Xiao Peng's status in the camp is becoming more and more unpopular.
It wasn't so much because of the comments about Africa that night, but because of 。。。。。。
He said there were no Scottish wildcats here, and that everyone was doing useless work.
This makes everyone angry, we are so busy, but you say there are no Scottish wildcats here?
You know what a!
Everyone monitors the instrument every day, hoping to find something.
There is no reason why so many highly educated and highly intelligent people can't catch up with such a layman!
Of course, if you are angry, you still have to have a good relationship with Xiao Peng.
Because I want to borrow a generator from him。。。。。。
They had prepared a large number of batteries for this exploration, but now they suddenly found that they had white discharge!
Someone came with a generator!
This doesn't have to save electricity, you can stare at it 24 hours a day, hoping to find something!
Naturally, it is Jamie who is responsible for communicating with Xiao Peng, and he is also very happy to do this------ when others are eating canned food in anger, Xiao Peng always has fragrant hot rabbits to eat here, and there is also a place to take a hot bath, how nice.
Xiao Peng is now soaking in the wooden barrel, and the wind is constantly blowing outside, but Xiao Peng boils the water to a temperature where the pig-hair can be removed, and only his head is exposed when he sits in the barrel.
"Xiao!
Come and check it out!
” Just when Xiao Peng was comfortable, someone suddenly shouted, Xiao Peng opened his eyes with difficulty and looked, it was none other than Rebecca who ran over.
"I'm in a bath.
What's the matter?
Xiao Peng frowned, he couldn't be comfortable here, why did someone make trouble?
"We've found out!"
Rebecca's eyes widened with delight.
Xiao Peng pouted: "It's impossible." ” "What do you mean impossible?
It's true!
Come and see!
Everyone is waiting for you!
Rebecca looked excited.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Okay, I'll change my clothes and go over." ” Watching Rebecca walk away, Xiao Peng reluctantly stood up from the barrel and changed his clothes.
Inge leaned over: "Xiao, are you mistaken?"
” Xiao Peng shook his head: "I can't be mistaken."
God knows what they found.
Make a bet and see who got it wrong?
” Inge shook his head: "No betting.
I don't bet on bottomless things. ” Xiao Peng walked slowly to the hunting hut and pushed the door in: "Say, what did you find?"
” Professor Clapton pointed to the monitor screen in the room: "Look at this monitor, this was filmed five minutes ago!"
” Xiao Peng glanced at the screen, and the scene on the camera was lying down, and it seemed that the camera had been knocked down.
And the camera that fell to the ground captured an unknown piece of dragging a dead rabbit past the screen, and only the claws of the predator, the obvious feline paws, could be seen from the lens.
"Look, I'll just say there's going to be something to be found here!"
Professor Clapton pointed to the screen.
Xiao Peng pouted: "Then what are you still doing here?"
Let's go live and see what it is!
” Professor Clapton looked smug and said to Xiao Peng: "It will definitely not be able to run far with its prey, we just let you see that my choice is right, I said that there is a high probability of encountering Scottish wildcats here." ” Xiao Peng shrugged: "Then you have to see it to know!"
” Professor Clapton smiled, "Okay, let's go check it out now!"
I'll just say, how could such a nice place not be found, oh, this is the fourth camera found, the location is three kilometers downstream of the river, let's hurry up. ” Three kilometers is not far, but walking along the forest river is not easy to walk, and after walking for about twenty minutes, everyone arrived at the place where the camera was placed by the river, but there was nothing around.
Xiao Peng pointed to the position in front of the camera and said to Elizabeth and Eliza: "It's time for you to work, smell the smell." ” After Elizabeth and Elizahei sniffed a few times, they shouted at Xiao Peng twice and continued to run downstream.
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Professor Clapton saw that they were running fast, and wanted Xiao Peng to stop them, Xiao Peng smiled slightly: "Don't worry."
You can't run what you want. ” Although Xiao Peng said this, Professor Clapton looked distrustful, but seeing that the two dogs had already run away, it was too late to call back at this time.
The group could only speed up their pace and look in the direction where the two dogs had run away.
After a while, they heard the barking of the foxhounds again, and they followed the sound, and saw Elizabeth and Elizahei surrounding several felines in the middle, which were one large and a few small, apparently from a family.
"Lynx?"
Claudia frowned when she saw it.
I saw that the beast surrounded by two dogs looked like a cat, but it had two pinches of sharp hair standing up on its ears.
Xiao Peng smiled: "Hey, you're lucky."
Can you still see this thing?
This is not a lynx. ” Claudia looked at Professor Clapton with a look of disappointment: "Professor, what is this?"
” "This is an African caracal, I don't know who originally released it as a pet."
Professor Clapton sighed, it wasn't the Scottish wildcat, he was naturally disappointed.
