Wang Ping finally understood why, despite being close relatives, the sleeping wombat is Australia's national treasure, while the waking wombat is just an ordinary protected animal. It's not because they are ugly or not cute enough, but because they are too annoying.
Otherwise, why is it said that "those who cannot get what they want are always in turmoil, while those who are favored are fearless"? Looking at the animals that are called national treasures in various countries, without exception, they are either aloof or silly. How can you put yourself in such a low position
Human beings are so strange. They like to chase after people who ignore them, but are too lazy to pay attention to those who are chasing them.
Not to mention that compared with koalas, wombats are neither "cold" nor "stupid". Wang Ping has never seen such a friendly animal. When he found that this place was full of meat and no fruits and vegetables, the wombat did not turn around and leave, but suddenly came over and hugged Gu Laosan's thigh.
"Hehe~ I'm quite popular with small animals~"
Gu Laosan rubbed the wombat's hairy head with a smile and glanced at the badger with pride. However, when the string of snake meat in his hand had already exuded a mouth-watering aroma, the wombat did not let go, but hummed and acted coquettishly, and the salty fish's face became strange.
“…Boss~”
Gu Laosan tried to get up, but his thighs were held and he couldn't move, so he turned his head and looked at a badger as if for help.
“Ouch~”
Wolf Xiaosi roared fiercely, but such a big wolf, with its tail between its legs, hid behind Wang Ping, who was much smaller than itself, vividly interpreting the phrase "fierce on the outside but weak on the inside".
"Look at me! That's an endangered species, a 'beast that will spend the rest of its life in prison'. I don't dare to offend it!"
Wang Ping scratched his head, turned around and pretended not to see it.
"Oh my god, what a cute bear!"
"What kind of bear is this? It looks so weird."
“A bit like a koala”
"I'm not afraid of people. I envy my third brother."
“It seems like I should raise one.”
"Isn't this the legendary 'clingy monster'?"
Compared to the helplessness of a certain salted fish, the netizens in the live broadcast room were very happy to watch. Especially the wombat's appearance is a bit like a bear, and at first glance it looks like a baby bear. The silly and cute appearance and clingy personality are the most pleasing to the little girl.
But soon, everyone realized what it meant to be as bad as too little.
Except for children, most adults don't have the patience to play with small animals for a long time. Apart from the initial novelty and curiosity, they will soon lose interest. But wombats don't understand this. In their opinion, if someone is willing to play with them, it means they like them. How can you just leave after touching them
So when the foreigners who were leaving or setting up camp were ready to leave, they were hugged by the wombats. The initial laughter and playfulness in the camp soon turned into disgusted scolding and complaints.
In contrast, a certain salted fish had better patience. He let the thing on his legs hold him. If he couldn't get up, he simply didn't get up and just went about his own business. He just thought of it as a furry pendant on his body. Anyway, he was used to it when he was a badger mount before.
The first snake meat was roasted, and just as Gu Lao San handed it over, Wang Ping pushed away the curious wolf Xiao Si, and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it with a hissing sound, not caring about the heat. The aroma of the meat wafted far away, making the wolf Xiao Si growl continuously, and he wanted to drool at a badger.
At this time, Wang Ping's ears moved slightly, and he heard a chaotic sound of footsteps approaching. When he looked up, he saw that on the other side of the campfire, those wombats who were "disdained" were actually coming to Gu Laosan in a group.
A certain salty fish and Wang Ping looked at each other, and both had a bad feeling in their hearts. Could it be that these idiots would bully the honest people
Sure enough, seeing that the salted fish did not take any action, several wombats turned into "hair balls" and rolled to someone's feet, some acting cute, some asking for hugs, and there was even a small one that went straight to a badger.
"Awooo~ Get out!"
A badger roared with great force, and a little wombat stopped and stared blankly, then ran faster.
When Wang An came out of the tent, he saw three wombats covered in fur. Gu Laosan had a ball of fur hanging on his thighs, back, and shoulders. There was also a badger next to him, hooked on his little shoulder like brothers.
