live animal world

Chapter 211 210. Cooperation
"A coral reef is a structure formed by animals of the order stony corals, formed over hundreds to thousands of years of growth from the skeletons of thousands of coral polyps composed of calcium carbonate."

"Corals live in warm, clear, shallow tropical waters. The area of ​​coral reefs formed after death is less than one-thousandth of the total area of ​​​​the seabed, but it is home to a quarter of all known aquatic life."

"They support so many organisms, worms, echinoderms, molluscs, plants, crustaceans, and they are also the habitat of fish in the oceanic zone."

Reaching out and touching the white coral reef, which was in stark contrast to the crisp orange next to it, Su Yun continued, "However, such an important coral reef has begun to bleach due to global warming."

"Corals are very sensitive to temperature because too high a temperature kills the zooxanthellae in them, and corals that lose the zooxanthellae are left with white skeletons, which is why bleaching occurs. Bleaching affects the coral reef ecosystem. have serious repercussions.”

With that said, Su Yun pointed to all the creatures wandering around and said, "They will all be affected."

[Can it be cured?I'm still thinking about going to the Great Barrier Reef when I have money. 】

[When you have money, the designation will be white]

Su Yun thought for a while and said, "I don't know if it can be cured. After all, I'm not an expert in this area, but some experts have already started to think of a way."

Continuing to swim, all the animals within sight are busy, either looking for food, escaping, or mating.

Gradually, Su Yun began to notice that the small fish around him began to recede, and only slightly larger sea fish still surrounded him.

With a heartbeat, there seemed to be predators that small fish were afraid of in this area. They landed lightly on the bottom of the sea, and Su Yun began to search for his mission target in the coral crevices.

If possible, Su Yun would like to find conch snails, stonefish, blue-ringed octopus and great white sharks on the Great Barrier Reef.

Although he has come into contact with great white sharks before, the system task Su Yun accepts is a short-distance science popularization, which makes Su Yun a little difficult, so he can only take one step at a time.

Wandering, on the only way, I saw a grouper above the coral, watching a cluster of coral reefs.

The small palm-sized fish hid in the coral reef and looked at the grouper vigilantly. Its tail and pectoral fins swung quickly. Su Yun always felt that the other party was mocking the huge grouper for not being able to catch it.

Just as he was about to speak, in the corner of his vision, the light red coral reef five or six meters away from him suddenly turned bright red. Su Yun was startled, and subconsciously pressed his hand on the handle of the knife.

After looking at each other and seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Su Yun heaved a sigh of relief. There were too many affinities around him, so he didn't notice the other party.

Pointing to the color-changing octopus, he said, "I was taken aback. I thought it was a light red coral just now. If it didn't suddenly change color, I wouldn't have noticed it."

Not only did Su Yun see the other party, but the coveted grouper also cast his eyes on the octopus. Su Yun obviously saw the grouper's eyeballs twirling twice, and in the next second, the grouper directly Stand upside down in the water, staring at the coral reef where the small fish is hiding.

Su Yun became interested, pointed at the grouper that was standing upside down, and said with a smile, "Everyone, watch out, because the grouper that is too big can't get into the coral, it's starting to play tricks..."

【I am not wrong, right?I just saw the grouper's eyeballs twitching twice!I actually saw wisdom! 】

[I saw it too, is it just like this? 】

Su Yun explained, "During the exploration of scientists, they believed that the IQ of groupers is the same as that of chimpanzees, which is enough to prove that the groupers just moved their eyes intentionally."

After a pause, he continued, "After all, while they are a cooperative relationship, they are also a competitive relationship."

"Groupers and octopuses basically have similar food, so sometimes they compete with each other for prey."

"For example, right now, the grouper's inverted movement is a hint to the octopus that it has discovered prey and is a competitor. The octopus definitely doesn't want the grouper to successfully hunt, so the octopus will compete with it."

As soon as the words fell, the octopus 5 meters away suddenly jumped up from the coral below it, and sat down on the coral where the grouper was staring. The coral reef encircled it, and then it reached into the cave of the coral reef with its tentacles, groping to catch the fish.

The little fish in the coral reef was startled, and desperately began to swim around in the coral reef to avoid the octopus attack, but the 8 tentacles were enough to fill the caves in the entire coral reef.

There was no way to escape from the coral reef. The panicked fish used its small and flexible body to burrow out of the coral reef where it was hiding.

The grouper, which has been swimming outside, is obviously waiting for this opportunity. Being outside, the grouper can carefully observe the leaky part wrapped by the octopus, so it has been waiting outside for the small fish to come to the door.

Sure enough, as soon as the small fish rushed out of the coral reef, it was bitten by the grouper, and then swam away from Su Yun's face.

Su Yun clicked his tongue and said in wonder, "Did you see it? This is just playing tricks on your brain. As the saying goes, those who work hard will govern others, and those who work hard will govern others."

"My body is too big to get in, so try to drive it out. Octopus is obviously a good tool."

[Good guy, I've learned a lot, grouper is so smart! 】

[See, this grouper is a capitalist, he doesn't give benefits to the employer, and let him take all the benefits. 】

[Octopus: wdnmd]

【What if the octopus catches the fish? 】

Su Yun said with a smile, "When any business is risky, even if the octopus catches the fish, the grouper will just go and block the next fish into the coral reef. If you continue to lure the octopus to work, there is always a chance for the octopus to miss."

It seemed that it was unhappy about wasting its energy on catching prey and being amputated by the grouper. The octopus changed two or three colors, and its eight tentacles suddenly slapped the sea water and swam towards the grouper.

Su Yun slowly followed behind to watch the excitement.

The grouper quickly ate the prey when the octopus came, and then lazily continued to move forward. The octopus also followed behind it. Wherever the two fish went, all the small fish retreated quickly.

"They are cooperating. This kind of thing happens every day. They have a lot of experience in cooperation. The grouper is responsible for driving the fish into the coral reef, and the octopus is responsible for containing it. If you block it, you will make money. If you don't block it, the grouper will make money. Come, and then the cycle starts over again.”

As if to verify what Su Yun said, the originally lazy grouper suddenly came to the side of a small fish as if teleporting, and bit it. The small fish reacted quickly, quickly avoided it, and got into the nearest coral reef. Without a hit, the grouper was not discouraged and looked at the octopus.

The octopus quickly sealed the coral reef again, and the cooperation was perfect. It stretched out its tentacles and began to explore. The next moment, one of the tentacles strangled the fish and pulled it out of the coral reef.

It was a pity for the grouper, but they didn't go up to fight for it, but kept their eyes on the octopus.

Su Yun raised his eyebrows, he couldn't give it to you even if you were staring at him, after all, he was his prey.

But in the next second, a green, snake-like creature rushed towards the octopus.

(End of this chapter)