Taking advantage of the opportunity for the cowboys to go out to graze in the afternoon, Shi Lei also got on a small fixed-wing plane on the side of the ranch by the way, planning to make a small circle around the huge ranch.

It is really only possible to turn a small circle, and in an afternoon, it is impossible to turn around this huge ranch with an area of more than 20,000 square kilometers. To put it simply, a 200-kilometer-long and 100-kilometer-wide area cannot be completed in one evening.

The scene of tens of thousands of beef cattle scattered for grazing is also very, very shocking. Especially from the low-flying plane, the whole herd of cattle covered a large piece of land.

And after hearing the sound of the plane, the cattle that were disturbed immediately accelerated their speed. And the dogs that have been fused in are trying their best to control the speed and formation of the herd, so as not to let them become too scattered.

This is also very particular, and if it is too scattered, it will take a lot of effort to gather them all together before dark. If you don't get it right, it's easy to lose your beef cattle.

And with these dogs, this situation is basically eliminated, which is an important reason why cowboys love these dogs. Without the work of finding lost beef cattle, I don't know how much work has been saved for them. This is good news for cowboys who have reduced the number of cowboys.

After passing over the herd, the plane, which had just taken off, gradually rose and flew to the wider grassland. Such a vast grassland looks very much like the African savannah. The environment is very similar to the private reserve that Shi Lei has visited, and it feels the same. It's just that the wild animals that appear from time to time above are very different.

Instead of giant beasts like buffalo and elephants, there are only different kangaroos, jumping and moving forward. Occasionally, kangaroos use their large, thick tails to support their bodies. He stood upright, and looked up at the plane in the sky, wondering if he had taken the plane as an eagle owl that went out to hunt.

Shi Lei them. Just when I flew to another clearing, I saw such a good hunting show. It's just that the target of the hunt is not a kangaroo that is not small, but a hare that is difficult to distinguish in the air with the naked eye of a human.

The hare burrowed out of the ground and was enjoying his dinner merrily as he poked his head out for possible predators.

The wild animals here seem to be active at the same time as the cattle, and most of them will come out in the morning and evening, when it is relatively cooler.

Of course, predators who smell food. It will also appear at this time. When the sun is scorching, everyone will invariably hide in their respective nests to escape the heat.

No, not long after the hare appeared, a wedge-tailed eagle that was patrolling its territory in search of prey set its sights on the fat hare.

As the largest of the three species of birds of prey in the kangaroo country, the wedge-tailed eagle can grow up to 1.2 meters in length and 2.7 meters in wingspan. Such a guy whose body shape is not inferior to the fierce golden eagle has more than 70% of the food sources. These are all hares, which are invasive alien species.

Of course, when necessary, these wedge-tailed eagles also prey on larger kangaroos, and they are also good at eating carrion. Who would have let the food in such a harsh natural environment often be difficult to guarantee? There is no right to pick and choose. Of course, how can you fill your stomach?

And these wedge-tailed eagles are all big-bellied men, and there is no problem in eating half of their body weight in one meal. This may also be due to the fact that they often have to live a hungry and full life. That's why I have such a big appetite.

After the wedge-tailed eagle fluttered its wings, the hare, feeling the deadly threat, began to flee frantically. As long as they escape into the hole-ridden underground caverns that have been dug up. You can save your life.

But it's a pity that although this little guy wittily adopted a non-straight line escape method, he still did not escape, and now he has become the claw of the wedge-tailed eagle who catches rabbits. was grabbed by a claw on the neck, and after two struggles, he was carried into the air. Caught by the wedge-tailed eagle, he flew back to his nest on a dirt bag not far away.

Thanks to the preservation of these hares, the wedge-tailed eagles on the Kangaroo Country side are now in little danger of becoming endangered animals. Because the number of rabbits is so large, the number of wedge-tailed eagles in the wild in the kangaroo country still exceeds 200,000. Of course, the number of rabbits is even more exaggerated.

Only 24 of these notorious invasive alien species were introduced in the 19th century, and were introduced from Europe by a farmer for endless rabbit meat and for the pleasure of hunting.

However, rabbits have no natural predators in the kangaroo country, and the breeding rate is too fast, and after 70 years, it has developed to an astonishing scale of 4 billion, and the population of the entire kangaroo country is only 6 million at that time.

Later, in order to kill rabbits, foxes, the natural enemies of rabbits, were introduced. Unexpectedly, after the fox came, he found that the local small animals were all "natural", and it was as easy to prey as picking up for nothing, and as a result, the fox became an invasive alien species, killing 11 kinds of local animals.

Later, in the middle of the 20th century, the virus was reluctantly introduced to reduce the number of rabbits. However, when the number of rabbits decreased to about 600 million, antibodies to the virus had been developed, and the only way to exterminate rabbits after that had been achieved was to rely on wedge-tailed eagles, which had learned how to prey on rabbits and had become a staple food on hares, and other predators.

With the addition of many predators, and the fact that these rabbits are often sent to supermarkets, the number of rabbits has finally halved to only about 300 million.

This is also thanks to the inhabitants of Kangaroo Country, who at least did not regard the rabbit as a sacred symbol like the Midi side. There is no mystery about rabbits here, so it is inevitable that they will often be put on the table, and eating rabbits can be regarded as contributing to the country.

Of course, the number of residents in Kangaroo Country is still too small, and the love for rabbit meat is not strong enough. In this way, in our big foodie country, an average person can't even divide one, and there will definitely be no chance of hare disaster, and it will enter the stomach of the majority of foodies early.

You must know that Shi Lei was in his hometown, and he saw a person kill a big iron basin rabbit head. It's about one person, and twenty or thirty rabbits have been eliminated.

Of course, Shi Lei actually didn't eat less, but after he arrived at the stone ranch, he ate a lot of hares that Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin caught and sent over.

When he was a child, Shi Lei's parents found a lot of hares for Shi Lei to eat in order to supplement the nutrition of Shi Lei, who was born with 10 pounds of skin and bones. It's just that at that time, the domestic hare was not so easy to find, and it took a while to find one. (To be continued......)