【Chapter 068】 A slow loris

Hearing the sound of the dog barking, Liu Rui was startled, and looked into the tent behind him, and sure enough, the guy Xiao Hei was no longer there.

"Blackie, Blackie!" Liu Rui got out of the tent, looked around, and shouted loudly.

It's a pity that apart from the echoes and the two terrible cries of the night owls, Liu Rui didn't hear any other sounds.

At eight o'clock, it was already dark in the mountains, and the campfire in the camp was bright, but it was dark in the distance. Because of the contrast in light, even if there are stars in the sky, Liu Rui can't see where Xiao Hei is?

"Xiao Rui, what's wrong?" Wang Huaan and Yu Shanwei both got out of the tent, and then the other team members followed, and the whole camp suddenly became lively.

"Blackie is gone!" At this time, Liu Rui regretted a little, why was he so soft-hearted in the first place?

Leave Xiao Hei at home and everything will be fine, now the lights are blind, and the night in the jungle is full of dangers, if it really happens, there is no way.

Hearing this reason, Wang Huaan was really speechless, and he didn't know how to say it. At the beginning, Liu Rui secretly took Xiao Hei up, and no one in the expedition team noticed it, and it was not until halfway today that everyone found that Liu Rui had a small black dog in his back pocket. But the matter has come to this, everyone can't let Liu Rui throw Xiao Hei halfway, so they have to let him take it. Along the way, Xiao Hei's performance was quite well-behaved, almost making everyone forget about its existence.

But when I went to sleep, I made such a play!

The night in the depths of the jungle is dangerous, poisonous snakes, insects, and beasts can launch deadly attacks on creatures that rush in, even old mountain people like Wang Hua'an dare not act rashly.

"Don't worry, maybe it will be back in a while." Wang Huaan didn't know how to comfort Liu Rui, so he could only say dryly.

Yu Shanwei saw that it was not a big deal, and waved to the other team members to go back to the tent to rest, after all, they had to hurry tomorrow morning, but they couldn't affect the progress of the whole team because of an ordinary little black dog.

"Fourth uncle, I'm fine, you can also go in and rest!" Liu Rui barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

Having said that, Liu Rui is still quite uncomfortable in his heart, although this little guy has only been at home for a few weeks, but its well-behaved and cute have been deeply imprinted into the hearts of Liu Rui's whole family and become a member of the Liu family. If he loses it like this, Liu Rui doesn't know how to explain when he goes home?

Wang Huaan took a flashlight and walked around the camp to see if there were any blind spots that could not be protected, and casually took a look if Xiao Hei was nearby?

However, the surroundings seem quite quiet, and I don't know where Xiao Hei ran to?

Just as Wang Hua'an was about to return to the tent to rest, a rapid dog bark sounded in a jungle near the camp again, and listening carefully, it seemed that it was not far away.

Liu Rui, who heard the sound, came out of the tent again and stared at the direction where the sound came from.

Seeing Liu Rui so nervous, Wang Huaan could only sigh, walked to the camp with a flashlight, and walked towards the jungle.

Originally, Liu Rui wanted to follow out of the camp, but Wang Huaan's serious eyes made him dispel this idea, and he could only stand on the edge of the camp and stare nervously at Wang Huaan's back. The rest of the camp also poked their heads out of their tents and waited for the results.

Watching Wang Huaan's back disappear into the bushes, only the light of the flashlight flickered from time to time to prove that he was constantly advancing. Xiao Hei's screams continued, but he didn't seem to feel panicked when he heard it, and he didn't encounter any danger, and Liu Rui could only comfort himself in his heart.

After a while, Liu Rui found that the lights stopped, and then Xiao Hei's screams also stopped, and then Liu Rui saw Wang Hua'an follow the same path and began to return.

"It should be fine!" Liu Rui saw that Wang Huaan did not go deep into the jungle, and soon returned, and made an optimistic judgment in his heart.

When Wang Huaan walked back to the camp, he seemed to be carrying something in his hand, but because the light was too dim, Liu Rui couldn't see it really, and Xiao Hei drilled under Wang Huaan's feet and followed into the camp.

Liu Rui grabbed Xiao Hei, and his right hand kept ravaging its top melon skin, thinking to himself that when no one paid attention in the future, he would throw him into the space and let it play with the little wild cat.

"Teacher Yu, come out and see what kind of animal this is? Just now it was pinned to the ground by Xiao Hei, so I picked it up. Putting his things on the ground, he shouted towards Yu Shanwei's tent.

"And the fourth animal, you don't recognize?" Yu Shanwei was surprised, Wang Huaan can be described as a jungle pass, and there are even species he doesn't know?

