Chapter 800 Charge

The Sahara wolves that wandered around for a day and night were unbearably hungry. However, after removing the sub-zero shrubs and weeds, there was boundless loess. Apart from gnawing grass like fat lambs, the only thing they could do was dig through the soil to find beetles to eat. .

During the day, the Sahara is as hot as a teppanyaki. Even the beetles are buried deep under the ground and are nowhere to be seen. When you dig the soil, there is only choking smoke.

Several lesser wolves stopped and raised their hind legs to itch. They bit the fur with their fangs, trying to drive away the damn fleas. Their sideways glances drifted towards the leading wolf from time to time, seeming to imply dissatisfaction, but hidden due to authority. Not sent.

The alpha wolf is the strongest and most intimidating among the wolves. His body size alone is much larger than that of the other wolves, and he enjoys the service of the female wolf.

The itched hairs were flying in the air. They wished they could shed their fur and fall into a relaxed state. However, thinking of the biting cold at night, the slightly loosened hair follicles took root firmly again.

Hot during the day, freezing at night.

This is the Sahara.

Just as a few secondary wolves were at the end of the team, secretly expressing their dissatisfaction, a low wolf howl woke up the entire pack.

The wolves in twos and threes immediately cheered up and quickly came to the head wolf, looking hard into the distance.

There were three camels, two big and one small.

There was not a tree for miles around, and the huge camel standing on the ground cast a shadow, making it particularly conspicuous.

Come live.

Smoke and dust billowed, and the wolves charged towards the small camel family, their green eyes shining with hunger.

[This wolf is a bit small]

[Indeed, it seems much smaller than what Fang Shen encountered before]

[What kind of wolf is this, a desert wolf? 】

The drone can automatically zoom in on the scene, making the two sides of the confrontation seem to be right in front of them, and the audience can see it more realistically.

The wolves surrounding the three camels were numerous in number, but their quality seemed to be inferior, and their bodies felt more than one circle smaller than the Arctic wolves.

Bi Fang himself was too far away, and there were not enough reference objects nearby. The only thing the audience could compare with was the besieged camel, so they were not sure whether the wolf was too small or the camel was too big.

Although the wolves were a little smaller, Bi Fang counted them carefully under the scorching sun and found that there were actually seventeen wolves!

Once there are more than five animals in the same space, it can create a certain degree of visual effect.

Think about meeting five dogs at home at once. Although the number is small, when you really pounce on them, you will feel "that's a lot" in your heart.

The increase in the number of animals is by no means just an increase in numbers. This is why Bi Xiang has always disliked social carnivores and encountering them is always a tricky thing.

The large number of wild wolves made the charge look massive, letting people know that this small group of wolves should not be underestimated.

For this reason, Bi Fang did not approach rashly. After getting closer, he hid two hundred meters away, lying on the ground and watching the development of the situation. When he saw the barrage, he consciously started to explain the battle.

"That's a desert wolf, also called an African wolf. Your feeling is correct. They are indeed small, and much smaller."

"I have mentioned a Bergmann's law before, which means that for endothermic animals, among individuals of the same species or closely related species, those living in cold environments have relatively larger body sizes."

"Bergman believes this is because as the body size increases, the relative body surface area of ​​the animal becomes smaller, resulting in a smaller body surface divergence ratio, thereby better retaining heat to adapt to the cold environment in high latitudes."

"This law is not a theorem, and it also has major flaws, but as far as mammals are concerned, more than 90% of species comply with it. So we can easily deduce that the closer to the equator, the smaller the body size. Desert wolves are typical, they are not even half the weight of Arctic wolves.”

"Although the desert wolf is called a wolf, it is not a wolf in the strict sense, but an independent species in the genus Canidae."

Bi Fang lay on the loess and explained a little about the origin of the gray wolf, which also gave the audience a better understanding.

As a group predator, gray wolves are found almost all over the world, but they have disappeared only on the roads of Africa. The reasons for this are very complicated.

"In general, wolf is the name of gray wolf of the genus Canidae, and the migration route of the ancestors of gray wolves, including gray wolves, has always been between Eurasia and North America, and has not entered Africa. The reason may be related to migration memory and Environmental differences are related, which leads to the absence of gray wolves in Africa.”

"Despite this, during the early migration of canids, some of them entered Africa, because there are still canids in Africa, and the African wolf is one of them."

【Then why is it called wolf】

[Maybe it’s due to language habits]

"It is indeed a language habit. For example, African hyenas, although they are called hyenas, are actually not canines. The hyenas under the suborder Feline are neither cats nor canids, and are an independent species."

"This is all a matter of translation and naming. In the past, the translation and naming were not rigorous enough. The hyena looked like a dog at first glance, so people gave it a name with 'dog' in it.

There are many similar historical issues, such as a cheetah is not a leopard, and a puma is not a lion. However, these names are already widely used as official names, so the mistakes will be made without modification. "

Precisely because they are not wolves, the habits of African wolves are slightly different from those of wolves, such as their flexible organizational forms.

The social organization of African wolves is very flexible. The size of the tribe varies according to the available food. If there is enough food, they can form a large group. If there is no food, the number will disperse and become small groups again.

On the ground covered with coarse sand, the African wolf pack charged at the camel again and again, bringing up billowing dust.

Strangely, they were not in a hurry to attack, but just passed by the camel again and again with the flexibility brought by their smaller bodies, as if they just wanted to cause panic on the other side.

And judging from the camel's helpless performance, this trick is quite effective. At least several times the camel wanted to break out, but was forced back by several wolves.

"This is a common tactic of the wolf pack, 'blitzkrieg'."

Bifang was a little excited. Such a scene is rare.

"Look how smart they are. By charging continuously, they try to cut off the camel family group. As long as the cub is cut out, it will die!"

The size of African wolves distributed in different regions varies greatly with geographical changes. The size of West Africa and North Africa is much larger than that of East Africa.

West Africa is the land of the upright and the righteous, so these African wolves are not that small, and some of them are set off by camels, which makes the attack look even more fierce.

The smallest camel is the weakest link in the small group. It has never seen such a scene before, and it can't help running away several times, but it is firmly protected by two big camels on the left and right, but the big camels are also in trouble.

They can't hold on for long.