Every day is one step closer to reality

Feng Yi sat on the back of the giant python, holding the tail of the snake in his hand to stop it from rolling over. His expression was serious, but his eyes were unfocused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Steve didn't even notice that Feng Yi was distracted. He was praising the giant python's king-shaped head.

"Look at this head, it looks like a born king! There are also these old scars on the head, this battle badge in the swamp, the giant pythons in captivity don't have this! Wow, look at its eyes, cold and cold, Even the scales at the corners of the eyes are wild and domineering! They have more aura than those in captivity!"

Feng Yi: "..."

Steve: "This head shape, this appearance, this body! Hey, it feels like it has a bit of reticulated python blood. It can be seen that it is not a pure reticulated python, and purebred reticulated pythons are probably not willing to move at this temperature.

"Someone discovered it in the swamp before the abnormal climate period. Generations of special individuals were naturally selected and survived the abnormal climate period and adapted to the swamp climate. Then they gave birth to hybrid pythons with other pythons, such as Burmese pythons or other rock pythons? "

Steve said his guess.

This hybrid python is relatively slender, similar to a reticulated python.

Six meters is considered the limit of Burmese pythons, but there are many reticulated pythons that are six meters long. As long as the conditions are sufficient, they can be as long as six meters. Steve has also seen the seven-meter reticulated python, but most of them are in captivity.

I have never seen a seven-meter reticle in the wild.

"Although it is not a purebred reticulated python, this hybrid is rare enough, and the wild individuals are even stronger!"

Steve said, finally realizing that Feng Yi was distracted again, and asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"

Feng Yi came back to his senses and shook his head, "No, I'm just a little hungry."

"Oh, if you bear with me a little longer, you can let go and eat when Director He and the others arrive."

Feng Yi hummed and brought the topic back to the giant python, "Is this one seven meters long? Can it set a new world record?"

Speaking of this, Steve was also excited, "It should be seven meters, and you have to measure it carefully. It may not be the highest data, but it is definitely the longest python found in the wild. Some extreme individuals in captivity are also very big."

"Under wild conditions, human activities will affect their living environment, and their growth will of course be restricted. In the past, when the scope of human activities was not so large, the virgin forest area was vast, the wetland jungle area was larger, there was sufficient food and suitable The growing environment can definitely support larger and more extreme individuals.

"Nowadays, if you want to see extreme individuals, it is difficult to find them in the wild, but you can see them in captivity in zoos and research centers. If you look at the star pythons in the zoo, they are generally larger, and some are carefully bred and screened. After the abnormal climate period, funds will be spent With the increase, there are grants, subsidies and social donations, and the conditions have improved, all zoos are competing vigorously to see who can raise the bigger ones."

Speaking of the zoo, Feng Yi also thought of the golden python he had seen before, "There is a golden python in Rongcheng Zoo. It is more than six meters long and is very big."

Steve's tone was calm and his attitude was very calm, "Oh, I know about that one. It's an albino Burmese python, artificially selected and raised carefully. It can be regarded as the extreme individual among the dominant individuals. It's not surprising that it has grown so big."

Generally speaking, the "golden python" is the albino Burmese python. But in the eyes of ordinary people, albino Burmese pythons and albino reticulated pythons are all the same, both are "golden pythons".

But with Steve, the difference is huge.

"I have also seen seven-meter albino reticulated pythons. The albino Burmese pythons are a little shorter. Reticulated pythons are leaner, except for those raised as pigs. I still prefer the wild ones," Steve said.

When Steve saw the giant python that almost bit his head, he could sigh infatuatedly, "It's so beautiful."

"If I have the chance, I will take you to the tropical jungle to catch anacondas. That's a different kind of cuteness! I have a bad temper, but it's not particularly bad."

Feng Yi: "...how big can an anaconda grow?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on its living environment. Today's extreme individuals are definitely not as good as Reticulate. Many exaggerated data are actually only more than five meters long. But the giant anaconda skin decades ago can prove that larger individuals existed in the past. , the living environment at that time could support such a large body, but now it can’t.”

"Can't you speculate based on data?" Feng Yi asked.

"The data obtained from scientific research will be lower than their upper limit of growth to a certain extent. After all, there is no fact or evidence. You don't know how big they can grow in the wild environment. Special individuals are not so easy to encounter. Like this Articles belong to special individuals."

Steve tapped the giant python in front of him with his chin, "As for those snakes whose data exceeds my common sense, they only exist in marketing accounts."

Feng Yi was thoughtful, holding the python's tail in his hand and shaking it unconsciously. After shaking it, he realized that it was not his own tail.

For a moment, the interest was dull.

Alas, I want to go home.

Frustrated.

However, Steve was in high spirits and continued to tell Feng Yi, "The one we caught has hybrid advantages. For example, there may be some advantageous individuals in the offspring of pythons that prefer wetlands and pythons that prefer highlands. Adaptable to both wetlands and highlands. This is the kind of hybrid vigor that can result from crossbreeding."

When Director He arrived here, Steve controlled the head of the python, and Feng Yi held the tail of the python while pressing his torso. The python was motionless.

Director He even suspected that the python was dead.

Their helicopter was unable to land at the snake catching site, so they searched nearby before finding a suitable location. When the helicopter landed, Director He and his people immediately rushed to Feng Yi and Steve's location.

The people who came over were all professionals, and there were many of them. They took over the control of the giant python, leaving Feng Yi and Steve with their hands free.

Director He glanced at Feng Yi with a profound look, a bit like the time they met in the hotel lobby - a one-hour safety education class and a handwritten guarantee.

