Chapter 912: That Tree Is Easy to Set up an Ambush

"What's that over there! An elephant's body, so rare."

Standing on the top of the slope, Bifang was looking around to see if the surrounding environment was safe, but suddenly saw a mountain of meat lying on the open ground in the distance. Looking carefully, he found that it was actually the body of an elephant, and there were vultures circling in the sky above.

This surprised everyone. Many people had never seen the body of an elephant with their own eyes, which was very novel.

[Was it killed by poachers? ]

[It's possible. I heard that poachers in Africa are rampant]

[Should we be more careful then?]

[Maybe it was bitten to death by something? ]

[Yes, it's possible]

All kinds of speculations came up, but if you want to know the truth, you still need to get closer and observe carefully before you can draw a conclusion, so everyone asked Lao Fang to check it out.

If it were another anchor, everyone might ask the other party to be careful and not to overturn the car.

But for Bifang, fans have long known his ability, and their inner desire for knowledge is ready to move, so they started to encourage him directly.

Do you understand the value of the title of Fangshen? Tactical retreat

[Why don't we go over and take a look]

[Yes, yes, let's go over and take a look]

[Charge forward, I can't ignore it as a righteous person! ]

Even if the audience didn't ask, Bifang would definitely go over with his usual style.

However, in view of the possibility of poachers, Bifang did not act rashly. He first observed the elephant carcass and found no obvious traces around it. There was no shelter around it that could hide a car.

"I see that the carcass has been eaten, but the flesh and blood tissue exposed inside is very dark in color, and there are vultures on it. It seems that a long time has passed since the elephant died, and the carcass has gradually decayed. In this case, even if it was man-made, we are unlikely to encounter the person who did it."

"In short, we are late."

After explaining, Bifang slid down the hillside, small gravel kept rolling down from under him, jogging all the way, followed by the cheetah who didn't know what was going on. Not long after, the man and the cheetah arrived at the elephant carcass.

As expected, as soon as they approached, a strong stench of decay came to their noses, so that the cheetah covered its nose with its paws and retreated step by step, refusing to follow them forward.

Even the Gambian rat Jerry had a huge reaction, curled up in his pocket and didn't move, as if he had fainted.

Helplessly, Bifang had to go alone.

The vultures' sharp beaks easily tore off the loose meat due to decay. They looked up and swallowed the meat, discovering the invading enemy.

The approach of the stranger made the vulture scream, but the stranger did not retreat at all.

Seeing that the intimidation was useless, the vulture retreated a few steps, grabbed the skin and flesh and jumped behind the elephant, and then gnawed it, obviously unwilling to leave easily.

Bifang didn't care. He squatted down, held his breath, and used the stick in his hand to pick up the hanging elephant skin, revealing the internal tissue.

As the elephant skin was opened, a large number of black flies flew out, scaring the audience in front of the screen.

Fortunately, the mosaic blocked everything before a more disgusting scene appeared.

But even with blurred vision, everyone could guess what the scene below would be like. It was nothing more than what flies liked to do the most, eating and laying eggs.

The weather has not been very hot recently, but as long as the temperature is above 15 degrees, it is still a suitable environment for them to lay eggs.

[Damn, it's just dinner time here, and I have no appetite]

[The greatest invention of mankind, mosaic]

[You didn't say that last night]

[How long has it been rotten]

[So how did it die? ]

[Looking at the wound, it feels like it was bitten to death by an animal, and the head is intact, so it shouldn't be taken for ivory]

[Is it possible that it died of old age? ]

[Speaking of which, it seems that it is rare to see elephants die of old age]

[It was killed by poachers before it died of old age]

"Elephants rarely die of old age. Basically, they starve to death before they die of old age. This has nothing to do with poachers."

Bifang tried to find more clues on the elephant's body, and at the same time glanced at the barrage to answer the audience's confusion.

"Elephant teeth are very special. Most mammals only have three sets of molars, which grow out in a way similar to bamboo shoots. Teeth cannot be renewed after adulthood.

But elephants are different. They have no canines, only incisors and six sets of molars. However, because the upper and lower jaws are relatively short, they cannot accommodate six sets of molars at the same time, so these six sets of molars appear in sequence, like a conveyor belt, gradually moving forward from the back of the mouth."

"There are actually very few mammals like this. Among the 5,500 known mammals, less than 10 species can continuously renew their molars. In addition to elephants, only three species of manatees, rock wallabies, and frost mice have teeth that are pushed from the back to the front."

[Sounds painful]

[A bit embarrassing]

[What the hell]

"It is indeed uncomfortable, so elephants that are changing their teeth are usually more irritable."

Bifang confirmed this statement and continued.

"Since elephants have a long lifespan, their sixth set of molars will last for 20 to 30 years. If they eat too much hard and difficult-to-chew food, which damages their teeth, their lifespan will be shortened."

"Many wildlife rescue non-profit organizations, such as Wildlife SOS, feed semi-liquid food to old elephants that have reached their sixth set of molars."

"In fact, many animals will starve to death because they lose all their teeth. However, elephants have almost no natural enemies, and even when they are old, they cannot be provoked by carnivores. Therefore, the basic natural death situation is death from starvation, not death from old age."

Bi Fang walked around the elephant, and the vultures also jumped around in a circle.

"Without food and unbearable hunger, elephants will rely on drinking water to relieve themselves."

"And older elephants tend to become more pink as they get older, because their ears and noses tend to fade with age."

"So we don't see elephants dying of old age, but we can often see pink elephants dying near water sources."

[Useless knowledge increased]

[Awesome, you all know this]

[Shit, sometimes I don’t have lunch and it’s not dinner time. When I feel hungry and uncomfortable, I drink boiled water and it makes me feel much better]

【plus one】

[Sudden understanding (funny)]

【The secrets of nature are already known to all! 】

Bi Fang walked around to the elephant's back, and the vultures jumped onto the elephant's belly again.

At this point he finally made a discovery.

"It was not done by animals, it was done by people. Look, there are bullet holes here."

Bi Fang pushed the elephant's head away hard, exposing the side of its neck. Several huge bullet holes were covered up on the ground, and the scars were as big as the mouth of a bowl, proving that the man-made theory was correct.

"This is a female elephant without tusks, so the skull remains intact."

"African elephants are different from Asian elephants. Both male and female elephants here have tusks, but I remember saying that due to human selection, more and more African elephants no longer have tusks."

"I don't know why those people wanted to kill her."

Bi Fang was a little confused.

When it comes to Africa’s most popular commodities, they are definitely ivory and rhino horn.

But rhino horn is made of epidermal horn, with no bone core inside, and its main component is keratin.

Ivory is different. Ivory is an extension of the elephant's bones, and almost one-third of it grows inside the skull. This means that the ivory and the skull are connected. There is no way to remove all the tusks while the elephant is alive.

So you don’t have to kill the rhino to get its horns, but to get its ivory, the elephant will definitely die.

But on the contrary, if the ivory is not taken, why should the elephant be killed?

"The bite wounds were added later, and at least two days had passed."

Observing the surrounding environment again, Bi Fang made a different discovery this time at a closer distance. He pointed to a big tree not far away.

"That tree seems easy to set up an ambush. Let's go and take a look."