Chapter 570: The Reappearance of Extinct Species

Although Pi Jun was surprised at this time, he still explained to Xuan Yuer: "It is said that the Pakistani sand cat is more ferocious to other species, but it is docile to humans by nature, and it is very gentle after being captured and bred in captivity. But people at that time did not know how to protect endangered animals, so as early as 1940, these cats were extinct, and they should not be in front of our eyes. ”

"Uh...... Brother Pi, could it be that you are mistaken? Maybe it's not a Pakistani sand cat, or maybe it's something else. Su Man looked at Pi Jun.

"There shouldn't be anything wrong with that, pay attention to the faces of these kittens." As he spoke, Pi Jun pointed a finger at the face of the kitten he was holding. But the kitten thought that Pi Jun was teasing him, and it was very interesting to reach out and scratch and scratch and scratch.

"Brother Pi, this kitten's face is no different, if you say something, the face is so wide, very similar to Garfield, but it is flatter." Xuan Yu'er looked at the kitten in her arms and described.

"Yes, these sand cats have very wide heads, a pair of round ears on their heads, and their faces are very distinctive when viewed from the front. And judging from their docile appearance just now, they shouldn't be mistaken. ”

"Maybe they were once hidden and unfounded, and the threat after mutation is relatively small, so they came out again, and no one will come after the end of the world, so they are alive in this museum?" Xuan Yu'er teased the kitten and said.

"Maybe, I hope so, they're so cute, it's a shame that they're so extinct." Su Man also grabbed the hair of the little sand cat with his hand and said.

"Let's go to the museum and have a look, but we still have to find those ancient Indian seal graphics and words first." At this time, Gao Zhanbo reminded on the side.

"Hmm. Let's go, let's go inside. After Su Man finished speaking, he didn't let go of the mutated little sand cat. Walking towards the museum with his arms, the little sand cat was very obedient and nested in Su Man's arms and did not move, but the little head poked out of the crook of the arm and looked out.

Entered the museum. Because some things here are afraid of long-term sunlight, they were originally equipped with cold lights. But it's been so long since the end of the world, and there has been no power supply for a long time, so it's still quite dark in here.

After coming in, Su Man turned out the light tube, but the moment the light tube was opened, different sounds appeared in it, and these voices sounded very anxious. However, the big mutant sand cat that had been leading with everyone in barked a few times inside, and the inside gradually quieted down.

Looking in through the light, Su Man realized that .

"Oh my God, is this an animal shelter?" Xuan Yu'er, who likes small animals, screamed, and then happily tried to look forward.

Just as Xuan Yu'er rushed over, a sturdy wolf suddenly jumped out of it.

"Huh? Bai Xiaobai? Is this also a snow wolf? Xuan Yu'er looked at the white wolf in front of her in surprise and said.

"No, it's not a snow wolf, it's ...... Impossible! Pi Jun first denied Xuan Yuer's statement. Then it became even more incredible.

"Brother Pi, isn't this a snow wolf?"

"This is the Falkland white wolf that went extinct earlier than the Pakistani sand cat, I must be dazzled, how is this possible." Pi Jun couldn't believe his eyes. Because by this time he had already seen the animal coming behind the Falkland white wolf.

It was a West African lion that could only be seen in the herbarium before the end of the world.

"No way, it's all species that have been extinct before the end of the world." After looking around, Pi Jun had to face the reality and said.

"Are these these? How I look at it, some of them are quite normal. Xuan Yu'er looked at it, although some of them didn't seem to have seen before, but many of them were nothing special.

Hearing Xuan Yu'er ask, Pi Jun introduced several animals to everyone.

"The Falkland snow wolf in front of us used to be a species of wolf living in the Falkland Islands, west of the southernmost province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, and because the Falkland Islands are so close to the Antarctic Circle, zoologists also named this wolf the Antarctic wolf. This species of wolf became extinct in the last century. ”

After speaking, he pointed to the lion behind him and said: "The West African lion became extinct, I remember in 1865, the distinguishing feature of the West African lion from other cats is that the male lion has a distinct mane, and these are different from other male lions under the head, but like a shawl, on the neck and shoulders, and there are spines at the end of the tail. ”

"Brother Pi, where's the bird over there? That white one is so pretty. Xuan Yu'er asked, pointing to a bird that looked like a pigeon with a snow-white body and gray feathers at the tips of its wings.

