Xiang Yang smiled and rubbed the sea lion's head without saying anything.
Sea lions are actually extremely sensitive creatures. They are wary of all unfamiliar things, but once they are sure that a person is good to them, they will be full of kindness towards that person.
"This seems to be a volcanic island." Xiang Yang said uncertainly after observing the island for a while.
The vast majority of the islands in my country's South China Sea are continental islands, dotted with coral islands.
An island refers to a small piece of land that rises out of the ocean. Depending on how it rises, it can be roughly divided into volcanic islands, coral islands and continental islands.
The geological structure of a continental island is similar to that of its nearby continental structure. Before being divided into islands, it was integrated with the continent. It was separated from the continent due to the sinking of the earth's crust or the rise of sea water. Large islands such as the RB Islands, Hainan Island, and Formosa Boulevard are all continental islands.
Coral islands are formed by the gradual accumulation of the remains of dead coral polyps in the sea. After a long period of time, they eventually pile up into an island. my country's NSQD is the most representative coral island.
Volcanic islands are the most common islands. They are formed when magma and other materials erupt from submarine volcanoes slowly cool and accumulate. The Hawaiian Islands, which are world-famous for their vacations, are very representative volcanic islands.
"If it's really a volcanic island, maybe we can get some unexpected gains." Xiang Yang searched carefully in the cracks under the limestone. There are usually lava tunnels connected to the sea under the cracks in the rocks of such islands. The fishery resources in them are generally extremely rich, and there might be big lobsters.
"Brother Yang, come and see what this is?" Fang Youqun couldn't reach the sea lion, so he went diving again. Not long after he went down to the bottom of the sea, he swam up, holding a blue thing that looked like a light bulb in his hand.
Xiang Yang's face changed, and he immediately scolded: "Fang Youqun, are you ignoring my words again?"
The faces of He Mingde, Chen Qingsheng and others also did not look very good.
There are many creatures in the ocean that seem beautiful and harmless, but in fact they are deadly and dangerous. Xiang Yang has repeatedly warned people not to touch unfamiliar creatures encountered on the seabed.
When Fang Youqun encountered something he didn't recognize, he not only touched it but also grabbed it, and he grabbed it with his empty hands. It would be strange if Xiang Yang's face could be good.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Fang Youqun immediately remembered Xiang Yang's instructions and realized that he had done something wrong. He quickly admitted his mistake and said, "Captain, I'm sorry. I just thought this thing looked pretty, so I couldn't help but touch it with my hand."
"Deduct 200 yuan from your salary. Next time, anyone who messes around with something they don't recognize will be asked to get off the boat directly." Xiang Yang said directly.
Fang Youqun suddenly shuddered all over, and after dropping the blue lightbulb-like thing, he felt terrible, like an eggplant hit by frost.
"Don't be so angry. The captain is doing this for your own good. You should be thankful that this thing is not as poisonous as jellyfish or jellyfish, otherwise we would have to go to the sea to fish out your body now." Zhou Wang picked up the blue light bulb-like creature and exclaimed in amazement, "There are actually light bulb sea squirts under this area of water."
"Light Bulb Sea Squirt?" Fang Youqun looked at Zhou Wang suspiciously, wanting to ask, "Why can you hold it with your hands but I can't?"
Xiang Yang obviously saw Fang Youqun's confusion. Seeing that Fang Youqun did not show any obvious resistance after being fined, his face looked much better. "Because Master Zhou knows this thing but you don't. You dare to touch something you don't even recognize. Do you want to die?"
The bulb sea squirt looks very much like a plant, but it actually belongs to the subphylum Uchochordata in the phylum Animalia. It is a cylindrical, transparent protochordate. Your internal organs can be seen through its transparent skin, just like a light bulb, so it is named the bulb sea squirt.
"Captain, do you want to eat it?" Zhou Wang handed the bulb tunicate to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang immediately shook his head.
The bulb tunicate has a very beautiful appearance and is generally treated as an ornamental object in my country. It is kept in a saltwater tank and illuminated by colored lights and can change into various colors with the light, which is extremely beautiful.
But in some high-end hotels abroad, you can order the dish of Bulb Sea Squirt. Especially Japanese and Koreans like to eat this kind of food very much.
They can be eaten raw just like oysters, usually taken directly out of the water tank, cut with a knife, the liver removed, the meat taken out, washed in clean water, and cut into pieces for eating.
The flesh of the bulb tunicate is delicate and transparent and very dazzling. Dipped in seafood chili sauce or wasabi sauce, it has a crisp taste, sweet and slightly bitter, and is a rare delicacy.
"Can this thing be eaten? How to eat it? Is it expensive?" Fang Youqun asked hurriedly when he saw it. He thought that he had been deducted 200 yuan from his salary. If this bulbous tunicate was very valuable, he would definitely eat it and get the 200 yuan back.
"Take out the internal organs and wash them clean before you can eat them." Xiang Yang handed the bulb tunicate back to Fang Youqun.
Fang Youqun took action without saying a word, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it from him.
For fishermen living on the coast, eating raw seafood is not something unacceptable. For example, many people have eaten drunken shrimps. Moreover, this bulb tunicate looks so beautiful and very appetizing at first glance.
After cleaning the bulb tunicate, Fang Youqun dipped it in some Lao Gan Ma and took a careful bite.
It was very crispy when eaten, but not as crispy as dried radish. In short, the taste was very unique, as if it had opened all of Fang Youqun's taste buds in an instant.
The unique fresh flavor of seafood, mixed with the aroma of Lao Gan Ma fermented soy sauce, tastes a bit strange when you try it for the first time, but the more you eat it, the more delicious it tastes. The tender meat of the bulb tunicate perfectly brings out the sweetness of aquatic products, the freshness of seafood and the refreshing taste of game.
After taking a few bites, Fang Youqun saw that everyone was looking at him eagerly, so he stuffed the rest of the bulb sea squirt into his mouth and chewed it with a crisp sound. "It's not delicious, not delicious at all, just like chewing pickled mustard tuber, except that it's a little more fragrant, sweeter, fresher and tenderer, there's no difference from pickled mustard tuber."
"Just eat it, why are you talking so much nonsense? It doesn't taste good, but you ate it all?" Xiang Chen rolled his eyes, "Are there many bulbous sea squirts like this under the sea?"
Fang Youqun nodded subconsciously at first, then quickly shook his head, "Not much, not much at all, I only caught this one anyway."
Everyone rolled their eyes, especially the few people who recognized the Bulb Sea Squirt, who almost beat up Fang Youqun. The Bulb Sea Squirt is shaped very much like a plant and is widely distributed in the world's oceans, from the tides to the deep sea below a thousand meters. It is extremely difficult to deliberately look for the traces of the Bulb Sea Squirt, but finding a Bulb Sea Squirt often means finding a population.
"Don't catch crabs anymore. Go down and get some tunicates, scallops, cuttlefish and the like. We'll make a seafood hotpot later." Xiang Yang said.