Chapter 22: A First Exploration of the Island
There is something at noon today, so I updated it in advance, and I continue to ask for tickets and recommendations
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Along the way into the hills, the same as Xuandao, the vegetation here is mostly North American maple, ginkgo trees, pines, camphor trees and other coniferous and broad-leaved forests, due to the good environmental protection, the forest from time to time flew pheasants, grouse and other birds, at first Zhu Wei was startled, it seems that he saw the face of Xueqi and Dye Li, and he had the courage to go forward.
It's a haven for animals, with the sound of woodpeckers knocking on trees and cute squirrels jumping around the forest. I have never seen so many lovely creatures in the mountains of Zhu Wei's hometown.
Zhu Wei's job is to find every creature and plant he has never seen, and he will compare it with the database of the main brain and the database of the Internet to identify rare species.
Although it is a hilly area with no steep peaks, it is still very beautiful, climbing two mountains, and only seeing some common creatures such as deer, rabbits, and squirrels along the way, which makes Juwei a little disappointed. At this time, there was a sound of rushing water in front of him, and Zhu Wei was curious to walk over there. a
Jia Nanzi said: "There are three rivers over there."
"What is Sandaohezi?"
"We used to live in the mountain village in the north, and there were three rivers on the way to the south from the hills to the plains, and the first river we encountered was called the first river, and then the second river, and this was the third."
Zhu Wei nodded, there are more than 200 rivers on the island, and water resources are still very abundant.
Several people came to the front of the Sandao River, it was a valley, the water was very large, the narrow place was only about two meters, and the wide place was five or six meters, when they saw someone coming, there were seven or eight strange animals scattered and fled, and a few jumped directly into the stream.
"What's that?" Zhu Wei asked.
"That's mink," Jia Nanzi said, "they're cute, and they don't usually hurt people." ”
There were still two minks who didn't have time to run, probing their brains at the water's edge to observe these uninvited guests, and Zhu Wei tried to inspect them.
Eurasian mink? He tried to compare it with the big database of the Internet, and the result surprised him, but he didn't expect that this was a creature that had become extinct on the earth, the Eurasian mink.
Although the pelts of the Eurasian mink seem to be less valuable than the North American mink, they are still frantically captured and hunted for commercial purposes. In addition, the development of water and electricity and the pollution of water quality have caused them to lose one habitat after another, and their numbers have decreased dramatically, and in the past, they were distributed in various European countries, but now in Lithuania and the Netherlands, they are extinct.
Ju Wei observed that the cute animal had a reddish-brown back, a slightly lighter belly, a few white spots on the chin, chest, and throat, and a thick, smooth body hair that was short and thick. The plush is very cute, there is such a creature on his island, and this is clearly a big family, he quickly took a few photos.
"It's so cute!" Hong Xueqi smiled, "I want to go over." ”
"The little thing is quite timid, can you handle it?" Zhu Wei laughed.
Hong Xueqi smiled slightly, only to see that behind a big rock beside the stream, a fluffy little head was exposed, which turned out to be an Eurasian mink cub.
Hong Xueqi walked over slowly, and the little mink hesitated a few times to escape, but in the end she didn't leave, but looked at Hong Xueqi blankly, looking at her with two eyes.
It wasn't until Hong Xueqi stretched out her hand to touch it that it swooped and jumped into the stream.
"Haha, it's so beautiful, look, I took a picture of it for you" Zhu Wei took out his camera and showed it to Hong Xueqi, who was very happy. "Can you print this out for me?"
"Okay, then you let me touch it again," Zhu Wei smiled maliciously.
"Pervert," Hong Xueqi sneered.
Zhu Wei looked at the relevant information again, and the Eurasian mink likes to inhabit the dense vegetation on the banks of creeks, rivers and lakes, and choose water rat burrows, bank foundation cracks or burrows at the roots of trees to live. They are geniuses for swimming and diving, but their tracks are rarely found in waters deeper than 100 meters. Eurasian mink are active mainly at dusk and evening, with an area of about 15-20 hectares in summer and a much smaller area in winter, generally limited to rushing streams and unfrozen waters. The Eurasian mink's diet is dominated by water rats, but also includes other small rodents, amphibians, molluscs, crabs, fish, and even insects. Eurasian mink have a penchant for storing food.
Unfortunately, this creature has been hunted and killed, and it is extinct on Earth, and only this island still exists.
Zhu Wei, who had discovered a rare species, was in a particularly good mood, and continued to go north, until it was dark, and just walked to the middle of the western hills, where Zhu Wei ordered to set up camp, so three small tents rose from the ground, and in order to prevent fires, they did not light fires for cooking, but directly used electric emergency lights to shine outside to prevent wild beasts from attacking.
