my golden fishing village
Chapter 33: Undersea Living Fossils
Chapter 33: Undersea Living Fossils
"What? Four famous snails? I have heard of four beauties."
"Isn't it just sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon to shame flowers?"
"Depend on!"
"Liu Guang, what do you mean by the four famous snails? Although, this snail does look quite beautiful."
Liu Guang chuckled, a little proud, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Wanbao snail among the four famous snails."
"In addition to Wanbao snails, there are Nautilus, Tangguan snails, and Pteris snails. These four are all precious conch shells, and their collection value is very high!"
"Is this snail so special?"
"True or not? I heard that there are calligraphy and paintings, jade wares, flowers and birds. I don't know that conch shells can also be used for collection?"
"What's the matter? I've seen people who collect shoes."
"Squad leader, is this really Wanbao snail?"
"good."
Chen Fan was somewhat surprised, and asked, "Liu Guang, do you have research on this?"
"What? I'll go, such a big snail!" Zhao Hao was attracted by the movement in the group, and yelled, "Although it's not as big as the coconut snail last time, it looks okay. Fanzi, how much is it? wanted!"
"Stop talking."
Han Guohua posted a face-palming emoji and said: "It's terrible to be uneducated. This snail is for collection, not for eating!"
"What?"
Zhao Hao wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.
Good conch, not for eating, but for collection?
"How else can you say that you have a simple mind and well-developed limbs?"
Qian Ning didn't know when she appeared and said something.
"you!"
"OK OK."
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Chen Fan quickly smoothed things over.
"Liu Guang, tell me."
"Ah."
Liu Guang explained: "Actually, I have no interest in collecting conches. It's my second uncle who is a professor at Ocean University and a conch collector. He has collected all kinds of weird conchs."
"Even the four famous snails, he also received two. It seems to be Tang Guanluo and Nautilus, right?"
"Tang Guanluo? Nautilus? Are you talking about looks?"
Some students asked curiously.
"Ah."
Liu Guang carefully recalled, "The surface of the shell of Tangguan snail is off-white, with irregular reddish-brown markings, and there are large reddish-brown spots near the edge of the shell mouth. The mouth surface is flesh-colored and has a dazzling luster. "
"Its growth lines intersect with spiral ribs to form a network, and the shoulders of each layer have nodular protrusions. The nodular protrusions of the body whorl layer are particularly developed and are conical, and the nodular protrusions of the spiral part are When the lower layer grows, it is completely or partially buried. The outer lip is turned outward and upward, and the inner lip is folded inward. The shape of the entire snail body is like the hat worn by Tang Monk in "Journey to the West", so it is also called Tang Guanluo.”
"Is the nautilus just like a parrot?"
Zhao Hao asked without hesitation.
"Yeah, compared to the heavy shell of the tangerine snail, the shell of the nautilus is thin and light, coiled in a spiral shape, the surface of the shell is white or milky white, and the growth lines radiate from the navel of the shell, smooth and dense, mostly Reddish brown. The entire spiral shell is smooth like a disc, shaped like a parrot's beak, so it is named Nautilus."
"Different from Tang Guanluo, the remaining nautiluses are all living fossils!"
"Fossil? What do you mean?"
"I heard from my uncle that the nautilus has existed on the earth since a long time ago." Liu Guang scratched his head and said vaguely: "At that time, I just watched it and didn't listen much."
"Hahaha," Chen Fan patiently explained upon seeing this: "Nautilus has experienced hundreds of millions of years of evolution on the earth, but its appearance and habits have changed very little, so it is called a "living fossil" in the ocean. It is of high value in areas such as biological evolution and paleontology.”
"For example, in the Ordovician ocean, the nautilus was called the top predator. It could reach 11 meters in length. It mainly fed on trilobites, sea scorpions, etc. At that time, marine invertebrates were at their peak. , it dominates the entire ocean with its huge size, keen sense of smell and ferocious beak.”
"Damn it? Am I right? It can reach 11 meters in length, so isn't it as tall as a three or four-story building?"
"They're all like dinosaurs."
"Okay, monitor, you actually know so much? You are worthy of being the top student in our class!"
"Liu Guang is not bad, is he?"
"Where."
