Eight Below

Eight Below: the story of a group of huskies

Let me tell you a very touching story adapted from a real event.

Anyone who has ever owned a dog knows that huskies have these qualities.

The first is “stupid two”-look at its face and you will be happy. They look like the bad guys in the game machine.

The second is “greedy”-a neighbor of mine described his husky like this: “A ham sausage, Beijing will go with you.”

Finally, it is disobedient-Husky has a nickname “Give up”. If you walk the dog, once it runs away, you can’t expect it to come back on its own.

So, is the husky really such a useless dog except for committing two crimes?

I don’t think so at all now.

Recently, I watched a movie called “Antarctic Adventure” in Chinese, which tells the story of a scientific research team and a group of huskies in the frozen Antarctic.

This story has completely refreshed my knowledge of huskies, which is simply an upside-down subversion. It really completely subverts my knowledge of huskies.

After watching this movie, you will feel like me that huskies are neither unique nor stupid.

There is a scene in the story in which an astronomer falls into a hole in the ice. At that time, it was impossible for people to rescue him, because the ice was too thin and people were too heavy. Once they passed, they probably fell into the water.

It’s up to the huskies at this time.

Husky, the leader of the dogs, carefully crawled to the side of the ice hole with a noose in his mouth (pressure principle, the ice layer is not thick), put the noose around the neck and armpit of the drowning man, and then pulled him out with seven other dogs.

Husky, who can only make two mistakes, can work so well!

I made a special investigation to find out that huskies were originally a perfect working dog. Pulling sleds, reindeer and guarding are their daily work.

Although their IQ is not as good as that of many shepherds, and it is not comparable to that of border collies, who are intelligent and can count and unlock, they are also in the middle of all breeds, and they are not stupid dogs.

The reason why they “give up” is that they need a lot of exercise. This kind of animal can run for dozens of miles with a sled, and it can’t be full of energy!

The reason why huskies don’t listen is human’s fault-humans keep them at home for one day, and then only let them out for one hour a day, and they have to take the rope, which is a great torture for them. They can’t scatter their energy all over, so they can only be willful when you give up.

The cold tolerance of these guys is simply beyond human imagination.

In the movie, there is a scene where they are covered with snow when they sleep.

At that time, I felt incredible. The snow was so cold. Can I sleep with it covered? What’s more, the temperature in Antarctica at that time was about 40 degrees below zero. Supplement: Although I know that the temperature of the surface covered with snow can be kept at 0 degrees, it is far from unbearable, and the head will always be blown by the cold wind of MINUS 40 degrees.

I don’t know if you have ever experienced MINUS 40 degrees. I have experienced it once. You all know such things as splashing water and freezing ice, so I won’t talk about it.

At MINUS 40 degrees, the air will become very “textured”, as if it were solidified. Every breath you take has a feeling of “soft entrance and a throat”, and you can clearly feel where the inhaled air has reached your trachea.

Your hands and ears must not be exposed to the air, they will be frozen instantly.

Even if you wear a super-thick cotton-padded jacket, cotton hat and cotton shoes, it doesn’t matter much. You can’t stay outdoors for a moment. The cold wind blows on your face as much as pulling your face with a knife.

However, they can actually sleep in the snow nest at such a low temperature. I was shocked to see this lens. Won’t they be frozen in minutes?

Later, after consulting the information, I learned that huskies were originally Siberian species, and it is normal for them to tolerate the cold of 40 degrees in adulthood.

It turns out that the husky that we are used to is such a creature that can be naked in the Antarctic.

In the movie, they were accidentally left in Antarctica and lived for five months.

As we all know, Antarctica is a barren land with ice and snow and a cold climate, and the creatures left there are theoretically impossible to live.

However, when the hero went to look for them five months later, he found that there were eight dogs left behind and six survived.

Yes, they lived in Antarctica for five months.

When the hero left, he was afraid that they would get separated and tied them with iron chains. However, due to the climate, the hero was blocked by everyone and couldn’t go back. At that time, their owners were almost crazy because he was not sure whether the dogs could break free from the thick iron chains. If they didn’t, they would die of cold and hunger. Even if they did, it would be an extremely tragic fate to wait for them in the extreme conditions of Antarctica.

For the first five days, they waited silently in the same place, because at that time they thought their master would come back, so they almost starved to death in the same place.

Fortunately, in the extreme cold, iron became very brittle. Seven of the eight dogs broke free from the chain, only one dog failed to break free because of old age and weakness, and the other seven dogs escaped.

All seven dogs failed to survive, and there was another heartbreaking tragedy.

When they were resting in the snow mound, the aurora suddenly appeared. These dogs didn’t know what it was and began to shout. . It suddenly occurred to me that there were Shu dogs barking at the sun in ancient times, but now there are huskies barking at the aurora. . Sorry about the brain hole. .

Then one of the dogs, “Duke”, fell off the cliff and was seriously injured. Although his companion took good care of him, he died.

At that time, I saw them licking Dewey anxiously and caring, giving him food, but they could do nothing about his injury. .

This kind of scene is really cruel.

Thankfully, the other six dogs all survived.

There is a scene in which they have mastered the activity law of a group of birds that can’t fly high. Under the command of the leader “Maya”, they have repeatedly used the way of outflanking to catch birds to eat, which is extremely clever.

This is where other dogs put their prey down and the leader Maya distributes it.

It’s like a fight with wolves.

In the cold snowfield, they unite and cooperate with each other.

This is the scene where other huskies take the initiative to help Duke keep warm after he suffered internal injuries.

This is the shot that Maya was given after she was injured and other dogs preyed on her. At this time, other dogs knew that Maya had something to say to Max and put down her food and left automatically.

This is the time when Maya, who knew that she was seriously injured and unable to return to heaven, handed over the leader to Max.

This is a scene where a group of dogs unite to repel the huge money seal.

This is the scene of the reunion of man and dog. I burst into tears when I saw it here.

This movie is called “Antarctic Adventure”, with Douban score of 8.6, which is adapted from a true story. It is a very classic and touching movie, which is recommended to everyone. It is also a very good documentary for everyone to understand the other side of Husky.

There is a saying that “in front of lovers, everyone is naive and stupid”. When a person is always rational and serious in front of you, he probably doesn’t love you.

This sentence also applies to people and dogs.

When your huskies and you commit various crimes, it is actually because they love you and completely relax their vigilance in front of you.

But in fact, they are warriors who can conquer Antarctica.

They can conquer the existence of Antarctica.


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