space fisherman

Chapter 1232
Duck?

Hearing Ma Hua's shout, Ye Yuan's first reaction was that it was impossible.

Not to mention that this is the sea.

As far as the current distance from the shore of Yushui is concerned, it is impossible for ducks to appear here.

Ye Yuan looked in the direction of Ma Hua's finger.

On the sea in the distance, a group of duck-like creatures really appeared on the sea.

But from the outside, it does look somewhat similar to a duck.

They have dark gray feathers on their backs.

The feathers on the abdomen touching the surface of the sea appear white.

The most eye-catching thing is their bright red beak.

From the appearance alone, those who don't know will really mistake this group of creatures for a group of ducks.

"Boss, what is this? It can't really be a duck, can it?"

Wang Husheng also ran out from the cockpit upon hearing the news.

After seeing the scene in the distance, he also asked curiously.

"It's too far away to see well, but I'm sure it's not a duck."

Due to the problem of distance, Ye Yuan did not recognize the names of this group of creatures floating on the sea.

"Isn't that easy?"

When Wang Husheng heard Ye Yuan's words, he hurried back to the cabin.

Just as Wang Husheng returned.

The fishing boat began to change direction, approaching the group of unknown creatures.

The fishing boat gradually approached this group of unknown creatures.

Ye Yuan finally saw clearly what that duck-like creature was.

"Horned puffins. It's a flock of horned puffins!"

Ye Yuan said involuntarily.

But the ears of the crew members were at a loss.

"Boss, what is a horned puffin? Why have I never seen it?"

Ma Hua turned into a curious baby, playing the fine tradition of asking when he doesn't understand.

"The horned puffin is actually a seabird that feeds on marine fish.

They like to live in groups, and usually build their nests in rock crevices or caves on the cliffs of coastal islands.

Nesting in groups on coastal grassy slopes, each pair of puffins will dig a burrow about 1 meter deep.

The eggs of puffins are white, and they hatch one at a time, and the hatching work is mainly done by the female bird.

Both parents feed the chicks together.

When the chick is six weeks old, they abandon it.

The chick stays in the hole for another week, while its flight feathers grow.

Then it flew from the shore to the sea.

After two or three years, the puffin returns to its birthplace to breed. "

Think back to the introduction to the horned puffin in your mind.

At the same time, he also told the crew what he knew.

"Boss, I've never heard of this bird, is it famous?"

Ma Hua asked.

Ye Yuan smiled and shook his head:

"It's not necessary to be famous.

Horned puffins mainly live on islands, and live in groups on the nearby sea.

Because they are good at swimming and diving, they mainly feed on some small fish and crustaceans.

Many fishermen do not recognize them.

I was also only in the school library and saw some introductions about them. "

"There are no islands around here, are they just swimming in the water?
It was the first time I saw a seabird that could swim. "

Wu Hao also interrupted when he heard the conversation between the two.

Ye Yuan looked around:
"Horned puffins generally don't go ashore.

Although they are good at swimming, it is impossible for them to live in water for a long time.

They also need sleep and rest.

So there should be islands nearby, but we didn't find them. "

"Yeah, how could there be birds that stay in the sea all year round, there must be islands nearby."

Ma Hua also nodded and said in agreement.

The fishing boat did not change its speed because of the conversation of several people.

While the crew was still discussing the horned puffin they had just seen.

It has been found that in the distance, a vague outline of the island appears in everyone's sight.

"Haha, isn't that the island? Just now, whoever questioned the boss stood up for me."

Ma Hua, a living creature, seriously plays the role of the pistachio on his boat.

He never forgets to flatter Ye Yuan, the boss.

The fishing boat was getting closer and closer to the island, and the surrounding sea was no longer calm.

The wind blew the surface of the sea, and there were waves of moderate size.

The waves beat on the reef, and the sound of the sea water and the reef was heard from time to time.

The island is made up of uneven rocks.

These reefs seem to rise straight up from the depths of the seabed.

Stop two or three meters above sea level.

It looks very irregular.

The dark reef surface makes people look a little unnatural.

This made Ye Yuan have a strong interest in this reef island.

After finding the chart, Ye Yuan saw his own coordinates clearly.

It also understands why the reefs on the island are like this.

This place turned out to be an earthquake-prone zone.

This also explains why those reefs were so weird before.

It turned out that those reefs were all brought about by the changed topography after the earthquake.

No wonder there is no shadow of fishing boats here.

In such a sea area, there are very few fish activities, which leads to no fishing boats coming here to fish at all.

Just when Ye Yuan released his perception to scan this sea area.

A fish that suddenly appeared in perception aroused Ye Yuan's great interest.

I saw that the body of this fish was oval.

The body color is purple-black, and there are irregular small black spots on the side scales of the body.

The first time he saw this fish, Ye Yuan recognized it, it turned out to be a not-so-well-known rare sea fish, the spotted catfish.

From the appearance point of view, the appearance of the grouper is very similar to that of the dragon grouper.

In Huaguo, it is a very delicious edible fish with high nutritional value, which is very suitable for steaming.

After steaming, the fish has its unique sweet and tender taste.

It is deeply loved by countless gourmets.

The reason why such a delicious fish is not very famous.

It is because its quantity is too rare.

It is difficult for ordinary people to see it, let alone eat it.

Even fishermen who have been at sea all year round.

There are also many people who have never seen the real face of the spotted prairie.

Especially in recent years, with human overfishing and damage to the marine environment.

Spotted cats are becoming increasingly rare.

Before, there were occasional fishermen who could catch one or two porcupines.

But now, it is very rare to hear of anyone being able to catch the spotted cat anymore.

It is only occasionally heard that some fishing friends have caught small spotted carps.

Ye Yuan has never heard of such a large group of spotted cats that Ye Yuan saw today.

Spotted catfish is a warm-temperature fish in the middle and lower layers, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical seas.

Generally live in water depths below 30 meters.

Most like the smell and surrounding rocks.

So even if someone finds a trace of the spotted carp, it is difficult to catch it with a fishing net.

It is precisely because of the high difficulty of catching, the scarcity of the number, and the delicious taste of the porcupine itself.

This also leads to the very high price of the spotted cat.

Since the spotted cat was found here today, Ye Yuan certainly couldn't miss it.

As for not being able to catch with fishing nets, is this still a problem for Ye Yuan?
(End of this chapter)