(368) A major breakthrough in the study of animal thinking activities

"Is it true?" Qu Hailing's eyes were full of smiles.

"If you had a husband, wouldn't you mind if he went to that kind of place?" Liang Hongbin asked with a smile.

"If I were a man, I might try it once." Qu Hailing laughed.

"Huh. If I were you, I wouldn't have that courage. ”

"You said you hadn't been there, but listening to you, it seems that you know a lot about places like that."

"I once accompanied a friend who had a heart attack and asked me to wait for him nearby because he was afraid that he would faint then."

"Did he have a heart attack?"

"Nope. That time, I waited on the street for two hours. ”

Hearing Liang Hongbin's answer, she laughed even louder.

"You didn't have anyone looking at you at the time, or she would have to scold you for being a bloody dog."

"Yes, I didn't have a woman willing to have a relationship with me then."

"And now?"

"Now, it doesn't seem to be."

"You're wrong." She looked at him, "Now there is." ”

Liang Hongbin felt the body temperature from her hand, and a trace of warmth flowed from her heart.

"Teach me how to play that hornhorn, I want to know more about my dolphins." She said.

"No problem."

When the date ended, it was already a little late, and Qu Hailing, who returned home, sat on the bed, looked at the exquisitely made horn flute in her hand, thought about it, and picked up the phone.

"Hey, Xiangyun, it's me, Hailing, haven't you slept yet? I'll tell you something, yes, it's about dolphins. I met someone today, our new veterinarian at Ocean Park, you know? He can blow a musical note and can communicate with dolphins,...... Yes, it's true, he said he learned it with himself. …… I want him to teach me, and he's agreed, huh, what does he look like? Haha, it looks pretty good, let me state first, don't rob me! You have General Yang, and you're not satisfied! …… Okay, I won't talk about it, but I think this person will be helpful to your research, right? Yes, I bet General Yang would be very interested. …… Okay, okay, no problem, leave it to me, wrap it on me, and when the time comes, he and I will both report to your institute, hehe,...... Well, okay, you've been staying up late lately again? Not with Yang...... Okay, I won't say anything, hehe, hurry up and go to sleep! Good bye. ”

After putting down the phone, Qu Hailing threw the horn flute in her hand into the air, and reached out to catch it, she looked at the horn flute in her hand and snapped her fingers lightly.

Yanjing, Xiyuan, "Renhe" Institute of Biochemical Science and Technology.

"This dolphin is a bit big, I don't know if you like it or not?"

Yang Shuoming watched as the gray-black dolphin was sent to the experimental base, it was more than 7 meters long, and its strength was terrible. As soon as it was put into the pool, it turned a somersault and jumped out of the water, raising its head proudly, its two little eyes spinning, its long body glowing a cold blue in the sun's rays.

"Of course I do." Liu Xiangyun looked at Yang Shuoming who was standing beside her, and a strange light flashed in her eyes, "Thank you." ”

"Say 'thank you' to me?" Yang Shuoming looked into her eyes and smiled slightly.

"Thank you, of course." Liu Xiangyun looked at him and said, "If it weren't for you, I might still be staying in my hometown now, maybe I would have ...... a long time ago" She bit her lip lightly and didn't say any more.

Yang Shuoming understood what she wanted to say later, he smiled, reached out to hold her hand, and looked at her carefully.

Although she is one of the most famous medical experts in China now, in front of him, she does not have a straight face like usual, but always shows the tenderness of her female surname intentionally or unintentionally, just like when she and he first met on the battlefield.

Today, she wears a plain white overalls as always. But the wide clothes still can't hide the delicate and graceful curves of her body, which is why she has always shown people with a cold face until now, but there is no shortage of suitors.

"I sometimes wonder if you resent me for being like this dolphin in a pond and always living in a closed world."

"I don't think so." Liu Xiangyun saw his serious expression and laughed, "However, if you think I'm lonely, come and see me often." ”

"This time, I flew directly from Sichuan." Yang Shuoming smiled and pinched her soft fingers, "In order to take a look at you before leaving." ”

"You're always flying around in the sky, and you're not afraid of accidents. I always shudder at the thought of you in heaven. Liu Xiangyun looked at him and said seriously, "Listen to me, take the train in the future, it will be safer." ”

"No wonder you never fly airships and airplanes." Yang Shuoming smiled and nodded, "Okay, I promise you that you will fly less in the future." ”

At this time, the new dolphin swims restlessly in the pool, jumping out of the water from time to time and splashing the water around.

"This guy is amazing." Liu Xiangyun's eyes fell on the dolphin, "I'm afraid it will bully other dolphins." ”

"It's scared now." Yang Shuoming's "supercomputer eye" activated, "It's talking to other dolphins." ”

"Here you go again." Liu Xiangyun smiled and touched him lightly with her elbow, she seemed unwilling to take off his hand.

