In mid-June 2004, when I received a “National Geographic” magazine’s about, go to the Amazon rainforest in jordan shoe Brazil, I was excited mind. Even though I had set foot in the South American continent several times, but never in-depth rainforest hinterland, I can not help for the lifetime opportunity to have such an adventure inspired by.
June 12, I took my weighing over 50 kilograms of equipment, came to the Amazon River city of Manaus, where cheap jordan shoes will be my first stop into the rainforest. Prior to departure, the night in this tropical city has a rich, a small bar, I met the famous, he is a world-class entomologist. In that I will be armed with rainforest hinterland, he eloquently said: “Young man, I advise you not to enter the rain forest in this season, as a stranger with no experience, even if you escaped the tropical diseases, Jaguar and the anaconda (a South American tropical python) attacks, you have to beware of the Amazon rainforest ‘three fierce’ – marching ants, poisonous spiders and vampire bats, and this season is the season of their activities. ”
But Edmund could not convince me, and I magazine about earlier, I have to keep their word. However, Edmund’s advice Daoshi caught my attention. The next day, I went to the local guide associations, selected a native Indian Norma as my guide in this adventure.
Norma was a able-bodied young man, from him, it seems you can smell the rain forest, unique atmosphere, there is no doubt that he has a wealth of rainforest life experience. Norma carefully into the rain forest for my doing the preparatory work before: a double-barrel shotguns, bottles of highly efficient insect repellent, anti snake boots, dry food, flashlight, first-aid medicine.
After everything is ready, we rented an off-road Jeep Manaus. Norma is not only a good guide, but also drive this way, we both take turns driving a Mitsubishi Jeep Zheliang to the deep rainforest embarked.
With a more rugged, all kinds of plants and animals began to be filed, many places have nowhere to go, we often jordan shoes have to cut down the green vines intertwined and some of the same, like a snake creeping plants, as a way to move forward road. Rainforest unusually wet, Ki extremely hot, and our wet clothes quickly and began to quickly mildew. However, these tasks can not shake my determination. I always was to open up a jeep parked in a small way to those Indians, and then, and Norma adventure carrying equipment and photographic equipment overcoming all obstacles, in-depth rainforest deep. Although we experienced a few tests, but most of near misses.
However, as we enter the third day of the rainforest, Norma feel the atmosphere that something was amiss, from time to time a large group of birds shrill hoot, and flew across the river to the Amazon, there are a large number of beasts stumbled in the same direction ran. Even more surprising is that those who usually irreconcilable enemies who are too busy to think at the moment, who actually fled in the same direction together. Norma first heard with the ear to the ground listening, and then climbed a tree, overlooking the direction of the flock flew.
When Norma down from the trees, I saw him look panic, knowing there must be some kind of danger is approaching. Always distress when they are calm, Linweibuju’s actually somewhat incoherent Norma: “marching ants marching ants … yes … they are close to being here … … we need to quickly evacuate!”
Marching ants? ! I am reminded of a few days ago, when Manaus warning, but I still do not believe that those little insects can destroy four-wheeled jeep and two legs, a big living. “Boy, do not worry, these little guys can move per minute for 2-3 feet, and so they come after us too late to retreat.” I said casually against Norma.
But my consolation is clearly unable to dispel the fear of Norma. He looked sternly said: “marching ants are always sent in groups, each group there are at least 20 million ants, they are through the forest, went through the Department did not leave any survive. They kill the frogs, snakes eat lizards, birds chew , leaving only a pile of ghastly bones of the dead, they are even just a few minutes to eat a cow, no one can stop them. When I was a kid, a large group of marching ants had attacked the village where I live, they also take away no time to escape in an old people’s life … … “Norma said, also lying on the ground to listen a moment, continued:” I would speculate that these massive marching ants, the entire contingent of three kilometers wide, about 67 km, we have to quickly evacuate to a safe zone, or else too late. ”
By Norma so that I can not help being nervous. Norma also climb a tree, on the direction of overlooking the colony, but also looked to the four weeks to find the direction of escape. Next, we have all the equipment loaded on the train, Norma started the engine.
Fled into the last refuge
Norma’s plan is to try to avoid ant marching route. Originally, a car’s speed to escape attacks by the scope of ant colony is not difficult, however, days of unpredictable things can happen in a jeep accidentally fall into the bend due to operation of the roadside ditch, I just think that the present one Black, we know nothing … …
When I regained consciousness, I found myself one of her legs had been broke. I have heard in the distance came the sound waves of rustling, I’m not sure what it sounds. I opened my eyes, I saw my body upside down in the car seat, Manlianshixue’s Norma is laborious to find something. He saw that I woke up, and quickly said: “Thank God, you finally wake up, and you are stuck, and I have to find a lighter, put your seat belt blew, army ants have been approaching, and you must hurry to escape.”
