Chapter 256: Prehistoric Giant Eagle
In the end, the big bird was stabbed to death with a spear. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The team member with the knife made a few strokes for fear of injuring Wang Jiao, so he didn't do it for a long time, and the person holding the spear next to him saw that the situation was critical, so he stabbed him a few times from the side.
The big bird fell to the ground, and Wang Jiao also gasped and fell.
God knows what kind of monster this is, it's fast, it's big, it's not small, its beak is as hard as iron, and its claws are sharp and sharp. Wang Jiao threw it down and tossed it, almost exhausting his strength to feed. Fortunately, it wasn't pecked by this thing, but the leg that was holding its wings was fanned and hurt faintly. The leather armor was scratched a few times, and the two layers of crocodile skin had a few more scratches, but the leather pants that were also scratched a few times were not so lucky. The pants were scratched into a strand of blood, and there were faint traces of blood inside.
Some teammates hurriedly helped Wang Jiao up to check his wounds.
Wang Jiao gasped and said, "Don't be here, go under the tree...... Everyone continues to pay attention to the head. ”
Wang Chuan talked about animal territory in class. The people of the River Tribe learned that animals attack people, and in addition to preying for food, they will also be attacked for invading their territory.
There are no birds to be seen here, and it is clearly the territory of this large bird. And the way it attacked just now, it went straight to the crowd, and it didn't look like it was predatory. Apparently because they entered their territory and were attacked.
Since this is the bird's territory, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not have companions, so everyone should be careful.
Fortunately, the bird is huge and inconvenient to attack, so it should be no problem to hide under the tree.
The injury on Wang Jiao's foot is not serious, just wipe some alcohol to disinfect it. Fortunately, I wore leather pants in autumn, and if I came in summer, it would be over. Maybe they'll have to be scrapped.
A teammate brought the big bird over and spread it on the ground, which was amazing to see. The wingspan of this bird is more than three meters, and the length from claws to head is only half a head than that of an adult, and it is not one meter five but one meter four. Its feathers are black and white, and it has a crest of feathers on its head, which is majestic to look at.
If Wang Chuan were here, he might have recognized the giant eagle as the famous Haast giant eagle. This type of eagle was found all over the world in prehistory. They gradually migrated to New Zealand, but around 1500 AD, they became extinct due to food shortages. It is the largest known eagle in the world and can fly at speeds of up to 80 kilometers per hour. Before its extinction, it hunted 400 kilograms of moa birds for food, and it was not a problem to hunt humans.
Seeing this giant eagle, everyone finally understood why Elder Chuan wanted to leave a few trees in the stockade.
Wang Jiao looked at this eagle and suddenly felt that it was a pity, if this eagle came into the hands of Elder Chuan, maybe it could be tamed, right? In this way, the sky above the tribe does not have to be afraid of the attacks of other big birds.
I don't know when the wind in the pine forest will get stronger again. Everyone was carefully watching the sky with their weapons, but Wang Jiao heard a rustling of voices approaching in the pine forest.
Wang Jiao looked over to the place where the sound came from, and saw a few mud monkey-like people coming out under the thick pine leaves. Here are a couple of emaciated old men and children, topless and with pine leaves in their hair. Behind him are bags of pine cones wrapped in worn animal skins.
They emerged from under the pine leaves, shocked, but their eyes were fixed on the dead eagle on the ground.
The man from the Vulcan tribe recognized the old man among them and said, "Chieftain, are you still alive?" ”
The old man looked over and said unconfidently, "You guys...... Is it from the Vulcan tribe? You killed this mythical bird? ”
"I'm not from the Vulcan tribe now, the Vulcan tribe is gone. I'm a River Tribe now......"
Explained and explained the meaning. The vulture leader also had a little more emotion on his face, and said, "I'm not a leader anymore. Our tribe is finished. ”
"What happened?"