"It's true, I can tell what they're talking about." "Right now, other dolphins are asking who it is and what its name is. ”

"Oh? So how does it answer? Liu Xiangyun listened to Yang Shuoming's words and couldn't help but think about it seriously. For she noticed that the dolphins in the pond seemed to be genuinely interested in their new companions, as if it were the newly-newcomers' large, majestic bodies that had aroused their curiosity.

"It says it's called 'Chief.'"

"What?" Liu Xiangyun looked at Yang Shuoming with some surprise and repeated, "'Leader'? It says it's the chief? ”

"That's what it means, but ......," Yang Shuoming said as he stared at the dolphin tightly, "it seems to have another meaning in its language......

"What is it?" Liu Xiangyun was even more surprised and asked.

"His name seems to be more than just a 'chief,' but also a certain sacred connotation." Yang Shuoming said.

"You mean that it calls itself a dolphin god, is that what you mean?" Liu Xiangyun asked.

At this time, the other dolphins all jumped into the air with a swift movement that they had never seen before, as if to make the new dolphins see more clearly.

"It upset the other dolphins." Liu Xiangyun said.

The other dolphins were talking, and the female was asking the gray male on the left if he would bite herself. The dolphin replied, no. ”

"Really."

"The little dolphin was asking his companion, would it be our friend? The dolphin heard it and replied that it would. ”

The dolphins cruising in the pool, occasionally jumping out of the water, their gray bodies tumbling in the air; Their broad tail fin beats the turquoise water like children.

The new big black dolphin also jumped up from time to time.

"They're getting acquainted with the new dolphins." Liu Xiangyun said.

"Now the other dolphins have recognized its identity, and they are paying homage to this 'divine dolphin' in their own way." Yang Shuoming noticed the strange movements of the dolphins and nodded.

"Dolphins even have a religious concept of 'god'?" Liu Xiangyun asked in surprise.

"Man can create gods in his own image, why can't dolphins?" Yang Shuoming smiled and asked, "This is abstract thinking." ”

"I really hadn't paid attention to what you said before." Liu Xiangyun's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, looking very playful and moving, she was like this when she was thinking, Yang Shuoming looked at her with admiration, and she didn't even notice the strangeness in his gaze.

"However, this concept of 'god' is not imagined by the dolphins themselves, but imposed on them by other dolphins."

"It's not imposed." "The dolphins don't accept any coercive views. They already have their own thinking skills. They, like people, like powerful, beautiful, majestic images. They love to be around the new dolphins, which is a good indication of their intelligence. ”

"Unfortunately, the dolphins don't make their wishes as clear as we do." Liu Xiangyun sighed and said.

At this time, a white dolphin, which had always seemed ungregarious, rushed towards the new big black dolphin. The dolphin, which Yang Shuoming called "god" and "leader", was frightened and fled. It was almost twice as long as the white dolphin, but it couldn't swim as fast as the white dolphin. It was quickly blocked by white dolphins. So it jumped out of the water, and its huge body fell so heavily that it almost didn't hit the white dolphin. The splash of water drenched the staff at the pool, causing a burst of screams.

"Oh no, they're going to fight!" Yang Shuoming said in a deep voice, "Separate them, quickly!" ”

Liu Xiangyun also felt bad, she let go of Yang Shuoming's hand, ran to the megaphone, and loudly ordered the staff to separate the big black dolphin from the other dolphins, the staff began to want to capture them, but the two dolphins in the pool had already begun to fight, so they couldn't start.

After a while, the white dolphin was injured, and Yang Shuoming noticed a thin strand of blood oozing from its left abdomen. The Great Black Dolphin chased it frantically, although it was injured, it was still nimble, it deftly dodged the attack, and the Great Black Dolphin's attacks failed again and again.

"Dolphins are peace-loving animals, they never attack their own kind, what's wrong with today?"

Watching two dolphins, one white and one black, chasing and fighting in the pool, Liu Xiangyun was shocked.

The tail of the great black dolphin slapped the water of the pond hard, and it soared into the air. At this time, the white dolphin has given up the attack, and it jumps out of the water from time to time to avoid the pursuit of the other party.

"Don't get them apart yet!" One of the supervisors yelled.

But both dolphins were in a rush, and the crew simply couldn't catch them.

The supervisor ran back into the house and took out a tranquilizer gun. Just as the big black dolphin jumped up, he shot at it, and it fell down hard, and for a moment it did not move.

The staff immediately went to turn on the crane. But at this moment, the white dolphin behaved very strangely, only to see it swim to the big black dolphin lying still, and constantly make affectionate gestures, touch it with its pointed beak, and rub its body with its body. When the crane's iron hand came down, it kept dodging, refusing to let the iron hand catch it.

"What happened to 'Xiaobai'?" Liu Xiangyun turned her head to look at Yang Shuoming, her eyes full of confusion, "What is it talking about?" ”

"It says it doesn't go, it wants to ...... Accompany 'God'. Yang Shuoming said meaningfully.

"But the dolphin is biting it, bullying it, and it's already hurt." Liu Xiangyun looked at the pool and said with some sadness.

