Gulu knew that as a sub-adult Tyrannosaurus rex, Mungo often did this, which was normal, but the pool here was really dirty.
However, the Tyrannosaurus Rex's body is very adaptable, no matter how harsh the environment is, it can survive. Tyrannosaurus Rex is often in the mud, and it will not have any effect on him at all.
Only as a human being, Gulu has this kind of consciousness of "loving cleanliness".
Dinosaurs don't have this kind of consciousness. They have been clean and unclean. As long as it has no effect on the body, they will not care at all.
For example, in the mud rain this time, if it weren't for the added weight of the mud attached to the body, it would make walking more tiring, and the dinosaurs would not think about getting rid of the mud.
And things like mud are not dirty in the eyes of dinosaurs, and a small amount of mud on the surface of the body can effectively prevent parasites. Just like rhinos need to take a mud bath every day, having mud on their bodies at all times can prevent parasites and is one of the ways rhinos cool down.
Dinosaurs like to take sand baths because the sand reduces body odor and prevents too many parasites.
Gulu watched Mungo make a big splash underwater, as if it was fun.
Humans have a sense of shyness. Dinosaurs don't actually have it at all. They don't feel that it is necessary to be embarrassed. They only consider how they feel comfortable.
Gollum had no reason to stop Mungo from being happy.
Mungo just looked at the blue Gollum. He had never seen a blue Gollum. Gollum has grown so big. His head is about to catch up with Pado's, and Gollum's horns have grown a lot. Although it is still far from the Pardo.
Gulu looked at the sun, the sun was covered with a soft blue halo, not dazzling at all, it was really beautiful.
Under the blue sun, the whole earth was covered with soft blue light, and even the big trees covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash on their heads became beautiful.
When there is no blue soft light, the whole world turns gray and white because of the volcanic ash, and it is not beautiful at all, just like the end of the world, adding blue soft light becomes very beautiful and dreamy.
Gulu turned his head to look at Mongo again. Mongo was also shrouded in a blue soft light filter. The whole dragon had a halo.
Although the word evil, charming and maddening has really been used badly, Gulu really thinks that Mongo is super handsome. He is gentle, domineering, beautiful, and arrogant. He is an immortal Tyrannosaurus rex!
Gulu didn't know that the blessings he had cultivated in his life could actually be loved and nurtured by such an immortal Tyrannosaurus rex father.
If there is no blue soft light filter, the appearance of Tyrannosaurus Rex will never be related to beauty. Gulu thinks this sun filter is really amazing.
Human cell phone filters can only make the captured scenery beautiful, and the sun filter can make the world beautiful.
A gust of wind blew, and the volcanic ash above their heads fell.
Gulu looked up, and the falling volcanic ash also turned blue, like blue snow falling, which was indescribably beautiful.
Today's wind is not big, but it is not a breeze. It constantly blows down the volcanic ash that originally accumulated on the tall leaves. Looking around, the whole world is falling with blue snow.
In fact, if they weren't here and not covered by so many big trees, there would always be volcanic ash falling down, no matter whether the wind blows or not, the volcanic ash will fall down until all the volcanic ash in the air falls to the ground, and this process may take several months. .
When all the volcanic ash in the air falls to the ground, the ground will be covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash, and the weather will become normal when there is not so much volcanic ash in the air, the sky will no longer be as dark as night, and the sky will reappear.
Although volcanic ash is insoluble in water and cannot disappear, plants covered with volcanic ash for a long time will die due to lack of oxygen, but when volcanic ash is deposited underground, it will be very fertile nutrients, and the re-grown plants will absorb the nutrients of volcanic ash and will be particularly lush and fertile.
Gulu believes that after half a year or a year, the ferns and trees on the continent covered by volcanic ash will be more lush and grow faster than before the eruption, and there will be more dinosaurs living and multiplying here. .
Volcanic eruptions will destroy a lot of animals and plants, and at the same time, the natural repair ability is also very strong. If this batch of animals and plants is gone, the next batch of plants will be more lush, and the next batch of dinosaurs will be more robust.
Mungo was afraid that the wind would blow the volcanic ash down and cover the ferns, which would make these ferns as unpalatable as the ones outside. He quickly said, "Go up and eat the ferns, the volcanic ash has fallen."
