Chapter 383: Searching

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Professor Yu put down the phone and began to make arrangements in a hurry, not caring about the weakness of his body at all.

Originally, he and Kong Lao led a team to the island of Ten Thousand Birds Paradise to investigate, but the result may be the reason for the lack of adaptation to the water and soil! Within a few days, his body began to feel uncomfortable, and he was so weak that he could not work at all.

After the treatment of the navy medical team, he got a little better, but his condition was still very poor, and he still couldn't participate in the investigation and research.

Helpless, under the persuasion of everyone, he could only return to Tangjia Village with the research ship that came back to pick up people.

He can only secretly hate that his body is not strong and that he is not adapted to the marine climate! In the future, he may not be able to intervene in the research on the island, and it is a pity to think about it. A good opportunity is in front of you, but you can only sigh with joy.

This time, he heard that there was a group of dugongs in Fisherman's Bay, and he said that he would not stay in the village at all, and he must follow despite everyone's opposition.

In his words, if he can't even stand going to sea so far, then he can't live? That dying momentum makes everyone speechless.

There was no way, Chu Lao and He Lao could only put down their work and go with him. Two old bones tossed with him, what a heart!

He was accompanied by Professor Gu from Dongsha, who was friends with Tao Jinhua, and originally wanted to follow him to the Ten Thousand Birds Paradise to participate in the investigation, but due to a little political component, he couldn't go, after all, he belonged to Taiwan Island.

Although science knows no borders, and everyone believes in him, at this juncture, everyone is a little more sensitive, so they can only give up, and he still feels very sorry for this. I can only see if the island will open up in the future, and then I will go and see.

The dugongs on the island of Taiwan are extinct, and he can't do anything about it, which has always been a regret in his heart. This time, he heard that there was a large group of dugongs in the nearby sea, and he naturally did not want to miss it.

Although there are clear coordinates, the number of dugongs in that group is huge, and the direction is Tangjia Village, but after all, it is a vast sea, and no one dares to guarantee that it will be easy to find, and according to Wei Hang's reaction. There may also be lone dugongs, so they have to hire some fishing boats to help with the search.

On the wharf, a large fishing boat is fully equipped, oil and food have been arranged, and it is preparing to go to sea. It was owned by several cooperative villagers in the village, and the ship was received from Wei Hang.

They all now feel that they were too wise to buy the ship at the expense of their old capital, and now it is finally paying off. During this time, the catches were very large, and Huang Lisheng went out to sea in Weihang. When they couldn't get the goods, they turned their attention to them.

They are also part of the people in the village who became rich first, and the others are very envious, blaming themselves for not being bold enough. Don't you see that there are also people in the village who are partnering to buy big boats?

I heard about the guys who sold the land. Now that I have money in my hand, I am also ready to buy a big ship to play with, but this price is not as cheap as the one I received from Wei Hang.

They are arranging for people to replenish the ship with fresh water. Professor Yu ran over out of breath and said to one of the shipowners, who was pointing fingers, "Wait a minute, don't go to sea yet." I'm going to borrow your boat for it. ”

The villagers are familiar with the professor, and he is the one who has the most contact with the people in the village. After all, his profession in the past was a professor, and he did the work of teaching and educating people, and he was not as old-fashioned as those in the research room.

Therefore, they are also more enthusiastic about the professors, and as for the others, they are naturally in awe.

When the professor explained the whole thing clearly, several boat owners were speechless, old man! Don't you see that we are preparing to go to sea? What kind of animal are you looking for, just find some small fishing boats, why do you have to look for us? It's just overkill, wasting how much time and money we have? Looking for a few fish, is it necessary to fight so much?

In their cognition, in the ocean, the first thing that comes to mind is fish, and what dugong is suddenly rowed into the fish by them, if you want to talk about manatees, they may still know it.

"Well, this, Professor Yu, we are about to go to sea! It's the same for you to find other boats, right?" Several boat owners said hesitantly, looking at Professor Yu and Professor Gu and Chu Lao who had caught up, they felt that it would take courage to refuse.

Just like Chu Lao and the others didn't understand their thoughts, they couldn't understand the thoughts of these researchers.

Of course, Professor Yu knew that he could find those small fishing boats, and he didn't plan to find just one boat, but didn't he want to be faster? Those small fishing boats were slow, when would they be able to get there? Besides, with one more big boat, it would be easier to find.

