Fortunately, there are not many jellyfish in Qinglongwan.
Otherwise, given the situation in Qinglongwan a few years ago, the fishermen simply could not afford to employ two people who specialized in catching jellyfish, and the fishermen in Qinglongwan might have become extinct long ago.
"No matter whether it is useful to fish it out or not, we are all fishermen. Now that we have encountered it, we can't just ignore it. Let's find a way to fish that cross jellyfish out." Gao Chuang said softly.
Xiang Yang nodded, then looked at Fang Youqun, "Fang Youqun, go ahead."
"Ah? What can I use to fish it out?" Fang Youqun suddenly felt miserable and looked at Xiang Yang with a conflicted expression.
Xiang Yang found it a little funny. "Didn't you just volunteer to go and get it out? Why are you afraid to do it now?"
Fang Youqun was immediately annoyed by Xiang Yang's provocation, "Who said I don't dare? Look, I'm going to fish it out now."
As he spoke, Fang Youqun picked up two fishing rods and ran towards the edge of the ice floe.
"Be careful, don't fall into the water." Xiang Yang saw Fang Youqun coming up and quickly reminded him.
Fang Youqun nodded cautiously. The ruthless cross jellyfish would never miss any opportunity to prey, and sometimes would even kill its own kind. Facing such a terrible opponent, he certainly had to act with caution.
The cross jellyfish will attack its own kind. In order to meet its own food supply, the greedy cross jellyfish will often extend its tentacles towards its own kind, staging a scene of cannibalism.
Once, a biologist caught a giant cross jellyfish in the Norwegian waters. On just one tentacle of the giant cross jellyfish were hanging 34 moon jellyfish that had been captured by it.
Fang Youqun was walking towards the ice floe.
"Um?"
Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Xiang Yang saw three jellyfish in three different directions.
Xiang Yang quickly pulled Fang Youqun and said, "Wait a minute, there is more than one kind of jellyfish under this sea."
Fang Youqun stopped immediately and asked, "Are there any other jellyfish?"
"Well, look at that one. It's definitely one of the most vicious jellyfish of all. It's called the flower hat jellyfish." Xiang Yang pointed at a jellyfish that looked like a yellow and green headlight.
The flower hat jellyfish is a rare species of jellyfish and is widely distributed in all seas around the world, including cold waters and tropical waters. Its umbrella-shaped body is transparent with stripes, which looks very beautiful. It is a top-quality product in the marine aquarium and can be sold for hundreds or thousands of yuan each. If it is of extremely good quality, it can even be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan each.
The one that Xiang Yang and the others saw in front of them had an umbrella-shaped body with three colors in total. The bottom was light yellow, the upper part was a very beautiful light green, and there were black stripes on it. The edge of the umbrella-shaped body was covered with colorful tentacles, and the appearance was very attractive. If it were taken to an aquarium, it could be sold for at least five thousand yuan.
Of course, in the country, private individuals are generally not allowed to trade such dangerous things.
The flower hat jellyfish is extremely dangerous. It has a stinger containing a highly toxic substance near its mouth. If you are unfortunately stung by the stinger, the pain will be infinitely magnified and can kill you.
The remaining two jellyfish are both Portuguese man-of-war.
The Portuguese man-of-war is also a jellyfish that can cause very painful stings. The two ends of this jellyfish are very pointed, and the top is raised like a dorsal hump, and its appearance is very similar to a monk's hat, so it is called the Portuguese man-of-war.
Fang Youqun looked at the flower hat jellyfish, then at the two Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish, "Brother Yang, what should we do now? Should we give up fishing or should we catch all these jellyfish?"
"Go ahead and fish it out. I have nothing to do now anyway. It doesn't matter if I fish one or a few. I want that flower hat jellyfish alive. If you fish it out for me, I'll give you 2,000 yuan." Gao Chuang said with a hearty laugh.
Fang Youqun's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked at Xiang Yang, "Brother Yang, Boss Gao said that the flower hat jellyfish is worth two thousand yuan."
"Then go ahead and scoop it up." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
The market price of that flower hat jellyfish is around five thousand. This is the place of origin, so we definitely can't pay according to the market price. Two thousand is almost a fair deal. Gao Chuang has already spoken, so Xiang Yang can't say anything else.
Upon hearing this, Fang Youqun immediately ran towards the edge of the ice floe, full of energy.
Xiang Yang and Gao Chuang both looked on with smiles.
In fact, catching these jellyfish is just a way to have fun and pass the time for both Xiang Yang and Gao Chuang.
It is impossible to catch jellyfish effectively if you really rely on human power.
To control jellyfish, we have to rely on their natural enemies.
Although most jellyfish are highly poisonous, they also have natural enemies, and there are quite a few of them.
The two most common natural enemies of jellyfish are sunfish and sea turtles.
Sunfish feed exclusively on jellyfish. They can move freely among jellyfish groups and easily tear off the tentacles of jellyfish with their mouths, making the jellyfish lose its ability to resist and then eat it.
Although sea turtles are omnivorous animals and eat everything, their favorite food is jellyfish. Whenever a sea turtle sees a jellyfish, it is like a whale seeing a cuttlefish.
However, sunfish are very timid, and many are scared to death by jellyfish every year. Sea turtles have poor eyesight, and many die every year after mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish and swallowing them.
Following Xiang Yang's instructions, Fang Youqun picked up two fishing rods and quickly ran to the edge of the ice floe.
Then, Fang Youqun shook his hands at the same time and threw out the two fishing rods.
The cross jellyfish was very close to the shore, only about three or four meters away. Both fishing rods were large sea rods and could easily touch the cross jellyfish.
Fang Youqun extended the fishing rod under the cross jellyfish, and then with a strong push, he picked the cross jellyfish out of the sea.
"Haha, I picked it." Fang Youqun burst into laughter.
"Be careful, take your time, and don't let this thing touch anyone." Xiang Yang shouted loudly when he saw Fang Youqun's excited look.
Fang Youqun nodded immediately, then used both hands to carefully use the fishing rod to carry the cross jellyfish to the shore.
The remaining three jellyfish were a little far away from the ice floe, so they were not so easy to choose.
Fang Youqun tried several times, but the fishing rod still couldn't reach the remaining three jellyfish, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
Seeing this, Chen Qingsheng rolled his eyes and shouted, “Stupid, if the fishing rod can’t reach it, can’t you use fishing line and fish hook?”
Fang Youqun's eyes lit up, "That makes sense."
This woke Fang Youqun up from his dream. With Chen Qingsheng's instructions, he quickly installed the fishing line and fish hook on the fishing rod.
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head, then slowly walked towards the cross jellyfish that Fang Youqun had placed on the ice, which looked like a torn plastic bag.