Chapter 120: Vampire Bats
Before Professor Moon could reply, the lion roared, and then the other dogs began to bark wildly.
When everyone was wondering, they found that black shadows seemed to fly overhead. Everyone was immediately shocked, and hurriedly squatted down and looked at the top of their heads vigilantly.
"Sure enough, it's them!" Professor Wen said.
Everyone could only see black shadows flashing quickly, which seemed to be a kind of bird, but no one could see the specifics. Although he didn't see it clearly, Professor Wen had already determined what it was.
"What's that?" Miao Huo asked, he learned from everyone, squatting on the ground and holding his head, just like a criminal suspect was caught by the police.
The little squirrel cooed in rage, as if he hated the creature. The lion jumped up nearly two meters high, and immediately photographed a black shadow that flew by.
When everyone took a closer look, it was actually a bat, with a small body, no exposed tail, and a dark brown coat. They have a very ugly appearance, with a nose with a "U" shaped groove at the top, triangular ears, and a short, cone-shaped snout. They are connected by wide wing membranes on their fore and fore limbs and fingertips, forming a powerful wing.
"It's actually a bat, when did the bat go crazy to this extent." Liu Yang said.
Seeing bats, Xu Hao also began to feel relieved. "It's a vampire bat with long, sharp canine teeth, well-developed upper incisors, slightly triangular and knife-sharp, and can pierce the protrusions of other animals and feed them," he explains. Very greedy, always tired of sucking blood, every time you put your stomach full, you can suck about 50 grams of blood, which is equivalent to half of your body weight, and sometimes even as much as 200 grams of blood, which is equivalent to twice your body weight, but you can still take off, you are really an authentic vampire.
Not only does it bite and suck blood, but it also gives you a very nasty creature that infects you with a virus. ”
The other dogs also learn from the lion, and it doesn't seem difficult to catch the bat. Those bats swept over everyone's heads, but they didn't dare to fly low, and they seemed to be more afraid of dogs.
"Because of the anticoagulant in the saliva of vampire bats, the blood can slow down and coagulate, and the blood can be sucked quite smoothly. Bite the other person, then lick the blood with his tongue. Because dogs can hear high-frequency sounds, and they rely on ultrasound positioning to see the road, they are especially afraid of dogs. ”
It's no wonder that everyone is secretly saying! Fortunately, I led a few dogs to follow, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with. The snow sculpture also emitted a burst of eagle chirps, but it could only intimidate the vampire bats with a little sound and create some panic, and there were dense branches and leaves on it, and the snow sculptures had no way to come down and kill the enemy.
"You can't keep spending time with them, can you?" Chu Jiaqiang said that he hoped that Professor Wen could come up with a plan to get rid of these pesky vampire bats.
In the past, in the village, when it was almost dark, the shadow of bats could often be seen.
But those bats are beneficial insects that eat floaters, so under normal circumstances, people will not chase bats unless they are too scary.
"Bats are afraid of light and fire, so you can take out the flashlights we brought and try to drive them away, but I don't think it has much effect, the light of the flashlight is too weak, and the range of exposure is too small. The most effective way to do this is to play some sound waves of varying frequencies that can disrupt their vision, and they can't see it, so they run away. However, our conditions are obviously not suitable. Professor Wen said two ways, and the last one was broken as soon as he proposed it.
Miao Huo and the others hurriedly took out the flashlight they brought and shot it towards the black shadow. There was indeed some effect, the bat hit by the light screamed, and then immediately flew away, but everyone didn't have time to be happy, and they turned back again.
Finding more and more bats, the fifth uncle hurriedly said, "Go back, let's not go in." ”
Old man Li and Teacher Liu also persuaded him, but Professor Wen and Xu Hao were very unwilling. That's right, I finally came here, and no one would be willing to turn back like this.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of "wooing", echoing in the ghost fog forest.
The voice was as eerie and desolate as a ghost, even Miao Huo, a big man, was covered in cold hairs when he heard it, and Ye Xiaoshuang grabbed his brother's hand tightly, trembling.
"! It's no wonder this place is called the Ghost Mist Forest, and I won't come to this place next time I am killed. Wen Qiu felt goosebumps all over his body.
When the bats heard this, they immediately exploded, like a mouse seeing a cat.
Chu Jiaqiang and others have lived in the countryside since they were children, and this voice is not unfamiliar, and they are all relieved to see the bats escaping. And Professor Wen was even more happy, this time he could continue to move forward.
"I said! With so many bats, how can there be no natural predators! The owls are coming, and no matter how famous they are, they have to flee. Professor Wen said with a smile.
Owls are good birds, and according to statistics, one owl can protect farmers with tons of grain a year. However, this meritorious man who has worked hard is very unpopular among the people.
Chu Jiaqiang and others deeply understand this, when they were young, they caught an owl back, because their heads were almost exactly the same as the cat's head, Chu Jiaxiong caught his own cats, let them look at each other, and immediately scared their cats away, and never returned home. When the family saw the owl, they not only scolded Chu Jiaxiong to the point of blood, but also beat him up wildly, threw the owl out of the house, and even went to the temple to ask for an evil charm and posted it at the door.
There are common sayings such as "night owls enter the house, nothing to do", "not afraid of night owls calling, afraid of night owls laughing", often regard owls as "ominous birds" and call them soul birds, mourning birds, etc., and in ancient books, they also call it a strange harrier, a ghost car, a ghost or a wanderer, as a symbol of doom and death.
In fact, it's all because the owl's appearance and voice have ruined their reputation.
Because of the owl's strange appearance, its eyes are large and round, and it shines brightly, which makes people feel frightened: its ears are erect, like the mythical two-horned monster, so that the ancients often used the "parrot kiss"
To describe the ferocious appearance: the owl's cry in the dark night is as eerie and desolate as a ghost, making people feel even more terrifying, and it was called "the evil sound bird" in ancient times.
In addition, owls are nocturnal and wander like ghosts when they fly, often only flickering in black shadows, which also makes people who do not know much about their behavior all kinds of terrible associations.
Owls like to eat mice the most, but they are also natural predators of bats and other animals, so the bats that have just been invincible will run away in a panic.
Hearing that it was an owl, Miao Huo and others relaxed their muscles. Liu Yang said: "This is the cry of an owl!" It's a little scary, no wonder everyone doesn't like it! ”
Professor Moon smiled, untouched by traditional thinking.
Everyone looked over, more than a dozen owls were out like lightning, and it was not enough to catch a bat in their claws, but also to take one away from their mouths, no wonder the bats were scared to death.