giants of the era

Chapter 231 Are you crying, Amazon Rainforest? (third change)

Since buying the farm last time, Li Zetian has calmed down and has not made any big moves.

When you have nothing to do on the farm, you can go boating and fishing in the lake, or go to the Amazon rainforest for excitement, hunting, exploring and so on.

Perhaps Li Zetian has an adventurous spirit in his bones. He likes hunting and exploring very much. However, there are many dangers lurking in the Amazon rainforest.

For example, there's the terrifying pa'cu piranha, which have unique, human-like teeth that bite off the penis of swimming males.Then there are the red-bellied piranhas, whose red bellies have sharp teeth that are all interlocking, making it easy for them to tear open the flesh of their prey. Schools of fish will gather around their hapless prey, dividing Eat it with the bones in minutes...

There is a black poisonous ant in the Amazon rainforest, and people will die within 24 hours after being bitten!In some local tribes, in order to test the boy's bravery, the father went to the forest to catch some black ants, put them in earthen gloves woven from branches, and asked the boy to wear the gloves on both hands.The boy screamed and screamed after being bitten by poisonous ants. The scene was horrible. After 20 minutes, the parents took off the boy's gloves and immediately applied a detoxifying herbal medicine.A week later, the boy's wound had healed.Only after suffering all these hardships can the boy step into the ranks of a man and know how to survive in the very harsh conditions of the Amazon rainforest in the future.

In the Amazon rainforest, venomous snakes, beasts and crocodiles are often the most common. The piranhas here are terrifying and hard to guard against. They are full of fragrance and beautiful flowers, but they are actually attracting prey. When you reach out When you touch them, the long-awaited branches and leaves will immediately wrap you tightly, making you unable to escape until death... The tour guide once told Li Zetian that the more beautiful things here, the more you should stay away from them. Otherwise there will be danger to life!

In fact, forget about these, it is said that there are cannibal tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and there are quite a few of them.

This is creepy just to hear it!
How terrifying is cannibalism, if it falls into their hands, life would be worse than death!
Although Li Zetian has an adventurous spirit, he cherishes his life very much.Every time he goes on an expedition to the Amazon rainforest, he brings a large group of bodyguards and the best local guides. Even so, he only dares to play outside the Amazon rainforest.However, even the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest opened Li Zetian's eyes, and he saw many different types of animals and plants.

In fact, there are many large farms in Brazil, and the reason Li Zetian chose to acquire Fernandez Farm is because Fernandez Farm is located in Mato Grosso, Brazil, which is the "kidney of the earth" Pantanal The location of the swamp is backed by the Amazon rainforest, the "lung of the earth".The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, accounting for 50% of the total area of ​​tropical rainforest on the earth, reaching 650 million square kilometers. It is rich in natural resources and species, ranking first in the world. The ecological environment is complex and biological The diversity is well preserved and it is known as "biological scientist's paradise".

In Li Zetian's view, the rainforest gene pool is the most precious wealth of the Amazon rainforest!
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After Li Zetian returned from his expedition in the Amazon rainforest this time, he kept his face sullen, sitting quietly on the bench under the grape arbor in the farm and looking into the distance, looking worried.

Yu Jingqiu showed a worried look on her face, walked over with her slightly swollen belly, and then sat beside him, asking with concern: "Honey, what's the matter with you, look at your frown, is it right?" Had an accident on your first expedition to the Amazon?"

Li Zetian shook his head and said, "There was no accident, it was just something else happened."

"What's making you unhappy?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy, but I just feel it's a pity. During this expedition, I saw a lot of trees being over-cut down along the way. Looking around, they were all bare tree stumps. It was shocking! In addition, there were a lot of fires burning. Then I asked the local tour guide, it turned out that in 1970, in order to solve the poverty problem in the Northeast, the President of Brazil made the most tragic decision: to develop the Amazon region. This decision caused great damage to the Amazon virgin forest ..."

"Oil extraction, cocaine cultivation, burning land, over-logging, overgrazing, and forest fires, etc., have caused the Amazon rainforest to shrink sharply every day. At least one species disappears there every day. With the decline of the tropical rainforest, many years later, At least 50 to 80 plant and animal species will become extinct."

Li Zetian paused, then sighed slightly, "The loss of the rainforest gene pool will be one of the biggest losses for mankind!!!"

The pace of development of the gene technology company can't keep up with the speed of the destruction of the rainforest. Li Zetian is very heartbroken!
Immediately, he sighed, and said: "The reduction of the rainforest gene pool is only one aspect. You must know that the reduction of forests not only means the reduction of forest resources and rainforest gene pool, but also means the deterioration of the environment on a global scale.

Forests have the functions of conserving water sources, regulating climate, reducing pollution, reducing noise, reducing soil erosion and maintaining biodiversity.It is like a huge throughput machine, devouring a large amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by the world every year, and producing a large amount of oxygen. The Amazon rainforest is thus known as the "lungs of the earth".

If the forests in the Amazon are cut down, the oxygen that sustains human beings on the earth will be reduced by 1/3, which will cause the bony Nomi effect, and I am afraid that human beings will perish long ago! "

Yu Jingqiu was stunned.

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. The Amazon forest is so big, how could it be cut down completely..." she said.

"I'm just making an analogy, but the tropical rainforest is indeed shrinking rapidly!"

"So what are you going to do?"

"I plan to give some suggestions to the Brazilian government, suggesting that they promulgate the ecological protection law of the Amazon region. The Amazon, the largest tropical rainforest in the world, is a treasure bestowed by God on which human beings depend for survival. She should not be harmed like this! Every time we smoke Take 5 mouthfuls of oxygen, one of which comes from the Amazon forest!
We always miss the mother river that feeds us, but have we ever thought about where the oxygen we breathe comes from?
The pain of the Amazon rainforest will be the sorrow of all mankind! "

Li Zetian sighed again, and said, "If I hadn't been to the Amazon rainforest, if I hadn't seen those shocking scenes, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be able to understand the preciousness of the Amazon."

After finishing speaking, Li Zetian turned his head and looked in the direction of the Amazon rainforest as if he was sitting here quietly just now.At this time, he asked Amazon silently in his heart: "Are you crying, Amazon Rainforest?"

(End of this chapter)