Finally, Norma in my pockets to find a lighter, he stuck firmly to my belt blew, and then said to me: “You are stronger than me, you can only cut off a leg, you can escape, two broken legs, I can only stay here. Do you find a broken leg tied to a tree branch will be tied up and then it has a branch for a walking stick quickly escape bar! ”
“No, I have to rescue you go … …” My words have not yet finished, Norma decisive wave of his hand: “You go quickly, those damn the devil has come, or we can both die.” Positive said, the previous rustle more than ever, the vanguard of ants marching in my field of vision has emerged, there are already several large brown ants climb up my arm, they use it like jagged teeth cutting me of the flesh, I will be that two ants mercilessly shot dead.
More ants inundate flooded up, Norma shouted themselves hoarse shouted: “You must hurry to escape it, in front of a U.S. expedition huts left behind, to bring pesticides and lighter, maybe you can hide there had completely unharmed. ”
I struggled to stand up, find a stick when walking, step by step away from the jeep. I saw these brown “death Terminator” is toward the car, toward the Norma … …
Forgive me, Norma! I can not save you, and I could not bear the Norma in front of me turned into a pile of bones. I have a cane in front of North Korea desperately ran, and indeed see that the front there is a small wooden house. I went through a bush, pulled into his cabin, and quickly shut the door.
The rumble, I started looking around everything inside the cabin. This is an expedition left the previous house, the house is only two beds, a wooden table, a few pieces of furniture, a diesel generator. It is unexpected is that the corner of the room there is a huge freezer, but had to stop the use of freezers, freezer bread, meat already smelly mildewed.
The house will be my resistance to these “brown devil” the last bastion, I will here and they become accustomed. I Fanxiangdaogui, and finally found a roll of adhesive tape, I used the self-adhesive tape will be as I can see all the doors and windows and sealing cracks in walls, and then I will put middle of the room a table will be a few bottles Pesticides and small half a bucket of diesel fuel on the table. I climbed the table and shouted hysterically: “nasty guy, you have come.”
Battle of life and death of small house
Soon I heard rang out around the house such as the rustle of the wind hit, it began to rustle only in the ground, then spread to the roof, I know, I have been surrounded by marching ants. I prayed that they would not enter inside the house, but soon, I saw a few ants from one whom I neglected to drill in. Qiang Feng, following that, there are more ants from other cracks in the attack success.
I had to use my second set of self-defense program. I opened the lid of pesticides, we face these desperadoes, in the emission of gas with a lighter at the same time I lit them, I use this simple flamethrower towards those who poured into the ant spray to go, I hear ants have been burnt to the “hissing” sound, I am happily exclaimed: “go die! go die! you have these little bastard!”
However, these insects the world’s largest army and most do not fear death. They fought more and more ants, stepping on the bodies of companion, continuously from those where the gap seems to becoming larger and larger influx. Seeing I have are bottles of pesticides had been used up, and I am increasingly of the Zhaojiabuzhu.
Ants have begun to appear on the floor, they climb the cupboard, climbed the wall, began to adhere to my position the last one – into a table. When I run out of the last bottle of pesticide, these damn little Satan has already climbed the legs … …
More and more ants inside the house, I heard that they bite an object by the sound of the composition of the horrors of the chorus. It is really like a nightmare, I seem to see a pile of bones that have been turned into the Norma, God, ah, help me!
Suddenly, my eyes took note of the wall of the large freezer, I know that the freezer with bread and meat, may be to go after those who ant to climb down, indicating the invincible “death force” can not enter inside the freezer, the freezer is like the same as a natural shelter to prevent the ants attack.
This is the sudden appearance of a desperate life-saving straw. I am eyeballing a bit of distance from the table to the freezer, and then fell to the ground and burning diesel fuel out of a way to survive, will freezer burn before the ants. I used Natiao sound legs forced open the freezer door, and then use crutches pluggin the ground, jumped into the freezer, close the door, I will flesh inside the freezer and bread thrown to the ant heap to go immediately, those greedy The marching ants swarm.
After the cabinet door, I entered a dark world, I curled up in the freezer, the brown ghost who does not pray with the ring from the freezer to the drilling.
I do not know the air inside the freezer how long it would let me insist, but I have to stay long enough time, I remember have said, marching ants will not stay in one place, but the whole team has to go through a certain place, at least get one or two hours.
In this small enclosed space, I waited, I did not hear any noise outside, but also see a little light, I used estimates of the inner sense of time. Fortunately, the freezer is not completely cut off with the outside world, there are still traces of fresh air can penetrate. But increasingly, the air inside the freezer, or up to become dirty. My breathing becomes more difficult, I feel that time may be just about enough, so he cautiously opened a seam.
Very quiet room, those horrible little creatures with whom I throw out carrion and mold bread disappeared without a trace. I opened the door of the room, walking out, rushing toward the sun, blue sky, under no longer see an ant, surrounded by a catastrophe left behind so badly, all the leaves of trees, shrubs, have all been destroyed on the ground still remains a number of small animals, dense bones. “Brown death,” abducted they can take away all life. Only I survived.