Chapter 663 Catching the Puffin
Most people simply assume that Greenland has a polar ice sheet climate, but in fact, the area around Godthab in the southern part of the island has a polar tundra climate, and only the uninhabited area in the north has a polar ice sheet climate.
The tundra climate is mainly distributed on the northern edges of the North American continent and the Eurasian continent, part of the coast of Greenland and several islands in the Arctic Ocean.
The ice sheet climate is distributed in the polar regions and their surrounding areas, including Greenland, several islands in the Arctic Ocean and the ice sheet plateau on the Antarctic continent.
This is the birthplace of the Arctic Ocean air mass and the Antarctic air mass. It is in a state of eternal night throughout the winter. Although it is eternal daylight during the summer half of the year, the sunlight is oblique and the heat obtained is weak. Therefore, the climate is extremely cold throughout the year, and the temperature in each month is below 0℃.
Most Inuit people basically live in a tundra climate. Starting in spring, the snow on the ground will gradually melt, revealing green lichens or mosses, and the rivers will not remain frozen all the time, there will be at least a window period of time.
But the place where Bifang was at this time was an ice field climate, which was even worse than the tundra.
Otherwise, even lichens and mosses would not be so scarce that it would take half a day to look for them. If you come across something inedible, you will easily lose your temper.
This is the reason why I have never met any Inuit people even after traveling such a long distance to get here.
But life is tenacious, and plants can be found even on ice fields.
Especially by the river.
Wherever there is liquid water, it is possible to find forests nearby.
Conifers, birch and willow forests, these hardy plants and trees can tolerate amazing cold.
Bifang used a homemade small shovel to dig through the snow, and occasionally found leaves, twigs and remaining plants, proving that there was indeed a plant area nearby.
The forest means a more advanced ecological chain, and it is possible to produce large quantities of goods, such as Arctic musk oxen, reindeer, etc. After the snowstorm comes, many animals will also hide in the woods. These two days are definitely a good time to catch them.
Perhaps the traditional Inuit food that Bifang had mentioned yesterday worked, for Bifang actually found some small black animals while walking along the river bank.
Even though the reflected light from the snowfield was so strong that it was impossible to open one's eyes, Bifang still spotted them from a hundred meters away, a small group of puffins.
[Puffin? Where? ]
【Didn’t they say it was extinct? 】
[I realized I didn’t listen carefully yesterday. It was the great auk that became extinct, not the puffins.]
[Isn't the Great Auk a Puffin? 】
[The Great Auk is a Puffin, but the Puffin is not a Great Auk! ]
【……】
A group of netizens started arguing inexplicably in the live broadcast room, and seemed to be starting a long-standing debate over the classification of puffins.
From Bifang's perspective, the audience cannot find the puffins at all, even though their colors are very different from the snowfield. After all, these guys are still birds, and they are not large carnivores like geese and falcons, and their bodies are not very large.
Even the extinct great auk, the largest of all auks, had an average body length of only 75 to 80 centimeters and weighed 5 kilograms. The common auk is less than half the size of the great auk.
Moreover, the audience does not have as strong eyesight as Bifang, who is a man who can see the craters on the moon with his naked eyes.
Fortunately, there was not only one drone. A smaller drone approached quietly, and finally allowed everyone to see the appearance of the puffin clearly.
This, isn't this a penguin?
Guoba, the first class representative in Bifang's live broadcast room, opened his eyes wide and was surprised to see the puffin on the screen.
Not only the class representative, many people think so. This is exactly what a penguin looks like, right?
The sides of the head, chin, throat and wings are dark brown, while the abdomen is pure white. The body proportions are a bit strange. The neck looks protruding and longer, and the belly is not that big compared to that of a penguin.
But compared to the birds we normally see, it is indeed fatter and seems not very good at flying.
"It must be fat, otherwise the Inuit wouldn't consider it a delicacy. Animals that can survive in the Arctic are basically fat." Bifang chuckled.
In the Arctic, the fatter the animals are, the better food they are.
"But you're wrong if you say it can't fly. Puffins can not only fly, but they're also all-around athletes."
God is very fair to animals in nature and will always give you a skill that is enough to make a living.
For example, birds are good at flying, fish are good at swimming, cheetahs have super fast running speed, and pandas are born to be cute...
However, not all animals are satisfied with having one skill . Some animals in nature have multiple skills. For example, the puffins are a special species of birds.
Bifang lay on the ground and slowly approached. Since the distance was still far, he also explained: "According to biological classification, puffins belong to the class Aves and the order Gulliformes. They are special birds because they can not only fly, but also have strong swimming and diving abilities."
"They can dive into the sea water to catch small fish like penguins, and they almost never miss their prey when they dive and attack. When they are on land, sea sparrows are not like many other birds that can only run and jump. They can also walk with long steps, and this strange bird loves to walk like a king, which looks a bit funny."
"So their body size is between penguins and normal birds, and they have the best of both worlds. They can be said to be 'penguins' on the Arctic ice sheet."
As he was speaking, the drone had already captured the puffin walking.
The puffin, which looks like a penguin, spread its wings, then folded them high, as if it had its hands in its pockets, and walked in big strides on the snow. It was completely different from the jumping of normal birds and was quite interesting.
Puffins are born optimists in temperament. They are animals that love to party, and large groups of puffins often gather together to play and rest.
And the places where they gather are also irregular. Sometimes they gather on the coast, and sometimes they drift in groups on the sea or in the snow.
This is also the reason why Bifang can meet them here.
However, due to the lack of materials, Bifang did not have any net cage or other ropes to catch birds at that time.
I could only tie the shovel to a tree stick and use it as a sharp weapon, hoping that I would be lucky enough to knock one out. Of course, it would be best if I could send more.
At this time, Bifang had already moved within ten meters, but the seagull was still unaware.
In terms of intuitive survival skills, puffins are relatively excellent. They can fly, swim, dive, fish, and even take the King Step.
Therefore, there are not many animals in the Arctic that can threaten puffins, and they are not very vigilant at all, which gives Bifang an opportunity to take advantage.
Thinking of this, Bifang suddenly rushed out!
