It's a bit difficult to use 467 chickens. Can I change it to rabbits?

As soon as the double monthly ticket was opened, I was immediately left behind by one place...

Dear friends, it’s the last three days, brother, I will hold on with all my strength, I wonder if you can withstand it?

Asking for votes Asking for monthly tickets

"rabbit?"

"Putting out rabbits?"

At the seminar, many people first found it difficult to understand when they heard the time-travel companion named Chi Zhengjie put forward such a suggestion. A cute, non-threatening little thing like a rabbit can solve the current problem if it is released into the wild.

Meat shortage problem?

But Xiao Chi, who made this suggestion, was very confident. He first told everyone a very interesting math problem:

A pair of rabbits becomes fertile in the second month after birth. Assume that a pair of rabbits are bred every month. How many pairs of rabbits can a pair of rabbits produce in a year?

This is a question about the Fibocina sequence, and the answer is one hundred and forty-four pairs. But in fact, the fertility of rabbits far exceeds this number - young rabbits are already capable of reproduction two months after they are born.

.The pregnancy cycle of a female rabbit is only thirty-one days, and she can give birth 4 to 6 times a year, with each litter containing about 6 to 10 animals... Therefore, scientists believe that if no measures are taken to restrict rabbit reproduction within 90 years,

Measures, then there should be a rabbit standing on every square meter of land on the earth

Of course, there are actually many natural enemies of rabbits. Almost all larger carnivores and even birds will regard rabbits as the top priority in their diets. They are not as powerful as mice in evading them - they are in the natural food chain.

The species at the bottom level, if it were not supported by its strong reproductive ability, this small animal with no ability to defend itself would have become extinct long ago.

But as long as the environment is not so harsh and you give them a little time and space - and of course enough forage, the rabbit population can explode as quickly as possible.

"If we don't want to let Chairman Jiejie's promise to the people go unfulfilled, and we don't just treat it as an empty political slogan... it's still a bit difficult to make chickens available to every household. But if the chickens are replaced by rabbits, it will be completely

can be realised."

Chi Zhengjie used this reason to seduce Lao Jie to support his suggestion, because although Jie Xi resigned from the committee, he was still the leader of a major small group in the Qiong Navy, and he had high prestige among the entire group. If he said

If you gain support, a large group of people will support you.

Xie Xi was indeed a little moved, but the opposition from the people around him was also very loud - rabbits' reproductive ability is indeed super strong, but it is precisely because they are so strong that they are scary. Once they are allowed to breed on a large scale, who can guarantee that

Will it not have any impact on the island’s ecosystem? It’s not like there were no rabbit plagues in ancient China - Professor Li Mingyuan’s blogging notes cited the record in Taiping Guangji of the Tang Dynasty: “In the year of Yongchun, Lan Sheng

The rabbits in the state are swarming by the tens of thousands, eating all the seedlings..."

Someone even brought up the famous Australian rabbit case: In 1859, a farmer brought several rabbits from foreign countries for hunting. Since they had no natural enemies in Australia, their numbers continued to double. By 1950, the number of rabbits in Australia increased from the original

The number of rabbits increased from 5 to 500 million, causing great damage to crops and grassland in most parts of the country. The famous Australian wool production was greatly reduced - the turf was gnawed away by rabbits.

Australians tried every means to fight rabbits: poisons, fences, and animal predators, but with little success. Finally, relying on the power of biotechnology, they found an infectious bacteria that specifically affects rabbits and successfully made it available to Australian rabbits.

There was a huge outbreak in the group, and more than 90% of the rabbits were eliminated in one fell swoop, temporarily easing the situation.

But it was only a relief, because organisms have extremely strong adaptability. A small number of rabbits quickly developed immunity to the virus, and they reproduced rapidly after a lucky escape. Therefore, throughout the 20th century, Australia's extermination

Operation Rabbit has never stopped, spending a lot of money every year.

…………

Hearing such serious consequences made everyone's hair stand on end. Many people began to express their opposition to Xiao Chi's suggestion - it doesn't matter if you eat less meat, destroying the ecological environment is nothing to regret.

But Chi Zhengjie himself was engaged in research on the control of alien species before time travel. In fact, the Australian rabbit case only became popular after he told everyone in a casual chat. Since he dared to make this suggestion, he would have already made it

By thinking through:

"Everyone, the case of rabbits in Australia has its own peculiarities - rabbits are an exotic species there and have almost no natural predators to control them, so they reproduce very quickly. Moreover, the climate in Australia is generally dry, and there is a lack of tall trees and green vegetation.

Overall, it is less. And the local economy is mainly based on the wool industry, which itself requires a large amount of pasture to support, so the losses caused by the rabbits' harm to the pasture are particularly serious..."

