Zhang Zian could understand Fina's resistance. Cats were very clean, and they even dug pits to bury their own excrement. Animals like foxes were indeed smelly and smelly. Otherwise, why would people call them "coquettish foxes"?
Foxes had a pair of glands on their tail. When they encountered an enemy or were frightened, they would release a strange odor to disgust the enemy away. They used the same method of defending against enemies as weasels and skunks, but their appearance was much better than weasels and skunks. Therefore, no one called them "coquettish weasels" or "coquettish skunks." After all, this was a world that valued appearance.
As a pet fox, its odor glands were often cut off. Otherwise, even if it was raised at home, it would inevitably be frightened. No one could stand the release of chemical weapons at home. The whole house would be uninhabitable, and it might even affect the neighbors.
In addition, even if it was a pet fox that had its odor glands cut off, everything was not good. Although foxes themselves did not have a stench, the smell of fox urine was quite strong!
In this regard, foxes were very similar to cats. They both originated in arid desert areas. In order to adapt to dry and water-deficient lives, their ancestors could not urinate as freely as humans. They had to concentrate their urine again and again. Otherwise, it would be a pity if a large amount of precious water was excreted with the urine.
In the desert, where the living environment was extremely harsh, if they did not have this ability, they might have become extinct long ago.
Concentration was the essence, and the urine after concentration … one could imagine the taste.
But foxes were different from cats in that the two animals had different ways of handling urine.
Although the smell of cat urine was also very strong, cats would bury their urine after excretion, so that the smell of urine would not scare away prey or make themselves the prey of natural enemies …
Cat litter and sand were essentially the same. Pet cats were born with it, and they hardly needed to be taught, so it was easier to raise cats.
Foxes did not do this. They only peed and did not bury it.
Of course, foxes were canines, and it seemed a bit demanding for them to use cat litter like cats.
It didn't matter. Since foxes were canines, wouldn't it be fine to take them out of the door like walking a dog?
Unfortunately, humans had spent tens of thousands of years domesticating dogs before the instinct to urinate at a fixed place was written into the genes of dogs. Foxes had never been a mainstream pet in human society. It was impossible to buy a fox and let it hold its urine like a dog and let its owner take it outside to urinate at a fixed place …
Therefore, it was not impossible to keep a fox as a pet. After all, there were people who kept even more exotic pets, but they either kept it in a cage all the time, or had a mine at home. It was best to specially prepare a house to keep it, and then laughed off the pungent smell of urine that lingered on the sofa, bed, and furniture for a long time.
Putting aside how to raise them, it was impossible to catch this group of fennec foxes without startling them. As long as they were startled, they would release chemical weapons.
Just like the saying goes, don't fail to catch the fox, and get yourself into trouble instead!
The hunting instinct in Famous's body made it eager to try, but when it heard how much Fina hated the smell of foxes, it couldn't help but feel nervous. It was now a public dog, and it had to pay attention to its image.
Zhang Zian looked up slightly and found that the group of fennec foxes had not left yet. He said to Fina and Famous, "Fennec foxes are very athletic. They can run and jump in the desert. If we chase them, it will be very difficult to catch them. Even if we can catch them, it will be very tiring, and when we catch them, we may be attacked by chemical weapons. Therefore, we should use our wits instead of brute force."
Fina did not say anything, but her eyes seemed to be questioning his IQ.
Zhang Zian used his finger to draw a simple topographic map on the sand.
An arc represented the sand dune where they were at this time, and a circle and two points behind the arc represented the positions of the three of them.
At a distance from the arc, he drew a few X's, representing the group of fennec foxes.
"Let's use the primitive hunting method. You two go around from the left and right." He drew an arrow on the left and right sides of the arc, pointing to the back of the X's.
"After you are in position, you don't need to catch them yourself. Just bluff and drive them towards the sand dune. If they run elsewhere, you block their way so that they can only run here." He explained, "Let's invite them into the trap. When they run over, I will finish the capture."
Primitive people used similar methods to hunt large animals, such as herds of bison. They did not directly surround and kill the bison, because they only had long spears made of sharpened stones tied to long sticks. It was not easy to pierce through the thick hide of the bison. Even if they managed to pierce through, they might not be able to hurt the vital parts of the bison. Instead, they might be injured or even killed by the bison's counterattack.
Therefore, primitive people would surround the bison on three sides, leaving only one direction for them to run in. They would drive the bison to the edge of the cliff, and the bison would not be able to stop when they reached the edge of the cliff. Even if the one running in front stopped, the one behind would not be able to see the situation and would still push the one in front off the cliff. Then, primitive people only needed to go to the bottom of the cliff to cut meat and make dumplings for the New Year.
Zhang Zian used a similar method, asking Fina and Famous to play the role of primitive people, and himself … to play the role of the cliff.
"Are you sure this method is feasible? It doesn't sound very reliable! "Fina was skeptical.
"This is the wisdom of real working people!" Zhang Zian was confident and urged, "Go, don't wait for them to run away!"
"You better be sure, or else if I get the stench of the fox on me …" Fina snorted coldly, reluctantly going around to the left, and quickly disappeared into the night.
Famous went to the right to lurk.
Zhang Zian looked down and saw that although Fina was reluctant, it still lowered its body under the drive of curiosity. Like a wisp of smoke, it quickly went behind the fennec foxes without disturbing them.
Famous's speed was a little slower because it was worried that its size might be discovered by the fennec foxes, so it used the method of crawling forward that it learned from the police dogs when filming Dog Warrior. It listened to the fennec foxes' movements, crawled for a while, and stopped for a while. It took more than ten minutes to reach its position.
Behind the tent, there were axemen lying in wait. Zhang Zian wanted to throw a cup as a signal, but unfortunately, he did not have a cup in his hand. He had to take out a flashlight from his pocket, quickly lit it and extinguished it, as a signal to start the operation.
Famous and Fina jumped out of their hiding place at the same time. According to Zhang Zian's instructions, they did not call out, so as not to wake up the people in the camp too early. Instead, they quickly rushed towards the fennec foxes.
The fennec foxes reacted quickly, panicking and fleeing in the opposite direction of Fina and Famous.
Thus, a desert chase began.
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