Liu Guang was a little embarrassed, "It's still far behind the monitor, mainly because my uncle has a lot of collections, and he has been familiar with it since he was a child, so he has a deeper impression. The one like the monitor is a snail. The thick feature symbolizes wealth and treasure, and the color is also very bright, so it is called this name."
"Hey, if you say that, it's true!"
"Wanbao Wanbao, attracting wealth and making treasures, this implication is really good."
"When you say that, I want to buy it."
Zhao Hao said this.
Everyone is a beckoning cat, it looks tacky, buy a conch and put it in front of the store, hey?different.
"Yes, monitor, can you sell this conch?"
Liu Guang also asked.
"You want to buy?"
Chen Fan really intends to sell it. Firstly, he is not a collector, so he is not very interested in collecting conch, even if it is the legendary four famous conch.
Secondly, he has the unique ability to breathe underwater, and there is a high probability that he will be able to find the Wanbao Conch in the future.
"I won't buy it, but my uncle will definitely want it if he knows you have it." Liu Guang was very honest and said it directly.
"Brother Hao, can you wait for me to call my uncle?"
"This……"
Zhao Hao scratched his head, "Since he is an old professor at Ocean University, then I don't want it."
"Hahaha, Haozi is scared?"
"Don't be cowardly, just do it, you've already graduated anyway!"
"Exactly! You are not from Jinling Ocean University."
"You people have really bad consciences!"
"Okay, you can fight."
Chen Fan had no objection either.
After all, he is a conch collector and a professor at the university. If Wanbao Conch falls into the other party's hands, it will definitely be of the greatest use. If necessary, he is still willing to give it.
A minute or two passed, and Liu Guang sent a private message, asking for Chen Fan's contact information.
Soon, a strange call came to Chen Fan's cell phone.
"Hey?"
Chen Fan had some guesses in his mind.
A slightly old voice sounded, with a gentler tone, "Is it Chen Fan?"
"Yes, you are Professor Liu, right?"
"Correct."
Professor Liu nodded and said in a somewhat impatient tone, "I heard from Xiao Guang that you have a 20cm long Wanbao snail in your hand?"
"Ah."
Chen Fan smiled and said, "Professor, if you are interested, I can give it to you."
"What's so funny about that?"
Professor Liu was also amused, he laughed out loud, his voice was hearty, and he could tell that he was in good shape.
"Well, I'll add you as a friend later, you can send me a few more pictures, I'll take a look, and I'll give you a price."
"Row."
Chen Fan said a few words and hung up the phone.
I didn’t have time to read the news in the group for the time being, so I took a 360-degree shot of the conch and sent it directly.
I was a little nervous, and I didn't know how much money the professor would give in the end?
(End of this chapter)
"What? Four famous snails? I have heard of four beauties."
"Isn't it just sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon to shame flowers?"
"Depend on!"
"Liu Guang, what do you mean by the four famous snails? Although, this snail does look quite beautiful."
Liu Guang chuckled, a little proud, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Wanbao snail among the four famous snails."
"In addition to Wanbao snails, there are Nautilus, Tangguan snails, and Pteris snails. These four are all precious conch shells, and their collection value is very high!"
"Is this snail so special?"
"True or not? I heard that there are calligraphy and paintings, jade wares, flowers and birds. I don't know that conch shells can also be used for collection?"
"What's the matter? I've seen people who collect shoes."
"Squad leader, is this really Wanbao snail?"
"good."
Chen Fan was somewhat surprised, and asked, "Liu Guang, do you have research on this?"
"What? I'll go, such a big snail!" Zhao Hao was attracted by the movement in the group, and yelled, "Although it's not as big as the coconut snail last time, it looks okay. Fanzi, how much is it? wanted!"
"Stop talking."
Han Guohua posted a face-palming emoji and said: "It's terrible to be uneducated. This snail is for collection, not for eating!"
"What?"
Zhao Hao wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.
Good conch, not for eating, but for collection?
"How else can you say that you have a simple mind and well-developed limbs?"
Qian Ning didn't know when she appeared and said something.
"you!"
"OK OK."
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Chen Fan quickly smoothed things over.
"Liu Guang, tell me."
"Ah."
Liu Guang explained: "Actually, I have no interest in collecting conches. It's my second uncle who is a professor at Ocean University and a conch collector. He has collected all kinds of weird conchs."