Gulu thinks Mungo is really cute, and thinks of him for the first time no matter what the situation is. He said, "Then let's go and call Patch and Dudu to eat together!"
Mungo nodded and took Gulu back to the vicinity of the Pado tribe.
The Pado tribe was eating, but the ferns they were eating were covered with thick volcanic ash. Some of them had died because of lack of sunlight and volcanic ash. Most of them had their heads drooping. It's nothing new, nothing new.
Although there are not many ferns in the small canyon found by Mongo, it is much fresher than here. In fact, it is not far from here, but no herbivorous dinosaurs would go to this small canyon to find food, which is obviously not enough for the entire group to eat.
Of course, Pado immediately sent Patch and Dudu to Gulu and Mungo's side, and before leaving, he instructed the three little cubs: "You must listen to Mungo's words, Mongo is an overlord and can't see the three of you, Don't run around... Gulu, you are the elder brother, take good care of your younger brothers and sisters, don't let them run around, you know?"
Gulu nodded again and again and said, "Dad, I know, don't worry, I will take good care of my brothers and sisters..."
The three cubs couldn't wait to run away with Mungo.
This is the first time for Patch and Dudu to run out of the group to such a far place. Except for the last time they sneaked to the vicinity of Mungo's lair, they rarely had the chance to leave the group, mainly because there was no protection, and it was too dangerous outside the group.
The two little cubs were very excited, and Gulu and Mungo needed to watch them very closely so that they would not run around and go straight to their destination.
The volcanic ash has been falling, and the sun has fully risen, but the sun is still blue, and the falling volcanic ash is like big and small blue snowflakes, very beautiful.
Gulu looked at his younger brother and sister running in front, and Mungo closely behind him. He felt that everything was so beautiful.
Gulu feels that as long as all the dragons he loves are by his side, even in such a harsh living environment, he can find endless happiness, and even if he has been migrating all the time, it is not a wandering, but a constant journey to see the dragon he loves. The changing beautiful scenery is the happiest global travel.
Soon, they came to this small canyon.
Patch and Dudu were dumbfounded, how could there be such green ferns now, these ferns must be very delicious!
But there are too few ferns here, and they know that if my brother doesn't ask them to come over, my brother will be full, and when they come to eat, my brother will not be full.
These ferns were discovered by Mungo. They knew that Mongo must only want his brother to eat. It was his brother who loved them and brought them over to eat.
Dudu rubbed and said, "Brother, these ferns, you can't eat enough for yourself. If we eat them, you won't be full."
Patch also rubbed his mouth and said, "Yeah, brother, we're not hungry..."
Gulu rubbed his younger brother and sister back and said, "I'm not hungry either. I can't finish so much. There are so many ferns outside. Let's go eat them. The ferns here must be delicious!"
Patch and Dudu originally wanted to say, but the ferns outside are not delicious, but they knew that since their brother brought them here, they must let them eat. If they are happy, the brother will be happy. Brother is always so nice.
The three cubs rushed into the fern field and ate frantically. The faster they ate, the less volcanic ash fell on the fern.
Mungo stood aside and looked at them.
These ferns are really delicious. After the eruption of the volcano, they have never eaten such delicious ferns. They are full of water, and there are not so many pebbles and ash that grind their teeth and grind their mouths. They are super delicious.
Triceratops ate very fast, and in a short while, this piece of fern land was completely eaten.
The cubs were actually not very hungry in the first place, but the ferns here were so delicious, and they were very happy to eat.
Lying down, you can see a lot of blue "snowflakes" falling continuously, and the three little cubs were playing and rolling around on the bare fern that was eaten.
Mungo was lying on the side and watching them play, just watching Gulu play, Mungo thought it was very interesting.
They can't play for too long. They have to go back before Pardo's group finishes eating and starts to migrate. Mungo doesn't want to make Pardo unhappy now.
Before leaving, Gulu also let his younger brother and sister wash the mud on their bodies in the small pool. After Pachi and Dudu were washed, they turned into super beautiful little triceratops.
Because Mungo is basically guarding Gulu outside of Pado's clan every day, he knows how long it takes for Pado's clan to eat once.
He grasped the time just right, and when he sent the three cubs back, Pado's ethnic group was about to continue to migrate, and Pado was not angry.
The three cubs who returned to the clan were still playing around beside Barbana.
