Chapter 21: The Great Turtle
Lying in his sleeping bag, Quan Hao saw the stars in the sky again. It's a familiar and unfamiliar starry sky. Based on the brightness, he actually found Venus, Mars and Polaris, which will show its head on the horizon. There is also Orion, the constellation Ursa Major. When he saw the Big Bear's Seven Beidou and Orion's Belt, he almost thought that he was still on the original Earth. But there can't be such an island on earth that is completely uninhabited. In addition, the heavens are not all constellations that he is familiar with, especially the southern half of the sky. At first he didn't care, because it was close to the equator, and of course it would be different from the starry sky in the Northern Hemisphere. But then he was skeptical of his own inference, and when he looked at the familiar stars again, he felt that something was wrong. As for what was wrong, he couldn't tell. Anyway, it's weird in my heart.
What is wrong with this? What is the relationship between this place and the earth? Are there any intelligent beings outside the island? With a lot of questions, Quan Hao fell asleep.
When I woke up, it wasn't too bright, but I couldn't see the stars. A thick fog rose from the sea, and nothing could be seen from fifty meters away.
Jeon Hao woke up hungry. He hadn't eaten anything since yesterday's dinner, which wasn't dinner. Now that the sky is white, if here is the same as the earth twenty-four hours a day, it means that he has not eaten for thirteen or fourteen hours.
I got out of my sleeping bag and shuddered. It's cool in the mornings at sea, and the temperature drops below 20 degrees. Quickly put on his clothes and pants, stretched a few lazy waists and felt a little stiff, so he could only do a few sets of movements to move his body. After all, it's not a bed at home, and the safety of camping in the wilderness comes first, and comfort comes second.
The stomach was protesting again, so I had to eat a coconut first. I didn't feel anything after eating, and my stomach should be screaming. No way, let's go to the beach and see what to eat. I was a little annoyed that I should have prepared the morning's food before it got dark yesterday. If you're hungry and look for food, if you're unlucky and can't find it or don't have enough to eat, you'll be dumbfounded? There's no 24-hour convenience store here. Sure enough, modern people don't know the importance of savings at all.
He was a little disappointed when he got to the beach, which was nowhere near as lively as it was yesterday. I wonder if the animals in the ocean are also resting. The lack of light and the thick fog allowed him to see only a small circle around him, and the sea was at high tide, and the crabs that were feeding on the beach at low tide were gone. After walking two hundred meters, Quan Hao only picked up a few small shrimps and a sea urchin.
I heard that sea urchins are eaten raw. Quan Hao carefully pinched one of the thorns of the sea urchin, picked it up and looked left and right, but still lacked courage. This guy is covered in black thorns, ten centimeters long, like a cactus ball that has been washed with ink. looks like a raw person is not close, and it is not easy to mess with it.
With a slight hesitation, Quan Hao threw it down. This hedgehog-like thing is not much to eat and is very difficult to take, so it is better to go further. Regardless of whether the previous harvest is good or not, you always have to pass by here when you come back, and you can pick it up again when the time comes.
I walked another two hundred meters, but I was still disappointed. The rising water flooded the beach for forty or fifty meters, and even the hiding holes of the shellfish were submerged. The tide washed a few clumps of seaweed ashore, and Quan Hao found a few conch on it. When he hesitated to go down to the sea and continued to walk forward without much hope, a strange sound suddenly came from not far away.
Puff-hiss-hiss-
It sounded like someone was dragging something heavy on the beach, and the sound was rhythmic, it was some kind of large animal crawling.
Quan Hao hurriedly took a few steps. In the haze, I saw a guy with a flat body, crawling towards the sea with his short legs. Hearing the movement, it seemed to be frightened, and crawled harder. The head was stretched forward, and the tide had already exceeded the four claws.
Sea turtle!
Quan Hao was surprised and delighted, and ran forward. As if knowing that it couldn't run away, the turtle shifted its bulky body and turned in this direction, ready to face the insailant with its head.
Jeon Ho definitely can't let it go as planned. The only threat to him from the turtle is its mouth, and its bite is still amazing. If you get bitten on your body, there is no place to cry. It's a pity that the turtle's degree is its biggest bruise, and Quan Hao made a small turn and got to its back. Reach under the shell with both hands, and with one force, flip it over on the beach.
Now the turtle is completely out of line, and can only use it to save its life**, and shrink its head and limbs into the turtle shell. Unfortunately, the turtle's limbs are not retracted into the shell, and the head is still half exposed. Shrunken-headed turtle, shrunken-headed tortoise. Originally, it was about 6 turtles, and it only made people feel funny.
It's really heavy. Quan Hao estimated that this turtle had to be fifty kilograms upwards and seventy centimeters long, which was a big guy. With its size, it can't be turned over in a lifetime if it is made into a belly facing the sky. So don't worry about running away. Out of curiosity, Quan Hao knocked on the turtle's yellow belly armor. It's really hard and a little slippery.
It is not known what breed this turtle is. Its dorsal armor is tan with a tinge of yellow on the edges of the shield. The head is triangular in shape and also dark brown, and at first glance it looks a bit like a bird. It has age-like markings. But it seems that all brown sea turtles are more or less like this, probably not a rare species.
Sea turtles generally rarely come ashore. Although it is a reptile, if you look at its powerful limbs like oars, you can tell that it is actually more adapted to life in the sea. It comes ashore in several situations, the most common being spawning.
Quan Hao followed the position of the turtle and looked for the beach, and sure enough, two sets of footprints appeared. The two sets of footprints are not far apart, and it is easy to see that one of them is going and the other is returning. After walking nearly 100 meters to the shore along the footprints, two sets of footprints disappeared at the same time. A patch of floating sand appeared apparently left behind by the ploughed soil. The sand layer in the middle is very soft, and when you gently peel it off, the white turtle eggs are revealed. When you dig out all these eggs, which are only slightly smaller than eggs, there are one hundred and nine. Now breakfast is finally found.
So many eggs are placed together, crystal clear, indescribably endearing. Quan Hao carefully selected, found thirty of the largest and best turtle eggs, and put them back in the nest. Rebury them with sand. You can't let the turtle lose its offspring, and you may not be able to eat so many turtle eggs. He packed the rest in his shirt and carried it on his back.
When I returned to the big sea turtle, I saw that it was tossing violently, stretching its neck and throbbing its limbs vigorously. Trying to turn over. It's a pity that its body is too heavy and its center of gravity is too low, and it is doomed to be in vain. Seeing Quan Hao coming, he fluttered even harder, and his limbs raised patches of sea sand.
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