The head of this python is the size of a basin, it is conceivable that if it opens its mouth, it will be a real blood basin mouth, and at this moment, this giant python is leisurely moving slowly on the big tree, and its head is spitting out letters in the direction of Buctonlin.

And the hissing sound that Bucton Lynn heard just now was the sound of a python spitting out a letter, or the sound of a python rubbing the bark of a tree as it moved.

Bucton Lin had seen a python when he was on a jungle mission before, but it was the first time he had seen such a terrifying python, this python was more than ten meters long, and its huge body was crushed even by the thick branches of the arm.

Bucton Lin's actions attracted the attention of others, and soon, the members of the Black Mamba Escort who were walking in front saw the terrifying serpent.

"Captain, do you want to attack?" Nandegrad stared at the giant python that day without blinking, and the submachine gun in his hand was already aimed at the python's head.

"Wait and see. The reason why Bucton Lin did not dare to attack easily was because he suspected that this python did not exist alone, and it was likely that there were accomplices, and once he attacked this python, it might attract more pythons and cause unwarranted disasters.

But it is clear that this giant python has sensed the presence of the scientific expedition team.

The python had just spat out a letter at Buctonlin, which made people feel frightened to see it, but it was actually using its tongue to perceive its surroundings. The snake sticks its filmed tongue into the air to catch the particles floating there, then retracts its tongue and stuffs it into a special groove at the top of the mouth, where the smell is analysed and transmitted to the brain in the form of an electronic signal to make judgments about its surroundings and prey.

Pythons have very poor eyesight, but they rely on temperature-sensing organs known as "vision correctors". These organs allow the python to sense the temperature emitted by other animals and catch its prey with unerring accuracy. The python has a temperature sensing organ on each side of the head, so the python can sense the temperature not only in breadth, but also in depth, so that it can accurately catch its prey in the complete darkness of the night, this ability is deadly, as long as you exude temperature, you will not escape the python's prey.

This temperature-sensing organ on either side of the snake's head is two small recessed pits, covered by a rubber-sized septum, which works like a pinhole camera. The sensory organs reflect infrared rays emitted by nearby prey onto the inner diaphragm, turning the blurry speckle into a clear image. The diaphragm of the python is like the film of a pinhole camera, which projects light onto the film to form an image.

Suddenly, the python's head stretched forward, and at the same time opened its bloody mouth, the pungent stench made Buktonlin feel dizzy, and just when Buctonlin was about to be bitten by the python, he pulled the trigger, which was an instinctive reaction.

It's a pity that Buctonlin's submachine gun bullet hit the python's body, but it didn't stop the python's offensive momentum, and the python's bloody mouth was about to bite Buctonlin's head.

Just as the python's teeth were about to touch Buctonlin's hair, there was a "bang", and the python's head seemed to lose its balance, and it fell to the ground in heavy free fall, and its body then slid to the ground, lifting countless leaves.

It turned out to be the sniper Wu Yongqiang, who had already prepared when the python was staring at Buktonlin, and the moment the python attacked, he adjusted the angle slightly and pulled the trigger.

The python just happened to hit Buctonlin, who fell backwards in terror and fell on the dirt covered with dead leaves.

Nandegrad immediately ran over, picked up Buctonlin, and asked with concern: "Captain, are you okay?"

Buctonlin was so frightened that he couldn't say a word for a long time, and at that moment, he had seen the long letter in the python's mouth, and he was about to suffocate from the stench, and he almost felt the fear of death.

Seeing the python fall to the ground, Rita Rima also ran over, she touched the scales on the python's body in surprise, and felt the temperature on the python's body.

Pang Xiaonan also rushed to Buctonlin's side for the first time, although he saw the giant python just now, but at the same time he was observing whether there were any companions around, he turned on his spiritual sense to explore other dangers, but only found this giant python, and when he withdrew his spiritual sense, the giant python had already launched an attack.

Pang Xiaonan pulled Rita Rima and shouted, "Be careful, the snake may not be dead!"

After saying that, Pang Xiaonan turned on his spiritual sense to probe the breath of the giant python, but he found out that the giant python was indeed dead.

"It's dead. Pang Xiaonan released authoritative news.

