Chapter 807 Golden Scorpion
In the desert, Bifang used a flat stone to shovel the sand and dug a tunnel for himself manually according to the standard of one person's width as a shelter for the night.
"Build a shelter that is out of the sun so you can rest, but also out of the wind and the cold nights."
" To conserve energy and fluids, it's best to build your shelter during the cooler nights. Surround it with rocks to protect it from the wind and sand, or you can use the walls of a dry riverbed, but be careful of riverbeds that are likely to have heavy rains or frequent intermittent flooding."
"If you use fabric to build a tent, keep the bottom edge loose and rolled up during the day to increase air flow, and hold it down with rocks at night. Don't lie directly on the hot ground. The bed must be elevated so that air can circulate underneath you."
"If you are a lost traveler, do not stay in a metal vehicle or aircraft, where the temperature will quickly rise to unbearable levels under the blazing sun."
"But they are great materials, and you can use them to support shelters, build shelters in the shadow of a wing, or dig a big hole under a car, taking advantage of the shade of rocky protrusions and dry river beds, and use a hollow double layer method to insulate and cool."
[If you sit in a car exposed to the sun, your butt will get burned]
[That’s right]
[The surface temperature of the Sahara must be around 60 or 70, right? ]
[Fried eggs are definitely okay]
Bifang threw a cloud of fine sand out of the pit, took a breath of hot air, and stacked the stones neatly at the bottom.
Sand is naturally easy to dig, but using it as a shelter also has the problem of collapse and sand sliding, so it must be supported by strong beams.
"It can be wood or stone, as long as the structure is strong."
"But when you are moving the stones, don't just reach out with your hands. Use a long stick to hit them first, then lift them up to avoid any small animals hiding under the stones."
"Many animals that live in the sand hide under the surface during the day , where it's cool during the day and warm at night, so when you're digging you have to be careful of scorpions or something crawling onto your hands."
"The more extreme the environment, the more aggressive the creatures living there are, because they must seek opportunities to kill with one strike, otherwise they are likely to die because they cannot catch their prey."
“You can’t tunnel in sand, you have to have support material, and hey, wait… we got lucky.”
Bifang, who was working hard to build his own nest for the night, stopped and used a stick to lift the stones, exposing the shadow underneath to the last rays of the setting sun.
What happened?
[What what what, what is it?]
[I bet fifty cents that there is a shoe under the stone! ]
The sand was dark red, perhaps due to the effect of light and shadow, or perhaps the other party was hiding too well. Many people couldn't see anything at first glance.
Bifang knelt on the ground, supporting himself with his elbows, and shortened the distance infinitely.
At this moment, the audience finally saw everything clearly, and they were immediately horrified. It was because there was a huge golden scorpion less than 30 centimeters in front of Bifang!
Normally, scorpions are only one to two centimeters long, but the one in front of us is actually the size of half a palm!
Even the color is very similar to the surrounding sand, almost exactly the same. If Bifang hadn't pointed it out specifically, many people wouldn't even be able to notice it.
"We were lucky enough to find the Israeli golden scorpion, a type of scorpion that is translucent and yellow in appearance and is one of the most venomous animals in the Sahara Desert and the entire world."
"Although they look short and fragile, they are very dangerous. Their venom is a mixture of multiple neurotoxins. Although the amount of venom is usually not enough to kill an adult, it is absolutely fatal to children and the elderly."
"But what's interesting is that this guy's venom is very valuable. One gallon, which is about four liters, is worth about 40 million Ugly Gold, or nearly 300 million Chinese Yuan, because it contains scorpion chlorotoxin, an ingredient that can help develop new drugs and help treat cancer cells in the brain and spine."
【？ ？ ？】
[Fuck, so expensive? ]
[Isn’t this price a bit outrageous? ]
[Is it too late to raise one now? ]
[You're overthinking it. If it's really that easy, why haven't I heard of anyone getting rich from this? ]
"Indeed, one gallon, four liters. First of all, the process of obtaining venom is not easy, and each golden scorpion can only provide a maximum of two milligrams at a time. That means you need to squeeze the venom at least 2.64 million times to collect one gallon of venom."
【That's fine】
[Just work honestly]
Bifang looked at the golden scorpion carefully and gestured with his fingers.
"Male golden scorpions are usually seven to eight centimeters long, while females are a bit larger, about eight to ten centimeters long. The one in front of us should be a female, and it is very large."
Bifang pulled out a dagger, flipped the scorpion over and held it down, then glanced at its abdomen and confirmed his judgment.
"There is a pair of feather-like segmented organs on the abdomen of scorpions. Male scorpions have more of them, while female scorpions have fewer. We can identify the gender of a scorpion by looking at the number of teeth on the segmented plates on its abdomen."
"In addition, there is the ratio of the width of the trunk to the width of the tail segment. Male scorpions have a width of less than 2, while female scorpions have a width of more than 2. The length of the pedipalps is short in male scorpions and has denticles; female scorpions have long pedicles and no denticles . Finally, the hardness of the reproductive cover is hard in male scorpions and soft in female scorpions."
[Useless knowledge increased]
[I bet fifty cents that this will be Fang Shen's dinner today.]
[I bet this thing is a protected animal, Lao Fang will let it go]
[I'll add a bag of spicy strips and join the bet! ]
【Stay away from gambling and drugs, cherish life】
"Hahaha, someone is right. It is indeed going to be my dinner. This guy is widely distributed. You can tell from the name. It is obviously the Israeli golden scorpion, an Asian name, but it is everywhere in Africa."
"However, its movements are very fast and aggressive, so if you are not familiar with its attack methods and behaviors, I suggest you prepare a longer iron clamp to subdue it for safety reasons."
"After all, even if you are a healthy adult male, you are unlikely to die from a bite, but given the Sahara environment, the chances of dying are 100 percent ."
Under the silver dagger, the golden scorpion struggled continuously, its pair of golden pincers clamped the blade, and its long tail pierced through the air at an extremely fast speed, but it was all in vain.
"Scorpion venom is a protein, and it only needs high temperature to denature and become inactive, so if we roast it over fire, it will definitely be a delicacy."
"Although golden scorpions dig holes and live alone, they often gather in one area and dig their own holes. We can look for them again. Maybe we can find some more."
As the sky gradually darkened, Bifang started to dig for today's dinner.
