American Super Rancher

Chapter 178 'Devil Fish'

Under Qin Xu's violent pull, a sea fish with a body length of more than 50 centimeters but a width of more than 80 centimeters was pulled onto the deck of the fishing boat.

Before Qin Xu had time to carefully look at his harvest, Will let out an exclamation.

"Oh, my god, boss, why did you catch it, let it go quickly."

Qin Xu looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What's wrong? Will, what kind of fish is this?"

Will didn't answer his words, but cautiously approached the ship's side, looking towards the calm sea, as if he was looking for something.

At this time, other people also saw that something was wrong, and they all gathered around. Wang Ming looked at the silver-white fish on the ground, which looked like a sea fish like a kite, and asked with some doubts, "What's wrong?"

Shaking his head, Qin Xu looked at Will who was still looking around, and said a little confused: "I don't know? Will was very surprised when he saw this fish."

"This, it seems to be a manta ray?"

Xu Mengyao looked at the motionless sea fish on the deck and said uncertainly.

"Manta ray? What's that?"

Qin Xu was even more puzzled, never heard of this kind of fish?
At this moment, Will came back from the side of the ship, his expression slightly relaxed, and he looked at Qin Xu and said:

"Boss, this is a manta ray, also known as a manta ray and a blanket ray. It is a very scary sea fish. Although it is not aggressive in itself, it is powerful enough to destroy a small boat when it is disturbed.

The habits of manta rays are also very strange.It has a lively temperament and often does some mischief.Sometimes it deliberately dives to the bottom of a small boat sailing in the sea, and beats the bottom of the boat with its wings, making a sound of "whoosh, slap", which makes the people on board terrified;
Sometimes it ran to the boat moored in the sea, hung the meat horn on the anchor chain of the boat, and pulled up the small iron anchor, making people at a loss;
Or it hangs itself on the anchor chain of the boat with its cephalic fin, and drags the boat to run around the sea at high speed, making the fishermen mistakenly think that it is the "devil" who is doing the trick, which is actually a prank by the manta ray .

And its size and strength often scare fishermen, because once it gets angry, it only needs to use its powerful "dual wings" to slap people's bones and kill them. "

Speaking of this, Will sighed deeply, his eyes looked deep and empty, as if recalling something bad.

Qin Xu heard something inexplicable.Pointing to the silver-white sea fish on the deck that was only one meter long and weighed at most a hundred catties, he asked dumbfoundedly:

"Will, you're not talking about it, are you? Such a big fish can destroy boats? Can it break human bones? Are you sure you're not joking?"

Will shook his head and didn't say anything, but Xu Mengyao who was next to him answered:
"Qin Xu, every mistake Mr. Will said, I seem to have heard someone introduce that this kind of devil fish can grow to more than eight meters in length and weigh five thousand kilograms, and it can jump out of the sea at that time , gliding on the sea surface, think about it, what kind of concept is that.”

"What? Eight, eight meters? Five thousand kilograms?"

Looking at Xu Mengyao with his mouth wide open, Qin Xu stammered and repeated.

Nodding her head, Xu Mengyao said affirmatively, "That's right, an adult manta ray can grow up to seven or eight meters and weigh four to five tons."

"What about this one? It can't be a juvenile, right?"

Qin Xu pointed to the wriggling manta ray on the nail plate, and asked with a dry throat.

"Yes, boss, this is a juvenile manta ray, and usually a juvenile manta ray will always be accompanied by an old manta ray. They value their children very much. So, let's change places quickly Bar."

Will woke up from the memory, looked at Qin Xu, and said solemnly.

As far as he knows, female manta rays are very protective of their only offspring.Unlike other fish, it can lay tens of thousands of eggs at a time. Like sunfish, it can be said to be a high-yield player among fish, and it can lay eggs at a time up to [-] million.

The female manta ray does not lay eggs, it is ovoviviparous, which is rare among fish.It only gives birth to one child at a time, so it is no wonder that it wants to spoil the only child.

"Then hurry up, change, you hurry up."

Qin Xu was almost choked to death by this guy, knowing the danger, you are still here, so hurry up and sail.If the fish father, or the fish mother, or both the fish father and the fish mother came to the door together, and he did it for himself, he would be disabled if he didn't die.

After agreeing, Will hurried to the cab and shouted loudly: "Simon, hurry up and set off immediately."

Simon, who was bragging and farting with the fishermen, was a little dazed. Didn't this just anchor?Why are you leaving?

"Go quickly, the boss has caught a juvenile 'devil fish', just to be on the safe side, change the place quickly."

Seeing that Simon was still there in a daze.Will growled at him again.

Now Simon understands, and is also shocked. What kind of luck is this boss, and this is okay?
He knows the 'devil fish', he is a gentle sea fish, but once it involves offspring, he will immediately transform into a 'devil'.

After greeting the two dazed fishermen next to them, Simon and the others hurriedly started to lift the anchor.

On the other side, Qin Xu and the others put away all the fishing gear, and then formed a small circle, enclosing the poor little manta ray like that.He stared blankly at the fiercely famous 'Little Ocean Devil' in front of him.

The silver-white 'devil fish' in front of me is diamond-shaped, with a wide and flat head and a wide and flat snout.The pectoral fins are large and thick, like wings.

The front part of the head, a pair of prominent cephalic fins differentiated from the pectoral fins, are located on both sides of the head.The mouth is wide and big, and the small teeth are thin and numerous, arranged in a stone-like arrangement, which makes people feel chills when they look at it.

The upper and lower jaws have tooth bands, the nostrils are located just in front of the mouth, a small triangular hole is located behind the eyes, and a slender whip-like tail trails behind.

Looking at the cool-looking devil fish in front of him, like a future fighter plane in a sci-fi movie, Qin Xu couldn't help being curious, and walked up to see if it was dead or not.

"What are you doing?"

Grabbing this reckless guy, Xu Mengyao asked helplessly.

"Um, let me see if it's dead or not. What's wrong?"

Qin Xu, who was held back by Xu Mengyao, looked at her with some doubts and asked.

"You, its tail is poisonous, you are going to go up like this, what if you get stung?"

Pointing to the small tail of the little devil fish in front of her, Xu Mengyao explained helplessly, and at the same time felt a little amused in her heart. Do you still want to be a good fisherman at this level?

Touching his nose, Qin Xu was a little embarrassed by Xu Mengyao's look, and he felt wronged, how the hell did I know it was still poisonous?Although Lao Tzu majored in biology, he didn't specialize in marine life.

　Thanks to Fengxia Ai, Concert Boy, both of you for your great support, and thank you Xiaoyao Prodigal Son 1024 for your support of [-] starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)