This African caracal is the same as the lynx, with a pinch of pointed hair on the tip of the ear, but in fact they are two completely different species, although they look quite similar, but the blood relationship is roughly like that between a domestic cat and a cheetah, and it is not a species of the same genus at all.
The two are very similar in size and ears, but the difference is still obvious, the simplest difference is: the lynx has thick and long hair with many black spots, while the caracal has a golden hair, shorter and softer, and there have been all-black caracals and burgundy gray ones, but they are very rare.
The vast majority are golden retrievers and have no visible spots.
Xiao Peng said with a smile: "You all know that there is a cat pattern in the ancient Egyptian murals, which is considered to be the mysterious patron saint of the pharaoh's tomb, but in fact, it is not a cat, it is this caracal."
But don't despair, you're hard to find this stuff in Africa.
I didn't expect to see it here. ” Rebecca was curious: "What do you mean?"
Are caracals dying of extinction?
” Xiao Peng shook his head: "It's because" This animal is a standard diurnal and nocturnal animal, rarely seen during the day, and it is also a lone ranger, not a breeding season, and it is rare to see the right one.
And it's one of the most bird-catching cats in the world, so it's a good thing. ” Professor Clapton sighed, "If it's not the Scottish wildcat, it can only be disappointing." ” Xiao Peng didn't speak, whistled, and let the two dogs come back, but the caracal did not run away directly------ the reason why so many people take caracal as a pet is because it is easy to domesticate.
In some Middle Eastern countries, such as Iran's Tesha and India, the caracal will be domesticated into hunting cats, and when hunting, it will replace the hunting dog to help them hunt down their prey.
And the dead rabbit was beside him, and before it was eaten by a few cats, Xiao Peng walked over directly.
"Xiao!
Be careful, they are very aggressive!
Professor Clapton shouted.
Xiao Peng waved his hand, signaling that he was fine.
Walking in front of the dead rabbit, Xiao Peng took out a dagger and directly took out the rabbit's internal organs, peeled off the skin, and threw it in front of the caracal, the caracal barked at him twice, and directly began to eat.
Rebecca was curious, and walked over cautiously: "Xiao, what are you doing?"
” Xiao Peng gestured to Rebecca and motioned for her to stop: "It's common sense that all wild animals don't approach when eating. ” "Then why are you still here?"
Rebecca asked.
Xiao Peng grinned: "I'm an exception. ” Rebecca pouted, "What were you doing just now?"
How do you still peel them?
” Xiao Peng explained: "Caracal is a very interesting animal, different prey they have different ways to eat, if it is a mammal for food, they eat very particularly, generally slowly tear off the prey fur, clean up the internal organs, only eat the meat of the prey, they will never eat the hair of the prey."
But if they catch birds, they eat them with their feathers attached.
As for why people still can't find the reason, maybe it is because the feathers contain some trace elements necessary for caracals?
I don't know the answer to that, you'll have to ask Professor Clapton. ” Rebecca turned to look at Professor Clapton, who nodded, signaling that Xiao Peng was right.
Just as Rebecca turned around, she suddenly saw a small figure on the rocks by the river.
Rebecca's eyes suddenly lit up: "There's another one there!"
Wow, that's cute!
” This adult caracal looks very fierce, but the little caracal can overturn everyone, and it looks so cute, Rebecca naturally can't refuse, and runs towards the river.
On the rocks by the river, a pitiful-looking little caracal was lying on the reef, visibly frightened.
Due to the continuous rainfall, the current of the river is turbulent, and it feels like a wave will come and it will be knocked into the water, which is very dangerous!
But strangely, its mother and siblings ate their own here as if they didn't see it.
The hair on the caracal's ears also curled.
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Lying on the reef is precarious.
Professor Clapton looked at the caracal that Rebecca had said, but shook his head: "This caracal is not saved. ” Rebecca looked at the professor puzzled: "Professor, what do you mean?"
” Clapton pointed to the caracal and said: "You see that the vertical hair on its ears has been bent, which means that there is a genetic disease, and then look at it lying there now but can't move, no need to ask, this is a sign of hypochondriasis, it should be the mother caracal who took it there."
Survival of the fittest, this is the rule of heaven. ” Rebecca frowned after hearing this: "No, I can't watch it die like this," after saying that, she cautiously ran to the rock, picked up the little caracal, and waved at Claudia: "Claudia, look, I saved it." ” Claudia just wanted to speak, but suddenly her face changed: "Be careful!
” Rebecca didn't know why, and just as she wanted to turn back, a wooden stake that floated down with the river from top to bottom slammed into the rock and bounced high and smashed on Rebecca's back.
"Ahh With a scream, Rebecca fell into the river, and in just a few seconds, Rebecca vanished.
"Rebecca!"