Chapter 329: Ten Thousand Birds Paradise

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Wei Hang asked Master Huo to turn the fishing boat to the north, and the dense seabirds on that island should be a little famous, but he didn't have any impression.

Everybody didn't suspect anything, anyway, he was the captain of the ship, and it wasn't up to him to decide how to drive? Moreover, everyone also knew that if you go north, because of the ocean currents, the fishery resources will be a little richer. It's been out for so long, and there isn't much seafood on the fishing boat, so you should catch some seafood, right?

However, the fishing boat sailed out more than ten or twenty nautical miles, and a small island was in sight.

Everyone who is tired of seeing the ocean is suddenly refreshed, and this small island is like a light in the dark, attracting everyone's attention. The main reason is that since I came out of Dongsha, I have not seen the trees and plants on the sea, and everyone will be a little visually tired.

"There really is an island. ”

"Hehe! We're lucky. "Although Wei Hang has asserted before that there must be islands around, but in the vast sea, it is not so easy to just touch it, just like buying a lottery ticket.

"So many seabirds?"

Everyone soon noticed that countless seabirds were hovering in the sky, shooting into the sea like arrows from time to time, picking up fish one by one, and then landing on the island to enjoy themselves.

The most excited is Cheng Dao'an, because he also found some very rare seabirds.

"Quick, go check it out. He walked around excitedly, and the others looked at him like a neuropath.

"It's strange that this island is not shown on the map. ”

Someone searched with the ship's facilities and found that there was no introduction to the island, and there was no indication at all. On the map, there are no islands in this area.

The others looked at each other and said in surprise: "It means that this island was discovered by us, and it has not been discovered before this." ”

It's no wonder that there are so many seabirds on it. Without human footprints, other animals would think of it as a paradise. With human interruptions. The environment will still be a little destructive.

This is very rare, and the discovery of a "New World" sounds a bit incredible at a time when the world's continental plates are largely stable. There are satellites as "scanners", and almost the entire planet has nowhere to hide. Of course, it is not absolute, and it is not a very strange thing that some places are overlooked.

In fact, in addition to this kind of small islands that have existed for a long time, there are many new formations in this world.

Rocks and ash from underwater volcanic eruptions do form new continents in the ocean, however, scientists warn that such small islands are unstable. Surrounding ocean currents can also pose a hazard.

There are also some lands that don't usually bubble up and occasionally pop up. Wasn't the discovery of a small island a few days ago that Russia's territorial waters increased by more than 1,500 square kilometers?

These are ownerless things, and whoever finds them almost belongs to that person's nationality. If this island has not been discovered, Wei Hang and the others can come up with a name and occupy it.

"I haven't been found yet, so it's a good feeling. Let's think about it, what is the name, let's occupy the island as the king. Muzi and the others excitedly said.

It was a great find, although the island is not big. But can you not be thrilled to be able to go down in history with your name? If this is the case, China's territory will become a little bigger in the future.

They remember that the newly discovered land in Russia was 370 meters Γ— 125 meters in size. The island is piled up with sand, almost a meter above the sea level, that is. If there are strong winds and waves, the sea water will overflow it, and in winter it will be covered with ice, and it will not be found at all without the "GLONASS" navigator.

Such a dispensable island will allow Russia to increase its territorial waters by more than 1,500 square kilometers, and its significance cannot be described as insignificant.

"How's Bird Paradise?" someone said.

Everyone listened to it and thought it was good, but there was no other good choice for the time being, so let's call it that!

After approaching, the dinghy was lowered into the sea, and everyone took the dinghy over. Of course, it was not possible for all of them to leave, so Master Huo stayed with a few crew members.

This is a small island with a radius of less than a kilometer, but the vegetation on the island is very abundant, and it is a tropical rainforest landscape, which is rare to find such an island at this latitude.

With so many birds staying, the soil of this island must be fertile, and the trees should grow so lushly.

"Hey! This is the white-bellied frigatebird. Cheng Daoan said excitedly.

Daniel Zhang and the others couldn't help but complain in their hearts, isn't it a warship bird? I haven't seen it so excited before? There are also warship birds on the other side of Tangjiawan! It doesn't seem to be so exaggerated, right?

"What's so surprising about the frigate birds? It's not like I've never seen them. Wei Hai couldn't help but speak.

"You know a fart!" Cheng Daoan pointed at these guys' noses and scolded.

Wei Hang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is a white-bellied warship bird, which is different from what I saw before." ”

The white-bellied frigate bird is the most precious species of warship bird, breeding on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, roaming the tropical eastern Indian Ocean, and sometimes entering the South China Sea, and is a first-class key protected animal in China.

