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Chapter 118 No.30 A Coconut Crab

The excitement on Ye Yan's face couldn't be restrained. He looked at his heart, made a hush mouth, and said in a low voice: "Look, that one is a coconut crab. I never thought I would see it on this island. Coconut Crab."

On a piece of dead wood not far away, there is a huge animal crawling, it is a guy with several pairs of legs.The carapace of the body and appendages is calcified, hard and thick, and there are wavy wrinkles on the surface of the carapace and legs.The gill region of the carapace is particularly enlarged.The head is triangular in shape and the eye scales are small.The left claw is larger than the right claw.Both the carapace and side carapace of the abdomen are calcified, partly bent under the carapace.Only one side retains the vestigial limbs.The chelicerae used for predation are large and small, and the rest of the body parts are symmetrical on both sides. This crab is also a hermit crab family.

The body is yellowish brown, a bit like the color of a bread.There is a long tentacles on both sides of the eyes, which are like crayfish-like whiskers.The tentacle handle is slender and long, and the end of the whip is thick and slightly rod-shaped, which has a tactile effect.Coconut crabs are a very strange species.

A pair of fat crab claws are covered by hard armor, and there are some raised points on them, which are very strong and strong, and can be used to open the hard coconut shell and eat coconut meat.Of the remaining four pairs of appendages, the first and second pairs of legs are the most powerful, with claw-like ends that can be used to climb trees.The end of the third pair of legs is claw-shaped, and the fourth pair of legs is very small, hidden in the gill cavity under the carapace.

Like a spider spirit, but you don't find it scary.

"Damn, isn't this a coconut crab?"

"6666, City Lord Ye is blessed. He just said that he wanted to change his taste, but now he caught a crab of this size."

"My God, I've never seen such a big crab."

"Please popularize science, what is this?"

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Ye Yan approached slowly, and grabbed the belly of the coconut crab. It hung motionless in the air, looking a bit bulky.

Adult coconut crabs are huge, weighing about 3-6 kilograms, so Ye Yan needs to hold them with two hands. He smiled at the camera: "Look at its crab claws, you only need to pinch them lightly. You don’t want to be caught breaking the strong coconut shell. They will climb up the coconut tree in the middle of the night, crack open the coconut shell, and eat the meat inside, so they are called coconut crabs.”

Coconut crabs are good at climbing trees, and can climb to the tops of coconut trees, palms, and castan trees, etc., up to 18 meters above the ground.

"The coconut crab is famous for its delicious meat, and it mostly grows on tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. They are a kind of hermit crab, and they also need to rely on their shells to survive when they are young. But what is interesting is that they will discard their shells when they grow up. And then you also saw it grow into a giant."

The appearance of coconut crabs varies from region to region, and some have a blue carapace, which is very cool.

Ye Yan played with the coconut crab excitedly, and said: "Although they are crabs, they can't swim, and they will drown if they stay in the water for a long time. This is very interesting. For millions of years, the coconut crab Gradually evolved, they are marine animals but can live on land, and they are also the largest land crabs in the world."

Ye Yan touched the coconut crab's shell and tied it with a rope. These coconut crabs can live for 60 years. I don't know if Ye Yan will meet again in his lifetime. Walking towards the camp with palm fronds in hand.

"City Master Ye is such a tiger? All the food in his hands has been let go."

"Can you be a little cultural, this is coconut crab."

"Such a big crab must be delicious, right?"

"City Lord Ye is one of City Lord Ye's tigers."

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Ye Yan walked a few steps, and the surrounding water vapor was hard to dissipate, and he felt as if he was soaked in water, a little uncomfortable.

He turned his head and glanced at the camera, and said with a feeling: "Coconut crab, famous for its delicious meat, is not only a treasure in the eyes of biologists, but also a delicacy on the table of rich people. It is precisely because of this, In addition to natural enemies, more coconut crabs died in the hands of humans. They have quickly become endangered animals and were included in the 1996 Red List of Endangered Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. However, coconut crabs in many areas are now endangered due to protection. Gradually recovering and growing, it is believed that this species will be out of the ranks of endangered species in the not-too-distant future."

