Chapter 774 773. Baobab Tree (2/5)

Chapter 774 773. Baobab Tree (25)

The most exciting scene is yet to come.

The big centipede dragged the lizard to the beach. It probably wanted to go underground and eat the lizard. On the beach, it couldn't get in with the lizard. It wanted to hide in the seaside reef and enjoy a feast.

It twisted its colorful body and quickly ran to the nearest reef.

At this moment, a big frog suddenly jumped out of the puddle behind the reef. This frog was as big as a child's bicycle tire. Li Du was dumbfounded by its huge size.

After jumping out, it opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue to wrap around the big centipede, rolled up the centipede and lizard together in its mouth, then it returned to the puddle beside the reef, lurking in the water, revealing its brown rough back, Keep pretending to be a reef...

At this moment, Li Du just wanted to say: Mom, I want to go home!

He called Brother Wolf and the others over, pointed at the collapsed puddle and shouted: "Look there, there are frogs over there, my God, or I was wrong, is that a frog? Then he is a frog spirit!" "

Hans said: "Calm down, Li, calm down, what's so scary about frogs? Have you seen a poisonous frog?"

Li Du picked up a reef and threw it into the puddle. The huge frog was frightened and jumped up suddenly.

A group of people saw it, and when it jumped up, they had to keep looking up, because the jumping ability of this frog is terrifying, it can jump three or four meters at once!

Hans was stunned and said, "What kind of frog is this? Is this a bullfrog? No, no, is this an elephant frog?"

Brother Lang shook his head and said, "It's a giant African frog. I didn't expect this kind of animal to live on this island."

Li Du said: "How did the African frog swim here? Halfway across the earth?"

Brother Wolf explained: "As far as I know, in the 1980s, Australia seemed to import giant frogs from Africa in large quantities. Their purpose was to let giant frogs compete in high jump."

"It does dance very well," interrupted Hans.

Brother Wolf said: "Yes, this kind of frog has a strong jumping ability, and it can jump to a height of more than 5 meters. Later, it was included in the red list of endangered species banned from international trade in the Washington Treaty, so it is relatively rare. "

There were poisonous snakes, giant centipedes, and giant African frogs. Li Du began to hesitate. He remembered the comments of those people on Cape Barron Island last night.

But they stayed on the boat for too long, everyone had to do some activities, and they needed to replenish fresh water and fruits. This island had a beautiful scenery and was the most suitable place.

After some consideration, he still asked Brother Lang to pick up everyone in a speedboat.

At the same time, he asked Sophie, Hannah, and Da Ao's wife Rosalind to take care of the children, and they could only rest in the open space opened up by Brother Wolf and the others.

African giant frogs feed on insects, scorpions, crustaceans or other frogs, and Wolf says they don't attack creatures larger than themselves.

But Li Du saw how the giant frog was eating the centipede with gusto just now, and worried that it was poisonous, so he told everyone to be careful about it.

Behind the place where they camped is the black tea forest. Sophie and others went to pick the black tea, while Brother Wolf and Hans climbed trees to pick the fruits and leaves of the baobab tree.

The trunk of the baobab tree has many gaps, and this kind of wood is most conducive to water storage. During the rainy season, it uses its thick body and soft wood to replace the root system to absorb and store a large amount of water.

Its xylem is like a porous sponge, which contains a lot of water. Whenever the dry season comes, in order to reduce water evaporation, it will quickly shed all the leaves on its body.

When it is full of water, it will grow leaves and produce large white flowers.

These baobabs all have long, wide leaves, but few and often short branches, which, combined with their thick trunks, make them interesting to look at.

Fresh water needs to be replenished on the yacht. After picking some baobab fruits and leaves, Brother Wolf came over with a bucket, and then cut a hole in the trunk with a saber.

Soon, some clear water flowed out, and more and more clear water flowed out behind, like a faucet in a state of water shortage, there was always water flowing out.

During this period, Brother Wolf dug a few more holes separately, and the trunk kept flowing water, filling up the two large buckets, and he took some more with the cooking pot.

Seeing that Li Du was interested, he said: "There are baobab trees, which means there are fresh water resources, and these waters are very safe."

Li Du said: "Their water storage capacity is really strong, there is so much water."

Brother Wolf said: "A tree can store thousands of kilograms of water. The trees here are not short of water. Look at their leaves, they are very lush."

Baobab trees have the amazing ability to grow leaves according to the water storage in their bodies. If there is a shortage of water, they will be bald, and if the water storage is sufficient, the leaves will flourish.

Sophie and the others came back from collecting black tibi, and said to Li Du, "Be careful when you enter the island. There are many snakes here, and most of them are poisonous."

Li Du asked: "Have you met again?"

Sophie said: "Yes, fortunately we brought Ah Miao, who went in and drove away the snakes, otherwise something might happen."

Surrounded by poisonous snakes, the environment of this island is really not very good.

However, there were a lot of black gold abalones in the sea. Taking advantage of the warm sea water at noon, Li Du put on a diving suit and jumped into the water to look for the black gold abalones below.

Maybe no one usually comes here to catch black gold abalone, and the Fisheries and Hunting Bureau didn't notice it, so no fishing and hunting officers came here, and the surrounding area was quiet and desolate.

In just one hour after entering the water, Li Du fished out more than 30 big black golden abalones.

There are a lot of abalones in the shallow water here, and for him it is like picking them up, and he can get one in less than two minutes on average. Of course, practice makes perfect, which is also related to his familiarity with the skills of catching black gold abalones.

When it was time for lunch, Sophie beckoned him to come up to eat.

Heijin abalone has a lot of harvest, and you can eat it at noon. In addition, there are roasted breadfruit and bread leaf stew, and the drink is black grape juice.

After taking a sip of the juice, a sweet and sour taste filled his mouth with a delicate fragrance. Li Du praised: "Shuang, this juice is much better than the squeezed black grape juice from the supermarket."

"Of course," Hannah said proudly, "the quality of the black tea here is super good, and the water stored by the bread tree is used. Wolfgang said that the water in it has been purified by the bread tree, which is healthier than pure water."

Li Du said: "How about we go back and plant baobab trees around the yard? It's like a natural water purifier."

Brother Lang, who was pouring drinks for his daughter, shook his head and said, "You have to wait for many years, unless it is for future generations."

Thinking about the age of the baobab tree which can be thousands of years old, Li Du decided to give up this idea.

They began to eat with black raisin juice. Although there were many poisonous snakes and insects on the island, the good thing was that there were no beasts. Ah Miao and Ah Ao An lay quietly beside them, showing no signs of defense from the beginning to the end.