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Chapter 238 Picking an Egg
The zoo provided this green anaconda with a glass house, three-sided glass, that kind of fairly strong transparent glass.

The other wall is in wood and stone style, with various natural decorations.

There is a small pool inside, with its own circulation and purification function, and water constantly flows out from the gaps in the stones and falls into the pool.

The glass house is transparent on three sides, so that people can see its activities inside more clearly.

Of course, Steve can be clearly seen in the pool at this time.

Considering the impact of the broadcast of the program, Steve did not reveal much, wearing a set of clothes provided by the program group, with prints of the program group on the trousers.

There are two cans of beverages on a stone behind him. Wu Huan and his company's new product, as one of the show's sponsors, Wu Huan is very able to seize the opportunity.

However, the two cans of drinks were not opened to avoid polluting the pool, and they were just placed here as a background advertisement.

Probably already familiar with Steve's smell, the huge green anaconda didn't pay much attention to him, but swam slowly in the water to learn about this new territory.

Steve really enjoys this harmonious time together.

Seeing Feng Yi standing there motionless, Steve beckoned and urged, with a rippling voice, "Come on~~"

Feng Yi was expressionless: "No, you can enjoy it by yourself!"

Seeing that Feng Yi really didn't want to participate in this segment, and didn't want to let Feng Yi off as a topical character, the program team came over and asked, do you intend to participate in the next event?
Feng Yi asked: "What activity?"

The person in the program team said mysteriously: "Open the python box."

Feng Yi: ? ? ?
Feng Yi: "Blind box?"

"Uh, yes, it's just about pythons, so we call this session 'unpacking the python box', and guests are required to pick a 'blind box'."

Feng Yi frowned, "Is it similar to the pet blind box on the Internet? The one that locks the animal in and sends a blind box to it?"

The person in the program team looked excited: "Of course not! We don't do that kind of rubbish!"

Seeing that Feng Yi disliked the so-called pet blind box, the program team quickly explained:

"The 'blind box' I'm talking about is snake eggs, and you pick one before they break their shells. For example, it's like, after giving birth to a litter of puppies, you go to pick the puppies, but you are not allowed to see the puppies. Flower color. This process does not interfere with their normal development and growth, and there is no threat to their life. It just adds a little fun."

Feng Yi listened to his explanation and almost understood it.

The zoo not only brought pythons from the research base, but also bought a batch of snake eggs and tried to hatch them by themselves.

It happened that the program team came to record the program, and there was also a circle-climbing master Steve participating, so the zoo was a little bit more thoughtful.After the three parties discussed and consulted with relevant departments, the event was finalized——

The program group asked guests to pick a snake egg, and after it broke its shell, they would feed it with the garden.

Now the control is strict, and private individuals are not allowed to keep pythons, so the snakes are kept in zoos, but they are labeled as guests of the program group.

Not everyone can participate in this kind of cooperation. Experts like Steve and Feng Yi who have been certified by the Federal Insurance Bureau can only cooperate in this way on the zoo side.

"Feeding together?" Feng Yi did have some interest.

"Yes, if you are willing, I can show you the content of the agreement. It was signed by the guests, our program group and the zoo. The relevant department has already given the license. If you participate, you can also sign a copy. "

"I'll look at the agreement."

Feng Yi took the tablet computer handed over by the other party, and flipped through an electronic document on it.

It seems that it's okay.

But he didn't immediately agree.

"So, those little pythons haven't broken their shells yet? Can I go and see the snake eggs first?" Feng Yi asked.

"Wait a minute, I'll ask."

The man ran quickly to ask the director.

When the director heard that Feng Yi was interested, he immediately made a decision: Let him watch!
The person from the program group happily led Feng Yi to a place, "The eggs are all in the hatching room, follow me."

There is nothing else for Feng Yi to stay here, and it is not good to continue to stay here. There are always people who want him to participate in the anaconda bathing over there.Now that we know that there will be such an event in the future, it is okay to participate, and we can also complete the publicity task assigned by the United Nations Insurance Bureau.

There are various snake eggs in the hatchery, which are watched over by a hatchery employee.

The person from the program team brought Feng Yi to an incubator.

"The smaller egg next to it is a ball python, and the larger one here is a reticulated python. We originally ordered a reticulated python, but if you want to choose a ball python, that's fine too."

"Just do as you planned."

Feng Yi looked at the snake eggs in the box.

They were placed there one by one, like big white steamed buns.

It is not their breeding season for wild reticulated pythons, but in captivity, the seasons can basically be ignored.

"These are eggs laid by artificially bred reticulated pythons, but the zoo doesn't know what genetic strain of snakes are inside. These eggs look about the same size, but they are actually not the same nest." The program team told Feng Yi The origin of these snake eggs.

They were all seized by the United Nations Insurance Bureau's investigation of illegal breeding organizations. They had been kept in the research base before, but there were too many snake eggs there, so I contacted several zoos to ask if they were willing to accept them.

This is also one of the zoos capable of incubating eggs. The head of the zoo went there and snatched a batch of eggs back.

