Chapter 464 Comfortable
"There are only about 200 of these big guys in the entire Xishuangbanna rainforest. We are lucky to have encountered it. If it were a normal buffalo, it would have tasted it."
Bifang licked his lips and looked at the tendon meat all over the white-lipped buffalo. If it weren't for ecological considerations, he really wanted to taste it.
This is not an exaggeration. Although the white-lipped buffalo is much stronger than the tiger in terms of attack power, it poses less threat to humans than the tiger.
As long as you avoid the sharp edges and set some traps, hunting bison is not a delusion.
Hearing this, Leonardo on the side felt ashamed. Can it be considered lucky to encounter a white-lipped buffalo?
The snake that he had caught with great effort flew away just like that, and his life was almost in danger. He had eaten something in the morning, and if he went hungry, he might be fine for the whole day. Bifang would be in danger next.
Even if it's Bifang, it can't be successful in hunting every time, right?
The audience was delighted.
[Hey, this is really “snatching food from the tiger’s mouth”]
[You dare to steal Fang Shen's things? 】
[Looking at the white-limbed buffalo eating snake meat not far away, Lao Fang silently clenched his knife, but when he thought of it being a first-class protected animal, his brows knitted into a well shape, and he finally silently loosened his hand]
[The buffalo felt a chill on the back of its neck and was about to run away, but then it felt warm again. It looked up and saw the golden words of the Wildlife Protection Law.]
"You haven't told me yet why bison eat meat?" Leonardo was still curious. It was unheard of for cows to eat meat. He felt that there must be other reasons.
At this time, Leonardo felt that he had completely escaped from danger. He and Bifang lay dozens of meters away, silently looking at the bison, and did not notice a long, thick black worm swimming under them.
Even Bifang was fascinated by it. The white-lipped buffalo can only be found in Banna in the entire Chinese territory. There are only 200 of them in Banna, which means there are only 200 of them in the whole of China. It was a rare opportunity to encounter one.
To be honest, it is an "honor" for the white-lipped buffalo to be interested in Bifang's food.
"It's not uncommon for bison to eat meat, mainly because..."
Just as Bifang was watching with great interest and wanted to explain, he felt a strange tingling sensation on the base of his left hand. The unusual feeling blocked his words and he looked down subconsciously.
This glance stunned him.
An extremely huge black centipede was crawling on his left hand!
"Why?" Leonardo hadn't noticed what was happening on Bifang's side. He was curious as to why Bifang didn't continue, so he asked.
But there was no response from Bifang for a long time, so he turned his head to take a look. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but when he did, he saw.
“holy shit!”
Leonardo was so scared that he rolled over and almost jumped up from the ground. However, when he thought of a buffalo staring at him not far away, he suppressed the impulse and lay back on the ground, pointing his trembling fingers at Bifang's palm: "Centipede! Centipede! Centipede!"
Bifang's eyes twitched. Of course he knew it was a centipede.
Or the extremely ferocious red dragon centipede!
I thought I was out of danger, but I didn't expect that the real danger was still ahead!
Leonardo's scream brought the audience back to their senses. From the first-person perspective, when he saw the big centipede in Bifang's hand, he almost dropped his phone!
[Fuck, what a big centipede! ]
[Please stop twisting the camera around, damn it, I have goose bumps on my hands]
[My hand just shook and my phone fell to the ground and the screen cracked... Can it be repaired? ]
[Is this a centipede? Why is it so big? ]
[What is under it? I'm throwing up. It's so disgusting]
Many people found it incredible, and many had never even seen such a thick centipede. The one lying on the tiger's mouth was as thick as a thumb, more than fifteen centimeters, and nearly twenty centimeters long!
Many people living in cities have never even seen a hard-shelled centipede, but have occasionally seen translucent centipedes in the cracks of bricks and stones on the roadside.
At this moment, Bifang was trembling with fear and dared not move at all.
Because he noticed that this was a female centipede...
In the abdomen of the giant centipede, there are countless small centipedes, twisting constantly, densely packed.
Bifang tried to slow down his breathing as much as possible, fearing that his panting would scare the "big guy" in front of him.
This thing is really hard to deal with.
Bifang whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a red dragon centipede. It has a very ferocious personality and usually adopts a 'kill without mercy' strategy towards nearby small animals. The one in front of us is holding a child..."
Red dragon centipede?
The audience stared with eyes wide open and looked carefully, and were surprised to find that the centipede was actually dark red, completely different from what they usually see.
