Golden Fishery

After being washed, the two pure white ferrets changed their appearance, showing a completely different coat color from before.

Qin Shiou dried the hair of the two little guys with a hair dryer, and suddenly, two naive little ferrets appeared in front of him.

After washing off the dye on the fur, the fur on the head and back of the two young ferrets was light yellow, the color of the belly was similar but lighter, and the eye rims were dark brown, just like that of a giant panda.

In addition, their mouths are snow white, while the limbs and the middle of the tail are black, as if wearing black boots.

Qin Shiou dried their hair, and the two little guys lay docilely in his palms, their big eyes gurgling and turning, revealing a sense of cleverness, while a vague "yaah" sound came out from their throats, like a child acting like a spoiled child Rubbing his head against his thumb.

Seeing the true appearance of these two little guys, Heidao exclaimed: "God, it's really a black-footed ferret! Where did these guys get this pair of little babies? These are real endangered animals. Yes, worth at least a million dollars!"

Qin Shiou searched for information about this animal on the Internet. It turned out that despite the popularity of home-breeding ferrets in North America, the black-footed ferret is actually the only ferret native to this continent.

Compared with their close relatives, black-footed ferrets have smoother fur, sharper senses, cuter appearance and fiercer hunting ability.

But it wasn't their fur or appearance that brought them close to extinction, but their food.

In its heyday, the black-footed ferret was a plentiful species that spread widely across southern Canada and eastward along the Rocky Mountains to the vast US states of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. They can all be seen.

That area is also the famous prairie area of ​​the North American continent, where many mice and prairie dogs are active, and these two small animals happen to be the favorite of black-footed ferrets.

However, these two animals also happen to be sworn enemies of ranchers, especially prairie dogs. They like to eat the root system of pasture and like to live in groups. Often a population of several thousand prairie dogs can destroy dozens of hectares of pasture.

Over the last century, ranchers have used poisonous baits to eradicate this destructive rodent. To exterminate the prairie dogs.

This trick worked, and the prairie dogs were wiped out. At the same time, the black-footed ferrets that depended on them as their main source of food also suffered a sharp decline in their numbers. By the 1970s, the Canadian wild declared genocide for this adorable little creature.

Fortunately, there is no end to the black-footed ferret family,

In the mid-1980s, biologists in the United States accidentally discovered a small population of about 120 black-footed ferrets in Wyoming.

Originally, for a biological population, 120 is not a small number. After a few years of good protection, it can multiply to thousands, and then tens of thousands, and then the brand of endangered can be removed.

But unfortunately. In 1985, two consecutive disease outbreaks occurred in the black-footed ferret population, and finally 18 survived. If the biologists hadn't started early, these 18 would not be able to survive, so people's protection measures would be in vain.

Using these 18 ferrets as female parents, plus some advanced technologies such as test-tube babies and frozen fertilized eggs, American scientists finally preserved this biological species, but because it is not a wild population. The vitality and reproductive ability of these ferrets are very poor, and the number so far is only about 500.

I don't know where Benson and the others got the two little black-footed ferrets. Hei Knife's quotation just now was actually a bit conservative, this kind of small animal. One is more than a million dollars.

You know, black-footed ferrets are even rarer animals than giant pandas. China can send giant pandas to other countries for diplomacy, but Americans are reluctant to use black-footed ferrets as diplomatic mascots.

So, how much is a giant panda on the black market now? Black-footed ferrets are only more expensive!

This kind of little thing is not much worse than giant pandas in appearance, especially now that they are small and tender, with fluffy flesh rolling, Qin Shiou was conquered by their appearance after only getting along for a while.

It's really cute!

It's a pity that these two little guys are two nuclear bombs that can run. The Americans will make a complete file of every newborn black-footed ferret, including their coat color, genes, and physical characteristics. They will never Lost one.

It is estimated that the Americans have already realized that they have lost two black-footed ferrets. No wonder Benson and others were so afraid when they called themselves Rangers just now. The Americans may really send elite Rangers to find a pair of black-footed ferrets force!

If Qin Shiou kept the pair of little ferrets privately, then when the Americans caught Benson and others to find out the situation, they would probably take him to court directly, and his militia status would not be able to protect him at that time.

In the United States, the black-footed ferret is a protected animal that is prohibited from being transported, traded, and privately bred. The protection is stronger than that of the bald eagle because the number is too small.

Qin Shiou caressed the two little ferrets. When he controlled them with the Seagod's consciousness just now, he input some Seagod's energy. The two little ones are now full of attachment to him, lying obediently in his arms.

Taking the ferrets to the deck, Qin Shiou looked at Benson and his party with a smile and said, "What did I say just now? You continue to be arrogant, huh? Why aren't you arrogant?"

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

"Damn, I don't read much and don't understand the law, who can tell me what is the crime of trafficking black-footed ferrets?"

"Haha, if caught by the Americans, he can be shot directly in private."

"That's awesome, how did you get the black-footed ferret? I think it's harder to steal this thing from the Americans than it is to steal gold from Citibank?"

Looking at the little ferret, Benson and the others turned pale, and the brown-haired youth said with trembling lips, "Boat, captain, they found it! What should we do? They found the black-footed ferret! We are finished, will we Was beaten to death?"

Benson ignored the frightened companions around him. He looked anxious and shouted at Qin Shiou: "Who asked you to bathe them? Did you wash off the paint on them with water?"

Qin Shiou was stunned and said, "What's wrong with bathing them with water?"

Benson stood up and went up to him, and shouted angrily, "Do you know what is smeared on them? God! God! These two little guys are finished... Hurry up, take it here! Take it here, or else That's too late!"

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

As soon as Benson got the little ferret, he turned around and ran. He ran to the side of the boat in three steps and threw the little ferret into the sea... (to be continued)