Strange Life of a Cat

In the car, in the back seat, Zheng Tan sat with the two children, listening to Jiao Yuan keep telling little Youzi about the experience of following Jiao's father to the field internship base. Jiao Yuan did well in the final exam, and Jiao Yuan felt confident in speaking. The low-pressure atmosphere surrounding him before the exam finally dissipated.

In fact, Jiao Yuan was still young at that time. Even if he saw a lot of things at that time, he may not be able to remember much clearly when he looks back now. After all, his ability to accept things at that time was limited and he didn't know much. He only wanted to run around and play like crazy. What connects the memories is actually a set of photos taken back then and several specimens completed under the guidance of Father Jiao.

Among the specimens were plants and insects, but it was inconvenient to carry them around, so they were all kept at home. Jiao Yuan brought a photo album with him. This photo album alone could make Jiao Yuan unable to shut his mouth.

It takes about seven hours to drive from Chuhua City to the internship base, so Jiao's father and Jiao's mother alternate driving, otherwise they will be too tired. The group took a short break midway to let the students go to the toilet. As for those who suffered from motion sickness, their faces turned pale. Fortunately, the teachers who led the group had experience. In addition to plastic bags, they also prepared took some medicine.

When Zheng Tan woke up from a nap, he looked out the car window and saw that there were many mountains around him. Next to him, Jiao Yuanzheng and Xiao Youzi were looking at a map. He also held a small flashlight in his hand. Sometimes he would use the flashlight when passing through a cave. I opened it just to enjoy this addiction. This place is very close to the internship base that Jiao and the others mentioned.

The so-called field internship, in fact, the main purpose is to take students who have just finished their freshman year to go out and get close to nature. The courses offered in the freshman year include botany and zoology, and some majors also involve ecology. , coming out is also for them to experience it personally and identify some animals and plants. Of course, coming out is not just for fun. Students who participate in field internships have to write reports afterwards.

For Jiao Yuan and Xiao Youzi, this is basically their summer vacation. So did Zheng Tan.

Walking around the campus of Chuhua University, although the school is very green and the area is relatively large among universities in the country, it is only such a small area in general. Zheng Tan also has the experience of living outside, but that The places I visited back then were not so mountainous. The feelings in mountains and plains were always different, and the feelings of wandering and vacation were also very different.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone arrived at their destination.

The field practice base of Chuhua University was built on the mountain. Zheng Tan noticed when going up the mountain that many places on the mountain were well built. The roads and planned houses all gave off the atmosphere of a modern mountain city. It's like the kind of mountain life that many people imagine. Of course, this is only the scene on a few mountains. Looking into the distance, you can see stretching mountains.

In July and August, the temperature in Chuhua City can soar to over 40 degrees. If you crack an egg on the road, it will be cooked quickly. But at the internship base, you can clearly feel that it is better than Chuhua City when you open the car window. The temperature is several degrees lower.

Before coming here, I heard that there were no electric fans installed in the internship base. Some students were still worried about whether they would be cooked by then. After experiencing the summer in Chuhua City, they inevitably worried when they heard that there were no electric fans and air conditioners. But when After these students got out of the bus and walked into the dormitories arranged by the internship base, they immediately felt relieved.

I had done statistics before I came here, so the rooms have been divided here. The four people in the Jiao family have a small single room. This is prepared for some teachers who lead the team. There are four pictures in each room. Bed, the Jiao family directly occupied one room. This way Zheng Tan can move more easily and doesn't have to stay in his bag all the time.

The room has been cleaned and is relatively clean. After all, it is where the teachers live. As for the students' place, the conditions are not as good as the teachers' place. The students have bunk beds, four beds and eight beds, and they also have private bathrooms. Even if they are not as good as the teachers' place, the conditions are still decent.

After installing the mosquito net, Mother Jiao laid out the sheets she brought. The four of them took a bath one by one and took a good afternoon nap. After dinner in the canteen of the base, Father Jiao took the children to the auditorium to listen. Lectures.

The evening meeting mainly held a mobilization meeting, explaining various matters that should be paid attention to during the internship, emphasizing organizational discipline, and conducting a simple training for the students. The students had learned about this aspect before coming here. Although they still didn't understand many things, as long as they followed the leading teacher, everything was simple.

The teachers who lead the group usually bring a medicine box in case of emergencies. Children nowadays are very expensive, and they cannot afford it if something happens to them.

Zheng Tan was also brought into the auditorium. Dad Jiao hopes that everyone will listen and don't make any mistakes. After all, there are many mountains around here. There is still a nature reserve here. What will happen in the summer? It's really hard to say, there are definitely no shortage of snakes, insects, rats, ants and the like.

Zheng Tan was nestled in the bag, and several members of the Jiao family were sitting on the edge. No one would notice Zheng Tan in the bag. Zheng Tan did not blatantly observe the surroundings. He fainted after listening to the people on the stage talking for a while. Drowsy.

Along with the teachers and students from Chuhua University, there are also people from other schools who come here. They don’t have an internship base here, so every year they make up the money and come with people from Chuhua University.

