Viperfish can only survive in cold waters, so they generally live in deep-sea environments 500 to 3,000 meters below sea level during the day.
At night, when the sea surface temperature drops, they will go to the diving area of about 20 meters to forage for food.
Only because this is Antarctica and there is a heavy snowstorm in the sky, otherwise the viperfish would never swim to the diving area during the day. Even normal light and temperature can take the viperfish's life.
“Pah.”
“Pah.”
“Bang!”
In the water, the battle between tiger sharks and viperfish has reached a white-hot stage, and more and more viperfish are constantly being thrown out of the water by the tiger sharks.
Some viperfish rolled in the air, returned to the sea, and continued to fight with the tiger sharks.
Some unlucky viperfish were thrown onto the ice floe.
"The tiger shark's fighting power is too strong." Xiang Yang couldn't help but sigh.
Viperfish swim very fast. Once they spot their prey, they will rush towards it at high speed, bite their long, nail-like teeth into the prey's body, and then fix their body firmly on the prey.
Because the teeth of viperfish are long and curved, any prey that is pinned by the viperfish will find it difficult to escape from the teeth or shake off the viperfish no matter how hard it pierces.
Like the tiger shark, it can not only shake off the viperfish that is nailed to its body, but some can even shake it off dozens of meters away. It is simply incredible. This requires the muscles to burst out with extremely terrifying power, and this power can even easily break human bones.
Fang Youqun looked at the sea surface that had been dyed red and asked Xiang Yang, "Brother Yang, which one do you think is more powerful, these viperfish or tiger sharks?"
Xiang Yang glanced at Fang Youqun and said, "You mean who will win?"
Fang Youqun nodded quickly.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "If I had to choose, I would certainly prefer the tiger shark to win. After all, the tiger shark is one of the top overlords in the ocean."
"Although viperfish are also carnivorous fish, they mainly feed on various small and medium-sized fish and crustaceans."
"I also think the tiger shark can win. Although the viperfish's teeth are sharp, the tiger shark has thick fat. Don't look at those tiger sharks in the water now. They seem to be in a very miserable state. In fact, they may have only suffered some minor skin injuries." Gao Chuang said with a smile.
The viperfish’s hunting ability is indeed very advanced, but it also depends on who the opponent is.
Tiger sharks are almost not afraid of any opponents except marine predators of the same size or even larger. Although viperfish are ferocious, they are not poisonous and it is difficult for them to cause substantial harm to tiger sharks.
However, now that this group of viperfish dare to actively attack the tiger sharks, perhaps they have some unknown special skills.
In fact, Xiang Yang felt that this group of viperfish were defending their territory. They did not want to kill those tiger sharks, but wanted to drive them away.
As far as Xiang Yang knew, viperfish generally had no shortage of food.
Because viperfish have light organs on their back, chest, abdomen, tail, and even inside their mouth.
The light organs on the viperfish can emit a variety of bright lights in the deep sea, flashing like neon lights, which is very beautiful.
These neon lights can attract many small fish.
Most of the time, the viperfish only needs to open its mouth and lurk in the water motionlessly, and small fish that are unaware of the truth will continue to swim to the side of the viperfish.
As far as Xiang Yang knows, this kind of hunting method of waiting for the rabbit to come to you is very effective in the dark sea.
Of course, it is also possible that Xiang Yang guessed wrong.
Maybe these viperfish are used to eating small fish and shrimps, and they want to change their taste occasionally and catch some tiger sharks to eat.
Although the viperfish is small in size, it has a big appetite.
The viperfish has a leaf-shaped skull, and when the viperfish swallows prey, the joints of the upper and lower jaws can move forward, allowing the mouth to open very wide.
Moreover, the esophagus and stomach of viperfish are very elastic like rubber.
It is said that big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps.
However, viperfish can eat big fish as small fish. They can swallow prey that is much larger than themselves in one gulp. When there is enough food, viperfish can store a large amount of undigested food in their stomachs, and then digest it slowly bit by bit when food is scarce.
At this moment, Xiang Yang suddenly said, "No, the number of viperfish in this sea area is still increasing, and those tiger sharks may not be able to hold on."
In Xiang Yang's sight, viperfish kept scrambling to float up from the deep sea, and those tiger sharks still looked extremely ferocious, but they were already covered with scars.
"That's right, there are a large group of them. I really don't know how there can be so many viperfish in this sea area." Gao Chuang nodded carefully.
Fang Youqun was beaming with joy, "Brother Yang, Boss Gao, why don't we find a way to get back to the boat and catch a lot of fish. This will definitely be a big harvest."
Fang Youqun is Xiang Yang's man. Gao Chuang stared at the sea and pretended not to hear what Fang Youqun said.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "Catch a net? What are you going to do with these viperfish? Are you going to eat them?"
Fang Youqun took one look at a viperfish still jumping on the ice, and immediately shuddered, shaking his head like a drum, "I would rather die than eat this fish."
Then, Fang Youqun changed his tone and said, "Just because I don't eat them doesn't mean others won't eat them. We can bring a net back to sell. There are so many viperfish here that we can get a big harvest with just a random net."
"Okay, if even you don't eat this stuff, basically no one will eat it. You'd better save your energy and save some fuel for the captain." Chen Qingsheng said.
"The viperfish looks too ugly. Its appearance makes people lose their appetite. Just like a scavenger, basically no one will eat it." Xiang Yang explained with a smile.
"Viperfish is the only fish in the world whose exact number is unknown, but for which no one has provided any protection. This is because no one eats this fish, no one buys it in the market, and fishermen do not catch it. If we travel thousands of miles to catch a net of viperfish and bring it back, we will be laughed at."
When Fang Youqun heard this, he immediately said angrily, "Damn, it turns out this fish is useless. I was so happy for nothing."
Xiang Yang smiled and said nothing.
At this time, the group of tiger sharks on the seabed finally showed signs of decline under the desperate attacks of countless viperfish.
A tiger shark more than three meters long had a large piece of flesh torn off from its left fin by a viperfish.
The tiger shark lost its balance in the water with its fin in its hand, and its body flipped sideways and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Suddenly, countless viperfish pounced on the tiger shark from all directions.
The tiger shark opened its bloody mouth and killed more than ten viperfish in the blink of an eye, but its body was also instantly covered with viperfish.