The dinner of several people is the cooked food and marinated side dishes bought by Zhu Wei, accompanied by the heaven and earth chalcedony wine soaked in the fruit of the heaven and earth tree, Zhu Wei is hungry for this wine now, and he wants to drink it very much if he doesn't drink it for a few days, and pours a glass for everyone, at this time Jia Nanzi also took out the food from the bag and said: "This is the goosefoot and ring cake made by my mother before I go out, the emperor and the two concubines taste it." ”
Zhu Wei was stunned for a moment, haha, and then understood that he regarded Hong Xueqi and Zi Ranli as his concubines. said: "Okay, I'll try it, and the two concubines will also try it."
Hong Xueqi looked at Zhu Wei with a smile, but Zi Ranli ate without any emotion at all, and there was no reaction.
"Delicious, your mother is so good at cooking?" Zhu Wei praised. Although these two delicacies are already cold, they are still very delicious, and several people are full of praise for eating, Zhu Wei smiled: "Let your mother come to the palace tomorrow to be the imperial chef." ”
The four of them were eating and drinking, and suddenly, a strange sound came from outside, and Zi Ranli walked out as soon as possible.
Zhu Wei also walked out, and through the moonlight, he could see that there was nothing outside, and at this time, in the dense forest in the distance, a pair of shining eyes were staring at them.
"I'm going to something." Ju Wei gasped.
"Blackie, is that you?" Jia Nanzi spoke, and as he spoke, an animal rushed out of the forest and pounced, with light movements, and no sound, this is a predator in the night, Zi Dyan Li was about to draw a knife, only to see that the animal had pounced into Jia Nanzi's arms, and rubbed Jia Nanzi's face with his head.
"Little black little black, it's really you." Jia Nanzi was overjoyed and kept holding the animal.
Only then did Zhu Wei see that this turned out to be a strange black panther. Like a saber-toothed tiger, this beautiful cat has the appearance of a leopard, but it has a pair of saber teeth, a huge body, a steady body, much larger than the real black panther, and even more beautiful, Zhu Wei finally remembered that it is almost exactly the same as the Nightblade Leopard in World of Warcraft.
After Zhu Wei inspected it, he found that this was also an ancient creature, the saber-toothed leopard, and if this discovery was announced, I am afraid it would shock the world again.
"Does it recognize you?" Zhu Wei asked.
Jia Nanzi said: "Yes, this kind of leopard does not hurt people, it is very close to people, it was only so big when I knew it, this young leopard has no mother, it is hungry and whining outside my house, even the dog is not afraid of barking at it, I saw that it was pitiful and took it back, raised for a period of time, it grew bigger and bigger, afraid of being found by the red-haired devil, so I put it in the mountains and forests, I didn't expect it to grow so big." ”
Zhu Wei nodded, he knew that this animal was a priceless treasure, a prehistoric creature that had never been found in history, a close relative of the saber-toothed tiger, the saber-toothed leopard, and a whitened Bengal tiger in history was worth millions of dollars. Juwei decided to protect it.
Hong Xueqi also squatted down, she seemed to have a natural curiosity about animals, she reached out and carefully touched the little black shiny fur.
At this time, she was pleasantly surprised to find that there were six little eyes walking slowly and leisurely not far away, and they turned out to be three little saber-toothed leopards.
"Haha, Commander, it's Mommy, look." Hong Xueqi said.
I saw that these three little saber-toothed leopards were not afraid of people, one white, two black, although there was only a small piece of canned orange, but it had already revealed spirituality, the cry was like a cat's meow, and the tiger teeth on both sides had not yet grown. "It's so cute, it's so cute."
Ju Wei nodded, how could this creature protect them. Zhu Wei fell into deep thought.
In the future, once the information of the island's rare animals is made public, it will inevitably attract poachers from some countries, and it seems that coastal security and forest police are very important, and some rare animal breeding bases will be established in the future, so that animals can be better cared for.
Hong Xueqi looked at Zhu Wei: "Can we take it back?" ”
"This is where it lives" Zhu Wei didn't expect her to suddenly ask this question, so she had to reply according to her own thoughts.
"But it has three little babies, and it is very inconvenient to hunt. What if the leopard cub is in danger while it is hunting? Hong Xueqi said.
Zhu Wei thought about it, this artificial human being still had such a kind heart, and he couldn't bear to refuse, so he said, "Then take them back and raise them in the palace." But once they grow and mature, they have to be put back into nature. ”
This saber-toothed leopard, Zhu Wei named it the Yingzhou leopard, as a rare animal on the island, recorded.
The team said goodbye to the saber-toothed leopard Xiao Hei and his family and continued on the road.