468. Animals that can make traps

After the five people of the ark left the airport, they found that many people had gathered in the square outside the airport, and there was a free makeup party in the square.

And it's not just the usual make-up to add a touch of makeup, it's a wild look that is characteristic of Maceda, starting with a feather from a local bird of prey on the head and then applying oil paint to the face.

This kind of makeup can make people look more intimidating, even the beast. There will also be some fear.

Of course, this is more of a tourist feature than practicality.

However, most people refuse this kind of free service, especially ladies with exquisite makeup, this kind of vicious makeup is simply to destroy their image, how can they try it.

Ling Fangzhou didn't expect that Bai Guo and the others would try it in all the districts, and they said: "Since you come to play, then play, then you have to be more involved, who knows if there will be a chance to come again in the future." ”

Hearing these words, Fang Zhou felt a little sad

Indeed, the current affairs of the universe are ever-changing, and no one can predict what will happen, and they, the soldiers, must be the first to rise after something happens.

This is their determination to serve the country and the people, but it also represents a greater danger, and it is even gone.

But the Ark will not allow Baiguo and them to have an accident.

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After the white fruits were painted with oil paint similar to claw marks, they did not become ugly, but added a different charm, and sure enough, a beauty is a beauty.

Dozens of minutes later, the Ark group rode in a jeep and galloped across the vast grasslands of the Niusai Niula Wildlife Sanctuary.

There are no specially built roads in the Niusela Wildlife Sanctuary, and they are all dirt roads that are naturally pressed out after walking too much.

Of course, this kind of road is naturally not too smooth, so use a Jeep and other vehicles that are more suitable for the terrain.

Vehicles such as air suspension are more destructive to this natural grassland, so they are forbidden here.

When the jeep drives through the reserve, the animals here are still eating and drinking, and they are not afraid of them, and it seems that they have become accustomed to these means of transport.

There are even some hyenas who will take the initiative to chase the jeep, and they are very persevering, they can run for more than ten miles in a row and do not give up, until some meat is dropped on the car, and the hyena will leave with the harvest in their mouths.

When the jeep entered a flat area, it was found that there were countless raised dirt bags in the area, and next to these dirt bags, without exception, there was a black hole, and these holes were dug by a creature called the spiny pangolin.

The spiny pangolin is about half a meter long and looks similar to Earth's pangolins, except that the hard scales on its body have become spikes like porcupines.

The most striking thing about the appearance of the spiny pangolins is the habits of these spiny pangolins, which are carnivores, and they catch not insects and mice, but large herbivores such as cows, deer, horses, and even ruby lions

The Pierced Pangolin hunts these large animals in a peculiar way: digging traps.

They use all their digging skills to gather in an area to make a hole, and then gradually dig the ground into a hollow state.

When herds of cattle, deer, and horses pass through the hollowed-out land, the hollow ground will collapse because it cannot bear it, and herds of animals will fall into the hole

The bottom of these holes is filled with spikes on the back of the spine pangolin, which have an anesthetic effect, and once it is stabbed and paralyzed, the spine pangolin lying in ambush will rush up and bite the prey to death.

Spiked pangolins typically spend a week digging holes, then catching prey for several weeks at a time, and so on.

One of the research questions was: How do pierced pangolins choose where to dig traps? How did you expect a large number of animals to pass by?

Later, according to the research of scientists, the range of activities of animals is relatively fixed when the environment does not change much, and their routes of action are relatively fixed.

The spiny pangolin is to determine the location of the digging trap by remembering the migration route of the prey.

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Spike pangolins dig into the land and renovate it, making them known as 'natural gardeners'. The excavated land is more conducive to the growth of plants, and the growth of plants will have a beneficial effect on herbivores, and the growth of herbivores will also have a beneficial effect on carnivores, and they will be affected by the beneficial influence, and the population will increase, and the success rate of hunting of the spiny pangolin will be higher.

So on the whole, except for the animals that are killed by it, the spiny pangolin is generally beneficial to the creatures of the land.

And humans also need to guard against the trap of the piercing pangolin, otherwise it will not be a good memory to fall into the hole in the car.

However, due to the long burrowing period of the Spiked Pangolin, it is easy to observe the Burrowing behavior of the Spiked Pangolin in a certain area on a satellite map, as long as it is marked in advance and tourists are reminded not to go to that area, there will be no problem. Of course, there are also tourists who go to this area specifically to see the wonders of the piercing pangolin trap hunting.

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After passing through the hunting area of the Spiked Pangolin, the group spotted a colony of ruby lions under a bread tree a few kilometers away.

Ruby lions are at the top of the food chain in the Niusela Wildlife Sanctuary, and they have a special red skeleton that is three to four times harder than normal bones, allowing them to dominate the biological chain. But this also brings a huge crisis to them, because this special bone can be polished to make a good blood bracelet, which is quite popular, and at a certain time, it is even more profitable than smuggling arms.

The huge profits led to the beginning of the development of Chaharo, a large number of poachers poured into the mainland of Maceda, hunted ruby lions, and peeled their skin and bones to make blood bracelets for sale.

Under the current technology, even if you are at the top of the food chain and bet on the ruby lion, you have no power to resist, and in just a few years, the ruby lion was almost caught and extinct.

Thankfully, the Charlotte was established in time to stop this vicious poaching.

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In addition to the interesting animals, there are also some special plants, such as a plant called walking grass.

Unlike other plants, this walking grass takes root in one place until it dies.

It often changes where it grows, hence the name: walking grass.