Chapter 305: "Boxer in the Sea" Sparrowtail Mantis Shrimp
Li Xiaofeng gave up the idea of catching this rock lobster, and continued to swim forward with a large bag of clams and conch.
After swimming a distance of dozens of meters, Li Xiaofeng suddenly let out a "huh", and then stopped directly.
Willing because he had just seen an inconspicuous hole under the coral not far ahead, a creature with a body of more than ten centimeters long, a dark green color like emerald, but its antennae and thorax were orange-red, like a shrimp-like creature, quickly rushed towards a small crab passing by.
This creature like a skin shrimp quickly crawled to the side of the little crab, and then saw it punch down, and the hard shell of the little crab was directly shattered by its punch, and then the little crab was under its successive iron fists, and quickly lost his life.
"Passerine mantis shrimp!"
This creature that looks like a pipi shrimp is a damself-tailed mantis shrimp, and it is also the most ferocious shrimp.
The passerback mantis shrimp belongs to the crustacean family of the order Mouth and Tooth Finger Shrimp, and looks very similar to the skin shrimp we usually see.
To say that the difference between their appearance is the bright colors on the passertail mantis shrimp, especially the colors on the male passertail mantis shrimp.
Their appearance is usually composed of red, blue, green and other colors, when irradiated by different lights, there will be a variety of complex colors such as turquoise, bruised, indigo, etc., just like the tail of a peacock, very beautiful, which is also the origin of their name, it can be said that the finch tail mantis shrimp is the face of the shrimp cricket.
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Another difference is that the passertail mantis shrimp has a well-developed second pair of jaws.
They are a sharp weapon for the finch tail mantis shrimp to prey on and defend against enemies, the tip of the jaw foot is single-spine, the end is very sharp like an awl, the root is convex and thickened, and the lower end has a ball-like part, like a pair of clenched big "fists".
This pair of "fists" is incredible, they often only need 3 milliseconds when attacking their prey, and the speed is faster than the speed of a pistol to shoot a bullet, as the so-called martial arts in the world are only fast and unbreakable, which is also the fastest speed of killing prey among marine creatures.
They are also a force to be reckoned with, with an impact of up to 60 kilograms when attacking, and can easily shatter the shells of crustaceans and shellfish.
And that's not all they attack, after the passertail mantis shrimp swings its fist, it will also push the surrounding seawater, forming a high-speed current, causing the water pressure to drop suddenly, and the water vaporizes into bubbles, also known as air pockets.
When the air pockets rupture, a shock wave and high temperatures are formed, which are said to be comparable to the temperature of the sun's surface, which is also a very strong destruction process.
Therefore, the passertail mantis shrimp punches out, which will bring two impacts to the prey, one is the force of the limb collision, the other is the energy released by the rupture of the air pocket under the water pressure, a physical attack, and a magic attack, which can be said to be a perfect double attack.
Even if the general fish tank is under the iron fist of the damself-tailed mantis shrimp, it is difficult to escape the fate of being broken, which also makes many sea tank lovers who try to keep the damself's tail mantis as a pet suffer heavy losses.
At the same time, the damsal mantis shrimp also has the nickname of "thumb cutter", and it is said that many people who tried to catch the damsine mantis shrimp with their hands were directly hit to the bone by one of their iron fists.
The passerine mantis shrimp has a very fierce temperament and a strong sense of territory, they will try to drive away all living creatures that enter their territory, knocking scallops, beating lobsters, and killing crabs in seconds are their basic operations.
If you want to talk about this gotchtail mantis shrimp, in addition to thinking that they are beautiful in color, fishermen have not paid much attention to them before, and their taste is not much different from ordinary skin shrimp.
But the value of the current passertail mantis shrimp is very different, due to the rise of short videos, they have become a proper "Internet celebrity shrimp", and their value has also increased greatly.
Generally, a female dampentail mantis shrimp can be sold for about five hundred, if it is a male, because of the larger size, the color is more gorgeous, the price is of course higher, generally can be sold to 700-1000 / one, this is not their highest price.
That's why Li Xiaofeng was so surprised when he saw this male finch tail mantis shrimp.
He hurriedly opened the map to check, and sure enough, as he had just predicted, there were a lot of passertail mantis shrimp living at the bottom of this vast sea!
The damselftail mantis shrimp is mainly distributed in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, including the South China Sea and the waters of Taiwan, so it is also one of their main distribution areas.
Looking at the sparrowtail mantis shrimp scattered on the map, Li Xiaofeng couldn't help but feel a surprise, now in his eyes, these finch mantis shrimp are not just mantis shrimp, but also a bunch of RMB!
It stands to reason that there are so many finch mantis shrimp distributed here, coupled with their high price, he also asked the crew to catch what conch and crab, isn't it fragrant to catch these finch mantis shrimp?
However, the reality is that these damselfine mantis shrimp are actually not easy to catch at the bottom of the sea.
In addition to the fear that their powerful attack power will hurt the crew, the most important thing is that these finch tail mantis shrimp move too fast under the water for ordinary people to keep up with them.
So how to catch them, this really needs Li Xiaofeng to return to the ship and think about it.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng couldn't help but speed up his swimming to the fishing boat, and after a while, he came to the reef near the fishing boat.
Soon he also met the crew members who were busy underwater, some of them were busy picking all kinds of valuable conch on the coral reef, some were busy catching tiger crabs and pike crabs in the sea sand, and some were catching lobsters in the coral crevices......
There is a busy scene everywhere, seeing this situation, Li Xiaofeng can't help but sigh, this is really a brave man under the heavy reward!
When leaving, Li Xiaofeng specially explained to Han Minghua, Hu Dequan and Li Xiaoliang, and the three of them were responsible for purchasing all kinds of seafood captured by the crew.
The crew members who were busy underwater, when they saw their captain swimming over, all waved to greet him, and Li Xiaofeng was also very easy-going and waved in response to them.
Soon he came to the side of the fishing boat and surfaced.
Li Xiaoliang on the deck saw Li Xiaofeng, who was carrying a bulging bag and surfaced, and hurriedly threw down a rope with a hook, which was also a tool for them to help the crew who went to the sea to transfer the seafood to the fishing boat.