Oda Rima walked quickly from Pang Xiaonan's side to the python's side, took out a magnifying glass and carefully studied the python's body.

Totekchaski also trembled over and crouched down beside the python.

"Teacher, what do you think?" Rita Rima asked for her mentor's opinion.

"This is a prehistoric python...... Totekchaski stretched out his right hand and trembled as he touched the python's scales.

"Is this the legendary Titan Monty Python?" Rita Rima looked at Totekchaski with an inquiring gaze.

"There's a 90% probability. Totekchaski took out his handkerchief and wiped his cloudy eyes, and although the python was dead, the stench on it was still strong.

Bucton Lin had recovered from the shock, although he had a little gaffe just now, but after all, it was a matter of life and death, it was nothing for him who had experienced too many such moments, just a few seconds, he was conscious.

He walked over to the body of the python, kicked it with his foot, and asked, "What is the Titan Python?"

Totekchaski coughed twice and said, "The Titan Python belongs to the group of pythons, the largest known snakes, and they are like the product of an enlarged modern python. Ectotherms of this magnitude would have to survive at least temperatures from 30°C to 34°C, so the assumptions of climate models that determined that the Neotropics in the Paleocene were high due to the high levels of carbon dioxide are consistent. The average titan python can reach a length of 12 meters and weigh more than 1 ton, these two figures are enough to explain how terrifying they are. Their diet includes the 4.57-meter-long, half-ton blunt-nosed crocodile and the 3.05-meter lungfish as well as some large contemporary turtles. The titan python became extinct nearly 58 million years ago. ”

The pungent stench reminded Bucton Lin of the thrilling scene he had just taken, and he took two steps away, and Oda Rima added: "They may be another creature that dominates Hallelujah after the extinction of the dinosaurs, and their prey includes alligators, big fish, etc." In addition to the evidence that the titan python and the crocodile live next to each other, the confrontation between the offspring of the snake and the crocodile today further illustrates the natural enemy relationship between the two reptiles. The discovery also suggests that the tropical areas where they lived were warmer than the researchers had originally estimated, with an average temperature of 32°C, which was the only climate that allowed snakes to grow so big, and after the warming climate, although the size of mammals shrank, cold-blooded animals like reptiles became larger. Fossils of a giant snake of the Titan python, which is almost as long as a bus, have been found in fossils from the Paleocene to Eocene periods of extreme thermal events. ”

At this time, Pang Xiaonan walked over, looked around vigilantly, and asked, "Can the meat of this giant python be eaten?"

Oda Rima glared at him and said, "When is it, still thinking about eating." ”

"How can you go on the road if you don't have enough to eat?" Pang Xiaonan disagreed, these members of the scientific expedition team had not eaten meat for many days, if they continued like this, everything in this jungle should be treated as food.

"Don't think about eating it yet," Bucton Lin frowned, and the thought of eating this stinky creature made his stomach regurgitate, "We still have plenty of food, so let's hurry up." ”

At this time, all the members of the scientific expedition team gathered around, looking at the huge python corpse, and at the same time covered their noses, hearing Pang Xiaonan say that they wanted to eat this guy, some people were already gagging, and the sound of vomiting came and went.

"Everyone, go around the anaconda corpse and move on!" Bucton Lin regained his presence, "Also, all members of the Black Mamba Escort, I order, if you see an unknown creature approaching, as long as it is less than 10 meters, immediately open fire!"

Bucton Lin was almost killed by his own kindness just now, so now he could no longer believe that there were good creatures in this jungle, and first acquiesced to the hostility of the other party.

Rita Yama took out her camera to take a picture of the Titan Python, she brought two cameras, one digital and one traditional film camera, because she made two preparations considering that all the electronic devices in the Bloss disc could fail.

