The best soldier of the beautiful president

Chapter 303 The Gentle Side of Men

All armadillos born in the same litter are of the same sex.This phenomenon gives scientists the opportunity to study how the same set of genes influences the growth and development of an animal's offspring.

Baby armadillos are born in late March or April, when insect food is plentiful.At birth, baby armadillos are nearly fully developed.

Except for body size, it is almost the same as an adult armadillo in every respect.Their armor is soft and bends easily.Armor hardens with age.

A few hours after birth, the baby armadillos can follow their mothers to forage for food at night. After two months, the baby armadillos will be weaned and go out to find their own territory.Baby armadillos mature in two to three years, with a lifespan of 10-15 years barring accidents.

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"Boss!"

"Boss—"

Seeing Ye Tianfeng as absent-minded for a moment, Shanhu and Mingzai were concerned for a moment.

The boss, who had always been extremely brave, suddenly became an ordinary person after being poisoned for a hundred meters. In fact, they felt uncomfortable replacing Ye Tianfeng in their hearts.

"A little armadillo!" At this time, Ye Tianfeng said.

Shanhu and Mingzai followed Ye Tianfeng's gaze, and saw a little pink armadillo on the opposite grass, curling its body playfully like a ball.

The mountain tiger rushed over in an instant, and caught the little armadillo that was too late to run.

He immediately brought this cute little armadillo to Ye Tianfeng.

This little armadillo is so small!It is only about 6 inches long. Compared with the big armadillo caught by Zhou Yong last time, it is simply two extremes - one may be the largest among the armadillos, while the other may be the smallest among the armadillos type.

Ye Tianfeng spread out his palm, and put this little armadillo in his palm, just like putting some kind of pocket art.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the disc in his head was shocked again, and in an instant, a lot of information about armadillos was thrown at him again——

In order to survive, armadillos have beneficial habits such as omnivorous, nocturnal and able to inhabit natural caves formed in nature, in addition to the armor to defend against enemies.Habitats can be dense bushes, meadows, moors, and often a shallow pond or mud pit for bathing.

While crawling, armadillos can jump over electric fences and wade through shallow water.If the river is narrow, the armadillo will take a deep breath, dive into the water, and climb from the bottom to the opposite bank.If the river is wide, it inhales air, fills its stomach, and swims across.

Armadillos will die young due to predation by various predators.These predators include dogs, American bobcats, bears and coyotes.When threatened, armadillos will sprint to nearby bushes, use thick branches as a screen, or huddle into a tight sphere.If given a minute or two to dodge, it will quickly dig a hole that wraps itself tightly around its body, making it nearly impossible for an attacker to yank it out.

However, the armadillo's greatest predators are people and vehicles.It is born with myopia and has the habit of hunting dead prey on the road, so it often appears on the road.The "natural startle response" that armadillos have makes matters worse.When startled, the armadillo jumps upwards, hitting the underside of a passing vehicle.

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When the news hit the tragedy of the armadillo, Ye Tianfeng suddenly put down his palm, and gently sent the little armadillo to a bush.

When Ye Tianfeng watched the little armadillo who was finally freed to escape, Shanhu and Mingzai looked at Ye Tianfeng's expression in puzzlement for a moment.

They didn't understand for a moment: this man who has always been so iron and blood will have such a gentle side at this moment!
The little armadillo unfolded its body, and when it was about to disappear, the disc in Ye Tianfeng's mind turned again, and a lot of information popped up in an instant——

According to the research of zoologists, the armadillo is one of the animals with the most complete natural defense capabilities in the order of mammals.Its defensive means can be summarized as: "First escape, second block, third camouflage".

The so-called "escape" means that the speed of escape is quite astonishing. When it is in danger everywhere, it can hide its body in the sand at an extremely fast speed.Regardless of its short legs, it is very capable of digging holes. Its burrowing speed is very fast. You can still see it when you are riding a horse, but the moment you get off the horse, it has already burrowed into the soil.

The so-called "blocking" means that after it escapes into the soil hole, it uses the tail shield of the armadillo to tightly block the hole, like a "shield", so that the enemy cannot hurt it.

The so-called "camouflage" is the aforementioned curling method. The whole body is curled up into a ball, and the body is surrounded by "iron armor" in all directions, making it impossible for enemies to bite it.

Armadillo is a rare animal unique to South America and Central America. It mainly inhabits forests, grasslands and deserts.The Armadillo family consists of three families, leaving only one family, the Armadillo family.There are 9 species of armadillos in 21 genera (1 genera and 1 species are extinct).According to the number of scale rings, zoologists divide this huge animal family into the following categories: three-legged armadillos, six-legged armadillos, and nine-legged armadillos.For example, the three-scaled armadillo is called the three-trip armadillo.There are also armored moles, naked-tailed armadillos, South American small armadillos, and hairy armadillos.Among them is a king armadillo (also known as the giant armadillo), which can reach 90cm in length and 50cm in tail length. It is almost as big as half a pig, and it is the largest armadillo.

The armadillo is also known as the "armored mouse" because of its body and shape that resembles a large mouse in armor.

Armadillo armor is made up of many small bone plates; each bone plate has a layer of horny substance growing on it, which is extremely hard.Therefore, this piece of armor has become their best self-defense weapon.Whenever in danger, if it is too late to escape or get into a hole, the armadillo will curl up its whole body into a ball to protect itself.

Although the armadillo's entire body is covered with hard armor, it does not hinder their normal activities and even fast running.It turns out that only the bony scales on the shoulders and buttocks of an armadillo form a whole, like a turtle shell, which cannot be stretched; while the scales on the chest and back are divided into petals, which are connected by muscles and stretch freely.

In addition to armor, another self-defense technique of armadillos is to punch holes.Armadillos are extremely capable of burrowing thanks to their strong claws.In the forest, you can often see large and small armadillo holes, and it is easy to judge whether animals are living in them according to the newness and oldness of the soil at the hole.

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The little armadillo had disappeared for a long time, but Ye Tianfeng was still squatting in place, his eyes were a little lost, which made Shanhu and Mingzai on the side a little worried again.

But just when Shanhu and Mingzai were a little worried, Ye Tianfeng stood up all of a sudden.

"Let's go!" he said now.

(End of this chapter)