There was a cat, an ordinary domestic cat, in a small yard of a house not far from Zheng Tan. When Zheng Tan was walking this way, he heard the domestic cat meow a few times, a little crazy. The meaning of pride, perhaps, for it, this place is its territory, and when it sees Zheng Tan, it calls out a few times provocatively, which proves that its courage is not small.
But now, the domestic cat has shrunk in the corner, with round eyes staring at the strange cat in the night. Maybe it knows who it is, or maybe it doesn't, but there is no doubt that its eyes are full of fear and shrinking, as if facing a creature one level higher in the pyramid of the food chain in nature.
It feels weird.
If it wasn't because of his special circumstances, Zheng Tan would probably have huddled in a corner like that house cat, silently daring to bark, not even daring to move.
Does that cat have the same origin as Sir
Because there is the case of the Lord, Zheng Tan first thought of this situation. After all, there are also some bases around here, such as the internship base of Chuhua University, and those who always stay in this area to conduct research. Who knows if those people will come up with any weird research.
In the dark of the night, Zheng Tan couldn't see what color it was, and the cat just looked at Zheng Tan's side for a while, and then continued to walk forward. The speed is very fast and light. If it wasn't for the vigilance and intuition that Zheng Tan has cultivated in the past few years, he might not have been able to spot it.
In the house that smelled very unpleasant to Zheng Tan, there were only some low-built bushes and grasses around the courtyard, and there were still some distance between trees. Although there are only two floors, the height of each floor is higher than the ordinary houses that Zheng Tan has seen in Chuhua City. Therefore, in terms of height, the two-story buildings here are equivalent to the three-story buildings in Chuhua City. The building is high.
Zheng Tan stood quietly by the side, watching the cat run past and jumped directly towards the wall. He didn't know where his claws were hooked on the wall, or he climbed up the wall with no help. Feeling a shadow on the wall over there, the cat was already in front of an open window on the second floor, and wanted to do a similar climbing exercise.
The cat stood on the window sill looking in, its ears vigilantly watching its surroundings, its tail moved, and it jumped in.
What is it going to do
Zheng Tan was very curious. What makes Zheng Tan even more curious is the origin of this cat. In the past three years, Zheng Tan has seen many cats and other animals, and he also knows that among animals, even of the same race, there are differences in IQ, and this cat makes Zheng Tan feel that it is not just a simple attack that is extremely threatening.
The cat that was huddled in the corner of the yard is no longer there, and it is estimated that he entered the house to find a sense of security. Zheng Tan originally planned to go back to the base after a casual stroll, but now he hesitated.
People here don't come out very much at night, and the base side is more lively, but here, it really seems very quiet, only the sound of the program on the TV at the home can make people feel a little popular.
Dad Jiao said that this place is magical, but Zheng Tan never felt the magic in it. As for those rumors and legends, Zheng Tan only listened to it as a story, and now, although he doesn't feel anything magical, he does. Finally got some other feeling.
Curiosity is a habit that every cat cannot get rid of. When Zheng Tan inherited this cat's body, perhaps he also inherited this habit.
Zheng Tan was still pondering this inexplicable strange feeling, but when he regained his senses, he realized that he had already walked several steps towards the house.
Smelling the faint scent in the air, Zheng Tan shook his hair, as if his goosebumps were shaken off.
Before arriving at the courtyard of the house, Zheng Tan got in through the gap of the gate, stopped where the cat climbed the wall, and sniffed the smell of the unfamiliar cat. In addition to this, there is the smell of medicines from the specimen, the smell of pesticides, and the intricate smell that makes Zheng Tan feel bad.
The wall was not smooth, so Zheng Tan climbed up.
Even though Zheng Tan has always felt good about himself, he has to admit that his ability to climb the wall is indeed not as good as that of the cat just now, and his speed is not as fast as that of the cat, nor is it comparable to its flexibility.
After finally climbing to the window sill of the window on the second floor, Zheng Tan did not go in immediately, but stayed on the window sill to pay attention to the movement inside.
It was quiet, as if there was no living thing in it. If he hadn't seen the cat jump in with his own eyes, if he hadn't smelled the smell coming from this room, Zheng Tan would have thought there was nothing alive in it.
Even if there are no living ones, it does not mean that there are no other animals.
The door of the room is closed, and no lighting equipment is turned on inside. If you look at the sky and then look at the room, you will feel that the sky is actually brighter than the room.
The night wind blew into the room, and the airflow circled around the room and came out again with the complicated atmosphere inside.
The curtains by the window swayed with the airflow, and the dancing white curtains added a strange feeling in this situation.
When the hanging screen was lifted again by the airflow, Zheng Tan saw the situation in the room.
There are many animals in the room. But none of them were living creatures, except for the cat Zheng Tan had just seen, who was standing on a table and squatting quietly.
