Chen Rui asked Kabra again, "Are there many of these terrifying birds in this swamp?" ”

Barbara translated Kabra's words and said to Chen Rui, "Chief Kabra said that the horror birds are infested in the depths of the swamp, and the number is very small, and it is rare for them to see the horror birds in the swamp once. However, it is certain that the horror birds must exist, because although they rarely see any traces of the horror birds, they can often find the feathers shed and the footprints left by the horror birds in the swamp. ”

Chen Rui nodded and made a request to Kabula, "Chief Kabra, can you give me the bones of this terrifying bird, and I will exchange a piece of gold with you that is bigger than a golden crocodile and 15 pieces of Chinese porcelain." ”

Earlier, Chen Rui gave a gold one with two palm-sized crocodiles and a porcelain plate, and four porcelain bowls to Cabra as gifts.

Barbara translated Kabra's words and said to Chen Rui, "Chief Kabra said that the Terror Bird is the most precious thing in their tribe, and he needs 2 pieces of gold objects larger than a golden crocodile and 30 pieces of Chinese porcelain to exchange them with you. ”

Who said that the people of the primitive tribe are simple, and people are born with their own bargaining skills.

Chen Rui nodded, "Yes." ”

Chen Rui exchanged 2 pieces of gold and 30 pieces of Chinese porcelain for a pile of bones of the Terrorbird with Chief Cabra.

Chen Rui Kabra's tribe stayed for four days.

Finally there is news.

Several people from nearby tribes found traces of the terror bird in the depths of the swamp and hurriedly ran back to report it.

Kabra, a hunter of the Kabula tribe, is the chief of several nearby tribes. Hunter. and Chen Rui and his party, a team of hundreds of people, hurriedly rushed to the place where the trace of the terrifying bird was found.

In the middle of the ranks. Several people carried a huge net bag.

The net is woven with small and sturdy vines, and is more than 20 meters long and more than 10 meters wide.

Along the way, the people of these swamp tribes are very familiar with this swamp.

Where it is safe to pass.

Where can you trap a man in a swamp.

Where are crocodiles infested.

They are all very familiar, they know it with their eyes closed.

Easily avoided the dangerous areas of the swamp.

After walking for about 3 hours, we reached the depths of the swamp and came to the place where the horror bird was found.

Then. The person who came back to report the news was babbling and dancing.

Barbara translated his words and said to Chen Rui, "The place where they found the horror bird is here, and there are feathers shed by the horror bird on the ground. Now that the Bird of Terror has left here, Abu and Aka are tracking the Bird of Terror and leaving a mark along the way, and he will lead everyone to follow the mark. ”

Chen Rui nodded.

The person who came back to report the news looked around and found a red straw rope tied to a bush of cattails, one end of which pointed northwest.

The contrast between the green cattails and the red straw ropes. The color is very conspicuous.

"Here, they're heading northwest."

Along. Every 200 meters or so, there is a mark, and it points in the direction.

An hour and a half later.

Chen Rui saw the horror bird.

It's the same as what Bablu paints on paper.

A large head with a hooked upper beak and a clump of upside-down feathers on the back of the head, like the feathered crest of an Indian chieftain.

Wings with a flesh hook structure.

It is more than 3 meters high.

The tail feathers are very firm, steep and straight, and very long.

Intuitively, get a close-up look at the horror bird and see what the horror bird looks like.

In Chen Rui's mind, a very common predator in South America that lived in the Cenozoic era 62 million to 2 million years ago immediately came to mind, that is, hacking birds.

The Titan Giant, also known as the Titan Giant, is an avian-like carnivore, the apex predator of South America at the same time as the saber-toothed tiger, and became extinct for more than 2 million years.

The ancestors of hacking birds are believed by scientists to be Tyrannosaurus rex, and they inherited some of the genes of dinosaurs.

Then, the ancestor of the horror bird, which is very similar in size and shape to the horror bird, and has various characteristics of dinosaurs, is also very likely to be a Tyrannosaurus rex or other theropod dinosaurs.

In the grass behind the horror bird was a pile of eggs, the size of a teacup, three of them.

At this time, there is a crocodile egg thief who is confronting the horror bird.

Chen Rui took out the camera and recorded this scene.

Although the eggs of the horror bird are far from satisfying the huge appetite of crocodiles, the protein-rich eggs are also a delicious snack.

The crocodile wanted to steal the eggs of the horror bird to eat, and was discovered by the horror bird that came back, and this scene appeared, and the crocodile was ready to retreat, obviously, countless lessons told the crocodile that it was not the opponent of the horror bird, and the hook-like beak of the horror bird could easily pierce its abdomen with insufficient defense of its scales, pierce its eyes, and make it a one-eyed crocodile, and its sharp and powerful claws could easily leave tearing wounds on its body.

Seeing this scene, Chen Rui thought of some possibilities.

It stands to reason that this swamp is rich in nutrients, lush with plants, and inhabited by a large number of creatures, and the horror birds can easily catch prey, and there is no shortage of food sources.

So, why is the number of horror birds so scarce, and it is very rare for the tribes living on the edge of the swamp to see a horror bird in the swamp, and the six or seven tribes add up to hundreds of people who have been searching for four days in this swamp before finding a trace of a horror bird.

In this vast swamp with an area of hundreds of square kilometers, Chen Rui guessed that the number of horror birds may be only a few dozen, less than a hundred, and they are on the verge of extinction.

Probably the biggest reason for the very low number of horror birds is that their eggs are remembered by many animals in the swamp.

The eggs laid by the horror bird are in the grass.

This is a must-remember meal for the animals that live in the swamp.

Then, the crocodile makes its eggs a delicious snack.

The boa constrictor in the swamp will swallow its eggs.

Small animals such as otters, water voles, and shrews will crack open the eggshell with their claws and suck the egg whites and yolks inside the eggshell.

All carnivorous, omnivorous animals in the swamp eat its eggs.

The crocodile burrowed headlong into the puddle.

The horror bird 'chirped' demonstratively and screamed a few times into the water.

At this moment, a tranquilizer bullet flew out of the reeds and accurately hit the horror bird's buttocks.

The tranquilizer bomb carries enough anesthetic to anesthetize an elephant and injects the blood of the horror bird.

The anesthetic spread along with the blood in the blood vessels, and soon, it flowed all over the body and head of the horror bird, and the horror bird was numbed.

Seeing this, the people living in the swamp tribe looked at their large open nets, and then, with their mouths wide open and their eyes wide, looked at the terrifying bird that had fallen to the ground under anesthesia, and for a moment could not figure out what was going on. (To be continued......)