Chapter 451 Prohibition of death
At this time, when everyone looked at the female bear again, there was a hint of admiration in their eyes.
Polar bears are actually very smart animals, otherwise this animal would not occupy the top of the food chain. On this planet, no animal that can stand at the top of the food chain, including humans, has a bad brain, otherwise this animal will definitely not become the top predator.
Although news of polar bears attacking humans every year around the world, most of the polar bears attacking humans happen in autumn and winter, and most of them are extremely hungry polar bears who do this. A full polar bear will not attack humans, and at some times, polar bears will get along with humans very happily.
Just like the female bear Binni mentioned just now. Although she didn't know why she ran to the small town to call for rescue, it is undeniable that her behavior won her respect from the residents of the small town, and the benefits she brought was that Binni could spend that winter peacefully.
Perhaps Binnie, like the five extremely hungry polar bears, did not replenish enough energy and fat throughout the summer due to the warming climate, and she was also facing the harsh status of starving to death in winter.
But in this situation, Binni chose another way. She did not attack humans with her companions, but helped humans. Although this practice seemed to be a kind of "bear traitor" in the eyes of the polar bear, no matter what, Binni was able to let the residents of Longyearbyen feed her because she saved Old Os and twelve children. In this way, she spent the harsh winter of that year, and safely spent the second winter, and successfully became a mother this year.
No one can say that Binni’s approach is wrong.
In the face of survival, there is nothing right or wrong!
Yang Jing and the others obviously understood this truth, but no matter what, Binni did save Old Os and her group, and she also spent two harsh winters safely, which shows that Binni’s approach is correct.
If Binni hadn't done this two years ago, she would have a great chance of not living that winter, and she would not have a cute baby bear this year.
"Wow, that baby bear is so cute and so cute! Sophia, otherwise you can adopt that baby bear too." Lisa next to Princess pulled Princess' arm and whispered, her tone full of envy and desire. Lisa is a medical staff member on the Blue Whale. She has gotten along very well with Princess these days. This time she was replenishing supplies at Longyle, and she also got off the boat for a trip.
Lisa's words are really true. Although the adult polar bears are not very good, especially the pair of small eyes that deduct points from polar bears, the little bear cubs, like most animals in the world, are cute and stupid.
It's like this little bear cub, not as tall as Old Os' knees, furry all over, and not that long neck. At first glance, it looks like a puppy. With its white hair and cuteness, it can definitely kill most women in seconds.
Anyway, Lisa couldn't help it anymore.
Princess smiled and patted her friend's shoulder, "This is not OK, this baby bear has a mother. And it has not been weaned yet. If we adopt it, who will feed it?" As she said that, Princess looked at Lisa's plump breasts and leaned into her ear to lower her voice and said, "Why don't you come and feed that baby bear?"
Lisa suddenly laughed, and the two women quickly started to tossing.
Yang Jing had no thoughts about the bear cub. After just listening to the story Mickey told, he felt a little emotional in his heart, so he sighed and said, "I remember there is a very famous saying in the North Pole - life and death in the North Pole are forever intertwined."
Mickey smiled and gestured to Yang Jing with a thumbs up, "Yes, this sentence is very famous here. Life and death are a very serious issue, so discussion of this topic is prohibited in Longyearbyen because in this city, whether it is life or death, it is listed as illegal. In other words, in this city, birth and death are forbidden."
"Ah? How is this possible? How can the city's government departments have the right to make such a decision? This is a power that only God can exercise." Lin Dan, who was standing by, obviously did not know the situation here and directly refuted.
Yang Jing and others who have never been to Longyearbyen also nodded. Just kidding, it is a bit too nonsense to have a city that actually prohibits birth and death.
This kind of thing is like the old Chinese saying, you care about the world, you can still care about others' shit and fart!
But, Mickey's answer is so incomprehensible. "Yes, here, in this city, birth and death are forbidden! This is the only city in the world that determines death as illegal. And this ban has been implemented for many years."
Yang Jing was also puzzled, "How is this possible? What if someone gets a terminal illness or is simply an emergency such as myocardial infarction, what should he do if he dies here?"
Mickey shrugged and said, "It's very simple. Here, unless it's sudden death, people with severe and terminal illness must be sent to a hospital in Norway for treatment or waiting for death. It's impossible to stay here. Because the hospital in the small town has only eight beds, which are only used for first aid. As for having a child, this is even simpler. Pregnant women will be sent out of this city one month before delivery, and the child will not be born here."