The vulture leader said, "At the beginning of spring, this sacred bird came to us and built a nest on the highest pine tree. After that, he didn't leave. They hunted in all directions, killing almost all the prey in the vicinity. And the people who hunted us, so many of us have been hunted so far. ”
As he spoke, the vulture leader picked up a strip of animal skin on his clothes, with no less than ten knots tied on it. He shook the knot and continued, "We have had a very bad time this time, and we should have been fine with these pine nuts when we were in the autumn, and they would have gone." But they didn't go. Every day, we had to come in under the leaves and pick up the pine nuts. I couldn't drill in my prime, and I was injured by them a few times. Later, someone from the north came and said that it was convenient to fish on the ice after the snow fell there. They took away our prime, leaving me with a bunch of children, how can I survive this winter......"
The strong men of the vulture's tribe are gone, and they look very sad. If Wang Chuan is here, he may comfort him and say that it doesn't matter, this is called staying behind, and tens of millions of them will be like this in the future, it's not a big deal.
Wang Jiao said: "Our River tribe is now absorbing people, if you want, go back with us." This winter promises not to leave you hungry. ”
"But we only have children." The vulture leader was a little worried.
Wang Jiao smiled: "What we want is children." ”
As he spoke, Wang Jiao asked people to take out the jerky they had brought with him and share it with the hungry children whose eyes were green. At the same time, he told them about the results of this year's elephant hunting of the River tribe to dispel the doubts of the vulture chief.
There is nothing to fake about these things, if the few people in front of them really have bad intentions, they can directly tie up the old and young people on the side of the vulture leader. They even killed the sacred birds, and how many children used them on top? The vulture leader hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll go back and call everyone and go with you." ”
Wang Jiao said: "This matter is not in a hurry, is there any other divine bird?" Where are their nests? Let's take a look first. ”
The vulture leader said: "There are two divine birds, one of which flew away, and we also came out while the other one was away." If both of them are there, we can't hide. We'd better get out before it comes back, or it will attack us. There should be their cubs in the nest, but there's one guarding the ......."
Hearing that there were cubs, Wang Jiao couldn't walk anymore. Elder Chuan said that all domestication is best done from a young age. I don't know how many cubs there are, but I only need to get one...... Wang Jiao felt that he might be about to make a meritorious service.
Wang Jiao said: "Two big birds, one flew away. There is also a cub guarding it. Isn't this dead one guarding the one? Don't be verbose, take us there. Save the trouble waiting for that one to come back. ”
The vulture leader had to beg the River tribe to take him in, and hurriedly led the way in front, asking as he walked, "The cubs have little meat and the trees are very tall, so there's no need to get them, right?" ”
Wang Jiao said: "Elder Chuan of our tribe will train cubs, if you help us get the cubs of this divine bird, you and your children will definitely not go hungry every day." Hurry up. ”
When the vulture leader heard this, he said no more. The speed of running is a little faster.
The big pine tree where the eagle's nest is located is thirty or forty meters high, and two people can hug it together. The eagle's nest was on a few large branches almost to the top of the tree. Standing under the tree, Wang Jiao could hear the chirping of birds above.
When the vulture leader heard that it was about his future belly, he was about to climb up empty-handed. Wang Jiao hurriedly grabbed him. Then he prepared a leather rope to tie around his waist, put on a hood, and dismantled a rattan basket and put a few rattan sticks on his head to make it look like a helmet, and prepared two pairs of light crossbows to hang on his waist, and then carried an empty basket to climb up the tree.
All preparations turned out to be useful. There was only one palm-sized grey baby in the huge eagle's nest, but this guy wasn't a vegetarian. Wang Jiao raised his head from the edge of the eagle's nest and was pecked a few times by it. If it weren't for the rattan basket helmet, Wang Jiao's eyes might not have been there.
When he put it in the basket, Wang Jiao's hand was also pecked bloody. This made Wang Jiao feel a little bottomless. Such a ferocious thing, can Elder Chuan tame it?