Chapter 1112 Hunting

Because this time I was carrying a lot of things, heavy, and pets, it would be very troublesome to call a taxi. After lunch, Wang Qian drove Zhang Zian to Binhai Airport in Wuling Hongguang.

"Master, can I help you move things in? Isn't it convenient for one person?" Wang Gan asked.

The cat god statue is too heavy. In addition, there are Zhang Zian's own luggage, drone suitcase, accessory suitcase, gimbal camera suitcase, and a small bag with an infrared trigger camera. After they are all unloaded from the car, they are piled up It becomes a small mountain of luggage, which is a headache to look at. In any case, it is impossible to move in at once by one person, and leave it outside without guards. What should I do if it is stolen by someone? What's more, Zhang Zian still has to go through the pet consignment procedures for Fei Masi.

Zhang Zian glanced around and said, "It's okay, you can go back, someone is coming to meet me over there."

Wang Qian poked his head out of the car window and saw a middle-aged man in simple clothes walking towards this side with three young men of different fat and thin. They were Professor Wei Kang and his three men. disciple. They arrived one step ahead, knowing that Zhang Zian had a lot of luggage, and asked He He, the only female disciple, to take care of the luggage in the terminal, and the four of them came to meet him.

"Okay, take care, Master, and have a good trip." Wang Gan waved his hand and drove back to the pet shop in Wuling Hongguang.

Wei Kang and the others walked up to Zhang Zian, but the four of them didn't look at him with their eight eyes, but stared at Fei Na in unison. Those eyes made Zhang Zian want to say - don't look into your eyes and you can't get them out... …

Not only them, but other passengers who arrived at the airport also cast strange glances at Fina. Firstly, it was very rare to bring a cat to the airport without keeping it in a cage. Second, because Fina's coat color and markings were too rare.

Fina yawned lazily, she was used to such gazes, as long as she didn't touch her hands, everything would be fine.

"Tsk!"

Wei Kang exchanged glances with several disciples. Although he didn't do a complete inspection, he was at least 80% sure that this was a living fossil that occupied a key position in the history of domestication of domestic cats. It was between African desert wild cats and modern domestic cats. transitional phase.

The "Nature" magazine mentioned that there is a tomb mural from Thebes in ancient Egypt in the British Ashmolean Museum. In the painting, a cat enjoys fresh fish under the seat of the hostess, which is notable. Yes, the cat has a pattern all over its body that is very different from the spotted and blocky pattern found on modern Egyptian cats, known as mackerel.

Zhang Zian told Wei Kang and the others that the capital of ancient Egypt was moved to Thebes in 2000 BC, and Memphis was the capital earlier, so the age of this mural is less than 4000 years ago.

Where is the transition between blotches and mackerel stripes over the long 4,000 years?

However, Fina has mackerel stripes and spots on her body, which seems to be different from modern Egyptian cats in terms of appearance. Everything seems to indicate that its origin is mysterious and extraordinary.

It is definitely wrong to say that it is a wild cat, but it is not a modern Egyptian cat, so Wei Kang and others believe that even if it is not a primitive Egyptian cat, it must be very close.

In the past, because Zhang Zian made it clear that he didn't want to send Fina to be used as a scientific research sample, and he also didn't agree to the door-to-door visit of the Department of Biology of Binhai University, so Wei Kang and the others had to adopt the policy of saving the country with curves and observe Fina through video.

Where did the video come from? Of course, it is a clip taken from Xiaoxue's live broadcast video. When she shows the whole picture of the pet shop to the audience with her mobile phone, there will always be a glimpse of Fina.

The collection of video clips and screenshots became the first-hand information of Wei Kang and his research.

However, whether the video and screenshots are particularly clear after all is still not as good as seeing it with your own eyes.

Wei Kang and the three disciples obviously came to pick up Zhang Zian, but now they are hanging him aside, arguing around Feina that its coat color mixed with mackerel patterns and spots is most likely how many years ago it was primitive. The representative of the Egyptian cat?

Wei Kang focuses on academics and is a good talker. Although Xiao Tianyu and Gao Ke are not motivated in learning, they are willing to argue,

Throw out some wild guesses to prove that you are still learning.

"Teacher, I think that the mixed pattern of mackerel pattern and spot will not appear too late, otherwise it will not be conducive to the spread of primitive Egyptian cats to Eurasia, so I think that such pattern should appear... 3500 years ago Around." Xiao Tianyu said. As for how these 3,500 years came about, of course he came up with it on the spur of the moment.

"No." Wei Kang shook his head. "During the New Dynasty, that is, 3,500 to 3,000 years ago, another tomb mural was unearthed. The mural described the scene of the ancient Egyptians hiking and hunting with cats..."

"What? Hiking and hunting with a cat?" Gao Ke also joined in the fun and interrupted Wei Kang, "Shouldn't you bring a dog when hunting? What can a cat do?"

Gao Ke's words contained obvious discrimination against cats, and Fei Na glared at him angrily, but it was a pity that he didn't keep cats, so he didn't realize it, and thought it was because he had a good impression of him.

Wei Kang also glared at him, and said bitterly: "Cats are natural hunters, and they are especially good at catching birds and fish in swamps and wetlands. These areas are not conducive to the development of dogs. How did your previous creatures learn?" of……"

Gao Ke saw that Wei Kang was going to talk clichéd again, so he quickly argued forcefully: "No, I didn't mean that, I mean... cats are indeed natural hunters, but they eat their own prey when they catch them, take the cats to Hunting, the cat is full by itself, but the owner is still hungry... Eh? This cat doesn't seem happy?"

When he was rambling, he finally realized that Fina's eyes were wrong, her body hair was swollen, and her ears were pulled into airplane ears. No matter how bad his biology was, he studied the evolution of cats with his mentor after all, and seemed to vaguely remember that this was a signal that cats were about to attack.

Zhang Zian didn't want to have a blood-splattered airport tragedy before he set off, so he didn't dare to watch and eat melons, and interjected, "You're wrong, you haven't raised a cat before, have you? These are just your impressions and hearsay. Did you say that?"

Gao Ke coughed dryly, "There is no plan to raise a cat yet..."

In order to appease Fei Na, Zhang Zian explained before he finished speaking: "Dogs will bring their prey back to their owners, and cats will too. The premise is that you and the cat have a good relationship. Any insects, birds, mice or other small animals will bring their prey back to you... Of course, modern people may not need these prey, and even feel disgusted when they see bloody small animal corpses, but this is enough to prove that cats Capable of hunting purposes."