Chapter 1344 1344. Hardship (3/5)

Chapter 1344 1344. Hardship (35)

The Nathans worked quickly against the wind and waves, and planted twenty or thirty sharp knives on the seashore.

The place where they buried their knives was by the sea, right on the edge of the ice sheet, where the wind and waves were blowing, and it was very dangerous to stay in such a place, so they worked very fast.

As the wind gets stronger, the waves get bigger and bigger, making a 'bang bang' sound when they hit the ice sheet, which is extremely frightening.

Looking at these knives erected on the ice, Li Du understood how they hunted and killed seals.

The belly of the seal is very soft. When they crawl, they have to stick to the ice surface, so that when the sharp edge is exposed to the ice surface, they will cut their belly by the knife when they pass by the knife.

Because seals have thick fat all over their bodies, the nerves in the fat layer are not rich, so they don't feel pain, and eventually they will lose too much blood and die.

Li Du said: "I have seen this kind of hunting method, but it was used to hunt crocodiles. I didn't expect to use this method to hunt seals."

Big Ivan looked at him strangely and said, "Hunting crocodiles? Have you ever seen someone hunt and kill crocodiles in this way?"

Li Du shrugged and said, "I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I saw the introduction in some books."

Big Ivan shook his head and said, "No, Boss, what you saw was fake. You can't use this method to hunt crocodiles."

Li Du asked strangely: "Why not? The carapace of crocodiles is hard, can't they only hunt through their belly?"

Big Ivan still shook his head: "First of all, crocodiles are reptiles, but their limbs are strong, and their belly does not stick to the ground; secondly, the most valuable thing about crocodiles is their skin, which will destroy their abdominal leather armor; most importantly, Crocodiles have sensitive abdomens and can clearly feel pain when cut."

After hearing his words, Li Du was stunned and said, "Could it be that the information I read is fake?"

Big Ivan said: "It must be fake. The way to hunt crocodiles is to rely on tranquilizer guns or nooses, and tie their necks with nooses and drag them ashore to hunt them."

After setting up the knife array, the Nathans came over and waved, leading them away.

Sutarnathan specially explained to Li Du the reason why they did this, and Big Ivan translated: "This is hard work, you have to brave the wind and waves to do it, and you have to do it quickly."

"Why?" Li Du said, "Isn't it usually possible?"

"Normally, the seals are usually carried by the sea or in the water, and will not go deep into the land. And usually there is no cover from the waves, and the seals can see the erected knives. In order to protect their bellies, they will not pass through rough places on the ground. "

"The reason why the action is fast is because you don't know when the seals will climb up in the sea. The seals will become violent when they find strangers around them. They can easily kill a person in close proximity."

The next step is to wait. The difficulty of this job is when the knife is buried.

A group of people squeezed their clothes and shrank their heads, shivering in the cold wind, looking at the seals in the distance.

Li Du asked: "Can't you go back and wait? Come back after a while to check the situation. Anyway, the dead seals can't escape."

"They can't escape, but they will be eaten. Once a seal is stabbed, it will bleed a lot. There are sharks in the sea, polar bears, arctic wolves and arctic foxes on the shore, and birds in the air. They all like to eat seal meat."

The long wait began. The waves slapped the shore and splashed a lot of spray, which covered the knife on it to a certain extent, but some of the sea water would stay on the shore, and it would slowly freeze.

There are not many knives out of the ground, because the seals are not stupid, the blades are too long, and they will avoid them once they notice it.

The Nathan didn't blink, but instead of looking at the blade, he was looking at the sea.

They hope that seals will appear again at this time. The part where the knife is exposed to the surface has not yet frozen and is covered by waves. At this time, it will be difficult for seals to climb ashore to find the existence of the knife, and it is easy to fall into a trap.

Unfortunately, they watched eagerly, but no seal climbed up from the beginning to the end.

Sutarnathan and the others shook their heads one after another, looking quite depressed.

"Life in the polar region is so difficult. They risked hunting ten times, but they probably succeeded only two or three times," Big Ivan said.

Li Du thought of the nomadic tribes he met on the African grasslands. Their lives were also difficult. Hunting in the wild was very difficult. It was not as simple as rich people driving with guns to play.

After waiting in the wild for four or five hours, but still not getting anything, this hunting is tantamount to a failure.

The Nathans braved the wind and waves to chisel out the ice-formed knives. They had to continue to travel and search for prey.

There was no harvest on land, so they turned to the sea, dropped their fishing nets on the beach, and dragged their fishing nets to the ice over and over again.

The wind and waves brought some fish to the beach, which was their goal. After several times of casting nets, they caught some silver-white sea fish.

Seeing this, the men still shook their heads. There are not enough sea fish. There are fifty or sixty people in their group, and they can eat fifty or sixty catties for a meal.

Sutarnathan went to collect all the fish, chopped off the heads with a knife and threw them back into the sea.

Li Du said to Big Ivan: "For them, isn't this too wasteful? Fish heads can be used as hunting bait, such as to attract seals or wolves."

Big Ivan went to chat with Sutar Nathan, and shook his head when he came back: "This is their belief, it belongs to a kind of shamanism. They think that all life will go through a cycle of life, death and rebirth, and throw the fish head on the ground. The sea is for the new life of the fish."

Li Du shrugged, the idea of ​​the Nathans is too unique.

Big Ivan told him that the Nathan people are very particular about naming newborn babies, usually the names of members of the group who have just passed away, followed by the names of important members of the group who died before, representing the rebirth of these people return.

Therefore, Nathan people are not afraid of death, just like belief, death is only the beginning of new life.

Da Ao shook his head and said: "This is the reason why their population is getting smaller and smaller. If they are afraid of death and try hard to survive, then they can survive longer."

After working outside for a whole day, they set off on the return journey exhausted, but they only brought more than 20 large and small sea fish.

The Aaos were running and gliding on the ice. They didn't have to worry about eating and drinking. As long as Li Du didn't beat them, they didn't have to worry about it. The little ones played happily together.

When passing by the sea, they ran into a single large seal.

Ah Ao saw that it was round and chubby, so he ran to play with it.

But the seal is not easy to mess with. This is a gray-spotted seal with a weight of 100 kilograms. Ah Ao took a bite of it, and it suddenly turned around and rushed towards it, opening its mouth wide to attack!

Fortunately, the seals had poor mobility on the shore, and Ah Ao reacted quickly, and fled with his tail tucked in time without being bitten.

However, the ice surface was too slippery, and Ah Ao couldn't stand firmly while running, and finally hit his head on the ice.