During this period of contact, the older people called Wang Hua'an the fourth, and the younger students followed and called the fourth uncle, and everyone got along quite happily. Hearing that there were unrecognizable species, Yu Shanwei didn't care, put on a piece of clothing and got out of the tent and walked to the campfire.

"Huh?" Yu Shanwei seemed to feel a little surprised, squatted down and stared at the things on the ground, turned around and shouted, "Old Han, you come out!" ”

Yu Shanwei's old Han is another zoologist in the expedition team, Han Zhengbao, and Yu Shan's main focus on aquatic and amphibians is that Han Zhengbao's main research object is terrestrial animals.

"And the species that you and the fourth don't recognize?" There was a hearty laugh from inside the tent, and then a burly figure stepped out.

Contrary to Yu Shanwei's appearance with glasses and politeness, Han Zhengbao is a typical Northeast man, burly and hearty, but he is a little similar to Zhou Guodong. Han Zhengbao, who is tall and in the prime of life, is the main force in the team, and the bags on his body are much heavier than others.

"Huh?!" However, when he walked to the campfire and saw the little guy slowly squirming on the ground, he couldn't help but have a look of disbelief on his face.

Xu Wenchang, who was following behind Han Zhengbao, also had a stunned and ecstatic expression on his face, as if he had seen something terrible.

The others saw that the three teachers all had such expressions, and they were even more curious, what was this little thing on the ground? Can two teachers be so moved?

For a while, the entire expedition team couldn't take care of sleeping, squatting on the edge of the bonfire, staring at the small things on the ground, and even Liu Rui, who was holding Xiao Hei, couldn't help but be attracted.

The little creature on the ground was about a foot long, with a long tail that was close to body length, reddish-brown fur on its back, and a distinct tan ridge on the top of its head to its waist. The little one's head is round, the eyes are large and forward, and the area around the eye sockets, as well as the cheeks, the side of the neck, and the back of the shoulders are dull grayish-white, which is clearly different from the back.

Ten people stared at the little guy tightly, but it didn't know if it was scared silly or what the reason was, and it still moved slowly, as if it was a movie in slow motion, which made people anxious for it when they watched it.

"Old Han, you weren't disappointed when you entered the mountain this time, right?" Turning his head and smiling at Han Zhengbao, Yu Shanwei was very satisfied.

"Not disappointed! Not disappointed! Han Zhengbao's head shook like a rattle, and the amplitude was so large that Liu Rui was worried that it would fall off.

"It's been a long time since there has been a record of catching wild 'bee monkeys' in China, and I didn't expect that this guy Xiao Hei was still a lucky general, and he found such a thing in the middle of the night." Han Zhengbao carefully looked at the little guy on the ground, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Bee monkeys spend most of their time in trees and rarely go to the ground, curling up in tree hollows to sleep during the day and only foraging for food at night. This bee monkey didn't know what was going on, but it came to the ground, and was caught by Xiao Hei, and was finally found and brought back by Wang Huaan.

"Teacher, is this a slow loris? No wonder it's so slow! Han Zhengbao's student Meng Nan leaned in to take a look and said.

When he saw this little guy just now, he also muttered a little in his heart, but because he had seen it on pictures before, he had not seen the real thing, and Meng Nan was not sure. Now that the teacher has confirmed, Meng Nan naturally wants to take a good look at this rare species that is listed as a national first-class protected animal.

Bee monkeys are a relatively low class of monkeys, generally inhabiting tropical rainforests or subtropical jungles, because they move very slowly, and only speed up when attacked, so they are also called 'slow loris'. In China, the number of bee monkeys has declined dramatically due to habitat destruction and human hunting, and it is now endangered.

Originally, the team entered the mountain just to investigate the survival state of the 'leper turtle', but after going deep into Xiaoqingshan, they began to be surprised and harvested. During the day, rare plant varieties such as hoof ferns and dove trees were discovered, and when camping at night, Xiao Hei ran out and found a slow loris, which really stimulated everyone's heart.

Perhaps, Xiaoqingshan has been forgotten for many years, but in fact, it is a huge, unexplored natural treasure trove! Due to the lack of human destruction, it still maintains its original appearance, and there are many rare animals and plants that are rarely seen in the outside world. The surprise after entering the mountain made the members of the expedition team have more confidence in the next action!

But what to do with this slow loris?

After the initial excitement, such a question was put in front of the expedition team!

Because of the scarcity of bee monkeys, there is almost zero research on them in China, so Han Zhengbao especially hopes to take this opportunity to bring it back for a period of time to observe its situation. However, there is still a distance from the 'Eagle Sorrow Stream', and bringing such a burden will inevitably affect the action. Han Zhengbao is actually more worried, the bee monkey will be injured on the way, which is a bit more than worth the loss.

Put or catch, that's the question!

ps: Tickets, I need a lot of land tickets!