Chapter 860 Waiting for the Rabbit
The extinguished bonfire was emitting blue smoke.
On a dead tree nearby, the baboon had its hands and feet bound and tied to the bark, its whole body curled up into a ball, squeezed between two thick tree roots exposed on the ground, breathing low and slow sounds.
On the other side, the cheetah leaning against the rock was also snoring softly.
Bifang woke up from his sleep and first checked the surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger and no traces of other animals, he got up and prepared for today's activities.
He first collected some black-gray charcoal ash, then found a tree nearby that was still quite vigorous, climbed up, and took some branches.
Bifang pushed aside the wood that was wrapped around the branches, crushed one end, and then rubbed it on a stone. After the broken end was ground into dense fibers, he smeared some charcoal ash on this end and started brushing his teeth using it as a toothbrush.
There is a slight burning sensation in the mouth, but fortunately it is not strong.
The normal operation should be to add charcoal ash into water to make charcoal ash water, and then use it as toothpaste to brush your teeth, otherwise it will easily irritate the oral cavity.
If conditions are good, you can also add some aromatic plants to kill bacteria. Unfortunately, there is not even drinking water now, let alone making toothpaste.
After a simple wash and spitting out the charcoal ash in his mouth, Bifang put on his backpack and woke up the sleeping Harley.
Finally, turn on the live broadcast.
[Although the National Day is over and I have to go back to work, I still choose to slack off and watch the live broadcast (dog head)]
[It makes sense. Work is about labor in exchange for compensation. Slacking off is the real way to make money.]
【Making a lot of money from the boss】
[Should we find a water source today?]
The baboon beside the tree was also awakened by the noise of Bifang and continued to howl. After howling for a while and realizing that no one was paying attention to it, it gradually calmed down.
At this time, Bifang came to it and checked the baboon's condition.
【A kind smile】
[Give me some salt, salt]
【Subway, old people, mobile phone face】
"Drinking water is an innate behavior that is caused by two different types of thirst. One is osmotic thirst caused by increased blood osmotic pressure, which drives animals to drink pure water."
"The other is hypovolemic thirst caused by fluid loss, where the animal seeks both water and minerals, usually salt, to restore blood volume."
"Although the causes are different, both conditions have some external manifestations, such as loose skin, which is basically universal in mammals."
Bifang picked up the baboon and prevented it from tilting its head to avoid biting itself.
Then he reached out and pinched the back of its neck.
"If you have a dog or cat at home, you can try pinching the back of their neck. If they are well hydrated like humans, their skin will be firmer and more elastic."
"But if it is in a state of lack of water, if you pinch the back of its neck, it will feel very loose."
"The second is pacing back and forth. When an animal feels thirsty and can't find water to drink, it will become restless and then pace back and forth in a certain place, accompanied by a certain level of lethargy and sometimes drooling."
The fact that the baboon was in a state of lethargy was not clearly visible to the public, because the baboon had been in a state of lethargy since it was captured yesterday.
However, drooling was indeed a manifestation. Before, Bifang had seen a baboon licking its lips subconsciously while sleeping.
This is also a symptom of thirst.
When you are thirsty, you will unconsciously lick your lips and subconsciously moisten your mouth to relieve the feeling of thirst.
This is of course useless and will only exacerbate water loss.
But it does not affect the animal's instinct to do this.
Judging from all the manifestations, it is almost certain that the baboon is thirsty, and to a considerable extent.
"Let's wait a little longer, until around eight or nine o'clock. That's when the visibility is the best and it's the easiest to lose. We can also let the bullet fly for a while."
It's not even six o'clock yet and the sky is not yet fully bright. Letting the baboon go at this time is not the best option.
There is no time limit for this live broadcast task, and Bifang is not in a hurry.
Bifang gathered materials nearby and rekindled the bonfire. Then he found a few straight branches, sat on a stone and began cutting.
Once the spearhead is finished, it is smoked over a campfire.
"When wood is burned, it becomes carbonized, and the spatial structure of the molecules changes, so it becomes harder. However, don't bake it for too long, just enough to remove a certain amount of moisture. If you bake it for too long, it will catch fire, and it will become loose and brittle due to burning."
