"Uh, sentencing?" Fang Youqun immediately said, "Isn't it just a fishing net? Brother Yang, we have made a lot of money in this period of time. It's time to change to a stronger fishing net. As the saying goes, out goes the old, in comes the new."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. Sawfish is an endangered species. It was listed as an endangered species as early as 2003, and my country is no exception. He knew that there was no way to avenge the destruction of the fishing net, so he said directly: "Master Zhou, put this sawfish back into the sea."
Sawfish are cartilaginous fish, with a body length of about 5 to 7 meters, and some large sawfish can reach 9 meters in length. This fish has a long flat mouth with sharp saw teeth on both sides, five gill holes, two fins on the back, two fins on each side of the body, and a thick and powerful tail that can swing and glide quickly in the water.
Sawfish are close relatives of sharks and are as ancient as sharks, dating back more than 56 million years.
Although there are many species of sawfish, their body shapes are almost identical.
They are warm-water benthic fish that can live alternately in fresh water and sea water. They generally live in shallow waters in tropical regions. They are often seen in my country's South China Sea and the southern East China Sea.
Sawfish live on the bottom of the sea near the coast and are ferocious by nature. When hunting, they usually use their powerful front mouths to turn over the sand on the seabed in search of shells, conchs and some mollusks. Sometimes they will rush into other schools of fish and swing their heads left and right to scratch other fish, just like using a mace to chase prey. Fish that do not have time to dodge will be knocked unconscious by the sawfish and become its food.
"Alas." Zhou Wang sighed, "I didn't catch any fish and my fishing net was broken. I've lost a lot on this deal." He felt ashamed to face Xiang Yang. Every time he cast the net in the past, he would cast the net at the location designated by Xiang Yang, and he would usually get some harvest, or at least he would not catch an empty net.
Xiang Yang finally consulted his net-casting master on where to cast the net, but not only did he catch no fish, but one of the nets was also broken.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "How can you say that you didn't catch any fish? Sawfish are rare fish. If it weren't for the fact that they are protected species, I would have returned home immediately just for this one."
Xiang Yang was not saying this nonsense. According to word of mouth from the elders who had eaten sawfish meat in the past, the meat of sawfish is even more delicious than that of yellow croaker, and its price has long been sky-high. The mouth of the sawfish is a treasure comparable to ivory. The one Xiang Yang caught was six or seven meters long. The mouth, leather and meat of the sawfish could be sold for at least millions.
Zhou Wang forced a smile and said nothing more. He knew that Xiang Yang's words were just to comfort him. No matter how valuable sawfish were, they were still protected animals. It was a certainty that he would suffer a huge loss after this catch.
The sawfish did not leave immediately after being released into the sea. It seemed very dissatisfied with the fishing boat that had caught it out of the water. It swung its big head left and right, and its saw-like mouth hit the hull with a bang.
"This guy, is he relying on us?" He Mingde said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"This is not a scam." Xiang Yang said with a wry smile, "They were swimming peacefully at the bottom of the sea, and we pulled them out of the water for no reason. Shouldn't they be allowed to get angry? Let's go to the cabin and get some squids."
Unable to fight or kill, Xiang Yang had no other choice but to accept it as if he had really encountered a scammer.
"Okay, I'll get it." Chen Qingsheng immediately trotted into the cabin.
Xiang Yang took out his cell phone to take pictures of the sawfish. Firstly, although this sawfish had been caught before, it had been released and was not injured. Secondly, Xiang Yang was now a member of the Alliance for Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, so he was not afraid that the photos would be leaked and cause him unnecessary trouble.
As for whether the sawfish will damage the fishing boats
Don't be kidding, even if there was a real saw underneath, there was no way it could damage the driftnet fishing boat at all, not to mention that the sawfish's saw is not a real saw.
When talking about the saw of sawfish, there is one thing that must be mentioned.
Many people may think that sawfish lay eggs like most fish, but in fact they do not.
Sawfish are ovoviviparous animals. The long mouth of the small sawfish is already covered with serrations when it is in the belly of the big sawfish. However, the serrations do not hurt the big sawfish when they are born, because the saw-like snout of the sawfish is not made of bone. The outside of the sawfish's snout is covered with a thick membrane. Their saw is more like a mace than a saw.
Soon, Chen Qingsheng ran out of the cabin holding a foam box filled with squids.
Xiang Yang was just about to ask Chen Qingsheng to dump the squid overboard when suddenly the sawfish that had been slapping the boat angrily on the sea suddenly turned around with a swing of its huge tail as if it had seen a ghost, and then swam away at a very fast speed.
Most of the people on the boat didn't understand what was going on until they saw a fin several times larger than a door panel suddenly emerge from the bottom of the sea where the sawfish had previously stayed. The fin slammed heavily on the place where the sawfish had previously stayed, causing a huge white wave four or five meters high.
“Woo—”
The big fish seemed very angry that it failed to slap the sawfish. It let out an angry cry like a whistle, then swung its huge tail and chased after the sawfish. However, its speed was much slower than that of the sawfish, and it seemed that it would have difficulty catching up.
"Uh, it's the big head." Xiang Yang said in surprise.
The big fish that suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water was the male humpback whale.
Although sawfish are extremely ferocious and even real sharks have to retreat when they go crazy, humpback whales are obviously not afraid of them.
This can be seen from the action of the sawfish as it fled quickly before the male humpback whale appeared. Obviously, even a ferocious sawfish would not dare to confront a humpback whale, a terrifying sea beast as big as a mountain.
Fang Youqun seemed particularly excited. He leaned half of his body over the side of the boat and shouted loudly, "Come on, Big Head! Fuck that sawfish!"
Xiang Yang did not stop it, nor could he stop it. He also looked at the sea with interest.
It seems that if a sawfish is knocked over by a humpback whale, the humpback whale will not be sentenced, right
It seems that there is no need to protect protected animals that have already died, right
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang had an idea and immediately shouted, "Let's take pictures. If the sawfish dies, we must record the cause of its death in detail."
"Captain, I've taken another shot."
In fact, many people took out their mobile phones without Xiang Yang's reminder.
As Xiang Yang finished speaking, those crew members who hadn't taken out their cell phones also took out theirs.