In 1958, the skulls of several dolphins washed ashore in the California Bay, and oceanographers did some research before discovering the species and naming it after its habitat, the California Bay porpoise.

In 1997, researchers made the first accurate count of their populations and found that there were only about 500 porpoises.

Since then, the number of porpoises in the Gulf of California has continued to decline, and in 2008, the population fell to more than 200 individuals, and by the time Ao Muyang read the relevant reports in Beijing, there were fewer than 100 left......

As its name suggests, this porpoise lives only in the northern part of Mexico's Gulf of California, with a habitat area of less than 4,000 square kilometers, far from China.

However, the reason why this report landed in China is because the extinction of porpoises is related to China.

Ironically, the relationship between the two is not a direct relationship, but an indirect relationship, and first of all, we must mention the well-known tonic in southern China - fish maw.

Fish maw is a dried product of fish maw, usually derived from totoaba fish, such as yellow plum fish, large yellow croaker, etc., in the fishermen's folk, fish maw and sea cucumber, abalone, shark fin four kinds of dried seafood and called "abalone fin belly", is considered to be a tonic with high nutritional value.

In addition to porpoises, there are many other fish species in California Bay, such as the totoaba in the California Bay, which is a distant relative of the Chinese totoaba and its swim bladder can be used as fish maw.

In fact, the swim bladder of totoaba in the Gulf of California has been sold in China before, but the price and sales volume have not been high.

What is the high price? It is the fish maw made from the swim bladder of a yellow-lipped fish caught by Ao Muyang earlier, which is called money maw, and the value is still more than gold!

It just so happens that the fish gelatin made from the swim bladder of the totoaba in the Gulf of California is very similar in appearance to "money gelatin".

In recent years, the production of golden gum has been scarce, and China has classified the yellow-lipped fish as a national second-class protected fish, and the yellow-lipped fish that is not large enough has been banned from fishing.

At this time, some profiteers began to use the similarity with the money gum to start hyping up the California Bay totoaba fish maw, and gave it a new name, Dasu money gum, and called the real "money gum" as the small whisker money gum, in order to better promote this substitute.

The merchant was successful, and at the peak of the price in 2012, a one-pound dried totoaba swim bladder from the Gulf of California could bring in nearly $1 million.

As a result, illegally caught gillnets are laid in the northern part of the Gulf of California for totoaba fishing.

The gillnet is a very scary fishing tool, it does not have eyes, and it attacks large fish indiscriminately, the California Bay totoaba is huge, some individuals can reach up to two meters in length, and the California Bay porpoise lives in the same sea area as the California totoaba fish, and the size is comparable or even petite.

What follows is much simpler and straightforward, as the California Bay porpoises are caught in gillnets after a fire at the gates of the city that affects pond fish, and they are also caught in gillnets.

Once entangled in a gillnet, the porpoises will die!

Of course, these porpoises that Ao Muyang saw were not California Bay porpoises, he couldn't tell which one they were, he remembered that there were seven subspecies of porpoises, and he didn't know which species it was.

However, no matter what the species, these porpoises are heroic enough to swim after the tiger and attack the tiger from all sides!

You know, the tiger is now a sea beast more than six meters long!

It has always had golden drops to eat, usually there is no shortage of food, there is also beef meal supplement every three or five days, the size is like blowing up a balloon and growing fast, the 'little age' already has a huge size, which can be called Yao Ming in killer whales!

In Ao Muyang's memory, after the tiger ate the golden drop, it began to run rampant in the sea, and no fish dared to shoot it directly, but they all started to run away immediately when they saw it.

This time the porpoises surprised him, they had been fighting with the tiger before, and the tiger swam over, and instead of leaving, they chased after each other, and after catching up, they fought with the tiger again.

There were eight porpoises swimming over, and they rushed towards the tiger from all directions, but they did not attack all at once, two or three in front of them were only drawing the attention of the tiger, and it was the other porpoises around that were really attacking.

Tigers are big and explosive, but this inevitably sacrifices flexibility.

It just so happens that the porpoises are not as strong as it is explosive, explosive and even physical, but it is more flexible.

In addition, the tiger fights alone, and the dolphin group forms a small army, just like a wolf pack surrounding a tiger, and the two sides are inseparable.

Ao Muyang had just recognized the identity of these dolphins, they had already rushed over, the tiger flicked its giant tail, and was not afraid to meet the battle, opening its big mouth and biting a porpoise in front of him.

This is a sign of the tiger's anger, and usually it hits the fish at best, because it knows the sharpness of its teeth and the force of its bite, and once it bites, there is no creature in the ocean that can stop it.