That letter of guarantee is still in Director He's hands.

Director He glanced at Steve. Before he could speak, Steve took a step forward and held Director He's hand tightly: "Director He! I finally understand how you felt back then! It's not easy these years!"

Director He: "..."

He pushed Steve aside with an expressionless expression, "Look at the snake first."

Feng Yi and Steve followed faithfully.

Feng Yi briefly explained the process of catching the python that Steve had mentioned.

Director He didn't know whether to believe it or not. He hummed and asked Feng Yi, "Are you injured?"

"without."

Director He looked carefully and found no injuries on Feng Yi's body. "There may also be internal injuries. Don't ignore them. The team doctor will come with us and let him take a look later."

A person from the Joint Security Bureau came over from the giant python, "The giant python is still alive. I don't know if there are any internal injuries. No obvious external injuries were seen. We will have to go back and check to find out. The conditions here are limited."

After speaking, he took the instrument to measure the ground temperature and the python's body temperature. After a while, he looked at the time and walked to the side to make a phone call to urge: "Hurry up, it will become more active when the temperature rises in the morning, making it more difficult to control. "

Director He walked over and took a close look at the giant python caught by Feng Yi.

This size is indeed a visual shock, and it is indeed a wild species, not artificially bred and released in captivity.

"The temperature in Florida has picked up in the past two days, and the nights are a little warmer than the previous few days. There are many nocturnal animals, so it chose to come out at this time."

Director He checked the situation of the giant python, and then said to Feng Yi and Steve: "Leave this to us first. A temporary tent has been set up over there, and food and water have been brought. You two go over and have a rest."

Let’s deal with the giant python first, and deal with Feng Yi’s problem later. Now is not the time to pursue it.

Steve said: "Feng Yi, you go over first, I'll go back to Baizedi to clean up and bring the car over."

Before Feng Yi could say anything more, Steve ran away in a hurry.

Feng Yi always felt that this guy had thrown some trouble into him.

What's the trouble?

Feng Yi looked at Director He's back. Director He and the others are busy with their affairs, so they can't train him yet.

Now, what exactly is it?

I didn't expect Feng Yi to be entangled at the moment. No matter what, let's go eat something first, I'm so hungry.

Feng Yi walked to the tent and saw the people temporarily stationed here. Director He brought several familiar faces whom he had also seen during domestic training.

Just as they were saying hello, there was another sound of helicopter flying in the night sky.

Three more helicopters landed, but there was no suitable location here, so they found another place to park.

"Is that one of yours too?" Feng Yi asked the person next to him.

The man looked at it and denied: "No, the model looks like the one used by local media."

Feng Yi: "..."

grass!

He knew why Steve ran so fast!

Feng Yi turned around and wanted to rush into the tent, but after running for two steps, he stopped again.

After thinking about it, I decided to face it first, otherwise these people would not leave easily.

As Feng Yi thought, relying on their local advantages, the local media who flew over first not only came, but also brought their cooperative media with them. They were aggressive and well-equipped.

The giant python was closely watched by people from the Federal Security Bureau and local law enforcement agencies. They couldn't get close and couldn't take any useful pictures for a while. But don't worry, the transport truck hasn't arrived yet, the python is always here, there is always a chance.

If you can’t photograph the giant python, then interview the person who caught the giant python first!

The group of people rushed to Feng Yi, and a series of questions were thrown out. Some people were worried that Feng Yi wouldn't understand, so they brought a translator.

Feng Yi in the camera, even though he is good-looking, looks extremely tired and has no energy when he smiles. Others thought he lost his strength in catching the python.

However……

exhausted!

Quite exhausted!

My brain cells are almost running out!

Listening to what these reporters said, the residential area was completely alarmed! Why is there so much movement!

Why do these people have so many problems? I haven’t figured out the answer yet!

Don't slap me in the face!

Damn, the lights were so bright that my pupils almost popped out!

Just take a picture, why are you pinching my arm? Please exercise some restraint!

...My teeth started to itch.

Feng Yi took out his sunglasses and put them on.

The lights are really too bright here.

After a while, people from the UN Security Bureau came to stop the reporters’ madness. Feng Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Director He assigned two people to guard Feng Yi's place to prevent Feng Yi from being disturbed.

After a short interview, Feng Yi walked towards the tent with a tired look on his face.

The two people from the joint security bureau who were sent over noticed Feng Yi's impatience and were about to give him a few words of advice when they saw Feng Yi suddenly leaning over and grabbing a python from the grass beside the tent.

Not big, more than one meter long.

Two people: "?!!"

Feng Yi held the snake's head with one hand and untied the snake's body from his wrist with the other hand.

Looking from a distance, it looked like Feng Yi was holding some kind of strip in his hand and waving his arms around it.

"Have you brought your bag?" Feng Yi asked.

"Ah? Oh! I brought it!"

One of them hurried into the tent and quickly took out a snake bag.

Feng Yi threw the snake inside and tied the bag, "Is this going to be left to you?"

"Yes, just leave it to us, we will help you record it."

"Then I'll go in and take a nap first."

"Okay, we'll be outside, if you shout anything."

When Feng Yi walked into the tent, the man holding the snake bag lifted the bag in his hand and asked his colleague, "Did you see a snake there just now?"

"No. You've been in and out a few times, and you've set up the tent. Did you find a python hidden there?"

"……without."

"He is worthy of being the number one fighting force in the group. He can really grab one at random!"

"If I hadn't known it was a snake, I would have thought he was ramen just now at first glance!"