The sun was blue all day today, the volcanic ash flying in the sky turned into blue snowflakes, and the whole world became dreamy.
Because they walked so fast, in the next few days, Pardo's group gradually caught up with some large herbivorous dinosaurs.
But they have not yet walked out of the area seriously affected by the volcanic ash. The day is dark as night, and a thick layer of volcanic ash has accumulated on the ground, which can directly drown the soles of adult dinosaurs.
Because plants have not received sunlight for a long time, and are covered by volcanic ash for a long time, most of them have withered, and the food of herbivorous dinosaurs has become less and less, and they have to eat withered ferns and leaves with a lot of volcanic ash.
Mungo spends a lot of time every day looking for ferns with less volcanic ash for Gulu, and brings Gulu to eat, and Gulu always brings Pachi and Dudu.
On this day, Pardo's clan is eating.
Gulu and Pachidudu rubbed their heads on the fern, trying to rub off most of the volcanic ash, but after eating it, it was still a mouthful of ash, and a small amount of fern could not taste the fern at all.
But they can still find happiness in it, Gulu said: "Patch, Dudu, you guys treat volcanic ash as coffee, coffee is a human drink, it's delicious..."
Under Gulu's magical description, Patch and Dudu even thought that the volcanic ash was not so bad.
Gulu found that his belly was getting bigger and bigger, just like Long Ma Ma who was pregnant with many dragon eggs and was about to lay eggs. Obviously, Pachi and Dudu's belly were not so big.
In fact, during this time, the stomachs of all herbivorous dinosaurs have grown larger, because herbivorous dinosaurs eat volcanic ash, just like humans eat Guanyin soil, they can satisfy their hunger, but eating too much will make their stomachs bigger.
It is impossible not to eat, and it is impossible to starve to death.
Gulu thinks that it may be because he is too big and eats a lot more than Pachi and Dudu, and as a cub, his digestive system is not as good as that of an adult dinosaur, so his belly will appear particularly large.
Gulu had the biggest belly in the whole group. He said to Patch and Dudu: "Look, am I going to give birth? I think I may give birth to more than ten eggs..."
Gulu is always so optimistic, Patch and Dudu are too small, they don't know that it's not good to have a big belly, and they are still happy for their brother, thinking that his brother will soon grow into a very big triceratops.
The cubs are always so carefree, the dragon is different, and Pado and Barbana are worried every day.
Every day, Pado worried about where to go to find a better fern field. Pado and Barbana looked at Gulu's growing belly and were worried.
Carnivore dinosaurs have no troubles, herbivorous dinosaurs did not eat, starved to death, their food is more and more, and it is very easy to get.
In short, the great tragedy of herbivorous dinosaurs is the carnival of carnivorous dinosaurs.
But Mungo and Gaia were very worried, and they were worried that Gulu's belly was getting bigger and bigger.
Pardo and Mungo found each other by coincidence, so that Gulu could live better.
Soon, they negotiated, and Gulu went to live in Mungo's group for a period of time, until he walked out of the area seriously affected by the volcanic ash, and the herbivorous dinosaurs no longer lacked food.
Because both Mungo and Pardo have taken into account at the same time, Tyrannosaurus rex can go to more places, even in some very small valleys, there are always some ferns that are less polluted, and the ferns in those places are Not enough for a few triceratops, but enough for a cub.
Pado is very guilty. He is Gulu's father, but he can't take good care of Gulu, and he has to entrust it to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Tyrannosaurus Rex also has its own ethnic members to take care of.
Mungo saw Pado's sadness and said: "Pado, we eat a lot now, I have a lot of time to find food for Gulu, a lot, you don't have to worry..."
Pardo said very sincerely: "Thank you, Mungo."
Mungo lowered his head. He felt very embarrassed. He felt that everything he did was right. Gulu was his cub, of course he had to take good care of him.
In fact, even if Gulu was not sent to the Tyrannosaurus rex, Gulu could survive until he walked out of this volcanic ash-covered area, but Pado was very distressed when he saw Gulu like this. As a father, he didn't want his little cub to feel uncomfortable. unwilling.
Pado sent Gulu to Mungo's side and said, "Gulu, the people who go to Mongo must listen to Mungo and Gaia. You are a dragon now, don't let them worry too much, you know..."