However, there is insufficient light in the rainforest, so it appears a little dark, which is why it looks black at first glance.
This guy only frequents the Xishuangbanna rainforest.
Bifang said this in English. Although everyone knows that it is called the Red Dragon Centipede in the subtitles, it is not the case in Leonardo's ears. But it does not prevent him from knowing how terrifying this guy is.
The centipede was not lying on his hand at the moment, but he could not help but clench and unclench his fists, and goose bumps appeared on his entire arm.
The dead leaves around seemed like other poisonous insects might appear at any time. In fact, Leonardo's worries were not wrong.
Centipedes like to live in groups...
And there is no doubt that no matter what creature it is, it will be particularly ferocious when breeding offspring.
The red dragon centipede usually mates from March to June and lays eggs from May to August, laying nearly half a hundred eggs each time. After laying eggs, the giant centipede will hold the eggs in its arms to incubate them, and they will hatch in twenty days.
It's June now, and if you calculate the time, it's almost this time.
I'm in trouble.
"Don't move at this time. It's best to let it crawl away on its own. The only good news is that even if you are bitten by the Peruvian giant centipede or the Galapagos giant centipede, you won't die. The centipede's venom does not threaten humans. They are natural killers of small creatures."
But before the audience could breathe a sigh of relief, Bifang continued, "But it still cannot be underestimated. A bite from a small centipede will only cause local swelling and pain. But a bite from a large tropical centipede may cause lymphangitis and tissue necrosis, and sometimes the entire limb may become purpuric."
The audience didn’t understand what purpura was, but they could imagine tissue necrosis. Necrosis sounds complicated.
That's why Bifang was so nervous, with white-limbed buffalo in front and behind, and red dragon centipede behind.
If he really got bitten, he might not be able to deal with it in time, and he would have to worry about his left hand for the next half month.
"What should I do?" Leonardo asked, waving a thin branch he found from somewhere in his hand, "Can I pick it open?"
Bifang shook his head: "I'm afraid you can't pick it open as fast as it bites."
But the result went against one's will, as if all the good luck in avoiding the white-lipped bison had been used up. After climbing onto Bifang's tiger's mouth, the giant centipede in front of him half-raised its body, with its two tentacles swaying back and forth, as if it was looking at something.
The audience's hearts were beating in their throats.
Beads of cold sweat appeared on Bifang's forehead. He stared at the big centipede in front of him that was waving its tentacles, but the next moment, a bunch of tentacle-like claws suddenly extended from the front of the centipede's forehead.
The next moment, he stabbed into Bifang's tiger's mouth fiercely!
"Fuck you!"
Bifang tried to shake his hand away fiercely, but the centipede's fangs had already penetrated under the skin and he couldn't shake it away for a while. In desperation, Bifang grabbed the centipede with his right hand, pulled it down, and pressed it hard with his thumb!
How could the seemingly hard shell withstand such a huge force? With a snap, the huge centipede's head was crushed by Bifang. The originally invincible centipede died instantly, and its body twitched on the dead leaves.
A burning pain like flames spread from the tiger's mouth. Bifang grabbed a piece of stone from the funnel bag on his body and cut the red and swollen wound fiercely.
The sharp stone flakes touched the soft skin and cut a wound without much resistance.
In an instant, bright red blood flowed out, and along with the blood, there was also a translucent, orange-yellow unknown liquid.
When Bifang saw this, he was not surprised but overjoyed.
It would be great if it could flow out, I’m just afraid that it won’t flow out!
Bifang grabbed his left wrist with his right hand and pushed it upwards. More blood flowed out, and the original burning pain was almost gone: "The centipede's venom is acidic. If you get bitten, you will feel a burning pain, as if you were burned by fire. Damn, it hurts!"
I wanted to explain it, but even though most of the venom was expelled, there was still a sharp pain in the base of my thumb, so painful that Bimei turned pale and broke out in sweat.
Leonardo, who was standing by, finally crawled over and asked, "What should I do?"
"Vine, find me a vine!" Veins on Bifang's forehead were throbbing, and his right hand pushed upwards even harder so that more venom would come out along with the blood.
Instead of falling on the bison, he was carried on the hands of a "tiny" centipede.
Leonardo looked around frantically and found a vine entangled in a bush. He immediately crawled over to grab it.
Bifang gritted his teeth and gasped. The pain from being poisoned was much more painful than simply having a piece of flesh dug out. Even if the tiger's mouth was cut directly into a bloody mess, Bifang didn't feel as much pain as he did now.