BridgeMorgan also came to take pictures, he saw the camera in Oda Rima hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are really fateful, you brought a camera, and I also brought a camera." ”

Pang Xiaonan, who was standing next to him, took out his mobile phone to take a picture of the Titan Python, and used the front camera to take a group photo of himself and the Titan Python, and made a "yes" gesture in the photo. He turned to BridgeMorgan and said, "Who still takes pictures with a camera now?" ”

Oda Rima was a little funny about the way BridgeMorgan accosted her, especially after Pang Xiaonan appeared, Bridgemorgan was also very embarrassed, Oda Rima said: "I was going to collect biological samples, but some creatures are too big, so I can only solve it by taking pictures." ”

As the 19-man team continued its slow march through the jungle, Oda Rima said to Buctonlin, "We must be careful that there may be rivers or lakes or swamps ahead, because where the Titan Python appears, there should be a source of water. ”

Sure enough, after walking for about ten minutes, the group saw a big river, with a width of twenty or thirty meters.

The river flows quietly, but it is not in a hurry, and the water and grass on both sides of the river are abundant, and there are more than half a person high.

The river is relatively muddy, and it is difficult to see the condition in the water.

Buckton Lin frowned, this river is a bit like a river in the rainforest, so if it is really like that, this river is no less dangerous than in the jungle.

Oda Rima helped Totekchaski to the river, "Be careful, teacher. Rima Oda stopped about two or three meters from the shore.

Totekchaski craned his neck out and looked into the river, frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

Oda Rima asked in a low voice, "Teacher, do you think there are any piranhas in this river?"

Totekchaski turned his head, his brows furrowed for a hint of concern, "It's not just a piranha, judging from the Titan python we just met in the jungle, I'm afraid there are crocodiles, pythons and other deadly animals in this river." ”

Wu Zhen walked up to Buctonlin, pointed to the river and asked, "Captain, are we going to cross the river, or are we going up along the river?"

Buktonlin crossed his hands on his hips, he was also thinking about this problem, and after thinking for a long time, he shouted at Buenovski: "First mate, come here!"

Buenovski walked quickly through the grass with his submachine gun in his hand, and came to Buctonlin's side, "What's the matter, Captain?"

"Look at the direction, what is the direction on the other side of the river, what is the direction of the upper reaches of the river?" Buckton Lin was thinking, weighing, crossing the river or not crossing the river, choosing safety or taking shortcuts.

Buenolski took off his watch, aligned his orientation towards the sun, and then he said to Buctonlin: "Captain, the other side of the river is in the same direction as we entered the jungle, that is, if we keep walking, we can go directly into New Bloss, and the upper reaches of the river are perpendicular to the direction we entered the jungle, of course, it is not certain whether the river has been diverted before." ”

According to Buenovski, in order to penetrate the hinterland, it is necessary to cross the river, and if you follow the river up, you will probably reach the edge without entering the interior of New Bloss.

But the river in front of him is very wide, and I can't see the situation under the water, if you force the river to cross, I don't know what danger will happen, especially after experiencing the Titan python before, Bucton Lin still has palpitations, maybe there is another one or a group of giant pythons lurking in this river, just waiting for the prey to come to the door.

For the sake of safety, Bucton Lin made up his mind, "Everyone, let's go up the river, see a suitable place to cross the river, and then find a way to cross the river." ”

So, under the leadership of Buctonlin and the first mate Buenoski, the group walked slowly up the net river.

"Everyone be careful of the grass around you, in case there are snakes or other unknown creatures in the grass!" Bucton Lin shouted loudly, the road along the river is not easy to walk, on the left hand side is the hidden danger of the river, on the right hand side is the deep grass, I don't know what creatures will emerge in the grass.

The expedition team walked four or five meters from the shore, while the Black Mamba Escort walked on the land side of the grass to protect the expedition from creatures in the grass.

Oda Rima said to Totekchaski, "Teacher, do you think this place looks like a tropical primeval jungle?"

Although Totekchaski is old, he is still windy with his legs and feet, and his speed does not slow down, he nodded, "It means a little bit, but the plants and animals here are even older than the primeval jungle we have seen before!"

"Teacher, slow down, we still have a long way to go, you have to save your strength. Lima Oda was carrying a heavy backpack with all kinds of equipment in it, and she had to take it one step at a time.

"Haha, Oda Rima, don't worry about me," Totekchaski looked back at Oda Rima and walked a little slower, "Don't forget, I have always been at the forefront of the world when you traveled with me to study all over the world. ”

"I can't catch up with you......" Rita Rima gasped as she watched the science champion, who was a step older than herself, striding in front of her, leaving herself far behind.

