Chapter 822 Golden Meteorite

Carrying the dead horned viper, Bifang found a flatter stone slab on the spot and took them to the stream in the canyon.

Skinned, bled, and cleaned skillfully.

These days, Bifang probably ate rattlesnakes the most, and he was very skilled at this.

He cut the snake neatly from the abdomen with a dagger, then picked up the spine, opened the head, and slid along the spine to separate the whole snake bone, leaving a soft and long flat snake meat, which was washed in water like a long flat belt. When it came out, it was almost unrecognizable.

The snake's stomach was also preserved and used as a water bottle. For some reason, a few days ago, one of the snake's stomachs burst and lost a lot of fresh water. Today was just the right time to replenish it.

[Wow, it feels similar to eel]

[There is no difference between snakes and eels, both have only one spine, pick it apart, slice it, and stir-fry it with green peppers, it is very fragrant]

[I am a little hungry, it is time to order a midnight snack]

[Lao Fang eats lunch, fans eat midnight snack, is this jet lag, love it]

After cleaning the snake meat, Bifang took out a "big stone", immersed it in water, and picked it up after a while. After the "stone" loosened a little, he peeled off the pure white snake eggs from it.

These snake eggs are not scattered one by one like chicken eggs, but are all bound together by unknown substances. The joints are all sandy, and it looks like they are embedded in the stone ball, which is quite strange.

[By the way, why are snake eggs all clumped together? They feel like stones]

"Snakes are reptiles that lay amniotic eggs, which have a moist and soft surface. In addition, the mother snake will also secrete a kind of mucus during the egg-laying process to lubricate the birth canal, so that the eggs can be laid smoothly."

"The surface of the snake eggs laid will be sticky with mucus, which will solidify quickly and stick all the eggs together through the amniotic eggs to form a complete egg mass."

"Because it is in the desert area, the coagulation process will inevitably be contaminated with sand. When they are united together, it looks like eggs growing on stones. Sometimes they are even clumped up by sand. If you don't look carefully, you will find that the eggs are not covered with sand. I can't find it. "

"Speaking of which, there are snakes that lay eggs and those that lay eggs alive. We are lucky. The horned viper belongs to the former, so we can eat its eggs now."

[What is that?]

[I understand oviparity, but what is viviparity?]

[Be verbose, be verbose]

"Oviparity means laying eggs."

"Viviparity is a little different. The snake has eggs in its stomach, but does not lay them. After hatching in the body, the baby snakes come out directly. You can't see the eggs."

"This is probably related to the living environment of different snakes."

After being cleaned, the white snake eggs were placed on the shore and neatly arranged together. They were about the size of a thumb, and there were nearly twenty of them!

"Snakes living in watery areas do not have a good incubation environment for laying eggs, so they adopt an ovoviviparous reproduction strategy of letting the eggs hatch in the mother's body and directly produce baby snakes."

"Snakes living on relatively warm land with fewer natural enemies usually lay more eggs because the natural hatching of eggs is safe."

"But this is not absolute. It is mainly the result of genetics. Some life rules have not yet been discovered by humans."

Bifang shook off the water stains. Under the sun, the water stains on the snake eggs evaporated quickly. Facing the sun, the scene inside the snake eggs can be clearly seen through the eggshell. Fortunately, no formed baby snakes were seen.

"Vipers have both oviparous and viviparous species. Fortunately, horned vipers are oviparous. They hide their eggs under rocks, or in caves dug by other animals. They will hatch and be born in two to three months."

After the treatment, Bifang returned to the cave with the stone slab and food, then built a fire to boil water, set up the stone slab and kettle, and then threw all the washed snake eggs into the kettle.

"Snake eggs are rich in protein, with a ratio of up to 60%. They are much more nutritious than chicken eggs. They are also rich in minerals, trace elements, and amino acids needed by the human body. From a nutritional point of view, snake eggs are a high-nutrient substance."

"However, not many people eat snake eggs. First, snakes are not like chickens, which can lay eggs every day. Second, the value of snake eggs is far less than that of adult snakes. Third, probably not many people eat snakes. Most people still have a subconscious fear of snakes."

