Seeing that a month has passed, at the beginning of May, the temperature is gradually rising, and it is time for the turtle to breed, Qin Yan has just finished feeding the turtle on this day, Qin Cheng came over and said that the expert group will hold a meeting to discuss the problem of turtle reproduction, let him listen.

Qin Yan followed, and he was surprised to find that in addition to the director Tian Guoqing and several professors, there were several other people who were discussing fiercely about how to breed turtles this year.

Qin Yan listened to the side for a while, and found that they were now mainly in two aspects, one was to let the turtle mate directly, and the other was to carry out artificial insemination.

Artificial insemination is a method carried out in the past two years, and at first they used direct mating, but unfortunately it was later found that the male turtle had injuries on his body and it was difficult to reproduce, so he changed to artificial breeding.

However, when they came back this time, they saw that the turtle was in good condition, and some people proposed to mate directly, so that the turtle would do the least damage.

The two sides have their own reasons and do not give in to each other.

Qin Yan was in a hurry, but he couldn't interject, not to mention that no one asked him for his opinion, even if he wanted to mention it, no one listened, he was just a decoration, who made him not famous, there were a few professors who came late, and they didn't even know who he was.

I think that if the turtle is successfully bred, he will be surprised that the turtle is raised by him like a prime-aged man's physical fitness, and some people will look at him differently and even ask him to help.

After discussing for a long time, Gerald, the leader of the group, stood up and said, "For the sake of safety, we have used artificial insemination, and we have been busy for so long, and everyone hopes to see the successful breeding of turtles." ”

The two sides discussed and finally decided to use artificial insemination, and the next step is to pump water to catch the turtles.

Stephen suddenly proposed, "I have been watching Mr. Qin feed the turtles these days, and every time the turtles will crawl to his side, can we have him lure the turtles ashore and catch them." ”

Qin Yan nodded and said, "Yes, I will leave it to me to catch the turtle, and I don't need to drain the water inside." ”

After the two sides agreed, they began to prepare to catch the turtle, which was not an easy task.

One of the reasons why turtles have fallen to the point where they are today is that they look so similar to turtles that they are not easy to identify.

Turtles are the largest of the turtles, as are turtles, which are large in size.

The turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake is said to weigh 400 pounds, which can be called a giant.

These two at the zoo are not that big, but they are not small either. The male turtle weighs 136 pounds, which is comparable to the weight of an adult and the size of a grinding disc.

The female turtle is a little smaller, also 106 pounds, which is very huge.

In the same way, they have a lot of strength, and it is very difficult to catch them without dealing damage.

In the past, the water in the pond was pumped, and only a shallow layer remained, and then several people went down to catch it together.

Now it is a little difficult for Qin Yan alone, and it is not difficult to lure him up, but he is afraid that the turtle will struggle to escape when he sees the net.

This is not to observe it, only one or two people pass, the turtle needs four or five people to lift, and the turtle cannot agree to have so many people surround it.

It is better to set a trap and let Qin Yan lure the turtle in, and then a group of people rush over to catch it.

Qin Yan resolutely opposes this method, which is purely a violent capture. When people rush over, it will cause the turtle to be afraid, cause a stress response, cause a fierce resistance, and cause the turtle to be harmed.

At his insistence, the crowd agreed to see his gestures, and if he could catch the turtle independently, it would be best, if not, with his gestures, people would rush over and help round it up.

The next day, Qin Yan put the net on the ground, covered it with a thin layer of sand to prevent the turtles from paying attention, and then fed it, with a group of experts and professors gathered around to watch.

Under the temptation of Qin Yan, the turtle came to eat in the purse seine net, and under Qin Yan's signal, a group of people slowly walked over.

Seeing them, the turtle instinctively turned around and ran away, but Qin Yan held it down and gently slapped the turtle shell. The turtle didn't know what to do, stopped running, and watched people coming, but did not escape.

But in Qin Yan's induction, the turtle was very nervous, but because of his assurance, the turtle finally chose to believe him, let a group of people come over, and pack it away.