The higher he went, the higher the height of the grass, and the unknown grass had to reach the waist of the expedition team, and Buctonlin turned back again and shouted: "Everyone be careful, the height of the grass is getting higher and higher, pay attention to the danger in the grass." ”

At this moment, a wave of frog sounds came, and Bucton Lin stopped vigilantly, stretched out his right hand behind him, and raised his palm, signaling everyone to stop.

Everyone also heard the sound of frogs, and they all slowed down and pricked up their ears at the sound of frogs, which was the first time they had seen small animals since they entered the jungle.

"How big do you think these frogs will be?" Wu Yongqiang asked Zhao Guifei beside him, he felt that since he entered the Bloss Circle, he had encountered all the big guys, and the frogs in this jungle should not be so small.

"It should be the size of a bullfrog, right?" Zhao Guifei and Wu Yongqiang had similar thoughts, the creatures here were not much smaller, at least not smaller than other places.

The frogs were screaming louder and louder, and it seemed that the frogs were moving towards the side of the expedition, and Bucton Lin nervously shouted: "Everyone be careful!"

Although frogs are beneficial insects, in the Bloss Circle, nothing can be calculated according to common sense, and perhaps the frogs here are deadly.

The sound of frogs had surrounded the Black Mamba Guard, and all the team members felt that there seemed to be a lot of frogs approaching them, but no one knew where the specific direction was, and as far as the eye could see, they didn't see any frogs.

"Don't move, everybody!" Oda Rima shouted loudly, "Frogs can only see moving objects, and they only attack moving objects, and they generally don't attack creatures that are larger than themselves. ”

Everyone didn't dare to move when Oda Lima shouted like this, and a group of people stood there like a group of puppets, because everyone knew that the danger of this new Bloss was indeed not to be underestimated, and if you were not careful, you might lose your life.

Although they stood still, Professor Li Sanming and his assistant, who were not far away, were talking.

"Professor, standing like this isn't a long-term solution. The assistant felt that Rita Rima was a little sensational, and he couldn't just stay still because he was surrounded by frogs.

"Don't move yet, just wait and see. "Professor Li Sanming is well-informed, and this kind of tropical rainforest frog is probably a poisonous frog.

"I don't believe that a frog can threaten our lives. "The assistant still thinks it's a bit silly for everyone to stand like this, so it's better to try to walk forward.

"You must not act rashly, you would rather believe what you have than what you don't, are there still few evil things here?" During his long field work, he encountered many phenomena that could not be explained by science.

At the front of the team, Bucton Lin was also talking to the demoman Dawo Khan Khan, "Dawo Khan Khan, get ready to throw grenades and blow up these uninvited guests." ”

Buckton Lin thought to himself that there were so many frogs, and he couldn't finish them with bullets, although he didn't know what kind of frogs he was here, he thought that they could approach the expedition team, which was terrifying, and ordinary frogs would not take the initiative to approach humans.

The only way is to use grenades or bombs to attack one piece first, see what kind of frogs are coming from, at least pick up a few frog corpses, and let Oda Rima study to see if there is any harm to humans.

"Yes, Captain. Dawo Khan agreed to get the grenade he had around his waist.

At the same time, Professor Li Sanming's assistant also moved, and a flying insect bit his neck, and he let out a low roar, stretched out his right hand and slapped it on his neck.

Almost at the same time, two frogs pounced on the assistant of the jewel Dawo Khan Khan and Professor Li Sanming, respectively, "Ahh

Professor Li Sanming's assistant couldn't dodge and was hit by a frog on the back of his hand, and Dawo Khan Khan was quick to react, although he was also frightened, but the grenade in his hand was thrown out before he fell to the ground.

"Lie down!" Bucton Lin instructed, and everyone fell to the ground, and the slower ones saw that everyone else had fallen to the ground, and they also followed suit.

With a loud bang, grass clippings, dirt, and the limbs of some frogs flew all over the sky, splashing on the members of the expedition and the Black Mamba Escort.

The croaking of the frogs was much quieter, and the only remaining croaks of the frogs were from near and far, and the frogs that came up around them scattered and fled.

