Chapter 1228

After cleaning, the two pure white ferrets changed their appearance and showed a very different hair color.

Qin Shiou used a hair dryer to dry the two little guys' hair. Suddenly, two charming little ferrets appeared in front of him.

After washing off the dye on the hair, the hair color on the head and back of the two little ferrets is light yellow, the color of the abdomen is similar but lighter, and the eye circles are dark brown, like a giant panda.

In addition, their mouths are snow white, while their limbs and the middle of their tails are black, like wearing black boots.

Qin Shiou dried their hair. The two little guys lay meekly in his palms. Their big eyes turned with a sense of intelligence, while their throats made a vague "ah ah" sound, rubbing their heads against his thumb like a child.

Seeing the true faces of the two little guys, the black knife exclaimed, "God, it's really a black footed ferret! Where did these guys get these babies? This is a real endangered animal. This pair is worth at least a million dollars! "

Qin Shiou searched the Internet for the information of this animal. It turns out that although it is so popular in North America, in fact, the black footed ferret is the only ferret truly native to this continent.

Compared with their close relatives, black footed ferrets have smoother fur, sharper senses, more lovely appearance and more aggressive predatory ability.

But the reason why they nearly genocide is not their fur or appearance, but their food.

In its heyday, black footed ferrets were numerous and widely distributed in southern Canada, and they could be seen along the Rocky Mountains to the East, as far as Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska in the United States.

That area is also a famous prairie area in North America. There are many mice and prairie dogs, and these two small animals happen to be the favorite of black footed ferrets.

However, these two animals also happen to be the sworn enemies of ranchers, especially prairie dogs and mice. They like to eat grass roots and live in groups. Often thousands of prairie dogs and mice in a population can destroy dozens of hectares of grass.

In the last century, in order to eliminate this rodent that has a destructive effect on the pasture, ranchers put a lot of poison bait to exterminate grassland dogs and mice.

This move was very useful. Prairie dogs and mice were destroyed. At the same time, the black footed ferrets, whose main food source was them, also suffered, and their number decreased sharply. In the 1970s, Canada announced the genocide of this lovely little creature in the wild.

Fortunately, in the mid-1980s, American biologists happened to find a small population of about 120 black foot ferrets in Wyoming.

Originally, for a biological population, the number of 120 is not small. With good protection, it can multiply to thousands, then tens of thousands, and then remove the brand of endangered.

Unfortunately, in 1985, the black footed ferret population broke out two diseases in a row, and finally 18 survived. If biologists hadn't started early, these 18 would not survive, so people's protective measures would have lost their eggs.

With these 18 ferrets as the mother, coupled with advanced technologies such as test tube babies and frozen fertilized eggs, American scientists have finally preserved this biological species. However, because they are not wild populations, the vitality and reproductive ability of these ferrets are very poor. Up to now, the number is only about 500.

I don't know where Benson got two small black footed ferrets. The quotation of black knife just now is a little conservative. This kind of small animal is more than one million dollars.

You know, black footed ferrets are even rarer than giant pandas. China can now send giant pandas to other countries for diplomacy, but Americans are not willing to use black footed ferrets as diplomatic mascots.

Well, how much is a giant panda on the black market now? Black footed ferrets will only be more expensive!

This kind of little thing is not much worse than the giant panda in terms of appearance, especially now the small, tender and furry meat is rolling. Qin Shiou was conquered by their appearance after only getting along for a while.

It's really cute!

Unfortunately, these two little guys are two nuclear bombs that can run. Americans will make a complete file of each newly born black footed ferret, including their hair color, genes and body characteristics. They will never lose one.

It is estimated that now Americans have found that they have lost two black foot ferrets. No wonder Benson and others were afraid of that when they just called themselves Rangers. In order to find a pair of black foot ferrets, Americans may really send elite Rangers!

If Qin Shiou leaves the pair of ferrets without permission, when the Americans catch Bensen and others and find out the situation, they are expected to directly take him to court. At that time, his militia identity will not protect him.

In the United States, black footed ferrets are protected animals that are prohibited from transportation, trade and private breeding. The protection is stronger than that of white headed eagles because the number is too small.

Qin Shiou caresses the two little ferrets. When he just controlled them with Poseidon consciousness, he conveniently input some Poseidon energy. Now the two little guys are full of attachment to him and lie down in his arms.

With ferrets on the deck, Qin Shiou looked at Bensen and his party and said with a smile, "what did I say just now? You continue to be arrogant, huh? Why not be arrogant? "

The fishermen obviously knew the black footed ferret, and they gathered around and looked at it in amazement for a while, and then it was their turn to be arrogant:

"Shit, I don't know much about the law. Who can tell me what is the crime of trafficking in black footed ferrets without permission?"

"Ha ha, if you are caught by the Americans, you can shoot directly in private."

"That's awesome. How did you get the black footed ferret? I think it's more difficult to steal this thing from Americans than to steal gold from Citibank? "

Looking at the little ferret, Benson and others turned white. The brown haired youth trembled and said, "ship, Captain, they found it! What should I do? They found the black footed ferret! We're finished. Will we be killed? "

Benson ignored these trembling companions around him. He looked worried and shouted to Qin Shiou, "who asked you to bathe them? Did you wash the paint off them with water? "

Qin Shiou said in amazement, "what's wrong with bathing them with water?"

Benson stood up to meet him and shouted angrily, "do you know what they are smeared with? God! God! These two little guys are finished... Come on, bring it! Bring it quickly, or it's too late! "

Qin Shiou didn't understand what Benson meant, but subconsciously he felt he had made a mistake and handed the ferret to him.

When Benson got the ferret, he turned and ran, ran to the side of the boat and threw the ferret into the sea