Survival Master of Wilderness Live

Chapter 257 Why Are Vultures Bald?
The sun is high and the breeze is coming.

Chen Hu was riding on the horse, and he had already activated the Eagle Eye skill. His eyes kept scanning the surrounding sky, looking for the figure of the vulture.

In the second live broadcast room, little Ellie was already watching the video, but at the moment it was the guaranteed panda toy, who fell asleep on the sofa. The peaceful picture looked like a character in a comic.

Mother Monica is sitting on the other side and reading fashion magazines. She is a fashion designer, so she pays more attention to this aspect, but the popularity of Douyu live broadcast room has returned to more than 100 million .

But Miaobo didn't drop much. At this moment, the barrage in Douyu's live broadcast room was scrolling rapidly.

"Yifengbao: I really didn't expect Master Hu to recognize a goddaughter, and she's a doll."

"Ancient filth: To some extent, does this count as being a happy father? (smirk)"

"No one likes to go around in their hands: the first and second floors, can you see where Miaobo is?"

"Ancient filth: Of course you can, brother, two mobile phones, double-open directly, you are so rich, you are so willful!"

"Guzheng and Pipa: Double Open +1"

"Double open +10086"

……

Seeing the barrage, Chen Hu smiled, and will see if you have so many mobile phones as you open more and more live broadcast platforms in the future.

At this moment, Chen Hu was riding a zebra all the way to the north, and Isabel was driving an off-road vehicle, following closely behind. It would take a while to find the vulture.

About half an hour later, Chen Hu found many birds, including some raptors, but they were not vultures after all. Fortunately, there was enough time, as long as he continued to search, he would find them.

After a while, Chen Hu, who was in the eagle-eyed state, finally found a huge bird soaring in the sky. Although it was one or two kilometers away, he could still see clearly that it was a bird with black feathers all over its body, but its neck feathers were very sparse. And the head is bald.

This giant bird of prey with a wingspan of three meters is a vulture!

Its size is one-third larger than that of the African hyena eagle. Of course, Chen Hu is also very clear that even vultures are not considered the largest raptors. A large vulture unique to North America has a wingspan of up to four meters. It is very easy to catch human children to the sky.

However, that kind of big vulture is also a scavenger, and in most cases, it will not actively hunt.

After Chen Hu found the vulture in the sky, he immediately rode his horse and followed it up. At the same time, he gestured to Isabel who was driving behind him, indicating that he had found the research target.

Next, it's tracking.

Vultures mostly eat mammal carcasses, and mammals usually gather together when resting on plains or grasslands, so after vultures master this rule, they will pay special attention to animals lying alone on the ground or carcasses .

In addition, the vulture has a very powerful flying ability, gliding in the sky hardly consumes much energy. Once a dead animal body is found on the ground, the vulture will swoop over at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

But now, the vulture in the air was obviously still looking for food. Chen Hu and Isabel could only follow it on the ground. Fortunately, the vulture was not flying very fast at the moment, so they could still keep up.

More than ten minutes later, the vultures in the sky seemed to have discovered something, and then quickly landed. Seeing this, Chen Hu and Isabel immediately chased after them. When they came to more than 200 meters away, they immediately found a skinny head lying on the grass. African bison.

It seemed that the vulture had died of illness. As the first vulture to find the corpse, although it landed a dozen meters away from the corpse of the bison, it did not immediately pounce on it.

At this moment, Chen Hu and Isabel were already quietly observing from a distance, and saw that the vulture was very vigilant, standing not far from the corpse and quietly observing.

Seeing this, Isabel immediately took pictures with a SLR camera, and at the same time turned on the recorder and said:
"Vultures, scavenger-eating raptors, will not eat the dead animal immediately after they find it. Instead, they will observe and test for a while, and check whether the opponent's abdomen rises and falls from a close distance, and whether the eyes are turning. No, the vulture walked towards each other silently."

Saying that, the vulture found the bison's body motionless, and finally staggered towards the bison, while shaking its neck up and down, making a gurgling sound
Seeing this, Isabel couldn't help laughing and said again:

"At this time, the vulture is still hesitant, impatient to make a move, but also afraid of being tricked and plotted, so it will make a 'cuckoo' cry, and even try to peck the corpse to ensure safety."

At this moment, the millions of tourists in the live broadcast room, including the little Ellie who just woke up, all opened their eyes wide. After the vulture made a cry, seeing that there was no response from the other party, he finally pecked at the corpse with his mouth, but immediately returned Jumped and ran away.

The scene of the vulture jumping and running was very funny, and immediately aroused countless laughs, even little Ellie couldn't stop giggling, I just felt that the vulture's courage was a little too small, right?

Then, after several trials, the vulture finally determined that the African bison was dead, and immediately pounced on it, tore open the bison's belly with its sharp beak, and then began to gobble it up.

Chen Hu watched the whole process from the sidelines, but he didn't feel that the vultures were timid, but experienced. If they wanted to survive on this land, they had to learn to be careful, otherwise they would be like the hyena eagles, and they would be fooled by him.

After the vulture took the first bite of food, it seemed to have activated a signal, and the smell of rotting corpses quickly dissipated. After a while, several crows flew over to join the gluttonous feast.

Seeing this, Chen Hu knew that there was no need to look for the spotted hyenas. I believe that the group of spotted hyenas would come here on their own initiative in a short time. At this time, little Ellie, who was watching the video, asked:

"Daddy, why are vultures bald?"

Uh... Chen Hu obviously didn't know about this question, but fortunately the vulture was Isabel's research object, so he asked:
"Dr. Isha, why are vultures bald?"

Hearing Chen Hu's inquiry, as a doctor of zoology, Isabel immediately gave a professional answer.

"As a result of evolution, vultures have to stick their heads into dead animals to eat. If there are feathers on their heads, dirt will accumulate on their heads, causing fungal infections, etc., so they gradually become bald."

It turned out to be the case, Chen Hu nodded, and the tourists in the live broadcast room also felt that they had learned a lot, but Xiao Aili's next words made the live broadcast room laugh.

"Daddy, many uncles are also bald, could this be the reason?"

Chen Hu twitched the corners of his mouth, and then said:

"probably."

When Isabel heard this, she felt puzzled, and couldn't help giving Chen Hu a blank look.

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(End of this chapter)