This is undoubtedly good news for Xiang Yang.
Although there are a lot of fish on the deck, the only ones that are really valuable are the green-lipped abalone.
Xiang Yang asked someone to pick up a water tank that was blown to the ground by the storm, and then looked down into the tank.
Seeing this, Xiang Yang was immediately happy.
I saw that the green-lipped abalone in the water tank were all firmly stuck to the wall of the water tank and could not be pulled out.
"Hey, what is this?" Xiang Yang suddenly saw a very beautiful thing in the water tank.
This thing is only five or six centimeters long, with a dark blue back and a silver-gray belly. On both sides of its body, there are two pairs of very beautiful wings that look like leaves.
"Is this also a nudibranch?" Fang Youqun asked.
Xiang Yang shook his head, "Not really."
"It looks more like a Poseidon slug, but I can guarantee that this guy is definitely not a Poseidon slug." Xiang Yang said.
"Poseidon slug?" Fang Youqun asked doubtfully.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "In tropical and temperate oceans, people often see a strange creature with a bright blue body crawling around leisurely in open areas. That strange creature is the Poseidon slug."
Not only is the Poseidon slug only a few centimeters long, it also does not have a hard shell to protect itself. It is a miracle that it has been able to survive in the ocean until now.
"It has a hard shell on its body, so let's call it the Poseidon Beetle." Xiang Yang said.
"Why is it called the Poseidon Beetle? Is it because it looks a lot like the Poseidon Slug?" Fang Youqun asked.
Xiang Yang shook his head. “It’s not very similar to Poseidon Slug, but very similar to Glaucus.”
This time, not only Fang Youqun was puzzled, but even Chen Qingsheng was puzzled, "Captain, what is this Glaucus? Why is it called Poseidon Beetle when it looks so similar?"
Xiang Yang looked at Xu Fang standing aside and asked with a smile: "Master Xu, do you know Glaucus?"
Xu Fang nodded, "I've heard a little about it."
"Then explain it to them."
"Yes, Captain."
Xu Fang looked around and saw that everyone was listening attentively. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Glaucus is not a real thing. It's just an ancient legend."
"Legend has it that a long time ago, a fisherman named Glaucus was fishing and saw a dying fish eat a kind of grass on the shore. The fish slowly came back to life and jumped into the water. So, Glaucus also ate that kind of grass. After waking up, his lower body turned into a fish and his hair turned into green seaweed. He is the god of the sea in Greek mythology." Xu Fang said with a smile.
"Sea God?" Chen Qingsheng scratched his head, "Why do I remember it was Poseidon?"
"I don't know about that." Xu Fang shrugged.
"Maybe it's because of the different versions." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Xiang Yang actually doesn't know much about Greek mythology.
However, Xiang Yang knew that Glaucus was indeed the god of the sea in Greek mythology.
Of course, Poseidon is also the god of the sea.
Compared to Glaucus, Poseidon is much more famous.
Poseidon, the god of the sea, is not only one of the twelve main gods of Olympus in ancient Greek mythology, but also the god in charge of horses. Legend has it that he gave the first horse to mankind. His mount is a golden chariot driven by white horses. He is the brother of the gods Zeus and Hades.
In Greek mythology, when Poseidon is angry, sea monsters will appear in the sea. When Poseidon swings his trident, he can not only easily stir up huge waves, trigger storms and tsunamis to sink the continent and collapse the sky and the earth, but also smash everything to pieces and even cause a major earthquake.
At the same time, when Poseidon's chariot gallops on the sea, the sea surface will become calm again, and dolphins will follow around.
Greek sailors and fishermen near the Aegean Sea worshipped Poseidon very much, and the Latin name of Neptune originated from Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Fang Youqun curled his lips, "So, this Glaucus is a god killed by Poseidon."
"It's already a myth, why are you taking it so seriously?" Xiang Yang laughed when he heard it.
"Didn't you say first that this Poseidon beetle looks a lot like Glaucus?" Fang Youqun said unconvinced.
Xiang Yang was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and said, "Yes, that's right, the appearance of this insect is very similar to the Sea God Slug."
"The first time Poseidon was discovered by humans was in 1777 in the Atlantic Ocean by a European scholar. It looked very much like the Poseidon Glaucus in oil paintings," said Xiang Yang.
As he spoke, Xiang Yang grabbed the Poseidon beetle with his thick leather-gloved hands, "Strange, how could there be a bug in Antarctica that looks so much like a Poseidon slug?"
As far as Xiang Yang knows, Poseidon slugs like to live on mudflats in shallow seas and prefer environments with slow currents and not much wind and waves.
Although these two creatures look so similar, their living habits are so different.
The sea god beetle was caught by Xiang Yang and immediately began to struggle in Xiang Yang's palm.
It’s true, this little bug is not big in size, but it’s very strong and can compete with a crab.
"It's actually alive." Xiang Yang was shocked and quickly threw it back into the water tank.
"What's wrong with being alive? I think this little bug looks pretty good. It's good to be alive, and it's valuable." Fang Youqun said.
Xiang Yang glanced at Fang Youqun and said seriously: "In the ocean, the most terrifying creatures are not sharks, but completely unknown marine creatures."
"What's there to be afraid of? It's not even as big as my finger. I can crush it to death with just two fingers." Fang Youqun said disdainfully.
Fang Youqun reached into the water tank and said, "Look, I'm going to catch it."
Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng's faces changed at the same time, and they shouted at the same time: "Stop."
Fang Youqun did not stop. He continued to grab the sea beetle and said, "Don't worry, I have gloves on my hands. Even if it is poisonous, it won't poison me."
Xiang Yang grabbed Fang Youqun's collar from behind and pulled him out of the water tank.
"What are you doing, Brother Yang? I told you I was wearing gloves." Fang Youqun said dissatisfiedly.
"You are the only one wearing gloves, but I am not?" Xiang Yang glared.
"After millions of years of continuous evolution, do you know what kind of defense methods it has evolved? What if its teeth are very sharp and can bite through gloves?"
"Or maybe this thing carries a contagious virus?"
"Also, what if the toxins of this sea god beetle do not need to pass through the teeth, and can be passed on like a cobra?"
"You don't know anything, yet you dare to take it with your hands. I think you think your life is too long." Xiang Yang said with a glare.
Fang Youqun froze up after hearing what Xiang Yang said. After a while, he forced a smile and said, "Brother Yang, it's not as serious as you say."