He made several spears to use as weapons and chatted with the audience for a while.
Looking at the direction of the tree shadow on the ground, Bifang confirmed the time, came to the baboon, and untied the knot.
"It's eight o'clock, time to go."
"At this time, the baboon will not care who follows it to find the secret water source."
The baboon squatting on the ground watched as the rope on the tree trunk suddenly loosened, then fell to the ground, raising some dust.
Then his hands and feet suddenly relaxed.
The baboon, who was howling wildly because he thought he was about to be eaten, was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and ran away at full speed.
"Hurry, hurry, keep up!"
Upon seeing this, Bifang immediately grabbed his backpack and called out to Harley behind him to follow.
So, on the vast African savannah, a man and a leopard started a chase towards a monkey. During the chase, Bifang had to be careful that the cheetah did not run too fast so as to avoid directly catching the monkey.
But there are problems.
After running for nearly twenty minutes, Harley was panting and could no longer keep up.
The baboon's secret water source was much farther away than Bifang thought.
The baboon was on all fours, and its speed was not very fast. For the cheetah, it was just a jog. But after twenty minutes, it could not hold on any longer.
Seeing this, Bifang didn't hesitate too much. He passed the rope through the cheetah's limbs, quickly secured it, and then carried the entire cheetah on his back.
Harley was still a sub-adult, slightly smaller than an adult cheetah. In addition, Bifang's backpack contained only a Gambian rat, an empty kettle, some preserved fire, some wood ash, and a few spears, which together weighed only about 40 kilograms.
Carrying a weight of 40 kilograms is not too difficult for Bifang when the temperature is not too high.
Some strong military personnel can also do it, but in the eyes of the audience, it is also an extremely awesome thing.
On the contrary, if you don’t carry it with you, you’re not sure what will happen if something unexpected happens.
It's just like it's impossible for a parent to let their child run around in a supermarket alone.
[Fuck, hang]
[Fang Shen: This thing runs so slowly, you are worthy of being called Yellow Lightning? ]
[The golden flash of the earth, right?]
[Harley: Who am I, where am I, and why am I flying? ]
[Official video of humans taming wild monkey kings in the early days]
[Baboon: What the hell is going on behind us? A cheetah. A cheetah. Someone is carrying a cheetah on his back!]
[Formal? I want to see the informal ones! ]
You know how to record.
[I saw in this live broadcast that they designed complex tools, formulated complete strategies, used other creatures, patiently waited for the opportunity, had developed sweat glands, strong cardiopulmonary function and muscle recruitment ability, and sufficient range of motion of joints. As expected, talents are monsters.]
【Talent is a stamina monster!!!】
[I really envy Lao Fang's physical fitness. If I had this body, I would definitely be the most handsome guy in the gym]
[To be honest, even if you don't know anything else, you can still make a living in society with Fang Shen's physical fitness. ]
About a quarter of an hour passed.
After running for such a long time, even Bifang was exhausted and sweating profusely.
He hadn't had any water for over a day, and his throat was almost smoking.
Finally, the hard loess on the ground turned into hard rock. The baboon jumped on the uneven rocks, and disappeared in front of everyone in a few flashes.
By the time Bifang felt it, a not-so-big dark cave had appeared in front of him.
Bifang put Harley down and was no longer in a hurry to go in. Instead, he sat at the entrance of the cave and rested for a while.
The baboon found the cave with such purpose, it goes without saying what is inside.
Now that the target has been found, there is no need to rush.
"Huh... In a rock cave like this... even if there is no water source... as the day and night alternate, water droplets will gather and flow to form puddles."
Bifang explained to the audience, sweating.
“Because there’s rock all around… the water doesn’t penetrate into the dirt… it just pools.”
After taking a breath for a while, Bifang's tone became more fluent.
"However, I believe there should be groundwater. Look, there is almost no grass nearby, and there are many footprints, which means that there are actually many animals here. If it is just because of the condensation of water vapor due to the alternation of day and night, it would not be able to support so many animals to get water."
Although he was sweating profusely and a little out of breath, it did not mean that Bifang's physical strength had reached its limit.
Sweating and panting are just normal physiological phenomena for dissipating heat. Even people with strong physical fitness will experience this. The key is to see whether your legs are sore or weak.