Pi Jun shook his head: "This should be a pigeon, but the breed is not very clear, there will be more introductions to many large animals, I haven't seen this." ”

"Little pigeon, come here." Xuan Yu'er held the little sand cat with one hand, and raised one hand to shout at the pigeon.

The pigeon actually flew to Xuan Yu'er's arm very cooperatively, and flew away after a while.

Su Man didn't speak after Pi Jun finished saying that, looking at the animals in front of him thoughtfully.

"Vine, did you think of something?" Lu Wei asked in a low voice.

"You thought of it too?" Su Man looked at Lu Wei and asked rhetorically after noticing his expression.

Lu Wei nodded: "I wonder if these animals will have anything to do with that seal." ”

Su Man smiled slightly: "I think so too, it's just that how did we pass through this group of animals." ”

"Well, that's a problem."

When the two were thinking of a way, Wang Ran came over from the side.

"Sister, I have thought of a solution."

"What's the best way to do it?"

"Sister, you forgot, didn't your Bai Xiaobai understand your words? It's the same animal, they should be able to communicate, let it try. ”

"yes, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work." Su Man smiled and said that he didn't even expect it, and then released Bai Xiaobai.

whispered a few words to Bai Xiaobai, and Bai Xiaobai rushed forward and shouted "whooping" to the group of animals. Strange as it sounds, the group of animals replied in the same way, and then gave way to a passage.

"Hah, it works." Su Man asked Bai Xiaobai to lead the way in front, and everyone in the back followed towards the museum.

Shine around with a light tube, and there are many pottery objects, as well as bone carvings and statues, as well as seals with different patterns and characters. The seals were engraved with graphic characters of cows, fish, and trees, much like the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt or the cuneiform of the Sumerians. Regrettably, these "heavenly books" have not yet been read by people.

"Vine come on, there's an introduction to the seal here." Zhong Tao shouted in front of a record sign.

Everyone quickened their pace and walked over, only to see a big sign in front of the display cabinet, with dense text introductions on it, but Su Man couldn't understand these words, so Zhong Tao interpreted them to everyone.

There is no explanation for the secret on the seal, after all, no one has deciphered it until the end of the world. The above introduction to the seal is mainly because the seal script is one of the earliest known writing systems in the world, so the Indus Valley civilization is also called the seal civilization.

Seals are the crystallization of ancient Indian civilization, and there are more than 2,500 seals found in various civilization sites in India, from the material point of view, there are lapis lazuli, clay material, ivory material, and steel. The shape of the seal is generally square, but some are rectangular. Unlike those broken walls and ditches and holes, the seals excavated in the Indus Valley show accurate information about civilization to future generations in the form of graphic and written symbols, which is also the common denominator of the origin writings.

It is only speculated that this inscription on the seal of ancient India belongs to the ancient Dravidian language.

"Harappa is mentioned here as a contemporaneous site with the Mohenjo-Daro ruins, and many similar seals have been found. There are also the ruins of Rotal, which are later than the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro and Haraba. Halfway through the reading, Zhong Tao suddenly explained to everyone.

The seal characters excavated from Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa appear to be relatively primitive and have complex symbols, while the seal characters excavated in Rotal have been significantly simplified. The strokes of these seal characters consist of straight lines and arcs, written from right to left. There are some characters that still retain the characteristics of hieroglyphs.

The most striking depiction on the seal is the image of a cow. On the seals excavated in Mohenjo-Daro, there are thirty-six figures depicting oxen, as well as figures of standing humans and beasts with horns on their heads and abstract patterns of bull heads.

These are also seen in the display that everyone has just seen. In addition to cows, elephants, camels, sheep, and possibly dogs are the animals that appear on the seal, but the pattern is not clear, so it can only be guessed. Natural objects such as mountains and rivers are also common. There is also a small number of seal patterns that are very special: they are either the coexistence of humans and beasts, or the expression of human-animal symbiosis, which is also the most puzzling.

At the end of the article, I also elaborated regretfully, so far I have not been able to decipher, mysterious words and the like, these Zhong Tao will also pass by.

"I still haven't mentioned what the seals are for, but we can get them out and have a look, and then go to Baraja of the same period." Just now, when Zhong Tao read the words on the sign to everyone, Su Man asked Xiao Sha to sense the surrounding situation, there is nothing special here, but the display is a little different, so Xiao Sha asked Su Man to get out a square text seal in the display for a while.

After Zhong Tao finished speaking, Su Man had already begun to pry the shell on the edge.

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