Why would Chen Wen engage in such a seemingly suicidal act?
It's not that he's looking for death, nor that he's lost his mind.
It's because Chen Wen didn't recognize the sound of the Western diamondback rattlesnake at all.
There aren't many videos about the sound of the Western diamondback rattlesnake online, and the ones he found all had clickbait titles using audio memes.
The few genuine videos are old programs by educational channels.
The sound was distorted and quite different from the real-life sounds.
Moreover, Chen Wen had been bothered for a long time by the yellow-crested woodpecker, making his head buzz and his hearing decline.
Now it was dusk, and animals in the desert had come out to roam; many birds were flying near this bare rock area.
Under the influence of these factors, Chen Wen could not immediately identify the sound.
As the stick poked into the hole, the cicada-like noise grew stronger.
