Chapter 1737: Piranha

Chapter 1737: Piranha

Qu Yuqian and Tiantian in the spacecraft are also watching Zhao Zhongyao's behavior very nervously. The two of them also wanted Zhao Zhongyao to climb up the tree quickly and rescue Feifei.

Zhao Zhongyao also hurried to the big tree. He hugged the trunk of the big tree and wanted to climb up the tree to rescue Feifei. But he climbed a bit, and just climbed up a little, and immediately slid down again.

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao felt that the trunk of this big tree was very sticky and slippery. Those rough things were not bark, but some black slime-like things.

Zhao Zhongyao tried to climb a few more times, but they all slipped down again. It is impossible for him to climb to the top of this big tree.

Zhao Zhongyao was really desperate now. Because if he didn't climb to the big tree quickly, he didn't know what kind of danger Feifei would be in! Qu Yuqian and Tiantian, who were watching from the spaceship, were also very anxious, but they could only be anxious, and there was nothing they could do.

Zhao Zhongyao knows very well that since such a plant can swallow people, it must mean that this is not an ordinary plant, but a carnivorous plant.

There are many such plants on the earth, all of which can swallow some living things. Like pitcher plants, they will devour some small insects.

Nepenthes is the general term for all species of the genus Nepenthes. It belongs to tropical carnivorous plants, and its origin is mainly in the tropics of the Old World. It has a unique nutrient-absorbing organ—the pitcher. The pitcher is cylindrical, with a slightly enlarged lower part and a lid on the mouth. It is named for its shape like a pig cage.

The structure of Nepenthes leaves is complex, divided into petioles, leaf bodies and tendrils. The tendril tail expands and curls back to form a bottle, which can prey on insects. Nepenthes have racemes with small green or purple flowers, and the pitchers on the top of the leaves are tools for preying on insects. The bottle cap of the bottle-shaped body can secrete fragrance to attract insects.

The mouth of the bottle is smooth, and the insects will slide down into the bottle, drowned by the liquid secreted from the bottom of the bottle, and decompose the nutrients of the insect body, and gradually digest and absorb them. There are about 170 species of wild species in the genus Nepenthes, and more than 1,000 species of horticultural species.

Nepenthes is a perennial vine with woody or semi-woody stems, about 3 meters high, climbing on trees or growing along the ground. The leaves are generally oblong, with tendrils at the end for easy climbing. A bottle-shaped or funnel-shaped pitcher with a lid is formed at the end of the vine.

Nepenthes will bloom after many years of growth. The flowers are generally racemes, and a few are panicles, dioecious. The flowers are small and flat. The smell is light and slightly fragrant during the day; the smell is strong at night and turns stinky. Its ornamental value cannot be compared with that of a pitcher. The fruit is a capsule, which splits and releases the seeds when ripe. Nepenthes often grow on their backs in nature.

The structure of the leaf is complex, divided into petiole, leaf body and tendril. The tendril tail expands and curls back to form a bottle, which can prey on insects. Nepenthes have racemes of small green or purple flowers. The pitcher on the top of the pitcher plant is a tool for preying on insects.

The cover surface of the bottle-shaped body can secret fragrance and attract insects. The mouth of the bottle is smooth, and the insects will slide down into the bottle, drowned by the liquid secreted from the bottom of the bottle, and decompose the nutrients of the insect body, and gradually digest and absorb them. Nepenthes is a general term for plants of the genus Nepenthes.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant that can prey on insects, and its main production area is tropical Asia. Nepenthes is a terrestrial plant and a climbing subshrub. Nepenthes has a unique nutrient-absorbing organ—the pitcher. The pitcher is cylindrical and the lower part is slightly enlarged. Because it is shaped like a pig cage, it is called the pitcher plant. Hainan, where it is produced in China, is also known as the Leigong Pot, which means that it is like a jug. Nepenthes Plants that rely on catching insects and other small animals for nutrition are called carnivorous plants.

Each leaf of Nepenthes can only produce one pitcher. If the pitcher is old and withered or damaged for some reason, the original leaf will not grow a new pitcher, only the new leaf will grow. Get new pitchers.

