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Chapter 155 1 ​​Python

Leaving Yangcheng Fengyi to fly to Haicheng, the destination is the Haicheng branch of the United Nations Insurance Bureau.

That is the place designated by the Python hunting team, and they need to sign in there within the specified time.

Feng Yi is one of the earlier batches. The other candidates are busy with their affairs, especially the research group. They are busy with projects day and night, and they have to rush to work for the python hunting activities in Florida. Unlike Feng Yi who is still working Relatively leisurely.

I checked my identity at the Haicheng Branch of the United Nations Insurance Bureau, signed in, and went to the training base with my ID card.

The training place is far away from the city center and is no longer within the city circle.The place is relatively large. After all, as a place for actual combat training, there must be some dangerous creatures inside.

Such as crocodiles.

Such as the poisonous snake python.

This season, the average temperature in Haicheng has been below ten degrees for the past week, which is much lower than that in Yangcheng, and the snakes in the wild have already entered a dormant state.

However, here at the training base, all training is done indoors this season, and the room is almost at a constant temperature.

Feng Yi has already seen several warning signs during the check-in process at the training base. Different areas have different signs. For example, the area where Feng Yi is about to go has a snake on the warning sign.

These warning signs are to tell people who come here not to be overly curious, not to run around at will, some areas are not allowed to enter, and unrelated people in dangerous areas are prohibited from passing.

Feng Yi didn't have that much curiosity, and the various smells had already told him too much information when he walked in here, and some smells were not so pleasant, which made him sneezed a few times.

The aunt who checked him in said a few words of concern when she saw this, and told Fengyi the location of the pharmacy and clinic.

"Generally, here, ordinary minor injuries and illnesses can be resolved in the clinic, but if it is..."

The aunt who checked in looked at Feng Yi's ID card. The training area category displayed on it was [Reptile Program], and she understood that Feng Yi was the one who participated in the python hunting activity in Florida.

"If you are bitten, small non-toxic wounds can be treated at the clinic. Bites from venomous snakes or large pythons, oh, plus crocodiles, wounds caused by such animals, here, there is an ambulance waiting there Go." The aunt raised her finger and pointed to one place.

Feng Yi looked in the direction she pointed.

There is a large parking lot in the distance, reserved for ambulances.Parked there was a stressful array of ambulances.

"So much?" Feng Yi was surprised.This seems exaggerated.

The aunt who was in charge of the formalities gave Feng Yi a meaningful look, and said calmly, "You must understand the spirit of exploration of the researchers."

The word "explore" is accentuated.

Feng Yi was silent.

Indeed, many times, when researchers see a goal that satisfies them, they can't help themselves and do something beyond reason.

Feng Yi thought of the tooth marks on the body of the expert who was invited to catch the snake when he was catching the python in the resort.

After completing the formalities and not in a hurry, Feng Yi made a detour to the parking lot to have a look on his way to the dormitory.

Those ambulances are donated by some institutions or private companies, and the ambulances bear various logos or words belonging to the donors.

The billboard standing next to it let Feng Yi understand that these ambulances are not always parked here, and some will set off with the outing team. The configuration and facilities inside are different from the ambulances seen outside, and they are targeted , uniformly deployed by the administrative office of the UNPROFOR.

For example, if a team goes to Haicheng or somewhere nearby to look for poisonous snakes, the ambulance accompanying the team will definitely be equipped with antivenom and related drugs.

However, not every city has this configuration. In places with more difficult conditions, even if there is a training base of the United Nations Security Bureau, there may not be so many ambulances, and it may not be able to keep up.

Feng Yi took a look and went to find the dormitory.

The allocation is a suite for 4 people, each with a single bedroom with an office area in the bedroom.

The place is small but fully equipped.

Entering the house and taking a look, there are not many daily necessities in the living room and kitchen in the public area, and it is hard to tell how many people have already moved in, but Feng Yi can know from the smell information that the other three people have arrived, and two of them are recent residents. Come here, the other one's been here longer.

After tidying up the bed and sitting down to rest, Feng Yi sent a message to Steve, saying that he had arrived at the training base.

Steve is also a member of the team this time, but he is not at the training base, but is already preparing in Florida.

Steve's video will come soon.

Feng Yi's side is at 12:12 noon, and the other side is at [-]:[-] midnight, there is a time difference between the two sides.Feng Yi originally thought that at this time, Steve, who was far away in Florida, had already fallen asleep, but unexpectedly he was still active.

Steve looked pretty refreshed.

"Have you arrived at the training base? I just came back here, and I followed them to catch alligators. A research team here will investigate the number and living conditions of alligators in the swamp. It's not complicated. Catch it, drag it on board, record the data, mark it, and put it back. The ones caught today are not too big, and there was a slightly larger one that was missed, but it was only three meters."

"'Only' is three meters?" Feng Yi didn't know what to say.

Crocodiles are not elongated like snakes.

It is also three meters, and the visual impact of a three-meter crocodile is much greater than that of a three-meter snake!

It is an exaggeration to say that it is like a comparison between a rope and a brick.

