"Woo ~ ~"
the strong sea breeze blows over Odin Island, bringing a bit of coolness.
At the end of the harvest month, the tidal islands in the storm area have completely got rid of the heat in summer. The highest temperature in the daytime is only above 20 degrees, which is quite cool.
It''s the most comfortable time of the year.
Well, everything is good here, but the wind is too strong More than the kingdom of thousand lakes
Eagles looked up at the sky and muttered.
Recalling his experiences in the past six months, he felt as if he were in a dream.
Six months ago, IGOs was a mercenary who was tired of adventure and settled in Copernicus.
Through the introduction of acquaintances, he received a dangerous guide task, that is, to lead a group of wealthy overseas businessmen to Nassau wetland on the northern border of the kingdom.
In the face of extremely rich remuneration, IGOs considered again and again, and finally chose to accept the task.
He never thought that this adventure had completely changed his destiny.
In this long journey, IGOs experienced many things that he had never experienced before.
A pair of three meter high concrete cages are firmly blocked by the "freedom" of his.
"Ernest, Mandel, Herman The feed is back, ready to feed the long eared chinchilla.... "
Igors stopped the magic car and cried out.
Four workers in gray farm uniforms trotted out of the warehouse and removed buckets full of feed from the car.
As igors unloaded the barrel, he yelled out the task:
"Ernest, you are in charge of cage 1 and 2, and each cage puts in a bucket of feed pills..."
"Mandel, you''re in charge of three and four Herman, you are number five and number six... "
"Remember, when you throw the feed pills, you must sprinkle them evenly. Don''t throw them in one place. Otherwise, some greedy little guys will take more feed pills and hide them in the cave..."
"Yes, sir!"
The workers answered respectfully and went to work with their buckets.
Although IGOs is in charge, he is not idle. He has his own task.
The administrative department has always attached great importance to performance and never allowed its subordinate factories and farms to raise idle people. Once this happens, idle people will not necessarily have bad luck, and they will certainly get out of business.
Going to NIMA, actually still want to sit still and get paid?
There''s no door!
Under this system, the managers dare not let their subordinates be too idle, and they dare not be idle.
As a result, IGOs has even more work to do than his workers.
He picked up a 50 kg barrel with both hands and walked quickly to cage 9 and 10.
More than ten steps are built around each cage, which is the place for feeding.
In three or two steps, IGOs climbed up a step, opened the barrel, scooped up a scoop of grayish brown pellets with a wooden ladle, and vigorously threw them into the wall.
"Bang Bang Bang, Bang... "
Dozens of feed pellets with a diameter of only 20 mm fell into the dense grass leaves, and the originally quiet grass instantly boiled up.
A large group of furry gray creatures came out and ran to the landing point of the feed pills. A large rustle of sound suddenly sounded in the grass, and the long grass leaves kept swinging.
IGOs looked at it with a "ha ha" smile, and kept on moving, throwing ladles of feed balls to different positions of the cage.
"Wow Wow... "
The long eared chinchillas are just like frying nests, running wildly in the cage, stirring the grass to the ground.
……
In order to improve the diet structure of the residents, in the early summer of this year, the administrative department officially put the development of breeding industry on the agenda, which naturally fell on the head of the Department of agriculture.
According to the requirements of the Lord, the breeding target must have the following characteristics:
according to the understanding of IGOs, they are used to living in a group of 5-10, eating together, resting together and warning each other.
Moreover, they are the most determined pacifists!
Even if the habitat of a certain group is invaded by other groups of chinchillas and their living space is greatly compressed, they will not use violence to solve problems like the Chipmunks.
The good-natured long eared chinchilla will adopt the means of "cultivating immortals" to solve territorial disputes.
In short, it''s about who is more hungry.
It doesn''t matter if there''s less food. As long as you starve your competitors and wait until the next spring, there will be enough food?
This kind of "Gandhi in the rat" is obviously the most suitable for "centralized" breeding!
As a result, when a merchant fleet of Haichao chamber of Commerce returned from Qianhu Kingdom, it took hundreds of long eared grey rats bought at a high price.
In addition, because of her advice, the consul sent IGOs to the Department of agriculture to take charge of the large-scale breeding of the long eared grey rat.The actual domestication process has also verified IGOs''s words. Even if the breeding density in the cage reaches 200, these small things still get along with each other, just like a loving family.
……
"Ernest Mandel, what''s going on in the cage today?"
After feeding the feed pills, IGOs began to routinely ask his subordinates.
"Mr. eagles, the conditions in No. 1 and No. 2 breeding cages are very good. I have noticed that there are a lot of long eared chinchillas coming out for food, and the number is similar to that of the previous few days..."
"Mr. eagles, the same is true in cages 3 and 4..."