The oncoming porpoises turn their bodies flexibly, don't look at their round looks, in fact, they are very smart, not only can they change direction, but also roll their bodies in the water, and the tiger bites the air!

At this moment, the other dolphins surrounded it, and the two porpoises below slammed their heads into its belly, but fortunately the tiger reacted quickly and avoided the attack with a flick of its tail.

However, it could not take care of its stomach, and a dolphin crashed down from above the water, right in front of the left side of its back.

The tiger's body is huge, and the destructive power of this attack cannot break through its defenses and not make it hurt, but the porpoise also weighs hundreds of kilograms, and the force of this collision is still very large, and the tiger will naturally feel pain.

This confrontation not only did not achieve results, but also made the family beat, and the tiger was furious.

Its temper has flareed up, rushing left and right in the seawater, and its momentum is extremely fierce!

The porpoises were not afraid, and when they saw the tiger going berserk, they immediately shook their tails, pectoral fins, and pelvic fins flexibly, and went away like sea elves.

When the tiger was exhausted, they immediately surrounded it again......

After all, the tiger is not human, and its fighting depends entirely on instinct and experience, which can be dealt with by fish without intelligence, and when it encounters the famous high-IQ species of porpoises in the ocean, it will be disadvantaged.

In particular, porpoises are not only smart, but also have a team spirit, so tigers have a hard time coping with them.

Fortunately, the tiger's skin is thick and rough, and the porpoises can't break through its defenses, at most they harass it and can't really hurt it.

This is thanks to the transformation of Jindi, so that the tiger's IQ is also very high.

Porpoises do not have a strong bite force, just rely on the head to hit its lower abdomen to win the results, they use this tactic to deal with other sharks, cetaceans, large fish lower abdomen is the vital point, the lower abdomen is less fat, even liver, lungs, heart and other internal organs, by the dolphin hit more times will cause the internal organs to break, and then die.

The tiger realized the intention of the porpoises, and it protected its lower abdomen very well, and when it was forced to be ruthless, it descended to the bottom of the sea to protect its lower abdomen.

Its meaning is very clear, if you want to hit me on the back, then hit it, but if you want to touch my lower abdomen? Sorry, absolutely not!

Neither side could help anyone, but no one gave in, constantly fighting and fighting, which allowed Ao Muyang to watch a wonderful dragon fight!

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said that he wanted to take Ao Qianlai to make kelp tea mushroom drink, Ao Muyang didn't coax him, he was going to be bored at sea, so he really wanted to make some of this drink.

Kelp tea mushroom drink is unfamiliar to most people, even people at the seaside have not seen this drink much, and for many more people, kelp is a vegetable.

Ao Muyang also learned the practice of this drink by chance, which does not originate from the seaside, but from the mainland, because the kelp it uses is not fresh kelp, but dried kelp.

There is dried kelp on the ship, there are a lot of dried kelp, this thing is a must for ocean-going ships, dried kelp is light in weight, does not take up space, after adding water to soak, it can be cold and can be freshly fried, and can be made into a variety of dishes.

Ao Qianlai took a plate of dried kelp, and Ao Muyang asked him to shredd.

Ao Daodao passed by, and when he saw it, he asked in surprise: "What are you doing here? Two days ago, you spoiled fruits, and today you have changed to spoiling kelp?"

Ao Qianlai smiled innocently: "No, Brother Daoguo, Yoko taught me to make drinks with kelp." Have you ever heard that kelp can be used as a kelp tea mushroom drink? ”

"Kelp tea mushrooms?" Ao Dao sneered, "I haven't heard of kombucha, I know kombucha, Haibao tea, as for kelp tea mushrooms? Oh, the faucet is well-informed, then it's not surprising, he knows a lot." ”

He felt that Ao Muyang was fooling this product, and found something to do for him casually, so as to prevent him from harming the fruit.

After all, the price of kelp is much cheaper than fruit for people by the sea.

The practice of kelp tea mushroom drink is derived from kombucha, which is a traditional Chinese drink that has been drunk for one or two hundred years, also known as "Haibao", which is a drink made by fermentation with sugar, tea, water and bacteria.

The production of this drink requires the presence of cultures, and Hongyang has the custom of drinking kombucha drinks in spring and autumn, and some people on board brought these cultures to deal with the stomach discomfort caused by going to sea.

After fermentation, kombucha drink can produce substances that are beneficial to the human body, its own taste is sour, acidity can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, and it is very beneficial to human health, especially for atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcer and intractable diseases have a good therapeutic effect, and fishermen with stomach problems have bacteria all year round.