This bird is a tropical marine bird, extremely swift and dexterous in flight, and is not good at land travel or swimming. Feeding is mainly carried out in the air, and when hunting, it can fly close to the surface of the water and chase fish that float on or fly out of the water.

"They are very rare, I am afraid there are less than 2,000 in the world, and even fewer in our country. I don't know if I can find a hundred. Wei Hang continued.

It is not only a first-class key protected animal in China, but also listed in the International Committee for the Conservation of Birds' Red Book of the World's Endangered Birds.

And there are so many here, at a glance, there are no less than a hundred, no wonder Cheng Dao'an is so happy that Cheng DΓΉ is a little crazy.

When the others heard this, they secretly said! It turns out that it is rarer than giant pandas!

"Black-billed crested tern!" Cheng Dao'an trembled, like a sheep's hanging, twitching one after another, and others couldn't understand it.

"What's the origin?" everyone looked at Wei Hang.

I saw that kind of bird, the body length is thirty or forty centimeters, the plumage color is more similar to that of the yellow-billed river tern, the summer feathers from the forehead through the eyes to the occipital part of the head, and the crown feathers on the top of the head are black, the back, shoulders and wings are pale gray, almost white, while the yellow-billed river tern has a darker plumage.

Wei Hang twitched: "If the white-bellied warship birds just now are scarce, then this kind is on the verge of extinction, and there are still three or two kittens and dogs left in the world." ”

The others gasped when they heard this.

Wei Hang remembers that when a few black-billed crested terns were photographed in China, they could cause a sensation and cause great news effects. I really don't know if there are so many people in the country who know that there are so many here, will they immediately surround this place.

The black-billed crested tern is the rarest bird in China and is listed as critically endangered on the World Red List of Birds, the strictest level of extreme extinction.

Since their naming in 1863, there have been only six definite observations of them in 2000. Because of their rarity and mystery, they are known as "mythical birds" by scholars and experts. As we all know, they mainly inhabit coastal islands, and little is known about their feeding habits, habits, and reproduction.

"So precious?" Tang Dehui couldn't believe it.

"It's too exaggerated!" Wei Hai couldn't help but speak. In this way, this animal should be very famous, much more precious than the giant panda.

However, the giant panda is much more famous than it. At least, they hadn't heard of it before.

However, he didn't know that the rarer the better. Appearance is very important, and to become a star, a face is still very important.

Giant pandas are famous, in addition to being rare, there are also pandas that are cute and cute, and everyone likes them. This does not refer to us Chinese, but to the whole world.

Wei Hang nodded: "It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that there are three or two kittens and dogs, but there are definitely less than fifty." How many years do dozens of them live? Even if they are well protected, if they are close to the genes, they will cause extinction. ”

This is as sad as the South China tiger, which can no longer be found in the wild, and only has more than 100 breeding animals in various zoos, dying.

The endangerment of the South China tiger is a great tragedy. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 4,000 South China tigers in the wild, the largest number of tigers in China at that time, and more than the other three tigers in China combined.

However, at that time, the government declared the South China tiger one of the "four evils", and the tiger was like a bandit, fighting the people's war, and also organized a special tiger fighting team, which was fought by the People's Liberation Army and the militia, to exterminate them all.

The others looked at the group of black-billed crested terns on the island with their wings outstretched, and felt the urge to vomit blood.

There are less than 50 of them, at least hundreds, at a glance? Those experts don't have a rigorous investigation at all, so they just talk nonsense.

"I didn't expect that! I didn't expect there to be so many, incredible, hehe!" Cheng Dao'an began to speak a little incoherently.

In the 20th year, 4 adults and 4 young birds were rediscovered on the Ma-Zu Islands, which became a great news story in the ornithological circles of the year. Two years later, another breeding colony was discovered on the Leek Mountain Islands, and these two breeding colonies are the two remaining populations in the world today.

At this time, he found another breeding group, and the group was not small, could he not be happy?

"This guy won't have a problem, right?" someone worried, looking at Cheng Dao'an's crazy appearance, he was really a little worried.

"What can be the problem, let him go crazy for a while and calm down. ”

"Oh, too! These people who are engaged in research are all crazy, forget it, ignore them. ”

Cheng Dao'an listened to this, and his heart twitched, but now that he was in a good mood and happy, he didn't bother with them.

"Let's go up and have a look. Cheng Dao'an was a little impatient.

This time I came out with Wei Hang, and it was definitely a decision I didn't regret. If he misses it, he believes he will regret it. As an expert in the study of rare creatures, rare creatures are treasures to them, and they have a status with their own children. (To be continued......)