Chapter 535: I have never seen such an edible scientist

On the third day after Grandpa Sun sent someone to deliver the musk, Wang Long handed them a lot of tea bags. Watching a group of heavily armed people the tea bags away, Wang Long instantly felt a lot easier. The task assigned by the boss is finally completed.
Qianliyan started the construction mode together again, and this time it is building a cowshed.
Xiao Peng really did what he said, and built a cowshed on the other side of Qianli Lake.
Everyone in Qianliyan is unclear. So, this good fisherman hasn't figured it out yet, so he wants to raise cattle again?
Xiao Peng also did something that left everyone speechless: soaking the seeds of alfalfa that he bought with water, and let the fishermen dig pits to plant alfalfa. The reason was that it was not lacking when the heavy snow had just melted. Moisture nourishes, everyone scoffs at this. Has anyone seen sowing in winter?
But who made Xiao Peng the boss? What did he say? Let him toss. . . . . . In this way, the alfalfa that had been soaked by Xiao Peng's magical powers fell on the heels of Qianliyan. Others plant flowers, and Xiao Peng grows alfalfa. Xiao Peng is still very satisfied with this: Let's not play with those imaginary ones, but the most important thing is to be practical. Besides, is the alfalfa blooming beautiful flowers? . . . . .
The construction of the cowshed is very fast, and within two weeks, a modern cowshed equipped with manure scrapers has been built.
When Xiao Peng was about to arrange Qianliyan's holiday, Chen Zetao hurried over: "Boss Xiao! Hurry up and follow me, big event, big event!"
"Chen Zetao, what are you excited about? The tiger is chasing you again?" Xiao Peng puzzled.
"Oh my God, hurry up and follow me. This is really a big event." Chen Zetao dragged Xiao Peng and ran into the woods. Before Xiao Peng approached, he saw Academician Liu and his other students hiding there. In the woods, look inside the woods with a telescope.
Xiao Peng walked over: "What are you doing?"
Academician Liu was taken aback, and hurriedly made a hush gesture to Xiao Peng: "Boss Xiao, don't be so loud."
Xiao Peng looked in the direction pointed by Academician Liu. In the clearing in the forest, it was exactly the musk ox that Sergei sent to the island at that time. There were five musk oxen in a circle, bowed their heads, showing hard long horns. To Academician Liu and others: "Isn't it the Musk Ox? What are you nervous about?"
To be honest, when Sergey sent these musk oxen to Qianliyan, Xiao Peng really didn't care about them. He just gave them spiritual enlightenment and let them live in the woods.
In Xiao Peng's eyes, isn't this a big yak? We have a lot in China, too. Moreover, these musk oxen are really unpleasant. In addition to eating, they sleep every day. When they wake up, they walk forward for a while, eat and sleep again. Lazier than pigs. . . . . .
And the funny thing is that musk ox is also called musk ox, you know it by its name, it also has musk glands, but in animals like musk deer, muskrat, and civet cats, the musk glands grow near the anus. It's on the face! When the estrus season comes, the musk ox’s face begins to secrete strong-smelling secretions to divide the territory. How do you make Xiao Peng like him with such a freak? I am afraid that no one but the fur dealer likes him: the fur of the musk ox is superb, and the musk ox was almost extinct because of the fur.
However, Xiao Peng was not surprised to keep attacking the musk ox in a circle: even though the musk ox is a herbivore, it is also a stunner among them. I don’t know whether to say that they are stupid or brave. They are under any circumstances. Even if there are bears and wolves, the musk ox will form a defensive formation.
Xiao Peng walked to the group of musk oxen: "Relax, relax, these are my friends." Touching the head of the ox, this group of musks is composed of one male and four females.
Seeing Xiao Peng coming over, Musk Ox also relaxed his vigilance, Xiao Pengdu Academician Liu waved his hand: "It's okay, come here, what are you doing so mysterious?"
Academician Liu took the students cautiously to walk to a few female musk oxen to observe. Although the female musk oxen were obviously still nervous, they did not attack them. After a while, Academician Liu smiled: "Boss Xiao, congratulations, in a few months, you will have a baby boy."
"Huh?" Xiao Peng was taken aback: "Academician Liu, you mean they are pregnant? But they should be bullies?"
Academician Liu made Xiao Peng dumbfounded: "Oh, although the name Musk Ox is ox, it is actually a kind of sheep."
"Liu Yuanshu, don't lie to me if I'm too young. Look at this musk ox, this figure, this appearance, this horn, where does it look like a sheep? Is this a big yak!" Xiao Peng was speechless.
Academician Liu laughed: "This musk ox looks like a cow in appearance, and its horns are also like cows, and like cows, it has no scent glands on its limbs, and a female musk ox has four nipples. These are very similar to cows. But please pay attention, all the horns of cows grow from the side of the head, and the musk ox, like sheep, grows from the top of the head, and then grows outside against the skull, so that it looks like horns. In fact, this Musk ox is a transitional creature between cattle and sheep. His scientific name is'sheep and cow', but from a biological point of view, it is undoubtedly a sheep, not a cow."
Xiao Peng smiled: "For so long, I always thought they were yaks from the North Pole."