The milky white snake eggs roll slightly in the boiling water.

Bifang placed the snake meat on the stone slab. Under the high temperature, the snake meat, which was more than half a meter long, quickly curled up and exuded a faint oil fragrance.

"I have said many times that wild snake meat is likely to have parasites, but don't be afraid. As non-microorganisms, they can't withstand a high temperature of 100 degrees. Just wait patiently for a while to let the high temperature pass through every cell. It doesn't matter if the food is burnt a little. Safety is more important than taste."

Normal eggs only take seven or eight minutes to be fully cooked, not even soft-boiled eggs, but for smaller snake eggs, Bifang boiled them for almost ten minutes and even added water twice, which shows how cautious he is. However, because of this, the taste is not very good.

"The protein in eggs contains more methionine. After being heated for a long time, it will decompose into sulfide, which reacts with the iron in the egg yolk to form iron sulfide that is not easily absorbed by the human body, resulting in more nutritional losses."

"So if you combine the two, ten minutes is enough."

Bifang poured it out, let it cool slightly, picked up one, put it into his mouth even though the shell was not thin, chewed it with the shell, and then swallowed it.

[How is it? ]

[What does it taste like?]

[I have never eaten snake eggs in my life. Are they the same as chicken eggs? ]

[How can they be the same?]

[I think goose eggs are the most delicious. Boiled in white, they are very delicate, and then dipped in soy sauce, they are fragrant.]

Bifang pondered for a moment, licked the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's dry and not very delicious."

[What? That's it.]

[I waited in vain.]

[What are you waiting for? You can't even eat delicious food.]

"When eggs are boiled in boiling water for more than 10 minutes, a series of chemical changes will occur inside. The protein structure becomes tighter and is not easy to contact with the protein digestive enzymes in gastric juice, so it is more difficult to digest, and the yolk becomes very dry and loose."

"Snake eggs have a higher protein content, so they are more sticky to the teeth. In addition, the eggshell, so it doesn't taste very good."

After snake eggs, there is snake meat. There is nothing to say about this. It is no different from other snake meat.

The slightly bitter taste was accompanied by a hint of oil and a unique taste.

However, snake meat sprinkled with a thin layer of salt in the wilderness is also a rare delicacy.

One snake was enough for lunch, and only one snake egg was tasted, and the rest were put into the bag for dinner.

The next day, the live broadcast had not yet started.

Bifang drew a map on the ground, and with the memory and route in his mind, he found the approximate coordinates and left them to the local government.

Although he didn't know how the locals would use it, and whether this place was an unknown mural site, Bifang couldn't control those things.

Riding Alpha on the road, the audience followed Bifang's time and witnessed the surroundings turning from giant rocks back to sand dunes again, watching the gradual disappearance of many rocks that were eroded by the wind into strange shapes such as "castles" and "stone mushrooms".

Under the blowing of the wind, the flat sand surface formed many staggered strip-like ridges, which looked like waves, one after another.

Returning to the familiar scene again, Bifang was not happy. How could he do that? He still preferred to face the rocks of the previous few days.

"Sand dunes can move. Driven by the wind, they move everywhere, and the speed is very fast. In a day, a sand dune weighing several thousand tons can move dozens of meters."

"The moving sand dunes have created a large number of 'mazes' in the Sahara Desert. If you are not careful, you will get lost in the desert."

"Sand dunes are also manic expanders. They move continuously at a speed of several thousand meters per year, which makes the Sahara Desert expand faster and faster."

"I have to re-judge the direction every once in a while to confirm my route, which is very troublesome."

During the day, the most reliable direction guide is undoubtedly the sun, and even the sand dunes under the prevailing wind can only serve as an auxiliary basis.

"Not to mention that there is quicksand inside."

The moving sand dunes will bury everything in the sand, forming a vast sea of ​​sand. The sea of ​​sand looks very flat and spectacular, but it hides murderous intentions.

The sand in the sea of ​​sand is very loose, and the loose sand creates "traps".

