Chapter 584: Capture Alive
The situation in Taiji Town is a bit too complicated, and Bifang no longer cares about Bosen's specific situation. Compared to the Dolphin Bay documentary, which is already coming to an end and most of it has been completed.
At this time, Bifang wanted to complete another task assigned by the system - to capture an adult black bear alive.
How to capture an adult black bear alive?
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are obviously helpless when faced with this problem, but that one percent may have a solution.
Bifang stepped on the root of the tree, pulled up the bark in his hand and stretched it straight.
"In the process of surviving in the wilderness, the role of ropes is obvious. It can be used to make escape tools, hammocks, self-defense weapons, bamboo rafts, hunting, etc. It can be said that ropes are indispensable for survival in the wild."
“If you’re in the wilderness and you don’t have a rope, you should learn how to make one from suitable plants.”
"Some tree barks with high-quality fibers are the best choice for making ropes. In particular, willow bark contains very high-quality fibers. We usually use the bark of newly grown young willow trees."
"The inner bark of dead willow trees and branches is also a good choice, but if the willow has been dead for a long time, most of the bark may have rotted away, so you should test the strength of its fibers before using it."
Bifang straightened the bark in his hand and pulled it with all his strength. The bark held up very well and showed no signs of breaking.
"In addition to strength, we also need to consider whether the fibers are rough. We can tie two long fibers together by making an overhand knot. The force should be appropriate when pulling them to both sides. If the fibers suddenly break, it means that the fibers are too brittle and easy to break. If the two fibers separate, it means that the fibers themselves are too slippery. Suitable fibers will be twisted together."
I pulled it again and it was in line with expectations.
"It looks good." Bifang relaxed his strength and panted slightly. "If it is a living tree, the bark cannot be girdled, otherwise the tree will not be able to transport nutrients and will die. However, this is not a problem for dead trees."
Bifang climbed up the tree, broke off a few branches, and put them in front of the camera for the audience to see. He found that the buds had already shriveled and dried up. Bifang scratched the bark again, but found that there was no green or moisture inside.
"The buds are shriveled and the bark is no longer green. We can conclude with 80% certainty that it is dead. Now look at its roots..." Bifang took out a whale harpoon from his waist, inserted it into the soil, shook it left and right, dug out a piece of thick soil, and exposed the roots of the willow tree.
Still dry and without moisture.
"The roots are like this too. They are basically 100% dead."
"The death of willow trees is relatively rare. Although it seems to be a standard feature of the Jiangnan water villages, willow trees can even grow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and are very tenacious."
"This is because willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is the main ingredient of aspirin and is also a stimulating chemical weapon of the willow, which can be used to rob the willow of the water and fertility it needs. Therefore, under the same conditions, the willow is more vigorous than other plants."
[It seems that the wood struck by lightning is usually willow? 】
[Why did Lao Fang make so many ropes? Did he invent a new trick? ]
These days, Bifang's methods of hunting bears are varied, from head-on combat, to using poison, and then setting traps. Almost every method is different, which is eye-opening.
Seeing that Bifang made so many ropes this time, many viewers were looking forward to how he would hunt bears next.
Bifang smiled and said nothing.
In a hunt , Bifang trying to capture a black bear alive was a little too prominent.
The mission required finding an adult black bear, but did not specify the gender. In Bifang's opinion, it would be best to find a smaller female bear, between 1.1 and 1.2 meters in length.
A black bear of this length is even half a head shorter than Bifang when standing up. For him, the danger has been reduced to a minimum.
After that, making some rope snares to further restrict movement should be no problem, as long as you can tie off one of the limbs.
After making sure that the willow tree in front of him was almost dead, Bifang acted without mercy. He climbed up the willow tree, inserted a knife into the bark, scraped out a head, and then another strip down. The entire bark was peeled off vertically.
"In addition to willow bark, nettles, bamboo, palm trees, spruce roots, and rushes are all good materials for making ropes."
"Find some nettles that have grown for a long time and have long stems, soak them in water for a while, then spread them on a smooth stone slab and beat them with a smooth stone. The outer surface will be torn, and the fiber-rich inner part will be revealed. Then carefully comb it to remove the flesh, and hang it to dry before using it to make ropes."
"Roots that grow underground or even on the surface are usually soft and strong, and spruce roots are quite strong, and North American Indians often made canoes out of birch bark sewed together with ropes made from spruce roots."
"Today I will demonstrate the wraparound rope making method."
Bifang took out a handful of bark and rubbed it with stones, turning it into thin fiber bundles.
Then put some plant fibers together and rotate them in a clockwise direction.
"It doesn't matter which direction you spin it in, the main thing is to keep the direction of rotation consistent and when you need to add fiber, stagger the ends."
Bifang, who has already made three fibers, fixes them together and continues to rotate each fiber until it is tight enough.
Then a set of toggle pins, wooden pegs made from small branches, are tied to the end of each fiber to make rotation easier.
Put the three strands together and Bifang starts to rotate them in opposite directions. He continues to increase and rotate until he reaches the number of ropes he thinks he needs.
"When making it, you may feel caught in a dilemma and it is not easy to do. At this time, we can fix the completed part; the strands should be kept tight. You can wrap the completed part around the trunk, so that the rotating length will be shorter."
"Finally the end of the rope needs to be secured in some way to prevent it from unraveling. Then the rope is wrapped and tied to prevent fraying."
A hemp rope as thick as a finger was prepared. Although it does not seem very thick, its strength is actually quite amazing. At least two adults can definitely not pull it apart.
The weapon in Bifang's hand could even support a tug-of-war game among ten people, and was more than enough to restrain a black bear.
After tying the rope and putting it over his shoulders, Bifang began to look for a suitable location to set the trap.
Different from before.
When hunting, Bifang always looks for large targets as possible. The larger the bear, the more violent and domineering its personality is. However, this is different for smaller bears.
From this point of view , animals are no different from humans.
Those who are physically weak are usually introverted and have low self-esteem, while those who are physically strong are more confident. Without good guidance, such self-confidence may even turn into domineering behavior, which is particularly common in kindergartens and primary schools where the world outlook, values and values are immature.
When the little black bear sees people, it will run away.