The worst was Wolf Four, who was the most frightened one, but was hugged by the largest wombat. Poor kid, the sound he made was almost like crying.
Every year, there are tourists who come to Grampians Park to see the animals. However, Wang Ping guessed that there must be some people who swear never to come here again. After all, it is an endangered species, and it cannot be beaten, and it does not understand if you scold it. Wang Ping has seen more than one foreigner with a gloating look in his eyes when he passed by several people.
Only the guys in the live broadcast room were enjoying the fun and kept shouting things like "I envy the third brother", "I envy the boss", "I envy the dog".
"Pah~"
A slender hand reached out, grabbed the little creature beside Wang Ping that was almost annoying him to death, and held it in his arms. It was dark beside Wang Ping, and Wang An sat down next to him, while raising his hand to take the snake meat from someone and roasting it over the flames.
"An An, wake up~"
A muffled voice came from behind a fat wombat. Wang An just responded slightly, and Wolf Xiaosi squeezed in between the two of them, whining at her for help.
"… You guys, what's going on?"
Wang An was about to reach out to "rescue" the wolf Xiao Si, but when he looked at the size of the wombat on the wolf, he retracted his hand.
After handing the roasted snake meat to a badger, Wang An picked up an uncooked one, listened to Gu Xianyu's complaining explanation, and then asked a question that made Wang Ping and a certain anchor break out in cold sweats.
"Why, this little animal... can't be beaten?"
"Of course I can't fight..."
Gu Laosan hurriedly shouted: "This is a critically endangered species on the Red List. If we really destroy it, neither you nor I will be able to go home."
"Depend on!"
Wang An rolled his eyes, glanced to the side and said, "Isn't this a rogue?"
A guy who was gnawing on meat paused, turned his head and glared over.
"Who are you scolding?"
Soon, the roar of a badger and Wang An's ridicule could be heard around the campfire, like a quarrel. The voice of a salted fish was mixed in, sounding particularly helpless.
The sun finally seemed to have let go of some worries and went off work leisurely. When night fell, a certain salted fish was rescued by the night patrol camp security guards and got rid of the bunch of pestering "little goblins".
Of course, they were not doing this to protect the third brother, but to prevent someone from taking advantage of the wombats' overly passionate and unrestrained nature to kidnap small animals.
Australia is an extremely stingy country. It has so many cute animals, but it prohibits the export of animals. If you want to see small animals with bags, you can only go to Australia. Even if foreigners want to keep one as a pet, even if it is not an endangered species, it is impossible.
This leads to the situation that while other countries are envious of the cute kangaroos that live on Australia's doorsteps, they themselves are annoyed by these guys. Even their leaders have been beaten by kangaroos on the roadside on their way home.
Not to mention the locals, even Gu Laosan and Wang An were indifferent to these seemingly silly guys. Before going to bed, a salted fish prayed to God that he would not see these guys again.
It seems that the biggest advantage of koalas, apart from their appearance, that makes them Australia's national treasure is their character.
I don’t know if Gu Laosan’s “prayer” was heard by God. Early the next morning, when the two packed their luggage and continued to travel southwest along the planned route, they were stunned as soon as they left the camp.
Just west of the campground, a group of kangaroos were strolling along the road around the reservoir without paying attention to anyone around. Some even jumped into a pickup truck parked on the side of the road and excitedly banged on the roof.
Four pairs of eyes met in front of him, and three of them had the meaning of "follow your heart".
"Over there!" Wang An raised his hand and pointed to the woods due west and northwest: "Let's go around!"
A salty fish turned his head to take a look, sighed, nodded and said: "Well, I hope there are no kangaroos over there!"
Wang Ping, who was sitting on the back of Wolf Xiaosi, was stunned, and his furry face under the camouflage cap was immediately filled with gloating.
"Tsk tsk, it's time to let Wang An see the true power of Gu Crow!"