Chapter 37 The Miracle of Life
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After walking for about half a day, Cheng Fan stood on a hill covered with green moss and saw an unforgettable scene in his life.
On the earth, countless rats gathered into a vast torrent, coming from the south and heading north, crossing mountains and wading in rivers, hurried towards the north as if they would never stop.
To be precise, these staggering numbers of guys are not rats, but Arctic lemmings!
They look like voles, but are fatter and bigger than voles. Their coat color is not the gray, black or brown of voles, but bright orange. Under the light of dusk, it seems like countless small flames are burning on the earth, forming a red line.
long river.
In the valleys, on the grasslands, and among the mountains, there are densely packed lemmings in staggering numbers.
They are not afraid of death or darkness. Under the leadership of someone unknown, they rush towards the unknown front...
Cheng Fan remembered that when he was in school in his previous life, he read an article, which introduced that after lemmings reproduced in large numbers, they migrated on a large scale and rushed to their death collectively...
As for whether he really committed suicide by jumping into the sea, Cheng Fan didn't know, but it seems that it is true that lemmings will migrate en masse on a large scale!
When he arrived here, Cheng Fan already understood why the Arctic fox and Arctic wolf had been approaching this direction in recent days. It turned out that there was a feast taking place here.
At the mouth of the valley and on the grassland, many predators came, from arctic foxes to arctic wolves, as well as fat polar bears coming from afar, and there were many birds in the sky that Cheng Fan couldn't name.
At this time, the lemmings were almost crazy. They formed a torrent and moved forward desperately, even daring to attack their former natural enemies!
The Arctic fox, Arctic wolf and polar bear are busy hunting for food at the moment and are enjoying each other's peace.
On weekdays, they do not live in harmony with each other. Even different Arctic wolf packs will have disputes over food and territory.
But at this moment, many predators were busy preying on these countless lemmings, and for a time they actually coexisted harmoniously with each other.
Sure enough, biological struggles mostly stem from the competition for survival materials!
There was a sharp cry from the sky, and a kind of bird that looked like an eagle or an eagle, with white wings spread out, and whose specific name was unknown, flew down from the sky, and when it grabbed the ground with its pointed talons, it turned out to be a fat lemming.
But this is just a drop in the ocean, there are too many lemmings here!
This year is a good year for lemmings to breed, and now is the migration season for lemmings. It is also a gluttonous feast for predators that is rare in several years!
Cheng Fan stood on the hill and watched quietly. In addition to sighing at the wonders of nature, a strange thought suddenly came to his mind. If the Yugong family had as strong a reproductive capacity as lemmings, they might not only be able to
The Yugong family can move Taihang, Wangwu Mountains, and even the entire Andes Mountains (the longest mountain range in the world).
Since a treasure from heaven and earth was not born, Cheng Fan had no interest in staying any longer. He glanced at the compass on his wrist and ran down the hill, preparing to continue on his way south.
But before running away, he went to the grassland to catch a few lemmings and wanted to taste the taste of lemming meat, adding another species to his world food journey!
Saying goodbye to the migrating army of lemmings, Cheng Fan continued to travel south. The further south he went, the more vitality became more and more prosperous. Calculated from the time and place, the general scene is as follows:
When he first entered the north of Greenland, what Cheng Fan saw were endless glaciers and snowfields. The mountains were covered with white snow, and the lakes and rivers were all frozen. Icebergs that never melted floated on the sea surface, and there were almost no green or moving animals.
It's pitifully rare.
As we travel further south, the snow on the lakes and rivers begins to melt, and the small rivers and streams formed after the snow melt flow through the wilderness. The tundra under the snow begins to show its first spring colors, and more and more animals are active, but many mountains and rivers are still there.
Covered with snow, there are no forests or grasslands.
By the time Cheng Fan was at his current location, the grassland was already lush enough. The land was covered with green weeds. The green waves were full of life. Small flowers were blooming among the grass blades. Shrubs were sprouting on the mountains and fields. Small rivers and lakes were everywhere.
With rippling blue waves and some blue sky and white clouds in the sky, this is a natural, pure and beautiful world!
In the shrubbery area at the junction of grassland and forest, Cheng Fan encountered another animal living in the Arctic.
This is a kind of rabbit. It is very big, much larger than ordinary rabbits. It is covered with snow-like white fur. When it lies motionless in the snow, if you don't look carefully, you will think it is a lump.
The ordinary snowball stood there.
The scientific name of this rabbit is Arctic Hare. Cheng Fan didn't know this name at first, but he called the rabbit he encountered "Arctic Hare", which happened to be in line with what humans call them.
The body color of the Arctic hare is easily mixed with the environment, making it difficult to distinguish.
When Cheng Fan discovered them for the first time, he didn't recognize them from a distance and thought they were snowballs accumulated after snowfall on the snowfield. He didn't take it seriously and was ready to go over and kick them.
However, when he was almost close, dozens of "snowballs" suddenly moved, twitching their legs, running wildly on the snow, and disappeared in an instant.
Only then did he realize that this was actually a strange kind of rabbit.
The Arctic rabbit successfully aroused Cheng Fan's interest, and he spent several days wandering around the bushland, chasing rabbits, studying rabbits, and finally...eating rabbits.
