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The snake hiding in the cracks of the big rocks by the stream is the sharp-nosed adder, which is what people call the five-step snake.

Even people who don't know about snakes have heard the name "five-step snake". This name is too loud.

As soon as you hear the name "Five-Step Snake", you will know its poisonous nature!

The name of the venomous snakes that belong to the subfamily Viperidae sounds poetic and picturesque, while the name of the five-step snake is simple and crude, with its own terrifying bonus.

When Steve approached there, the snake in the crack of the stone did not react. It was not until Steve moved the grass to pull the snake out that the snake hiding inside moved.

"It's a big guy! It weighs four or five pounds!" Cheng Si sighed.

Just now he only saw the section below the stone crevice, and he knew that he couldn't handle this snake.

A five-step snake weighing four or five pounds is already considered big, but this is a venomous snake!

Cheng Si didn't have the guts to try a stubby venomous snake with this weight.

This is a snake, its body is full of muscles!

If you don't have enough experience and physical strength, don't try it easily. He still cherishes his life.

Compared with Cheng Si's flinching, Steve was even more excited when he saw the snake coming out. When he saw its raised head and pointed little nose, he looked for an opportunity to take action and kept saying "Oh baby~" and "That's awesome". Cute~" popped up.

Feng Yi: "..."

Cheng Si shook the goosebumps on his body. Seeing that Steve failed to catch the snake and was attacked several times, he said, "Want to help?"

Steve waved his hand: "Get out of the way, you can't hold your strength!"

Cheng Si thought: I can't hold it even if I have the physical strength!

He was chased by a five-step snake and became frightened when he saw the snake.

When Steve finally caught the snake, the three of them walked back.

Cheng Si looked at the surrounding environment and said to Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, how about we broadcast a live broadcast here now? We just happened to catch a five-step snake and let everyone see what venomous snakes in the wild look like."

The purpose of letting Cheng Si join the team is to use his popularity in the live broadcast room to let the public understand some of the work related to the scientific examination and to enhance ecological and environmental awareness.

Professor Zhou looked at the weather, nodded and said, "Okay, you and Steve will cooperate for a live broadcast first."

Cheng Si was about to start broadcasting, and asked Feng Yi before broadcasting: "Let's broadcast it together?"

Feng Yi shook his head, "You go ahead and broadcast it, I'm not interested."

"Okay." Cheng Si breathed a sigh of relief. With Feng Yi's good looks, he will definitely steal the limelight when he comes here.

Feng Yi didn't pay attention to Cheng Si's little thoughts. He took out a piece of compressed biscuit from his bag and nibbled it cherishedly.

After the scientific expedition team enters the mountain, if it follows the planned route, there will be a supply point along the way. Some supplies will be replenished there, and the samples collected along the way will be placed there. Someone will pick them up and then send them to Nanchong. Testing and analysis at the nature reserve experimental base.

But even if there was a supply point, the food he carried could not satisfy Feng Yi's stomach.

Feng Yi was thinking about how to find an opportunity to start a little business for himself, while Cheng Si and Steve had already started live broadcasting.

Steve is interacting with the online audience.

"...This is the sharp-nosed pit viper, commonly known as the five-step snake. I just caught it. I heard that when there were a lot of them in the past, they often coiled up on the roadside at night, and they could be stepped on accidentally. It may not be effective if you use a bamboo pole to catch grass. …

"... Arrogant? Look at people with your nostrils? Hahaha, that's why it has such a small upturned nose, that's why it's nicknamed 'never bows its head'..."

"But the two big nostrils you are talking about are not its nostrils. Its nostrils are here, these two small holes are. The two big holes are the typical cheek pits of the subfamily Viperidae. They are the same as the labial pits of pythons. It is a heat-sensitive dimple.

"...Small eyes? Its eyes are not small, but the pupils don't look that big.

"Generally, snakes that hunt during the day have large, round pupils, while snakes that hunt at night have long, upright pupils, which are what you often call vertical pupils. You all know cats. Cats look better in the light during the day. When it is intense, the pupil is also narrowed, like this, almost shrinking into a line. But when the light is dark, the pupil expands, and the eyes may look bigger at that time.

