Strange Life of a Cat - Chapter 250

[Chapter 239 The Cat in the Night]

On the third day of arriving at the practice base, the students who had been divided into groups followed the leading teachers of each group to leave the practice base.

The four of the Jiao family were with one of the teams. The two leading teachers of that team had a good relationship with Dad Jiao, and they talked about their previous experience of leading the team when they walked into the woods on the mountain.

When going out to the wild, everyone wears long-sleeved trousers, shoes for hiking, and sun hats. There are many insects and mosquitoes in the woods on the mountain. Don’t look at the daytime, you will know that those mosquitoes are powerful after entering the woods.

Therefore, the students carried toilet water balm and some anti-mosquito agents in their bags.

Zheng Tan didn’t feel anything at all. One is that he is now wearing a cat’s skin as a layer of protection, and the other is that he is used to it. Some other things get in the way.

The teacher who led the team pointed out some plants and introduced them to the students. If they felt that they were valuable as specimens, they would pick them up and make them together. As for those plants that are very common in Chuhua City, they were too lazy to work hard. .

On the first day of the field practice, the leading teacher did not plan to take the students directly to a very remote place, but walked up the winding mountain road.

The cement road was built very smoothly. It should be mainly used for tourism. After the crowds dwindled, they didn’t see many vehicles driving along the way. On the contrary, they could see one or two crabs staying on the road with fat guts. middle.

People use the mantis arm as the car, this is the crab arm as the car, although there are no cars here, but there are many people.

Jiao Yuan followed the students every time they saw the crabs on the road, they rushed up with the bottle as if they had been beaten with blood, and Jiao Yuan didn’t have to reach out to grab it.

A student was chasing the crab behind, and Jiao Yuan put the jar in front of the crab and waited for the crab to climb in.

However, the crabs that move faster are not so easy to catch. The crabs climb faster than the shrimps, and some of them slide down the slope from the roadside into the stream below if they are not careful.

There was a crab crawling towards Zheng Tan. Zheng Tan raised his claws and quickly lifted it towards Xiaoyouzi. Xiaoyouzi was also prepared. She was not afraid of crabs. .

They will not give up this opportunity to please the teacher.

Help the children of the teacher’s family, maybe you can let the teacher let you go during the final exam and not fail the class.

Along the way, the group also caught a lot of crabs.

Except for a few people with a crab or two in their own bottles.

All other caught crabs are put into a bag and stored first.

Another way to go.

The group deviated from the main road and climbed up the mountain.

The surrounding area is quite popular, and sometimes you can see one or two villagers living on the mountain, just.

Different from the well-built houses near the base before, the houses of these villagers are very simple tile houses.

Along the way, the leading teacher not only told the students about the plants they saw, but also the insects they knew.

Dad Jiao also said something to the two children.

“Hey, there’s a cat there!” Jiao Yuan said, pointing to a place.

Zheng Tan looked along the place where Jiao Yuan pointed, there was indeed a cat running, and it quickly left everyone’s field of vision and hid in the bushes. The slower people looked over and saw no cat. Shadowed.

The cat was probably scared away by the movement of the group here.

“It should be a feral cat.” One of the teachers who led the team said, “There are many feral cats in this place. Some of them are domestic cats that have returned to the wild.

After several generations of breeding, they have become feral cats.”

The students instructed: “You should be careful when you see those wild cats in the mountains. These cats are different from your pet cats. One aspect is that they are short-tempered. There are so many germs, it’s better to stay away from it in the future.”

Everyone looked at the cat in Associate Professor Jiao’s house that didn’t use a leash, but kept following him without making trouble, and then thought about the cat they saw just now that didn’t show any signs of movement. It really is the difference between domestic cats and wild cats.

“Cats are wild enough, and their ability to survive is strong. If they return to the wild, a lot of them will survive. It’s a pity that there are those birds. In the past two years, there were people from the Bird Protection Association who came to catch cats. It didn’t take long for another cat-loving organization to come to denounce it, alas.” Another teacher who led the team said.

Zheng Tan sighed in his heart: Sure enough, the cat-loving and bird-loving organizations really didn’t deal with it.

It is estimated that this topic is not a good topic for students, and it may easily cause conflicts. The teacher who led the team before did not continue, and instead said: “You guys, is it possible that we will find an albino this time. Animals?”

“Hey, you think beautifully, how can albino animals be so easy to find? Even the people in the field test team can’t guarantee that they will meet them every time. Many of them are discovered by chance, and the probability is too low.” Another The leading teacher laughed.

“You also said that it was an accidental event. No one can tell if you will encounter one at any time. Maybe it is a red animal!”

