Chapter 716: Whirlwind Formation

Chapter 716: Whirlwind Formation

Reindeer, old friend.

These big guys all have long horns, and there are a lot of them. At this moment, they are gathered together, which looks quite spectacular.

On the snowy ground, Bi Fang and six dogs were buried in the snow, with seven pairs of big eyes rolling around, as if they saw hundreds of huge barbecues with bones running on the endless snow field.

Goudan barked softly, and grabbed Bi Fang's clothes corner with his paws, as if he wanted him to go up quickly.

Bi Fang didn't show too much excitement. He tapped his brain and rubbed his chin thinking: "There is no cover, it's a bit troublesome."

As soon as the words fell, the drone took off high into the sky, clearly showing all the landforms with a radius of hundreds of meters. They are all snow fields, which are abnormally flat, and there is no suitable cover to cover the figure.

Such a landform, not to mention being as close as 20 meters, even if it is 50 meters, it will be easily found.

It's just that people came up with the solution after all. Bi Fang quietly unfolded the musk ox hide and poured dry snow on it. Although a little black hair can still be exposed occasionally, it seems that it can already blend in with the environment on the surface. , not so eye-catching.

Bi Fang lifted a corner of the musk ox hide, drilled inside, and slowly approached the reindeer group with the musk ox hide on top.

The musk ox hide is really useful. It can sleep at night and can be used as a bunker during the day.

"Although this is not the first time we have encountered reindeer, I still have to say that this time we may encounter something different from the previous two."

Lying and crawling forward consumes a lot of energy, and it is also very cold to rub against the snow at close range. After crawling for a while, Bi Fang stopped to catch his breath and temporarily replenished his state.

It can be said that herbivores are preyed by carnivores all the time. Usually, when herbivores encounter predators, they will only choose to escape quickly.

But for some herbivores, escape is not the only option, just like the musk ox that Bi Fang encountered in the Arctic.

"Reindeer is a herd animal, usually 6 to 13 of them form a 'family group', and several 'family groups' form a huge group, usually in the hundreds. Under the right conditions, a unique formation can be formed to defend against the enemy."

Formation?

This very ancient art of war word made the water friends look at each other in dismay.

Deer can do this too?

Bi Fang nodded, affirming the audience's guess.

"The reindeer formation is called the whirlwind formation, which is named for its resemblance to the whirlwind, but this formation is not complicated, that is, the entire reindeer herd revolves around a common center. After all, it is just animals, more Surrender to instinct, but it is quite powerful for predators in nature, after the formation is activated, not to mention wolves, even tigers are helpless."

"When carnivores hunt prey in groups, they usually only attack some weak individuals among them, but in the reindeer whirlwind, the weak ones in the group are located in the central area of ​​the array, which makes it impossible for predators to target the ideal prey."

"According to the order from the inside to the outside, the speed of the reindeer whirlwind is gradually increasing, and the speed of the reindeer going out is faster, and the people located in the outer area of ​​the reindeer whirlwind are almost all the strong ones in the group!"

As a large hoofed animal, a strong reindeer can even weigh more than 200 kilograms, and some particularly strong individuals can even exceed 300 kilograms.

In addition, adult reindeer have long horns with complicated branches, which constitute a powerful attack force of reindeer.

"After the reindeer formation is activated, the reindeer on the outside will start to run at high speed. If predators rush into the formation at this time, what awaits them will be continuously hit and trampled by the strong reindeer that follow. There's also a good chance of getting punctured by antlers, so many predators can't do anything about it."

After resting, Bi Fang put the musk ox hide on his head and continued to crawl forward.

It's just that the fundamental reason why human beings behave differently from other creatures is that they are good at thinking, and soon someone pointed out the bug in this formation.

[If it's a whirlwind, it shouldn't be easy to move, so when it's tired from running and has no strength, wouldn't it be waiting to be killed? 】

【Yeah, if you are tired from running, just take a break】

Seeing the bullet screen, Bi Fang stopped again, blinked, and said with a smile: "You are absolutely right, so when humans come, the reindeer will become extinct."

The audience was dumbfounded.

[Co-authoring this thing is useless to humans? 】

【As expected of me】

"Humans are actually a kind of animal that has a relatively large degree of isolation from nature. Well, this is not easy to explain clearly. Simply put, in the process of evolution, we humans have not actually co-evolved with many creatures. Therefore, most Animals have evolved resistance methods that don't work against us."

"Reindeer themselves are good at running animals, and the temperature in their living environment is very low, which is good for body heat dissipation, so reindeer whirlwinds can last for a long time, and carnivores in nature do not have the ability to The same logical thinking ability, they will only make judgments based on the immediate situation, and will not wait too long."

"On the other hand, when a large number of reindeer run together, a lot of splashes will be excited on the ground, and a lot of vibration and noise will be generated. Obviously, this is also a big deterrent to predators. So they usually choose to leave when faced with a reindeer cyclone."

Unfortunately, these two tricks are nothing to humans.

Qian donkeys are poor, as long as they see through the nature of the reindeer whirlwind, human beings will not be frightened at all.

For humans, the powerful formations in nature like the reindeer whirlwind have no effect, especially in ancient times, humans who learned how to use tools for long-range attacks were invincible.

"The reindeer formation is mighty, but it's actually very rigid. It's just rushing in one direction. It's not as threatening as the musk ox's counterattack. That's the real danger."

The formation of the musk ox is to surround the weak, and then the strong musk ox will confront the predator, counterattack and attack violently, flexible and tricky.

Reindeer that can only circle around are dangerous, but as long as you take precautions in advance, it is nothing.

"Before catching reindeer, they were either on frozen rivers or in the hills. The terrain was not convenient for them to form formations. When they encountered danger, they had to flee in all directions. Now it is different. We are on an open ice field, so we need to pay attention. .”

Speaking of this, Bi Fang was quite close to the reindeer, he held the spear and waited for the opportunity to move.

At a certain suitable moment, Bi Fang, who had reached the limit, suddenly jumped out.

The reindeer woke up with a start.

As Bi Fang said, all the reindeer form a circle by themselves, layer by layer, and the strongest deer on the periphery run around the circle at a fast speed. shock.

Just like the galaxies that revolve around the center of the Milky Way, it is also a tropical cyclone that rotates on the ocean.