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Chapter 62 I don't think I can

The snake hiding in the crevice of the big rocks by the stream is the Sharp-nosed Pit Viper, which is also known as the five-step snake.

Even people who don't know snakes have heard the name "five-step snake".The name is too loud.

As soon as you hear the name "five-step snake", you know its toxicity!
For the poisonous snakes belonging to the subfamily Pitviidae, the name Zhu Yeqing sounds poetic, while the name Wubu snake is simple and rude, with its own horror bonus.

As Steve approached, the snake in the crevice didn't respond, until when Steve pushed through the grass to drag the snake out, the snake hiding inside moved.

"He's a big guy! It looks like he has four or five pounds!" Cheng Si sighed.

He only saw the section under the stone crevice just now, and he knew that he couldn't handle this snake.

Four or five catties of five-step snakes are already considered big, this is a poisonous snake!
A stubby viper, Cheng Si didn't have the guts to try this weight.

This is a snake with muscles all over its body!
If you don't have enough experience and physical strength, don't try it easily.He still cherished his life.

Compared with Cheng Si's retreat, Steve was even more excited when he saw the snake coming out. Seeing its raised head and pointed little nose, while looking for an opportunity to shoot, Steve said "Oh baby~" and "Really. Cute~" came out.

Feng Yi: "..."

Cheng Si shook the goose bumps on his body. Seeing that Steve didn't catch the snake and was attacked several times, he said, "Do you want to help?"

Steve waved his hand: "Get out of the way, your physical strength can't hold it!"

Cheng Si said in his heart: I have physical strength and I can't hold it!

He was chased by the five-step snake, and when he saw the snake, he was horrified.

When Steve finally caught the snake, the three walked back.

Cheng Si looked at the surrounding environment and said to Professor Zhou, "Professor Zhou, why don't we broadcast a live broadcast here now? We just caught a five-step snake and let everyone see what a poisonous snake looks like in the wild."

The purpose of letting Cheng Si join the team is to use his popularity in the live broadcast room to let the public understand some of the work related to the scientific expedition and to enhance the awareness of ecological environmental protection.

Professor Zhou looked at the weather, nodded and said, "Okay, you and Steve cooperate with one live broadcast first."

Cheng Si was about to start the broadcast, and before the broadcast, he asked Feng Yi, "Broadcast together?"

Feng Yi shook his head, "You can play it, I'm not interested."

"Okay." Cheng Si breathed a sigh of relief.Feng Yi's good looks will definitely steal the limelight.

Feng Yi ignored Cheng Si's careful thoughts, took out a compressed biscuit from his bag and chewed it cherishly.

After the scientific expedition team enters the mountain, if it follows the planned route, there will be a supply point in the middle. When the time comes, some materials will be replenished there, and the samples collected along the way will be put there, someone will pick it up, and then send it to Nanchong Testing and analysis at the experimental base of the nature reserve.

But even with a supply point, the food that he carried could not satisfy Feng Yi's stomach.

Here Feng Yi was thinking about how to find an opportunity to open a small stove for himself, while Cheng Si and Steve had already started the live broadcast.

Steve is interacting with an online audience.

"... This is the sharp-nosed pit viper, commonly known as the five-step snake. I just caught it. I heard that when there were a lot of them in the past, they often coiled on the side of the road at night and accidentally stepped on it. You may not be effective if you use a bamboo pole to hit the grass. ...

"...Arrogant? Look at people with your nostrils? Hahaha, that's how it's small nose is, that's why it has the title of 'never bow its head'...

"But the two big nostrils you mentioned are not its nostrils, its nostrils are here, and these two small holes are. The two large holes are typical cheek sockets of the subfamily of the venom, just like the lip sockets of the python. It is a heat-sensing dimple.

"...Small eyes? Its eyes are not small, but the pupils don't look so big.

"Generally, snakes that hunt during the day have large and round pupils, while those that hunt at night are their vertical stripes, which is what you often call vertical pupils. You all know cats, cats use light in the daytime. When the light is strong, the pupils are also narrowed, like this one, which looks almost shrunk into a line. But when the light is dim, the pupils are enlarged, and the eyes may look larger at that time.

