Slugs can be eaten and is also a kind of medicinal material that can cure many diseases. However, this does not change the fact that this kind of soft worm is very disgusting. As long as there are alternative medicinal materials, no one is willing to use slugs. As long as they don't starve to death, it is estimated that no one is willing to taste slugs. The feeling of eating this thing is no different from eating snot.
Ang Lee will not taste slugs just to experience the novelty. He will never eat such disgusting soft worms, grasshoppers, caterpillars in his life. It is too disgusting to even think about it. Eating these things requires courage. Even when one is very hungry, it still requires great courage. There must be many people who would rather starve to death than taste slugs. Even if these disgusting foods can save their lives, they are not willing to accept them.
Ang Lee changed the direction of the small stone and threw it on the side of the stream. In this way, the disgusting slug on the stone was crushed to death. So easily, Ang Lee decided the life and death of a slug on the stone.
The round stones by the stream are very slippery. When people walk on them, they must be very careful. If they are not careful, there is a possibility of falling. Walking slowly can avoid falling.
Continuing to walk forward for a while, Ang Lee heard panicked running sounds in the distance. Obviously, it is the deer herd that they encountered during the day. This is not surprising. This small stream is the only water source at the bottom of the sinkhole. The deer herd needs to drink water every day, and to drink water, they must go to the stream every day. Therefore, the stream is a place that the deer herd must come to every day to drink water. They even go to the stream many times a day to drink water.
"The stream is a place that the deer herd must come to every day. Tomorrow, we only need to set up an ambush by the stream and we can hunt the deer."
Ang Lee said.
"Assistant Minister Li, this stream is not short. It is hundreds of steps long. It seems that we need to deploy a lot of people."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "The stream is quite long, but it is enough to deploy 20 people. One person every 20 or 30 steps. Wait for the deer herd to come to drink water. In this way, no matter where the deer herd chooses to drink water, they can't escape the fate of being hunted."
"Line up along the stream, one person every 20 or 30 steps. This is indeed a way. Well, I will go back and arrange for them to start hunting tomorrow morning."
Chen Long said and went back.
Ang Lee continued to walk along the gravel road beside the stream. From time to time, he crossed the stream, walked a few steps to the other side of the stream, and then returned and continued to walk.
It is not that Ang Lee likes to walk like this, but he misses his childhood. When he was a child, Ang, he liked to walk like this. Every time he encountered a small ditch in the field, he would jump around as long as the ditch, of course, of the ditch.....................
Is there any fun in jumping around like this? At least for Ang Lee when he was a child, jumping around like this was very fun and he would feel very happy. But when he became an adult, he would not have this feeling. He would feel that it was very boring and strange.
When he was a child, Ang Lee found that children liked to run wherever they went, while adults liked to walk slowly. For example, to go to the latrine. Children who went to school liked to run to the latrine. They would run with a gust of wind, while adult teachers liked to walk slowly to the latrine. They would not run even if they were in a hurry, in order to maintain the stability of a teacher.
Ang Lee squatted down and gently fiddled with the clear water in the stream. Although the clear water was very little, it was really cold, much colder than the temperature of the air. When Ang Lee put his hand into the stream, he unconsciously had the thought of pulling his hand back. This was a subconscious thought. After all, when people encountered unexpected situations, they would have a sense of self-protection. Suddenly encountering cold water was beyond their imagination. It made their fingers uncomfortable, and it would naturally activate the body's self-protection.
The clear water of the stream was so cold. This was almost certain that the source of the stream must be related to the distant snow mountain. Only the melted water of the snow mountain would be so cold. If it was underground water, it should be about the same temperature as the air in this not very hot season. It might even be a little hotter than the air.
The moonlight passed through the leaves in the sinkhole with difficulty, leaving a reflection in the stream, making this inconspicuous stream full of a different kind of beauty.
"Woo woo woo …"
In the distance, outside the sinkhole, there were suddenly bursts of wolf howling. This was the depths of the forest. It was normal to hear the howling of wolves. Animals like wolves preferred to be active at night. They liked to howl everywhere at night. It was a kind of night owl!
Because there were no wolves at the bottom of the sinkhole, Ang Lee did not need to be vigilant. Wolves did not have the ability to come down unless they wanted to be trapped here for a lifetime. Or, in the process of coming down, they would fall to their deaths because of a mistake. The slowest part of the sinkhole was not something that wolves could pass through. They did not dare to risk their lives.
There were also some animals at the bottom of the sinkhole. For example, the voice of an owl could be heard clearly. This kind of animal was also relatively common in Jie Mountain. Because it was a bird, naturally, it could enter and exit the sinkhole at will. They could go wherever they liked.
However, the cry of an owl was not so popular. It would even make people feel scared because the cry of an owl was too mournful. Moreover, it was at night, which naturally increased the scary atmosphere. Imagine, suddenly hearing the mournful cry of an owl in the middle of the night. How terrifying it was! Just thinking about it would make people feel scared.
If one had insomnia in the middle of the night, listening to some soothing music might help one sleep. If one listened to the cry of an owl, one might have insomnia all night and wake up in fright. It was precisely because the cry of an owl was too mournful that the owl had always been regarded as an ominous bird. It was a bird that was hated by the people since ancient times. The people's impression of owls was similar to the impression of crows.
During the day, crows were a nuisance to the commoners. At night, the commoners hated owls the most. If an owl ran to the tree behind someone's house and hooted non-stop, then the family would not be able to sleep peacefully at night. It was even normal to be unable to sleep because of the noise. If a person believed in superstitions, they might be so scared that they would be uneasy day and night and not be able to sleep well for many consecutive days.
