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Chapter 277. The Ancestor of the Cassowary
Su Yun hugged the tree trunk with one hand and slowly slid down to the ground. With the other hand, he lightly lifted the burning bark so that it was always exposed to the sight of the cassowary.

The cassowary, obsessed with the light of flames, ignored Su Yun who had landed on the ground, staring straight at the dancing flames, slightly raised his thick lower limbs alternately, and made a coquettish movement of stomping on jiojio, like a girl who has received her dream. one's gift.

Slowly put the burning bark in his hand on the ground. The bark of an unknown species is unexpectedly flame-resistant.

As soon as the bark was placed on the ground, the cassowary hung its head impatiently and began to gently peck at the bark.

Su Yun stood beside the cassowary cautiously, always on guard against the cassowary who might suddenly change his face and kick him, and then gently put his hand on the opponent's neck.

The skin is extremely delicate. Su Yun felt that such delicate skin should not appear in the wild, but should appear on a girl who is very good at taking care of herself.

After the cassowary glanced sideways at Su Yun, he focused all his attention on the flame again, continuing to peck at it in an attempt to lower the temperature of the flame and try to swallow it into his stomach.

"What I'm touching now is skin, not feathers." Su Yun whispered, "Does it feel magical? Blue skin appears on a bird, giving people the feeling of unreality, as if An illusory creature."

[It looks like Avatar's skin! 】

【so tall?It must be a head taller than the anchor, it must not be more than two meters? 】

Nodding, Su Yun agreed, "It must be about two meters tall. After all, this is the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich."

The cassowary pecked at the bark, lightly pecked the sparkling charcoal into its mouth, raised its head, and swallowed it, as if it didn't feel the high temperature of the charcoal.

[Animal Affinity +2]

Su Yun looked at the cassowary whose affinity had become a little bit, and was secretly happy in his heart. There are still several sparks on the ground. If all of them are pecked into the stomach, it is almost no big problem for the affinity to reach the passing line.

Coming to the back of the cassowary, Su Yun looked at its butt and said thoughtfully, "Except during the breeding season, under normal circumstances, you can't tell whether a cassowary is a male or a female just by looking at its appearance, because both the male and female are too tall. It’s like that, there’s no difference at all.”

"Only during mating can one tell their gender based on their mating movements."

With that said, Su Yun stepped to the side of the cassowary again, stretched out his hand to hold up the two sagging sarcoids on its upper body and said, "Some local indigenous people believe that a cassowary with a single sarcoma is a female, and a cassowary with two sarcomas is female." It is not rigorous and does not have any scientific basis."

While talking, the cassowary raised its head and swallowed a piece of charcoal with red stars again. As the affinity increased, Su Yun's actions became more bold.

The cassowary looked sideways at Su Yun who was pulling the feathers on its chest, quacked twice to signal the other party not to go too far, and then continued to deal with the still burning bark.

"Did you see it? The skin covered by its black feathers is still blue, and the hair is very rough, just like the body hair of a wild horse." Su Yun picked up the opponent's feathers, exposing the skin under the feathers. Speaks in the drone footage.

Lifting its wings on the skin on the back of the chest, Su Yun suddenly pointed to the opponent's neck and said, "Look, everyone, the dark blue on its neck is getting lighter."

Following Su Yun's reminder, the audience in the live broadcast room saw that the originally dark blue neck of the other party actually started to turn light blue visible to the naked eye.

"Do you know the reason?" Su Yun asked along the other side's neck.

[If you want to say it, say it quickly, don't create suspense. 】

[It's time for the anchor to start showing off again. 】

Su Yun rolled his eyes. This is called interacting with the audience. When did it become suspenseful?

"Unlike most animals, the skin color of cassowaries does not change with the seasons. For example, the black bears, silly roe deer, sika deer, and prairie wolves we have seen all change their skin color due to seasonal changes. Hair color, one is to integrate with the environment, to facilitate hunting or avoid natural enemies, and the other is to lock the body temperature."

"But the cassowary is different. The change of seasons has no impact on them because it has no natural enemies and does not need to maintain body temperature. But why do they change colors?"

"Why?" The parrot laughed just right.

Su Yun glanced at the parrot approvingly and said, "That's because of the anger factor. Because the wild boar just trampled its light, the heartbeat accelerated due to anger increased the blood flow, so its neck turned dark blue."

The cassowary glanced at Su Yun, swallowed the last piece of charcoal, and Shi Shi ran away.

Su Yun followed closely behind, putting his hand on the crown on the top of the opponent's head dishonestly and said, "Look at the legs, and then look at the horny crown on the top of its head, the first impression it gives is 'this is a dinosaur' .”

"And looking at its three-toed feet, it is exactly the same as the dinosaur feet in the movie."

"Not to mention, 7 million years ago, there really was a dinosaur that looked similar to the cassowary, and that was the oviraptor!"

[Good guy, egg thief? 】

[I've always been curious about why in ancient times, huge dinosaurs were born from eggs instead of viviparous, it feels incredible. 】

[It is estimated that the species has not fully reached our current level, and, do you think our current viviparous birth will be the final evolution?It is possible that after millions of years, the characteristics of production will be different again. 】

Recalling it, Su Yundao said, "Not to mention that the Oviraptor looks similar to the Cassowary, anyway, it must be almost the same." After a pause, he added, "Of course, the appearance of the Oviraptor in my mind is completely human. fabricated."

"However, the name of the Oviraptor is wrong. The word 'stealing' obviously has a derogatory connotation, and it completely wrongs the species of the Oviraptor."

As he said, Su Yun explained, "Oviraptor is an omnivorous animal. This characteristic is analyzed by scientists based on its feces. It is very similar to cassowary. Cassowary is also an omnivorous species. They not only eat melons They also eat small birds, lizards, snails and other meat."

"In the last century, an American expedition team discovered the fossil of Oviraptor on the Mongolian Plateau. At that time, there was a nest of eggs and the fossil of a Protoceratops next to the fossil of Oviraptor."

"As we all know, Protoceratops was a vegetarian, and the fossils of Oviraptor were more vicious, so the first impression of Oviraptor was a villain, so the American expedition team thought that Oviraptor was stealing eggs, so there was The name of the egg stealing dragon."

"However, after several years of analysis by scientific instruments, the pile of eggs belonged to Oviraptor. Then, people suddenly realized that Oviraptor was wronged. name."

He coughed and said, "However, the International Nomenclature of Animals does not allow Oviraptor to change its name. Therefore, people who don't know the reason, after hearing the name of Oviraptor, the first reaction is that the other party is not a good thing."

(End of this chapter)