Li Du joined the town's kangaroo hunting team.
After a day in the car, he was actually a little tired, but the boss invited him so warmly, and he had never seen kangaroo hunting before, so he joined the hunting team.
Old John changed into his hunting clothes and joined the team with a shotgun. There were five people in the team, and except for the middle-aged man who had called him, the others were all older.
On the way, he told Li Du that the town used to produce minerals, but as the mining resources dried up, the town's residents lost their income and their living standards began to decline.
More than ten years ago, the mayor had an idea to change the development model of the town, to take the route of ecotourism, and to make money from the tertiary industry.
Ecotourism needed characteristics, and the mayor found that many tourists came to Australia for kangaroos, so he decided to breed kangaroos and provide tours.
However, how could tourism develop so easily?
The town raised some kangaroos, invested a lot of money, and filled up the mine pit, planted trees and flowers on it, and artificially created a kangaroo habitat.
They introduced red kangaroos and big red kangaroos, and waited for tourists to come.
A few years later, not many tourists were interested, and the town's economic environment continued to deteriorate. A large number of residents left, and finally the mayor ran away.
Hearing this, Li Du laughed and said, "It turns out that this was a wrong policy."
Old John sighed, "Yes, it was a wrong policy, a big mistake."
In order to introduce kangaroos, the town spent a lot of money, and in order to let kangaroos survive there, they spent even more money.
In fact, they did not have to spend so much money. Kangaroos were very resilient, and after a group of kangaroos was brought here, they began to reproduce happily for many years because there were no natural enemies.
Female kangaroos had two uteruses, and they had the magical ability to take turns pregnant. For example, when a baby was born in the right uterus, the left uterus could conceive another baby embryo.
In this way, when the first baby grew up and left the pouch completely, the baby in the other embryo began to develop, and at the same time the previous uterus could continue to conceive...
If the outside conditions were suitable, the mother kangaroo would keep reproducing.
What was more amazing was that the baby kangaroos could be born about 30 to 40 days after fertilization, but at that time they were very small and needed to be stored in the mother kangaroo's pouch to live.
In this way, the kangaroos began to reproduce wildly. Within a few years, the number of kangaroos in the town exceeded the capacity of the environment.
At that time, the kangaroos would no longer be the hope to save the town's economy, but the murderers who would destroy the town's environment.
"They are herbivores and eat a variety of plants. They like short, green, tender grass that is close to the ground the most. They don't like long grass or hay. If there is no tender grass, they will eat young leaves or tree buds." Old John continued to explain to him.
"In this way, when they eat the young grass and tree buds, the grass and trees will no longer grow. When they lack food, they will come to our farmland and vegetable fields to look for food."
At this point, John Senior began to shake his head. "These bastards like to move at night, and they have strong physiques. Once they break into our fields, they often cause great damage."
"This is the harvest season. We have no choice but to send people to the fields at night." The middle-aged man, Karic, said, "As you can see, most of the people in our town are old. How can they be on night duty?"
Li Du understood their helplessness. Even if these old people went to the fields and encountered kangaroos, what could they do? Kangaroos tended to live in groups. They were strong fighters, and if they rushed up together, they could trample people to death!
Therefore, every autumn, the town organized a kangaroo hunt.
It was not an easy job. The kangaroos were very good at running away, and the old people's marksmanship was average, so it was difficult to kill kangaroos.
When they arrived at the fields behind the town, it was evening, and the kangaroos began to come out. From a distance, Li Du saw a few brownish-red figures jumping in the fields.
"Oh, what the hell, these bastards are here again!" The hunting team cursed angrily.
Karic said, "Kill them. We must kill at least one today!"
"Hey, keep your voices down. This time we will shoot closer. It's hard to hunt them from too far away."
"Yes, let's get closer. Everyone bend down. Old John, bend down!"
"I'm already bending down. My old waist is only so flexible. If I bend any more, I'll break!"
Li Du gestured for the three little ones to be quiet. They obediently shut their mouths, crouched on the ground, and quietly moved forward.
The few kangaroos that appeared in the fields had short reddish-brown fur, and the fur on their limbs was yellowish-brown. They had long pointed ears, strong hind legs, and a thick tail to support their body. They could jump several meters with one jump, which was very amazing.
The damage they caused to the fields was even more amazing. They shuttled through the fields and trampled down large tracts of wheat. The old men who watched them grimaced, obviously distressed.
With the cover of the weeds, the group gradually approached the wheat fields. Then, an old man about the same age as Old John rushed up, pulled the trigger, and shouted, "Son of a bitch, go to God!"
Bang! Bang!
The loud gunshot echoed in the wilderness, and the kangaroos were so frightened that they ran away.
The jumping ability of these kangaroos was very amazing. After using all their strength, they could jump eight or nine meters with each jump. They were as fast as lightning, and Li Du was stunned.
However, one of the kangaroos was frightened and became fierce. It rushed to the old man who had fired the gun. It jumped even faster, and it could jump two meters high and several meters away at a time. After a few jumps, it jumped in front of the old man.
The old man was frightened. Facing the angry big kangaroo, he panicked and wanted to shoot and escape at the same time. As a result, his brain stopped working, and he couldn't shoot or escape.
Seeing that the kangaroo was about to hit them, a tragedy was inevitable.
At this time, Li Du calmly waved and shouted, "Ah Ow, go!"
Ah Ow, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up. She stared at the big kangaroo with cold eyes, and the muscles of her hind legs tightened like a bowstring. She rushed up with a whoosh.
The two fierce beasts faced each other head-on. Ah Ow cleverly changed direction. After the first jump and landing, she twisted her waist and rushed to the side of the big kangaroo.
In the blink of an eye, Ah Ow had already rushed up, jumped into the air like a cannonball, and pounced on the big kangaroo with a bang!
At that moment, the big kangaroo had rushed in front of the old man. The old man saw its eyes clearly: anger, fierceness, and brutality!
This is the look of death. This thought appeared in his mind, and then he closed his eyes.
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