Chapter 116: The Man-Biting Grass

  Everyone was walking anxiously, at this time, Wenqiu's guide suddenly stopped moving. Constantly using the front paws to scratch his own nose, as if it were itching.

  Wen Qiu lowered her head and took a look, and was suddenly frightened. She saw that her dog's nose had swollen into a big lump because it kept scratching itself, its nose bleeding from the scratches.

  "Wait a minute, help me take a look at Xunxue, was it bitten by a poisonous spider?" Wen Qiu's voice was somewhat urgent, in the past two hours he had heard about venomous snakes and spiders here, seeing his dog become like this, he suddenly panicked, thinking it was poisoned.

  Everyone stopped and turned around to look. All they saw was the bloodhound's nose, which was disproportionately large, its surface already smeared with blood, yet it continued to sniff with its paws.

  Li Lao Tou squatted down to take a look, then looked back and saw that there was a plant that had just passed by. It was hard to notice when walking forward, but it was clear at a glance when looking back.

  The plant stem is 60 cm tall, with erect hairs and curved soft hairs. Leaves are opposite: leaf blades are ovate or nearly pentagonal, 5 cm long and wide, apex tapering to a point, base rounded or shallowly cordate, palmately shallowly lobed, lobes triangular, with irregular teeth, lower surface with soft hairs, along veins with erect hairs.

  He discovered this plant, and Old Li immediately knew what was going on. The big dog must have gone to sniff it out.

  That plant accidentally touched his nose and caused skin poisoning. It was a bite person grass, this is the rural called, specifically what Li Lao Tou also do not know.

  "Has your big dog been running around again?" Old Man Li was somewhat reproachful, he had reminded him three or four times already to take good care of his own big dog and not let it run wild.

  "No! Just now it was right next to me, no more than five meters away. What's going on?" Wen Qiu asked.

  "It's poisoning, but it wasn't a spider bite. It should be that he touched the touch-me-not grass." Old Man Li said.

  "What the heck is 'Man-eating Grass'? Is it a plant that bites people?" Not only was Wen Qiu stunned, but Miao Huo and others also felt curious. They had heard of the mysterious "Man-eating Flower" before, so what's this about grass that bites people?

  "That's what they call it in the countryside, I think it's specifically called 'qián má'?" Chu Jiaqiang looked at Professor Wen, after all, he was the expert when it came to these professional names.

  "Oh! So it's stinging nettle after all! No wonder! I almost forgot that it's also called "biting grass". Hehe! The stinging hairs on the stem and leaves are toxic, and humans as well as pigs, sheep, cattle, horses, birds, mice, etc. will feel intense pain like a bee sting once they come into contact with it."

  Its toxicity causes irritating dermatitis immediately after skin contact, such as itching, severe burns and swelling. "This stuff is so toxic that even a mouse would run away from it, your dog is really unlucky this time." Professor Wen said with a suppressed smile.

  The Chu family's dog is really unlucky, it always gets hurt. The weed that bites people won't kill you, but if you touch it, your skin will itch unbearably and feel a burning pain, which is quite uncomfortable.

  "What's going to happen?" Wen Qiu asked anxiously, because at this time her own dog Anfu couldn't be comforted, desperately scratching its nose, and would eventually scratch its own nose off.

  "I only know how to deal with it if a person touches it, but I don't know about dogs. If the touch is light, the discomfort will disappear on its own after a few minutes; if it's severe, apply heat to the affected area by holding it over an open flame and making stretching movements, or wash the affected area with warm water, which can relieve the pain in about half an hour." Professor Wen shook his head.

  Mr. Li, however, opened his own package and pulled out a packet of something, which turned out to be a greenish medicinal powder. He poured some onto Xunxue's nose, and Xunxue immediately calmed down, the powder seeming quite effective.

  "Haha! This is a kind of grass I found, specifically for dealing with this biting insect"

  Grass also grows in this land." There were several kinds of medicinal powder visible in Lao Li's bundle, showing that he was not unprepared.

  "All things are interdependent and mutually restrictive. Many things aren't incurable, it's just that humans haven't found their antidotes yet." Chu Jiaqiang said.

  Everyone left immediately without staying. At this time, the dog owners all kept a close eye on their dogs, otherwise they would suffer the same fate as the poor dog that had entered Wenqiu's place.

  "Don't mess with that big spider, it's poisonous. I've seen it eat small birds and it's very fierce." Old Li pointed to a spider web not far away, where a large spider was perched.

  "My goodness! Such a huge spider, not to mention its toxicity, just its appearance would scare many people away." Miao Huo's scalp was numb with fear, and the others were no better off. Now they finally understood the old village chief's seriousness and concern when he bid them farewell.

  "Redback spider! No wonder, this venom is indeed not to be trifled with, the world's redback spider is the most toxic in our country."

  Professor Wen also reminded.

  The bird spider originally lived in the deep mountains and forests of the south 1 because it relied on catching birds for food

  The venom of the bird spider has therapeutic effects on diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy. Therefore, it is in high demand.

  In recent years, people have begun to artificially breed bird spiders.

  After walking for a while, Lao Li surprisingly led everyone to bypass the front and continue on their way.

  "This spider is what we mentioned earlier, its bite can cause ulcers on human wounds, fortunately they never attack proactively." said Old Man Li.

  At this time, Professor Wen stopped in his tracks, and Xu Hao exclaimed: "It's a recluse spider! There is actually a recluse spider in the country. This spider is one of the world's top ten poisonous spiders, along with the bird-eating spider we saw earlier. But it has never appeared in the country before." Professor Wen shook his head: "It looks like a recluse spider, but it's not a recluse spider. A recluse spider has a black violin-shaped pattern on the front half of its body, and there is a distinct groove on the middle line of its back that forms the 'neck' of the violin shape. The six eyes are arranged in two rows. But look closely, that's not a violin shape, and the grooves on its back are not exactly the same either. This should be another unknown species of spider. You record it, and we'll study it when we get back."

  The two disciples began to approach recklessly, giving the spider some close-ups, still in high spirits

  Very high.

  "It's okay, after passing that bend ahead, it's much safer. Normally when I walk this road myself, I'm not so careful." said Old Man Li.

  After passing through the thrilling slope, the eerie cries gradually subsided. Everyone stopped and looked at each other's appearances, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Only saw that each of the Chu family, including several dogs, were covered in beggar's lice and cocklebur. Beggar's lice and cocklebur are rural terms for two types of plant seeds that stick to your body when you walk by, allowing them to spread their seeds, really annoying things that make people look like porcupines.

  "Everyone sit down and pick off the thistles and burrs! Every time we pass by here, we always end up covered in prickles." Old Man Li's clothes were the worst off, because he had been leading the way just now, and even his hair was full of them.