Simmons looked at 76 and 77, and couldn't help asking another question: "Do you know what the two snakes are doing when they are entangled together?"

"I know." The two snakes looked calm, "The stars told us that they are mating."

The two snakes looked at Simmons, wondering: "Aren't we right?"

They asked Simmons, still a bit puzzled by his previous answer: "They mate with their tails intertwined in spring, why not when it's hot in summer?"

Human beings will inevitably be more tactful when they talk about this kind of thing. Simmons originally wanted to answer them with the same answer as before, but before he opened his mouth, he quickly remembered that they were only limited by the environment they were in before, soThere are limitations in some cognition, but it does not mean that they are really the same as young children who have just started babbling in human society.

They are now adults.

Simmons squatted down: "You know that their tails are intertwined for mating/mating, so do you know why mating/mating is?"

"It's for reproduction." The two snakes didn't think about it.

Simmons thought for a while and told them: "In the sense of population, it is true that mating is for reproduction."

"But it's not just that."

Simmons thought about it seriously, and considered his tone: "For animals, one female and one male pairing can produce offspring, but it's not just a random female who will mate with another male."

"They will inspect each other from different aspects, such as appearance, nest building, hunting ability..."

Simmons listed them one by one: "In a sense, this can also be attributed to the simplest liking."

76 and 77 are somewhat unclear, so the meanings of mating/mating between Simmons and Xingxing are completely different. They looked at Simmons seriously and compared the similarities and differences between the two.

"Why do you mate/mate because you like it?" 77 was puzzled.

"Because I like its beautiful feathers, melodious singing, exquisite nest, and powerful hunting ability...so I choose the other party as the object of reproduction." Simmons asked, "Why can't it be like it?"

76 and 77 thought about what Simmons said, and after thinking for a while, 77 asked Simmons: "So I want to have sex with 76 because I like his appearance?"

"It's not just that." Simmons denied 77's claims.

"Because I like 76, I like 76's appearance."

Simmons has determined during this period of observation that the experimental subjects did not receive love from their caregivers in their infancy.

When their ability to learn and imitate was at its strongest, they did not receive appropriate feedback, so the current experimental subjects did not know how to respond to the love they received.Even a little at a loss for the kindness and love from others.

Simmons can't guarantee that his ideas are correct, but he thinks he can at least guide them out of the shadow of their caregivers.

"In a sense, we are similar to these animals, but not quite the same," Simmons said.

He did not mention some common examples of "marriage" and "formal marriage" in human society, but mentioned more children's concept of marriage: "In human society, there is no such thing as a mating partner."

"We call each other mates."

"Partner?" 76 and 77 subconsciously repeated after him, it was a very unfamiliar word.

Simmons nodded. At this moment, he suddenly felt grateful for some movies and TV series he had watched in the past, so now that he is single, he has enough experience to deal with the two snakes in front of him.

"All in all, a partner is equivalent to a half-body existence for us."

"He can legally share what I have."

"What is legal?" 77 and 76 heard too many unfamiliar words in this conversation, and they were extremely curious about Simmons' language, so they subconsciously asked about the meaning when they heard the unfamiliar words.

"Legal is in line with the law."

He knew that the next question should be what is the law, and Simmons took the initiative to explain without two snakes opening his mouth.

Simmons never thought that he would answer this question one day. He thought about it and used a metaphor that the subjects could understand: "It's like we stipulate that five times the weight of meat should be exchanged for snacks of the same weight..”

After thinking for a while, he told the subjects: "It's similar to a regulation."

Then the topic was quickly brought back to the original position by Simmons: "We may have offspring after we couple, and then raise cubs together later."

"But it doesn't mean that the whole point of being a partner is to raise an offspring." He looked at 76 and 77. In his cognition, two male creatures are still unable to have children.But species in which two males can produce offspring are rare.