"It says that it is strong and that it is weak...... He doesn't leave, it wants to ...... Be with God. ”

At this time, the staff below were helpless in the face of the injured white dolphins swimming back and forth around the large black dolphins in the pool.

"Why does it say that the dolphin is a god?"

"God, just a name, although we have not taught it to worship the black dolphin in the same way that humans believe in the gods, but it shows such affection and attachment to the big dolphin that bit it, which is a peculiar phenomenon, which should reflect the ...... A primitive religious consciousness. ”

"But the god it worships is hurting it?" Liu Xiangyun looked at Yang Shuoming in surprise and asked.

"Xiangyun, listen to me." Yang Shuoming's expression became solemn, "You must know that the spread of any religion is not only preaching and preaching, it also includes the use of violence. The so-called function of the pastor and the function of the executioner are two creeds that go hand in hand and complement each other. Among them, there is not only superstitious propaganda as spiritual opium, but also naked violent coercion. Animals have an instinct to avoid attacks, but dolphins are not animals in the general sense, they have the ability to think abstractly. It adores the big black dolphin, and even if it bites, this perception is strengthened. ”

"What now? If it goes on like this, it's going to die. Looking at the bloodstains in the pool, Liu Xiangyun said distressedly.

"Look at me." Yang Shuoming smiled comfortingly at her, he walked quickly to the megaphone, cleared his throat, and suddenly let out a whistle similar to the chirping of a dolphin.

The white dolphin obviously understood what Yang Shuoming was "saying" to it, and it quickly fell silent, but whenever it looked at the big black dolphin, its small eyes still showed a look of admiration and awe.

"It's still going to go to the black dolphin. What a dedication! Yang Shuoming sighed.

At this time, the staff had already used a crane to put the white dolphin into another pool, separated from the big black dolphin, and the doctor rushed to treat the wound of the white dolphin, although the white dolphin listened to Yang Shuoming's "words" and cooperated with the doctor's actions, but Liu Xiangyun still felt the irritability of the white dolphin.

"Your training has increased the dolphins' thinking skills, and they can learn from each other's heads." Yang Shuoming turned his head, looked at Liu Xiangyun and said, "Your experiment was a success, congratulations." Your experience has led us to a major breakthrough in the study of animal mental activity, and it has shown us how the religious ideas of primitive humans came about. ”

"I don't think there's anything to congratulate." Liu Xiangyun came to Yang Shuoming's side and said, "That big black dolphin will bite it in the future, and if it is still like today, it will die." And I can't guarantee that other dolphins won't follow suit. She looked at Yang Shuoming's eyes and was surprised to find that dark red light appeared in his eyes again.

"Yes, it's a nuisance. Because even if you call the Great Black Dolphin a 'demon', 'goblin', 'badass' or something like that, for the dolphins, they worship the Great Black Dolphin as an entity, not a name or symbol. Just as people worship God or Buddha, Our Lady or Allah, there can be various names that represent only one concept - God. "Therefore, it is not enough for animals to learn the ability of human thinking, it must also go through the changes in ideology and values that humans have undergone in the course of millions of years of evolution." Otherwise, it would be like primitive man, fearful of what we call 'gods' and worship of religious names. ”

"Do you mean to kill this big black dolphin?" Liu Xiangyun looked at the big black dolphin that was already anesthetized and couldn't move, and her body trembled slightly.

She has always been responsible for saving lives and helping the wounded, and has instinctive respect and love for life.

Yang Shuoming couldn't help but laugh when he saw her unbearable look.

"You can find a way to communicate with the big black dolphin and make it gentle and not hurt the other dolphins." Yang Shuoming said with a smile, "Let it truly become a generous and benevolent 'god'." ”

"You've been communicating with them in 'language', haven't you?" Liu Xiangyun looked at Yang Shuoming and gently pinched him with her hand, "You already know their language, and you have hidden it from me for so long." ”

"If I told you earlier, you would have treated me like a god." Yang Shuoming smiled and held her hand again.

"How do you know their language?" Liu Xiangyun asked.

"When I was studying abroad, I learned from a fisherman who specializes in dolphin hunting." Of course, Yang Shuoming couldn't tell her that he knew the language of dolphins because of his "super computer eye": "Some fishermen who specialize in hunting dolphins for a living, they know the language of dolphins, and they will use this kind of comment to lure dolphins to come, I pity those dolphins and want to help them, so I try to learn these languages with the fishermen, and then secretly warn the dolphins not to be deceived, and as a result, many dolphins are saved." ”

"That's right." After listening to Yang Shuoming's answer, Liu Xiangyun seemed to suddenly remember something, and said: "Yesterday, a good friend of mine in Ocean Park called me and said that she had a powerful veterinarian who knew the language of dolphins and could play musical notes to play dolphins, as if she was similar to you, and she had also stayed in Yueben......

"Such talents should not be let go." Yang Shuoming said, "You can keep an eye on him for me." ”

(To be continued)