Chapter 553: The Throbbing Blood Pool
In the quiet forest, there is lush green everywhere.
The air was so thick and humid that it felt like what was inhaled into the lungs was not gas but boiling water.
Too hot and too humid.
The vast monsoon from the western Pacific brings huge amounts of water vapor from the ocean to the land, washing the forests over and over again.
Tens of millions of tons of the Tsushima Warm Current formed a giant python in the depths of the ocean, rushing northward in a mighty manner. It separated from the Kuroshio Current, passed through the Shiozen Strait and merged into the Sea of Japan, where it entangled with the cold python lurking in the Sea of Japan, raising thick fog.
The confluence of the monsoon and the cold and warm currents causes a huge amount of water vapor to gather on Japan's Honshu Island, raising the humidity in the air to its highest level.
The four seasons here are always distinct and the rainfall is always abundant. Even if all the trees are cut down, in less than a dozen years, a lush forest will grow again on this land.
It was hard to tell whether the white sweat shirt was soaked by sweat or the humid air, but it stuck tightly to his well-defined muscles, revealing the animal tooth necklace underneath the clothes.
Bifang crouched behind a fir tree, breathing the damp and stuffy air. As he was about to go hunting, he adjusted his body to the best condition.
Like a tiger coordinating every muscle in its body before pouncing, he stared intently at the prey in front of him.
The audience held their breath. They had watched Bifang hunting countless times, but they never got tired of it.
So cool!
Each time, the combination of strength and skill was a textbook hunt, perfect, powerful, and human wisdom.
Someone once edited all of Bifang's battle scenes together, and played them together with all the hunting scenes of cats, accompanied by exciting music. In less than a day, it firmly occupied the top spot on B Island's daily page views.
The thick, moss-covered tree roots are exposed to the air. They crawl out of the dark brown soil and absorb moisture from the air.
In the low bushes, a chestnut-red fawn with white spots all over its body was nibbling on the grass.
The tall and long antlers show that this is an adult male sika deer, very beautiful.
The skeleton of the deer antlers bends to the sides in a semi-arch shape, with the brow fork supporting the front horizontally and slightly bending inward, like a bunch of round branches.
Bifang counted them and found that there were four branches at the corner, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
It is rare to see sika deer with full horns in the zoo , because in mid-April every year, the old horns of the sika deer will fall off and new horns will be formed.
Newly grown horns are relatively fragile and have not yet ossified. They are covered with a layer of crimson velvet and the blood vessels in the subcutaneous tissue are densely packed. This is the antler that everyone is familiar with.
By August, the antlers gradually become bones, the outer antler skin will gradually fall off, and the deer antlers become hard and smooth. In the spring of the following year, the antlers will fall off automatically and new antlers will grow out.
The antlers of young male deer are harvested in mid-June of the first year.
For adult male deer over two years old, the antlers need to be harvested when they have grown into two bars with a concave tip and the third fork has not yet grown out. At this time, the antlers are of good quality and high value.
Generally speaking, the first crop is harvested in late June and the second crop is harvested in late August.
It is now mid-July, and the weather is neither up nor down, stuck right in the middle. It is nothing and I can only eat meat.
Holding the javelin tightly in his hand, Bifang felt the ground, stood up from behind the fir tree, and moved closer little by little. This time, his speed was even slower, so slow that it was almost impossible to tell that he was moving.
The average time spent on each step was about one minute.
This is a great test of physical strength, endurance and patience, because the slow movement keeps the muscles tense and consumes a lot of energy.
Bifang puts his hands in front of his body, breaking the familiar human image as much as possible. This allows him to hold the weapon better and help him lift his legs. The difference in image will not easily alert his prey.
When an object with an unfamiliar appearance appears, an animal's first reaction is curiosity, rather than running away as it would when it sees a human.
The leaves rustled in the wind, effectively covering up the slight sound made by Bifang's movement.
Sika deer are quite alert in nature. The one in front of us may be a bit stupid, but this does not affect its biological characteristics of being agile, having well-developed hearing, sharp sense of smell and poor eyesight.
It has thin hands and hooves, is fast, has a strong jumping ability, and is particularly good at climbing steep slopes. Its continuous large-span jumps are quick and agile, so Bifang must seize the opportunity to kill it with one strike.
More than ten minutes later, the slow-moving Bifang finally got within 20 meters of the sika deer. In Bifang's opinion, this distance was worth a try with the javelin in his hand.
If you're lucky, the deer might be killed with one shot.
Just as Bifang was trying to raise the javelin in his hand, the slow-witted sika deer seemed to suddenly notice something was wrong, raised its head and looked around.
The audience at this time seemed even more nervous than Bifang, with barrages of comments posted one after another.
[Shit, am I going to be discovered? ]
【Rush forward and do it directly! 】
[It’s over, is it going to be nothing? ]
Inside the briefing room, Suneo Bonegawa and Shizuka Minamoto's hearts also skipped a beat. This situation where success or failure depended on this one move was too exciting.
