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Chapter 101 The Divine Bird Costin

At this moment, Zhang Nan came in from outside the house and asked, "What are you talking about? What happened to the big white eagle?"

"Zhang Nan, you came just in time, come and help me to see if there is any difference between this young vulture and the big white vulture!"

Seeing Zhang Nan, Du Juan said quickly.

After Ling Zikai got dressed, he got out of bed.

The three huddled together and observed carefully.

"Why do I feel that the body of this young eagle seems to have grown a lot overnight?"

Zhang Nan looked at the young eagle with some doubts, and suddenly said: "Look, their eyes! The big white eagle's eyeballs are golden with a golden ring, while the young eagle's eyes are brown with black eye circles. "

Hearing what Zhang Nan said, Ling Zikai and Du Juan really discovered the difference between the two.

Du Juan said: "Perhaps the baby eagle will change when it grows up!"

Ling Zikai said: "Also, the feathers on the legs of the great white eagle cover all the way to the claws, while the young eagle's claws to the bends of the legs only grow horny scales, no feathers!"

Zhang Nan frowned and said: "Yeah, after hearing what you said, why do I feel that this little guy doesn't look like a vulture, but more like an eagle and a falcon!"

Ling Zikai asked in puzzlement, "Is there any difference between this eagle and an eagle or a falcon?"

Zhang Nan explained: "In terms of biological classification, they all belong to vertebrates, birds, and falconiformes, and their appearances are very similar.

Among them, vultures and eagles belong to the hawk family under the order of Falconiformes, but vultures are larger than eagles, and their beaks and claws look stronger and more powerful. The most obvious difference is the tarsal metatarsal part above the claws, and the tarsal metatarsal part of vultures is covered with feathers, while eagles have no feathers but horny fish scales. "

Ling Zikai asked: "According to what you mean, this little guy is not a vulture, but an eagle?"

Zhang Nan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, just listen to me. Didn't I say that it looks like a falcon? That's because the falcon is much smaller than the falcon family. The most obvious feature is the left and right sides of the upper beak. Single-tooth process, a stick-shaped bone can be seen inward from the nostril, the wings are pointed when flying, and the ends are flat, and the wing fingers are not obvious, while the wings of hawks are wider and round, and the wing fingers at the end are very obvious. Of course, Now this little guy's wings haven't grown yet, so it's impossible to make a judgment. But, you can see that there are tooth processes on the left and right sides of its upper beak!"

Ling Zikai became more and more confused, and said, "What you said is too complicated. To put it simply, is this little guy a vulture, an eagle or a falcon?"

Zhang Nan said: "It stands to reason that it is a descendant of the great white vulture, so it must be a vulture, but from its tarsus, it looks like an eagle; from its beak, it looks like a falcon. Anyway, I am also confused .”

"According to what you mean, this little guy has all the characteristics of a vulture, an eagle, and a falcon. Damn it, it shouldn't be a hybrid!"

Ling Zikai couldn't help but uttered a foul word.

Zhang Nan said with a smile: "This little guy has not been born for a long time. Some characteristics are not visible for the time being. You will know it when you grow up. Even if there are some peculiarities, it is not surprising. From the theory of evolution, this is It's an atavistic phenomenon, but it's not the hybrid variant you mentioned!"

"What is atavism?"

"Ancestral atavism refers to the genetic phenomenon in which some organisms accidentally appear in some traits of their ancestors. In other words, the ancestors of this organism were originally like this, but there were changes in the later evolution process. "

While the two were talking, they saw Du Juan staring intently at the young eagle's little claws, his eyes were a little confused, as if he was thinking about something.

"Sister Dujuan, what are you thinking?"

Hearing the call, Du Juan woke up from contemplation, looked at the young eagle and said slowly: "Do you think it is Haidongqing?"

Costin?What is that?
Ling Zikai was about to ask, but Zhang Nan said: "Sister Gangjuan, are you talking about gyrfalcons? How is that possible? I have seen the chicks of gyrfalcons. Their feathers are divided into two parts, and the upper body is dark brown. , with white underparts and brown vertical stripes. The beak is lead gray, the tarsus and toes are dark yellowish brown, and the claws are black. There are specimens in our forest, and they don’t look like this at all!”