The pitcher of Nepenthes consists of a cage body and a lid. The cage body has structures such as cage mouth, lips, wings, digestive glands, and waxy regions, and the cage lid has structures such as nectary glands and lid keels. In addition, some Nepenthes pitchers have appendages. Cage tendrils appear at the junction of the cage body and the cover. At the same time, pitchers of the same species of Nepenthes will grow two different forms of pitchers. Often can cause the trouble on classification for this reason, make people mistakenly think that it is two kinds of different pitcher plants.

Most pitcher plants live in environments with high humidity and temperature and bright diffuse light. Usually on the edge of forests or shrubs or in clearings. A few species, such as Nepenthes apple, prefer dense, dark forests. Most species adapted to grow in grass populations similar to prairie species. Nepenthes grow in acidic, low-nutrient soils, usually peat, white sand, sandstone, or volcanic soils.

Nepenthes can be divided into lowland Nepenthes and highland Nepenthes according to the altitude of their native places. The climate in lowland areas is always hot and humid throughout the year, so lowland pitcher plants do not require too much temperature difference; while the climate in highland areas is warm during the day and cool at night throughout the year, so their healthy growth requires an environment with large temperature differences .

Looking at the tall plant in front of him, Zhao Zhongyao thought of things like pitcher plants on earth. But that's just a herb. Even with the ability to catch insects. But for humans, it does not constitute any threat.

It is said that there are plants that can eat people on earth, but there is no specific evidence. Usually appear in some myths and legends. In places where ordinary people live, there will be no such plants.

Carnivorous plants are also called carnivorous plants. The plant uses a special structure to catch insects or other small animals, and uses digestive enzymes, bacteria, or both to break down the insects and absorb their nutrients. Known carnivorous plants are about

400 species. Most of these plants are green plants; carnivorous plants can decompose captured animals, which is similar to the digestion process of animals.

The final products of decomposition, especially nitrogen compounds and salts, are taken up by plants. Most carnivorous plants can carry out photosynthesis and digest animal protein, so they can adapt to extreme environments. Most of its trapping tools are metamorphosis of leaves. More than half of the carnivorous plants are characterized by bilateral symmetry of flowers. Some carnivorous plants are found almost all over the world. There are about 520 kinds of plants that can eat animals in the world, but most of them can only eat small insects. Legend has it that the cypress that grows on the island of Java in Indonesia can eat people.

The cypress tree is eight or nine meters high, with many long branches hanging down to the ground. Some are like fast-breaking wires, swaying in the wind. If someone accidentally touches them, all the branches on the tree will stretch out in the same direction like magic claws, wrapping people around, and entangle them more and more tightly, making people Can't get away. The branches will soon secrete a very viscous glue juice, which can digest the captured "food". When the animal sticks to this liquid, it will be slowly "digested" and become a delicious meal for the tree.

When the branches of the cypresses have absorbed the nourishment, they start to flutter again, laying down a net again, ready to catch the next victim. Although mobos are said to be cannibals, there have been no reports of victims or disappearances associated with mobos. During the observation, it was only seen to eat some small animals. This plant is the closest to the prototype of the demonized cannibal tree, but it is still incapable of cannibalism.

Although Zhao Zhongyao knows that there are no real cannibal plants on earth, those plants that can eat people, such as cannibal vines and cypresses, only exist in some legends. There is not enough evidence to prove that they can eat people.

But think about it, how powerful a plant that can eat people must be. Plants are plants after all, it is impossible for them to possess enormous power like animals. And it needs an instant burst of strength.

No matter what, plants are not very moving creatures, even if they have some special abilities to swallow some animals. It can only eat some small insects and some small mammals like the pitcher plant. Even if they are the most powerful, it is impossible for them to capture a person and large animals in an instant like those man-eating vines in film and television works.

Zhao Zhongyao knows very well that although there are carnivorous plants on the earth, there are very few plants that can eat people. It can be said that there has never been such a thing as someone letting a plant eat it.