If the first strike missed, it would be impossible to catch this guy at human speed.
“Is it going to fail?”
“No, we must succeed!”
What is puzzling is that when the sika deer looked over, Bifang did not give it a try and launch an attack. Instead, he lowered his body and head, only watching the sika deer with his peripheral vision.
Surprisingly, after taking a quick glance, the sika deer didn’t even notice Bifang!
After it turned its head back, Bifang seemed to confirm the character of the sika deer in front of it and tried to approach again.
The closer you are, the higher your success rate.
There is no doubt about it.
He landed on his abdomen, placed his hands on his shoulders, supported his body with his hands and toes, and moved ten centimeters off the ground. His body continued to move forward, then fell back to the ground, moved his hands and feet forward, and supported his body again. The repeated movements made Bifang look like a funny caterpillar .
But this is the best way to avoid alerting animals and reduce the noise of one's own movements. It is a more flexible crawling style.
Gradually, the distance was shortened to less than 20 meters. When it was close to 15 meters, the sika deer had obviously noticed something and the frequency and duration of its head raising increased.
But by the time it reacted, everything was already settled.
Bifang, with his whole body bent, let go of the bowstring and shot up from the ground as if taking a 100-meter sprint. The huge force left deep dents in the soil. The moment his front foot touched the ground, his whole body was stretched and his javelin leaned back to the limit.
From excitement to movement, the sika deer instinctively jumped to escape, and in the blink of an eye it jumped three meters, bringing the distance between the two sides back to twenty meters. But before it landed, the javelin was shot out with unparalleled force under the huge torque.
The sharp flint spears cut through the air, making a sharp whistling sound.
Bifang predicted the escape direction of the sika deer in advance. Deer are generally timid. When attacked or frightened, jumping is a subconscious reaction, often not forward, but to the sides, and towards more open terrain. This is determined by biological instinct!
Therefore, at the moment the sika deer jumped, Bi Fang had already spotted the soil on its right side where there was no bushes!
The dart pierced through the neck of the sika deer that had just landed, carrying blood. The huge force caused the big deer, which was more than one meter long, to kneel down as soon as it landed.
He was knocked aside by the huge force and fell directly to the ground.
But it did not die. The deer's aorta and nerves were not pierced, only the throat was broken. It struggled to get up, but the second dart followed.
This one was more accurate and faster, and it viciously pierced into the deer's belly, completely dyeing the chestnut red into blood red.
"call."
Bifang let out a long sigh of relief. The stab had hit the abdomen, injuring the important trachea. Victory was basically declared.
Holding the spear behind him in his hand, Bifang walked towards the fallen sika deer.
The audience once again realized the horror of the javelin.
Two darts can easily take down an adult male deer.
A sika deer is generally 125 to 145 centimeters long, 70 to 95 centimeters high at the shoulder, and weighs 70 to 100 kilograms. The one in front of us is about 1.3 meters long and should weigh about 80 kilograms, right?
Eighty kilograms is a weight that most ordinary people cannot even reach.
If two spears can kill a deer, then it means that two spears can also kill a person. If you are more accurate, maybe one spear will do. No wonder even black bears avoid the sharp edge of the spear.
This is simply an ancient machine gun!
【Awesome! 】
[No matter when and where, it’s fun to watch Lao Fang hunting, and it’s satisfying! ]
[I have given you a reward. All the wolf-hair brushes I have discovered this month are given to you. Woo woo woo]
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Bifang squatted on the ground, the sika deer's limbs were still twitching. He took out his whale harpoon and stabbed the back of the deer's head: "We can insert the dagger through the gap in the back of the head and destroy its brain, which will end its suffering as quickly as possible."
The moment the brain was destroyed, the sika deer stopped twitching instantly, and blood slowly overflowed on the ground.
After catching the sika deer, Bifang did not deal with it in a hurry. Instead, he came to the place where the deer had been grazing before, turned over the soil, and groped and dug out a piece of black rhizome in the place turned over by the sika deer.
With a strong pull, the black roots were brought out of the soil, and on the thick vines were several huge balls.
[What the hell, what is this, potato? ]
[Do your potatoes look like this? ]
"It's Pueraria root, one of the favorite foods of sika deer."
Bifang poured water on the lump, revealing a black kudzu root block. He cut open the place that had been gnawed by the deer with a knife, and immediately revealed the yellow-white top tissue similar to taro.
"Sika deer migrate to the forest edge areas on the shady slopes in summer and autumn, and mainly feed on vines and herbs, such as kudzu vine, Polygonum multiflorum, Codonopsis pilosula, strawberries, etc., which are their favorites."
"We can eat these things, so if you're out in the wild and you see a deer and you're unlucky enough not to catch it, you can look around where it was before and see if there's anything you can eat."
Using a knife to dig out a piece, Bifang stuffed it directly into his mouth and said vaguely: "Kuzu root can be eaten raw. Like taro, it is very astringent, rich in water, and has a light sweetness. If you are hungry, it is a good meal."
