space fisherman

Chapter 287
Ye Yuan, who was looking for a school of fish, was attracted by such a beautiful sea creature.

But this is the perception that he dared to be so close to this jellyfish in the sea.

If Ye Yuan himself was in the sea, even if he saw such a beautiful jellyfish, he would turn around and avoid it without hesitation.

Although jellyfish look beautiful and docile, most of them are very fierce.

Under the umbrella body, there are many slender tentacles, not only its digestive organs, but also its weapons.

The tentacles of jellyfish are covered with stingers, and these stingers can shoot highly poisonous venom.

The prey shot by these venoms will be paralyzed in a short time, and what's more, they will be killed directly.

As far as Ye Yuan knows, there are no less than a dozen types of jellyfish, and their venom can kill humans within a few minutes.

I remember when I was in school, the instructor who taught him diving repeatedly emphasized that if you encounter jellyfish under the sea, no matter what type, you should leave immediately.

From this point, we can see how terrifying jellyfish are.

When I was perceiving and following the jellyfish wandering in the sea, I suddenly saw another strange scene under the seabed.

Tens of thousands of blue crabs are migrating, it is very common for crabs to migrate in the sea, at first Ye Yuan didn't pay much attention to it.

But when he saw the size of these blue crabs, he was not calm enough. The average blue crab is only 4-6 taels.

And the blue crabs that Ye Yuan sees now, each one is 25cm in size, just by looking at their size, you can tell that this group of blue crabs are the best of the best.

Now that he saw it, how could he miss such an opportunity, Ye Yuan told Ding Yi to change the course through the walkie-talkie, and the fishing boat soon came to the top of the blue crab army.

"Change the base trawl"

Ye Yuan issued orders to the crew.

None of the crew suspected, and quickly replaced the original purse seine with a bottom-line trawl.

"Drop the net" Following Ye Yuan's order, the fishing net was slowly lowered into the sea.

Time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, the cast net had been floating in the sea for nearly half an hour.

Under the anticipation of all the crew members, with the dull sound of the motor, the fishing net was slowly pulled into the fishing boat.

Every crew member on the ship has a long neck, ready to welcome the expected harvest.

When they saw the large bag of sea crabs, the crew knew that the harvest of this net would not be small.

As the bottom line was uncovered, a large bag of blue crabs scattered on the deck in an instant, and the crew swarmed to the crab pile and quickly put some active blue crabs into plastic cages.

The plastic cages used to hold sea crabs are those with many small holes. In the past, many fishing boats used foam boxes to hold crabs.

But later people found that this kind of plastic cage is more suitable for fishing boats than foam cages.

So now many fishing boats going out to sea will bring this kind of plastic cages with holes to hold crabs.

Crabs are not the same as fish, as long as they are dumped on the deck, they will crawl everywhere.

Therefore, not only does the crew need to be fast when sorting these crabs, but also someone needs to stand full-time on the periphery and use plastic shovels to return some active sea crabs to the crab pile.

This is not the first time for the crew to sort crabs, everyone's speed is very fast, even Ye Yuan, who usually doesn't do much work, also joined in the work of sorting crabs.

Sorting crabs requires not only the size, but also male and female. As for how to distinguish between male and female crabs, it is not easy for the crew.

Whether it is a sea crab or a river crab, the easiest way is to look at their abdomen.

The abdomen of male crabs is triangular and pointed, while that of female crabs is round or oval.

If you can't tell the difference by this method, then there is another way, that is to look at the crab legs.

For female crabs, only the two front legs of the crab have fine hairs, while male crabs have dense hairs on all eight legs.

After a while, all the blue crabs on the deck had been sorted and put into the special plastic net cage.

Just when everyone wanted to stand up straight and take a rest, You Zhiyong's loud cry attracted everyone's attention.

"Fuck! Isn't this turtle too big?"

Everyone looked around, only to see a 1.5-meter-long giant turtle lying quietly on the deck.

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw the turtle, he quickly stepped forward to check, and found that the turtle didn't have any injuries, so he was relieved.

I checked the weight of the turtle with my hand, my good guy, at least it costs more than a hundred catties.

"Is this a leatherback turtle?" Yu Hongbo asked Ye Yuan uncertainly.

"That's right, it's this guy. I didn't expect that we would be lucky to meet him today."

"Is it delicious?" Ma Hua asked quickly.

Ye Yuan was speechless for a moment, glanced at Ma Hua who asked such an idiotic question, and said with a sympathetic expression on his face:
"He has been included in the 2013 Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and is a Class I protected animal under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Do you still want to eat it?"

"I'm stupid, doesn't that mean it's at the same level as a giant panda?"

Ma Hua's eyes widened.

"Wrong, to be precise, it is one level higher than the giant panda. As early as 2016, the giant panda has changed from endangered to vulnerable.

But this is only an international division. In China, giant pandas and leatherback turtles are classified as first-class protected animals. "

Ye Yuan recalled the information in his mind and introduced it to his crew.

"Good guy, I don't see any difference between it? It's just one shell less than the average sea turtle. Why is it so rare?"

While muttering, Ma Hua reached out and groped for the leatherback turtle.

Ye Yuan shook his head, Ma Hua's ignorance brought him a deep sense of powerlessness
"Leatherbacks are the largest and most useful turtles in the sea.

It is said that every leatherback turtle can travel around the world. Ours is not too big. The largest one in the world is more than 2.5 meters long and weighs 916 kilograms. "

After listening to Ye Yuan's narration, the crew took out their mobile phones and took a group photo with this very docile leatherback turtle.

Ye Yuan was also not exempt. After all, such a large leatherback turtle was still rare. After everyone took a group photo, several crew members worked together to send the leatherback turtle back to the sea.

After the turtle returned to the sea, it didn't leave immediately. It actually followed the fishing boat.

The great white and the little shark found that such a turtle suddenly appeared beside the fishing boat. They didn't care about protecting animals or not, and swam towards the leatherback turtle in two directions.

The crew didn't see the great white and the little shark, after all, Ye Yuan discovered it through perception, and now the crew are standing on the deck watching this leatherback turtle that has been following behind the fishing boat.

Many people are relieved to see a leatherback turtle, and this leatherback turtle is using this method to express its gratitude to the humans on board.

This is better than some people. How many people in the society are you helping him now, and he turns around and counts you against you?To be honest, such a person is not as good as an animal.

(End of this chapter)