Chapter 310: The Abalone Controversy (I)
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Wei Hang pushed aside a dense tuft of aquatic weeds, and an abalone the size of a small basin was revealed in front of him.
This sea area is within his "field of vision", how can this kind of superb escape his eyes?
To be honest, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that big abalone. Normally, abalone is half a palm in size, and it is rare to have more than one palm.
Therefore, when Wei Hang "saw" this abalone king, he was quite surprised.
It is important to know that the growth of abalone is slow, and the shell can reach 2-3 cm after one year, and 4-5 cm after two years. Abalone with a shell length of more than 10 cm is about six or seven years long.
So, how many years does this abalone have to grow?
Also, one more thing to know is that the normal lifespan of an abalone is eight to ten years.
It can be seen that this abalone has exceeded the scope of normal abalone. Both in terms of life span and growth rate, it is far better than other similar kinds.
A stream of aura passed through, and the abalone let him take it in his hand without any resistance. It is more than twenty centimeters in size, and the entire shell is dark brown.
Putting the most important harvest into his bag, Wei Hang was not satisfied, he hadn't eaten abalone yet, so why did he have to catch a little more and go back to taste it.
I didn't bring Wei Lan with me this time, the girl was making an awkward scene, just to make up for her. and Zhang Xueru, who has never eaten it, and has to bring some to her.
With this in mind, he scraped vigorously, and his net pockets were almost full. He found that there were many opponents in the vicinity, and that was the octopus, the natural enemy of abalone.
Thanks to various Western movies and legends. When people think of the octopus, the first thing that comes to mind is always the exaggerated size, which is enough to drag a ship into the sea and even break the ship's power, and they always associate it with a terrifying sea monster, and have an inexplicable fear and awe of it.
In fact, the average octopus is not so terrifying, and there are great differences between different species, the smallest octopus is only six or seven centimeters, and the largest is only ten meters and eight meters, and it is not as aggressive as the legend.
It's true that the octopus has a lot of power. Some octopuses tend to be able to drag objects dozens of times larger than themselves.
Weihang knows that octopuses feed on flap gills and crustaceans, which are needed for their survival.
Because marine animals such as shrimp, crab and shells are rich in astaxanthin, astaxanthin is the strongest antioxidant and is a necessary condition to ensure that the structure of myoglobin is stable and not oxidized, and the structure of myoglobin is a necessary condition for octopuses to survive in the deep sea.
Octopuses and squid are similar in many ways, and that's too. In addition, both octopuses and squid are inkjets, both are good at changing color and camouflage, and both have three hearts.
The difference is. Octopuses have eight brachiopods while cuttlefish have ten, octopuses are smart and squids are stupid.
Octopuses have two memory systems. One is cerebral and the other is connected to the suction cup.
It is said that the octopus is able to distinguish itself in the mirror, and can also pull the cork and eat the lobster in the bottle.
It also has a strong ability to learn. Some people speculate that there are other bipedal creatures in the sea based on the fact that it walks with two tentacles.
It can also be used as armor to defend against foreign enemies. This shows that it is able to use tools, and you know, humans and apes have gone in different evolutionary directions because humans have learned to use tools.
This qiē shows that the octopus's brain is easy to use, and it is a thoughtful being.
Wei Hang also found an octopus spawning on a giant shell at the bottom of the sea, and when he saw him swim over, he didn't leave, shaking his tentacles, intimidating this strange being.
Octopuses are very fond of spawning on these conch shells, and they have a paranoid penchant for utensils, and they like to burrow into bottles and jars as their shelter, and sometimes they can be found in human skulls fished out of the sea.
I don't know if they're too smart, insecure, or too individual.
Many fishermen around the world love to catch octopuses and their eggs for this hobby, and they are always successful and lucrative.
In that respect, they are also stupid. Perhaps, this is the price of individuality!
For this octopus full of motherhood, Wei Hang let it go and did not continue to disturb it.
He didn't swim far, and he saw that Wei Hai's kid was holding a big stone, trying to swim up, his face was red and his neck was thick, and his legs kept kicking.
He swam over to help Wei Hai hold the stone, only to see a big abalone attached to the stone, no wonder this kid desperately wanted to move the stone back.
Wei Hang took the abalone down and handed it to him, motioning for him to throw away the stone and swim with him.
"Damn, do you catch abalone like this?" For such a strange way of this kid, Wei Hang was defeated. Embarrassed to say you grew up by the sea?
"Brother Hang, I'm glad I ran into you, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to catch this big guy, it should be a three-headed abalone, right?"
Wei Hai was so tired that he lay on the deck like a dead dog, but there was a smile on his face. I don't mind this cousin's jokes, anyway, he admits from the bottom of his heart that he has no skills and has a low culture.
Moreover, in his heart, it doesn't matter what others say, it's good to make money.
