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Chapter 72 Get Hungry Again...

It is really exciting for the South 6 team to encounter a three-meter king cobra.

Before Professor Zhou temporarily changed his route, he was actually under a certain amount of pressure, and there were also some people at the base who opposed it.The inspection route this time was formulated after a joint discussion by a number of experts. If the route was temporarily changed, some people must be dissatisfied.

However, Professor Zhou believes that taking another route after replenishing supplies is also a combination of climatic and environmental factors and geographical conditions, as well as the experience summed up in this scientific expedition, and feels that the gains from taking the new route may be greater.

Although some people objected, this time it was Professor Zhou who led the team. He had the right to make decisions. Even if there were people at the base who had objections, there was nothing he could do.

Now, Professor Zhou is confident enough to contact the base.

Professor Zhou is very satisfied!

However, he was satisfied with catching the three-meter king cobra, but when he learned about the details, and when the sampling was over, he called Wang Wentao over and gave him a safety class with Professor Zhu.

Feng Yi was asked to observe.

There is no escape from this class style.

Seeing Feng Yi's ability to catch snakes, Professor Zhou really didn't know what to say.

Feng Yi's skills in catching snakes are his own talents. Even Steve said that Feng Yi's skills are really impossible for ordinary people to learn, and someone else would have been bitten long ago!
So it can't be viewed with common sense.

What Professor Zhou can do is to remind Feng Yi not to be impulsive and reckless, and to put safety first.

After collecting the samples, getting the desired data, and taking enough photos and videos, Steve originally wanted to feed the king cobra some water. After all, he took a lot of venom, and the snake was probably short of water.

For scientific research tasks, this snake has contributed too much.

But as soon as the king cobra was let go, it ran away.

Climb fast.

Professor Zhou said, "It should be frightened."

Steve also thought the same way, "Maybe. This guy is estimated to be the king in this area on weekdays, and he has no real natural enemies here in this size. Suddenly caught and tossed so much, he must be frightened.

"Of course, there is also a possibility that it is really hungry and has to rush to forage."

Speaking of this, Steve reminded Wang Wentao and Feng Yi, "Some snakes are not very good-tempered when they are hungry, and they are extremely aggressive, so be careful!
"I said this before when Feng Yi caught the Burmese python. For example, large pythons may attack humans when they are hungry. But when they are full, their tempers are okay."

And then Steve starts telling them "my affair with Orochi".

"I once pulled the tail of a very large anaconda, which I encountered when I followed a foreign scientific expedition team into the jungle to investigate."

Feng Yi asked, "The anaconda has such a good temper?"

Steve said, "When he's full, he can't move, and if you tug his tail, he'll panic and try to run. I'm only doing that when he's hungry, but when he's hungry, I can I dare not."

Steve said and asked Feng Yi: "Have you seen the anaconda?"

"I haven't seen it." Feng Yi paused and said, "I have seen it on TV."

"Hey, I've seen that on TV. I have the opportunity to show you. The anaconda is ovoviviparous and hatches inside the body, and it gives birth to a small snake instead of an egg, so the offspring can be better protected by the mother's body. Climate In those years during the abnormal period, it is not conducive to the in vitro incubation of eggs, compared with those who directly lay eggs.

"The number of anacondas is okay now, and every time I go to the jungle with the scientific expedition team over there, I can see large individuals.

"The anaconda is very heavy, and it may not be comparable to the reticulated python in terms of length, but the weight is just... The one I encountered at the beginning had such a thick torso!"

Steve gestured, "You can't pinch the anaconda with one hand, you can't pinch it at all, and if you want to run with their weight, it's totally impossible! When you grab it, you have to..."

Feng Yi suddenly thought of a question, "When did the snake first appear?"

Steve laughed, "No one knows when snakes first appeared. We generally only say how many years ago the earliest discovered snake fossils can be traced back, and how long the evolutionary history can be traced back, and we can speculate based on the existing evidence. thing.

"Maybe more fossils will be discovered in the future, and more information will be obtained. The database is constantly updated, so we have to keep exploring.

"For example, those tens of millions of years ago titan boa fossils were found, but the fossil samples found are limited, and the analysis results are limited."

Feng Yi was curious, "How big is the biggest snake?"

Steve said: "Before or now? It's definitely not comparable to the barbaric era of the past, when there was probably a battle for who was the top predator on the territory, and now... it's good for them to be alive."

Feng Yi asked, "Can there be a snake as big as a Titan Anaconda now?"

Steve shook his head, "They definitely don't grow that big these days, there are differences in air composition, and there are restrictions on their living environment."

Steve doesn't have much research on ancient creatures. "Let's talk about how to catch anacondas. Catching that kind of snake is different from catching small snakes. Anacondas are muscular men! Come and let me teach you how to catch..."

Feng Yi: "Do anacondas have natural enemies?"

Steve: "If we talk about natural enemies in the real sense, it has many natural enemies when it is young, but when it grows up, it is not qualified to have natural enemies anymore. Let's continue to talk about how to catch anaconda..."

The weather is not good and it will rain soon. Professor Zhou said that he will rest here for the time being, and then set off depending on the weather.

Everyone else was sorting out data and samples, and Steve and Feng Yi were discussing how to catch anacondas.

These two are relatively idle.

Steve was invited to the South 6 team to help them catch snakes, not part of Professor Zhou's research team.

