Chapter 316: Underwater Fox
PS: Go to sleep after reading it! It's tiring to code words for a day!
Before you know it, everyone has gone out to the open sea, and in this deserted and vast sea, there is only a lone fishing boat, which makes people feel a sense of loneliness.
Among Wei Hang's group, except for a few people such as Gu Yanji who had been to the mainland, the rest were new people, and they were full of curiosity and excitement about this somewhat familiar and unfamiliar place.
They are familiar with it because they have more or less heard about the high seas, and they probably know that the so-called high seas refers to the entire sea area in international law, which does not include the territorial sea or internal waters of a state, which is used by all countries on an equal footing, and can be freely navigated, constructed, fished, and so on.
Looking around for a while, Cao Da, who was standing on the deck, said, "It turns out that the high seas are like this! ”
This is a bit imbecile, and everyone is happy.
At this moment, Sun Chengxu shouted "Huh" and shouted: "What kind of dolphins are those two, and why do the patterns on their bodies look so much like pandas?"
When everyone heard this, they looked in the direction of Sun Chengxu's finger and found that not far away, there were two dolphins, one large and one small, these two dolphins were only black and white, of which the head, dorsal fin and tail fin were all black, and the two black intervals were white, and the pattern of the body was very similar to that of a panda.
Many people on the boat also encountered this dolphin for the first time, and they all had confused expressions on their faces.
Cheng Dao'an took the initiative to explain: "This is a spotted beaked dolphin, also known as a panda dolphin. This body color can be used as a camouflage, and the body of a diving dolphin is divided into two parts, which can confuse killer whales or other predators......"
When Cheng explained, the giant dolphin suddenly jumped up from the water, splashed a crystal water, and then gently fell into the water like a sturdy diver, and then showed other water jumping skills, such as vertical jumping, backstroke and backstroke. With the body as the longitudinal axis, the water rotation is a spectacular sight.
The little dolphin has learned the same, and those jumping skills have also been tried, and the movements are not very coordinated, but with the appearance of being simple and shy, it is another visual feast.
Everyone can't help but clap their hands.
"I didn't expect me to be so popular, and as soon as I arrived on the high seas, I performed with dolphins. Goofy joked.
The words made the people on the boat roll their eyes.
"You're thinking too much! People are teaching children, but you just happened to run into them. ”
After about 20 minutes, the dolphin began to take the baby dolphin to catch food. They were eyeing a dog that was more than 1 meter long and weighed about a dozen kilograms. It can be described as a large and fierce sea fish.
This sea fish, with its dark back covered with golden spots, has a wide and long dorsal fin, which is joined from head to tail, like a horse's mane, and has a round snout, sharp teeth exposed, and a rather fierce appearance.
It's just that dolphins are large carnivores and are at the top of the food chain, with the exception of a few creatures of the more ferocious sharks. Other marine life poses little threat to it.
The spotted beaked dolphin is known for its extreme speed, often reaching speeds of 11-13 km/h, and quickly catches up with the fish.
Dolphins are known to be intelligent, in general. When dolphins catch food, they play before swallowing it alive; If the prey is dead, the dolphins dismiss it as "leftovers" they have picked up.
Sure enough, when they caught the sea fish. I didn't eat it right away, but wanted to play with it first.
It's just that when the dolphin loosened its mouth, the sea fish actually turned its white belly. The dolphin touched it with its short-pointed beak, but it didn't react at all, as if it had been bitten to death.
After waiting for the teacup, the fish still did not move, and the dolphin left with the little dolphin, after all, they disdained to eat dead prey.
Originally, the officials on the ship were full of interest to see how the dolphins teased and caught food, but they did not expect such a result.
Gao Fei, who was the happiest just now, said quite depressedly: "Didn't you say that dolphins have to play first after catching food, and then swallow them alive? How can they bite their prey to death in one bite?"
"That's right, according to my visual inspection, the strength of the dolphin's lower mouth shouldn't be large, and the sea fish didn't even have a little blood, so it shouldn't be dead yet, right?" Muzi also said.
"If you're not dead, then why didn't the dolphin take the opportunity to escape when he opened his mouth just now?" Goofy asked rhetorically.
"You're right, that fish is indeed ......"
Before he finished speaking, Muzi suddenly showed a ghostly expression, "uh......" speechless.
"Muzi, what's wrong with you?"
It took a long time for Muzi to come back to his senses, "The fish caught by the dolphin really didn't die, I saw it turn over and escape." ”
"Muzi, are you dazzled, what are you kidding, dead fish can still be reborn?"
"Don't believe it, look back yourself, is that sea fish still there?"
"You don't have to look to know that the sea fish probably didn't know where it was swept by the waves. Gao Fei glanced at Muzi, trying to find an excuse to find someone of a certain level!
Seeing that the others had the same expressions, Muzi was anxious.