Academician Liu said: "You are right, they are indeed very similar."
Xiao Peng said in a puzzled way: "These cows... Oh no, sheep are pregnant when they are pregnant. What's the fuss about this?" After finishing speaking, Chen Zetao glared at Chen Zetao: "It's a big incident, I thought you guys. Eat the South China Tiger."
"What does it mean that we ate the South China Tiger? What a big incident?" Chen Zetao refused.
"It's normal for the South China Tiger to eat you, but it's news after you eat the South China Tiger." Xiao Peng shrugged.
After hearing Xiao Peng’s question, Academician Liu looked dissatisfied: "Boss Xiao, I don’t know how to say hello. Do you know the scientific research value of this musk ox? This is the only species of musk ox! From a taxonomic point of view, this is an animal between cattle and sheep! Its scientific research value is no less than that of our unique rare and endangered takin! And when the musk ox arrives in China, we are not satisfied with the water and soil, and there is no record of successful breeding If your little musk ox is born here, it will make up for the gap in our scientific research in China!"
Xiao Peng wondered, "Isn't it just the musk ox? Isn't the protection of the ethnic group pretty good now? The Arctic has started artificial breeding, right?"
Academician Liu looked at Xiao Peng with a hatred of iron but not steel: "You are really a model of being in good fortune and not knowing good fortune! Do you know that, more than 40 years ago, when China and the Stars and Stripes established diplomatic relations, the two countries What is an exchange of gifts?"
Xiao Peng shook his head, and Academician Liu said: "China gave a pair of giant pandas to the Star Stripe country,'Lingling' and'Xingxing', and the United States gave China a pair of musk ox! Called'Milton' and'Ma Tilda', but now, there are only specimens left."
Academician Liu went on to introduce: "Do you know? This musk ox has been living on the earth for at least 600,000 years! Mammoths, column tusks and other creatures of its generation have become extinct, and only the musk ox has survived. Surviving, of course, there is a reason. Musk ox is a very good research subject. You don't even cherish such a precious research object living with you. You are really mad at me!"
Xiao Peng shrugged, "I'm not a scientist, so what do I study them for? I am more concerned about whether they can become a large ethnic group so that I can eat meat."
"You..." Academician Liu pointed to Xiao Peng, obviously making Xiao Peng angry, and his fingers began to tremble: "You..." You haven't said anything for a long time. Come.
Xiao Peng smiled: "Academician Liu, why are you so angry, I am teasing you, do you think they are doing well here?"
Academician Liu took a few deep breaths before he didn't believe Xiao Peng was joking. When he spoke, the saliva in Xiao Peng's mouth almost came out, okay? Academician Liu calmed down and said: "There are many secrets in Musk Ox. If we study thoroughly, it will be of great help to mankind."
"Will it be of great help to mankind?" Xiao Peng puzzled.
Academician Liu nodded and said: "The musk ox did not become extinct like the mammoth. The big reason is their'collectivism.' You know, in the tundra, the temperature in winter may drop to minus 70 degrees! Storms can also It lasts for several days without stopping, and in such bad weather, the musk ox will be crowded together in groups, and the young musks will be recorded in the middle, and the adult musks will face the strong wind until the strongest storm passes. Many adult musk ox can not withstand such a storm and die, just to protect the young. Don’t underestimate the determination of the musk ox to protect the young! Once in a zoo, in order to get a young musk ox, they cruelly eliminated a group of musk Cattle, as long as there is an adult musk ox, they cannot get musk ox cubs. How the group consciousness of the musk ox is cultivated has always been a secret in the biological world."
"What does that help mankind?" Xiao Peng puzzled.
Academician Liu laughed and said: "That is the biggest secret of the Musk Ox. The fur structure of the Musk Ox can withstand the wind of 100 kilometers per hour and the temperature of minus 50 degrees, but this is not the basis for them to live in the severe cold. , They can survive in such a harsh environment. The most important reason is that they are very efficient at acquiring and preserving energy! The food they need is only 1/6 of that of a cow of the same size. Food and drinking water are enough for them to survive! If we can study how the musk ox preserves the energy brought by food, I am not exaggerating, perhaps this may eliminate the problem of hunger in our world."
Xiao Peng listened for a moment, and finally clapped and said: "Academician Liu, this great task of saving mankind has fallen on your shoulders! Didn't you say that science changes the world? Come on! I am optimistic about you! But Liu Academician, I want to ask a little question."
"Ask." At this time Academician Liu was full of eyes.
Xiao Peng stretched out his finger: "White fin dolphin, Bali tiger, South China tiger, plus musk ox, oh, you will not let the turtles in Qianli Lake? Well, there is also the beef cattle that I will raise next, so Many subjects, can you guys study it?"
"Uh. Boss Xiao, I'm just about to discuss with you. Next, I want to send more people to the Institute of Zoology, do you think it's okay?" Academician Liu asked.
"No." Xiao Peng answered him without thinking.
"Why?" Academician Liu widened his eyes.
Xiao Peng replied very seriously: "I can't control the food of so many people. You and I can't afford it anymore-I have never seen a scientist who can eat so much!"
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