"The Costin I'm talking about is not the gyrfalcon you're talking about."

Du Juan showed reverence on his face, and continued: "When I was young, my grandfather told me that in the Xing'an Mountains, there was a kind of big bird, which was bigger than a vulture, more than one meter high, with a pair of wings spread out like a bird. It is more than four meters wide. Its claws are stronger than eagles, as hard as iron hooks, and they are so powerful that even jackals, tigers and leopards can grab them. Usually, they fly very high in the sky and hide in white clouds. Few people can see it. But once the prey is found, it is as fast as lightning and thunder when it dives, and it is sure to hit. It is said that only one sea dongqing will appear in a hundred thousand eagles, so it is called the god of eagles."

Zhang Nan said with a smile: "Sister, the Haidongqing you are talking about is not the totem of your Durunke tribe - the eagle god! That is just a myth and legend, just like the dragon and phoenix we often talk about. In this It simply cannot exist in this world.”

Du Juan shook his head and said: "No, it's true. My grandfather said that he saw this kind of divine bird with his own eyes and saved his life! Moreover, according to historical records, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Kingdom and Jurchen The Wanyan Aguda of the clan launched a war between the two countries in order to compete for a Haidongqing, and in the end Aguda defeated the Liao Kingdom and established the Jin Kingdom!"

Zhang Nan knew that Costin had a high status in the minds of the northern minorities, representing the spirit of bravery, wisdom, perseverance, integrity, strength, pioneering, enterprising, always making progress, and never giving up. Seeing the excited look of Du Juan, Also stop arguing with her.

Ling Zikai said in disbelief: "No way, this is too awesome. If this little guy is really Haidongqing, how much is it worth?"

Du Juan gave Ling Zikai a dissatisfied look, and said, "Do you think Haidongqing can be bought with money? It is a messenger of God, and if you can all go to it, it is a gift from Eagle God Gege to you!"

Ling Zikai's heart moved when he heard the words, and he thought to himself: "It can't be such a coincidence, could it be that I have the inheritance of the ancestor god, and this little guy became Hai Dongqing and came to me. Or, it is because I gave it the inheritance of the ancestor god. The energy that makes it change from an ordinary white eagle to a sea dongqing."

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation outside the wooden house.

The three of them didn't know what happened, so they ran out quickly.

I saw Li Yan and Liu Yan standing on the open space outside the house, looking up at the sky.

In the middle of the air, a white eagle spread its giant wings and circled around, holding an animal in its claws.Judging from the shape, it is the male eagle that followed from Hongxing Forest Farm yesterday.

After circling for a while, the male eagle swooped down and landed more than ten meters above everyone's heads. He let go of his claws and threw the animal he was holding onto. With a "bang", it fell in front of everyone. .

Afterwards, the male eagle let out a shriek, fluttered its wings and flew into the air, circled once, and flew into the distance.

Everyone gathered around the animal that fell on the ground. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a roe deer with red ochre-colored fur. It was about one meter long and fat, probably weighing more than 30 kilograms. .When he was caught in the air by the male eagle, he should still be alive, but after falling from a height of ten meters, he was thrown to death alive, and his limbs were still twitching non-stop.

Li Yan shouted in bewilderment: "The great white eagle dropped such a big stupid roe deer, maybe it's because he thanked us after saving his wife and child yesterday, and wanted to comfort us!"

Liu Yan said: "You have a good idea. They miss their wives and children, so they brought them food!"

Ling Zikai and Du Juan glanced at each other, their hearts were filled with emotion, they did not expect Bai Diao to have such spirituality.

"Zikai, come here!"

Lin Xing'an stood at the door of a wooden house and shouted.

Ling Zikai responded and walked into Lin Xing'an's room.

I saw Lin Xing'an picked up a stack of manuscript paper from the table, handed it to Ling Zikai and said, "This is the draft of the experimental base construction plan written by me. Can you see what needs to be revised?"

Ling Zikai took the manuscript and did not read it right away, but said to Lin Xing'an: "Uncle Lin, I don't know anything about the construction of the experimental base, so in this regard, you can figure it out yourself in the future! You just need to buy what you need. Just make a list of things and give them to me."

(End of this chapter)