and Tiger.
Of course, these are just speculations, the closest to the truth. It's hard to say how it actually is, after all, there are many species that have disappeared after so many years. ”
The old professor was depressed again as he spoke, as if he remembered the various rare animals that were gradually disappearing. Either he is killed and is about to become extinct, or it is difficult to survive because of the deterioration of the ecological environment, which can make him feel bad.
"Hehe, we can't blame anything in the past, protecting those rare animals in front of us is the most important thing, aren't you doing a good job now, why are you depressed?"
When Professor Zhang saw that his friend was depressed, how could he not know what he was thinking, and immediately comforted his friend.
"Aren't you going to see turtles? Those two big ones are in this little one's village, and you can let him show you there. And here I find that there are more and more birds every year, and maybe there are the birds you want to see. ”
"The turtle you're talking about is in their village? If it is really as you said, those two turtles are thousands of years old, and I am afraid they will become a pair of national treasures! After listening to Professor Zhang's words, Old Man Song suddenly became excited again.
Zhang Tao nodded, indicating that what Professor Zhang said was not right. Those two guys are indeed in their village, and life is not too leisurely.
I don't have to look for food every day, and the fish and shrimp in the pool are too lazy to eat now. There are fresh chicken and duck meat delivered to the mouth to eat, and those fish and shrimp have to chase themselves, how can they waste their physical strength.
Unless they are in a good mood, or when they want to move, they will lazily pick up a few big ones and chase them. Most of the time they either lie on the beach and bask in the sun, or swim freely in the water.
The number of people who came to watch them increased day by day, but there were two dutiful old men standing there, and there was a particularly obvious warning sign, and no one dared to throw anything at them.
So the two guys are not very afraid of the people who come to watch them every day, and occasionally the interest comes, and they will roll twice in the water to excite the watchers.
"So what are you waiting for, go! Let's go and see the pair of turtles! "Part of the reason why Professor Song came here this time was to come to see the two turtles, and part of the reason was that he had to wait for his team to come.
They were going to do a survey around the town to see if it was really what his old friend had said, and that there was a chance that some rare animals might come out.
Zhang Tao didn't postpone it, put the four golden cats back into the basket, and then lifted his car and took the two old professors to his bay.
"Sure enough, the closer you get here, the more abundant the birds do. There's a real chance you'll find some rare animals here. Professor Song said to his old friend as he looked at the birds that roamed around him.
"Well, the town leaders here are more discerning, and a few years ago, they began to make some plans for the environment of the town."
"Some wetlands have been completely abandoned for lakes, and the cultivation here has long since stopped using pesticides and fertilizers, so all kinds of insect food and the like have become abundant, and it is forbidden to harm these species, so it is normal to attract these birds."
Professor Zhang has been here for a long time, and he is very clear about all the changes here, and many projects actually have his credit.
However, the old professor has been here for a long time, and his body has become healthier and younger, as if the environment here has changed him a lot.
In recognition of his contributions to the town, the town awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award and the title of Honorary Citizen, as well as a house. He took his wife over and seemed ready to live here forever.
On the contrary, he didn't go back much on the Agricultural University, and only when he or the students he brought produced results would he go back to see it. The various awards and achievements he has won have made him famous, so there are not many restrictions on him from the Agricultural University. (To be continued.) )