Chapter 5 [A Pair of Demon Moths]

When the two were arguing, Chen Ruolan on the side had been observing for a while. When the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info first looked at it, it was indeed only two sections of dead branches, but the young man in front of him repeatedly emphasized them, and Chen Ruolan observed them seriously.

After a closer look, I found that it seemed to be really famous.

What are those two lumps on the dead branches, they look like they are eyes, but I am not sure, how can there be a reason for eyes on the branches?

But now that the dead branches have moved, there is no more doubt, and all that remains is the round O-shaped mouth and exclamations such as "wow" and "ahhh I saw the dead branches slowly unfolding the small branches next to them, and if I looked closely, they were their long legs, in addition to the two small dotted eyes on the branches, there were also a pair of long tentacles moving around, as if they were ...... Pathfinding?

It's a bug, it's a bug, but it's a little weird. But even though they already knew that they were two insects, at first glance, they couldn't help but look at them as dead branches, especially when they suddenly stopped moving, they were no different from two branches.

Chen Ruolan and Niu Laosan couldn't believe their eyes, there are still such weird insects in the world?

But the facts in front of them made them have to believe it, because, after a short period of pretending to be dead, the dead branches on the ground not only moved, but also took a slender little foot, one after the other, and crawled away slowly.

Branches......

Crawled away......

Tang'er, who was still angry just now, saw this amazing scene, her eyes widened, and her whole body froze in place as if she had been pointed, only the two climbing branches above her neck were moving. It wasn't until the two dead branches crawled out of the distance step by step that they suddenly woke up and screamed in fright: "Ghost, ......"

Niu Laosan saw that the second miss was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward and crossed in front of her: "Second miss, don't be afraid, there is my old cow, let me see what kind of demon moth this is." ”

There were more than fifty people, but like a playful child, the cat got down and followed the two stick insects all the way, moving forward slowly, wanting to see where they were going to climb.

Although Chen Ruolan was also surprised, she was the first to come back to her senses, nervously grabbed her sister's green little hand, and checked it over and over again.

"Li Gongzi, is this insect poisonous?"

Li Qingshan hurriedly responded: "It's not poisonous, don't worry, stick insects won't bite." Heaven has given them excellent camouflage skills, so there is no need to give them fangs and claws. They disguise themselves as branches to escape predators, and this alone is enough for them to survive......"

The long evolution has given many organisms in nature the ability to mimic. The phenomenon of one organism mimicking another organism or simulating other objects in the environment in order to gain benefits is called mimicry. To put it bluntly, it's disguise.

As long as it comes to mimicry in biology, you can't get around the classic case of stick insects. They have no sharp teeth, no piercing tail needles, they can't leap a few feet like a locust, they can't fly across the sea like a butterfly, but they move slowly, but they rely on their magic and unique disguise skills to hide themselves in the light branches and leaves, and they can be alone without a knife or a shot.

Because the trunk, legs, and tentacles are slender and segmented, they look like natural bamboo branches, and this insect is called "stick insect". Most stick insects can imitate all kinds of branches and leaves with great precision, to the point that they are realistic, and some species of stick insects can even imitate the small thorns, nodules, branches, mildew, and even the veins of the leaves on the surface of the branches. They are generally mimicked based on the surrounding environment of life, and if they live in an environment with more leaves, the leaves are used as the simulation object; Living in an environment dominated by tree branches, it is natural to simulate tree branches. At the same time, stick insects can also change their body color according to the difference in light, humidity and temperature, like chameleons, so that they can completely integrate themselves with the environment, so that their natural enemies are difficult to detect their existence.

It is with this ability that stick insects can survive and reproduce in the cruel nature to this day.

Hearing Li Qingshan say that the insects are not poisonous, Chen Ruolan was a little relieved, but the powerful camouflage technique of the stick insects that Li Qingshan said seemed to make her quite touched, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses, "Li Gongzi, I hope you will forgive me for acting recklessly and disturbingly!" ”

The unruly girl next to her was already angry: "What Li Gongzi, sister, you are crazy, why are you so polite to this stinky boy?" Can a little bug hurt me, joke! ”

"It's two good......, it's not good," Li Qingshan couldn't help but smile and corrected.

"How dare you say it! If it weren't for you, the black sheep, who kept staring at this strange bug, how could this girl be careless......"

“…… Uh, black sheep? Miss Tang'er, how can I be a boy, I really can't afford this title. ”

The girl said angrily: "Don't be modest, you kid, if you can't stand it, who can stand it?" ”

"Don't say there's really one here." Li Qingshan swept around.

"Is it still this girl?"

"Of course not!" Li Qingshan hurriedly shook his head in denial, glanced at Chen Ruolan, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it's not this girl." ”

Niu Laosan, who had already followed the two stick insects and ran all the way to the pond, turned back murderously, and roared in a deep voice with an old face: "That's my Niu Laosan?" …… How does the baby speak, your father has to shout at me when he sees me, how dare you scold me for being a black sheep, but I am a good person! ”

Li Qingshan hurriedly waved his hand and said don't get me wrong, Niu Laosan's face softened a little, and he looked around again, "Since you didn't mean me, is there a fifth person here?" ”

Li Qingshan smiled and pointed to the yellow horse that was gnawing grass on the side, and everyone suddenly realized.

They all thought far away, but they all ignored the real horse in front of them.

Tang'er raised her eyebrows and smacked Li Qingshan: "Stinky boy, why are you spewing blood-horse, don't wronged our horses, our rhubarb is the best choice......"

Niu Laosan is a coachman, and he is usually responsible for taking care of livestock, so he knows that this second lady is a horse lover. Although the second lady is right, the horses in the house are indeed carefully selected, but ......

Embarrassed, he rubbed his hands that were full of calluses due to long-term horse driving, and Niu Laosan snorted for a long time before he whispered: "Second Miss, don't say it, this horse is really like what the baby said, it is a black sheep, an out-and-out black sheep!" ”

"Huh?" Chen Ruolan and Tang'er spoke in unison, and both turned their heads to look at the yellow horse.

Isn't this a good and normal horse? After pulling the car for a long time and not resting much, why did he become a black sheep?

Niu Laosan stared at the young man in front of him, and asked in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Baby, I'm wondering, this horse, have you seen it before?" ”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Niu Laosan himself had already shaken his head like a rattle: "Impossible!" This horse was bought back by my own hands, just brought to the house less than a month, has been taken care of by me, has not been out of the house, today is the first time to run this orange fragrance station, baby you can't see, impossible! ”

Li Qingshan just smiled faintly, and glanced at the yellow horse again, "Uncle Niu, this horse, it cost you a lot of reins, right?" ”

Niu Laosan's pair of bull's eyes glared at the boss: "Baby, how do you know?" ”

"I'm just afraid that my teeth are not good, right? Well, I should occasionally have a mouth problem, and my stomach may not be very good. Also, the neighbors who live with it are afraid that they are all unlucky, so I say that it is a black sheep! By the way, Uncle Niu, the mare must be kept away from it, and don't get too close to it......"

He said it extremely casually, as if he was talking about his own livestock, but Niu Laosan was so shocked that his beard was about to stand up: "Baby, you ...... How do you know? God, God is really God, every word is in every word! ”