The heroine of Kuai Chuan Zhi's family only farms

Chapter 223 [222] Delicious Fisherman 73 (16 more)
Xiao Yu immediately nodded, "Yes, yes, I didn't expect that, look at how big this octopus is, it's enough for us to eat several meals, haha!"

Xiao Yu brought the barrel to the room, wanting grandma to see it too. After a few days of her treatment, the condition of the old man has improved a lot, and she can even catch octopus. She picked it up and had a look.

"This is a female octopus, and even if you don't catch it, it's dying."

"Ah? Why?"

Xiao Yu quickly moved over to look at it, but with her experience, it was not enough to tell its gender.

"This female octopus has just laid her eggs and is perhaps the most dedicated and self-sacrificing mother ever lived."

It turns out that the female octopus only gives birth once in her life, laying hundreds to thousands of eggs and hiding them in her own cave.

During the hatching period, the female octopus guards the burrow closely, neither eating nor sleeping.

Not only to drive away predators, but also to constantly swing the tentacles to keep the water in the cave constantly renewed.

Make the unhatched babies get enough oxygen.

The day the baby octopus hatches, the female octopus has fulfilled her life's duties and dies of exhaustion.

And become the food of the little octopus, so that the little octopus can eat and grow up quickly.

"Actually, an octopus, like a hen, will defend her offspring. She will touch her offspring and blow some water on her offspring from time to time to keep the water renewed. And an octopus will not abandon her offspring, not even for a while. Leave offspring. If the prey comes to the door by itself, the octopus will grab the prey and eat it, but after 4 days the octopus will stop eating completely."

"A week after spawning, the behavior of the female octopus becomes erratic. Not only does she begin to refuse to forage and eat, she also begins to exhibit apparent self-destructive behavior. Fishermen have previously observed octopuses tearing apart late in the incubation period. their own skin, eat the tips of their own tentacles, and they will obsessively hurt themselves. Even more amazing and puzzling is that if you keep octopuses in captivity, these captive octopuses will slam into the tank. Then, when When the eggs start to hatch, the female octopus dies."

"In this way, the octopus offspring are orphaned from birth. The young octopuses have no guidance from the larger octopus, so they have to survive on their own, which may be one of the reasons why octopuses are so intelligent and resilient. This behavior may also Explain why octopuses are such highly solitary creatures."

She and Yaya were fascinated by what they heard, and subconsciously asked, "Then... where is the male octopus?"

Grandma's expression suddenly became a little indescribable. She glanced at the two of them and continued.

"The fate of male octopuses is not good either. Female octopuses usually kill and eat their mates, and if they don't, they die within a few months of mating. For octopuses, mating age is reached. That means the countdown to life begins."

"Ah? There is such a thing, this is similar to that black widow!"

When Yaya asked about the black widow spider, Xiaoyu explained it again. After listening to it, everyone couldn’t help sighing, but this is the law of nature. It’s a pity that the mother octopus didn’t eat her children, but entered their mouths , It's really a pity, but she will not give up on the food in her mouth. After all, she is also hungry. This is the irresistible law of the food chain.

After hearing about the tragic life of the octopus mother, the two sisters hurried out to prepare breakfast. Her breakfast was no different from Yaya’s. It was still steamed potatoes. This octopus meal would not be eaten until noon. As for grandma, she still drank corn porridge. But it's almost bottoming out, so what should grandma eat after this?

"After the two of us have eaten, let's go to the town and sell these dried laver?"

Yaya looked at Xiaoyu worriedly: "Sister, can we sell it?"

"It's fine if you can try it. I think we have sunburned these days, at least a dozen catties. After a while, we will carry bamboo baskets and find a restaurant to sell. I don't care whether people in the village believe it or not. Let's touch it first." It’s okay to try your luck, and then you can buy food and come back, otherwise how can grandma take care of her body?”

Hearing Xiaoyu's explanation, Yaya felt even more embarrassed, "Sister, I'm sorry, but I have to burden you with so much running and hard work."

"Okay, we are all a family, so why are you so polite, let's eat quickly, and go to the town to try it after dinner."

——In view of some descriptions of octopuses in this chapter, the number of words is more than 1300, and the extra few hundred words are used to make up for the number of words.

(End of this chapter)