Astaxanthin is a keto-carotenoid.
After materialization, astaxanthin is a red solid powder that is fat-soluble, insoluble in water, and soluble in organic solvents. It is widely present in the biological world, especially in the feathers of aquatic animals such as shrimp, crabs, fish, and birds, where it plays a coloring role.
The reason why whales and giant squids are mortal enemies is that both giant squids and whales are rich in astaxanthin.
Astaxanthin is a very important thing for both giant squids and whales.
If whales lack astaxanthin, they will not be able to dive to the bottom of the sea for too long, and their survival ability will be greatly reduced.
For humans, astaxanthin is also a very valuable thing. It has many physiological effects such as inhibiting tumor occurrence, enhancing human immunity, and removing free radicals in the body.
In addition, astaxanthin has a good therapeutic effect on skin cancer caused by ultraviolet rays, and also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on eye diseases caused by diabetes. It has broad application prospects in health products, medicines, cosmetics, food additives and aquaculture.
It is said that the use of DNA recombinant technology to construct a high-yield astaxanthin genetic engineering is under research. Once the research is successful, previously incurable and terminal diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and diabetes will be conquered one by one.
Of course, biological genes, especially when it comes to the DNA level, are the realm of God. Instead of expecting successful research, it is better to take better care of your body.
When the male humpback whale saw the salmon, it completely lost its usual docility. It opened its bloody mouth and rushed towards the salmon quickly.
Even female humpback whales and killer whales, who had become extremely timid after losing their companions, were eager to give it a try.
Xiang Yang secretly thought it was a pity. After being messed up by these three guys, Xiang Yang completely gave up the idea of catching these salmon.
Of course, it's not completely without benefit for these three guys to get involved like this.
That is, all the ferocious predators in this sea area were scared and ran away. Xiang Yang and his crew were really safe when they were operating in this sea area.
Not to mention, there are actually marine creatures in this sea area that can threaten the lives of crew members.
Xiang Yang saw with his own eyes that when the male humpback whale swam over, under a reef not far away, a swordfish was swimming at full speed, fleeing into the distance like a sharp arrow.
Two humpback whales and a killer whale were chasing a group of salmon, causing chaos on the seabed.
Xiang Yang was no longer interested in catching conchs, clam shells or brain corals. He carefully searched the surrounding reefs, looking for various beautiful fish hiding in the crevices of the reefs or in the caves.
Xiang Yang thought that since the precious edible fish such as salmon had escaped, it would be nice to catch some nice ornamental fish.
In fact, when it comes to beautiful fish, tropical marine fish are the best.
However, the water in this area is deep, and the temperature is low this season, so the number of those beautiful tropical ornamental fish is extremely scarce.
The most numerous fish in this sea area is a small silver fish with a streamlined body. It looks like a smaller version of a swordfish, but its ornamental value is really not high.
Xiang Yang searched carefully as he shuttled through the colorful coral reefs.
Soon, Xiang Yang found several butterfly fish with fake eyes.
These butterfly fish are very brightly colored. Because they were frightened by the whale, they are hiding under the coral reef and lying motionless.
Xiang Yang swam over quietly, accelerated suddenly, and caught one.
Butterfly fish is not as popular as it was a few years ago, mainly because this fish is now too common and has lost its value for hype. However, it is still expensive, especially some rare and precious species which are hard to come by at a high price.
Butterflyfish is a general term for a very large family. So far, there are more than 150 species discovered.
After being caught by Xiang Yang, the butterfly fish immediately struggled hard.
Xiang Yang carefully threw it into the net bag. Although this butterfly fish was the most common false-eyed butterfly fish and could not be sold at a high price, its beautiful orange-yellow striped pattern made it the most popular and best-selling butterfly fish among all butterfly fish. After taking it back, he would not have to worry about buyers in the market.
Xiang Yang flashed left and right, and soon filled the net bag with fish.
Back to the boat.
Fang Youqun was cursing loudly.
When Xiang Yang asked, he found out that he had found a strange fish at the bottom of the sea and was fighting with it. He was about to catch the fish, but was ruined by a male humpback whale. Fang Youqun was furious.
But some crew members nearby thought Fang Youqun was bragging.
"What strange fish? Weren't you eaten by the strange fish?"
"Just blow as hard as you can. Can you out-swim the fish in the sea? You're almost catching it."
"I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?" Fang Youqun was so angry that his neck turned red.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I believe what you said is true."
"ah?"
"Brother Yang."
"captain."
When the crew saw Xiang Yang, they immediately stopped joking.
Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun, "Actually, you should feel lucky."
"Ah?" Fang Youqun was confused. "The fish I saw ran away because of the humpback whale causing trouble. Should I feel lucky?"
"If I'm right, the name of that fish should be salmon." Xiang Yang smiled and pulled at his diving suit. "Salmon is extremely ferocious and aggressive, and its teeth are extremely sharp. Even if it can't bite through our diving suits, its huge penetrating power is still enough for you to bear."
After hearing what Xiang Yang said, the crew members were immediately dumbfounded, and looked at Xiang Yang eagerly, "Captain, there are such dangerous marine creatures under this sea? What should we do next?"
However, the eyes of several older crew members lit up.
Salmon, they know this fish!
Farmed fish are extremely cheap, but wild ones are very valuable!
"Don't worry." Xiang Yang said with a smile: "Wild salmon have a very high content of astaxanthin, which is a substance most needed by all whales. They have been discovered by humpback whales and killer whales. Now they can either escape or be eaten by humpback whales and killer whales. There are no more salmon under this sea area now."
"Captain." Xu Fang frowned and said with great regret, "Without salmon, there may not be any valuable seafood under this sea. Should we continue sailing?"
Although salmon have no sense of territory, they are very ferocious and aggressive and will attack all marine life within their attack range. Since this area of sea is the habitat of salmon, the chances of other precious marine life being present are unlikely.