Of course, an owl was a very useful bird. It was very helpful to human beings. The main food of an owl was rats. Killing rats was an owl's specialty. Rats were really bad guys. They were the pests that farmers hated the most. With an owl controlling the number of rats, it could greatly suppress the number of rats, which was conducive to the harvest of crops.
Therefore, not only should people not be afraid of owls, on the contrary, they should like owls very much, because wherever owls appear, the mice in the farmland and people's houses will suffer. Owls are human's friends. We can't hate owls just because they don't sound nice. Friends can't be judged by appearance or sound. A person with a nice voice may not be a friend, but a person with a bad voice may be a close friend.
However, there were still too few people who understood the benefits of owls in ancient times. In ancient times, people used the method of raising cats to control rats and kept owls at a respectful distance. They had heard of people raising eagles, but they had never heard of people raising owls. Owls were only recognized in later generations as a beneficial bird for humans. In later generations, the number of owls had been greatly reduced. Even in the vast rural areas, there were no traces of owls. Only in particularly dense forests would owls appear. At least, when Ang Lee was a child in his previous life, he lived in rural areas and had never seen owls. He only heard from his father that there used to be many owls there. Because a large number of trees were cut down, there were fewer and fewer trees. Slowly, owls could not survive, and Ang Lee could only go to the zoo to see owls.
Because the vegetation at the bottom of the sinkhole was very good, there were many rats and hares. With a large number of rats as food, there would naturally be a lot of owls.
The mournful cooing made many officers and soldiers feel a little uneasy. Although they were not afraid of anything, it was really difficult for them to fall asleep listening to such mournful sounds.
"Assistant Minister Li, I've already made the arrangements. Tomorrow at dawn, I'll have them hunt the deer herd. Just two."
Chen Long arranged for the hunt early in the morning and walked to Ang Lee's side again.
"Well, remember to tell the officers and soldiers that they must not kill too many. Just enough for one meal is enough."
Ang Lee said.
"Don't worry! Assistant Minister Li, I've already told the officers and soldiers. "
Chen Long said. After a pause, he continued, "Assistant Minister Li, these night owls are too annoying. If they cry all night, how can we sleep?"
Ang Lee said, "That's not difficult. Just find a piece of cotton and plug your ears."
"Assistant Minister Li, how can this cotton block the sound? It's better to kill all these night owls to avoid annoyance."
Chen Long said rudely.
"Kill them all? How can that be? These night owls are all beneficial birds! If there were no night owls, the rats here would be a disaster. It's better to drive them away for the time being! "
Ang Lee said.
"These night owls are really too much. Why are they crying in the middle of the night? Can't they cry during the day?"
Chen Long said very angrily.
Night owls were originally active at night. During the day, they hid in their caves to rest. How could they cry during the day? Some night owls lived in the crevices of rocks and on the grass. For example, it was possible to dig a hole in the grass to make a nest. Of course, night owls certainly did not have the ability to dig holes themselves. They directly occupied the caves of other animals, which could be regarded as forcibly occupying other people's houses.
At night, mice and other prey would come out to move around. Night owls naturally had to choose this time to come out to hunt. Their sharp claws could easily pierce into the flesh of mice. Capturing mice and other prey was very easy for night owls, especially in areas where there were more prey. Hunting prey was not stressful.
During the day, night owls needed to hide in their nests to sleep. They would not leave their nests easily. Even if there were prey outside the cave, they had no interest in going out to hunt. They would only hunt at night. This was their nature.
In addition to the staple food of rats, night owls would also eat insects, small birds, lizards, fish and other prey, but they did not eat much. They liked to eat rats the most. As long as they could catch a rat and have a full meal, they would not think about other prey. Once they encountered insufficient food, they would not care so much. As long as there was prey that could be eaten, they would hunt and kill. Even birds that were beneficial to humans would not be spared by night owls.
In addition, night owls had the habit of spitting out pellets. Their saliva had digestive ability. They often swallowed food whole and gathered the bones, feathers, hair, chitin and other residues in the food that could not be digested into lumps. They formed small balls that were spat out through the esophagus and mouth. These balls were called pellets, also known as spit. Later generations of scientists could understand the eating habits of night owls based on the analysis of pellets.
Night owls were very good at hunting. Once they determined the location of the prey, they would quickly attack. They were extremely fast and would not be sloppy. Night owls had very soft feathers and velvet-like feathers on their wings. Therefore, the frequency of sound waves produced by night owls when they flew was less than a thousand Hz. Ordinary mammalian ears could not detect such low frequencies, which meant that they could not hear the sound of night owls flapping their wings. This silent attack made night owls attack even more effective. Normal prey did not have time to react at all before they were caught by night owls. In addition, night owls' hearing also played a role in locating prey. They could constantly adjust the direction of their attack according to the sound of the prey's movement. Finally, they stretched out their claws and caught the prey in one fell swoop.
Perhaps many people didn't know that night owls were color blind. They were the only birds that couldn't distinguish colors. The colorful time had nothing to do with them. In the natural world, except for some birds that were used to the nightlife, night owls, because they didn't have cone-shaped cells in their retinas and couldn't distinguish colors, many birds had a sense of color and could appreciate the colorful nature. For example, when a crow flew high in the sky, it needed to find a place to land. Color would help it judge the distance and shape, so it could land gently on a branch. The ability of birds to distinguish colors was also beneficial for them to find a mate. Think about it, male birds often used their gorgeous feathers to attract the opposite sex. If they could not feel color, then what charm would the male bird have? Night owls would definitely not consider color when looking for a mate.
In addition, it was useless for night owls to have the ability to distinguish colors. After all, they were all active at night. The light at night was weak, and all colorful objects would turn black. There were no colors in nature at night.
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