“Dream, you can really encounter a red animal, not to mention overwhelming. Even some of the leaders in our hospital trembled. Unfortunately, those are only ‘according to the data’, although some scientific expedition teams have seen red-haired bats and the like, someone from a nearby village said last year I saw the red-haired wild boar, but there is no really convincing evidence. Those people abroad do not admit that there is a reddish species at all, and they can only say in international authoritative magazines that “so far, no red-haired breastfeeding with red hair has been found.” Animals’, even catching a red-haired mouse will be a major event and big news in the world.”

Therefore, the so-called “red animals” are only “said” and “legends”.

Dad Jiao thought of something, and smiled: “Some people joked before that if you really want to find real red animals in their natural state, they can only be found in the border of Beishan City.

” Cultivation can also be obtained, such as mice commonly used in laboratories, artificial mutagenesis and cultivation can indeed create a lot of things, but the real creatures in a natural state are more valuable for research. People who study this aspect in the circle know that albino and The research value of reddened animals is even more so.

The next few words were said in a low voice, and the two teachers who led the team and Dad Jiao heard them. The students who were resting in the shade not far away didn’t pay attention.

Zheng Tan listened to their chat with his ears on the side. According to the two leading teachers, many albino animals and mammals were found in this area of Qishan City, such as albino squirrels, foxes, bears and so on.

Some people once thought that the emergence of albino animals was due to the development of human beings and the expansion of the range of activities, resulting in the gradual shrinking of the living space of animals, the reduction of population numbers, and the degeneration of inbreeding. Since albino animals existed in ancient times, and they are more numerous and concentrated than other parts of the world, it is unlikely that it is a pure albino phenomenon, and there may be other unknown reasons.

When it comes to unknown reasons, Zheng Tan’s mind is wide open, such as mysterious organizations, aliens and so on.

But it’s just a thought. If someone really thinks it’s because of aliens, Zheng Tan doesn’t necessarily believe it.

As Dad Jiao said, there are far more unrecognized biological species on earth than have been known. Although human knowledge is improving, there are still many unsolved mysteries.

Maybe, when civilization develops to a certain level, these mysteries will be solved… I just don’t know if the mystery of the cat’s heart can be solved.

Zheng Tan was still thinking just now, if he really found the reddish species they were talking about, would it be made into a specimen immediately, and then he knew that if he really caught it, it would definitely be treated as a very precious species.

Rare things are precious, and that’s true. What’s more, for these researchers, the value of red animals is unmatched by other animals.

The white mouse Zheng Tan has killed, but the red mouse has never met.

Zheng Tan was also looking forward to meeting a reddened animal, so it would be a worthwhile trip.

The first day we went to the wild, when we came back, the students were so tired that they went into the house and lay on the bed, and they were not as energetic as the previous two days. I heard that other groups also encountered a snake that fell directly from a tree, and almost smashed it. To a student below, and now that student is still in shock.

I also heard that in another group, a student was hit on the back of his hand by a mosquito-sized bug of unknown species on the tree. Although the bug quickly fell off the ground and crawled away, the back of the student’s hand was quickly swollen. He got up, like a pig’s trotter. It was said that he had to stay at the base for a few days and couldn’t go out.

However, Zheng Tan felt that the day was okay, and he was still in the mood to go out for a walk after dinner.

The two children both took a shower and fell asleep. Zheng Tan jumped out of the window under Jiao’s father’s watchful eye, turned over the base’s fence, and walked to the concrete road outside.

Surrounded by two or three-story villa-style residences, it seems that many of the people living around here are a bit wealthy.

Looking from the side, there is only a mountain of varying heights that catches the eye. The lights are only visible in the inhabited villages and towns, but it is only a small area. Compared with the mountain forest area under the eye-catching night, the bright area is small. Poor.

As he was walking along the mountain, Zheng Tan suddenly smelled a faint scent, which was difficult to detect with the human sense of smell, but Zheng Tan was only able to smell it with the help of a cat’s nose.

This smell makes Zheng Tan feel very bad, and it reminds him of the specimens he saw in the museum. He knows that when many people decorate their homes, they like to decorate the specimens of wild animals at home. Like a deer head or something.

There are many such examples in this place, but Zheng Tan always feels a little strange.

Although he was curious, Zheng Tan also knew that he was not familiar with this place, and it made him feel a chill and couldn’t take risks, so Zheng Tan decided to leave.

But before Zheng Tan walked far, he noticed a shadow flashing by.

In the darkness of the night, the shadow quietly approached the house that Zheng Tan was looking at just now.

When approaching there, the guy also glanced at Zheng Tan.

When he met those eyes, Zheng Tan felt the hairs all over his body explode.

That’s a guy who really survives the natural survival rule of the fittest, not a pet that stays at home all day without worrying about food and drink.

It’s a cat, but it’s not like a normal cat.

Even if it doesn’t have the size of Sir Sir, it is similar to Peanut Candy, and it makes Zheng Tan feel the threat and oppression that is not weaker than Sir Sir.

(To be continued..)

ps: (5.12)

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