Chapter 803 Successful Riding
Plans can never keep up with changes.
Bifang had planned to be ready on June 1st, but he underestimated the time required to train a camel. Although he had plenty of patience for the task, he was a little short of time.
Fortunately, the training results were very impressive, and this performance made Bifang decide to persevere and wait for two more days.
If you can get a camel, you can shorten the time of crossing to about two months, which is still plenty of time.
When No. 1 arrived, the camel's training to lie down had just been completed. By the evening, after nearly three days of training, Bifang was able to make the camel obey his instructions, lie down, walk, and have a certain degree of physical contact without being blindfolded.
At least when eating, if Bifang reached out to touch the camel, it would not cause any resistance, nor would it suddenly kick him.
The price of doing this is that Bifang needs to spend an hour every day looking for enough food to feed the camel. If it weren't for a wild melon field nearby, it would be quite difficult.
“It’s time to test the results.”
Bifang took a deep breath and stared at the camel standing still in front of him with a serious expression.
In addition to the leashed training , another important achievement of these three days is that the camels have developed the habit of not resisting or running away as long as the rope is tied to the wooden stake.
"Once you have done enough traction and hanging training, you can start trying to ride. This is the most critical and dangerous step."
"Because you don't know how the camel will react. It may become a crazy horse, or it may become an excellent mount. It's all possible."
Hearing this, the audience, who had originally thought that the camel training was quite effective, couldn't help but become nervous again.
Bifang reached out and stroked the camel's flank. On the first day he did this, he needed to keep his eyes fixed on the camel's limbs, but now that was no longer necessary.
As much physical contact as possible can help animals get used to the behavior and not be put off by it.
If the technique is advanced enough, animals can even come to like this behavior.
"Anyway, considering I fed it so much food, I hope it will show some mercy and not kick me."
[Camel: I’m tired of eating all the delicious food, let’s try something new. ]
[To be honest, I got nervous too]
[Honestly, I can’t imagine a camel turning into a crazy horse]
[Western Camel makes a brilliant appearance. Let's see how many seconds this contestant can last.]
Bifang pressed down with one hand, and the camel knelt down on the ground obediently.
Such a scene has happened many times, and it has given everyone more confidence.
"The first step in riding is to let the camel lie down, then gently press the reins from the inside, and then slowly loosen the reins to let the camel stand up."
"If you don't train them this way from the beginning, the camels will develop the habit of jumping up and falling from a height of two meters. Although most of the time it's not fatal, it's still easy to get injured. The camels may also be frightened and step on you, and you're done for."
[To be honest, you can ride a Bactrian camel in the middle of its hump, but how do you ride a dromedary? The front seems too far forward, and the back seems easy to fall off.]
[Indeed, I have never ridden one , but it feels strange just thinking about it. Would it be uncomfortable to ride on a camel's hump?]
"Actually, the front, the back, or even right on top of the hump is fine."
"The hump of a camel is essentially a piece of fat, just like our buttocks, it is very resistant and you won't feel any pain when you sit on it. In addition, a dromedary camel has a strong bearing capacity. A single camel can carry more than 150 kilograms, and can easily carry two adults."
Bifang stared at the camel's back and after a few brief explanations, he gently pulled the reins and pressed them down, pressing down the camel's head, and then stepped onto the side of the camel's saddle with a little nervousness.
Although today is the first day of riding training, we are not without preparation.
After the two sides became more familiar with each other, Bifang began to put a long towel on the camel's back, and then slowly increased the weight, and finally used the camel saddle he made himself, so that the camel could gradually get used to the feeling of having a foreign object or even a heavy object on its back.
When Bifang stepped on the wooden stirrup, the camel snorted, scaring everyone in front of the screen, but then the camel stopped moving.
Bifang was not a person who liked to waste time. Since he had made sufficient mental preparations, he decided to be direct and stepped on the stirrups to climb onto the camel's back.
This time the camel moved unusually. It tried to lift its front legs to support its body, but Bifang immediately grabbed the reins and pressed down hard, suppressing the camel's attempt to get up. With just a few movements, the camel lay down again.
But the constant snorting undoubtedly proved the camel's inner uneasiness at the moment. Bifang was not impatient and did not rush to act. Instead, he patiently lifted the camel's neck and kept it calm.
This trick was very effective, and after about a quarter of an hour, the camel calmed down again.
【A bit exciting】
[Damn, this is the first time I see someone taming a wild animal, and it’s a camel]
[I really began to wonder if there were any skills that Fang Shen didn’t have]
[The main reason is that the speed is too fast, and the effect can be seen in three days]
"Wild camels and domestic camels are like wolves and dogs. Theoretically, dromedary camels are extinct, but you can still see many dromedary camel groups in the Sahara. They are like wild dogs and have the basis for being domesticated again."
"For animals like cows, sheep, horses, and pigs that were domesticated very early on, it's not too difficult to tame them. If it takes a lot of time, how did the first person who tried it know that they could be tamed?"
"It's more of a matter of chance, plus the low cost of taming. Through repeated trial and error, humans have discovered these animals with relatively docile personalities."
Bifang shook his body, pulled the reins, and stopped pressing on the camel's head, but tried to make it stand.
"Ouch."
When a giant beast over two meters tall stood up and its sight suddenly raised, even a calm creature like Bifang couldn't help but roar.
Not fear, but excitement.
At a height of over two meters, I could feel the breathing of the remaining giant beast and was rocking gently. The feeling of floating and rocking was something that was hard to imagine unless I experienced it myself.
【Invincible!!!】
[Prince Mu gave the anchor a yacht *666—Can even a demon keep this thing? 】
[Soul torture]
[It depends on whether the house is big enough]
[Even if it’s not enough, you can put it in the club! ]
[Goudan has a new companion! ! ]
[Ace Special Forces presents the anchor with a spaceship*1. 】
Bifang calmed down his excitement and continued, "After standing up, follow the direction it wants to go, control the nose to move left or right, don't push it too much, and don't hit the head. In short, everything is based on stability and adaptation."
"If you can let it follow behind the camel rider and gently pull the reins, it will be easiest to tame. Having a 'role model' can help the camel understand its situation and the meaning of its behavior."
"If you see other animals preparing to lie down, you should quickly hit them and run to the side. If you let them lie down and then get down to lead them, they will not want to move when they see the herd in the future."
Bifang did not control the direction, but let the camel walk freely as he said.
Wander freely on the bare ground.
