Richard's ability was full of his mouth, and he was still talking nonsense, but he didn't know that the crisis had arrived - the owl's claws were very sharp, and once caught and taken away, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.

Zhang Zi'an swung his hiking pole and originally wanted to scare the owl away, but he hit the owl hard. It might be because it treated him as a stone but was not prepared for it, but it pulled it straight from the air to the ground.

Before it could turn over and take off again, Fina ran over quickly and pressed her claws on it.

"Who is the monster that dares to assassinate me?" Richard then realized that although it was scared, it was still not idle in its mouth.

It was actually quite lucky that Zhang Zi'an could draw it, because the owl was not good at speed when flying, but was silent. Before the prey could react, he had already approached quietly. If the cats had not heard the extremely slight movement and reacted, he would have not noticed its arrival.

He put on gloves to prevent it from scratching, then squatted down and picked it up from under Fina's claws to observe carefully, and found that it was an endangered spotted owl.

This owl only lives in forests on the west coast of North America and is being severely threatened by human activities, wildfires and invasion of alien species. Its population is declining. The United States has even introduced a severe Northwest Forest Act for it, which has greatly curbed deforestation in northern California and Oregon.

As its name suggests, its white feathers are distributed with regular brown spots, especially around the eyes, which form circles of annual rings, surrounding both eyes. When they are motionless, they look like an overly obese quail.

But it is a bit strange. This kind of owl usually moves at night. It is daytime now. Although it is foggy, it is still daytime. Why did this owl attack Richard?

"Gaga! You idiot hold it down for me. I want to give it some color to show it to a warning!" Richard shouted with a vicious look.

The spotted owl twisted helplessly, grunting from his mouth, which was curved like a hook.

"It was injured." After inspection, Zhang Zi'an found that a piece of feather on the inside of its wings was burnt black and had a slight scent. After rubbing it with his fingers, he could rub out many small black particles, which were carbonized proteins.

"Gaga! It seems that this guy was also struck by lightning, so he came to attack me dizzily. As a result, my master's domineering aura as the king of thousands of birds was slightly exposed, and he scared him to the ground..."

Richard kept chattering, but in order to hide his shock, he saw that the owl's claws were as sharp as steel hooks. If he had been successfully attacked just now, his bird's life would probably have to read the file and start over again...

"Nonsense! How could an owl be struck by lightning?" he retorted.

"Why is it impossible? For example, it is sitting on a branch and shitting, and suddenly a flash of lightning hits the tree, making it so electric that it is incontinent. It's exciting to think about it!"

"Haha, you birds have something to say, "It's like you have a 'ban' and you're not going to miss it..." He was too lazy to continue talking nonsense with it, "How could it be that the inside of your wings are charred black?"

Richard couldn't answer, but he didn't want to give up. He could only talk about the left and right and tried to change the topic, "Then why do you say? Didn't it hold the candle when playing with wax?"

Zhang Zi'an: "...I will seal your bird's beak with wax one day!"

After talking a few words, the other elves were also curious about why the owl was injured under its wings, so he speculated: "First of all, this is not a burn, but was indeed shocked by electric shock. The voltage is very high, but it cannot reach the level of lightning. So I think it was not struck by lightning, but accidentally hit the power grid and burned by high voltage electricity."

"Power Grid?" the elf was surprised.

Zhang Zi'an nodded. He estimated that the owl might have dived from the air to prey when hunting in the fog, but the moment it passed through the power grid, it was hit by the power grid discharge. It might have touched the power grid inside its wings, and it might not have touched it substantially, but it was just gently rubbed, and even a short distance away. However, due to the excessive humidity of the air, even if there is no direct contact, an electric spark was generated between its wings and the power grid.

Although the owl burned by the electric sparks did not die immediately, it was obvious that the flight sensitivity had been affected, otherwise it would be unlikely that he would be swung down with a stick.

The importance of wings to birds is unquestionable. If the wing is injured, the hunting efficiency will be severely reduced, and the brain and nerves may also be affected, so it will attack Richard during the day.

"How come there is a power grid in the forest?" the elves asked in confusion.

"The power grid is the most likely option, otherwise I can't imagine anything that can reach it. If it is a wire, the wire is usually wrapped in insulated rubber, so you won't be injured if you touch it. As for the power grid... Although this is a national park, there are still a few areas that are private territory. The owner has the right to set up a power grid on the private territory, which is different from the situation in China." He explained.

Even in the national forest park, the owners of private territories still have a high degree of autonomy and even have the right to log wood, but there are size restrictions. Small trees can be cut at will. If trees exceeding a certain size, they must apply for cutting. Redwoods must not be cut. Of course, there is no problem if they want to build a power grid.

However, ordinary people will not build power grids in private territory, and may injure neighbors or their own children and pets. Those who do this must be to hide some secrets.

As for the secret... he and the elves thought of the venison slaughterhouse, or Li Pitt's secret base.

In any case, this injured owl is quite unlucky. Since it has been encountered, it always has to give it some food and not leave it alone, because there are only three or four thousand of these owls left in the wild, and one less dies. After all, prey as stupid as Richard is rare.

Instead of putting down his backpack, he took out a bag of jerky from the bag on Feimas's back, tore it apart, soaked it a little softened with water, and tried to feed it.

The spotted owl was probably hungry, and she stretched out her mouth and pecked her without hesitation, swallowing the dried meat voraciously.

He fed it a few more pieces, and it accepted it with a smile, and refused everyone, and soon ate up a bag of jerky.

"Good, can you really eat it. Is this guy a pig?" Richard contemptuously, "and there is not even the demeanor of eating."

"Be careful, I'm going to put it away," he said.

"Ga?" Richard was so scared that he quickly flew to Lao Cha and said, "Old Master Cha, we guys usually have a good relationship?"

Lao Cha advised: "Save people and save them to the end, and send them to the west. Since this owl hits us, it should be a fate with us. If he lets go like this, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to hold on, so he might as well take it with him with him."
Chapter completed!