"Are you alright, Xiaobai?" Seeing that Bai Muya's face was a little wrong, Shen Guoguo was concerned and consulted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Oh...... I, I'm fine. With a little embarrassed smile, Bai Muya immediately changed the topic and said, "There is one more question, Xiao Tang." ”

"You say." always maintains a calm and indifferent expression, Tang Hongxi is always so calm.

"If you're telling the truth, the snake and the dog can be connected in some way, what if the snake sneaks into a civilian area and kills people quietly and leaves no traces?"

"Well...... Hehe," after listening to Bai Muya's question, Tang Hongxi immediately turned his head: "Dr. Shen, I have to trouble you to explain this question to us." ”

"Me!?" There were some accidents with Tang Hongxi's throwing off the burden and kicking the ball, Shen Guoguo blurted out in surprise.

Tang Hongxi nodded of course: "Yes, Dr. Shen, you are an expert in this field, there are four of us here, except for you, it seems that no one is more suitable to answer this question." ”

When Tang Hongxi said this, Shen Guoli was also a little speechless.

After all, he's just a biologist, and this murder detective obviously has nothing to do with him.

Seeing Shen Guoguo's hesitation, Tang Hongxi guided again: "Dr. Shen, do you think this python has the ability to destroy the corpse after killing someone?" ”

Raising his eyebrows, Shen Guoguo glanced at Tang Hongxi: "Destroy the corpse and destroy the traces?" I'm afraid it doesn't have the ability, but ......."

"But what!?" Tang Hongxi consciously asked.

However, judging from the means and steps of the python's hunting, it really has a way to "destroy the corpse and destroy the traces". ”

Some contradictory answers.

Du Guolong scratched his head twice: "Alas, I said Lao Shen, what is your situation?" Why can't you do it for a while? Can you have a baby? ”

Du Guolong's ability to participate in the discussion already shows that he also accepted Tang Hongxi's inference.

Shen Guoguo waved his hand: "Don't worry, listen to me." ”

It was rare that there was no urging, and when he heard this, Du Guolong put his arms around his chest, leaned back and waited for Shen Guoguo's follow-up explanation.

"This python snake hunts by wrapping and squeezing, using their powerful spinal contraction to squeeze the prey, so that the prey's blood circulation stops, and finally suffocates to death. From this point of view, the forest python hunting will not leave traces of combat such as blood stains on the scene, they are elegant hunters, as long as they are entangled, there is basically no possibility of getting out. ”

"Ahem!" Involuntarily coughed lightly twice.

There is no way, for Shen Guoguo's summary and evaluation of the predation of the forest python, Du Guolong really can't explain it.

And an elegant dabbler, this is not.

However, in fact, in nature, compared to the large movements of predators who run and jump at every turn when hunting, python prey is indeed much quieter and elegant.

As Shen Guoguo said, once they succeed, they will stay where they are and wait patiently for their prey to die, and they will not fight with their prey at all.

So to some extent, python snakes are fully worthy of the title of "elegant hunter".

"But Dr. Shen, what you are talking about is only the hunting process, even if the Sen python can kill the prey without leaving relevant traces by strangling and squeezing during the hunting process, but what about the bones? Why can't it completely hide its tracks from these things? ”

Bai Muya immediately asked.

She has now accepted Shen Guoguo's argument that python snakes kill their prey without leaving a trace, but she still has doubts about the traces of prey's bones.

Shen Guoguo nodded: "Xiaobai, this question of yours has to talk about the eating of the python, let me tell you, this python snake has a big belly, their skin is very elastic, in addition, the python itself can open its mouth very large, like our human mouth is generally open to about 30 degrees, but the python can be opened to 130 degrees or more." ”

In addition, the inside of the python's mouth is connected by ligaments, which also has very strong elasticity and tension. Not only can it be stretched up and down, but it can also be stretched left and right. This allows pythons to open their mouths wide to devour their prey without having to bite and eat like other predators. ”

At the same time, due to the extension of the mouth and skin, the python can easily swallow prey much larger than its own size. Human beings like the ones we're talking about aren't a problem at all. As for the bones after swallowing...... Pythons have a very complete and terrifying digestive system, after they swallow their prey, the pH value of their digestive juices in their bodies will drop from 7 to 2 within 24 hours, and the heart, liver and other functions are also half or even double larger than usual. With such a powerful digestive system, it is enough to ensure that the python swallows and digests a creature on the earth. It's just that there's one question that I can't figure out so far. ”

As an expert in biology, Shen Guoguo's explanations are easy to understand and very popular.

Bai Muya and the others understood as soon as they heard it.

But obviously, everyone doesn't care about Shen Guoguo's above explanation now, and the other party's last "but" turn is even more interesting to them.

Especially Tang Hongxi, as a reborn in the last days, he also knew the way the python swallowed it without Shen Guoguo's introduction, not only did he know, but he also saw the scene of the python devouring a living person with his own eyes, and that experience was definitely his unforgettable nightmare.

But now, Tang Hongxi wants to know what kind of problem is bothering Shen Guoguo now.

"Dr. Shen, if you have any questions, please tell them and listen to them, maybe we can provide some ideas."

He never intended to hide the problem in his heart, Shen Guoguo nodded and said: "That's the case, as I just said, this snake often eats by swallowing dates and swallowing its prey directly. After swallowing, it usually takes a few days or even a dozen days to digest the independent prey, which makes the python have to find a safe place to digest during the digestion period, and they generally do not move in the process. ”

"Hiss~" After listening to Shen Guoguo's statement, Bai Muya seemed to understand the other party's doubts, and couldn't help but gasp at the moment, and then followed: "Say so...... Dr. Shen, if it takes time for this snake to devour its prey and it can't move, then how can there be as many as fifteen missing people here? ”

"I'm afraid it's more than fifteen now!!" Du Guolong corrected.

I thought that Wu Fan's call in the morning made it clear that the clash between gangs last night was because someone was missing again.

"yes, that's what I couldn't figure out. According to our analysis, the forest python has a motive for committing crimes, environmental factors, and also has the ability to hunt and hide, but ...... It takes a long time for a snake to devour a large prey like a human being, and after digestion, the prey itself provides enough energy to support its activity and survival for a long time. It doesn't have to, and can't hunt so many humans in a row, so ......"