Galactic Garbage Station Chapter 63: Undersea treasure hunt
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Su Jing picked up a huge shell and looked back and forth. It is about 25 centimeters in length and about five pounds. It can only be taken by two hands. The shell is thick and looks like a dish. The left shell is slightly raised, the right shell is flat, the front ear is slightly raised, and the back The ear process disappeared into a round and blunt shape. The surface of the shell is brown, the scales on the top of the shell are tight, and the scales on the trailing edge of the shell are free.
"This seems to be pinctada maxima." Su Jing's eyes brighten as it looks, pinctada maxima is also known as large mother-of-pearl and white snail mother-of-pearl. It is a bivalve mollusk in tropical and subtropical oceans. It is a unique species of pearl oyster in the South China Sea. Its pearl reserves account for about 90% of the total reserves of various types of pearl oysters in Hainan Province. The pearls produced are large in size, good in color and high in price. They are precious ornaments and medicinal materials and are very popular in the international pearl market. Economic value.
However, due to its small number and high value, it is classified as a National Class II protected animal and banned from catching.
"Little Hu, where did you pick up this pinctada maxima?" Su Jing asked, he didn't want to break through this pinctada maxima to see if there was any pearl in it, because he didn't want to kill it, after all, it was a national ii protected animal . I heard that some people are smart, they can open the shell to take out the pearl, and the shell can still survive, but that kind of technique is undoubtedly as difficult as the operation. Su Jing thinks that there is no such level. Moreover, there is a great chance that wild shells breed pearls. The probability of pearls in this shell is no more than 1%.
"Over there." Orca(Killer Whale) turned and called out to the sea.
"Take me." Su Jing took a net bag and goggles, jumped on the back of Orca(Killer Whale), and Orca(Killer Whale) galloped away with a Su Jing breaking wave, swimming for about 20 minutes, away from the coast of Su Family Village, and approached An uninhabited island, there are many small islands in this sea area that have not been developed.
When it was about three hundred meters away from the uninhabited island, Orca(Killer Whale) called out to remind Su Jing, then drilled into the sea, and quickly dived, even with Su Jing's physical fitness, they quickly felt chest compressions and were extremely uncomfortable. Man is not a fish and cannot bear the rapid change of water pressure.
"Slow down." Su Jing quickly patted Orca(Killer Whale), extruding two words with exhalation. Orca(Killer Whale) only slowed down, slowly dived, ten meters, fifteen meters, twenty meters ... The average person dives at 10 meters and already feels tingling of the eardrum and has difficulty breathing. Some professional divers can dive 15 meters or even 20 meters . The limit of diving is the limit of man against water pressure, and also the limit of physiological function in the body.
In January 2000, Cuban Francisco Ferreira set a record of 162 meters of free diving in the Gulf of Mexico without carrying an air bottle and adjusting his breath holding capacity only through his own vital capacity.
The current physical fitness of Su Jing is definitely far more than ordinary people, so I slowly dived to more than 20 meters, and still did n’t feel much. Until I reached the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 50 meters, I just felt a little uncomfortable, and it did n’t matter.
Su Jing looked through the goggles to the bottom of the sea, and found that the seabed is rocky reef and gravel geology, with a small amount of undersea plants, a lot of pinctada maxima, some crawling, some dead, lying quietly on the bottom .
Su Jing directs Orca(Killer Whale) to move close to the bottom of the sea, flips a huge pinctada maxima in front, it is empty inside, and has turned several times in a row, and finally saw a pearl with a diameter of about 10 millimeters lying inside. The outgoing is not very round and the color is average.
Su Jing continued to search, he could not hold his breath and breathed on the face of Shanghai, and then came down again, one by one pearls were found by him, of which the quality is good or bad, and some should be worth thousands or even Ten thousand yuan.
"Wow, so big." Su Jing suddenly saw a shell, more than thirty centimeters long, which made Orca(Killer Whale) swim with it, opened it, and suddenly his eyes stared at the boss, with a white lying inside. The pearl is more than fifteen millimeters, and it is very round, shiny, and no flaws can be seen. Although Su Jing is not very knowledgeable, it can be seen that the value of this pearl is absolutely not low.
Su Jing rummaged again, almost rummaged the nearby pinctada maxima, and found 50-60 pearls. In addition to the flawless one, there are more than a dozen of good quality, others Is very general.
"Go, go and see everywhere."
Su Jing did n’t go back immediately, let Orca(Killer Whale) take it, shuttle on the bottom of the sea, and enjoy the scenery of the bottom of the sea through the diving goggles. Although he was on the beach, he did n’t dive so deep. For the first time.
Su Jing can see a variety of corals, seagrasses, fish, shellfish, crabs on the seabed. Seabed World can definitely be described as bizarre, strange and strange, once Su Jing accidentally encountered a bunch of corals, did not expect that The coral suddenly moved, and then a burst of black ink spewed out, which turned out to be a octopus disguise.
Su Jing encountered something strange, such as shells, blood corals, etc., and put it in a net bag. This time, I did n’t want to sell it. After all, it was not worth much money, but I wanted to take it home. Collection.
Su Jing thought to myself, is n’t there a lot of ancient shipwrecks on the ocean floor, if you can find one that is filled with ceramics, gold, silver and jewelry, you will earn a lot of money, but unfortunately the wreckage has not been found one slice.
"Um? That fish is ..."
Su Jing suddenly noticed a fish, a bit like a kind of precious fish, but unfortunately it was not clear, so I saw it got into a coral reef.
Su Jing directed Orca(Killer Whale) to swim quickly and squeezed into a piece of coral. The fish continued to hide, but Su Jing saw it clearly this time. It was indeed humphead wrasse. It had a high raised forehead, like a hat worn by Napoleon. , So it is called "Napoleon".
humphead wrasse belongs to wrasse species. It is a coral fish with the largest body and the longest life. It can generally live for more than 30 years. It has been traded as an economic fish for a long time. The meat is fresh and tender, and it is very famous and delicious. However, due to the small quantity and high price, one kilogram of humphead wrasse can be sold to 200USD, and a plate of fish lips can be sold to 300USD.
However, studies in most regions show that the population of humphead wrasse is due to the gradual decrease in commercial trade, and the proportion of its sharp decline was once as high as 90%. Many juveniles are caught before they reach the breeding age, resulting in fewer and fewer reproductive adults and misconduct in the fishing process threatens not only the survival of the species, but also the fragile coral reef ecosystem.
humphead wrasse was listed as an endangered species in the "International Union for Conservation of Nature" in 2004. At the 13th cites (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) conference held in October 2004, humphead wrasse was included in the cites appendix ii and was strictly regulated by the cites convention Protection.
"Hey, it is also an endangered species."
Su Jing is still not illegal because of the big benefits. You can always watch humphead wrasse in the past. Many people only know that humphead wrasse is delicious, but forget that humphead wrasse itself is also an ornamental fish.
Su Jing controls Orca(Killer Whale) to shuttle through the coral reefs, because Orca(Killer Whale) is big and can only pick up places with large gaps, and has found four or five humphead wrasses in the coral reefs one after another. jin.
"Let me go, that one is also humphead wrasse?"
Su Jing suddenly saw a huge figure, staring at the boss, directing Orca(Killer Whale) to swim quickly.