"In order to ta the cals, ancient humans thought of many thods and expended a lot of energy, finally discovering the technique of piercing their noses with a nose stick and using reins."
"The nose is the most sensitive organ on an animal, rich in nerves, especially for cals with a keen sense of sll; the nose is their weak spot, so leading them by the nose makes the cal mild and compliant."
"The wooden stick used in cals' noses, called a nose stick in Mongolian, is generally made from tough woods or antlers such as red bursting wood tips, red willow, yellow elm, or sheep horns. Even if these wood-made nose sticks break, they won't harm the cal's nose."
In the desert, Bi Fang held down the cal's sack, shifted his backpack upwards to block the line of sight, revealing the cal's jaw area simultaneously.
The cal snorted loudly, its large canine teeth visible on its lips, appearing extrely fierce.
[No wonder it could impersonate a tiger's teeth, they're so big]
[If it bites soone, won't it leave several blood holes? I'm kind of scared]
[Watching Old Fang reach out, it feels like seeing a crocodile open its mouth at the circus]
During the removal of the backpack, the cal showed so resistance, but Bi Fang firmly controlled it.
"Most herbivores cannot exert much force when fully lying on the ground, mainly due to their body structure."
"Bulky bodies coupled with long, thin limbs result in a high center of gravity, but they virtually have no muscles below their knees to provide sufficient strength, making it easy for us to hold them down."
Bi Fang ford a rope loop, carefully passing it through the cal's mouth, and tightened it to prevent the cal from biting people.
"In the desert, so seemingly trivial wounds, if not promptly treated, might develop into desert sores, with the injured area becoming painful and swollen, potentially worsening to the point of being unable to walk..."
"We must be careful to avoid sustaining any injuries."
[Impressive]
[This is what a man should do]
[Master Fang is my idol]
After Bi Fang had successfully fitted the nose ring, the first step was completed very smoothly.
Just as Bi Fang had described, the cal showed little reaction to having the nose ring, as if the extra piece of wood in its nose hardly made any difference.
Next ca the reins.
"In Mongolian, Benrenteg is the rein used for leading cals, one end fastened to the cal's nose stick, the other held by the herdsman."
"It plays an important role in cal gear, hence herdsn strictly avoid casually tossing aside or misplacing the reins, and when not in use, they are neatly hung on the west side of the yurt."
After fastening the reins, Bi Fang pulled a rope fabric package from his bag, opened it up, and it took the form of so kind of cage.
"What I hold in my hands is called Daomuge, essentially a muzzle for male cals, preventing them from biting other cals or burping. In many places, colorful fabric strips are sewn onto it to make the Daomuge more vibrant."
"When cals spit foam to show dominance, the colorful strips create a vivid contrast, making the male cal appear more imposing, forming a unique aesthetic taste."
With the nose ring, muzzle, and reins in place, all the tools for leading the cal were complete.
If a saddle were installed last, it would be fully ready for riding.
Tools may be superficial, but riding a cal ultimately relies on the cal's own training and temperant, and Bi Fang had rely completed a superficial project.
"Next would be towing and training while lying down, but it's getting dark now, so we should find a place to spend the night quickly or head back the way we ca. However, before that, I need to help it stand up."
Cals are not like elephants which, when they fall, cannot stand up at all; it just takes more effort.
But without being able to see, it dares not move, and removing its blindfold would drive it crazy, so Bi Fang had to help it stand and then lead its movents.
Bi Fang found another piece of cloth to replace his backpack, then used his tools to make a small shovel and began digging around the cal.
"Given that we are surrounded by sandy terrain, getting the cal to stand is relatively simple; just dig out the sand beneath it, and it will naturally stand up."
Clouds of sand were lifted and piled around, gradually changing the angle of the cal's body.
From lying completely flat to thirty degrees, forty degrees...
By the ti Bi Fang pulled the reins from a sixty-degree slope to help it up, the sky had completely darkened.
It had taken a whole day just to catch this cal.
A trace of coolness rose in the air.
"The temperature difference between day and night in the Sahara Desert can average 42℃, aning forty degrees during the day and possibly minus two degrees at night. I can already feel the chill, and I suspect the current temperature might be only eight or seven degrees and still dropping."
Night had just fallen, and the temperature had dropped so rapidly.
Many viewers found this quite incredible.
It was a "sharp" drop indeed.
"Many people think the reason for the large diurnal temperature range in deserts is because sand has a low specific heat capacity."
"During the day, the top layer of sand quickly absorbs light and heat and then releases it back into the air, overheating the air and causing the temperature to soar. At night, most of the heat in the sand quickly dissipates, thereby cooling the surrounding environnt."
"However, this phenonon alone doesn't fully explain why the temperature drops so sharply at night, or is just one of the reasons, but if you experience it yourself, you know the cooling is incredibly fast."
The blindfolded cal obediently followed the towing.
Bi Fang deliberately extended the reins to three ters to prevent the cal from suddenly lashing out.
"The main reason for the sharp change in desert temperatures is that desert air is very dry, with low rainfall and few clouds, unable to absorb the sun's heat radiation, so the dayti temperature in the desert is very high, like in Chile's Atacama Desert where the humidity is almost zero."
"The water vapor in the air acts like a huge, invisible blanket, wrapping the heat on the ground and preventing it from escaping into the atmosphere."
"Air with high humidity also requires more energy to heat up, which ans that heat dissipation and cooling of the surrounding environnt also takes more ti."
"This is the underlying reason why the diurnal temperature variation in the desert is so great."
"Furthermore, because the temperature drops too quickly, people often can't react in ti, leading to hypothermia. If no warming asures are taken, it could quickly beco life-threatening, which is why the cold in deserts, though not as severe as in high-latitude regions, remains deadly."
"If it were a normal crossing, I might choose to find a place to rest as soon as possible, but to avoid accidents and to ta the cal early, let's continue to travel through the night today."
Under the starry sky, Bi Fang led the blindfolded cal out of the desert.
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