The conversation changed and Chi Zhengjie pointed to the map of Southeast Asia on the wall:

"In our part of Southeast Asia, rainfall is abundant, and the vegetation coverage rate generally exceeds 70 to 80 percent. Inland Hainan and most places on Taiwan Island are still inaccessible barren mountains and ridges, with not too little vegetation but

There are too many. At present, the agricultural team has to set fire to large tracts of forest when clearing land. Even if there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of hares, it will not cause much damage. On the contrary, it can appropriately reduce the difficulty of clearing land and weeding in the future."

"On the other hand, there used to be rabbits on Hainan Island, and there were many natural enemies that preyed on them. From my observations in the past few years, the island has a very rich variety of carnivores such as wolves, foxes, mountain eagles, and snakes. With the

As the rabbit population increases, these populations will inevitably increase accordingly, so there is no need to worry that the balance between the populations will get out of control."

"and……"

Chi Zhengjie made a circle with his arm in the air and put it on his chest:

"Don't forget, for other biological species, we humans are the most terrifying natural enemies. As long as any wild animal enters our human diet, it will basically be reduced to the point of needing protection. I was studying Australian rabbits

During the case study, our instructor once said this - the main reason for the rampant rabbits in Australia is that the local people are generally relatively affluent and are too lazy to catch rabbits for food, so they have to spend money to deal with them. If in our country...

…”

Chi Zhengjie's words resonated with many people, and everyone laughed. As modern people from the 21st century, they know very well how scary the big mouths of Chinese people are. Xiao Chi's mentor said

That's a good point - if it were in China, would you guys dare to rebel? You'd eat them immediately

Finally, Chi Zhengjie assured everyone as an expert:

"This idea is not new. I have been researching it for several years. If we release rabbits in the wild and artificially increase the number of rabbits, it may indeed have some impact on the local biological chain - for example, due to the increase in the number of rabbits,

The number of wolves, foxes and other communities increases, and the increase of these carnivores will lead to the decrease of pheasants, squirrels and other small animals... But overall, the environment on Hainan Island will not change much. After all, rabbits

It’s not considered an alien species here, nor is it an invasive species. You don’t need to worry too much—rabbits breed in most places around the world, but they only really cause disasters a few times. They are too

It’s easy to deal with. At best, our behavior can only be regarded as using nature as a natural breeding ground, using the abundant vegetation on the current island to raise a source of meat that reproduces rapidly.”

After being explained like this by Chi Zhengjie, many people began to tend to accept his opinion - after all, everyone is a layman in this area, and Xiao Chi is an expert. If he said there is no problem, it should be no problem, right?

Later, Li Jiangdong asked him a question: How to ensure that these rabbits will eat weeds honestly after they multiply, instead of rushing into the fields in groups to harm the seedlings?

"This cannot be guaranteed."

Chi Zhengjie answered very bluntly:

"Rabbit behavior is difficult to control, and what they eat depends on their taste. However, we can provide farmers with a very simple, yet very effective protection measure..."

Chi Zhengjie took out something that looked a bit like a slingshot and showed it to everyone. This is a clip used to trap rabbits. The material is very ordinary, made of bamboo chips and cotton rope. The design is very clever, as long as there is an animal the size of a rabbit from it.

If you get through it, you will definitely be caught and unable to move.

"This is a rabbit trap, improved from the rat slingshot specially designed for hunting rats. It is simple to make, but the effect is very good. I believe those farmers will be happy to use this trap to fence their rice fields and endure some problems on the crops.

Loss - as long as they can often pick up a fat rabbit or two to take home as a snack."

It makes sense when you think about it - there are many factors that harm farmers' fields these days, especially for farmers who have migrated from the north. The losses caused by drought, locust plague and rat plague are definitely higher than the legendary rabbit plague.

Much more. If you can find rabbits in your rice fields, it may not be a bad thing for those farmers.

Afterwards, everyone consulted professional breeding farmers Zhang Maohua and Wu Youfu for their opinions. The couple did not understand the term "out-of-control population" and could not say whether Chi Zhengjie's suggestion was good or bad. But they confirmed that in the breeding farm itself,

I raise a lot of rabbits - rabbits breed very fast and have a lot of meat. They just consume a lot of fodder and like to dig holes all over the ground which is a bit troublesome. But as long as the cage is strong enough, they can actually be raised.

very good.

In the past few years, there have been several incidents of rabbits escaping through holes and escaping, and they have not heard of any disasters in the surrounding area. Therefore, Zhang and Wu were concerned about Chi Zhengjie's claim of "using Hainan Island as a natural breeding ground."
Chapter completed!