"No one wants to buy this kind of fish, so why are you still looking at it?" Fang Youqun muttered, but his eyes were fixed on the stingray.
When stingrays swim in the sea, their two fins swing like flying wings, which is very beautiful.
However, Fang Youqun was obviously not looking at the swimming posture of the stingray. He was paying attention to the tip of the stingray's tail.
At the tip of the stingray's tail is a poisonous stinger about 20 centimeters long. This stinger will quickly harden when the stingray is in danger, and once it pierces the body of its natural enemy or prey, it can quickly inject venom.
"Remember, if we encounter stingrays while diving, we must not provoke them." Xiang Yang said with a serious expression.
The crew members all nodded solemnly. They all made a living on the sea, so it was impossible for them not to have heard of the stingray. Not only was the stingray extremely venomous, but it was also extremely powerful. In the sea, it could usually smash a person's bones with just a flap of its wings. Even sharks would avoid them in the sea.
It would be great if most people were not scared to death when they encountered a stingray underwater. Who would dare to provoke it? An old man who eats arsenic doesn't think he will die quickly enough
A crew member laughed and said, "No wonder there are so few divers fishing in such a large area of Dongwu Ocean. It turns out that there are stingrays in the waters of Dongwu Ocean."
"You're obviously wrong." Chen Qingsheng smiled slightly and said, "It's true that stingrays are very dangerous, but no matter how dangerous a sea beast is, what can it do in front of human advanced technology? The reason why there are few fishermen diving in Dongwuyang is not because stingrays often appear in this sea area, but because the water in this sea area is relatively deep. Even with the help of diving equipment, it is difficult for ordinary fishermen to get to the bottom of the sea."
"And stingrays are not actually dangerous marine fish." Xiang Yang said suddenly.
As soon as Xiang Yang said this, someone immediately questioned: "The stingray is large in size, strong, and highly poisonous. Isn't it considered a dangerous marine fish?"
"But stingrays rarely attack humans." Xiang Yang said: "Under normal circumstances, stingrays will never provoke marine creatures of similar size to themselves. Although they are very powerful, their main food is actually worms, shells and small shrimps. When they hunt, they crawl on the seabed and search for scallops and other creatures that have no offensive power bit by bit in the mud and sand on the seabed. They will not chase after small fish that swim a little faster."
"The captain is right." Zhou Wang affirmed: "The stingray is actually very docile. As long as you don't provoke it, divers can even play with it on the seabed. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must help you anger it. An angry stingray is no joke."
"Hey, look." Fang Youqun suddenly exclaimed, "Something is trying to provoke that stingray. No, it's trying to eat that stingray."
Everyone looked in the direction of Fang Youqun's finger, and sure enough, they saw a ferocious moray eel like a poisonous snake swimming across the seabed. It was swimming towards the stingray at a very fast speed, like a blue lightning whizzing across the seabed.
"Um?"
Xiang Yang frowned. Conger eel is a ferocious carnivorous fish that looks like a snake. Its body is long and thin, and some can even grow to more than two meters in length.
Although the moray eel has no scales to protect it, it has sharp teeth so it does not need scales to protect it. The best protection for the moray eel is attack, and it has very strong attack capabilities.
"It's strange. Moray eels are considered one of the high-end predators on the seabed. They should never lack food within their own territory. Why would they risk attacking stingrays?" Xiang Yang asked in confusion.
"Who cares?" Fang Youqun shouted excitedly, "Brother Yang, quickly ask Master Xu to stop the boat. We'll sit on the boat and watch the fish fight. After they finish fighting, we'll go down and pick up the bodies."
Chen Qingsheng shook his head and said with a smile, "Actually, I don't think this is a fair fight. Conger eels are ferocious relative to other fish. For stingrays, it's just a matter of a slap to kill a two-meter-long sponge. How much is conger eel meat worth per pound? Is it worth it for the captain to stop the boat?"
Xiang Yang suddenly had an idea and immediately called to Xu Fang in the operation room through the intercom: "Master Xu, let's stop the boat here."
In fact, Xiang Yang had already roughly guessed the behavior of the conger eel.
If Xiang Yang guessed correctly, this sea area should be the territory of the conger eel.
Conger eels are marine creatures with a very strong migratory nature. Most conger eels have a very obvious migration phenomenon according to the change of seasons. Conger eels in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea in my country will swim to the northern part of Haizhou Bay from May to June every year, and will not swim back until after October. They choose their living environment according to the change of seasons just like migratory birds.
Once moray eels stop migrating, they will look for a safe place in the nearby sea to use as their nest. A large area of sea near the nest is the moray eels' inherent territory, and they will frantically attack all dangerous marine life except their own kind.
"Eh? Captain?" Chen Qingsheng was a little confused. "Do we really have to stop the boat and wait just to pick up a dead eel?"
"How is that possible?" Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head. "Look, this stingray is probably in danger."
Chen Qingsheng looked at the stingray that was still slowly slapping the sea surface? Then he looked at the moray eel that pounced on the stingray like lightning. He said suspiciously, "Captain, you underestimated the stingray, didn't you?"
Chen Fusheng also said: "Really? Captain, a stingray that gets angry is no joke? Especially the stingray we have is so big. If it gets angry, even a great white shark might dare to chase and kill it."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Of course I know how scary a stingray can be when it gets angry, but you guys are underestimating the moray eel."
Chen Fusheng wanted to say something else.
Before Chen Fusheng could speak, Chen Qingsheng pulled him and signaled with his eyes for Chen Fusheng to stop talking.
Chen Fusheng was stunned at first, then he immediately reacted. There were some things he wanted to say but didn't dare to say them, and he felt very uncomfortable holding it in his heart.
Xiang Yang noticed the little movements of the two brothers. He smiled and said, "Chen Fusheng, are you trying to say that the fighting power of the conger eel is not as good as that of the stingray? The stingray doesn't even need to use its poisonous tail. It can kill the conger eel with just a flap of its fins?"