Zheng Tan didn't feel uncomfortable sleeping in this strange place at night. The room was filled with the smell of familiar people. He lay on the bedside of Xiaoyouzi. He slept a lot during the day and felt good at night. This place was very quiet and careful. You can also hear many sounds of certain animals that are usually inaudible. Just like what the person said when I listened to the report today, this is a city surrounded by nature.

Maybe many people in the city think that being close to nature is a particularly good experience. The air is fresh and quiet enough, but in fact, they may not be able to bear it if those people come here.

When I first arrived here today, a few boys sneaked around without leaving the base. When they came back, there was a big black insect in the empty drink bottle. Zheng Tan had never seen it before. They I asked several classmates but they didn't recognize it. They just said it might be some kind of insect from the order Coleoptera, so I took it to the teacher who specializes in insects. Some of the girls almost screamed when they saw it. It is estimated that they will never develop in the direction of insects in the future.

Therefore, it can be seen that not everyone can live a life in the mountains and forests.

The next day, the leading teachers did not rush to take the students out, but took the students to the Bishan Natural History Museum not far from the internship base.

Zheng Tan stayed in the backpack and was taken in by Jiao's father. Logically speaking, animals could not be brought in casually, but now they were a group of college students and teachers, and the guards at the door and the museum management did not pay much attention to them. They also followed a few The leading teacher talked for a while and seemed to recognize him. The person in charge of the library just focused on not letting the students cause damage.

Zheng Tan stayed inside the backpack and looked out through the zipper gap. The backpack had been modified by Jiao Ma and had an extra gauze part. It would be difficult for people outside to find out what was in the backpack without looking carefully, but Zheng Tan in the backpack could. You can see the outside through the screen, and you don't have to worry about being too stuffy when hidden in your backpack.

Zheng Tan actually didn't have much interest in those plant specimens, and the students obviously didn't have much interest in them either, until they came to the animal exhibition area.

Most of the animals seen in the zoo can be seen here, and there are many that have not been seen in the zoo. However, the ones here are just specimens, without any life and no luster in their eyes.

Looking at the lifelike but lifeless specimens, Zheng Tan suddenly felt a chill running down his spine. He didn't know what those animals were thinking when they were made into specimens. Maybe they had died long ago.

There are several teachers and museum people over there explaining to the students.

The main types of animal specimens include soaked specimens, taxidermy specimens, bone specimens, dried specimens and slide specimens, etc. The soaked specimens are made after the animal body is killed, without dissection, and left intact as it is. Specimens preserved in liquid. Taxidermy is generally used for vertebrates, such as birds and mammals. The skin of these vertebrates needs to be peeled off, the muscles on the skin must be removed, the inner surface of the skin must be coated with preservatives, and then filled with fake Body, prosthetic eyes installed, sutures and plastic surgery made into specimens...

Zheng Tan saw through the gauze that after the teacher in front finished explaining, he asked another person to continue. The person in the back was responsible for making specimens.

The one who was responsible for explaining before was a zoology teacher from Chuhua University Academy of Sciences, and several others who taught botany. Some of the samples involved in their research projects came from some areas of Bishan City, so they naturally followed People here are also familiar with it.

The taxidermist led the students to a corner where some tools were kept.

That is to say, I will show it to you only when you come. I won't give it to others when they come over!

The taxidermist pointed out the tools to the students as if they were presenting treasures, and at the same time talked about the taxidermy industry.

...To put it more closely, now people's living standards have improved, they have pets, and they have established deep relationships. However, when the pet dies, the owner will feel great pain, but if the dead pet is made into Specimens with authentic shapes and complete structures can not only convey the grief of the owner, but also be preserved for a longer period of time...

fart!

If he could speak, Zheng Tan would probably scold him and refute him directly. Looking at the Jiao family members next to him, Jiao Yuan looked disgusted with what the person said just now. Little Yuzi also frowned, obviously disapproving of what the person said. Due to the angle, Zheng Tan couldn't see the expressions of Jiao's mother and Jiao's father.

The taxidermist continued, introducing the functions of scalpels, tweezers, scissors, wire cutters, files, hammers, saws, nails, lead wires, needles and threads, etc. Many chemical agents were not very safe, so he did not take them out. I only mention some when telling students, such as arsenic dioxide (arsenic), potassium aluminum sulfate (alum), phenol, Lysol, etc.

Most specimens are made using partial prosthesis and partial filling. The general process includes peeling, antisepsis, prosthetic making, filling, prosthetic eye making, suturing and overall modification. When peeling, cut open the abdomen and remove the entire The body was taken out in pieces...

Listening to the man's words, Zheng Tan stayed in his backpack and felt cold all over.

In the words of the taxidermist, he felt that this profession was a beautiful profession that brought death back to life, and he loved this profession.

In Zheng Tan's eyes, taxidermists are one of his natural enemies today.

Although he knew that his species was not worth much, was not a rare protected animal, and was protected by his father Jiao, Zheng Tan still had nightmares that night after coming out of the museum, and woke himself up several times during the night.

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