"This is a very good three-headed abalone, and if you raise it for another year or two, you will almost have the scale of a double-headed abalone. You kid don't want to die if you don't pick up that rock, won't you be ready?"
Wei Hang was a little speechless about this kid, looking like a money slave, and the people in the village said that he fell into the eyes of money, and this image should be changed to Wei Hai.
After a while, Daniel Zhang and Cao Da also returned, and looking at the joy on their faces, the harvest should be good.
And Fang Zhen and Tian Zhongchi, you went to the sea with a fruit knife? Do you want to kill sharks? Muzi, you even brought a kitchen knife? A group of strange people!
Seeing his questioning expression, Master Huo explained the reason beside him, Wei Hang couldn't help but be speechless, this is common sense, okay? You don't know, you still have to use tools, so it's easy to injure and kill the abalone, okay?
Naturally, he would not have imagined that he had been exposed to the fishing village since he was a child, and coupled with the marine major he had studied, his vision and worldview had been formed.
Common sense in his eyes is a new kind of knowledge to others. Just like a person who studies chemistry, elemental symbols are common knowledge to him, but they are ghost symbols to others.
Zhao Wenchang and Gu Yanji also came up at this time, Gu Yanji's net pocket still contained a half-meter-long octopus, but his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, as if he had come back from a trip to the Arctic Ocean.
He picked up the abalone for a while, and wanted to go back to the original place to find the two-headed abalone, but he couldn't find the place. Just missing a double-headed abalone in vain, where will his face look good?
It was precisely because of this that when he was wandering and searching, he ran into Zhao Wenchang and helped him catch the octopus. Listen to him, this octopus has encountered it before, and it has been fighting for a while. Seeing the double-headed abalone, his face was even more unsightly.
Zhao Wenchang was also very surprised when he saw that octopus, and he fucking picked the best abalone to eat!
An octopus is worth a fart money, and he is still so picky to eat, do you know how much a two-headed abalone is? It's really a tyrannical thing, but fortunately, when I met him, I was stopped by him.
Australian fresh abalone is 300 yuan a piece, Japanese Jibin abalone and net abalone, these two kinds of abalone can only be eaten in Hong Kong and Japan, and there are more than 100,000 high-end hotels. The big even abalone is 128 a catty, and the five heads of dried abalone in South Africa are about 400 yuan. The fresh abalone in the general market, 6 to 8 heads is basically 120 yuan a catty.
Gu Yanji secretly scolded in his heart: His uncle's! He caught a double-headed abalone before, and now he is still here, is his fucking fortune in charge?
People are more popular than people! I knew I wouldn't help him! Blackmailing the octopus as a reward was not enough to relieve the depression in his heart, but instead made him seem to be a villain.
"It seems that everyone's harvest is very good, you can sell me the abalone in your hand, this time the abalone is of good quality, I can pay two levels higher than the market price." ”
Seeing that everyone was almost carrying a small half of the abalone, Gu Yanji's depression was a little less, and he wanted to make up for the quality with quantity.
"Hey, old Gu, you snatch love with a knife, it's not kind! "Zhao Wenchang was not happy, so he bought it all for him to drink the northwest wind?
"Okay, your two double-headed abalone are also half of each person, or you give me the two double-headed abalone, and I will give you all the rest. Gu Yanji said immediately.
This two-headed abalone made the octopus dying, but the meat was not damaged, and he could go back and find a master with good craftsmanship to dry it and keep it for his old parents at home.
"Don't even think about it, I mean half of the others except for our own gains. ”
Gu Yanji spent a lot of time in order to find a double-headed abalone, and the harvest was less than half of him, not to mention that he also found two best products this time, so Zhao Wenchang would not be fooled.
Before going to sea, everyone said okay about the harvest of this fishing boat, you want to change the hexagram halfway, old Gu, be honest!
Two people are fighting for two abalones, and people who don't understand the market may feel incredible.
They know that double-headed abalone is already very rare to see, and it will cause a rush as soon as it appears. "It's hard to buy double-headed abalone", this is not a casual saying, whether in ancient times or today, it is the same.
Not to mention that this is the best variety of abalone, the most prestigious, known as the king of abalone.
At present, the net abalone has the least number of heads, Jipin abalone ranks second, the hemp is the smallest in size, and the number of heads is also the largest, and the double-headed hemp and Jipin have become rare varieties at present, just like antique treasures.
This kind of abalone is produced in Aomori County, Japan, is the top masterpiece in abalone, originated in Chiba County, Japan, after due to seawater pollution, now the quality of Aomori County is better, its shape is oval and brown, the abalone edge is small, Bao Chen is bead-like, soft and smooth to cook, the color is golden, the fragrance is rich and delicious, you can see the abalone body with a net pattern when cut horizontally with a knife, so it is called net abalone. (To be continued......)