As he said that, Mickey pointed to the crowd walking on the street, "Did you see it? Most of the people living here are young and strong people, and it is rare for the elderly. Old Oss is only sixty years old this year, but he is already the oldest person in the small town. In Longyearbyen, you can't see the elderly, but there are only young and strong people here."
Yang Jing shook his head, "This is an infringement of human rights."
Mickey shrugged and said, "There is no way, we don't want to do this, but because the natural conditions of Longyearbyen determine that we must do this. The temperature here is too low, and it is all permafrost. After people die, they are buried in the ground, and the bodies will not rot for hundreds of years. Therefore, once the dead people carry famous viruses, these viruses will also be retained for hundreds of years or even longer. In 1918, the "Spanish flu" that was raging Europe at that time spread to Longyearbyen, and seven young miners were sleeping here. Eighty years later, in 1998, scientists extracted precious virus samples from the remains of the frozen soil."
After Mikey said this, the people around him showed a look of horror on their faces.
"So..." Mickey pointed to the cemetery that was vaguely visible on the hillside in the distance. "It was prohibited to bury the dead more than seventy years ago. In other words, even those who died suddenly would be transported back to Norway's land."
Everyone looked in the direction Mickey pointed, and dozens of white crosses could be vaguely seen on the hillside. Needless to say, there must be a public cemetery in the small town before.
At this time, everyone understood why there was such an inhuman law here. This was all for the living people here!
Everyone followed Mickey around the city for a while and then walked back. Mickey also wanted to take everyone to appreciate another world-famous place in Longyearbyen, which is the "Doomsday Seed Bank" nicknamed "Doomsday Bank".
This seed bank that bears the last hope of the whole world is located on the Svalbard Mountain opposite Svalbard Airport north of Longyr Port. It is obvious that a building can be seen far away.
"You have all watched the American disaster movie "2012" released in 2009? In that movie, in order to prevent the end of the world caused by a flood, humans and other species on the earth from extinction, humans built a huge square ship "Noah's Ark" to help humans and other creatures on the earth continue to survive on the day of the end of the world. In fact, the prototype of this story comes from "Hebrew Bible. Genesis". In the original story, humans spent 120 years to build the "Noah's Ark". With the protection of "Noah's Ark", humans escaped." Mikey asked while walking.
Yang Jing and the others nodded. The film was indeed a bit thrilling. The two most profound disaster movies in Yang Jing's memory are: this "2012" and the other is "The Day After". The former is the power of the sun, which gave the earth a major reshuffle. Although the latter is not as powerful as the former, because humans themselves have made the world warm, the entire northern hemisphere has entered the Ice Age.
Coincidentally, both films were written by Roland Emmerich, the same disaster film master.
"In fact, the idea of this seed bank is earlier than the movie "2012". The original idea of the seed bank was born in the International Convention on Plant Genetic Resources of Food and Agriculture in 2004. In June 2005, the Norwegian government formally proposed the "Noah's Ark World Seed Project", which was supported by the Food and Agriculture Agency of the United Nations. The Norwegian government is responsible for funding, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization's Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Italian International Biodiversity Academic Group. The Global Agricultural Diversity Trust helps manage seeds and be responsible for daily operations. The initial construction cost is about US$3 million, with annual operating costs of US$100,000 to US$200,000. The ground was officially broken in June 2006."
"In the end, the total construction cost of this seed bank exceeded 9 million US dollars, all of which were funded by the Norwegian government. The ownership belongs to the Norwegian government, but the ownership of the seeds stored in it belongs to the country where the seeds are stored. This is like a bank. Since the completion of this seed bank ten years ago on February 26, 2008, about 825,000 species of biological seeds from more than 200 countries and regions around the world, the storage capacity has exceeded 80 million."
Yang Jing sighed: "So amazing!"
"Yes, this seed bank is so powerful. In fact, most countries around the world have their own seed bank, and there are currently more than 1,400 seed bank in the world. But the reason why this is known as the "Earth Doomsday Seed Bank" is because this seed bank is the "absolute support" of more than 1,400 seed bank. This seed bank has a design storage capacity of up to three million seeds and can store up to one.5 billion different seeds."
Chapter completed!