Gollum rubbed Pado's forelegs and said, "I know, Dad..."
In fact, Gulu is not uncomfortable at all now. He feels that there is no need to live in Mungo's ethnic group, and let Mungo spend so much time looking for ferns for him every day, but he knows that both Pado and Mungo love him too much, no I can't bear to see how big his belly is.
And Gulu hasn't lived in Mungo's group for a long time, and he wants to live with Gaia Gujigudong and Guga.
Mungo first took Gulu to eat the cleanest fern he found today, and then returned to the group with Gulu.
Guga was very happy to see Gulu coming back. He ran towards Gulu and kept rubbing his head against Gulu's big head and said, "Brother, brother, I miss you so much, I miss you very much, I miss you every day..."
Gujigudong also flew towards Gulu, and three little Tyrannosaurus rex surrounded Gulu, some rubbing their heads, some rubbing their stomachs, and some rubbing their hind legs.
Although it has only been five or six days since Guga came back, he has already grown a lot of flesh. At least it doesn't look like the whole body is left with only skeletons before, but he is still very thin.
The three little cubs didn't know why the elder brother's belly became so big. After Gulu explained it to them for a long time, they realized that it was not the elder brother who was going to give birth to an egg baby, and the male dragon couldn't have an egg baby.
That night, the four cubs cuddled together and slept together, Gaia and Mungo were guarding beside them, and Mungo's brothers were not far away, which was extremely safe and comfortable.
In the middle of the night, Gulu woke up inexplicably, probably because he hadn't slept in the Tyrannosaurus Rex group for a long time, and the familiar feeling came back. Excited, he was very happy.
Gollum likes quiet nights like this, guarded by Gaia and Mungo, and the cute Tyrannosaurus Rex brothers hugging him.
Suddenly, Guga, who was sleeping beside Gulu, woke up and sat up. He looked around with sleepy eyes, as if to confirm that the other dragons were still here.
Gulu rubbed Guga and said, "Guga Guga, what's wrong with you?"
Guga lay down and said: "I used to be in Mo Yi's tribe, they often sneaked away while I was sleeping, and when I woke up, there was no dragon left. I had to search for a long time to find them. I didn't like it. They, but I'm too young to be without the protection of the Clan..."
Gaia also woke up. She rubbed her big head gently against Guga, very distressed. She knew that Guga often woke up in the middle of the night. As long as there was a little noise, she would wake up and comfort her little baby.
Gulu was very distressed. He couldn't imagine how sad and desperate it would be if all the dragons in the tribe had left when he woke up, leaving him alone.
Moreover, Guga often encounters this situation and is often abandoned, which must leave a big psychological shadow.
Gulu reassured him: "Guga Guga, don't be afraid, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, never again, Gaya is the best Mama..."
Guga: "Brother, I know, Mama is very good, it is the best Tyrannosaurus Rex, all the dragons in the clan are very good... Guji Gudong always gives me the best meat he grabs, Ma Ma left us some meat as snacks every day, and I never went hungry again...
Uncle Mengta and other male dragons in the clan will play with us, they are fun... Although Mungo is a bit fierce towards us, he wants me and Gujigudong to grow up faster to protect himself... "
Gulu: "Well, so, Guga doesn't need to be afraid anymore, no need to be afraid anymore."
The small and thin Guga squeezed into Gulu's arms, his small head came out from between Gulu's forelimbs and rubbed against Gulu's big head and said, "Mmm, brother, I don't have to be afraid anymore, that is, I used to I'm used to waking up when I fall asleep and have a look, I'll change it, brother..."
Gulu: "Guga Guga, don't worry, change slowly, my brother wants you to change because I want you to sleep better, I don't want you to come back and I'm scared every night, don't worry, take your time, brothers He Mama and Mungo will always protect you, always…”
Under the comfort of Gulu's soft voice, Guga quickly fell asleep again, and did not wake up again all night, and Gulu fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, after the cubs woke up, Gaya said in surprise: "Gulu, Mama tell you, when I wasn't there before, Guga would wake up many times a night, only once last night. , Gulu, you are Mama's most powerful baby..."
Gulu was also surprised: "I knew this was the case, when Guga came back, I should have stayed in the group here."
