Xiang Yang did not say anything. The Antarctic icefish are slender in appearance and swim very fast. Xiang Yang put himself in Captain Zhang's shoes and thought about it. If he were Captain Zhang, Xiang Yang would have no way to catch these icefish except jumping into the ice cave himself.
"Bring the harpoon over here." Captain Zhang shouted behind him.
Immediately, someone handed the captain a bucket of things that looked like sharp arrows and something that looked like a gun.
"What are these things?"
"This thing is called a fish dart. It used to be sold online in China, but because it can be used as a lethal weapon, it is no longer allowed to be sold. It can only be bought secretly in some fishing tackle stores."
Captain Zhang took out a sharp arrow from the bucket and handed it to Xiang Yang to look at.
Xiang Yang discovered that this was indeed a sharp arrow, but there was a two-centimeter-long barb at the tip of the arrow, and a thin fishing line at the tail of the sword.
"Come, watch me." Captain Zhang took the fish maw and stuck it on the long tube-like thing, then aimed it at the ice cave and fired the fish maw out.
With a "whoosh", the fish bladder shot directly into the cold sea water.
"It missed." Captain Zhang turned a reel at the tail of the launcher, reeled in the harpoon, then aimed again and fired.
Xiang Yang suddenly realized that he understood the working principle and purpose of this fish dart. This fishing method had been used by people in Yanlong Village before. However, at that time, the fishermen in the village used homemade bamboo poles, which were not as professional and advanced as this fish bladder.
After missing the target several times, Captain Zhang finally hit the target.
I saw the sharp part of the fish bladder go straight through the back of an ice fish and then out from its abdomen.
The ice fish felt the pain and immediately began to struggle hard under the water.
Captain Zhang laughed, turned the reel quickly, and pulled the ice fish out of the ice cave.
To be honest, it was the first time that Xiang Yang saw ice fish at such a close distance.
The appearance of this fish is very strange. Its body is very slender, a bit like a horsehead fish, but its head is very big and its skin is black and white.
After being pulled out of the water, the ice fish's eyes bulged out and its mouth opened wide.
In the mouth of the ice fish, there are fangs.
Chen Qingsheng stared at the slender fins on the ice fish and swallowed his saliva. "This fish looks delicious, and it doesn't even have scales, so it's easy to handle."
Xiang Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly. "This frozen fish can be sold for hundreds of yuan per pound, how can it not be delicious?"
Many parts of the wild icefish's body are white, as white as snow, and some parts are even translucent. The icefish's body does not contain any hemoglobin, and its meat is snow-white, tender and delicious. It is a marine treasure from Antarctica and comes from unpolluted waters. It is a very healthy food. In China, if you want to eat such a delicious meal, you have to spend at least five figures.
"Okay." Gao Chuang shouted, "Lao Zhang, I'll give you a bonus at the end of the month. Bring another one up, and we'll have ice fish together tonight."
"Boss, I'm afraid this is going to be a bit difficult." Captain Zhang smiled helplessly, "The noise just now has alarmed the other ice fish. It's harder than climbing to the sky to catch them now."
Gao Chuang shrugged indifferently, "Okay, just do your best. You can't force it."
Although there is no hemoglobin in icefish's body and its blood is as pure white as milk, it also has a smell.
After smelling the scent, those penguins, who had been quite well-behaved, immediately began to get restless.
In fact, penguins also like to eat icefish.
It’s just that icefish swim faster and more flexibly than penguins at the bottom of the water, so penguins generally cannot catch icefish and can only feed on krill or other marine life.
"Ha, I only have one frozen fish, I don't know how to divide it, and these flat-haired fish actually want to snatch food from me, believe it or not, I will cook them together." Gao Chuang cursed at them, and then shouted loudly: "Stop them all, if they dare to snatch it, just set them on fire."
"Mr. Gao, come to think of it, I have never eaten penguin meat. How about we get one to eat later?" Captain Zhang joked at this time.
"Are you kidding?" Gao Chuang immediately shook his head and rejected it, "We fish for food on the sea, so we must learn to fear nature. We cannot catch any spiritual creatures, let alone eat them."
The group of penguins might really want to eat the ice fish. After smelling the scent of the ice fish, they immediately moved their short legs and rushed over here quickly. The crew members couldn't stop them. Those penguins were not afraid of people at all.
The crew had no choice but to turn on the flamethrower. Suddenly, flames appeared. The penguins were frightened and huddled together, looking at the crew in fear.
Gao Chuang turned his head and said to Xiang Yang: "Actually, an ice fish is nothing to me, but I absolutely cannot give this ice fish to these penguins, because penguins are very smart and they have memories. Once I give them the illusion that humans are friendly, they will not be afraid of humans anymore. But you know, not everyone does not kill penguins."
Xiang Yang nodded to show his understanding.
Although Xiang Yang himself does not eat penguin meat, he has never heard of any penguin meat for sale in China.
But penguin meat is indeed edible.
On March 15, 2020, the British Mail reported that a century after the famous British explorer Captain Robert Scott lost his life in Antarctica, photos of the survival experiences of the six survivors of that expedition were made public.
According to some written and photographic records from the time, the six survivors survived the long seven months in Antarctica by relying on penguin meat and penguin fat.
Of course, that is an extremely special situation. In that situation, it is normal to eat anything. Under normal circumstances, no one would eat penguins. Compared with other animals, penguins living in Antarctica are very lucky.
First of all, according to the United Nations Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica does not belong to any country and animals are protected. Catching penguins in Antarctica involves great risks.
Secondly, the cost of going to Antarctica is much higher than catching a group of penguins and selling them, and it is also life-threatening. Even the most vicious poachers would not be stupid enough to go to Antarctica to steal penguins.
However, this does not rule out the possibility that a small number of fishermen may kill a few penguins in Antarctica out of curiosity. Although penguins are protected animals, in the current situation of Xiang Yang and his friends, who in the outside world can know what is happening here
Therefore, Xiang Yang also supports Gao Chuang's approach, and it is better to let penguins maintain an appropriate distance from humans.