"Cage 5 and 6 are all right..."
Subordinates will report the situation one by one.
Igors nodded with satisfaction:
"yes, it seems that there is no problem with the composition of feed pills."
He looked at his subordinates with admiration and said:
"guys, you have done a good job. As long as you keep on, I will apply to the Department of agriculture for more bonus this month."
Several workers were in full bloom, patting their chests one by one, promising:
"Mr. IGOs, I will work hard..."
"Trust me, Mr. eagles..."
Igor grinned and waved his hand:
"OK, let''s go to work Remember, after an hour, put a batch of "blue pulp grass feed" into the cage, and then put another batch at noon and at night... "
A group of people immediately said "yes" and went to work happily.
……
The process of raising long eared chinchilla is not a smooth one, and there have been many twists and turns.
At the beginning, the farm fed the chinchilla with "blue pulp grass" three times a day, and all of them were the freshest and juiciest grass sprouts. They took good care of them.
Blue pulp grass is one of the favorite food for the chinchillas.
However, igors soon realized that something was wrong.
The long eared chinchillas in the breeding cage are more and more listless day by day.
It scared IGOs a lot.
What''s wrong with you?
For you to eat and drink every day, why do you still look like you are dying?
Igors knew that if he didn''t take any action and watched all the little things die, it would make a big mess.
Once this happens, the "steward" hat on his head will definitely be removed mercilessly by the Department of agriculture.
Therefore, IGOs reported the problem and asked the Department of agriculture for help.
Four hours later, two civil servants who call themselves "breeding experts" visited the farm.
Eagles talked with each other and learned that they were actually the shepherd and the shepherd, who had several years of experience in raising cattle and sheep.
That sounds ridiculous.
What are the names of the shepherd and the shepherd? Besides, are cattle, sheep and voles the same thing?
However, in the foreign world, there is such a shortage of professionals that the Cowherd and the shepherd are truly "breeding experts".
A layman and two lousy experts, after discussing for a while, came up with a way that is not the way - to invite the long eared grey rat to a "buffet".
To be exact, it is to find all kinds of food for small things. You can take whatever you like. You are welcome.
It really worked.
After a random feeding, the condition of the long eared chinchilla was greatly improved.
Later, according to the identification of what food was missing from the buffet, IGOs produced "feed pills" - grinding different ingredients into powder, mixing them evenly, and finally making them into the shape of balls.
In the follow-up breeding, according to the consumption of long eared chinchilla, the composition of the feed pill has been adjusted many times, several ingredients have been deleted, new ingredients have been added, and the proportion of several ingredients has been changed.
The final product is the feed pill that IGOs and others feed today.
Its main ingredients include more than ten ingredients such as cooked and dried fish, fish bone, wheat bran and mineral salt. Among them, protein, that is, meat, accounts for more than 80%.
Yes, the so-called feed pill is meat.
It is by eating meat that the plant-based long eared chinchilla recovers its health.
……
As a matter of fact, animals are not as rigid as the stereotype of human beings. In other words, according to the book, they can be divided into three categories: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
The real situation may be startling.
In the network, there are many novelty seeking videos, such as the following:
"shocked! Elephants use their trunks to catch live fish! "
" another shock! Squirrels are no longer vegetarian, they eat chicks instead! "
" double shock! Cows chew rabbits! 」"A shock! Kangaroos eat dead birds! "
" a shock! Sheep eat chickens! "
is it a shock, against the common people''s cognition?
Yes!
However, this is just the cognition of "ordinary people", and animals don''t think so.
They follow instinct and nature, what kind of behavior is conducive to survival, they will do.
So it''s normal for animals to change their taste occasionally.
From an evolutionary point of view, the boundary between herbivores and carnivores is blurred.
In fact, the ancestors of many herbivores are carnivorous or omnivorous animals. In the long evolution, although their offspring have changed their diet, the gene of "eating meat" has been preserved.
When needed, herbivores will decisively eat meat.
As a result, people who eat melons are shocked.
From the perspective of nutrition, the practice of herbivores is very logical.
In many cases, just eating grass, fruits or nuts, you can''t get enough nutrition at all, especially some indispensable nutrients, such as amino acids, vitamins, trace elements and so on.
But these substances are very easy to obtain in meat.
So, what''s so strange about herbivores suddenly starting to eat meat?
Conversely, there are countless cases of carnivores suddenly starting to eat grass.
Strictly speaking, the division of herbivores, carnivores and omnivores is not only misleading but also narrow-minded.
Perhaps, in nature, there are no pure herbivores, carnivores, they are omnivores.
Back to haichaoling''s farm, IGOs uses meat to feed the long eared chinchilla, which is the most scientific way of feeding.