This can also be seen from the common name of kombucha, the common name of kombucha is Haibao, and the Haibao tea in the mouth of Ao Dao is the common name of the fishermen's kombucha drink.

To make this drink, wash the dried kombu and cut it into shreds, then add sugar and rinse it with boiling water, wait until the kombu is roughly washed away, and then boil it in hot water.

Ao Qianlai patted his head and said, "Yangzi, why do you want to use hot water to rinse before cooking? Just boil it in boiling water, you see how smart I am, this step is saved at once." ”

Ao Muyang smiled bitterly: "Uncle Qianlai, I have no doubt about your wisdom, but you can't do this, otherwise the kelp will be easy to be boiled, soak it first and then cook it, so that in the end, the kelp is still a little chewy, and you can eat it with cold vegetables." ”

He asked Ao Qianlai to cook the kelp in the cabin galley, and after cooking it for a while, he turned off the heat and began to cool down.

Almost cooled to 30 degrees, he taught Ao Qianlai to pour the kelp into a large bucket with water, add sugar to it, and then inoculate the fungus according to the method of cultivating kombucha, and finally clapped his hands and said: "Okay, Uncle Qianlai, wait for three to five days, it can be drunk after it ferments and matures, wait patiently." ”

Ao Qianlai was full of confidence: "What I have is patience - come, boil another pot?"

The ratio of kelp to sugar and water is 1:5 to 100, and a bundle of kelp can cook many barrels of drink.

Therefore, Ao Muyang waved his hand without distress and said, "Cook." ”

After riding the wind and waves, the color of the sea began to change, and some shallow waters appeared beautiful green, like smart jade.

Seeing this iconic green water, the people on board were in high spirits, and the South China Sea arrived.

There are nearly 2,000 species of marine fish in China, of which more than 300 species are important economic fish, and 60 to 70 species are the most common and high-yield major economic fish.

In terms of sea area, the South China Sea has the largest number of fish species, with more than 1,000 species, of which 100 to 200 species have fishing value.

Every spring, the big fishing boats from the south sail to the South China Sea, and the harvest of the year depends almost entirely on the catch in the South China Sea.

There are many islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and the green waters are surrounded by small islands.

The reason why there is such beautiful sea water is related to the light and purity of the seawater, and the second is because there are beautiful coral reefs on the seabed, which are the result of the corals receiving light.

After the boat sailed around a small island, Ao Muyang dropped anchor to let the crew rest.

Ao Dao led people to put down the boat and paddle on the green sea, and then someone shouted: "There are no sea snakes, no sharks in sight, this is safe." ”

"Then go down and take a bath. Ao Mudong took off his T-shirt to reveal his dark skin, put on his goggles and took a deep breath, and plunged into the water.

Ao Muyang also went into the water, this time he came to the South China Sea with a tiger, the tiger followed the dragon head all the way, both mentally and physically very tired, he needed to be comforted.

As soon as he entered the water, the tiger swam over.

Ao Muyang looked at the tiger and felt that this long-distance trek had made the tiger lose a lot of weight.

"It's time to lose weight. Ao Muyang patted the tiger's head and comforted, "Look, running a marathon every once in a while is very helpful for your health, do you feel more energetic?"

The tiger howled aggrievedly, and it swam headless and brainless in the sea, but it was not lightly tired.

Ao Muyang popped up a little gold drop, the tiger is his own son, so the gold drop he popped up was bigger than usual and full of weight.

In addition, he threw out a small drop of gold, which fell into the water, dispersed and melted into the surrounding seawater.

After a short period of calm, the sea begins to come alive.

Many large and small sea fish suddenly appeared, and a small group of mackerel came at the head, their bodies were like torpedoes, swimming fast, like arrows in the ocean, fluttering up and down, shuttling back and forth, and the agility was extraordinary.

Later, more fish appeared, mackerel, herring, blue round trevally, sardines, pomfret and so on, all of which are very important economic fish species, but each fish school is not large, all are small fish, and there is no fishing value.

Ao Muyang took the tiger and floated towards the water, and several familiar large mines appeared in the distance of his vision.

Seeing these big mines, his face was overjoyed: good luck, tuna!

Similar to the two bluefin tuna in his fishing grounds, these fish are large, round, and fast and imposing as they swim in the water!

However, the belly of these large fish is not pale blue, but yellow to silver with horizontal stripes, and the dorsal, anal and small fins are pale yellow, which is very different from the bluefin tuna, thus identifying them: yellowfin tuna!