Chapter 793 A Real Man Should Be Like This
The topic of skin color served as a small episode, but it quickly livened up the atmosphere of the live broadcast room.
After a pause, Bifang brought the topic back on track.
"I think everyone should be aware of the content of this live broadcast, right?"
[I know, I know, Sahara Sahara!!]
【Desert of Death! 】
【The huge leprosy on the earth! 】
As a super desert with an area comparable to that of the entire China, the name of the Sahara is known to everyone.
It is like a huge and ugly scar, lying prominently on the African land, becoming a famous forbidden zone for life.
Some people say that only after experiencing the test of life and death in the Sahara Desert will you truly fall in love with the oasis and life.
Just from the little bit of information revealed in these words, we can get a glimpse of the cruelty and wildness of this world.
Challenging oneself and understanding the true meaning of life, this is what Bifang has been doing.
Everyone has been looking forward to this for a long time.
"Yes, I have already made everything very clear before crossing Point Nemo. This time, the live broadcast will include crossing Point Nemo and crossing the Sahara. The overall time limit is 120 days, so strictly speaking, we have only completed one-third of the live broadcast."
Bifang pointed to the desert and Gobi in front of him.
"As you can see, there is a desert in front of us. You are not wrong. Lao Mu and I are now at the northernmost tip of Burkina Faso, which is also the southernmost tip of the Sahara Desert."
"I divide the desert into two levels. The first level is similar to the Gobi Desert. Although the environment is harsh, people still live there. The ground is covered with shrubs and even grass. The second level is just as everyone imagines, with sand dunes everywhere. It is a real no-man's land."
"According to the data, the Sahara is actually a very large concept. It occupies almost the entire northern part of Africa. The entire Sahara Desert, but a large circle around it is the first-level desert. Only the center is the real no-man's land, which is the second-level desert."
"Our entry point this time is Burkina Faso. Soon after entering from here, we can directly enter the core area of the Sahara."
“The initial route plan is from Burkina Faso → Mali → Algeria → Niger → Chad → Libya → Egypt, crossing the entire Sahara core and, of course, the middle!”
The Sahara Desert is about 4,800 kilometers long from east to west and between 1,300 and 1,900 kilometers from north to south.
The so-called traveling through time is naturally from east to west, not from south to north. We don’t play those nonsense games, but aim to challenge the most ruthless ones.
Judging from the map, the route chosen by Bifang is roughly to enter from the lower left corner of the Sahara, then reach the center line, and then cross the entire east-west. The route is more than 5,000 kilometers long.
"But we only have 80 days left, and time is really tight, so my plan is to catch a camel before setting off."
[666, when Fang Shen takes action, it must be extraordinary! ]
[I remember Lao Fang said before that camels are rare and are protected animals. Can we just catch them? ]
[It’s so cool. I just watched Nemo Point and now I’m going to watch Sahara. Is this happiness? 】
"This involves a conceptual issue. Mu Jialun asked me the same question, so I think it is necessary to do some simple popular science."
"Wild camels, feral camels, and domestic camels are actually three different things. The first kind is a protected animal and its number is indeed rare, but the latter two are not..."
As Bifang explained, the audience in front of the screen gradually had a clear concept.
If there were no reproductive isolation, wild camels and domestic camels could even be said to be two species.
Because the genetic difference between the two is as high as 3%, which is 0.5% to 1.4% higher than the genetic difference between humans and gorillas!
Domestic camels do become wild after escaping, but they cannot be said to be wild camels. The two had already differentiated into two different species as early as 800,000 years ago.
However, the so-called greater genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees can only indicate that the two have been separated for a long time, but it cannot be concluded that the relationship between it and domestic camels is more distant than that between humans and chimpanzees, because the statistical caliber is different.
There is reproductive isolation between humans and chimpanzees, but there are no barriers or isolation between domestic camels and wild camels.
In areas where wild camels are distributed, domestic camels are not allowed to be raised in order to prevent domestic camels from bringing genetic pollution to wild camel populations.
Wild camels are rare and protected, and Bifang has no idea about this.
But Bifang not only has wild domestic camels, but also has many ideas!
Compared with wild camels, wild domestic camels are undoubtedly much easier to tame and are more common in the Sahara Desert. They are not rare creatures at all and their number may even reach hundreds of thousands.
Those domestic camels that were separated from their environment reproduced in the desert from generation to generation. Although they were extremely wild, deep in their genes there was still something completely different from that of wild camels.
Camels actually have very few natural enemies. They have extremely high fighting power and can reproduce rapidly once they are in a suitable environment.
Just look at Australia, where millions of feral camels are a disaster.
Originally, Bifang actually had no idea of catching a wild camel, but wanted to buy one directly, or choose the life-saving camel named Naren that he met in the Qaidam Desert. That was a rare and good camel that could come back to see him even after being strangled.
Camels that have been domesticated or even personally encountered are undoubtedly the best choice, as they can reduce many accidents and shorten the running-in period.
But Bifang changed his mind and felt that doing so would be too boring.
Anyone can buy a camel by paying some money, but how can one then have the nerve to say that one crossed the Sahara on one's own?
If you are going to do something, you have to do it thoroughly and accomplish it all with your own abilities.
Since its debut, Bifang has never used such a large amount of external assistance, and this time is no exception.
Compared to the many struggles that Bifang had in his heart, the audience was not surprised by Bifang's choice. On the contrary, they felt that it was very Bifang.
That's what a real man should be like.
Mugalen, the porter, came out to join in the fun and then quickly left. Bifang wandered alone in this semi-desert area with a backpack on his back.
"Camels are called ships of the desert because they are hardworking and have a lot of fat stored in their humps, which can be broken down into water and energy, allowing them to go without water or food for a long time. But this does not mean that they do not need water or food."
"Wild camels are also afraid of humans, so semi-desert areas with few people but large areas of plants are their favorites. We should be able to meet them soon if we look for them here."