After a quick taste, Bifang put the remaining kudzu root into his backpack, took out a piece of rope from it, wrapped it around the antlers of the sika deer, looked at the surrounding environment, dragged the sika deer to a big tree, and threw the rope over a branch.
By pulling the rope, the whole big deer was hung on the branch.
When dealing with large animals, hanging and cutting is the best and quickest way, but it is often difficult to do it when you are alone because the animal is too heavy.
At the moment, this sika deer, which weighs as much as a person, is just the right size and weight to be handled by one person.
"Next, we hang it up, remove the skin, and then hollow out the internal organs. Although these things can be eaten, we have enough food, so this is obviously not necessary. Besides, it is too troublesome to handle the internal organs, and they smell strong. In the wilderness, I usually choose to give up."
The sika deer was hung up, and blood flowed from its head, merged with the wound on its abdomen, and dripped down its hooves bit by bit.
Bifang held a whaling harpoon in his hand, sharpened his knife, and started skinning the deer from its head. When the blood was about to appear, a large mass of mosaic was pasted on the audience's face.
【olst】
[To be honest, I am already 18 years old and want to watch the infantry (funny)]
[Mosaic is the stupidest invention in human history! ]
Among the comments that expressed hatred for their own mosaics, some people recalled the scene that happened during the hunt just now.
[I almost forgot why the sika deer didn’t see Lao Fang at that time]
At that time, the sika deer's eyes were almost directly on Bifang, but it didn't notice it. This is too unscientific.
It wasn’t like this before when we caught rabbits.
Bifang pulled the deer skin and explained with great effort: "It's very simple, because sika deer are, are color blind."
After tearing off the deerskin from one leg, Bifang took a breath. The rising temperature had increased his physical exertion.
Color blind?
The audience was stunned, obviously not expecting this answer.
"Many times, the tiger is right in front of the deer, but it can't see it. That's why."
Because of color blindness, in the eyes of the deer, there is no difference in color between the yellow tiger and the surrounding green leaves. The stripes also greatly confuse the deer's ability to distinguish, just like camouflage clothing.
"In fact, it's not just sika deer, most mammals are color blind."
"Cows, sheep, horses, dogs, cats, etc., cannot distinguish colors. What is reflected in their eyes are only three colors: black, white, and gray. Dogs cannot distinguish colors, so when they see the scenery, it is like looking at a black and white photo."
[Fuck, is this true? ]
【I have learned a lot. 】
Many viewers began to learn for the first time that their pets were actually color blind?
“Most mammals can’t see colors, so even without camouflage, you can get close enough to kill them as long as they can’t smell you.”
“Also, keep an eye out for birds, which can see colour and are often natural sentinels for wildlife.”
"This is largely due to evolutionary processes."
In the Mesozoic Era 200 million years ago, reptiles, such as dinosaurs, crocodiles, snakes, and lizards, dominated the Earth.
They are cold-blooded animals and have to hide and sleep at night when the temperature is low, so they are generally only active during the day.
Most mammals are viviparous, and it is very difficult to give birth to a baby. They cannot compete with reptiles in terms of numbers, and it is too dangerous to go out during the day. However, mammals are warm-blooded animals, and the low temperature at night has little effect on them, so they choose to be active at night, have some midnight snacks, and enjoy a nightlife.
It has become an unspoken rule that daytime is the world of reptiles and night is the world of mammals.
For nocturnal mammals, being able to distinguish the brightness of objects in the dark is far more important than seeing their color.
The subsequent developments are predictable.
During the long process of evolution, most mammals have lost the green and blue visual proteins and can only see a world that is approximately black, white and gray, but they can see prey in extremely weak light.
They are also more sensitive to moving objects and have a more developed sense of smell. Frequently processing a large number of olfactory signals also makes the brain nerves more developed. Coupled with some changes in teeth and bones, the brain capacity increases, forming a unique survival advantage for mammals.
Later, the dinosaurs became extinct, and daytime became the world of mammals.
But the fact that color blindness accounts for the majority has not changed.
[That's not right, then why aren't we color blind? ]
The audience was confused.
So why are humans so special?
"Because primates need to distinguish between green and ripe fruits when eating wild fruits. Ripe fruits are generally red or orange-yellow, contain more sugar, can provide more energy, and taste better."
"Being able to distinguish between red and green fruit was a huge survival advantage, and over the course of subsequent evolution, primates regained color vision."
"So, it's not just us humans, but chimpanzees, monkeys and baboons as well, that can see as many colors as we do."
The audience suddenly understood.
Awesome!
"So, the colorful world we see today is also thanks to human beings' foodie nature."
Bifang played a joke on the audience and turned their attention back to the big deer in front of them.
Because the artery was lacerated, more blood flowed down the deer's hoof to the ground, accumulating into a small pool of blood.
But except for Bifang who accidentally lowered his head, no one noticed the blood pool.
It is gradually beating.