Arctic hares are not small, but because their soles are wide and have thick fur, they are not only adaptable to the cold snow, but also convenient for running and jumping on the snow, and can effectively reduce the pressure on the soles of their feet without causing too much pain when moving.
They had a big sinking problem, so they were very fast in the snow without any scruples. On the contrary, when Cheng Fan was chasing them, he almost fell into the ice hole several times and couldn't climb out.
The Arctic hare is a social animal. There are dozens to hundreds of rabbits in a group of Arctic hares. If the Arctic hares in a group lie down together in the same place, you will see many "snowballs" standing on the snow.
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Based on this characteristic, Cheng Fan discovered the Arctic hares and then studied how to hunt them.
After passing through the bushland, further away, the boreal forest began to appear. Although the types of trees in the forest were rare, it could be called a forest.
The trees in the forest are not lush, and there are more animals living in the forest than in other places in Greenland. The sun shines through the treetops. Although there is no feeling of warmth at all, it is pure and clean without a trace of color. This atmosphere makes Cheng Fan feel
Very comfortable.
Pure and pure, natural beauty!
Birds are chirping in the forest, and occasionally you can see squirrels of unknown scientific names jumping on the branches. I don’t know how these little guys can survive in this harsh place and still thrive here?
Arctic wolves appear in the forest and hide in the forest, using the colors of the jungle as cover.
There is still snow in the forest, but green grass leaves grow out of the snow, and the green leaves are stained with white snow, giving people a unique beauty.
Of course, the further south you go, the more traces of human activities there are, and sometimes you can see abandoned huts in the wild.
At this point, Cheng Fan faced a choice, should he continue to go south and enter the ocean, or go east or west and enter the ocean from there?
Going south into the ocean is undoubtedly the best shortcut to the south. However, human activities are frequent in the south, and the possibility of encountering humans is also greatly increased. Although there are few people living in Greenland, there are unlikely to be threats to him on the island.
Weapons exist, but he doesn't want to appear in the human world so arrogantly.
Cheng Fan finally chose to head east, preparing to enter the Atlantic Ocean from the coast there.
Cheng Fan walked for several days without saying anything. The cold wind blowing from the east carried the smell of the sea.
He stood on a hill and looked far away, listening to the sound of waves crashing on the shore.
Not far away, the sea and the sky meet. The sky is endless and the sea has no limit. You can't see the end of the intersection of these two planes at a glance.
On the beach, there are many strange-shaped rocks standing naked. The water waves wash over the shore one after another, and gently break into white foam on the rocks.
Cold-resistant vegetation grows on the ground not far from the beach. It is summer now, and the green grass is growing lushly here. The greenery is spread all over the beach. Together with the blue sky and white waves, it gives people a sense of wonder.
The beauty of purity and tranquility.
There are many small flowers growing in the meadow, either purple or yellow, like dots of stars dotted in the green ocean. With the cold wind blowing from the ocean, although they sway tremblingly, they stand tall. Life is actually
So unyielding!
"Huh?"
Cheng Fan suddenly let out a cry of surprise, his eyes widened, as if he had discovered something extremely interesting?
He quickly ran down the hill and towards the coast, where a huge creature lay across the beach.
When he got closer, he discovered that it was a whale. Cheng Fan couldn't name the specific name, but it was definitely not a killer whale or a beluga!
The whale was more than ten meters long. It was stranded on the beach. Although it was not dead yet, it was still dying. Only when the waves came up would its huge tail flap feebly.
Unfortunately, there was so little water that washed up that it could not be returned to the sea.
The whale kept making low moans from its mouth, as if it was asking for help, or like a poor child crying helplessly.
If it hadn't been encountered by Cheng Fan, it probably wouldn't have lived long.
The stranded whale opened its eyes helplessly, watching the strange monster in front of it swirling around its body.
The monster's eyes sparkled with curiosity, sometimes poking its body with its claws, sometimes pulling its fins, or running on its back to study its nostrils. This strange guy even tried to turn it over.
body, and want to study its physiological structure...
If it could speak, I'm afraid it would have screamed "Help, there are gangsters, there are beasts molesting whales!"
Cheng Fan circled around the whale a few times and briefly studied the whale's body structure. There was a trace of regret on his face. He couldn't turn the whale over and look at its reproductive organs, so he couldn't judge this.
The whale is male or female.
After all, this guy was not a biologist in his previous life, and he has never studied whales. It is difficult to tell whether a whale is male or female based on its appearance, so the best way is of course to look at the whale's penis!
Isn't it said that whales are mammals? Then they must have "big weapons"!
This method is simple and direct, but it feels a bit like eating whale tofu and acting like a gangster.
It has to be said that Cheng Fan is a very naughty guy. He wants to know how big the sexual (harmonious) organ of a giant whale is, one meter? Or two meters? How does it compare to a dark-skinned black boy?
After studying a circle, Cheng Fan stood there, facing the whale, stroking his chin and thinking about a serious question: Should he kill this unfortunate whale and eat its meat, or should he be a good beast and let the whale return to the sea?
Chapter completed!