Therefore, he looked very tired. After just sitting for a while, Bifang felt that he had rested enough. He rekindled the fire, made a torch, and then took Harley into the dark cave.
Although the entrance of the cave is not big, it is two meters long and one meter wide, which is more than enough for one person to enter.
At this time, Bifang didn't care about the scenery in the cave. To him, water was the most beautiful.
After advancing less than thirty meters, a slowly flowing river appeared in front of everyone.
At the same time, the audience also saw that the escaped baboon noticed Bifang entering the cave after drinking, and immediately climbed up the rock wall to escape and disappeared.
Bifang didn't care when he saw this. As a primate, he couldn't possibly treat the baboon as food. The only purpose of catching it was to find water.
Now the goal has been achieved.
Seeing the water source, Harley couldn't wait to go forward and drink water, but was grabbed by Bifang along the rope.
When carrying the cheetah on his back earlier, Bifang had simply tied it up with a rope for convenience and had not had time to untie it yet.
"Don't rush to drink water when you come across it. I've said before that when you're in the wild, you need to pay attention to whether the water source is safe. There's a difference between running water and dead water, and there's a difference between running water and living water."
“Even if both are living water, a big river is hardly cleaner than a rushing stream.”
"Of course, this is not the reason why I stopped Halley. Baboons can drink, and so many animals can drink, so Halley can drink too. Whether it is clean or not is only for us humans. I stopped it to prevent what might be in the water."
"You must pay attention to where you are in the wild, especially when you are in contact with running water. There is a possibility that some large creatures will grow in the running water. Most of the time, you don't have to worry because large fish rarely attack creatures on the shore. But now that we are in Africa, we have to be careful about whether there are crocodiles in the water."
"Haley, who has never seen a crocodile hunt before, certainly doesn't know about this kind of thing. After seeing it a few times, he will know to be careful. Now I am the only one who can prevent any accidents from happening."
African rivers are almost always full of crocodiles.
[Fuck, there are crocodiles in the underground river? ]
[Fang Shen, are you kidding me? ]
"The probability is very small, but it's not impossible, because you don't know whether this underground river is connected to a surface river, or whether a crocodile that is good at holding its breath accidentally broke in here."
Bifang raised the torch and shone it on the water, then checked the shore for any footprints of reptiles.
"A normal crocodile will spontaneously dive into the water for about 10 to 15 minutes each time, but if it is to avoid danger, the diving time can reach 30 minutes."
"In extreme cases, most crocodiles can dive for nearly two hours, and the larger the crocodile, the longer the limit."
"Unlike us, who like to take a deep breath and then store air to prolong the breath-holding time, crocodiles simply don't like this inefficient method. Even before diving, crocodiles will empty the air in their lungs. Their main breath-holding ability mainly relies on their extremely strong heart rate regulation ability."
"When diving, crocodiles' heart rates can drop to 2-3/minute, which causes their body's oxygen consumption to drop sharply during the dive."
"In addition, the duration of a crocodile's diving is also closely related to the water temperature. A study once found that in an almost frozen river, there were crocodiles that held their breath for more than 8 hours and still survived."
"So, there is a chance that some crocodiles in surface rivers could enter underground rivers."
"However, there are no traces nearby, so it should be safe."
After walking around the shore, Bifang did not find any trace of crocodiles here and stopped stopping Harley from drinking water.
Without any constraints, Harley, which had been thirsty for a long time, could finally drink from the river.
Bifang also took some water from a kettle, and after Harley had drunk his fill, he went outside to make a fire to boil it. Afterwards, he wrapped Harley in wet clothes and kept shaking the water to quickly cool it down. When the temperature reached around 60 or 70 degrees, he drank it in small sips without caring about the heat.
As the fresh water moistened his body, Bifang suddenly felt refreshed and his whole body became much more comfortable.
He repeated this many times until he had drunk two pots of water and finally felt satisfied.
However, after the water resource problem was solved, another problem arose.
I'm hungry.
From yesterday till now, Bifang and Harley have not eaten any food.
Look at the animal footprints around.
Bifang grinned: "Maybe we can just sit back and wait."