Guga knew why when Gulu was there, he felt particularly secure, because when he was dying twice, when he was very desperate, it was his brother who saved him, and his brother could give him the greatest stability.
Mungo got up earlier, he had found the cleanest fern nearby, and immediately took Gulu to eat.
At noon, Mungo and his brothers hunted a tidal dragon that had already been starved to death. The so-called dead camel was bigger than a horse. An adult tidal dragon weighed 45 tons. 30 tons of meat.
Gulu was full early, so he lay beside him and watched Mungo's group eat.
Mongo occupies the most delicious part of the whole dragon, because he is the leader. The leader must eat the best and always maintain the strongest physique. Only when the group is in danger can he have the strength to save the entire group.
Gaya and Mungo's brothers ate the second-best meat together, and the cubs scrambled for other meats.
In the group of carnivorous dragons, it is always the first to ensure that the big dragon is full and well fed, and the rest is for the cubs, because the big dragon needs to save his physical strength to hunt and resist the attacks of other dragons, and the big dragon is not full. It is even less likely that the cub will survive.
Mungo's group is very large, and it is very cruel when eating, and the cubs are often squeezed to the edge.
Gulu saw that Guji Gudong finally grabbed a large piece of thigh meat from Dalong's mouth, which was very good meat for the little cubs.
They gave the thigh meat to Guga, and Guga said politely, "The second brother and the third brother are so good." They ate it frantically.
Gu Ji Gudong said: "My elder brother taught us this way before. We have to take care of the youngest younger brother. My elder brother treats us well, and we should treat you like my elder brother treats us..."
Now, Guga is the youngest. He calls Gulu brother. For the sake of distinction, he calls Guji second brother and Gudong third brother, but Guji and Gudong were born at the same time.
Gollum was very relieved to see the three little cubs so loving.
Mungo yelled at the three little cubs while eating: "We Tyrannosaurus rex want to grab food, we grab it for myself, don't think that Gaya will keep it for you, I'll see who's stomach is not full later, look. How did I beat him up..."
The three cubs fought even more vigorously. The male Tyrannosaurus rex needed to form an alliance with other male Tyrannosaurus rex to hunt during its sub-adult period. In many cases, the prey caught was not enough to eat, and the only thing that could not win was starving.
When the food is not enough, the Tyrannosaurus rex often beats its head for a bit of meat.
The three cubs are very lucky to live in Mungo's ethnic group, and there is no situation where there is no meat to eat, but Mongo doesn't want them to lack the skills of grabbing meat. Other Tyrannosaurus rex will, and he wants three cubs to be stronger.
After eating, Mungo carefully checked whether the belly of the three little cubs had been rounded, but in the end Mungo hit their buttocks with their tails, mainly because they were not satisfied that they did not try their best to grab food today.
Mungo will not indulge him or be extra tolerant to Guga because he is too thin and too young. Mungo has the same requirements for the three little cubs, and will never favor any of them.
Guga likes this kind of Mongo very much. This kind of Mongo makes him feel very secure, and makes him feel that the difference between him and Gujigudong is not very big, and he can catch up.
After the group is full, it will continue to migrate, and it is necessary to get out of this ash-covered area as soon as possible.
Although the tidal dragons haven't finished eating, they can't take them away either.
Gaia just let Mengta bite a large piece of good meat and put it on her back. When the cubs get tired of walking, they can eat the meat on her back as a snack.
The four little cubs walked and played, still very happy, and the harsh environment did not affect them at all.
In the afternoon, the group was tired from walking and rested on the spot.
Mungo has found a new and cleaner fern land. Mongo has found out his experience. When he sees a place where the woods are lush and not very spacious, there must be clean ferns that have not been eaten.
After Gulu was full, he returned to the group and took a nap with the three cubs.
After a while, Gulu saw that Wu Wulan easily hunted a hungry skinny Diplodocus not far ahead. No matter how thin a Diplodocus was, there were at least seven or eight tons of meat, enough for Wu Wulan and four cubs to eat. .
Gulu found out that Wu Wulan did not drive away Tata this time, and Tata could also eat fresh meat!
But in the past few days, Tata has grown a lot stronger. Although he still can't compare with his brothers and sisters, he is much better than before.
Gulu guessed that it may be that many herbivorous dragons starved to death due to the influence of volcanic ash in the past few days. Wuwulan is too easy to hunt. Anyway, they can't finish eating so much meat. Eat it, don't waste it.