"Ah...... Yes...... Ah......" Professor Li Sanming's assistant who fell to the ground cried out in pain, foaming at the mouth, Professor Li Sanming stepped forward to take a look, only to see the assistant grabbing his wrist in pain, and the hand that was hit by the frog was swollen, and there was a thin pinhole-like wound on the back of the hand, oozing a trace of blood, and the blood vessels near the wound were blue, like black spider webs around the wound.

Oda Rima happened to be near Professor Li Sanming, she saw the injury of Professor Li Sanming's assistant, and immediately crawled over, looked at the wound with a frightened face, and said in a trembling voice: "This is arrow frog poison!"

"What?" Professor Li Sanming was suddenly very nervous, and hurriedly shouted to Nandegrad, "Medical officer, come here, someone has been poisoned!"

Nandegrad was a little inaudible because of the proximity to the place where the grenade exploded, and it was not until Professor Li Sanming called out to him many times that he could hear it clearly, and he staggered up from the ground and ran in the direction of Professor Li Sanming.

When he saw the miserable appearance of Professor Li Sanming's assistant, he directly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't be saved." ”

"You give him serum, detoxification. Professor Li Sanming roared at Nandegrad almost in exasperation.

"Professor, calm down, it's not that I don't save it, it's really ...... I can't save it. Nandegrad lowered his head, it wasn't that he couldn't heal, but that no one was able to recover in the face of such symptoms.

The crowd gathered around looked at Professor Li Sanming's assistant again, his whole body was already convulsed, foaming at the mouth, the poisoned hand was already black, and the arm was curled up in front of his chest, like a chicken claw withered and weak.

Professor Li Sanming watched his assistant twitch for more than ten seconds, and no longer moved.

"Subset, I told you not to follow me, you have to follow me, this is good, how can you let me explain to your parents......" Professor Li Sanming's voice was sad, he hugged the body of his assistant and burst into tears, although he didn't cry out loud, but the huge grief moved everyone present.

Professor Li Sanming's assistant is his most proud disciple, and he originally had the hope of replacing his position, but the master and apprentice entered the Bloss disc together, and there were no problems after going through ups and downs before, but I didn't expect that the first player to have an accident in New Bloss was this assistant.

"What kind of poison is this?" asked Buctonlin, who was standing silent.

"It looks like snake venom. "Snake venom is divided into neurotoxins and hemolytic toxins, such as vipers, belly snakes, bamboo leaf greens, five-step snakes and other bites are hemolytic toxins, resulting in rapid swelling, hardness, bleeding, severe pain, purple-black skin, skin necrosis, lymphadenopathy and swollen lymph nodes." It can spread to the head, neck, limbs, and lower back in 6-8 hours. The injured person trembled, his body temperature increased, his heart rate increased, he had difficulty breathing, he could not stand. Nosebleeds, blood in the urine, convulsions. If the bite is not effectively treated within 4 hours, it ends up dying from heart failure or shock. ”

Nandegrad leaned down and pointed to the swollen palm of Professor Li Sanming's assistant, "Look at his hand, it's like an injury caused by a hemolytic toxin. ”

Nandegrad pointed to the foam on his assistant's mouth and said, "But this symptom is like a neurotoxin." The toxins secreted by snakes, including krait snakes and silver kraits, are neurotoxins. After the bite, the local symptoms are not obvious, the bleeding is less, and the redness, swelling and fever are mild. However, within a few hours after the injury, acute systemic symptoms appeared, the patient was agitated, moaned in pain, trembled muscles all over the body, foamed at the foam, had difficulty swallowing, had difficulty breathing, and finally lay on the ground, convulsions all over the body, paralysis of respiratory muscles and died. ”

Nandegrad stood up, crossed his waist and said: "On the whole, this is a bit like the symptoms caused by the mixed toxins in snake venom, the local wound is red and swollen, feverish, painful, and necrosis may occur. After the toxin is absorbed, the systemic symptoms are severe and complex, ranging from neurological symptoms to damage caused by the blood-circulating toxin, and finally, all death from asphyxia or heart failure. ”

Nandegrad touched his chin again, tilted his head and said suspiciously: "But mixed snake venom can only be secreted by cobras, have you seen cobras?"

"It's not snake venom, it's arrow frog venom. Lima Oda said firmly.

