"Oh my God, this coral is so beautiful!" Xiang Yang widened his eyes.
Even though Xiang Yang was knowledgeable and experienced, he was still stunned by the scene before him.
Clusters and clumps of various beautiful corals seemed to be pointing to the sky like fingers, and they bloomed like fireworks, making Xiang Yang dazzled.
These corals are like blooming flowers.
But the colors are more gorgeous than flowers, and the postures are more than flowers.
A large number of colorful coral reefs are dotted in the clear blue water.
Coral reefs provide excellent living and habitat conditions for a wide variety of marine plants and animals.
Xiang Yang took a quick look in the Coral Sea and saw sharks, herrings, turtles, sea cucumbers, and various beautiful pearl shells.
Xiang Yang ignored the various valuable seafood and instead focused on the shark first.
That was a very ferocious bull shark.
When talking about sharks, many people think of the great white shark first, and they all think that the great white shark is the most ferocious animal in the world.
But in fact, the bull shark is no less dangerous than the great white shark.
The full name of the bull shark is the bull shark. It is a species of shark in the family Carcharhinidae and the genus Carcharhinus. It has a fusiform body, a thick trunk, a wide and flat head, a depression above and below the base of the tail, a very wide, round and short snout, round eyes, a well-developed nictitating membrane, a wide triangular anterior nasal valve, no oral and nasal grooves or tentacles, an arc-shaped mouth, and the upper and lower jaws are tightly closed when the mouth is closed, with no teeth exposed. The maxillary teeth are laterally flattened and wide, with fine serrations on the edges, and the tooth tips are upright or slightly oblique outwards, without small tooth tips. The mandibular teeth are narrower and upright or slightly oblique, with serrations on the edges, and smooth near the base.
The bull shark had no ridge between its dorsal fins, just two huge dorsal fins.
The first dorsal fin is broad and its origin is opposite to the position of the pectoral fins.
The second dorsal fin is smaller and its origin is just before the origin of the anal fin.
Its pectoral fin was particularly large. Xiang Yang looked at it and felt that it looked a bit like a sickle.
Xiang Yang stared at the bull shark and frowned involuntarily. The chance of seeing a bull shark in this coral sea area is very high. Bull sharks are large sharks that like to live in coasts, bays, estuaries, rivers or lakes.
It is the only shark that can live deep in freshwater rivers and even lakes.
The real reason why Xiang Yang frowned was that the bull shark was one of the three most dangerous sharks to humans.
To fishermen, the only sharks that are as dangerous as the bull shark are the tiger shark and the white shark.
Bull sharks hunt their prey very quickly, and they prefer to feed on bony fish, and humans are also on their menu.
Of course, in addition to humans, bull sharks also prey on other sharks, crustaceans, cephalopods, sea urchins, sea snakes, sea turtles, and even garbage.
At this moment, the bull shark was preying on a grouper.
The grouper was also a very cunning creature. It hid in a crevice of a rock and lay motionless, as if it was determined to fight with the bull shark until the end of time.
Xiang Yang scratched his head in embarrassment. This bull shark was not easy to mess with.
The bull shark's diet consists mostly of bony fish and small sharks.
In the western Atlantic, they usually feed on ferocious marine creatures such as mullet, tarpon, catfish, and eels.
They also eat stingrays and baby sharks, including small individuals of their own species in their nearshore nursery habitats.
Although bull sharks appear to move slowly as they swim along the seafloor, they are capable of rapid bursts of speed, moving at speeds exceeding 19 kilometers per hour over short distances.
But Xiang Yang had no choice but to drive away this bull shark.
It was too dangerous for Xiang Yang to let the crew dive and fish in the same sea area with this bull shark.
After thinking about it, Xiang Yang decided that he must drive away the bull shark.
Of course, Xiang Yang needs to think carefully about what specific method to use to expel them.
Xiang Yang remembered that the bull shark seemed to be an endangered species.
Although not a target species for fishermen, bull sharks are frequently caught in fisheries around the world.
This is because bull sharks prefer to live in estuaries and offshore areas close to human presence, making them vulnerable to human impact.
The Natal Shark Commission reports that the average size of bull sharks caught in its beach nets has dropped significantly in recent years, which does not bode well for populations of the species, which until 2009 had no legal protection in any part of its range.
Ten years ago, even though some people had realized that the bull shark population in estuaries and freshwater areas was more vulnerable to human factors than other coastal or offshore areas, environmental pollution and fishing had a greater impact on young sharks living in freshwater areas such as estuaries.
However, because fishermen have not carried out targeted fishing on bull sharks, their population has not declined significantly.
So by the time humans actually discovered that the number of bull sharks had dropped significantly, the bull shark had already become an endangered species, and its protection level is still relatively high.
Xiang Yang had no way to return to the boat to inform the crew and use advanced modern fishing techniques to catch or drive away the bull shark.
Xiang Yang could only find a way to get rid of the bull shark himself.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang slowly swam towards the bull shark.
Soon, the bull shark discovered Xiang Yang. It instantly gave up the grouper in the crevice, turned around, and stared at Xiang Yang with fierce and cold eyes.
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows and instantly stopped approaching the bull shark.
This bull shark was not very big, only about two meters long. It might have been frightened by Xiang Yang's size and did not pounce on Xiang Yang immediately.
But it only hesitated for a moment, then swung its tail and swam slowly towards Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang smiled.
The reason why fishermen think bull sharks are more terrifying and difficult to deal with than great white sharks is that bull sharks can enter fresh water, which is only a small part of the reason.
The main reason is that the IQ of these bull sharks is not as low as that of great white sharks. They will not fight to the death with their prey as soon as they see their prey. They will not give up until they bite their prey to death or are bitten to death by their prey.
But bull sharks are extremely brutal in nature. After testing their prey, if they feel they are stronger than their prey, they will fight to the death with their prey. If they feel they are weaker than their prey, they will immediately run away.
This is what fishermen hate the most.
Xiang Yang stared at the bull shark that was slowly approaching him, and every nerve in his body was tense.
If an ordinary fisherman encounters a bull shark on the seabed, he will have no power to resist. However, Xiang Yang is not an ordinary fisherman. He has a mysterious jade shell to protect him and wears protective equipment that can resist the bite of a great white shark. (To be continued)