But today this kind of thing really happened in front of Zhao Zhongyao. In a lost world on Venus, there is actually a magical plant growing. The flowers of this plant can actually catch large animals like humans.

'What should I do, how should I save Feifei! '

Zhao Zhongyao was really desperate. In this place, no one can help him. If you encounter such a thing on earth. You can call the police and let the firefighters solve the problem. If they come, they may also quickly rescue the trapped ones.

But now Zhao Zhongyao is in a mysterious underground forest above Venus. Here, no one can help him. Although his wife and daughter are also in the spaceship not far away. But when they came, there was nothing to be done.

Seeing that Zhao Zhongyao couldn't climb the big tree, Qu Yuqian asked anxiously,' Zhongyao, what's going on, why didn't you climb the tree quickly. '

Zhao Zhongyao said helplessly, 'Yuqian, the top of this tree is very smooth, and I can't climb it no matter what. 'Although Qu Yuqian saw Zhao Zhongyao climbed twice and then slid down, she still didn't understand what was going on.

'Then you should quickly think of a way, or else, my daughter and I will go over to help too! ’ Qu Yuqian felt that she could no longer stay in the spaceship.

After hearing what his wife said, Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said, 'You two, don't come here, it's too dangerous here. Feifei's accident alone is troublesome enough, you two don't want to add to the trouble. '

Although Zhao Zhongyao also wanted his wife and daughter to help, he also felt that if his wife and daughter came and they couldn't help much, they might help more and more!

'Then you should quickly find a way! Otherwise, my son will be in danger. ' Qu Yuqian looked at Zhao Zhongyao again and said.

After hearing what his wife said, Zhao Zhongyao comforted her and said, 'Yuqian, Feifei will not be in any danger for the time being. He is wearing a spacesuit. This space suit is very strong. And it is also very resistant to corrosion. Even if this carnivorous plant can secrete some digestive juice, it will not hurt Feifei for a while. '

‘Then you should hurry up and find a way to save your son. ’ Qu Yuqian said anxiously again.

'Okay, I'll think about it again. After hearing what his wife said, Zhao Zhongyao had no choice but to look at the magical plant in front of him again. He was thinking about how he could save his son from the tree. But after much deliberation, there was nothing he could do. He wanted to find some twigs or something. But he felt that it was impossible to save his son even with a tree branch. Because the tentacles of that huge flower had already tightly grasped the son. And it was directly sent to the two huge petals. Now these two huge red petals have wrapped Feifei tightly. Not to mention that Feifei couldn't be rescued with a branch. Even if Zhao Zhongyao climbed up the tree and used his hands, it would not be easy to separate the two huge petals. Moreover, if he also climbed onto the tree and faced this huge piranha, it would be very dangerous.

But just when Zhao Zhongyao felt very helpless, he suddenly felt something moving beside him. Because it's on Venus. Zhao Zhongyao was wearing a thick spacesuit. This space suit is isolated from the outside world.

Astronauts in the space suit can only see the movement outside, but cannot hear the movement outside

. Zhao Zhongyao didn't hear anything. He just inadvertently saw something moving in the nearby bushes.

‘Hey, am I delusional, this is Venus. This is an underground forest with only plants, how can there be any animals. The oxygen content in the air here is very low, and it is impossible for any animal to survive here. Zhao Zhongyao thought of this first.

Zhao Zhongyao felt that there should be no animals here. It is already amazing to have a magical man-eating plant, how can there be any magical animals.

But just when Zhao Zhongyao was thinking this way, the bushes next to him shook again. After a while, an animal like a little wild boar suddenly sprang out from inside.

Zhao Zhongyao was taken aback when he saw this little animal. After all, it was completely beyond his expectation. In this underground forest, the oxygen content in the air is only one percent. It is impossible for animals to survive at such low oxygen levels. At most, some small insects or bacteria and other small animals that do not need a lot of oxygen can survive. How could there be a large animal like a wild boar.

'ah! This - what kind of animal is this. Zhao Zhongyao looked at the little wild boar-like animal in front of him, and he was very puzzled.