These traps are very concealed and can easily trap people.

The piles of bones in the Sahara Desert are the witnesses of the dead.

Camels have broad hooves and are not afraid of these things, but Bifang does not sit on Alpha's back all the time.

Grasslands, rocky deserts, oases, canyons, and sand dunes.

The audience has followed Bifang to witness the richness and diversity of the Sahara, but this is far from all of it.

"Crystal? No, it should be glass."

In the desert, Bifang held a stick, poked in the sand, and picked out a translucent crystal.

The crystal is irregular, with a light yellow color, and looks like a natural mineral.

This is an oasis, but unlike most oases, the water here is not fresh water.

There are many flies gathered on the water surface, which can filter concentrated salt and store fresh water in their bodies.

And next to these flies, Bifang also saw a few birds.

Just as desert travelers can get water by squeezing cacti, birds can also get fresh water by preying on flies.

This may be the only time the birds stop, they have gained enough energy, and with this energy, they may be able to escape from the barren Sahara Desert.

However, the audience's attention at this time is not on this exquisite little ecosystem, but on the "stone" in Bifang's hand.

[What? Glass? ]

[Shouldn't it be crystal or something? ]

[I can't tell these apart]

"No, it's definitely glass."

Bifang put the stone on his face to confirm that he felt right.

"In a normal environment, the temperature of natural crystal is lower than that of glass. It will feel slightly cold when touched with the palm or cheek. Even in the hot summer, licking the surface of the crystal with the tongue will feel cold and cool. Glass does not have this feeling. This is determined by their thermal conductivity."

"And the weight is different. Crystal is a stone-like material with high density and will not be too light."

"Then there is refraction and hardness. I can be sure that this is glass."

Bifang tossed the stone and said with certainty.

[Why does this glass look like it was formed naturally? ]

"It's not like, it should be."

"There is a kind of natural glass with the highest purity in the world in the Libyan Desert. Is this its characteristic?"

"In 1932, a British explorer named Patrick Clayton led an expedition team deep into the Sahara Desert. In the Libyan Desert, Clayton found some yellow-green "stones" scattered on the desert."

"In 1996, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo Michele accidentally discovered traces of yellow-green "stones" in the Egyptian Museum. But it is not a separate exhibit, but a treasure hidden in the necklace of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh."

"The scarab in the middle of the Egyptian pharaoh's necklace is made of Libyan desert glass."

[Fuck, the ancients three thousand years ago knew how to make glass? 】

【Are you stupid? Fang Shen said there is natural glass... It is obviously polished】

"In nature, there are four main situations in which natural glass is formed."

"One is volcanic glass, which is formed by volcanic magma erupting underwater or on the surface and cooling rapidly."

"One is pseudo-basalt glass, which is usually the product of melting caused by friction heat when an earthquake fault slides."

"The last one is glass meteorites, which are caused by huge foreign objects hitting the earth, melting the surface rocks into liquid, and then splashing into the sky. When they suddenly cool and fall back to the ground again, they form glass meteorites."

"Another one is impact metamorphic glass produced by meteorite impact metamorphism."

"Scientists have discovered a huge meteorite crater in the desert in western Egypt, named Kobira."

"The glass in the Libyan desert is most likely the product of the Kobira impact. Support this statement There is also evidence that the glass contains a high-pressure mineral called redistone, which is only formed when a meteorite hits. "

"The Egyptians called this glass golden meteorite, and regarded it as a ritual treasure that brought the sun god to the earth. The most famous work of Libyan golden meteorite is the chest ornament of Tutankhamun, the 18th Dynasty pharaoh of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt - a scarab carved from golden meteorite. "

"Tutankhamun is considered by contemporary spiritual saints to be a pharaoh who ascended peacefully. "

"It is said that the prosperity of early ancient Egypt developed with the support of aliens, and golden meteorites can help restore this connection. They can connect to the important Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. "

"This thing seems to be quite valuable. "

Bifang pointed the stone in his hand at the sun, and the stone in his hand emitted a clear yellow light.