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Chapter 59 Shut up!

The discovery of blind snakes on the edge of the reserve is indeed good news for scientific research.

After sorting out the data, Professor Zhou and the others told the rest of the scientific expedition team, asking them to lead the team to pay attention when doing science popularization in this field, so that no one would mistake the blind snake for an earthworm.

Cheng Si sent all the videos and photos he took to his colleagues, who would reprocess the videos and photos and publish them on the platform at that time.

But after all, I didn't find it myself, I didn't catch it myself, and I couldn't blow it while recording the video, so Cheng Si was still a little unwilling.

He turned over so many stones, and not one found a snake under it!
Now he understands why the South 6 team will record Feng Yi.

But this is just the beginning, Cheng Si believes that he will definitely catch one later!Generally, he thinks he can handle more than half of the snakes he has seen.

With Feng Yi's stimulation, when the team continued to move forward, Cheng Si was not as nervous as before. Although he still paid attention to his surroundings, his mentality was different.

If Steve finds signs of snake activity, he will also explain it to them. Feng Yi and the other young people listen very carefully. Steve's experience is very valuable.

After continuing to go deeper, the traces of human activities are almost invisible, and the significance of discovering the blind snake is not so great.

Therefore, Cheng Si set a new goal for himself. The first snake discovered by the scientific expedition team last year was the silver ring snake, and he hoped to find one as well.

First, the silver ring snake, as the number one in the national service, is better than the water snake cauliflower snake.

Second, he had the experience of catching cymbals.Although the krait is poisonous, he doesn't have much fear of the krait.

Before the team set off, a general route of action was formulated. At night, they would pass a place where there was a ditch. Professor Zhou also said that nocturnal snakes might be found there.

The rest of the group were talking about where the next snake would be found, and what species it would be.

Feng Yi was not interested in what they were discussing, carrying a bag and a clip in his hand to pick up garbage.

Now almost every scientific expedition team enters the forest and collects the garbage encountered on the road into garbage bags. After the garbage bags are full, they find a place to put the signal transmitter, and there will be people who are responsible for collecting garbage or smart devices. Pick.

As for the edge of the reserve, the research base usually cooperates with various schools, and the students have a task of picking up garbage after entering the forest.

Especially plastic waste.

Different plastics have different shelf life in different environments.For example, some plastic products may remain on the sea surface for thousands of years, while the same plastic products may remain buried in the ground for thousands of years or even longer.

Feng Yi found another piece of garbage with his sense of smell.

Pushing aside the grass, what was exposed outside the soil layer was a plastic tape. I took a photo, and then pulled the plastic tape up, "There is also a plastic bottle below. Mr. Lei, do you want to take a photo of this?"

Mr. Lei came over to take a look, "Shoot! The plastic bottle below is almost completely buried in the soil. I'll adjust the camera and dig out the bottle later... Li Han, come and dig."

Mr. Lei asked Professor Zhou's student Li Han to do it. Feng Yi is not a professional after all, and there may be artificial damage in the process of digging, which will interfere with the data collection.

After a while, Li Han dug out the plastic bottle buried in the soil.There is no print, but the bottle cap has the brand engraved on it.

"It should have been buried 30 to [-] years ago, or it may have been longer. This brand closed down during an abnormal climate." Li Han said.

"It's been 30 years, and there is no sign of decomposition." Mr. Lei continued to shoot.

"Plastic bottles. Humans create them, but don't dispose of them well." Professor Zhou shook his head and sighed.

As a product of industrial civilization, plastic has brought the glory of petrochemical industry.

The N billion tons of plastic emitted in the past, present and future will be scattered around the world, become part of the "Anthropocene", and remain in the geological record formed during this era.

Plastic products become plastic fragments, from microplastics to macromolecular organic matter to oil and gas.

From oil, to oil.

There is a saying, "The mighty force of nature will eventually take over."

Professor Zhou watched Li Han put the excavated things into the sample bag, "It won't be digested in 30 to [-] years, but in the end, all of these will be digested by this planet. It may not matter to the planet itself, after all, it has It has existed for more than four billion years, and it has experienced too many things.

"It may only affect life on this planet, including humans.

"Plastic debris is everywhere, including in our bodies. Humans standing at the top of the food chain will accumulate a large number of microplastics that cannot be digested in the human body, some will be excreted, some will not. Ultimately, humans are still humans. endured all..."

"Hey, I heard that a new degradable microorganism has been successfully cultivated?" Professor Zhu asked.

"It was cultivated, but the efficiency is still low." Researcher Xie said.

Afterwards, Professor Zhou started to talk about that kind of strange microbes, discovered several more, and cultivated them in a targeted manner. What are the pros and cons of artificial interference...

To how the lab uses catalysts to break down plastics into simple hydrocarbons under specific conditions...

After that, Feng Yi couldn't understand.

Forget it, let’s honestly pick up trash and catch snakes.

Feng Yi alone picked up more garbage in the mountains than the other eight people combined.

Professor Zhou smiled and said, "I have to give you a salary increase!"

Feng Yi smiled cooperatively, thinking: I don't want money, just give me a few more points!

Around 8 pm, the team stopped in one place, where they will rest tonight.

Professor Zhou's physical strength is definitely not as good as Feng Yi's few healthy young men in their early twenties.

Feng Yi packed up the tent, Cheng Si said hello to Professor Zhou and said to take a look around.

"Don't go alone, Feng Yi, go with him to see. Take care of each other." Professor Zhou said.

"Okay!" Feng Yi put down what he was doing, and went with Cheng Si to look around.

When he could no longer see the tent, Cheng Si took a flashlight and looked around, "Where do you think there are snakes? The ditch in front is too long. There are frogs everywhere, but there are not necessarily snakes."

Feng Yi pretended to take a flashlight and looked around, pointing in a direction, "Over there."

"How did you judge?" Cheng Si asked.

"Guess."

"Believe in you!"

Cheng Si laughed and scolded, and walked in the direction Feng Yi pointed.

Having seen Feng Yi catch a blind snake, Cheng Si still trusts Feng Yi in this regard.No matter what, it's more reliable than his own blind search.

"If there is a snake, what kind of snake do you think it is?" Cheng Si asked.

"Silver ring." Feng Yi said.

"Haha! I hope so too! Borrow your auspicious words! Don't rob me later!" Cheng Si quickly took a few steps and left Feng Yi behind.

Feng Yi is not in a hurry, there are no other too dangerous creatures around here, just a silver ring snake, Cheng Si should be able to handle it.

Sure enough, I soon heard Cheng Si's excited voice over there.

"Wow! There's really a silver-ringed snake! Mine...Fuck! Feng Yi is here to help!!"

Feng Yi heard the sound and ran over quickly.

I saw that Cheng Si was holding the snake's tail in one hand, the silver-ringed snake was desperately drilling into the grass ahead, and Cheng Si was lying on the ground, sliding into the ditch.

Feng Yi rushed over and grabbed Cheng Si.

Cheng Si: "Leave me alone, you help me catch the snake, and I will get up by myself!"

Hearing this, Feng Yi did not immediately let go of Cheng Si's hand, threw the flashlight aside, and went to pick up the Silver Ring Snake in Cheng Si's hand.

When Feng Yi leaned over, the mobile phone in his pocket fell down, landed on the grass on the slope, and was sliding into the ditch.

In order to make a free shot, Feng Yi grabbed the snake's tail in one bite, and went to rescue the mobile phone with his free hand.

Steve who heard the voice rushed over: "..."

Shut up! ! !

　Happy New Year to everyone!

Year of the Ox, Ox, Ox!
　
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