The Top Fishing
Chapter 569 - 249: Rainforest Scenery_3

Chapter 569: Chapter 249: Rainforest Scenery_3

As he was discussing with his live-streaming audience why the parrot was behaving so unusually, the answer was soon revealed.

The parrot’s belly feathers slowly tightened, revealing a foot underneath.

Unlike typical parrots that stand on two feet, this one was standing on only one foot, while the position of the other foot was just a half bald leg.

Just a minute ago, what the audience had praised as a beautiful treasure turned out to be a parrot missing its left foot.

Noticing this, Lin Yang quickly adjusted the camera to focus on the parrot’s foot,"We’ve solved the mystery: this parrot has a disability. Look at its foot."

While giving a close-up, he turned to ask Guide Tata Luo, "In the local tribes, does anyone specifically hunt these parrots? This one obviously has an old injury."

Sun Zheng relayed his words exactly to Tata Luo, who quickly explained, and the gist of it was quite simple.

"In the rainforest, parrots are very common birds. Although there are national protection measures, in many remote tribes where even eating is a problem, they don’t consider animal protection much."

"The adult hunters in the tribe mostly don’t hunt these birds that don’t have much meat, but the tribe’s older children use blow darts, short bows, traps, and even slingshots to hunt birds. The situation where such a large parrot is missing a foot could very likely be due to hunting by the tribe’s children."

Hearing Sun Zheng’s full translation, Lin Yang summarized for his online audience, "Alright, mystery solved. It’s just as everyone suspected, most likely caused by hunting.

Local customs and folkways are like this, and we can’t change anything, so let’s not dwell on it too much. Just focus on doing our own thing."

"Oh, the poor big parrot, I’ll leave some food for it!" Yue’er, feeling a bit down after hearing this, rummaged through her baggage and found several packs of plain roasted peanuts. She tore open the packaging and carefully placed it where the parrot on the riverbank could see it.

The initially tense parrot, upon seeing humans feeding it, gradually stabilized from its nervous, ready-to-flee expression, and focused its tiny eyes on the nuts on the ground.

As Lin Yang and the others’ boats moved away, the parrot looked around, assured there was no danger, and soon flew next to the food, eagerly feasting on it.

The boats continued to move forward, and without realizing it, over an hour had passed since the start of the broadcast.

Most of the earlier part of the live stream focused on various fish species, and Lin Yang mostly ignored the scenery on both banks.

Now, shifting attention to rainforest sightseeing, he discovered many details he had previously overlooked.

The rainforest was very interesting. The live stream viewers, much like Lin Yang, faced various exotic plants and animals with great novelty.

About three hours into the boat ride, the previously wide river began to narrow gradually, and the surrounding environment and trees subtly changed.

The responsible guide roughly confirmed the direction, and the boat chose a tributary to continue forward.

After about another half hour, the winding channel turned a bend, and suddenly, the view opened up, revealing a valley hidden within the dense forest ahead.

"Okay, we’ve reached our destination. This is the valley the guide told us about for viewing capybaras and monkeys! Look, everyone, over there, that’s a man-made simple fence!"

The camera, following Lin Yang’s direction, quickly took a long shot.

Sure enough, a small patch of fence made from various woods appeared near the light-colored sandy beach on the east bank of the valley.

The two boats continued to advance, and quickly entered this remarkably simple dock. After a three-and-a-half-hour journey, everyone finally set foot on solid ground again from the boat.

Having reached the destination, they just awaited the legendary monkeys.

Sun Zheng introduced everyone, "This temporary dock was built by locals especially for tourists. This is the best vantage point in the entire valley. During the scorching mid-afternoon, numerous birds and monkeys and other animals come to the valley to drink water, and then we can enjoy the view."

Although Lin Yang had become adapted to traveling by boat over the past few days, setting foot on land was still more comforting than sitting in a boat.

He and Yue’er disembarked, scanning the surroundings.

"Brother Yang, when are we going to eat? I’m getting a bit hungry after sitting on the boat all morning," Yue’er said, rubbing her stomach.

Lin Yang glanced at the time; it was already past 11, and his own stomach grumbled reluctantly.

"After a morning’s journey, let’s prepare some food to eat, fill our bellies, then enjoy the scenery here," Lin Yang said to Sun Zheng who was accompanying them.

Sun Zheng gave an ’okay’ sign, indicating no problem.

Soon, Tata Luo and the other locals busied themselves.

Cooking was more akin to camping. The two boats, not only carrying numerous guards, but also a substantial amount of various imported cooked vacuum-packed food, beer, drinks, biscuits, and dried fruits, were richly stocked.

Tata Luo directed his men to lay out moisture-proof mats on the ground, set up the vacuum-sealed foods, build a fire on a frame, and in a short time by the water, caught a large black fish, cleaned it swiftly, and prepared a hearty fish soup in no time like a magician.