516. It's time to lay eggs (5)
The engine of the fishing boat set off two rows of waves and gradually faded away.
A bald-headed man with big flowers on the boat had a gloomy face, he looked at the back of the fishing boat and narrowed his eyes, and said, "Brother Liang, do you know these Bs?"
Wang Dongliang nodded solemnly: "Well, Brother Hu, the young man who got up from the water just now is called Ao Muyang, he is the village chief of Longtou Village next door to us, and he is quite arrogant and very untidy." ”
Brother Hu said: "I don't care if he is arrogant or not, Hongyang is more arrogant in this place, what I care about is whether he has discovered our way of hiding goods?"
Wang Dongliang said confidently: "This is impossible, the goods have not floated up yet, they have been sinking in the water, and absolutely no one can find out." ”
"But I see this kid diving, in diving gear. A man next to him interjected.
Wang Dongliang continued to say with confidence: "You see that he is carrying those equipment, at most he can take a turn in the sea here, the place where we hide the goods is a few kilometers away from here, who can dive and swim so far?
Brother Hu nodded, he wasn't too worried about this matter, and what he thought in his heart was similar to Wang Dongliang.
However, he was cautious, patted Wang Dongliang on the shoulder and said, "Next time change the coordinates, be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship." ”
Wang Dongliang immediately said obediently: "What Brother Tiger said makes sense. ”
He felt very unhappy about letting Ao Muyang go like this, he had always hoped that Brother Hu and his party would have a conflict with Ao Muyang and kill someone with a knife.
However, he couldn't play court dramas, and he didn't have the means of intrigue, so he wanted to provoke Brother Hu's anger at Ao Muyang several times, but Brother Hu was not fooled, which made him very helpless.
Brother Hu and his entourage are worried here, and Ao Zhiman's grandfather and grandson on the fishing boat are also worried.
The old man said worriedly: "It's broken, it's broken, it's still leaking." ”
Ao Muyang wondered: "What did you leak?"
The old man sighed, "Alas, you say, these people must have gone over there to fish for sea amber, alas, they also know that there is sea amber there." ”
Ao Muyang smiled dumbly, he handed the amber stone he fished up to the old man, and said: "Master Man, you put a hundred hearts, I dare to guarantee the ticket, they are definitely not here for amber, let's go, let's go home." ”
"How do you know?" the old man was still skeptical.
Ao Muyang smiled and said: "They are engaged in smuggling, and I'm afraid that this thing from sea amber won't be able to get into their eyes." ”
"Do you know them?" the old man continued.
Ao Muyang nodded: "Well, don't worry, it's just a coincidence that they met us, and those people are definitely not here for the sea amber." ”
Hearing this, the old man was relieved.
When the fishing boats returned to the village, the time was already close to August, and this year's sea ban ended at the end of August, and the sea officially opened in September, so every household in the fishing village began to prepare to go to sea.
Ao Muyang was also busy, he installed a saddle for the tiger, waited for the day, and went to the sea outside Wangjia Village to monitor the traces of the Tu Tu Long at night.
Smuggling at sea is not carried out every day, after all, it takes time for the market to digest smuggled goods, and he went to monitor it for two or three days, but the Tutulong has not responded.
At the end of July, Ao Muyang was about to continue traveling in the evening, and Li Ji came to him excitedly: "Little Ao Village Chief, where are you going so late?"
Ao Muyang couldn't tell the truth, so he smiled and said: "Go out and go around, touch a climbing monkey or something." Mr. Li, what's wrong with you, you seem excited?"
Li Ji said happily: "Of course I'm excited, the turtle has laid eggs, and the turtle is going to lay eggs on the Bund of our Longtou Village!"
Hearing the news, Ao Muyang was very surprised.
Recently, he has learned a lot of marine biology from Li Ji, and a lot of this knowledge is related to sea turtles.
First of all, turtles do not lay eggs casually, they have fixed migration routes and spawning grounds, there is no major impact, they do not change these habits.
Secondly, sea turtles usually choose to lay their eggs in tropical areas, and they are mostly selected in the Xisha Sea in China.
The Red Ocean is a subtropical region, mainly in the temperate range, and the beach temperature is too low for turtles to lay eggs here.
This news was really shocking, and Ao Muyang was stunned for a while.
Li Ji was also deeply surprised by this, but this news brought him more excitement, he said: "Village Chief Ao, don't go looking for the climbing monkeys, come with me to the beach to observe the breeding trends of sea turtles, if they really lay eggs here, it will be amazing!"
Ao Muyang knew the reason why he was so excited, and if the news was true, he was also very excited.
There are only 16 turtle nature reserves in the world and only one off the coast of Chinese mainland. In the 60s and early 70s of the 20th century, it was common for female turtles to come ashore in groups to lay eggs on the beaches on both sides of the Liangguang area and the Qiongzhou Strait.
But now, sea turtles have become a rarity, with only two or three turtles ashore a year laying eggs, and the national marine life workers have not yet figured out why.
Li Ji mentioned this: "Let's go, let's take a good look, we must make good video materials, if the turtle really chooses the Bund of Longtou Village as a spawning ground, then I will apply to the state to establish a turtle nature reserve here, so that in addition to the southern foot of Daxing Mountain, our country has two protected areas." ”
Ao Muyang called Lu Zhizi to bring a camera and a video recorder to the beach, and they took advantage of the night to witness this miraculous moment.
Lu Zhizi has nothing to do to teach herself about the sea and aquatic life, and she also understands the magic of this matter, and asks on the way: "Professor Li, why did the turtle choose us to lay eggs here?"
"It is relatively rare for sea turtles to change their spawning grounds, but it is not uncommon. Green sea turtles are timid by nature and often lay their eggs on deserted beaches, and when the turtle's habitat is damaged or developed for other purposes, it will also abandon the habitat and find a new habitat." I think this group of green turtles felt that the Bund environment was more suitable, so they took a temporary residence here. ”
"The temperature isn't right, right?" asked Lu Zhizi.
Mentioning this question, Li Ji had a serious expression on his face: "The temperature is no problem now, the minimum temperature for turtle eggs to hatch is twenty-five degrees, but their incubation time is usually fifty days, and the end of September after fifty days, when the temperature may not be suitable." ”
Ao Muyang said: "This is a small problem, as long as the turtles really lay eggs on the Bund, then I will mark them, and then make a constant temperature room on the beach to help the turtle eggs hatch artificially." ”
Li Ji nodded and said: "Okay, it's really amazing that Village Chief Xiao Ao has this awareness, rest assured, our university will definitely give the strongest technical support and financial support!"
While talking, they arrived at the beach, at this time the moon was in the sky, and there were still many stars and lights on the seaside, which was a tourist resting on the beach. 8)