Chapter 798 Eat and Drink
The situation is better than Bifang imagined.
The hoof tracks on the ground were clearly visible, but became messy on a slope about a kilometer away, and then staggered and split into two paths on the left and right.
This inconspicuous little earth slope split the camel caravan like a sharp blade, serving as a diversion.
It’s not that the adult camels are not afraid of wolves, but they have to unite to protect the young camels. Now that they are no longer restrained and are frightened by the wolves, they are also in a panic and have no idea what to do.
It is true that herbivores' fear of carnivores is ingrained in their genes; without a reason, there is no way they would be able to directly resist.
Now no matter which side he chooses, it means that Bifang only needs to deal with a single, exhausted camel.
The success rate is greatly increased and the risk is greatly reduced.
Bifang looked at the hoof prints for a while, then opened his hands to measure the size, and finally chased after the one with the larger hoof prints.
"Male camels are more robust than female camels, with more developed bones and larger hoof prints. Although female camels are more docile, their endurance and strength are not as good as those of male camels, and their physique is not as rough and strong as that of male camels. Therefore, if you go out for tourism, you rarely see female camels with camel drivers."
"Add to that the long gestation period of camels, between 12 and 14 months, during which time their endurance and strength are reduced, making them even less popular."
"So we have a choice. I also prefer the bigger bull camel. We have to follow this bigger trail."
[I feel like male camels are very fierce]
[Send, my evaluation is that it is not as good as Naren]
[Amazing camel, right?]
"Don't worry. Male camels are no different from female camels in normal times. It's just that during the breeding season, they become ferocious due to the influence of sex hormones."
"Camels in tropical areas are green all year round, but the peak season is concentrated in the first four months of the year."
"Our crossing lasted from the end of May to August. Although this is the hottest time in the Sahara, it also avoids the male camels' greening period, and is the best time for them to recover their energy and physical strength."
Bifang stepped on the huge footprints left by the camel and chased as he spoke.
The temperature around was still rising until two o'clock in the afternoon. Bifang looked up at the bright yellow sun, pursed his lips, and as expected, his white skin wrinkled.
"Phew, the solar radiation is strongest at 12 noon, but the hottest time of the day is actually between 2 and 3 p.m."
"This is because the heat source near the ground mainly comes from ground radiation, and the ground radiation heat comes from solar radiation. The heat conversion during this period takes about 2 hours."
"Let's find a place to rest first."
Hot weather makes one tired easily, and Bifang's strength was almost exhausted . He had to find a cool place to rest and catch his breath, feeling a little out of breath.
"It can really run. I've been chasing it for nearly an hour."
[This is what happens when courage is exhausted]
[Mom, there are heat waves everywhere. This is so clear. What is the temperature now?]
[I can't stand the heat, I feel like I'm melting]
[It’s hot. It’s too hot.]
"It's about 42 degrees. I feel like a dehydrated gecko."
I don't know if it was to verify the correctness of his words, but Bifang, who was sitting on the stone, put his backpack on the ground. The sand around it moved slightly, revealing a shriveled little tail. When he pulled it out, he found that it was really a little gecko that had been dehydrated by the sun.
I twisted it with my fingers and it broke into pieces, like completely dehydrated leaves in winter.
Judging from the direction, it seemed that it was trying to hide under the rocks, but in the end it was just one step short and fell completely on the sand, and was eventually roasted into a dried gecko.
[666, is this what it means to follow one’s words?]
[Brother Fang, I don’t want to learn wilderness survival anymore, I want to learn this]
【Best Performance】
"You want to learn and I want to teach."
Bifang opened the kettle and drank some water, waiting for the most manic period in the Sahara Desert to pass.
After about half an hour, the scorching heat in the air subsided a little, and Bifang put on his backpack and continued on his way.
This time it went much more smoothly. Bifang even doubted whether he had walked ten kilometers before he saw the male camel that was panicking and at a loss as to where to go.
Thinking about it this way, the distance between the two sides was not too far at the beginning. If they didn't rest, they might have met each other in a quarter of an hour.
"It looks like it also knows that the afternoon sun is hard to endure."
Bifang approached cautiously, then pulled out a bunch of grass leaves with many scaly flowers on them from his backpack. He grabbed them with both hands, twisted them tightly, and crushed them. Then he grabbed the broken leaves and smeared the juice on his face to cover up the smell.
"The camel's sense of smell is very sensitive, so we have to use some means to cover up our own smell, such as charcoal fire, plant juice, or mud."
"However, the plants in the Sahara Desert are very poor, and most of them are xerophytes and short-lived plants. Except in oases, trees and shrubs are extremely rare ."
"Fortunately, there are many plants on the southern edge of the desert, including shrubs and hard grasses, with Tripterygium wilfordii being the most common. We saw them the most along the way."
"But one thing we need to note is that three-eared grass is a favorite forage in camels' diet. If the taste is too strong, it will attract their attention."
【Camel: I smell dinner.】
I smell food.
[Thanks to Lao Tie for the dinner (biting Lao Fang’s head)]
"These are willow shrubs in my hands. They are small shrubs native to the Sahara Desert. Their leaves and flowers are dry and scaly, but if you squeeze them, they still have some moisture. We can apply them on our bodies."
After judging the wind direction and covering up the smell, and completing these basic hunting preparations, Bifang crouched down and slowly approached the camel.
I don’t know if it was because his stomach was empty after launching a biological weapon, but this huge male camel was eating three-awn grass under the sun.
If everyone had not witnessed the wolf hunting at noon, no one would have guessed that it had just experienced the separation of its family.
“There is killing in nature all the time, and perhaps there is more killing than we think we have experienced.”
"High emotions consume a lot of energy. In the face of survival, everything is insignificant and emotions are unnecessary."
Bifang explained in a low voice, and when he got within a hundred meters, he changed from crouching to crawling, quietly approaching on the hot ground.
"I felt like I was lying on a teppanyaki grill, sizzling with oil, it was so hot, the surface temperature was definitely over 50 degrees."
Bifang grinned, but this was the last of his complaints.
The camel was right in front of him, and he said no more after saying this.
The entire live broadcast room became quiet, without even the sound of the wind, leaving only the eerie muffled sound of the sun baking the earth.
