"There is a bird inside? The golden eagle is still inside?" Li Du was stunned after hearing the words of a poacher, and then rushed into the cave.

Birds are not resistant to smoke, and a little smoke can kill them. Now the smoke in the cave is rolling, and they probably have died long ago.

Li Du's original intention of dealing with these poachers was to rescue the arrested golden eagle. If he died because of his golden eagle, it would be more than worth the loss.

The flames at the entrance of the cave below were extinguished, and the thick smoke had no source and could not continue. At this time, there was not much smoke in the cave.

Li Du covered his nose and searched, and soon discovered the bird cage in the cave under the light.

The cave is quite large in size, with an area of ​​three or four hundred square meters, with a height of more than one and a half meters at the entrance of the cave to three or four meters deepest inside. The space is very large, let alone more than ten people, if you squeeze in, a hundred people can live there.

Some bird cages are placed in the middle of the cave, covered with a wet cloth. This was originally intended to maintain high humidity and keep the birds quiet, but it played a role in isolating thick smoke at this time.

Li Du opened the bird cage, and the golden eagle arrested in the afternoon flew around in the largest cage. When he saw it, he would peck it up.

There was also a slightly smaller bird cage next to it. Li Du pulled open the wet cloth to reveal a big bird he had never seen before.

The bird is not good-looking. Its feathers are gray and look dull. There is a large meat ball on its forehead, with exposed and hairless neck and a circle of white feathers at the base of the neck. From the neck area, it looks like a plucked rooster.

Seeing the bird clearly, Li Du subconsciously said to himself: "Damn, this is Brother Diao of Hero Yang Guo? Brother Diao, why are you here to the United States?"

He remembered that when he watched "The Return of the Condor Heroes" before, the eagle who accompanied Yang Guo to walk around the world was also a top-notch meat ball, and the two were more or less similar.

However, compared with Brother Eagle, who is brave and invincible in battle, who can charge in the wild and dare to catch snakes, this bird has a far inferior temperament. Perhaps because it is smoked, it looks listless and listless.

Seeing this, Li Du quickly dragged out the two cages.

The wind and rain outside were blown by the refreshing mountain wind, and the golden eagle became more energetic and directly hit the cage.

Li Du dragged the cage to a high place. He opened the cage fence door. The golden eagle immediately rushed out. His two claws ran quickly. After regaining freedom, he immediately flapped his wings and soared into the sky.

"It's true that he is the king of the sky in North America!" The group couldn't help but exclaim when they saw it.

The poachers found that the golden eagle was released, and a big man cried with a sad face: "Do you know how much money was released?"

Godzilla stuffed the poacher into the cage and said, "Come on, stay in it, and we will sell you for money in the future."

In order to keep the Raptors alive, the cage is made very large, with a length of more than two meters wide and a height of one and a half meters. There is no problem with stuffing it into two people.

Li Du opened another cage, but the big bird inside did not run out. Instead, it shrank again in the corner, looking like a abused little wife.

Ah Miao was interested in seeing it, staring at her big bright eyes and trying to get to the cage. Li Du carried the back of her neck and threw it out: "Don't make trouble while playing. Brother Wolf, what kind of bird is this? It's a bit like a vulture?"

Brother Wolf said: "It's a vulture, it should be a Condo vulture."

"Condo Vulture? What's the relationship with California vulture?" Li Du continued to ask.

Brother Wolf said: "The relationship is very close. You may not know the name of it. Then I will say another name. You should know it. It is also called the Andean Vulture, and some people call it the Andean Vulture!"

This name shocked Li Du: "Is this the Andean Condor?"

Of course he had heard of this name. This is the most famous bird of prey in South America. It can grow to 130 cm in length, weigh 10 kilograms, and its wingspan can exceed 3 meters. It is the largest bird in the world!

However, as far as he knows, the Andean condor has a majestic black feather, and the bird's face and neck are exposed in bright red. The local Andes respect it as the "soul of Andean civilization" and symbolizes divine power. The bird does not look very similar.

After hearing Li Du’s question, Brother Wolf said: “Because it is still a young bird.”

Looking at this guy who is not smaller than the golden eagle, Li Du said in shock: "Is this still a young bird?"

Brother Wolf said: "The young birds of the Andean Condor grow very fast and can grow to about the same age as adults in a few months. However, their hunting ability and flying ability are still far from each other. Judging from the bird's appearance, it may have only been hatched for three or four months and should not be able to fly."

As if in line with his words, Big Bird flapped her wings weakly, then carefully shrank her head, looking more like a bullied young wife.

Li Du pulled up a poacher and asked, "Where did you steal this bird? There is no Andean condor in the United States?"

The Andean Condor is also called the South American Condor, which lives in South America, especially in countries such as Peru and Argentina.

In any country, catching Andean condor is illegal. Many South American countries, such as Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, regard it as a national bird and even send it with national flags or emblems.

The poacher said with a sad face: "No, it's not, it's caught in the Alabachian Mountains. There is also this bird in the United States. In 1988, the US Fisheries and Wildlife Agency conducted a reintroduction experiment to raise Andean condors and release them to the wilds of Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia. Later, some were also released in the wilds of North America."

Li Du said coldly: "Menqing, you can cooperate with me, go and stay there."

There are traces of Andean condors in the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains, but they are particularly rare.

Although this kind of bird of prey likes to live in rock walls at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters, it can actually mainly move in vast grasslands and mountainous areas up to 5,000 meters above sea level. They like to have open vision and no forests, such as rocky areas, mountainous areas, mountain deserts, etc., which makes it easier to find edible animal corpses in the air.

This is a kind of birds of prey that can fly very well. They are extremely good at flying long distances. Sometimes when they set off in the early morning, they have to fly two or three hundred kilometers a day.

Especially in the mountainous areas, their flying ability is excellent. Andean condors can rise with the help of the upward airflow in the mountains and fly over the gullies and rivers quietly. It is extremely spectacular when they appear in groups on the top of the mountain!

However, the bird could not fly, so Li Du opened the cage and let it come out. The bird's head was huddled in its body, and its body was huddled in the corner of the cage, refusing to come out if it was huddled.
Chapter completed!