"Coconut crabs are rare, but in the wilderness, all food is extremely precious. If you have nowhere to go, you can only eat it. But I have a lot of dried meat now, and this coconut crab is Raise it first, and then decide whether to eat it or not when the earthen pot is ready."

"666, I'm heartbroken, my City Lord Ye."

"Damn, I must eat it. I don't understand. Let go of all the food you get?"

"Survival in the wilderness still cares about its protection of species? It's not the only one left, what kind of virgin is it?"

"Eat, if everyone is dead, who will protect them?"

"It's not that I don't have enough to eat, why should I kill one more?"

"Well, watching the live broadcast will trigger a world war again."

"Calm down, everybody, let me tell you a joke. The professor asked: What is the similarity between a rotten carrot and a pregnant woman? One student replied: It's all caused by bugs. Only 60 points. Another student got a perfect score." , the answer is: all because of..."

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Ye Yan didn't know that the barrage was surging. He carried the coconut crab and walked back step by step with the palm leaves. He was so cautious, as if if he took a wrong step, he would fall into the abyss.

Back at the camp hut, Mo Qing successfully dug out a lot of soil. Ye Yan came and went for nearly an hour. Mo Qing got a shovel and dug about a few hundred catties of soil. It is estimated that it can paste two or three walls. .

Ye Yan nodded and said, "Okay, Mo Qing, go and rest for a while, and leave the rest to me. Well, I brought you something."

"What?" Mo Qing was a little curious.

Ye Yan smiled, took out the coconut crab, looked at it still alive and well, and said, "Here, this is it, please help take care of it, you know the coconut crab?"

Mo Qing nodded. She naturally knew what a coconut crab was, but she was too tired to figure it out. It is true that not everyone can do such physical work as digging.So I took the coconut crab back to the hut, loosened its rope, and let it crawl on the ground by itself.Care must be taken to raise them, as it would be too wasteful to bake coconut crabs, steaming them is the best way to retain the flavor.

Ye Yan piled up the palm leaves, untied a bundle of palm leaves, fluffed and shredded the dead fibers, poured them on the soil that had been mixed with plant ash before, and continued to pour a can of water. When it rained, Ye Yan also Put the jug under the eaves, and you don't have to go all the way to get water.

Turn it back and forth with a wooden shovel until the soil is completely mixed with the palm leaves, and the two become indistinguishable parts. Wrap it up, pile it up and cap it off.

"Ye Yan, did you have a dream when you were young?" Mo Qing said while sitting on the bamboo bed.

Ye Yan picked up a shovelful of soil with a wooden shovel, and piled it along the bamboo slices, both inside and outside, just like a sandwich cake, the bamboo stick is the heart, and its function is similar to a steel bar, to improve the mechanical properties of the concrete and increase the strength of the concrete .

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled: "That depends on what kind of dream it is."

"To explore the unknown land, to travel the starry sky."

Ye Yan raised the soil and leveled it, then shoveled some soil over, and said, "Of course, when I was young, I wanted to be an astronaut and explore unknown galaxies, but in the end...hmph, dreams are always opposite to reality , Now I think about how to find a girlfriend every day."

Mo Qing's eyes were a little blurred: "Really...Are you afraid that you won't find a girlfriend?"

Ye Yan suddenly sighed, continued to work, and said, "Mo Qing, what do you think of me now?"

Mo Qing was a little uncertain about the meaning of Ye Yan's words, pondered for a while, blinked his eyes and said: "You are really good at both civil and military skills, you can do everything from martial arts to empty gloves, to Wen Ke, the long river and the sunset..."

Ye Yan: "..."

"6666, white wolf with empty gloves."

"So what is Changhe Sunset Yuan, and what am I missing?"

"City Lord Ye feels like a person with a story."

"Yecheng master's words: Wen Neng can hold a pen and wet his hand, Wu Neng can hold a knife to fight trapped beasts."

"However, with a violent shaking, all this lost its meaning."

　The wilderness volume is coming to an end, I will update more in the past two days, and end as soon as possible.After watching it for so long, everyone is a little bored.Well, the day before yesterday, a reader told me that you can’t just write the main line blindly, you need to intersperse some branch lines appropriately, and I will pay attention to it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)