Steve occasionally records some data and experiences, and he also publishes papers in some journals.

As for Feng Yi, self-positioning is a tool person. When catching snakes, he goes to eat, and when he is not catching snakes, he looks for fruit to eat. If he does not find fruit to eat, he sleeps to save energy.

These two are much easier than others, and they don't need to write expedition journals, and they don't have to worry about special reports and papers after the expedition is over.

If you want to write a thesis report or something, Feng Yi will never come!
There are no points!

Field scientific research, the road is difficult.

It is not pleasant for most people to experience the ever-changing weather in this primitive natural environment.

Many wild animals can be seen here. Feng Yi can’t name them accurately, and Professor Zhou and the others can only recognize some of them. After all, these are not in their professional scope, and they will take pictures when they encounter them. , and then send it to their colleagues, just like when people from other detachments of the scientific expedition team are investigating other routes, they will take pictures and send them to them when they encounter snakes.

The seventh week of the exam.

This is the end of this expedition.

They also saw human architecture.

To be exact, the human architecture of the past.

No one has lived here for a long time, and it is no longer a human territory.

"More than 30 years ago, there was a small village here. When the climate was abnormal, it encountered survival problems, and the whole village was moved. What was left was handed over to nature."

Professor Zhou showed Feng Yi and the others the previous photos here, and compared them now.

Indeed, beyond recognition.

The climate of the Nanchong Mountains is ideal for rapid vegetation growth.

All the houses are occupied by green, with vines intertwined.

The roof courtyard wall collapsed due to years of wind and rain erosion and the invasion of animals and plants.

The developed root system broke through the ground and smashed it step by step.

Feng Yi also saw some stone tablets.

"There is a burial ground over there. When the whole village moved, some of the tombs were also moved, and the rest were left alone."

The cemetery is now covered with trees, and the vegetation is dense.

When birds pass by, they bring plant seeds from elsewhere, which fall to the ground along with the bird droppings, where they take root and sprout.

Some of the steles were slanted by the roots of the tree, and some were directly pushed down.The one that is still standing is also covered by plants, and I don't know how long it will last.

Nature is quickly eating everything here.

"There used to be a cement road over there. During the abnormal climate period, the landslide broke through, and then there was no road."

Professor Zhou showed them a direction.

To get out of the mountains, they had to detour.

Seeing that Feng Yi's spirit was not very good, Professor Zhou asked, "Is it very tired?"

"It's okay." Feng Yi replied.

"Just say it if you can't hold on, you've done a great job!"

Everyone in the team knows that in the second half of the inspection, Feng Yi hardly ever took the initiative to look for snakes. Most of the time, he said that he just sat down on the spot and didn't move.

However, everyone thought that this was Feng Yi's first time participating in field work, and he was not used to it, so everyone did not have too many demands on him.

Feng Yi performed very well in this scientific examination, and both the Burmese python and the king cobra must remember him.

Fewer snakes have been found after the king cobra, and Professor Zhou was very happy when he encountered another spearhead pit viper yesterday.

Although the second half is not as rewarding as the first half, on the whole, the data and samples obtained in this scientific examination have exceeded last year and the year before, and also exceeded Professor Zhou's expectations.

Here, Feng Yi contributed a lot.

Professor Zhou also thought about assigning some more points to Feng Yi as a reward when it was over.

After the team finished sampling, they moved on.

When Wang Wentao walked to Feng Yi, he asked, "Feng Yi, there is no sun now, are you still wearing sunglasses?"

Feng Yi smiled and replied, "It can prevent some small flying insects."

Wang Wentao just asked casually, not too curious about the reason why Feng Yi wore sunglasses.He just saw that Feng Yi rarely wore sunglasses in the previous scientific expedition, but he was wearing them early this morning, so he just asked one more question.

When the team was resting, Feng Yi made an excuse to go for convenience.

When you are away from the others, take off your sunglasses.

His pupils had shrunk into two narrow lines.

After blinking, the two lines gradually expanded into a circle, and then shrank a little, into an upright ellipse.

The two long teeth in the mouth are also just around the corner, a little disobedient.

so hungry!
Energy saving has weakened the control over them, and the "bestiality" has begun to find a sense of existence.

Even though Feng Yi blocked the vomeronasal organ, the olfactory organ was still very sensitive to some odors when breathing, and these odor molecules kept reminding him—

food!

Find food! !

Feng Yi said in his heart: Find a fart!Hold on! !

The long teeth can be controlled, and the vomeronasal device can also be sealed, but the eyes and the soles of the feet tease the brain nerves from time to time!
Feng Yi Qing Xing: Fortunately, I was already prepared!

Take out the contents of the bag, put on the pupils, and put the insoles on.

Although wearing pupils to cover, if you want to operate normally, you have to turn on some functions of the vomeronasal apparatus, which requires more energy, but isn't it impossible?
If you quit halfway, you will have to be checked by the rescue team!
And in order to suppress the animal nature, he didn't dare to eat indiscriminately!
Never take such a field scientific expedition mission for more than a month!

After returning to the team, Feng Yi asked Professor Zhou, "Professor Zhou, how long will it take for us to finish this inspection?"

"It's about four or five days before I go out, hard work!"

Hearing that it was only four or five days, Feng Yi breathed a sigh of relief.It can hold up for four or five days!

He is indeed approaching the limit!
I feel like if I get so hungry again...

He's about to show up!

(End of this chapter)