Chapter 280 Ah!!!
"Phew, luckily I showed you a look, otherwise something might have happened."
The camera director wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh. Fortunately, the guy didn't eat it, otherwise there would have been a live broadcast accident.
Just now, the program team confirmed that the mushroom the contestants wanted to swallow was the Angel of Death Mushroom. In an instant, everyone was convinced by Bifang.
Not everyone has the ability to instantly identify easily confused poisonous mushrooms at a glance.
What a reassuring advisor!
The eliminated player had nothing to say and let the helicopter take him out of the Rocky Mountains.
"It's my job." Bifang waved his hand, indicating that it was not worth mentioning. As a security consultant, it was his responsibility to avoid danger.
It was a false alarm.
The monitoring team paid more attention to the contestants and kept a close watch on them, fearing that they might swallow something strange again.
[Oh my god, I can’t eat the food I found. This feels even more dangerous.]
[ Queshi, it’s a good thing that Lao Fang is here, otherwise you would have died, right? ]
[But can mushrooms grow in this kind of weather? ]
“Yes, many mushrooms grow in winter, but I was a little surprised to see the Angel of Death Mushroom.” The audience’s question reminded Bifang.
The Death Angel Mushroom is supposed to appear around April, so it is not impossible for the mushroom to grow a month earlier, but is the temperature so high in the past two days?
Bifang glanced at the thermometer and found that the temperature was around ten degrees.
Two days ago, the temperature dropped below zero at night!
Even if the temperature warms up during the day, five or six degrees would be about the same, but it actually reached ten degrees Celsius!
"Foehn?"
Stroking his chin, Bifang had a vague guess that the Rocky Mountains were approaching a cold current, and the temperature should not be this high in late February or early March. The only explanation was the appearance of a foehn!
Pang Di heard Bifang's mumbling and asked curiously, "Fenfeng, what is that?"
"A strange weather phenomenon in the Rocky Mountain region of North America."
When someone asked about it, Bifang also took the opportunity to explain it to the audience who could hear it.
The Rocky Mountains were formed by the intense collision and compression between the American Plate and the Pacific Plate. They run from northwest to southeast, basically parallel to the west coastline of North America.
The area selected for the competition is located north of 50° north latitude. From the perspective of pressure belts and wind belts, this area is controlled by the prevailing westerly winds all year round .
In winter, the weather is more affected by the cold air from the Arctic Ocean, with low temperatures and lots of snow.
As winter ends and the climate slowly warms up, the high pressure over the North American continent will begin to weaken, and the cold air from the Arctic Ocean will also gradually weaken. Conversely, the prevailing westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean will begin to affect the region.
Due to the obstruction of the mountains, the warm and humid westerly winds are strongly lifted by the terrain, forming abundant orographic rain. After crossing the tall Rocky Mountains, on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, the air flow contains less water vapor and sinks downward along the mountain slope.
As the altitude continues to decrease, the air temperature continues to rise, and in the foothills it becomes a dry and warm "foehn wind".
The foehn phenomenon occurs in many parts of the world, including the Alps, the Greater Caucasus Mountains at the border between Asia and Europe, and the Andes Mountains in South America.
"If it was water vapor, it would be fine. The evaporation of water would take away a lot of heat. But because of the mountains, the water vapor was blocked, leaving only dry hot winds. During this period, the temperature in the Rocky Mountains will rise very quickly, like a huge heater blowing towards the ground. The large amount of snow originally formed by the cold air from the Arctic Ocean will melt quickly. You see, there was still some snow on the ground two days ago, but it is no longer visible today."
After hearing this, the program crew immediately called up the footage from the previous two days for comparison. No one had noticed it before, but now they saw that it was indeed the case.
The day before yesterday, the forest floor was covered with a layer of white snow, but now it has all melted, revealing the dark brown soil, which may turn green soon.
It melts too fast, doesn't it?
Generally speaking, the thicker the snowpack, the longer it will take to melt in the spring.
Not to mention the wilderness, even in the city, a heavy snowfall would take nearly a week to completely melt away, but this scene happened in less than two days.
"Because of the föhn wind, every spring, as long as the warm wind blows, the snow more than 10 centimeters thick will melt quickly within a day. The snow melts, the earth quickly returns to spring, and many mushrooms will grow early. This weather phenomenon helps local production, so the locals call this warm airflow 'snow eaters'."
[What a vivid name, Snow Eater, Niu Hide]
[No wonder the Death Angel Mushrooms have grown. It takes until April for mushrooms to grow here.]
Many viewers said that they were surprised and had never heard of such a weather phenomenon before.
Pang Di was a little confused. Would the rapid warming of the climate caused by the foehn have any impact?
"As the temperature rises, will brown bears and other animals wake up early?"
"Um……"
Bifang lowered his head and pondered for a long time before nodding.
“This possibility cannot be ruled out.”
audience:"!"
Lack of food is the main reason why animals hibernate. If there is enough food, many bears will not even hibernate.