"The parents of the selected ones may not be the same, but they were hatched at about the same time. According to them, it's almost time for them to break their shells." The person from the program team said.

The incubator employee who had been silent all this time also said at this time: "Actually, we originally arranged for someone to come and cut the eggs. Later, we learned that there was a program to be used in the recording of the program, so we didn't cut it."

Shearing eggs is equivalent to breaking their shells manually.

Survival in the wild pays attention to the weak and the strong, but in the artificial breeding environment, the pursuit of strength is not pursued. As long as the survival rate can be improved, the system of survival of the fittest is not implemented.

Feng Yi could tell that the eggs in the box in front of him were all reticulated python eggs, but they were not wild-type, they were all artificially bred complex genetic strains.

It's all made by those who play with genes, in order to get a better body color.

No one knows whether these individuals with various genes superimposed are flawed or weak.If you can't break the shell successfully, you will suffocate in the eggshell.

Generally speaking, these genetic strains bred artificially are much weaker than wild ones.

Therefore, in order to ensure that more small snakes can survive, the zoo will assist in breaking the shells and cutting open the eggshells.

Worried that Feng Yi didn't understand, the program crew explained: "You can understand it as another kind of...caesarean section."

Feng Yi: "..."

The person in the hatching room said: "Because there is no cutting of eggs, we don't know whether the baby snakes inside are developing normally, whether they are strong or weak, and whether they can survive. We also don't know their body color."

Feng Yi nodded and looked at the person in the program group, "So, these are 'blind boxes'?"

The person in the program group scratched his head, "Not all of them, I remember the director said, let people screen again, just pick five or six out."

Feng Yi looked at the snake eggs inside.

Snake eggs are not that perfect shape that is very hard, because the shell is soft.

Of the nine snake eggs inside, three have lost their life signals.

Of the remaining six, half are in a relatively dangerous state, with very weak signs of life.

Feng Yi adjusted his position, turned his back to the camera, and stretched out his hand.

The employee in the incubation room who was staring at him wanted to say something, but considering his status as an expert in Fengyi, he held back.

Feng Yi's palm rested on the egg with the weakest sign of life.

The invisible active factor is transmitted from the palm, passed to those eggs, and penetrated in.

These active factors are different from the informational substances released by him to scare the sparrow starfish, which are the substances that he spills every time he mutates or molts.

It is these active factors that make the koi in his garden landscape pond grow like pigs.

In general, this active factor has a function of strengthening the body to some extent.

However, Feng Yi now has limited control over this substance, and the amount is not large.He wanted to see if these active factors could make the larvae with weak life signals survive.

When he withdrew his hand, Feng Yi tapped the eggshell with the weakest life signal with his fingers, leaving all the remaining active factors to it.

In the eyes of Feng Yi's behavior, in the eyes of the staff in the incubation room, he just reached out and touched the egg shell curiously.

"Let's go, Steve's filming should be over soon."

Feng Yi left the incubation room.

After he left, the program team and the garden sent people over to screen the nine eggs again.The three snake eggs that had lost their life signals were screened out.

The remaining six will be chosen by Steve and Feng Yi.

Over there, after Steve finished shooting, he was eager to share his excitement with Feng Yi.

However, his high spirits soon subsided.

Feng Yi told him about looking for a mobile phone in the old building next door.

Steve clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, "The staff still need more training, and I will bring it up to the park later. They do have a lot of room for improvement. I also checked today, and there are many loopholes in the old hall, but the new hall is better. .In the newly built glass rooms, the glass doors are equipped with an alarm system. If they are not closed tightly or opened for too long, there will be an alarm sound. There are also more cameras.”

Thinking of something, Steve smiled again: "By the way, I just heard from a zoo employee that after you showed your face in their live broadcast room, all the tickets on the zoo's website are sold out today! Some areas of the reptile hall are closed, and the snakes The museum is not open to the public, but there are quite a few people guarding the outside.”

This Feng Yi is ready, "I asked, there is an internal passage to leave through the side door."

"Okay, as long as you have prepared yourself." Steve put aside his troubles, and the smile on his face deepened, "You signed that agreement just now?"

"I haven't signed it yet. Everyone is very busy now. The people in the program team said that it is okay to make up the signing after the recording is over." Feng Yi said.

Steve laughed and patted Feng Yi on the shoulder, "Let's go! Let's go pick eggs together!"

Entering the shooting again, the program crew moved out of the box that Feng Yiza had seen in the incubation room, but the original nine snake eggs in the box became six.

Program group: "You can choose the eggs you fancy."

Steve looked at the eggs lovingly, and then asked the director, "Can I choose them all?"

The director smiled politely, but refused firmly: "No!"

Steve was not reconciled: "I can add money!"

The muscles on the director's face twitched, and he seemed to be shaken for a moment, but he still said: "...No way!"

It's not that I don't want to make this money, I can't!

The Federal Insurance Bureau won't let it!

Steve looked away with difficulty, and said to Feng Yi: "You choose first."

Feng Yi didn't hesitate much, pointing to the one with the weakest life signal: "Just it."

　See you tomorrow,
　
(End of this chapter)