So in his cognition, it is acquiesced that two human snakes will not have offspring, so he looked at 77 and added: "Just like you and 76, even if you don't have offspring, you will still choose him."As a partner, isn't it?"

77 nodded subconsciously following Simmons' words, but soon he realized that there seemed to be something wrong.

"Why do you think that 76 and I are in a partnership?" Before Simmons mentioned it, 76 and 77 never thought that they and each other fit the partnership Simmons said.

76 also nodded in agreement, he and 77 are not in a successful courtship relationship.

Hearing this, Simmons subconsciously glanced at their tangled tails. The two tails were tightly entwined and inseparable.

Simmons was silent for a moment, then caught his breath and began to think about why they still feel that they are not in a relationship with each other now.

Then he thought about it for a few minutes and came up with the answer, if they weren't a relationship, there was only one reason, they hadn't invited each other yet.

On the other side, 76 and 77 looked at him without speaking for a long time. The two snakes looked at each other, and then 77 spoke first. He kept equating the mating behavior with the partner Simmons said.

Affected by Xingxing's calm attitude when he talked about this kind of thing before, 77 and 76 also looked calm when they mentioned this kind of thing: "We haven't mate/mated yet."

Simmons wiped his face and finally told them: "You don't need to tell other people about this kind of thing."

"Why?" The two snakes asked sincerely.

After thinking about it, he told them with the most acceptable reason for 76 and 77: "Because this is a private matter that belongs to you two."

Even if you don't quite understand the meaning of a partner, the possessiveness of a partner is an innate talent of all animals. Simmons looked at the two sticky human snakes and believed that their possessiveness towards each other would only increase and not decrease.

Simmons looked at the two snakes: "You say you are not in a partnership?"

76 and 77 nodded.

"Then you think you belong to a friendship relationship?" Knowing that the word "friend" does not exist in the vocabulary of the experimental subjects, Simmons explained to them, "Just like 35 them?"

76 and 77 sound a bit alike. Like the other experimental subjects, the other party is also an experimental subject who grew up with him in the laboratory, but there are still some differences compared with other experimental subjects.

When Simmons heard this, a trace of relief appeared on his face, it would be strange if it could be the same.

"Will you be possessive of each other? Can you accept that there are other creatures between you, more intimate with each other than you?"

"Do you want to be with each other forever and never be apart?"

"Willing to share everything with each other."

"At some point, would you want to do something more intimate with each other?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Simmons asked again: "Then can you accept being like other experimental subjects?"

When they heard the last question, the two snakes frowned almost at the same time.

At this point, Simmons thought, the answer was obvious: "So you both like each other and want to be partners."

Simmons paused when he was excited, and he looked at the two snakes seriously: "It's love."

Simmons looked at them expectantly. He originally thought that after listening to his explanation, he could see the enlightened expressions of the two snakes.

Then I could hear their surprised tones, looked at each other, and said seriously: "So I love you!"

In the past, when he taught these experimental subjects little by little his survival experience in the wild, they were also like this, looking at him with a new and unbelievable tone, and then they couldn't wait to try it very quickly, and in a short timehave successfully adapted to new things within a short period of time.

But the reactions of 76 and 77 today were beyond his expectation.

After listening to his words, the expressions of the two snakes were a little downcast.

Simmons began to feel a little uneasiness. He looked at the two experimental subjects opposite, and then subconsciously began to recall his own words.

"76? 77?" His heart rose.

I seem to have brought up a topic that shouldn't be brought up.

He thought for a while, and then extracted the unusual word, which was "love".

"I do not understand."

77 looked at him and asked his own question: "But love, shouldn't it be pain?"

He looked at Simmons and spoke seriously about his understanding: "It is pain, restraint, and being claimed..."

Simmons looked at them, his throat was a little dry, he was suddenly unable to speak, and he tried hard to find some events in his mind to refute them.

But in the end, he was denied by himself before he said it.

Finally, looking into those two pairs of puzzled eyes, he could only tell them: "That's not love."