Chapter 795 Siege
Carnivores have smaller incisors and stronger canines, which are suitable for biting and tearing animals apart. Molars have sharp tooth tips, and the last premolar on the upper jaw and the odontochelys on the lower jaw intersect like scissors, forming carnassial teeth, which are suitable for biting off the bones, cartilage and tendons of animals.
The teeth of herbivores are not as sharp as those of carnivores. The incisors are wide and large, and some animals do not have incisors, but the gums of the incisor area are hard and replace the incisor function. The molars are wide and have uneven tooth surfaces. These features are used to cut and grind the stems and leaves of plants.
"To put it simply, the front half of the teeth of herbivorous animals are like door panels, neat but sharp. The marks left after biting the grass are neat and tidy, like being cut by a razor."
"You may have seen some horses or donkeys on the Internet with their mouths wide open and teeth like humans showing, which looks silly. That is not photoshop, it is real."
"But camels are different." Bifang pointed at the bush in front of him. It was obvious that the bite marks on it were not caused by a razor as he had just said. Instead, they were uneven.
"The camel's incisors are all tusks, both on the upper and lower parts, and the first premolars in the lower jaw are also canine-shaped, which is an extremely special exception among ruminants."
People generally believe that only carnivores have canine teeth, which is actually an illusion. This illusion comes from the fact that human canine teeth are highly degenerate and almost invisible.
So we would take it for granted that as long as an animal is not a carnivore, its canine teeth will degenerate.
In fact, although there are few herbivores with canine teeth, they do exist.
They have six pairs of teeth in both the upper and lower parts, including the first premolars. There are no normal incisors at all. Camels are the only ones that have this feature.
Some people even process camel teeth, grind the boundary between the crown and the root, and imitate tiger teeth to sell.
Because of this, the grass that camels chew is quite "sparse".
"It was a good start. I gained something within half an hour of coming on the field."
Bifang stood up, brushed off the sand on his shoulders, and walked away.
Of all the herbivores domesticated by humans, camels are probably the most violent and feared.
The canine teeth of a camel are comparable to those of a leopard and even larger than those of a spotted hyena. They can easily penetrate the chest and abdominal walls of the human body and damage internal organs or bones.
All they have to do is bite the person's neck hard, dig their four large canine teeth into the flesh, and then use their eight conical incisors to shake the person's head a few times, and the person's head will be pulled off.
"In 2016, such a case occurred in the town of Palodi in Rajasthan, north of Yingdu."
"The temperature there was over 50 degrees, and the camel owner tied the camel outdoors without any shade or water to visit a friend's home."
"When the camel's owner came back from a visit and tried to untie the camel's reins, the camel suddenly became furious, bit the owner's neck, shook it hard, and finally tore off the owner's head."
"In 2017, a 26-year-old man in the UAE was bitten on the waist by a camel while feeding it, causing intestinal perforation and lumbar comminuted fracture."
"Even this year, a camel in the zoo attacked humans because it was dissatisfied with drinking sewage for a long time. According to witnesses, the attacking camel cornered the two victims, bit them with its mouth, kicked them, and leaned over them and kneeled on them, crushing their ribs with its knees."
[Outrageous]
[I went to Mongolia last year and rode camels. I thought they were cute (covering my face)]
[Indeed, I have ridden one before, but I never thought it would be so brutal]
"Theoretically, among domesticated animals, the more intelligent they are, the less harm they are to humans."
[Why does my cat scratch me every day]
Is it possible that cats are not completely domesticated?
【Ah this】
"Among livestock raised by humans, pigs and cows have relatively high IQs, so they rarely attack humans."
"On the contrary, sheep have lower IQs and are more likely to attack humans. However, due to their small size, many injuries are not taken seriously."
"The most troublesome thing about many herbivore attacks on humans is that they normally appear to be docile and harmless, but the harm suddenly occurs."
"These animals with low IQs are very dangerous because their behavior logic is hard to understand. But camels are actually very intelligent. Their danger comes from another trait: they hold grudges."
[Damn, another eye-opening day]
[Is this because I have a good memory?]
[Camel Diary: On June 13th, my master slapped me, and my anger gauge permanently increased by one]
[What about Fang Shen's naked choke? (scratching my head)]
[Camels are different from camels (dog head)]
[ There are so many gnawed bushes here, are they very close?]
Bifang looked at the marks on the ground, twisted them and found that it was indeed the case. The broken ends of the plants that had just been bitten were completely different from those that had been bitten for half a day or even more than a day. There were differences in freshness and withering.
Some of the broken branches here even had green juice oozing out, and it was obvious that they had been visited by herbivorous creatures within half an hour.
The wind and sand were quite strong today, so there were not many footprints on the ground. After running for another quarter of an hour, Bifang finally found the continuous clues.
"The footprints are very complicated. It looks like there are more than one head. There should be three heads, and maybe a baby camel."
Bifang looked at the footprints on the ground and compared them carefully.
"Camels generally live in groups. In the summer, they live in scattered families. In the fall, they start to form groups of five, six, or 20, and sometimes even more than a hundred."
"When walking in the desert, adult camels walk in front and behind, and young camels line up in the middle, often foraging for food and water along several fixed routes, which are called 'camel trails'."
"It's summer now, so if there are three camels, it should be a normal family model, two big camels and one small camel."
Bifang flexed his fingers and pulled out the rope from his backpack.
Although the opponent had three camels, he did not feel that he was invincible. This was because he was familiar with the habits of camels and was mentally prepared.
Camels are much larger than humans, but in a melee, their small size can actually be an advantage as long as they can get close.
Bifang followed the marks on the ground and finally saw three dromedaries in sight. Although the terrain was clearly visible, it was not suitable for capture.
【Do one thing at a time】
[I don’t have the conditions, brother. I can’t teleport.]
[What should I do? If one of them can sneak up on me, then the three of them will have no blind spots, right?]
[Indeed, this place is too peaceful]
"Don't be in a hurry. Just because we have found it doesn't mean we have to act right away. It's only noon now, so we have plenty of time. The sun is very strong today, so the camels will definitely find a place to rest. That's when we'll have our chance."
Bifang was just thinking about getting closer, but before he had gone far, he discovered that the three camels seemed to be in a state of some abnormality. The little camel among them seemed quite frightened, and raised its front hoof from time to time.
Bifang narrowed his eyes when he noticed this, and then he realized that under the huge camel, dozens of gray-brown wolves had already surrounded it, and the two sides were in a tense confrontation.
Because the wolves' fur color was too similar to the sand, and their bodies were smaller than camels, they looked the same as the land from a distance. Bifang, whose attention was attracted by the camels, was unable to notice them in the first place!
