Chapter 598: Vampire Flying Fox

Write important words on the front and take a few days off.

Yesterday was not very comfortable, in the middle of the night vomiting and diarrhea, either the head to the toilet, or the fart to the toilet, every ten minutes, the stomach is like a hand to pull it, it hurts so much that you don't want it~~~

Suffering from a cold and eating bad stomach fungus and dysentery, the doctor prescribed some medicine in the morning, and it was necessary to hang water for two days, and it was really impossible to cover it to maintain four watches.

Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, for the time being, two more per day, not a major illness, three days should be about the same, as long as the stomach hurts and diarrhea is better, try to recover the four watches~~

Excuse me!

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Black box, leather bag, containing a black skinny man.

Su Ming covered his nose and leaned over to take a look, there was a black animal corpse in the box, it was already stinky, fortunately it had been treated with lime, and it had probably been soaked in formalin, it had not yet rotted, and the body could still be distinguished.

"Big bats?" Su Ming was stunned for a moment, looked at the corpse in the box, and then looked at Antonio, his face was full of incredulity, is this old man psychopathic, why is he hiding a bat corpse under the bed?

The bat carcass in the box was about sixty or seventy centimeters in size, with fleshy wings wrapped around its body like a cloak, and its head was a bit like a fox. At first glance, it looks a lot like a dormant vampire in the movie.

A large flying fox specimen?

Flying fox, a kind of bat, divided into big flying fox and small flying fox, this one in front of you is obviously a big flying fox, the adult big flying fox weighs more than two kilograms, the wingspan can exceed 1.5 meters, a picture that is widely circulated on the Internet There are a few people who caught a super large bat nailed to the wooden frame like a kite, it is a big flying fox.

The giant flying fox is the world's largest bat in Southeast Asia, the meat is edible, and the fur has a certain economic value, but it is not high. It is also said to be on the verge of extinction due to overhunting.

However, it is only about to happen, and the number of giant flying foxes is still very large, with tens of thousands of flying foxes being captured every year in Southeast Asia alone.

Su Ming didn't understand, the big flying fox was not a strange thing, it wasn't worth a few dollars, was it necessary for Antonio to take it with him as a treasure?

Probably seeing Su Ming's doubts, Antonio used a small metal tool to pry open the mouth of the large flying fox specimen.

Su Ming leaned over and looked, his scalp was numb, and the big flying fox's mouth had two rows of barbs like sharp teeth, and the two largest teeth were almost the length of a thumb, like a sharp little dagger.

"Mr. Su, you are an expert in zoology, do you think this is normal?" Antonio asked.

"It's not normal." Su Ming shook his head.

The 'normal' Antonio asks refers to the fox's teeth. After thousands of years of evolution, the teeth of animals have a direct relationship with their food, such as carnivorous animals, most of which are sharp and sharp, which is easy to shred meat, and herbivorous animals, most of which are flat and easy to grind plant fibers.

Although the flying fox looks huge and terrifying, as far as Su Ming knows, neither the big flying fox nor the small flying fox are carnivores, the former feeds on fruits, and the latter is simpler, like bees, eating nectar and plant roots.

It stands to reason that the teeth of a flying fox cannot grow like this, and even if it has canine teeth, it will not be full of sharp teeth.

Su Ming looked at Antonio, waiting for him to explain.

Antonio made a mysterious expression: "Do you know about vampires? ”

Su Ming didn't think he was an Amway salesman.

"Mr. Antonio, you're not going to tell me that you caught a vampire and crucified it, and it appeared to be the bat I see now, right?" Su Ming rolled his eyes.

Legend has it that vampires can transform into bats, and such a large flying fox, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, has a bit of vampire style.

But that's a legend! There's a hairy vampire in real life! Take a dead bat and pretend to be a vampire, and only believe him when you have a sick brain!

He might as well pick up a bloody tampon from a garbage can, and that's a vampire......

Antonio said: "The word vampire is too unprofessional and misleading. Strictly speaking, it's a vampire bat. ”

"Flying foxes are vegetarians, and blood-sucking flying monkeys!" Su Ming said.

Flying macaques are very similar in appearance to bats, and live by sucking the blood of animals, and there is often a legend where farmers wake up one night and find that their pigs and cows have been sucked dry by some magical creature, which is what the flying monkeys did.

In fact, although the flying monkey sucks blood, but each time it sucks not much, it is unlikely to suck the blood of large animals such as pigs and cows, at most only a few tens of milliliters at a time, and humans go to the hospital to draw blood for testing, a needle of blood can feed a flying monkey to the full. The biggest danger of flying monkeys is not to suck blood, but to spread diseases, especially rabies and Ebolavirus, in the process of sweezing blood.

The earliest legends of vampires and werewolves come from flying monkeys and people who have been bitten by flying monkeys and have developed rabies.

And the specimen in front of him, various characteristics indicate that this is a flying fox, not some blood-sucking flying monkey. Su Ming still has this bit of biological common sense.

"That's right." Antonio nodded, looked at Su Ming with a smile, and emphasized: "Flying foxes are vegetarians. ”

"That'...... Oh!! Su Ming patted his head, pointed at the flying fox and said, "You mean, this is a blood-sucking flying fox?" ”

"Exactly!" Antonio said solemnly.

No wonder the old man took a flying fox, which was not so rare, for a treasure!

Flying foxes are common, and blood-sucking flying foxes are completely different, like a rabbit that starts eating meat, which ......

"What the hell is going on?" Su Ming sat down and asked Antonio suspiciously.

"It's a long story, my family has a long history, originating in Sicily......" Antonio's face glowed divinely, and Su Ming listened patiently to his bragging.

A great family with a long tradition, after entering the modern society, due to the family business 'single', unable to meet the needs of social development, carried out a series of upgrades and transformations, expand business, Antonio is responsible for the family's medical research, a few months ago, in the mountains of China found this blood-sucking mutant flying fox group.

"Mr. Su, the change of the diet of the animal shows that the genes have changed, and the genes are not immutable, just as apes have evolved into humans, under normal circumstances, the genes have undergone major changes, either after thousands of years, or by some kind of strong external stimulus. If the cause of the flying fox's mutation can be figured out for medical and life sciences, it will be a priceless asset! Antonio said.

"You're still a scientist?" Su Ming said unexpectedly.

"I have two PhDs and was a visiting professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine." Antonio said with a little pride.

"Mr. Antonio, even if you want to study it, it should be studied by our government, you are doing this, it is theft!" Su Ming said.

"I admit it." Antonio shrugged indifferently, "But if it's up to your government to study it, what benefits can you get?" Tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses? Or is it patent sharing of research results? Mr. Su, the results of the research belong to mankind all over the world, so why should we mind which country is conducting the specific research? ”

"What's in it if I'm willing to help?" Su Ming asked.

"You'll be my friend and my family......"

"Tell me about it." Su Ming interrupted him.

Antonio held out three fingers: "1% patent income, $1 million in cash, whichever is whatever." I recommend that you choose the former, although there are risks, but if it can really produce results, this 1% return will bring you a steady stream of huge wealth. ”

"Mr. Antonio, take me to the place where the bats were found." Su Ming loosened his shoulders, "What you said is so shocking that I can't fully believe it for a while." (To be continued.) )