It's just that now that I think about it, it's true that I'm a little anxious, since people don't want to, he naturally doesn't want to force it, he knows that it's not easy for these villagers to support their families, and the idea has always been like this, it's more "simple".

"Okay, then you go, when are you leaving?"

"Once you're loaded with water, you're ready to go. Several of the shipowners saw that he was no longer attached to their fishing boats, and they were immediately pardoned.

"Your route to the sea is similar, help me keep an eye on the way, and if you find any trace of a dugong, let me know. I'm going to find some pictures of dugongs for you to recognize. Professor Yu didn't plan to let them go like this, and wanted to make the best use of them.

A few shipowners were happy to do this, as long as they didn't delay their descent to sea.

Professor Yu hired some small fishing boats, brought some equipment that might be used, and hurried out to sea.

All the fishing boats are spaced apart from the surface of the sea and move side by side to extend the search area as much as possible. However, after such a long time, and still not a single dugong has been found, Professor Yu is a little anxious, has he just lost their whereabouts?

He couldn't accept the result of passing by like this, but he couldn't help it, so he could only continue to look for it patiently.

There was still some distance to reach the coordinates given by Wei Hang, and there was hope, although he didn't think that the dugongs would stay there all the time waiting for their arrival.

Could it be that they have deviated from course, and where will they go? Professor Yu analyzed as much as he could based on what he knew.

In order to establish the White Dolphin Nature Reserve, they have inspected this sea area, but unfortunately it is not comprehensive enough, the information is still complete, and they do not know much about this sea area.

Just then, the ringing of the telephone interrupted his thoughts, and he saw that it was the owner of the large fishing boat that had departed before them.

Did they find something? Professor Yu hurriedly answered the phone.

"Professor Yu, we seem to have found the animals you are looking for, their mouths are like horses' hooves, a bit like sea pigs, there are a large herd. On the other end of the line, a shipowner said uncertainly.

"Yes, that's it, where are you? I'll go over it. Professor Yu has affirmed that this is what they are looking for.

"They wanted to rest here, but we may have alarmed them when we sailed over, but now they have swam away, in the direction of our village. After the owner finished speaking, he checked the latitude and longitude where he was, and then sent it to Professor Yu.

After all, the speed of the small boat was not as fast as that of the big boat, and after more than half an hour, one of the villagers who had come out to help finally spotted the dugongs, and everyone moved closer to where he was.

Seeing the group of dugongs swimming slowly on the sea, Professor Yu and the elders finally breathed a sigh of relief. You guys, it's so worrying!

"Don't get too close and disturb them, but let's follow them from a distance and see where they make their home. Professor Yu said to the curious villagers.

Worried that there would be a lone person behind, Professor Yu personally took some people to search the sea area near the coordinates provided by Wei Hang, and until he was sure that there was nothing missing, he refused to give up and drove the boat to keep up with the group of dugongs. Presumably, they should have waited for the lone individual when they were resting.

Following the group of dugongs, Professor Gu had a smile of relief on his face, he was very concerned about dugongs, and he had carried out related projects, and understood how important dugongs were to scientific research.

Dugongs have a common ancestor with Asian elephants on land, and later entered the ocean, but still maintain the habit of herbivorous food, has a history of 25 million years of marine survival, is the world's precious and rare marine mammals, and is also one of the 43 species of endangered vertebrates in China.

They are of great reference value for the study of biological evolution, animal classification, etc. Moreover, their protection is the protection of wetland ecosystems and the entire ecological balance, which is of great significance for the protection of biodiversity and scientific research.

With this group of dugongs as the target of his expedition, he is confident that his work will continue.

Professor Yu photographed them and collected a number of them, and he planned that no matter where the dugongs ended up, he would apply for a nature reserve for them to recuperate.

Dugongs do not swim fast, generally about two nautical miles per hour, and even when they escape, they are only five nautical miles, less than ten kilometers. Everyone can only follow from a distance, trying not to disturb them.

After a long time, the group of dugongs swam to Tangjia Village, and when they entered the sea near Tangjia Village, they were already dusty and tired, but they suddenly became energetic and happily sprinkled joy in the sea.

Even if you don't understand their expressions, you can feel their excitement and joy.

"It seems that the marine environment here makes them very satisfied. Professor Yu and the others breathed a sigh of relief. (To be continued......)