space fisherman

Chapter 187 Basking Shark
The sea breeze was blowing, Ye Yuan was standing on the deck of a yacht.

The yacht, of course, was left on Newcastle by Amir.

After having breakfast, Ye Yuan took Ding Yi out to sea on the yacht.

As for those crew members, Ye Yuan has already explained that everyone can move freely on the island these days.

The reason why Ye Yuan went out to sea was to check the sea area around Newcastle Island.

For him, the seabed situation around his island must be in his hands.

This is difficult for the island owners of some private islands, but it is not a problem at all for Ye Yuan who has the ability to perceive.

Feeling deep into the sea and watching the situation on the bottom of the sea, I have to say that whether it is the island or the surrounding sea area, this place is completely a vacation paradise.

The sea area around Newcastle Island is very shallow, which is very suitable for diving. Because there are many corals and seaweeds under the sea, some small fish gather in it.

A crab holding a big claw is moving forward rapidly.

A group of colorful small fish is avoiding the pursuit of the grouper behind.

Ye Yuan was attracted by these scenes of underwater ecological scenery, and when Ye Yuan was watching with fascination, a group of jellyfish appeared in his perception.

The body of these jellyfish is bell-shaped, with a diameter of only 4-5mm. The body is completely transparent, and the red digestive system in the body can be clearly seen.

Seeing the appearance of these jellyfish, Ye Yuan immediately thought of a kind of jellyfish, that is the lighthouse jellyfish, which is also called "the animal that will not die" by many people.

The reason why it is called that he will not die is because this jellyfish has a unique growth habit.

Lighthouse jellyfish, it is asexual reproduction, differentiation and transfer of growth, that is to say, if the lighthouse jellyfish is compared to a person.

This person goes from infancy to adulthood, and through differentiation and transfer, he can return from adulthood to infancy. This is the unique growth habit of the lighthouse jellyfish.

If this kind of jellyfish carries out this "differentiation and transfer" repeatedly, let alone practice, it is logical that it can live longer and longer.

Some scientists have such a conjecture that the eternal life of the lighthouse jellyfish is just one more chance to "live".

In other words, a lighthouse jellyfish goes from infancy to adulthood, which is a stage, that is, a life.

Then it transforms from adulthood to infancy to adulthood. This is the second stage, the second life.

It is still unknown how many times the lighthouse jellyfish can transform.

So when Ye Yuan saw these lighthouse jellyfish, he felt very strange, but he was not surprised. After all, this is the Caribbean Sea, and lighthouse jellyfish are common creatures here.

The yacht continued to move forward. As the yacht drove, this place was no longer within the sea area of ​​Newcastle Island. As it got farther and farther away from the island, the water depth gradually deepened.

Ye Yuan withdrew his perception, and using his perception for a long time, Ye Yuan's mental power was consumed a lot, which is why Ye Yuan always gave people a lazy feeling.

Coming to the cockpit, he took the rudder from Ding Yi. Ye Yuan hadn't sailed for a long time, so he stood in the cockpit again, holding the rudder with his hand, which gave him a sense of comfort.

Ding Yi stood behind him without making any sound.

Driving a boat is a completely different feeling from driving. When Ye Yuan was having a great time, the hull of the yacht shook violently. Fortunately, Ye Yuan was holding the rudder, otherwise he would definitely fall out. When he turned around and saw When Xiang Ding Yi.

At this time, Ding Yi had already fallen to the ground and was getting up quickly.

"Could it have hit something? Could it have hit a rock?"

Ye Yuan muttered to himself, Ding Yi acted as if he didn't hear it, and still stood behind Ye Yuan without responding.

Ye Yuan is also very worried at this time, after all, this is just a yacht, if it really hits the rocks, it will be a big trouble.

Ye Yuan didn't care about the lack of mental strength, he directly released his perception and observed the situation at the bottom of the ship.

When the perception penetrated to the bottom of the boat, Ye Yuan's heart also relaxed a lot. There are no reefs here, not even aquatic plants, and the bottom of the boat is empty. This also makes Ye Yuan's nervous heart relax.

The perception continued downward, because Ye Yuan knew that the yacht would not shake for no reason, if it didn't hit the rocks, then it meant that some creature had just attacked his yacht.

This made Ye Yuan relax a little, and became nervous again, after all, the creature that can actively attack the yacht cannot be a little guy.

When Ye Yuan felt that he was going deep into the bottom of this sea area, what greeted him was a huge mouth.

"Fuck"

Ye Yuan called out reflexively.

When the perception clearly saw the owner of this huge mouth, Ye Yuan was a little speechless, could it be that this guy just attacked his yacht?

It's no wonder that Ye Yuan was speechless, because what he saw turned out to be the basking shark, the shark with the least fighting power in the legend.

Many people know that the largest known fish in the world is the whale shark, but few people know what the second largest fish is. The basking shark is the second largest fish in the world.

Don't say that whales are the largest fish. Whales are mammals and not fish.

The basking shark swims slowly and is almost harmless. This is what Ye Yuan is puzzled by. Why does such a basking shark attack his yacht?
Although the basking shark is the second largest fish, the basking shark in front of you has a huge body length of 10 meters, but its main food is plankton.
The eating method of basking sharks is very Buddhist, that is, they will open their mouths more than 1 meter wide, drink water desperately, and filter the plankton in the water to make their food.

Don't think that if this is the case, they won't be able to eat anything. When they are fully fired, they can filter nearly 2000 tons of seawater per hour!

Basking sharks are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.

It can be said that basking sharks are all treasures. Their bodies can be used as food and fish meal, fish skin as leather, liver as cod liver oil, and even its cartilage can be used as medicine. In Japan, it is even used as raw material for spring medicine.

But these are not the important reasons for making it an endangered species. The reason why the number of basking sharks has decreased so quickly is mainly because of its fins.

The "nine wings of heaven" that many people on Hong Kong Island talk about actually refers to the fins of basking sharks.

Ye Yuan carefully observed this basking shark, wanting to know why it attacked his yacht.

After watching for a long time, I finally knew the purpose of this guy attacking his yacht, which was to ask for help.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of other creatures in the world. Many creatures will seek help from humans when they encounter danger.

This basking shark was covered in lampreys, which is why he called for help.

Lamprey, the name is because there are seven gill holes behind his eyes, because these gill holes are mistaken for eyes by many people, and some people call them hagfish.

(End of this chapter)