Leonardo's cane came quickly, and Bifang stretched out his left hand: "Wrap it around my left hand, tighter."
Leonardo immediately did as he was told and wrapped the ring around Bifang's wrist.
"If you are bitten by a centipede, you should squeeze out the venom from the wound as quickly as possible. Then quickly find a piece of cloth and tie it tightly above the bite to prevent the venom from spreading further. Remember to release the cloth every 15 minutes or so to prevent the bite site from becoming necrotic."
"After bandaging the wound, immediately clean it with soap and water, or disinfect it with alcohol. If you still feel uncomfortable after doing these, go to the hospital immediately."
Leonardo immediately put down his backpack and was about to take out some alcohol, but Bifang shook his head and said, "No, I'm out in the wild now, where can I get some alcohol?"
The audience was shocked. Looking at Bifang’s pale face, they knew how painful it was for him to be bitten by that guy. How could he still hold on?
[Damn, if you really can’t help it, just use it.]
[Cool, Fang Shen is a real man. 】
Bifang looked up at the place where the white-limbed buffalo was originally. "I just said that the centipede's poison is acidic. If you want to relieve the pain, you can use alkaline substances to control it, such as wood ash."
But the white-lipped bison remained where it was and did not leave.
It doesn't eat food quickly, but rather slowly, as if it is chewing its food carefully.
Faced with snake meat stuck on a branch, the white-lipped buffalo chose to chew the branch together with the meat.
It’s a combination of meat and vegetables.
It was a tough time for Bifang, because not only did he lose his snake meat, he also thought a white-limbed buffalo had appeared, so he had to lie prone on the ground and was bitten by a giant centipede for no reason.
Leonardo suggested: "How about starting a new fire?"
"How do you make a fire?" Bifang asked, raising his swollen left hand. "Without charcoal, how can you make a fire by yourself? I can't use my left hand now."
Rather than starting another bonfire, it’s better to wait for the buffalo to leave.
Bifang twitched his lips, and finally took the time to continue the previous topic: "In fact, herbivores eating meat is a phenomenon that has been discovered for a long time."
"You still have the mood to talk about this?" Leonardo was shocked. He felt that Bifang was twitching in pain.
The audience was also very impressed because Bifang's forehead was covered in sweat and it looked painful.
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[Ah, that’s enough.]
Bifang laughed: "The more painful it is, the more you need to do something to distract yourself!"
"In addition, people have observed that other herbivores also attack small animals. For example, deer and cattle will eat rabbits, and small squirrels will eat small birds. Even more serious are hippos. They not only attack crocodiles, but also zebras."
Bifang explained patiently, and before I knew it, the pain seemed to have eased a lot.
"Herbivores are not suitable for eating meat, which is mainly determined by their body structure. Take cows for example. Plants are rich in cellulose, which is difficult to decompose. That is why humans eat more vegetables rich in cellulose to help with bowel movements. In order to digest cellulose, herbivores also need external help, that is, microorganisms, but microorganisms also have a defect, that is, they decompose slowly and are not acid-resistant. So in order to retain microorganisms, herbivores have evolved stomachs with low gastric acid content, but stomachs with low gastric acid content have difficulty killing microorganisms in meat. In addition, cows digest food very slowly, which will cause meat to rot, and the rotten microorganisms will produce many biological toxins, threatening the health of cows. Complete herbivores are not suitable for eating meat at all."
"Isn't this even more contradictory?" Leonardo was puzzled. If that was the case, wouldn't the scene before him be even more weird?
"There are many reasons. One is that animals lack vitamins, which leads to a phenomenon similar to 'pica'. But some experts believe that cattle eat meat simply because they are not averse to meat. Another situation is that in seasons of food shortage, animals will change the characteristics of their food to obtain energy from it. For example, in northern regions with thick snow, herbivores find it difficult to find enough food , so they will eat the remains of animals they find."
[Damn, he really eats meat! ]
[A little scared]
[No wonder I saw a squirrel dragging a dead mouse on a tree before...it turned out that it was going to eat it...]
While Bifang was speaking, the white-lipped buffalo finally finished its food and was about to leave staggeringly.
Seeing this, Leonardo immediately wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Bifang.
"Wait a little longer. With its keen sense of smell and hearing, the white-lipped buffalo can sense Wait a few more minutes until it is a little further away."
Finally, ten minutes after the bison disappeared, Bi Fang staggered to his feet, ran to the campfire, grabbed a handful of black ash and pressed it on the wound.
At that moment, I felt extremely comfortable.