But Steve doesn't think he's wrong, although most crocodiles in the swamp are about one or two meters long, but...

"There is a bigger one at the research center, called 'Alligator'. It is almost five meters long. You can see it when you come over. This alligator was rescued from the mouth of the python by a retired researcher at the research center. Yes, it has been raised in the research center for many years, and it is usually free-range, and it does not run far. Recently, because of python hunting activities, there are a lot of people coming and going, so the research center has pulled a net to separate it, and I took a lot of photos today!"

While speaking, Steve's expression gradually became idiot, "It's so charming!"

Feng Yi: "..."

It's hard to imagine how such a ferocious face of a prehistoric giant fascinated Steve and others.
However, a person who shouts "Big Baby" to the ruthless killer python cannot be considered an ordinary person.

Used to it.

Speaking of crocodiles, Steve shared his experience in the swamp with Feng Yi.

There are American alligators and river crocodiles in Virginia.

The word "crocodile" over there refers to the American crocodile.When I say "alligators," I mean river crocodiles.

This is generally not the case in China.

There are two kinds of alligators in the genus Alligator, one is the Mi river crocodile that Steve saw in Virginia, and the other is the Chinese alligator, a domestic first-class protected animal.

In China, there are only two kinds of crocodiles in the majority of the population, one is the Chinese alligator and the other is other crocodiles.

When Steve was talking about "my anecdote with the alligator (Mihe crocodile)", Feng Yi heard dozens of exaggerated adjectives in less than half an hour.

After the narration, Steve sighed again, "In the Everglades, compared with the alligators at the visitor center that are as strong as armored vehicles, the ones that are almost in the wild are so thin that it makes people feel distressed!"

Why thin?

Because there is less food!

Why is there so little food?

Because the python snatched it!

American alligators and alligators froze to death in large parts of Virginia during the climate anomaly, a time when their old rivals in the Everglades, pythons, were not faring too well.

When the abnormal climate period is over, before the crocodiles regain their glory, the pythons rise up first, grab their food, seize their territory, and eat their cubs!
That's why some people say that the alligators in the Florida Everglades are starving to death.

Boa constrictor forced.

In Virginia, alligators and alligator dens are protected, while pythons such as Burmese pythons are considered dangerous invasive species.

After experiencing an abnormal climate, the boa constrictors in the Great Swamp gave birth to more powerful offspring through hybridization and genetic mutation, which posed a greater threat to the swamp's ecology and were classified as a "scourge".

Before the climate anomaly, pythons in Virginia could be hunted directly.That is to say, under the influence of the protection law now, the United Nations Security Bureau is watching, and the hunting python wants to capture it alive as much as possible.

"There are so many pythons here now. I went out today and saw several, but they were not too big, so it was not convenient to catch them at that time."

Steve sighed with emotion, changed his words, and said again: "You will start training soon, just some theoretical knowledge, points to pay attention to, and then some weak points can be strengthened at the training base. It is also a reward for you. The observation period, if the observation period is not suitable, I will directly persuade you to return. It is mainly some preliminary work, and it will not be a few days of training if there is no major event."

Feng Yi listened to him, waiting for his next words. Steve purposely made the video, definitely not just to tell about the anecdotes with the crocodile.

Sure enough, Feng Yi soon heard Steve say:

"There is another matter of forming a team. Feng Yi, how about we form a team? My target this time is a large python, so I will go deep into the swamp to find it. What do you think?"

During the Nanchong Scientific Expedition Team, Steve knew that Fengyi was faster than some veterans in finding snakes, and later he learned about Fengyi's resort to catch pythons, so he started to think about it.

Feng Yi thought for a while, the team would definitely not allow him to act alone. If he is looking for someone to form a team, find a teammate who knows, is capable, and has a certain understanding of the local area. Everyone has the same goal, and a team is fine.

Feng Yi's target is also a big python, and the big python gets more points and money, so he won't compete with other people for the small python.

"Yes. By the way, I heard that there will be a live broadcast of this python hunting event?" Feng Yi asked.

"I know about the live broadcast, but that has nothing to do with us, the live broadcast team can't keep up with our speed!" Steve said proudly.

It's not that he's bragging, those cameras just can't keep up with his pace of catching snakes, and the drone's shooting has certain restrictions, and Steve doesn't care.

After discussing with Feng Yi how to fill out the team application, Steve is satisfied and is looking forward to the python hunting event in January.

This time is different from the Nanchong scientific examination. The scientific examination not only paid attention to the results, but also to the process, and taught some people in the process.

But this time, the python hunting only depends on the result.

Activities that only look at results have different requirements.

Before disconnecting the call, Steve was still saying: "For those like us whose target is a python, a python over four meters long can be caught by one person. Our combat power is calculated as '1 python'. Others, the kind that two people can catch Can't live without a python, and those whose personal combat power is lower than 0.5 pythons are all scum!"

Feng Yi stared blankly at the screen of the phone that ended the call.

My combat power is only 1 python?
(End of this chapter)