Chapter 605 Raising Two Kinds of Rats
Her shouts reached the high slope, and the sheep boss, who was staring at the green-lit big toon tree, immediately ran home. The shouts reached the sheep shed, and the two weasels, whose anesthetic effects had not yet completely worn off, shivered at the same time. The sick wolf stuck his head in again and sniffed the two weasels and the little ones who were feeding.
Xia Qing opened the security door again and shouted to the sheep shed, "Old Two, it's time to eat."
The sick wolf immediately turned around and left the sheep shed and went back to the house to eat.
After eating a hearty breakfast, the sheep boss rushed to the high slope to guard his precious toon tree. The sick wolf did not go to the sheep shed to guard the weasel family, but picked up a small basket to catch insects for his fish.
Xia Qing poured the water used to wash the pot into the small basin for mixing grass for the chickens, grabbed a handful of cornmeal, mixed it with alfalfa and a few large centipedes he caught when he patrolled the territory in the morning, and then stepped on the mud to feed the chickens in the greenhouse.
In just one night, the temperature rose back above zero degrees, and the territory was wet everywhere. The green lantern chickens raised in the greenhouse can be put back into the spacious chicken coop for semi-free range.
But Xia Qing didn't dare, because there was a nest of weasels that specialized in eating chickens in the sheep shed next to the chicken coop. Even if he wanted to move the chickens back, he had to wait until the weasels moved away.
After feeding the green lantern chickens, Xia Qing came to the snake box, grabbed a nearly 20-centimeter-long centipede from the animal skin bag around his waist, opened the lid of the snake box, and wanted to stuff the centipede into the snake box.
There were more than a dozen green and yellow lantern vegetable snakes in this box, and a small green snake that Xia Qing caught in Valley No. 2 in Zone 3. Although Xia Qing now raises chickens and rabbits, and can receive prey from the wolf pack from time to time, Xia Qing has always kept these snakes well.
Because, this is meat.
After experiencing a long period of heartburn and dry hunger, Xia Qing will never give up any kind of food that can be caught in his hands.
But the moment she opened the snake box, a green light shot out from inside and went straight to her eyes.
Xia Qing held the lid of the snake box tightly with her left hand to prevent other snakes from running out, and pinched the head of the small green snake with her right hand. At the same time, she raised her left foot and stepped on the big centipede that fell to the ground and tried to escape.
Then, Xia Qing picked up the centipedes on the ground first, and threw them into the snake box along with several big centipedes and other insects in the bag to feed the snakes, and then carefully looked at the small green snake wrapped around her hand.
According to the information on the laptop, Xia Qing has been able to determine the species of this snake - a venomous snake of the genus Trimeresurus in the family Viperidae.
The information records that more than 60 venomous snakes of the genus Trimeresurus have been discovered after the natural disaster. The one Xia Qing was holding in her hand was a snake of the genus Trimeresurus.
To judge whether a venomous snake is powerful or not, three indicators are mainly considered: toxicity, venom volume and aggressiveness.
The bamboo green snake she caught was not very toxic and had a low amount of venom. Although it found the right time to attack, it was not fast enough and had insufficient strength, so it was not very aggressive.
Preliminary judgment showed that this was a beautiful but not powerful bamboo green snake. However, this snake always gave Xia Qing a feeling that it was very different.
Xia Qing, who had the magnetic sense to sense the changes in the magnetic field of plants, felt that "it was very different" for an animal for the first time.
As for what was different, Xia Qing couldn't say.
Xia Qing put the little snake into the bag on her waist and decided to wait for Xin Yu to come out of Territory No. 7 so that she could take a closer look.
Xin Yu, who had just returned from the No. 7 Territory to discuss cooperation, was intercepted by her ally Xia Qing and entered the No. 3 Territory. When she saw the little snake Xia Qing took out, her first reaction was: "It looks very beautiful."
This is also one of the reasons why Xia Qing caught the little snake, "In addition to being beautiful, it also knows how to attack people's vital points. Could it be a brain-evolved snake?"
Reptiles cannot use facial muscle movements to convey emotions, so Xia Qing cannot use his usual method - facial expressions to judge whether it is a brain-evolved snake. He can only conclude that it may be a brain-evolved snake through its abnormal behavior.
Xin Yu is a magnetic sense evolver who can sense changes in the magnetic field of animals. Xia Qing asked her to use magnetic sense to determine whether the little snake is brain-evolved.
If this snake is a brain-evolved snake, Xia Qing must keep it well, maybe it will be of great use someday.
After Xin Yu carefully felt the little snake, she shook her head, "Its magnetic field changes are not more drastic than those of similar snakes. If you want to confirm, you can send it to the No. 7 Territory and ask the third brother to use instruments to test it."
Xin Yu couldn't detect the difference, so it was probably not a brain-evolved snake. Xia Qing stuffed the little snake back into the bag around her waist, "Third brother has something important to do, so I won't bother him with this little thing."
The actual situation is: Xia Qing woke up her idol for a weasel a few hours ago and was scolded; if she went there with a snake again today, she was afraid that her idol would beat her out directly.
Xin Yu asked her most concerned issue, "Have you dismantled the warm shed outside the swallow's nest? The weather is getting warmer, and Jasmine doesn't want to stay in the greenhouse."
"I dismantled it after breakfast. The swallows are flying around to catch insects now." Xia Qing explained to Xin Yu why it was inconvenient to take her home to see it, "The evolved weasel on the third peak of the 50th mountain is in my sheep shed now. If you go there, it is likely to scare it. If it releases poisonous gas, all the dry firewood and hay in the sheep shed will be useless."
Hearing that the weasel was in the sheep shed, Xin Yu immediately gave up the idea. She still remembers Zhou Zhaoping's miserable state after smelling the stench.
After Xia Qing inquired about the arrangement of the reconnection construction, he took the enthusiastic Xin Yu to the North Buffer Forest to see the red squirrel. The little guy ran away to an unknown place, and there was no sound in the tree hole at this time.
Xin Yu speculated, "Now is the breeding season, the red squirrel may be looking for a mate."
Although the creatures on Blue Star have evolved greatly, the reproduction of wild animals on Blue Star still strictly follows the laws of nature. Only when the conditions for breeding are met, under the stimulation of hormones in the body and the regulation of the nervous system, will they mate and reproduce.
Spring is the breeding season. Not only wolves and weasels, but also wild boars in Territory No. 1 and red squirrels living in tree holes will go out to find mates and reproduce.
"It will definitely find a mate it likes this year, because its fur is bright now, and it is as fat as a ball. It is a big squirrel at first glance." Xia Qing showed Xin Yu the video she took of the red squirrel shaking its tail and rubbing its paws.
Xin Yu looked at it carefully and asked, "Is it male or female?"
Xia Qing replied, "Female."
"You now have two animals with "rat" in their names, maybe you can really attract cats." Xin Yu finished speaking and smiled.
Red squirrels and weasels, both have the word "mouse" in their names...
Xia Qing thought of this and couldn't help but sigh, "It's better not to come. If a cat comes, we'll definitely fight. Just like what Third Brother said, cats and I are not meant to be together." (End of this chapter)