Wu Wulan and the four cubs rested in place after they were full. Tata still did not dare to lie beside Wu Wulan, lying on the side alone, looking pitiful.
If Wu Wulan really accepted Tata, he should let Tata lie by his side. Tata is still very afraid of Wu Wulan, which proves that Wu Wulan did not accept this little brat from the heart.
The more miserable the little brat is when he gets a little bit of warmth, and it's obvious that Tata doesn't get any warmth.
Gulu suddenly thought of a possibility, wouldn't Wu Wulan want to make Tata fat, so he can eat Tata when he has nothing to eat? !
He thinks that Wu Wulan may be thinking that, anyway, there is too much meat to eat now, so he can fatten Tata. When he walks out of the ash-covered land, the life of a carnivore will not be so easy. .
The thought made Gollum shudder, and of course he hoped he was wrong.
Tata's brothers and sisters are really not good. Tata has been hiding far away, and his brothers and sisters still want to run over and beat him.
Especially the little brat named Heita. He seems to have some kind of ADHD or irritability. If he doesn't fight dragons, he is uncomfortable. He is the best at fighting Tata, but he is also the strongest brat in Wuwulan.
Heita grabbed Tata's head with a paw, and immediately there were several blood troughs. Tata was still beaten by him, but whispered: "Brother, don't hit me, okay, it hurts..."
It's not that Tata doesn't know how to resist, it's that he will get more brutal beatings if he resists or avoids. In order to protect himself, he can only endure.
Heita completely ignored Tata's begging for mercy, and fought even harder.
After playing for a while, Heita probably felt that it was too boring to play the immobile wooden stakes like Tata, and he began to run to provoke the Diplodocus, who were eating leaves not far away.
He was running around in front of Diplodocus. Compared with the tall adult Diplodocus, he was too small. Diplodocus could crush him with one foot, but he was not afraid at all. He had been trained by Wuwulan. A dragon who is not afraid of the sky and the earth.
Gulu looked at all this, he really wanted an adult Diplodocus to step on this nasty black tower with one foot, how could this bear child have no dragon to take care of him!
Black Tower even stood on Diplodocus' huge feet and then bit Diplodocus.
Liang Long's temper was also very short-tempered, and he threw the black tower far away with one kick.
The black tower rolled in countless circles, and the body was black, wrapped in a thick layer of volcanic ash, and even the original appearance could not be seen.
He was very angry, and quickly ran back to Wu Wulan's side to complain, it seemed that he wanted Wu Wulan to kill those Diplodocus.
Wu Wulan was sleeping, she opened her eyes and almost didn't recognize it was her cub.
Gulu thought to himself: This black tower, now the black mother can't recognize it.
Carnivore dragons never waste their energy killing a herbivorous dragon, except to eat him.
Especially for a single parent like Wu Wulan, he needs to save his physical strength. It is absolutely impossible to kill a Diplodocus in a state of full stomach in order to vent his son's anger.
Wu Wulan used his head to push the black tower, which meant that he should go to play elsewhere and be too lazy to care about him.
Gulu believed that if it was Tata who disturbed Wu Wulan, he would have been beaten up for a while, and the favored cub was really confident.
Heita had no choice, and begged the other three strong cubs to go with him to get revenge on Diplodocus. They didn't go and wanted to sleep.
In the end, Heita came up with Tata's idea, and Tata was unwilling to go, but Heita would beat him, and Heita threatened him. If he didn't go, he would kill Tata alive.
Heita is absolutely capable of killing Tata, and also has this cruelty, and Wu Wulan will not care.
Tata knew that he had to go, so he could only follow the black tower.
Gulu saw that Heita forced Tata to rush into the Lianglong group, provoking all kinds of provocations.
But several Diplodocus blocked Gulu's sight, so he couldn't see clearly.
Suddenly, a loud bang, accompanied by the screams of the Tyrannosaurus Rex cub, reached Gulu's ears.
Gulu stood up in fright. He knew that it must be Heita or Tata, and maybe both were hit by Diplodocus' tail!
When Diplodocus' tail twitched fast, it was faster than the speed of sound. An adult Tyrannosaurus rex couldn't stand it, let alone a small Tyrannosaurus rex!