Xiang Yang somewhat agreed with Wu Shiwen's idea. If Fang Youqun and others knew that Wu Shiwen could sell clams at a higher price than pearls just by changing his thinking, they would probably be stunned.
Of course, for Xiang Yang, betting on clams is just a small thing. Taking into account the labor and time, it is far less profitable than mining for pearls.
Xiang Yang did not squeeze with the crew but went to a farther place to look for fatter pearl oysters.
Maybe Xiang Yang swam a little too far and was out of the range of the two humpback whales. Soon Xiang Yang encountered a group of ferocious marine predators.
It was a group of huge but extremely agile sea lions, which were swimming in groups on the seabed chasing schools of fish.
Sea lions have fin-like limbs that are strong enough to walk on land. They usually swim in groups in the sea to hunt during the day and rest alone on the beach at night. They are large carnivorous mammals in the ocean.
Xiang Yang stopped and looked at the group of sea lions without daring to get too close. Sea lions have a strong sense of territory. Their strong sense of territory makes them dangerous animals that will attack humans. They will not let go of any creature that attempts to enter their territory, and attacks on humans are common.
The group of sea lions also saw Xiang Yang, and immediately they all bared their teeth and made threatening gestures towards Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang smiled and didn't care. He was still some distance away from the group of sea lions and it didn't count as intruding into their territory. Generally, sea lions would not chase large predators out of their territory when they encountered them.
Xiang Yang had seen sea lions in the underwater park before.
The tamed sea lions in the underwater park are very cute. They gather in a large pool and often swim with their lower bodies in the pool and stand up with their upper bodies above the water. Their pectoral fins constantly make various flattering gestures to beg tourists to feed them.
Their food is also very simple, a kind of silver sea fish the size of a little finger, sold in the underwater world for twenty yuan a box, and a box contains about twenty fish.
Whenever tourists feed them, they make sounds like cows, which are so loud that they sometimes even scare children.
When feeding sea lions, tourists can also have some simple interactions with them, such as using a small wooden clip to hold a small silver fish and spinning it in circles above the pool. The sea lions will be very considerate and follow the tourists' gestures to spin in circles for the sake of the food.
It is worth mentioning that you must give food to the sea lion after interacting with it. If a tourist teases the sea lion to spin in circles and then throws food to other sea lions, the sea lion that did not get food after interacting with the tourist will be very angry. Its nostrils will bulge and it will make very angry roars. In serious cases, it will even slap the water surface with its pectoral fins, splashing a pool of water and soaking the tourists. At this time, the sea lion can only be comforted by the silver fish.
If tourists rush to visit the sea lions as soon as the Ocean Park opens in the early morning, they must pay attention to dispersing the feeding when feeding. They cannot throw food when two or more sea lions gather together, otherwise the sea lions, which have been hungry all night and are extremely ferocious, may fight over a small silver fish. Of course, this situation is very rare and the keepers of the Ocean Park usually feed the sea lions before the tourists arrive.
Tamed sea lions are good friends of humans. On stage, they can perform many difficult shows with their trainers. When salvaging shipwrecks, sea lions' superb diving skills can help humans detect or salvage items on the seabed.
But untamed sea lions are very dangerous.
In 2007, a sea lion even chased a human who was surfing behind a speedboat on the sea off the west coast of Australia. They not only attack humans but also their own kind, especially during the breeding period, when each male sea lion will occupy a specific area on the beach and will not allow other male sea lions to approach, otherwise a life-and-death game will be fought. Female sea lions will also viciously pick up and throw away any cubs other than their own children.
There are not many sea lions in this group, about a dozen or so, including two baby sea lions that are only about one meter long.
The two little sea lions may have just learned to swim and swim very clumsily. Sea lions are raised on the beach by female sea lions for the first four or five months after birth, and are only taken to the sea to learn to swim after they are five months old.
Sea lions that grow to over 800 pounds will gradually develop a fear of humans, and will gradually stay away from humans when they are not tamed. However, the little sea lion was at the age of playfulness, and was not afraid of Xiang Yang and even swam towards him. While swimming, its two pectoral fins slid through the sea water vigorously, and a human-like smile appeared on its face.
Xiang Yang smiled and waved to greet the two little guys.
Seeing Xiang Yang's actions, the two little guys swam even more happily and swam towards Xiang Yang faster.
This scared the two female sea lions.
The two female sea lions swam in front of the two baby sea lions and tried to pick them up. The remaining sea lions also bulged their nostrils towards Xiang Yang, trying to intimidate and drive him away.
Xiang Yang knew that he had frightened the group of sea lions, so he stepped back a little to show that he meant no harm.
Seeing Xiang Yang retreat, the group of sea lions became much quieter but they still did not relax. Each and every sea lion stared at Xiang Yang. They instinctively felt a huge threat from Xiang Yang.
The two little sea lions were somewhat dissatisfied with being pulled back by the lioness. They struggled violently in the sea as if they wanted to swim to Xiang Yang and play with him.
One of the lionesses became annoyed and slapped the little sea lion on the head with her pectoral fin.
The little sea lion became obedient immediately after being hit twice by the lioness. Its cute little face was full of grievance when it looked at Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang touched the breathing mask awkwardly. Why did he feel like the bad guy who kidnapped and trafficked baby sea lions
Seeing that this group of adult sea lions did not welcome him, Xiang Yang suddenly felt bored. He turned around and wanted to swim away.
But at this moment, two huge black shadows swam towards this side quickly from a distance and scared Xiang Yang. Xiang Yang looked carefully and was relieved when he saw that they were the two humpback whales playing beside the fishing boat.
But soon Xiang Yang became nervous again, because at this moment the two humpback whales did not seem docile at all, especially the female whale with a murderous face, as if she had met a killer whale and was ready to kill.
Xiang Yang understood after a little thought that the two humpback whales must have thought that they were surrounded by a group of sea lions, so they rushed to support him.
"Fuck!"
Xiang Yang had no time to explain or stop them. He could only look at the group of sea lions behind him. The sea lions were fleeing in panic, but they were clearly divided into three echelons. A group of fleeing sea lions were in the front. Two female lions were a long distance behind the group and were nervously looking back. Two little sea lions were flapping their pectoral fins and their bodies were arched but they didn't move. They were turning around in a panic.