Chapter Twenty-Four: Prehistoric Crocodiles

"Did you see that?" Ruan Wen was stunned in place, and said to Xia Shaoguang with some trembling in his tone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xia Shaoguang was also very shocked, after all, the huge crocodile appeared less than ten meters in front of him just now, and no matter who it was, he would feel a trace of panic.

"I'm not blind, it's really a crocodile!" Xia Shaoguang stared closely at the thing that looked like a floating plank floating on the surface of the water.

At this time, the crocodile hides its body in the water, leaving only its eyes, ears, and nose protruding from the water, and from a distance, it looks like a piece of dead wood floating on the water.

Xia Shaoguang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked softly, "What should we do?" ”

Xia Shaoguang's experience in dealing with crocodiles was about zero, so he had to turn to Ruan Wen for help in this situation.

However, even as a member of a wildlife conservation organization, Nguyen Van has very little contact with crocodiles, and Nguyen Van Van has no contact with crocodiles, so he can only find coping strategies in this situation from what he has learned before.

Nguyen Van thought was running fast, and in an instant, he came up with the simplest but most practical coping strategy - run!

"Run." Ruan Wen said softly to Xia Shaoguang.

Xia Shaoguang glanced at Ruan Wen slightly, and that look seemed to say, "You're not kidding me, are you?" ”

"There's no time to explain, run!" After speaking, Ruan Wen turned his head and ran in the direction he had just come from.

Xia Shaoguang saw that Ruan Wen was indeed not teasing himself, so he hurriedly followed Ruan Wen's footsteps and ran in the direction he was coming from.

The two of them seemed to run for their lives, and they didn't know how much they ran out, Xia Shaoguang stopped and said a little breathlessly: "Don't run, the crocodile doesn't know where to go." ”

Hearing this, Ruan Wen looked at the water, the ancient bridge could still be seen from a distance, but the water was calm as if there was not a trace of wind and waves, and there was not even a single fallen leaf on the water, let alone any crocodiles.

Where did it go?

Xia Shaoguang and Ruan Wen had such a thought in their hearts at the same time, after all, predators lurking in the shadows are often the deadliest.

"Why do you run away when you see a crocodile?" Xia Shaoguang still didn't understand why Ruan Wen let him run just now, but now it seems that he just ran right.

Ruan Wen gasped and explained: "Crocodile predation often lurks in the water, waiting for the prey to approach, and then slowly approaching the prey to launch a surprise attack, so the average crocodile will not go out to pursue the prey, so if you see a crocodile, as long as you avoid it from a distance, there will be no danger." ”

"Crocodiles are species that have not evolved much for hundreds of millions of years, so whether it is a prehistoric crocodile or a modern crocodile, the behavior mode should not have changed much, and it should be easy to deal with." Nguyen Van continued.

Immediately afterward, Nguyen Van added: "The water temperature of this river is too low for crocodiles to live, so this crocodile must not belong here." ”

"That means the crocodile must have come here from the tunnel?" Xia Shaoguang was obviously a little excited when he heard this conclusion.

"Well, not necessarily," Nguyen further explained, "it is also possible that the wildlife smugglers accidentally landed here, or someone released it here, and I can't tell if I can't see more of this crocodile." ”

"Anyway, let's control it first so that nothing hurts people happens." Xia Shaoguang held the folding stick in his hand and said.

However, they soon discovered that it was not easy to catch the crocodile, and the most difficult problem before them now was not how to catch the crocodile, but how to find it.

They were standing by the river, and because of the sunlight, they couldn't see the situation in the water at all, and the crocodile didn't show its head on the water, so for a while they lost their target.

Xia Shaoguang moved a little closer to the river, wanting to see the situation in the water, but was stopped by Ruan Wen.

Ruan Wen Candle Xia shook his arm and dissuaded: "What are you going to do?" ”

"I look at the situation in the water, there is a reflection on the surface of the water, and I can't see anything at all." Xia Shaoguang looked at Ruan Wen and explained.

"No, it's too dangerous to do this, and if the crocodile really follows all the way, then you are committing suicide by doing so!" Ruan Wen hurriedly said.

"So what do you think you should do? We can't just wait like this, can we? Xia Shaoguang said helplessly, he couldn't wait for the crocodile to appear in front of him immediately.

"Crocodiles are cold-blooded animals, they need to bask in the sun to maintain their normal body temperature, and the river is so cold, it is estimated that it will not be long before the crocodiles will appear on the banks of the river on their own." Ruan Wen used his biological knowledge to explain this problem to Xia Shaoguang.

"But how do we know where the crocodile is landing?" Xia Shaoguang remembered another question.

Ruan Van thought for a moment, then walked to the river and kept slapping the water with the folding stick in his hand.

The originally quiet water surface spread out into the distance under Ruan Wen's beating, and after a while, a black shadow appeared on the water surface in the distance.

"Nguyen Van Van ! It appeared! Xia Shaoguang's eyes sharpened and saw the dead wood that seemed to be floating on the water that was gradually approaching this side.

Ruan Wen glanced at the black shadow from a distance, and then the movements in his hands did not stop, but the frequency increased more and more.

The black shadow stopped in the distance for a few seconds, then disappeared into the water, no trace of which was gone.

At this time, Ruan Wen quickly retreated, widening the distance between himself and the river.

Seeing this, Xia Shaoguang asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?" The crocodile disappeared again? ”

"No," Nguyen Van said, "it's coming." ”

As soon as they finished speaking, a huge crocodile rose up in front of them, leaping out of the water and making a considerable wave.

Xia Shaoguang and Ruan Wen reacted almost instantly, and flew out to the side together, barely avoiding the bite of the huge crocodile.

However, when Xia Shaoguang turned around and saw the crocodile that almost killed him, he found that this matter was not as simple as he originally thought!

The crocodile was six meters long, almost two meters tall on all fours, and its four thick limbs supported a huge body, and its head was not a flat triangle like a normal crocodile, but a tall and large skull like a Tyrannosaurus rex!

In this way, it can be seen that the skull of this "crocodile" is relatively narrow, and there are two ridges on both sides of the head, which extend all the way to the back of the road.

This is a crocodile?!

I'm afraid that apart from the thick scale armor on the neck, back and tail of this behemoth, there is nothing else to be seen that has anything to do with crocodiles!

With sharp teeth in its mouth and thick scales all over its body, this is simply a huge dinosaur, where is the crocodile!

Apparently, Nguyen Van also discovered this.

The "crocodile" walked in the direction of Xia Shaoguang step by step, and Xia Shaoguang hurriedly got up from the ground and helped Ruan Wen up.

Ruan Wen said in disbelief: "We may be in big trouble!" ”