Chapter 17: Tracking and Interpreting Clues

While Lu Junming was dreaming of promotion and a salary increase, Bi Fang was not idle on the other side. Along the stream, he came across some unexpected finds.

Bi Fang used a stick in his hand to move aside a clump of grass and discovered small footprints on the ground, feeling pleasantly surprised.

“Hey! Take a look at what we’ve found?”

“What?”

“It feels like some animal walked past here.”

“What kind of creature is it? A rat?”

Bi Fang moved the clump of weeds with his stick and discovered small brown particles gathered together on the ground, along with a series of footprints leading towards the depths of the forest. It was evident that some animal had been here not long ago, and possibly not for the first time.

The soil beside the stream was much softer, and the footprints left by the creature were quite distinct and would not be erased for a long time.

If it were any other creature, Bi Fang might not have been so excited. But…

“This is a rabbit!”

Bi Fang exclaimed with excitement; if he was lucky enough, he might even be able to eat meat today!

He squatted on the ground, casting his peripheral vision around him and observing the movements of the surrounding forest. The stick in his hand pressed the grass down to give the audience a clearer view, while at the same time, he picked up some brown particles with his hands.

These particles were round and quite small, with a diameter of about 3/8 inches. He squeezed them, and they crumbled into several pieces easily.

Here comes Bi Fang, the master of spotting scat once again!

I’ve never seen such a live stream with such content.

Why does it feel like a rat?

Are your rats’ footprints this big?

Brother, you’re obviously from the north and haven’t seen the rats in the south, right?

“No, no,” Bi Fang shook his head and pointed to the footprints and feces on the ground. “From the shape and size, it’s definitely not a rodent. This is definitely rabbit feces!”

“First, the toes of the mouse are obviously forked, and there are as many as five of them, but a rabbit has only four toes and does not fork. Secondly, look at this feces.”

“You see, the surface of the feces is rough, which means it is not left by ruminants such as deer, and the shape is rounder. If it were a rodent, its shape should be oval or elongated!”

Useless knowledge is increasing again!

Rabbit: I didn’t expect you to catch up to me. Since it’s come to this… tell me, what did you find that exposed my tracks? What…what? It’s the poop I left behind? Impossible!

The Rabbit Thief and the Terrifying Upright Ape!

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Bi Fang: “…”

It’s amazing how much joy these silly netizens bring.

But catching rabbits isn’t that easy, is it? I’ve seen wild rabbits on the mountain before, and they’re so fast! Can’t even see their tail lights…

Really? I feel like the rabbits in my house can’t even run…

Can domesticated animals be like their wild counterparts? And is that rabbit you have even real? It’s clearly a pig!

Indeed.

Bi Fang, who saw the bullet comments, had to admit that wild rabbits were difficult to catch. Not only were they intelligent and had sharp senses of hearing and sight, but they also ran very fast and were very good at hiding.

Despite the fact that there were many natural enemies, very few animals could capture it, and it was almost impossible without relying on traps.

But such an animal had a fatal weakness!

“Wild rabbits have a quirk, they love to go the same way. As long as they are not disturbed or frightened, they will come and go from their nest to the same way each day. Over time, a path that is faintly discernible appears on the grass, and combined with their grazing habits of going around eating, we can roughly find their old nest by following their tracks.”

Rabbit: My life is over!

It’s still trying to run when it has been targeted by Fang?

Charge!

We can loot his home

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Having explained this, Bi Fang picked up his stick and followed the tracks. If everything went well, he might be able to eat rabbit meat in one or two hours!

Have any of these young people who have lived a comfortable life in the city ever gone hunting in the deep mountains and old forests, especially with such a crafty wild rabbit involved?

All of them were attracted to the scene, and watching Bi Fang track and judge in the dark forest made them feel nervous and excited. They called out to their friends to come and watch, and the number of viewers nearly kept rising!

Easily breaking through the two hundred barrier!

“Wild rabbits like to live in mixed forests with water sources. The soil in these areas is softer, and the footprints they leave behind are easily recognizable. In addition, when rabbits search for food outdoors, they nibble on a piece of grass here, and a piece of grass there, which is also an easy point to identify.”

“Moreover, there are generally higher embankments in the forest, and that is where rabbits usually go because they like to stand on high ground to observe their natural enemies!”

With a wooden stick in hand, Bi Fang easily found the path among the dense thicket of grass and bushes, and as long as he looked a little farther away, he could see a faint stretch where the rabbit had passed through.

With these clues in mind, Bi Fang tracked it down all the way.

Time slowly passed, and soon it was noon.

The temperature in the forest rose rapidly, and coupled with constant exercise, Bi Fang had no choice but to unzip his jacket, but beads of sweat still formed on his forehead.

But the rabbit hole was still nowhere in sight.

If he couldn’t find it, it would mean that a lot of time and energy had been wasted, and for Bi Fang, who hadn’t eaten for a long time, it would be a fatal blow!

This was actually a gamble, even the most experienced old hunter would not dare to say that they would definitely be able to catch a wild rabbit.

But in front of hundreds of spectators, Bi Fang not only dared to gamble, but even wanted to bet!

He was a born explorer, eager for progress and full of a spirit of adventure.

This was the evaluation that the old professor in the CWCA exploration team had given him.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

More and more viewers gathered in the live broadcast room, but the visible tracks in the forest became fewer and fewer.

“It looks like we are already very close.”

Bi Fang took a deep breath and tried to make his breathing steady. “As the saying goes, rabbits don’t eat grass around their nests because they need enough grass to cover their nests. Wild rabbits do not dig holes, they only build nests in existing pits. Now, we should pay attention to whether there are such pits.”

“That’s not right. How did the wily rabbit make its three burrows then?”

“Yeah,” scratched a viewer’s head.

Many viewers were confused. If rabbits don’t dig holes, then is the phrase ‘wily rabbit with three burrows’ false?

“‘Wily rabbit with three burrows’ actually refers to a burrowing hare, which is quite different from the wild rabbit I just mentioned. Burrowing hares live in groups, while wild rabbits live alone. Burrowing hares usually live on grasslands, while wild rabbits live in forests.”

“Burrowing hares center their activities around their burrows, and their range of activity is narrow. The range of activity of wild rabbits is much wider than that of burrowing hares, and we are looking for wild rabbits, which is why we have come this far,” Bi Fang explained, wiping sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, a soil mound caught his attention. It was bare on top but covered in grass below.