Wei Hang relieved Mu Zi in a timely manner and said: "Mu Zi is right, that sea fish is really not dead yet, if I am not mistaken, that sea fish should be mahi mahi." ”
"Mahi-mahi?"
"If it's a mahi mahi, it's really possible. Gu Yanji also spoke up.
"What kind of fish is the mahi loach, and can it still pretend to be dead?" Daniel Zhang asked puzzled.
Wei Hang nodded and said: "Mahi mahi is a scientific name, you may not have heard of it, but I believe you must have heard of 'Shady Fish', and it also has the nickname of 'underwater fox'." ”
"Oh, it's a cool fish!" Daniel Zhang came to his senses.
Cool fish He heard the old people in Tangjia Village say that this kind of fish likes to hide under floating objects, and at first, the fishermen thought that it was taboo to the sun and liked to inhabit in the shade, so it was named "cool fish".
In fact, it is not appropriate to call it "cool fish", this is later discovered that mahi mahi belongs to tropical and subtropical fish species, when migrating to the coast of our country, mostly in midsummer, the more scorching the sun and the scorching weather will appear in large groups, and when the dark clouds are about to fall or the heavy rain pours, they will all withdraw from the floating debris and dive deep to the bottom of the sea.
However, its nickname "underwater fox" does not deserve it.
On the one hand, the vast sea is blue and clear, which makes the movement of the "fox" extremely inconvenient, as soon as it swims slightly, it will be immediately exposed. In the long competition for survival, it is becoming more and more difficult for the "underwater fox" to rely on desperately swimming predatory methods to make ends meet.
As a result, the mahi mahi learned the ability to skillfully use the terrain and features to hide and avoid the body, choose a backlit place to hide, and then wait for the fish to pass by, and then attack by surprise, and the result is that it does not take much effort to eat a full meal.
On the other hand, mahi mahi will be like a fox on land, lying down and pretending to be dead when in danger. It seems to have learned the habit of predation by dolphins, and whenever it accidentally falls into the mouth of dolphins, it immediately plays dead, so that it can always escape death repeatedly, as evidenced by the scene just now.
To exaggerate, even those weather-beaten and experienced old fishermen are sometimes inevitably made to cry and laugh by the "fox".
"I heard that mahi mahi is a famous sport fishing species, why don't we have a sport fishing competition?" Yun Rulong said.
In the past, if we talked about sport fishing, it was all a matter of Western rich society, and all the best fishing grounds in the world were dashing places for Westerners, and there has always been nothing for Chinese.
But now the situation is different, Chinese anglers have begun to go abroad, the South Sea Islands, Australia, are the places where Chinese anglers have begun to set foot in, and it is certain that this fishing abroad will intensify in the future.
As far as Yun Rulong knows, there are three different realms of sport fishing, and the basic sport fishing for beginners is to catch fish that they have never caught.
Higher than this level is fishing for special fish. Aim for a fixed species and challenge yourself with the highest catch record.
For example, if someone is keen to catch rainbow trout, they will go all the way down the Rocky Mountains in the United States, and then, naturally, they will move on to the fast-flowing mountain rivers of Chile, and even come to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia to track down the ultimate rainbow trout.
At the highest level, it is the hunt for the most difficult species to catch. This is a super game that requires a huge investment of money and perseverance, and it is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Okay, let's compare and see who can catch the mahi mahi first, and the mahi mahi will catch the biggest. "There was a sense of competitiveness in everyone's hearts.
Afterwards, they went to the window of the boat to get their own fishing rods, and then found a favorite position to lower the rod. Of course, when you come out, you don't forget to carry a stool out, and you can sit and rest before waiting for the fish to take the bait.
This time, Wei Hang did not hide in the room to cultivate, he also took out a fishing rod and prepared to fish. After adding some condiments to the bait, you casually throw the hook into the sea and close your eyes to refresh yourself.
In contrast, Gu Yanji's posture on the other side is much more professional, and even Daniel Zhang, Fang Zhen and others look much more reliable than Wei Hang.
Of course, Weihang fishing mainly relies on the breath of sea pearls to lure fish to the bait, and does not care about the posture of fishing, professional or not, anyway, regardless of black cats and white cats, it is a good cat that catches mice.
In fact, this is also what makes Gu Yanji and the others feel depressed and speechless, because every time Wei Hang makes a move, he will undoubtedly gain the most.
Within a few minutes of the rod being lowered, the faint smell of sea pearls attracted nearby fish to get closer to the bait, and even some small fish couldn't wait to bite the bait, causing the rod to shake for a while.
Wei Hai, who was next to him, saw that Wei Hang seemed to be asleep, and didn't notice the shaking of the fishing rod, so he reminded in a low voice: "Brother Hang, a fish has been hooked, the shaking is so strong, it is estimated that it is still a big fish." ”
Wei Hang opened his eyes and casually lifted the fishing rod. (To be continued......)