People were social animals. The more people there were, the more secure they felt. Zhang Zian had camped in the desert before, but at that time, he had a large team with excellent equipment and powerful vehicles. Now, he was alone, and his equipment was only average for campers in the wild. He had to walk on his feet. More importantly, there were no large beasts in the desert. As long as he set up his tent, he could ignore poisonous snakes and scorpions. But in the primeval forest …
In the evening, the fog was thicker, and it was difficult to light the wet, withered branches. Zhang Zian had to use solid alcohol to light the fire.
After that, he boiled water to cook. The only difference was that the canned food had changed, and he boiled a pot of weak tea to warm his body.
The spotted owl that he picked up during the day was perched on a tree branch above the tent. It was afraid of the bonfire from a few meters away, and its eyes would become unusually bright at night, almost like two searchlights reflecting the light of the fire.
"Squeak squeak …"
Zhang Zian noticed that Pi's cries were strange, and that its two fists were clenched. He walked over and pried open its hands, only to see that its palms had blisters.
Pi was having a lot of fun in the tree today. It even got carried away. It forgot that its hands were more suited to the touch of the keyboard than the rough bark. It ignored the fact that it was actually a house monkey. Its palms did not have the calluses that other monkeys had over the years. When its palms were hot and painful, it realized that something was wrong. However, it did not dare to tell others because it was its fault.
Zhang Zian did not blame it. It was like a child that had been studying at home all day and suddenly came to the wild. It would be strange if it did not go crazy.
He broke the blisters, disinfected it, applied medicine, and finally wrapped it with bandages. He was not a professional nurse, so he only needed to be practical. But tomorrow, Pi definitely could not swing around on the branches. It could either walk, which was not what monkeys with long arms and short legs were good at, or go back to the phone.
The other elfins were also very tired after a day of walking. They even missed the days when they were in the desert. Memory always beautified the past, selectively forgetting the fact that the temperature in the car in the desert was no less than a steamer.
"You are giving me nuts again? Fresh vegetables? Fresh fruit? You idiot, do you want me to be malnourished? " Discontentedly, Richard poked his claws around in a stainless-steel plate of mixed nuts.
"There are freeze-dried fruits, but I didn't bring much. You have to save them." Zhang Zian opened a small bag of freeze-dried fruits and put them on its plate, including blueberries, strawberries, mangoes, pineapples, etc. Although freeze-dried fruits were very light, they took up too much space, so he couldn't bring a lot.
Usually, Richard would just complain a little and bury its head in eating. However, it felt that it had lost face during the day and wanted to get back at it. So it pushed the freeze-dried fruits aside and shouted, "Don't try to fool me with these freeze-dried fruits! Fresh fruits taste good! "
Zhang Zian didn't know what it was up to this time. "If you don't want to eat, then forget it. If you don't want to eat, then I will."
Richard saw him putting freeze-dried strawberries and mangoes into his mouth and was worried. But there was always a price to pay, so it fluttered its wings and flew to a nearby herb with beautiful heart-shaped leaves. It poked its head out and pecked at the fruit of the plant, calling out with relish, "Quack, quack! It's so sweet and delicious! "
"Have you seen Bear Grylls's Man vs. Wild? In the wilderness, the most authentic way to survive is to get what you need. I look down on people like you who bring big and small bags into the wilderness! "it shouted proudly.
Most of the other elfins were carnivores and had no interest in fruits, so its clamor did not cause envy, jealousy, or hatred. So it became even more noisy.
Zhang Zian kindly reminded it, "There are not many plants in the forest that can be eaten, and there are not many that can be eaten raw. Don't cut yourself off from the party and the people just to show off!"
"Quack! While you, idiot, are trying to make a living, I have been learning and recharging. I know what can and can't be eaten. You don't have to worry about it. "
Richard was full of confidence. It noticed the plants before dark and saw a chipmunk hurriedly escaping from the grass with a reddish-brown fruit in its mouth. Since the chipmunk could eat it, it could probably eat it too.
Zhang Zian was too lazy to care about it, but he thought that it would be too disgusting if it ate something bad. So he walked over curiously to see what it was eating.
When he saw the plant clearly, he grabbed the feathers behind Richard's head and pulled it up. "Don't eat it. You can't eat this thing."
"Quack?"
Richard was caught off guard. It fluttered its wings, trying to break free. "Don't stop me. Are you jealous? Honestly admit that you are jealous, and I will share some with you! "
"You know what plant this is and you want to eat it? This is Oregon sorrel, a plant native to the Redwood Forest. This plant is edible, whether its flowers, fruits, leaves, or roots, but that's only for humans. For parrots … This plant contains too much oxalic acid. If you don't want to be paralyzed because of calcium deficiency, or have to undergo surgery because of kidney stones, you'd better spit out the other half of the fruit in your bird's mouth as soon as possible, "he said.
"Quack?"
Richard was shocked, and the remaining half of the fruit in its mouth fell to the ground.
"Yes, parrots can't eat food with too much oxalic acid. Don't you know that? When have I ever fed you spinach? "Zhang Zian sighed helplessly.
"Paralysis? Kidney stones? Aren't you the only one who gets kidney stones? If you don't use your kidney for a long time … "Richard was so shocked that it spoke incoherently.
Whether it was humans or animals, the consequences of calcium deficiency were very serious. The oxalic acid in spinach would combine with calcium to form calcium oxalate. Not only would it seriously reduce the absorption of calcium, but the calcium oxalate itself would also deposit in the urinary tract system and form stones. The smaller the animal, the more troublesome it was to get stones. Surgery could kill half of the animal.
When people ate spinach, they would not eat it raw. They would first blanch it in boiling water and use the high temperature to dissolve the oxalic acid in the water. Even so, only most of the oxalic acid could be removed, but not all of it. Considering the nutritional value of spinach, it was still worth it.
For parrots, spinach and any vegetables with high oxalic acid content should not be eaten raw. Other vegetables were not as common as spinach, so people often used spinach as a model.
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