"But I think their narrow pupils are still very cute. Look, aren't they fierce and cute?"

Cheng Si: "..."

audience:"……"

We have no problem with you saying that it is fierce, but "cute" is really not something that ordinary people can see!

Snakes hunt as soon as they are born and are definitely natural killers!Still cold blooded!Still the famous venomous snake!

Where's the cutie!

There was a large barrage, full of complaints about Steve's "cute" and "cute" words just now.

Steve's pronunciation is so accurate, he definitely doesn't mean "fierce".

However, Steve doesn't care what others think, he's just cute in his eyes anyway!
"...Fat? Fat house? Well, it looks a bit of a size, but it definitely can't be considered fat, and there are more fatter than it! For example, the southern spiny snake, and those of the Viper genus, especially Gabonese Viper, that's definitely a fat house plus!"

Cheng Si said next to him, "I know the Gabon Viper, when it walks in a straight line, it is like a snake version of a caterpillar. The first time I saw that kind of snake, my first reaction was 'is it going to turn into a butterfly'!"

Steve looked at the online comments and said with a smile, "...a fat nerd like you? Don't be too naive, this viewer! Their fat, that's all 'fat' made of developed muscles, flexible and poisonous Fat man!"

Then Steve showed the online viewers the five-step snake's fangs.

"... Let's look at its teeth. The five-step snake, Zhu Yeqing, and rattlesnake are all poisonous snakes of the subfamily Pitviparidae. Look at its large teeth. Let's collect some venom first..."

Feng Yi, who was nibbling on the biscuits, made sure that his two big teeth were well received, rubbed his cheeks, and continued to nibble on the biscuits as if nothing had happened.

After Steve talked to the online audience for a while, he left the time to Cheng Si.

Cheng Si continued to interact with online audiences.

"...Steve and the others also need to measure the physical characteristics of the five-step snake, etc., and record its body length, tail length, weight, location of discovery, surrounding environment, etc., and these information will be entered into the database... It is still quite difficult in the wild. Yes, you have to be careful not to step on poisonous snakes when walking in the forest...

"My harvest? I caught a silver ring snake on the first day I entered the mountain. Although the process was a bit tortuous, I did catch it..."

As for the incident of Feng Yi catching a snake, Professor Zhou said that it should not be rumored, and the impact would not be good.So Cheng Si didn't mention it.

"...We have to pick up garbage all the way. Look, this is what I picked up today. Professor Zhou who led the team said that these may have existed in the mountains for more than 30 years, but you can see that most of them show no signs of degradation, so I picked them out. , don't let them destroy the ecology in the mountains...

"... Picking up a giant python?? You look down on me too much! It's almost the same as picking up a small python, a giant python???"

Speaking of this, Cheng Si asked Professor Zhou, "Professor Zhou, are there pythons in this nature reserve?"

Professor Zhou came over and said, "Yes. During the abnormal climate period, someone found a frozen python in Nanchong. Later, several wild reintroduction activities were organized, including the reintroduction of pythons, and those pythons were implanted with biochips. , can locate the specific location. The scientific expedition team sometimes encounters them when they come.

"However, after the scientific expedition team entered in recent years, no native pythons have been found. And the route we set this time avoids those released pythons, so the possibility of encountering pythons is extremely small."

Cheng Si was relieved.

The possibility of encountering pythons is extremely small, and the possibility of encountering giant pythons is even smaller. It may be that those native pythons have long since frozen to death during the abnormal climate period.

Over there, Steve, who was holding the five-step snake and the others to measure the physical data for the five-step snake, heard the voice in the live broadcast, turned his head and asked Feng Yi: "Have you ever caught a giant python?"

Feng Yi shook his head: "No."

Steve: "Do you think you can catch it alone?"

Feng Yi: "I don't think so."

Steve: "Hey, I can't either. Then if you do find a giant python, call me and I'll catch it with you!"

Feng Yi: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)