This is a room where taxidermy is placed. There are many taxidermy in it. Of course, after all, the area is limited, and it is impossible to compare with so many species and large animals in the museum. Most of the taxidermy in this room are small in size, such as some Birds, squirrels, rabbits, etc.
The animal specimens in the museum are basically donated by zoos, forestry and other departments, such as some rare animals that died of diseases, which Zheng Tan learned later. I heard Dad Jiao say that there are hundreds of animals frozen in the freezer used to store animal carcasses at the Qushan Natural History Museum. The taxidermist of the museum has to thaw them one by one and make them into specimens.
However, for many private collectors, they prefer specimens made of animals in a healthy state. Some taxidermists don't like those dead animals, because some animal carcasses are slightly more decomposed and smell when peeled off. Makes them intolerable, so prefer fresh slaughter.
As for the taxidermy in this room, Zheng Tan intuitively realized that they were killed in a healthy state.
Maybe it's because the people who made these specimens are not very professional. Compared with the specimens in the museum, these specimens are much inferior in terms of production and preservation. Now Zheng Tan can smell the smell of rotting fur, and it is estimated that it will be another time. In two years, some of the specimens here will be discarded directly. Probably the owner doesn't care about this. The specimens are rotten and abolished, so they can just make new ones, and throw away the old ones to make room for the new ones.
Zheng Tan didn't want to take a closer look at the stuffed animals, and focused his attention on the cat squatting on the back table.
Opposite the cat, there is a cat taxidermy. The cats that are made into specimens should not be ordinary domestic cats, but they are similar in size to ordinary cats.
Zheng Tan has experienced exhibition activities, and naturally recognizes several precious cat breeds, but this one is not a few precious breeds in memory, could it be a wild cat living in the mountains
As those students said when they were talking, in the wild, as long as there is no reproductive isolation, can anything happen? In other words, hybridization. For example, wolf dogs, super cats, etc., in addition to artificial selection and breeding, natural selection can always occur, especially in the rich species-rich area of Mount Border.
Since it can be painstakingly made into a specimen, it should be different from a domestic cat, but I don't know how much difference. Zheng Tan stood on the window sill and couldn't see clearly, so he couldn't observe carefully.
However, it seems that the cat specimen, in terms of body size and appearance, should not be related to each other, right
The cat just sat there quietly, only when Zheng Tan turned over to the window sill, his ears moved and glanced at the window sill, and then he stared at the stuffed cat again. Face to face, eye to eye, the distance between the two is about ten centimeters apart.
Zheng Tan had a very absurd feeling. He felt that the cat didn't seem to be sad, but more like a contemplative, like a thinker.
Zheng Tan knew that this kind of thinking was ridiculous, but on second thought, it was probably the same feeling when other people around his life circle looked at him. He felt that this kind of creature, which should have been low-energy and low-IQ, suddenly became smart and unacceptable.
Zheng Tan, like most people, underestimated the intelligent species on this planet. Perhaps, they may not have the IQ of humans, but they may not be as low as people think.
The cat just sat there, watched it for about half an hour, and then left. When he left, he glanced at Zheng Tan and seemed a little surprised by Zheng Tan. After all, the other cats around here shrank when they saw it.
After the cat left, Zheng Tan ran into the room and stared at the taxidermy, but he always felt chills down his spine, so he glanced at it for a while, and after walking around the room, Zheng Tan saw it. I left and went back to the base.
For the next two days, Zheng Tan followed the practice team to the field during the day, and went out for a walk at night. Every day at this time, Zheng Tan would see the cat here, and the cat would do the same thing every day. Zheng Tan had no way of knowing about it. What are you thinking.
This day, at five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the internship team came back one by one. After eating in the cafeteria, Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi went to find those students to deal with the crabs they caught in the mountains and streams when they came back today. Since they were all placed in one bag, when they came back in the afternoon, they found that the crabs in the bag had almost killed each other, and there were a few empty shells that were eaten by the same kind.
Zheng Tan didn't follow him. After the time was up, he planned to go out for a walk. The cat should have passed by on time today, right
Unexpectedly, before Zheng Tan lifted his foot out of the window, he heard the sound of the fire truck. Zheng Tan listened to the direction of the fire truck, and it seemed that he was walking there every day.
When he arrived at the house, Zheng Tan found that the house that was fine yesterday was on fire now. The fire happened to be the room where the specimens were displayed. When the fire truck arrived, the fire had already spread, but it was quickly brought under control. .
The surrounding residents are usually invisible at this time, but now they all come out to discuss.
Zheng Tan glanced around, didn't notice the cat, took two steps, suddenly raised his head and looked in one direction, there was a forest, there were no residents, the branches were too lush, and Zheng Tan couldn't see anything. . When Zheng Tan was about to turn his head and go back, a pair of bright eyes flashed behind the leaves. Zheng Tan knew that it was the light, but he still couldn't help but the hair on his back stood on end. He knew that at this moment, staying in the tree The guy on top is looking at himself.