Soon another turtle was also caught and carried away.

Gerald, the leader of the turtle breeding team and the chief scientist, looked at the calm pond, patted Qin Yan on the shoulder, and said sincerely, "Young man, you are so good, I really didn't expect you to catch turtles." ”

"Nothing, that's what I'm supposed to do. ”

Gerald is still very grateful to him, it is not the first time they have caught turtles, but it is the first time that they can go so smoothly.

The rest had nothing to do with him, watching a group of people help the turtle with anesthetics and collect sperm.

After collecting it, Gerald took a little bit and put it under the microscope for observation, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Stephen, it's great that you came to see, I've never seen such an energetic little baby." ”

Then someone took a little blood for a laboratory test to find out how healthy the turtle was.

Qin Yan was idle, in order to ensure the mood of the turtle, he also went along, he didn't understand anything, and simply followed behind to watch the excitement.

I took the opportunity to visit the hatchery room of the turtle and saw the full set of equipment for the artificial breeding and research of the turtle.

The first thing that caught his eye was a large pile of sealed glass bottles on the cabinet, with balls inside.

After chatting, I learned that these are turtle eggs after hatching failure, and they are soaked in alcohol solution.

Most of the turtle eggs are round, like slightly smaller table tennis balls, and a few are oblong, the color of the eggshell is white, because the wall is thin, some can see the pale yellow object inside, and many eggshells have black cracks.

A closer look reveals that each egg is marked, and these turtle eggs are preserved for the next step of research.

On the other side of the hatchery, there are three special hatching boxes for amphibians, all said to be imported from the United States.

Provided by the TSA organization, each incubator can hatch forty or fifty turtle eggs at a time.

There is temperature control and humidity control on the top of the box to ensure that the temperature fluctuates within 0.1 during incubation. The incubation process is perfectly ensured without interference from the external environment and the maximum hatchability is achieved.

Imported from the United States, constant temperature and humidity, the price is expensive.

Adjacent to the incubator is a large glass box with a bottom area of about 2.2 square meters, which is the "incubator" for the turtle baby.

The bottom of the box is covered with thick sand, which settles under the treated tap water, and the box is equipped with a water purifier and an aerator, which are also constant temperature and humidity.

Once hatched, turtles spend the winter in them and then release them outdoors in the spring. It's a pity that it hasn't been used for a few years.

Qin Yan's eyes lit up and he was amazed, whether it was the incubator or the incubator, it was very good, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe that there was such a good equipment for turtles.

This should be divided into two aspects, constant temperature and humidity and area.

With the rapid development of society, heating has been very common, whether it is greenhouses, air conditioning, heating, and heating in the north in winter, the difference is only that the heating method is different.

But these are not constant temperatures, the real constant temperature is accurate to 0.1 °C, through computer fine-tuning, so that the temperature is at the set point, can not change in the slightest.

Once an external force intervenes to make the temperature higher or lower than the setting, the temperature will be adjusted to the set point in time.

This requires specialized computer software and high-tech equipment, which is much more expensive than heating in terms of both technical content and energy consumption.

As for moisturizing, it is more difficult, it is also accurate to 0.1, which is rarely seen in reality, mostly used in important documents or antiques, constant temperature can also be said to be common, and constant humidity rarely appears.

As for the glass cabinet with an area of 2.2 square meters, it is more difficult, because this is an aquarium!

Don't look at the aquarium is very common, the one-meter-long aquarium in the store is only a few hundred, and the good one is only more than a thousand, but the price of the aquarium is not added but rises in a straight line, such an aquarium is just a bare tank, without the constant temperature and humidity equipment inside, it also needs 10,000, plus the equipment, base and installation, twenty or thirty thousand normal.

50,000 incubators and incubators, or at least, only a little more!!

Not counting the investment of 400 square meters of pond, not counting the hard work of experts and professors, not counting other equipment, not counting other inputs, just the incubator and incubator will cost so much, and his annual salary is only 60,000 or 70,000 yuan.

can only sigh, this year is not as good as a turtle, he is not even as good as a king.