The rest of the crew was not idle either.
Some of them found swimming crabs hiding under the fine white sand.
Some people also dug out large lobsters from the cracks in the coral reefs. These are very popular seafood in the market.
Xiang Yang surfaced and asked the people on the deck to let down a rope to pull up the net bag around his waist. Then he took an empty net bag thrown down by the people above and put it around his waist, then swam towards the bottom of the sea again.
After going into the sea, Xiang Yang wandered around the bottom of the sea. He still looked down on things like swimming crabs and lobsters. Usually when he encountered such seafood, he was too lazy to cook them himself. Xiang Yang was more concerned about the more precious seafood.
Suddenly, Xiang Yang saw a very strange marine creature with a patterned appearance and very bright colors.
At first glance, the creature looks like a shrimp but not like a shrimp. It looks like a charming flower. Its body color is really beautiful, and its appearance is very cute at first glance.
Xiang Yang looked at it for a long time before he remembered what this marine creature was.
"It turned out to be a starfish shrimp." Xiang Yang smiled dumbly. Starfish shrimp is a very cute creature. Even when it is showing its teeth and claws, it only makes people feel cute, not scary. It is also called boxing shrimp, and is distributed in the southern waters of my country all the way to the Philippines.
Xiang Yang swam over and picked up a starfish shrimp about half the size of his palm and looked at it carefully.
Starfish shrimps are a type of small shrimp. They do not grow very large. The largest starfish shrimp is less than ten centimeters long. Because they often appear in sea areas where starfish are distributed, they are called starfish shrimps.
The starfish shrimp that Xiang Yang was holding was mainly white, with brightly colored spots all over the white background.
These spots are really bright and eye-catching, and there are many colors. Xiang Yang saw at least ten colors including red, wine, lavender, purple, and gray at just one glance.
What surprised Xiang Yang was that the colors of the spots on the starfish shrimp, even the gray and black spots, were very bright and eye-catching.
At this time Fang Youqun swam to the vicinity of Xiang Yang. He looked at Xiang Yang's hand in surprise, gesticulating with his hands and asking Xiang Yang what he was holding in his hand.
Xiang Yang smiled, squatted down, and wrote on the fine white sand: "Starfish shrimp."
Fang Youqun stared at the shrimp with curiosity for a long time, then he imitated Xiang Yang and wrote on the sand: "This shrimp looks like a cow!"
If Fang Youqun hadn't said it, Xiang Yang wouldn't have realized it. After Fang Youqun's reminder, Xiang Yang found that it was true. If you look closely at this starfish shrimp, it really looks like a cow.
Of course, it’s only the base color that’s similar; both starfish shrimp and cows have a milky white base color.
But the spots on the body are not similar at all.
The spots on a cow's body are usually black, with some being brown, and the colors are very monotonous.
The color of the spots on the starfish shrimp can really be described as neon lights. Not only are they colorful, but they are also as bright and shining as neon lights.
Fang Youqun started gesticulating again. After he had been gesticulating for a long time, Xiang Yang finally understood what he meant.
It turned out that Fang Youqun was asking where the shrimps were caught.
Xiang Yang pointed to the coral reef under his feet, indicating that it was found inside the coral reef.
Starfish shrimps are quite valuable. Their bright colors make them worth a lot of money. Xiang Yang doesn't mind the crew spending some time looking for starfish shrimps.
However, Fang Youqun did not move. He continued to dance and use weird sign language to ask Xiang Yang whether the shrimp was worth the money.
Xiang Yang nodded affirmatively. Catching these starfish shrimps can make much more money than catching swimming crabs.
After Fang Youqun received Xiang Yang's affirmative answer, he hurriedly dived into the coral reef.
Xiang Yang continued to look at the starfish shrimp in his hand.
He found that the tentacles of starfish shrimps were very distinctive, and they had two pairs of tentacles in total.
The first pair of antennae are flat and twisted at the ends.
The second pair of antennae are also flat, but very wide, like two shields.
Xiang Yang flicked the two large shield-like tentacles with his fingers.
Every organ of every living thing has evolved slowly according to its survival needs, and there are generally no redundant organs.
But starfish shrimp don't.
The tentacles of starfish shrimp are really just purely decorative, rather than acting as balancers like other shrimps.
Because starfish shrimps hardly swim.
It is also worth mentioning that starfish shrimp is one of the few shrimps in the ocean that can change its feeding habits.
When the starfish shrimp changes its eating habits, its appearance will also undergo drastic changes, just like a Transformer.
In addition, starfish shrimps in different regions have different body colors. The most common starfish shrimps in my country's waters have a milky white base color with dark purple spots, while the starfish shrimps in Hawaii are generally reddish purple in color.
Xiang Yang searched around again and found more than ten starfish shrimps before he started swimming towards the surface.
The overtime crew saw Xiang Yang surfacing and quickly threw down a body and shouted, "Captain, tie the net bag to the rope, I will help you pull it up."
Xiang Yang shook his head and swam towards the ladder with the net bag.
Starfish shrimp is a relatively rare ornamental fish. Xiang Yang was worried that ordinary crew members would not be able to handle it well, so he had to go to the deck to handle it himself.
After Xiang Yang climbed onto the deck, he did not dare to delay and ordered the crew on the deck to get him a water tank as quickly as possible.
"Captain, these shrimps are so beautiful." The crew member exclaimed in amazement.
"Haha, it's not only beautiful, it's also fierce." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
The favorite food of starfish shrimp is starfish, and they usually hunt starfish together.
Two starfish usually form a pair.
Starfish shrimps are very family-oriented. The couple will live together in small holes in the reef. Usually, the female shrimp is slightly larger than the male shrimp.
Starfish shrimp hunting is usually done by the male shrimp identifying the prey.
Once the male shrimp identifies the prey, the two starfish shrimp will join forces to attack the prey.
First, the male starfish shrimp, which is relatively stronger, is responsible for cutting off the starfish's soft suction legs, while the female shrimp keeps trying to flip the starfish over by pulling.
Both male and female starfish shrimps are extremely ferocious and brave. They can usually defeat starfish that are much larger than them.
In addition, starfish shrimps have very developed mouthparts and a pair of strong large claws that are almost as wide as their bodies. These are the capital that enables them to fight starfish.
As long as the starfish is unfortunately turned over by the female shrimp, it will basically become a meal for the starfish shrimp couple.
The large claws of the starfish shrimp can pierce the skin of the starfish very easily.