Chapter 527 Night Walk
The Kii Peninsula is an area where temperate vegetation transitions to subtropical vegetation, and Rubus, as a representative group of the northern temperate zone, also has a high diversity here.
In addition to the pesticide-containing blackberries, Bifang also found hollow bulbs, one of which was particularly large. At first glance, it looked like a strawberry, but upon closer inspection, it looked a bit like a round pink mulberry.
"My favorite part of the raspberry is the hollow berry, also called rose berry. The fruit is big and delicious, and most importantly, it doesn't smell like pesticides."
Bifang picked it up happily, as if he was not here to hunt black bears, but to pick wild fruits and enjoy delicious food.
"When the hollow bubble matures, some of the small berries will break away from the receptacle, making the entire aggregate fruit appear hollow, so it is called hollow bubble."
"Hey, there is also the shade-loving Rubus here. It is called shade-loving because it likes to grow on the side away from the sun, but it also grows a lot on sunny slopes. It can also be found in the areas where broad-leaved forests have been cut down. It is a pioneer species."
[Damn, if it smells like pesticides, it's called pesticides, and if it likes the shady side, it's called shady-loving. I think I know why this thing is hard to identify.]
[The painting style is very sloppy]
[I always feel like something is not right. What is Lao Fang trying to do?]
In the evening, Bifang sat on a big rock and did not continue to look for the black bear. Instead, he chatted slowly with the audience.
"The fruit of this species is black when ripe, with moderate sweetness, and the advantage is that it is large in quantity. It is also an important nectar plant, with many flowers, each of which can secrete a large amount of nectar, and the sugar concentration exceeds 50%, which bees particularly like."
"Where there are flowers and nectar, theoretically there are black bears. In fact, you can look for them nearby."
The show ends around eight o'clock every night, and it's almost seven o'clock now.
For the next hour, Bifang planned to take a break and wait until the live broadcast was over before going to find Richard and the others.
[It's been a very rainy day for Fang Shen today]
[Why does it feel like a day has passed without me doing anything? 】
【Just listening to the class...】
With Bifang's current knowledge reserves, it is not difficult for him to fool the audience by telling some small stories.
Anyway, it’s the first day and no one has gained much, so there’s nothing wrong with just fishing a little bit.
Right?
[Someone next door has found bear footprints, why are you still lying here, Lao Fang? ]
[Degenerate, degenerate, why do I feel like Boss Fang has become lazy? Sure enough, he makes too much money, just give it to me, dog head]
Bifang was stunned: "Ah, someone found bear footprints?"
It's quite fast. Generally speaking, we will enter the center of the forest at noon or afternoon, and then look for clues about black bears. We will find clues in the evening. It's quite fast actually.
[Yes, yes, you know you are anxious? Why don’t you go now! ]
"Who found it?"
[Jupiter Group, a professional hunter from the Ugly Country]
[Little Japan is not very good either]
[No, I heard that a group of ghost hunters found a pile of feces, but it was two days ago.]
"How did you find it?"
[I saw the gnawed bushes, and then followed the traces to find it. This is exactly the same as what Lao Fang taught me.]
【Awesome】
[Lao Fang just had bad luck]
That's true.
Hunting is actually very much a matter of luck.
Just like in the Xishuangbanna rain forest, if you want to catch a white-lipped buffalo, the question is not whether you know what traces it left behind, but whether you can find the place where it existed.
There are only two hundred of them in the entire rainforest, so luck is really important.
"In fact, there are some animal carcasses, which can also be judged that although meat only accounts for a very small part of the black bear's diet, Asian black bears are considered to be more carnivorous than American black bears."
"In addition, because many natural foods have obvious seasonal changes, the staple food of black bears often changes seasonally."
"In spring, black bears mainly feed on fresh and juicy young grass, young buds and young leaves of trees, so we can focus on looking for these places."
"In summer, they feed on various fruits rich in carbohydrates, as well as berries, such as raspberries, loquats, kiwis, and various fruits of the Lauraceae family, as well as insects such as ants and bees."
"In autumn and winter, black bears mainly feed on fat-rich nuts, such as hickory and acorns from the Fagaceae family."
"Different seasons leave different traces."
Bifang took out his kettle, drank some water, and said a lot.
Bonegawa Suneo in the live broadcast room was stunned. Those who didn’t know would have thought Bifang was the commentator.
It's eight o'clock in the evening and no one has gained anything all day.
As expected.
Although there are so many black bears in Japan that they are a disaster, they are not so numerous that you can encounter them as soon as you enter the forest. If that were the case, it would not be an overabundance of them, but an ecological collapse.
Besides, it is impossible for there to be so many of them. If there are more, there will not be enough food and the number of black bears will start to decrease due to intraspecific competition.
Or maybe Japan sends out its guard team, and sweeps the area with a burst of rifles, and even the three thousand year old black bear demon will be shot to death.
"It's eight o'clock. The program team didn't stipulate that hunters can't return to town to rest during hunting, but I think no hunter will go back tonight and will set up camp on the spot instead."
Bifang estimated that no one would return to the town within three days.
This is very normal. In ancient times, hunters might spend ten days or half a month in the mountains.
The hunting rules during the hunting season, if everything goes well, should be to go deep into the forest for half a day, find clues for half a day, make sufficient preparations for the next day, and then hunt in the afternoon or on the third day.
The third and fourth days were spent on reorganization, inventory, return to town for rest, and score counting.
The capture cycle of a black bear is about four to five days, with one day of rest.
Thirty-five hunters and one hundred black bears. If there is no obvious poor behavior, the task should be completed in about twenty days.
[Fuck, you've been wet for a whole day, a whole day! ]
[Stand up, Fang Shen, how come you have become so lame after not seeing you for a month?]
[No insider, let's do something interesting. ]
"Don't worry. Finding a black bear depends on luck. I feel my luck will come soon. I will temporarily build a shack and sleep here tonight. I think other people are doing the same. They may have tents, which is more convenient."
Bifang smiled and turned off the live broadcast amid the wailing of the audience.
Night is not a good time to hunt black bears. The night is the special place for animals, and most people choose to rest.
There's nothing to see when a group of men snore while sleeping.
But if you have a hunting plan, you need to keep the live broadcast on to prevent cheating.
Ten past nine.
In the quiet and peaceful town, a strange young man who no one had ever seen appeared on the street.
After following the scent in the air for a long time, the young man chose a direction and walked into the alley, where he found a wooden box truck parked.
The rich fragrance wafted out from the box truck. There was a rain shelter outside the truck with a red curtain hanging from it and a red lantern hanging on the side with a big Chinese word "面" printed on it.
After opening the curtain, the young man's eyes lit up and he praised: "It smells so good. Sure enough all the delicious food is hidden in alleys like this!"
Hearing the young man's fluent Japanese, the guests present thought he was just a tourist from out of town. However, tourists who look as handsome as stars are rare, so everyone looked at him a few more times.
Hearing the young man's praise, the regular customers started to cheer loudly.
"Young people really know their stuff. The boss's ramen is definitely the best in town!"
"A bowl of steaming hot soup every day is delicious."
The boss wiped his hands and thanked: "Everyone is so polite. What would this guest like to order?"
Bifang sat on the stool, unpacked his chopsticks, pointed at the sign and said, "Then let's have a sign! Add an extra portion of meat!"
