Chapter 246: The Famous Nature

There are two worlds inside and outside the aviary.

When they first entered the door, Zhang Zian and Guo Dongyue were startled by the noise of birds singing, but before they knew it, they got used to the noise. When they followed Wei Kang through two doors in a row, they returned to the door. When I went outside, I even felt that my ears were terribly quiet, and I always wanted to make some noise.

Besides sound, another difference is temperature. A gust of cold wind blew by, Zhang Zian shrank his neck, and quickly put on the coat he had taken off after entering the aviary. The aviary was very warm, kept at about 20 degrees, and even sweated a little after walking around. Even though it was almost noon outside, the autumn wind was still bleak and chilly, and it was easy to catch a cold when it was cold and hot.

Compared with himself, Guo Dongyue cared more about whether the two red-faced peonies would catch cold, so he put his coat over the cage to protect them from the wind.

They removed disposable plastic shoe covers from their feet and threw them in the trash can by the door. The bottom of the shoe cover has been stained with bird droppings and millet grains, which makes it disgusting to look at.

Because it is a suburb, there are fewer taxis, and they all take guests. Guo Dongyue picked up his mobile phone and looked for a ride again.

"You two, why did you leave without saying hello?"

Lu Mingyi cheerfully chased him from behind, and warmly invited: "It's almost noon, I'll be the host, you two can go after lunch."

"No need, we still have something to do." Guo Dongyue directly refused. He was mainly worried that the pair of parrots would get sick if they stayed outside for too long.

Zhang Zian really wanted to eat a free lunch, but he knew from the way Fina licked her lips that she was going to be hungry, so why not just go back and eat, lest she lose her temper again.

"It's a pity...Let's go to another day. When I go to the city another day, let's find a place to get together." Lu Mingyi didn't feel resentful because of Guo Dongyue's refusal. He had already inquired and knew that Guo Dongyue was This temper, but he is capable and highly evaluated within the company, maybe he will open his own design office in a short time.

Guo Dongyue was not interested in socializing, so he evaded: "In the future, I may not have time recently. By the way, these two parrots..." He lifted the cage, and opened a corner of his coat for Lu Mingyi to see.

A few gusts of cold wind gushed into the cage from under the corner of the coat, and the male bird with the red neck moved thoughtfully to block the cold wind for the female bird with the yellow-orange neck.

Lu Mingyi recognized the two red-faced parrots at a glance. Although they were rare, they were not particularly precious, so he said generously, "These two parrots are nothing, so I gave them to Mr. Guo."

"Just to borrow,

Wait... I'll be back later. "Guo Dongyue put down the corner of his clothes and said seriously, with a slight pause in his tone.

Lu Mingyi thought he was just being polite, and insisted that he would give it to him.

On the other hand, Wei Kang was still persuading Zhang Zian earnestly, persuading him to contribute bravely to science.

Lu Mingyi also came over to help Wei Kang persuade him, it was just to take a little gene for testing, there is no need to be too stingy, right?

Although Zhang Zian had longed for science since he was a child, he was still very embarrassed about it.

"Come and see this."

Knowing that seeing is believing, Wei Kang took out his mobile phone and opened a web page to show them. Zhang Zian felt a headache when he saw the English on the screen, but at least he knew the famous domain name.

"This is an article of the "Nature" magazine;amp;sub-published on June 19, 2017. The author is the research group of Eva-Maria_Geigl from the University of Paris VII, France. Look at the picture." Wei Kang pulled down the page to enlarge the article A picture of the middle.

The clean, clean-lined drawing shows a blond and dusky tabby cat eating fish under a chair in which a woman sits. Zhang Zian knew that he should focus on the cat in the painting, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the naked thigh of the woman in the painting...

"This is a mural in ancient Egypt 3,500 years ago." Wei Kang pointed to the cat in the painting, "Look carefully."

"3500 years ago?"

Zhang Zian was taken aback, thinking he had heard wrong.

"That's right, it was 3,500 years ago, that is, 1,500 BC." Wei Kang replied with certainty, "At that time, China was still in the early Shang Dynasty. This picture is part of an ancient Egyptian mural, and it is also the origin of the domestic cat. One of the strongest evidences for the origin of ancient Egypt, but not conclusive evidence. Do you see that the cat in the picture is very similar to your cat, but very different from the modern Egyptian cat?"

Zhang Zian could tell at a glance that the cat in the picture was completely different from the modern Egyptian cat. The body of the modern Egyptian cat is mainly spotted, while the cat in the painting, like Fina, is mainly spotted.

Wei Kang knows that Zhang Zian is knowledgeable, so he doesn’t need to explain the difference between the original Egyptian cat and the modern Egyptian cat. He just briefly explained the cause and effect relationship. From the beginning of being domesticated as a domestic cat, until the 14th century AD, the ancient domestic cat has a mackerel-like striped coat color, just like this cat and your cat in the mural. From the 13th century AD, the coat color of domestic cats It slowly transitioned from stripes to spots. This is why the original Egyptian cat was a striped coat color, while the modern Egyptian cat is a spotted coat color."

Zhang Zian felt a little enlightened. People with high knowledge speak differently, explaining a problem that he had never thought about in a simple way. Although this knowledge is useless in life, maybe one day in the future I can pretend to be aggressive in front of others?

"In addition, your cat has both stripes and spots. The stripes are the main part and the spots are supplemented. The cat on the mural is pure stripes, while the modern Egyptian cat is pure spots... In other words, your cat is like the old Like Archeopteryx, it is a key transitional link in the evolutionary chain, and it is a real living fossil!" Wei Kang became more and more excited as he spoke.

Wei Kang is not young anymore, Zhang Zian is really worried that something will happen to him if he gets excited.

Zhang Zian carefully observed the picture of this mural, and found another detail - modern Egyptian cats are divided into five colors, namely silver, bronze, smoke gray, black, blue/white wax, and the cat in the mural looks It looks golden yellow, the same as Fina... No, it should be said that Fina is the same as the cat in the mural. After all, this cat is 1500 years earlier than Fina, and it can be regarded as Fina's ancestor.

Not only Zhang Zian, but even Fei Na approached curiously, carefully observing its ancestor on the phone screen.

He already understood the significance of Fina. In a big way, the appearance of Fina will end the long-standing debate on the origin of domestic cats. In a small way... Wei Kang can write several papers with high impact factors based on this, and even become famous overnight.

Even so, he still couldn't agree easily - because this was not something he could decide, he had to respect Fina herself... No, it was Benmao's opinion.

"Professor Wei, how about this, I'll go back and think about it first." He planned to procrastinate for a while and discuss it with Fina when no one was around before making a decision, and he couldn't be hasty.

Wei Kang sighed helplessly, "At least leave me your contact information."

"no problem."

Zhang Zian and Wei Kang exchanged contact information, and it happened that the ride that Guo Dongyue called also stopped at the door. He took Fei Na and Snow Lion, got into the car with Guo Dongyue, and returned to the downtown area of ​​Binhai City.