"But the probability is still relatively small. Wilderness survival is inherently dangerous. All kinds of dangers exist objectively . The contestants understand this. Are you going to give up the recording because of this?"
Seeing Pang Di's worry, Bifang comforted him a little.
It is impossible for those wilderness survival programs in the past to give up recording just because there are bears in the wild. What’s the point then?
What we want is a sense of reality. Did the production crew capture bears, tigers and wolves in all the places Bear Grylls went to before filming?
It's definitely impossible.
That's a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Bifang patted Pangdi on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think too much. All we can do is to ensure the safety of the contestants as much as possible. Let's go back to the recording."
"OK."
Pang Di nodded. Now that things had come to this, there was nothing else he could do.
The competition among the contestants is still going on. Bono, who started the earliest, has even walked nearly 70 kilometers out of the delivery point, far ahead of other contestants.
Mugalen, who set out last, was equally unwilling to be outdone. After eating and full of energy, he reached a speed of seven kilometers per hour. He even took a detour on the way, apparently he had discovered something.
The only two female contestants also made a discovery, a cave.
Ava stared at the cave not far away excitedly and waved to Lisa: "Hey, Lisa, come and see!"
"cave?"
Lisa was a little surprised, then excited.
For two days, they had not caught any prey except for eating some lichens and earthworms. What was in this cave that they suddenly discovered?
【Have you found lunch yet?】
[What's in the cave? A python?]
[Feels like a rat hole? ]
[God Fang, please tell me what is in this? ]
The forest is rich in species, and there are many animals that can dig holes, but when you think of the local species and the size of the holes...
Bifang stared at the hole, which was no wider than his palm, for a while and asked suspiciously, "It looks a bit like a prairie dog's hole?"
Prairie dog?
What is that?
"It's the groundhog."
[Groundhog? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I’m familiar with this, ah! ! ! ! ]
[Shit! There’s a picture.]
[Is it that groundhog? ! ! ]
Bifang nodded and explained, "There are many marmots in the Rocky Mountains, usually in grasslands with relatively low altitudes, which coincides with the duo's route. They have to pass through forests and grasslands."
"Plus, groundhogs don't hibernate. They live in groups and are highly social animals. They like to be active during the day and are good at digging holes. If it really is a groundhog hole, it means there is a large group of groundhogs here, at least six or more!"
Six!
The audience thought of the fat appearance of the groundhog and their breath was held.
Can eat for a long time!
The duo had not thought of this. They still didn't know what was in the cave, but it was still worth being happy. Just by looking at the size of the cave, they knew that the animals inside would not be too small, at least enough for the two of them for a day.
Thinking of having food to eat, the two of them became very motivated. After a brief discussion, they immediately divided the work. Ava went to search for bushes and branches, while Lisa, a member of the Beret, searched nearby for other cave entrances.
Seeing Lisa blocking the newly discovered rat hole, Bifang nodded and said, "It's a correct decision. Many animals that are good at digging holes have multiple escape routes. If you only catch one hole keeper, you may get nothing. You must search everywhere to see if there are other holes and block them all. Groundhogs are experts in digging holes. They have a basically independent tunnel system. The deepest can be dug to 5 meters. The hole entrance will be higher than the ground and hammered to prevent water from entering. There will also be a shelter nearby when enemies appear. There will also be storage rooms, living rooms, toilets, etc. at the bottom. Generally, there is a main nest with soft grass mats at the end of the tunnel. The infrastructure is quite complete. In addition, Ava also has a particular choice of branches. Her purpose should be to burn plants and use smoke to smoke out the animals in the hole, so the branches she collected are fresh branches broken from the trees. Such branches have a high moisture content and can generate more smoke when burned."
[Groundhog: Trembling, the world outside is so scary]
[Damn, even groundhogs live more comfortably than me! ]
[Wow, this quality of life is higher than mine. I have been working for three years and still can’t afford a toilet. I’m so jealous]
【Who isn’t? 】
When hearing Bifang introduce the groundhog's luxurious residence, many people showed envious expressions.
But when I thought that they were about to be eaten, I felt inexplicably happy.
Bifang couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't say that. Although prairie dogs are also rodents, they are natural fertilizers. They can continuously mow the grassland, increasing the protein content and grass decomposition capacity of the grassland, which plays a great role in environmental protection."
As they were talking, Lisa had already blocked all the holes she could find with stones, and Ava also started a new fire using yesterday's charcoal.
After more than ten minutes, Ava lit the fire. She put the branches and shrubs she had collected earlier into it. The branches quickly twisted and deformed under the high temperature, generating a lot of white mist.
Seeing this, Ava quickly stuffed the bushes into the hole, took off her coat and stood in front of the fire to trap the white smoke in the hole.
The white smoke had nowhere to go, so it could only drift into the cave, quickly filling the entire cave.
Lisa held the spear tightly in her hand, waiting for the animal to emerge from the cave, and then stabbed it quickly.
Soon, there was a rustling sound in the cave, followed by a slightly shrill scream.
“Here it comes!”
Lisa was very excited, there was really something in the hole!
From the sound it seems there is more than one!
