Super Zoo

"What rhino?!"

As soon as he heard that these soldiers were going to take away the 'rhinoceros', Su Ming immediately became anxious and asked Lyudmila anxiously: "What rhinoceros? Is it the most famous one... wu wu...?" "

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by a small paw. The koala crawled along Su Ming's clothes and onto his shoulders, scratching his face with a small paw.

Su Ming picked up the fleshy skin at the back of the koala's neck, as if he were carrying a kitten. The koala's limbs were hanging down, and its two bright little eyes were looking at Su Ming.

"Don't make trouble." Su Ming threw the koala to Nangong Huang. Nangong Huang stretched out his hands and caught the little guy in the air. The little guy started crawling along his clothes again.

"Is it a great one-horned rhinoceros?" Su Ming was finally able to finish the question.

Among the many animals at the Baghdad Zoo, there are two star animals: the greater one-horned rhinoceros.

The great one-horned rhinoceros is also called the Indian rhino. This rhinoceros has a super majestic appearance. There are wide folds on the shoulder blades, under the neck and at the joints of the limbs, making the body look like it is wearing an armor made of metal plates. It is very close to China. In the shape of ancient battle armor, the male has a thick, short, but very hard rhino horn in front of his nose, so people also call it the "Great One-Horned Rhino".

The adult great one-horned rhinoceros is absolutely huge, weighing nearly two tons, and its shoulder height is higher than that of an adult. It is the second largest animal in Asia, only smaller than the Asian elephant. It is also second only to the African elephant and the African forest elephant in terms of size on land. , Asian elephant, white rhinoceros, the fifth largest land animal in the world.

The rhinoceros is quite unlucky. When it comes to fighting, few animals in the world can beat it. Even Asian and African elephants that are larger than it may not be the opponent of the rhinoceros in a real fight. They are run at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. A strong blow from a rhinoceros horn can cause an elephant to vomit three liters of blood.

The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade. The problem lies in the rhinoceros horn. The value of rhino horn in the international market is 5 to 10 times that of gold of the same weight!

Although puffer fish toxin is valuable, it requires high-tech purification, but rhino horn does not have this problem. You can kill the rhinoceros with one shot and saw off the horn.

Driven by huge profits, the numbers of all types of rhinos are decreasing rapidly. In the former rhino habitat, rhino carcasses with their horns cut off and collapsed on the roadside can often be seen.

The two great one-horned rhinos in the Baghdad Zoo are also endangered animals, with only about 3,000 left in the world. Of course, white rhinos are more precious. The problem is that there is only one white rhino left in the world. It is protected by four heavily armed policemen in Kenya 24 hours a day. Su Ming will definitely not be able to get it.

"Of course they are the two great one-horned rhinos. There are only two rhinos in the zoo!" Lyudmila said.

"Fuck them!" Su Ming was furious.

Perhaps the greater one-horned rhinoceros is not as precious as the white rhinoceros, but to Su Ming, and even to China as a whole, the greater one-horned rhinoceros is of greater significance.

A large part of the purpose of his trip to Baghdad was to focus on the two great one-horned rhinoceroses. Before he came, he had made up his mind that no matter how much money he spent, or even if it was deception, he must get rid of the two great one-horned rhinos. Bring back!

Even Director Song personally told him that if you can buy other animals, buy them. It doesn’t matter if you can’t buy them. But the two big one-horned rhinos must be brought back!

Because the great one-horned rhinoceros, in addition to its alias Indian rhinoceros, also has another alias: Chinese rhinoceros!

Chinese rhinoceros is a general term that refers to three species of rhinoceros that live in China, of which the greater one-horned rhinoceros is the largest.

Tragically, the Chinese rhinoceros has become extinct in China itself!

Chinese people all have a feeling that rhinos are not abundant in China and that rhinos are imported species. In fact, this is not the case. China used to be the country with the most rhinos in the world.

According to records, as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, rhinos were widely distributed throughout China, and there were even large groups of rhinos in the Central Plains and Jianghuai areas. At that time, it was extremely normal to encounter rhinos in the wild, and it was very normal to encounter rabbits in the mountains today. Almost the same, maybe the probability is even higher.

Since ancient times, rhinoceros has been a treasure, its meat can be used for food, and its horns are sharp weapons. During the period when metallurgy was underdeveloped, rhinoceros skin was the best armor, which could withstand attacks from knives, arrows and other weapons. It was an excellent choice for making shields, The finest material for armor.

Wu Gexi was beaten by a rhinoceros, and his car was in the wrong position. He was caught in close combat.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many rhinoceros in the Yangtze River Valley. Rhino hide armor was even a standard issue for soldiers of the state of Wu. All the gold armor in the city was nothing. At the peak of the state of Wu, one hundred thousand Wu soldiers were covered in rhinoceros armor. That was considered to be truly piled up with gold. of troops.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty liked to raise rhinos very much. Unfortunately, the level of raising rhinos was so poor that one of them died and a lot of money was wasted. Wei Zheng told Lao Li that as a king, you must understand your strengths and weaknesses. In terms of governing the country, you are the best emperor in history, but your skills in raising rhinos are too bad, so you should focus on your strengths: governing the country. instead of raising cattle.

Wei Zheng's criticism was so pleasant. Old Li laughed and said that you are so right. I should just be a good emperor quietly and send all the rhinos back to their place of origin and release them.

Several emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty also liked to raise rhinos, elephants and other large animals. There are records that the animal trainers in the palace at that time could make dozens of rhinos and elephants line up and walk in front of the emperor one by one to salute. The scene was quite spectacular.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that rhinos began to decline in large areas. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, only sporadic rhinos appeared in Yunnan across the country. Rhinoceros became truly extinct in China only after the Republic of China.

The heart has a clear connection, the rhinoceros looks at the moon... These are ancient Chinese poems derived from rhinoceros.

China was once the largest place where rhinos grew in the world. However, in modern times, no rhino has been found anymore, which is sad.

Therefore, Su Ming must take these two Chinese rhinos back!

The dispute in the zoo was still going on. The group of soldiers all carried guns and surrounded the zoo staff. The leading officer had a very fierce tone, and several people wearing zoo uniforms explained with horror on their faces.

"Are you too brave? Government troops dare to come to the National Zoo to snatch animals?" Nangong Huang said in surprise.

Zhao Yun was not surprised and said: "It's just like the warlord period in our country. During the war, these soldiers had their heads stuck in their belts and fought hard for the government. In peacetime, the military discipline was poor, but the government would just turn a blind eye." Close one eye."

"Perhaps it was the government's acquiescence. The Iraqi government had no money to pay for the military, so it just let these big soldiers cause chaos and let them find ways to make money on their own." Su Ming snorted and said to Adnan: "Go and ask them. , what’s going on, why are you trying to rob the rhinoceros?”

Adnan jumped out of the car and walked to the group of soldiers. He had just said a few words with a humble face when he was roughly pushed away by a big-headed soldier. He took a few steps back and fell on his butt. on the ground.