"Arrow frogs?" Bucton Lin frowned and looked at Rita Rima Oda, as a former mercenary who crisscrossed Hallelujah, he had naturally heard of the famous name of arrow frogs.

"That's right, it's an arrow frog. "Rima Oda is categorical.

"Why are you so sure?" Bucton Lin had only seen one or two arrow frogs in the tropical rainforest, and it was the first time he had seen such a large group of arrow frogs, and it was also the first time he had seen arrow frogs hurt people.

"Quite simply, snake venom attacks are not so fast. Oda Rima looked at Nandegrad, "Snake venom will kill people for at least a few hours, and it won't kill people so quickly." ”

Nandegrad's eyes met Oda Rima, and then dimmed, indeed, snake venom did not kill people so quickly, no matter how poisonous the snake was, it was impossible.

"That only excludes that it's not snake venom," Nandegrad clasped his hands in front of his chest, "In addition to snake venom, some lizards can secrete similar toxins." ”

"But just now we all heard that it was frogs that surrounded us. BridgeMorgan stepped forward and spoke for Rita Yama.

"Didn't we blow up the frogs?" said the demoman, Dawo Khan Khan, who sided with Nandegrad.

"Look here," Oda Rima crouched down next to Professor Li Sanming's assistant, pointing to the wound on his assistant's hand, "His poisoning obviously spread from this wound, and from this point it spread to all sides of his body, eventually causing him to die in a short period of time due to heart failure and respiratory failure." ”

The small opening on the assistant's hand was just a small dot, but against the background of the dense black spider-like nerve veins around it, it was obvious that the toxin had spread from here.

"And this wound was caused by a needle prick in the head of the arrow frog. Rima Oda stood up, "When the frog sees an enemy that is larger than itself, it will use a needle prick in the head to stab the opponent's body, thereby releasing toxins and causing the opponent to die. ”

"But is the poison of the arrow frog so powerful?" Bucton Lin suspected, "even the poison of a cobra can't kill people so quickly, and a small arrow frog is so poisonous?"

"Captain!" sniper Wu Yongqiang shouted as he ran, holding something in his hand, "I picked up the body of a frog!"

Wu Yongqiang ran to Buctonlin's side and handed over the things in his hand.

Bucton Lin took it and saw that it was a strange frog corpse, with only the head and body left, and the two legs of the lower body and part of the abdomen were blown away.

Bucton Lin handed the frog's corpse to Oda Lima, who took it and carefully observed it, and finally she came to a conclusion: "This is the arrow frog, this kind of arrow frog is called the Green Devil Arrow Frog, the whole body is green, it is difficult to be found in the grass, but once it attacks the enemy, it is a fatal blow, so it is called the Green Goblin, and there are all kinds of animals that live in the jungle that are not afraid of it." ”

"How does it attack the enemy?" Pang Xiaonan was very interested in the animal world, and it was amazing that this little frog could kill an adult in a very short period of time.

"They live in dense forests with thorns on their faces and can be injected with toxins in the form of head strikes, and the pain caused by their venom is intense and long-lasting, and one gram of venom from this poisonous frog is enough to kill 300,000 rats or 80 adults. "The data that Rima Oda said was impressive, and everyone shuddered.

"In ancient times, primitive people used the venom of the Green Goblin Arrow Frog to make poisoned arrows to hunt and kill prey. Rita added, "However, in the process of capturing the Green Goblin Arrow Frog, many primitive people also died. ”

"Oh my God, what kind of world have we come in!" shouted Professor Cow Piklaas into the sky in some despair, he was only a physicist and had never seen the cruelty of nature.

"Don't panic everyone," Bucton Lin tried to calm everyone's emotions, he knew that if this continued, the expedition team would not be killed by some flood beast, and he would scare himself to death.

"We continued to walk, all the members of the expedition team went inside, and the members of the Black Mamba Escort surrounded the expedition team on the periphery to prevent the expedition team from being attacked by unknown creatures. "There is no way, now a member of the scientific expedition team has died, this is the dereliction of duty of the Black Mamba Escort, and now we can only use the lives of the Black Mamba Escort as much as possible to protect the integrity of the scientific expedition team.

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