Chapter 6 Female fringed sandpiper
"I don't know what kind of animal this time is simulating?"
Now that he has decided to simulate animals, Zhao Meng did not hesitate, and immediately started the simulation.
At this time, the phantom fluctuated,
"Extracting Animals"
"Draw is over, the simulation is about to enter"
Before Zhao Meng could react, his consciousness came to another world,
At the same time, the beautiful voice appeared in his ears again:
"Week 1: You hatch from the eggs and you become a female fringed sandpiper!"
"Pseudo-female! Ruff! ”
Hearing these two unfamiliar terms,
Zhao Meng, who had just come out of the bird's egg, chirped twice, showing great confusion,
He'd never heard of this animal,
"The tasseled sandpiper, could it be that the sandpiper is the one in the competition between the sandpiper and the clam for the fisherman's profit!"
"So, this time I should be a water bird!"
Zhao Meng shook his little head, but unfortunately he couldn't open his eyes at this time, so he could only wait for the growth of his body.
"In the second week, after being nurtured by the female, you grew up healthy and opened your eyes!"
Zhao Meng, who had just opened his eyes, looked at the world,
As birds, their daytime eyesight is generally better than that of humans.
With this advantage, he saw that there were a large number of plants around,
And the bird's nest beneath him is hidden in the bushes,
These reed-like plants, gently swaying with a breeze,
Through the gaps in the plants, you can faintly see some golden things,
"Desert!"
Zhao Meng was a little surprised,
"Is this an oasis in the desert?"
Zhao Meng tilted his head, and wanted to continue thinking,
But under the warm sun, he fell asleep unconsciously,
I don't know how long it took,
A sound of chirping woke him up,
The female who came back to feed caused the other chicks in the nest to cry,
Driven by instinct,
Zhao Meng also tilted his head and responded with a chatter, asking the female for food.
While tilting his head, he also saw the appearance of the female bird
It was a grayish-brown and not very good-looking bird,
This bird, with a worm in its mouth, is stuffing it into the mouth of the nestling in the nest.
If it's his first simulation,
In the face of this situation, he may also be a little ashamed, or even reserved,
After all, it is still a little difficult to adapt to the growth process of a bird from a human being to a bird.
But after the last mental shock simulation,
Zhao Meng's acceptance has improved a lot.
Compared to being a chick, in how bad it can be compared to hermaphroditism, a nudibranch, and a hare that needs to be laid down to breed offspring,
The fringed sandpiper is much more normal than the nudibranch.
"In the third week, after the female is nurtured, you grow healthy and your feathers are gradually fuller, but at the same time you find that you seem to be different from other chicks!"
Hear the prompt of the system,
Zhao Meng found that he had grown to the third week.
And as the system prompts,
He also found a strange place,
Generally speaking, a nest of birds should be about the same,
But compared to the other brothers and sisters in his litter, his wings were darker in color.
For this difference, Zhao Meng secretly thought to himself,
"Is it a gender difference, and I don't know what gender I am this time?"
"That's right! The system has prompted that I am a female fringed sandpiper,
Literally I should be a male,
What does the word feminine mean? ”
Yang Meng originally thought that his simulation this time would not be worse than the blue-spotted dorsal anal sea hare.
But now he had a vague premonition in his heart.
"In the fourth week, you are full-fledged, the female bird taught you to fly and hunt, and you are chased away by the female bird!"
At this time, Zhao Meng was catching insects in the oasis,
He was not surprised to be chased away by the female bird,
In his previous life, when he was a commentator in Wa Palace, in the off-season of every tour, he liked to observe the animals in the mountains and forests in addition to playing games.
Among them, the most observed are birds,
The nestlings in the nest are generally expelled after sexual maturity.
Even if he is not expelled by the female bird, Zhao Meng will take the initiative to leave the nest. He also wanted to complete this simulation mission.
"Based on the experience of the first simulation, what conditions need to be met to be considered a successful simulation?"
Yang Meng thought back to the situation when he simulated the sea nudibranchs last time, and speculated on the conditions for the success of the simulation.
"Is it reproductive success? Or do you want to live to the end, or do you want to reproduce and live......"
Just when Zhao Meng was thinking about something in his heart,
He seemed to see something at a glance, and instinct drove it quickly into the grass beside him
"In the fifth week, you were chased by predators, you hid in the grass on the side, your gray-brown feathers became the protective color, and you escaped!"
"In the sixth week, when the breeding season arrives, you notice some fringed sandpipers congregating on the islets in the oasis.
Instinctively, you flew to the island......"
After this period of life,
Zhao Meng has been able to identify the male and female of the fringed sandpiper, as for what does the pseudo-female fringed sandpiper mean,
When Zhao Meng flew to this gathering place, he also understood the meaning,
As with chickens and peacocks,
Among the birds, males are generally better looking than females.
Like a rooster and a peacock with the open screen, they all have beautiful appearances, while females have a very ordinary appearance.
The fringed sandpiper as a bird also follows this pattern,
During the breeding season, the male tasseled sandpiper will grow exaggerated tassel-like red feathers around the neck, while the female is just plain gray-brown.
Therefore, it is generally possible to identify the male and female of the fringed sandpiper just by their appearance
However, in the case of the fringed sandpiper, this method of determination has been somewhat ineffective.
In the fringed sandpiper, there is a bird that disguises itself as a woman, which is the female tasseled sandpiper.
As for why the male bird is like a female,
At first, Zhao Meng thought that the male bird was going to go to other male birds to cheat and drink by virtue of the appearance of the female bird.
But he still underestimated the lower limit of the female fringed sandpiper.
At this time, Zhao Meng had already landed on this island in the lake.
The island's male tasseled sandpiper is running and fighting for the best breeding territory.
Zhao Meng didn't join in, but was observing something,
After a cursory look, Zhao Meng found that there were three kinds of tasseled sandpipers here.
Gorgeous-looking males,
They each occupy an area, as long as other males approach,
Immediately kick, scratch, peck and other attacks to drive away other males.
And those fringed sandpipers who can't occupy territory,
Wandering around the territory of other tasseled sandpipers, waiting for an opportunity.
As for what are the opportunities?
When a female tasseled sandpiper like Zhao Meng lands on the island,
These wandering tasseled sandpipers immediately came up,
But before Zhao Meng could react
The owner of this territory drove the tasseled sandpiper away,
Then the owner of the territory jumped and jumped in front of Zhao Meng, looking hungry.
It's a pity that Zhao Meng is a male, and he can't meet the demands of this male bird, so he can only continue to go towards the island.