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This place is not a pure scenic spot. We were taken there by a friend who studied there. Before we went, he told us that there were not many people who knew here, and if we were lucky, we could even see a cub lion.
I went there with curiosity, but I didn’t expect to be so disappointed. Because it’s an “animal market”, I ask ahead of time if there are cruel scenes-after all, an animal trading market is nothing like a zoo or pet market.
My friend said no, so I followed with me with confidence. Actually, I didn’t take too many photos. When I came back, I saw a few, but all my memories came to life.
Egypt is located in Africa, and many people’s yearning for Africa stems from the animal world on the grassland, which is also the motivation for some tourists to go to Africa-to see the real wild animals with their own eyes.
It’s really attractive to see so many native animals in downtown Egypt without going to the savannah. In addition, my friends have repeatedly stressed that “only people who live locally know this place”, so I am naturally moved, who has always preferred niche scenic spots.
As soon as I arrived nearby, I realized that I had been in this area before-the last time I changed to the Cave Church, there was Garbage City nearby, and Saladin Castle was not far away.
The animal market is near the local minibus stop, and even though it is afternoon, there are still many people coming and going.
Before I walked into the market, I saw someone coming out with a few parrots in my arms. Thinking that these birds should be kept as pets, at least for the rest of their lives.
This is probably the local people’s pet trading market. Within a few steps, I saw all kinds of iron cages containing all kinds of animals: snapping turtles, ostriches, monkeys…
They stay numb in their cages, listless. In the outdoor heat of nearly forty degrees, silently waiting to be selected.
Some merchants put peacocks on the top of the cage, condescending. People need to look up to see the whole picture of it, but they have no way of knowing what it is thinking.
Perhaps animals don’t have human thoughts, can’t foresee or think.
Nature gave them beautiful appearance, originally for reproduction, but this beauty also attracted human beings and became the reason why they were displayed.
There are also some animals that have been made into specimens. When the merchant saw someone taking a photo, he hurriedly stopped it.
These animals may not be protected species locally-after all, this is Africa, with too many natural resources and too many wildlife.
My friend asked the merchant to hand me a four-legged snake. Suddenly there was this little guy on the back of my hand, but I didn’t expect it to be more nervous than me. Its unattractive or even slightly fierce appearance can’t hide his inner fear.
It turns out that little lizards are also afraid of people.
A few years ago, in the sewer of a small town in Malaysia, I saw a Komodo lizard bigger than a sheep. At that time, I thought it was cute when I saw its slow movements. Later, I learned that this guy could eat people.
Man is always easily deceived by appearance, thinking that it is its nature. Thin monkeys will also grab food, but here, it is the one who is locked in a cage.
Plastic baskets everywhere on the ground contain chickens dyed in bright colors-this is a means for merchants to attract customers, but it is a loss of life for chickens.
However, it has also been said that there are too many such chickens in the farm, and some male chickens will be crushed for feed as soon as they are born.
They’ve never even seen a sunrise.
It’s the afternoon market, and many cages are empty. A merchant took out a puppy and seemed to be cutting its nails. Every time the puppy barks, it gets hit.
Kittens, months or years old, are kept in cages, as well as kittens deliberately placed on the top of the cage and sleeping, are as striking as the landscape in an oil painting.
The high temperature of nearly 40 degrees makes people sweat profusely-that’s because people have choices, so they will be emotional about the high temperature.
Subjective initiative makes a huge difference. We have a wide range of choices, but it is instinctive for these little animals to bear it.
Natural selection, which is the selection of countless lives in repeated elimination, is the adaptation made by genes for reproduction.
We live, which seems to be an active choice, but birth can’t be chosen, and death can’t be predicted. Only life and death are the fairest-no matter rich or poor, race or name, everyone is the one thrown into the sea of people by fate and may be taken back at any time.
I have spent countless nights gazing at the vast universe, which is where I know I will go. The boundless darkness is more like the merchants in the universe trapping us, waiting to be selected by the customers of time. If you can be taken away by someone with a heart, it will be a stable and smooth life.
How grand is life and death, but it is a topic that can be ended with a few tears. Before I went to Egypt, I didn’t understand why the locals made mummies; After going to Egypt, I still don’t understand.
At the Mummy Museum in Luxor, the hair stands upright as soon as you enter the door-it turns out that the temperature and humidity indoors need to be strictly controlled in order to keep these remains longer.
But life is only a hundred years old, and the self-thought master is often subject to external objects. Once you lose your life, all your wealth, fame and fortune, and even your family and friends become redundant.
Small animals don’t know spring and autumn, they only live in the present. I don’t know how it feels for them at the moment.
It’s not the scenic spots or local customs that roll over, but my own mentality.