"But I think their narrow pupils are still very cute. Do you think they are cute or cute?"

Cheng Si: "..."

audience:"……"

We don't have a problem with you saying it's fierce, but "cute" is really not something that most people can recognize!

Snakes can hunt as soon as they are born and are definitely born killers! Still a cold-blooded animal! Still a famous poisonous snake!

How cute!

There was a large barrage, all complaining about Steve's "cute" and "cute" words just now.

Steve's pronunciation was so accurate that he definitely didn't mean "fierce".

However, Steve doesn't care what others think, in his eyes he is just a cute little girl!

"...Fat? Fat house? Well, it looks a bit fat for its size, but it definitely can't be considered fat. There are even fatter ones! For example, the Southern Thorn Snake, and those of the genus Viper, especially Gabonese Viper, that’s definitely a fat house plus!”

Cheng Si continued from the side: "I know the Gabonese viper. When it walks in a straight line, it is like a snake caterpillar. When I saw that kind of snake for the first time, my first reaction was, 'Is it going to turn into a butterfly?'"

Steve looked at the online comments and said with a smile, "...A fat nerd like you? Audience, don't be too naive! Their fatness is all made up of developed muscles, which are both flexible and extremely poisonous. Fat man!"

Steve then showed the online audience the big fangs of the five-step snake.

"...Everyone, look at its teeth. The five-step snake, the bamboo leaf green, and the rattlesnake are all pipe-toothed venomous snakes in the subfamily Viperidae. Look at its large fangs. Let's collect some venom first..."

Feng Yi, who was munching on biscuits, paused to make sure that his two large tube teeth were well retracted, rubbed his cheeks, and continued to gnaw on biscuits as if nothing had happened.

Over there, Steve talked to the online audience about the five-step snake for a while, and then left time for Cheng Si.

Cheng Si continued to interact with the online audience.

"... Steve and the others also need to measure the five-step snake's physical characteristics, etc., and record its body length, tail length, weight, location where it was found, surrounding environment, etc. This information will be entered into the database... It is still quite difficult in the wild. Yes, you have to be careful not to step on venomous snakes when walking in the forest...

"My harvest? I caught a silver krait on the first day I entered the mountain. Although the process was a bit tortuous, I did catch it..."

As for the incident of Feng Yi holding the snake in his mouth, Professor Zhou said that it would not have a good impact. So Cheng Si didn't mention it either.

"... We had to pick up trash along the way. Look, this is what I picked up today. Professor Zhou, who led the team, said that these may have existed in the mountains for more than 30 years, but as you can see, most of them show no signs of degradation, so we picked them out. , don’t let them destroy the ecology of the mountains...

"... Picking up a giant python?? You think too highly of me! Picking up a small python is just as good, a giant python???"

Speaking of this, Cheng Si asked Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, are there pythons in this nature reserve?"

Professor Zhou came over and said, "Yes. During the abnormal climate period, someone found frozen pythons in Nan Chong. Later, several wild release activities were organized, including the release of pythons, and those pythons were implanted with biochips. , can locate specific locations. Scientific expedition teams sometimes encounter them when they come over.

"However, after scientific expedition teams entered the area in recent years, they have not found any native pythons. Moreover, the route we planned this time avoids those released pythons, so the possibility of encountering pythons is extremely small."

Cheng Si was relieved.

The possibility of encountering a python is extremely small, and the possibility of encountering a giant python is even less likely. The local pythons may have froze to death during the abnormal climate period.

Over there, Steve, who was holding the five-step snake and measuring the physical data of the five-step snake with others, heard the voices in the live broadcast and turned to ask Feng Yi: "Have you ever caught a giant python?"

Feng Yi shook his head: "No."

Steve: "Do you think you can catch him alone?"

Feng Yi: "I don't think so."

Steve: "Hey, I can't either. Then if you really find a giant python, call me and I'll catch it with you!"

Feng Yi: "Okay!"