"Even the four famous snails, he also received two. It seems to be Tang Guanluo and Nautilus, right?"
"Tang Guanluo? Nautilus? Are you talking about looks?"
Some students asked curiously.
"Ah."
Liu Guang carefully recalled, "The surface of the shell of Tangguan snail is off-white, with irregular reddish-brown markings, and there are large reddish-brown spots near the edge of the shell mouth. The mouth surface is flesh-colored and has a dazzling luster. "
"Its growth lines intersect with spiral ribs to form a network, and the shoulders of each layer have nodular protrusions. The nodular protrusions of the body whorl layer are particularly developed and are conical, and the nodular protrusions of the spiral part are When the lower layer grows, it is completely or partially buried. The outer lip is turned outward and upward, and the inner lip is folded inward. The shape of the entire snail body is like the hat worn by Tang Monk in "Journey to the West", so it is also called Tang Guanluo.”
"Is the nautilus just like a parrot?"
Zhao Hao asked without hesitation.
"Yeah, compared to the heavy shell of the tangerine snail, the shell of the nautilus is thin and light, coiled in a spiral shape, the surface of the shell is white or milky white, and the growth lines radiate from the navel of the shell, smooth and dense, mostly Reddish brown. The entire spiral shell is smooth like a disc, shaped like a parrot's beak, so it is named Nautilus."
"Different from Tang Guanluo, the remaining nautiluses are all living fossils!"
"Fossil? What do you mean?"
"I heard from my uncle that the nautilus has existed on the earth since a long time ago." Liu Guang scratched his head and said vaguely: "At that time, I just watched it and didn't listen much."
"Hahaha," Chen Fan patiently explained upon seeing this: "Nautilus has experienced hundreds of millions of years of evolution on the earth, but its appearance and habits have changed very little, so it is called a "living fossil" in the ocean. It is of high value in areas such as biological evolution and paleontology.”
"For example, in the Ordovician ocean, the nautilus was called the top predator. It could reach 11 meters in length. It mainly fed on trilobites, sea scorpions, etc. At that time, marine invertebrates were at their peak. , it dominates the entire ocean with its huge size, keen sense of smell and ferocious beak.”
"Damn it? Am I right? It can reach 11 meters in length, so isn't it as tall as a three or four-story building?"
"They're all like dinosaurs."
"Okay, monitor, you actually know so much? You are worthy of being the top student in our class!"
"Liu Guang is not bad, is he?"
"Where."
Liu Guang was a little embarrassed, "It's still far behind the monitor, mainly because my uncle has a lot of collections, and he has been familiar with it since he was a child, so he has a deeper impression. The one like the monitor is a snail. The thick feature symbolizes wealth and treasure, and the color is also very bright, so it is called this name."
"Hey, if you say that, it's true!"
"Wanbao Wanbao, attracting wealth and making treasures, this implication is really good."
"When you say that, I want to buy it."
Zhao Hao said this.
Everyone is a beckoning cat, it looks tacky, buy a conch and put it in front of the store, hey?different.
"Yes, monitor, can you sell this conch?"
Liu Guang also asked.
"You want to buy?"
Chen Fan really intends to sell it. Firstly, he is not a collector, so he is not very interested in collecting conch, even if it is the legendary four famous conch.
Secondly, he has the unique ability to breathe underwater, and there is a high probability that he will be able to find the Wanbao Conch in the future.
"I won't buy it, but my uncle will definitely want it if he knows you have it." Liu Guang was very honest and said it directly.
"Brother Hao, can you wait for me to call my uncle?"
"This……"
Zhao Hao scratched his head, "Since he is an old professor at Ocean University, then I don't want it."
"Hahaha, Haozi is scared?"
"Don't be cowardly, just do it, you've already graduated anyway!"
"Exactly! You are not from Jinling Ocean University."
"You people have really bad consciences!"
"Okay, you can fight."
Chen Fan had no objection either.
After all, he is a conch collector and a professor at the university. If Wanbao Conch falls into the other party's hands, it will definitely be of the greatest use. If necessary, he is still willing to give it.
A minute or two passed, and Liu Guang sent a private message, asking for Chen Fan's contact information.
Soon, a strange call came to Chen Fan's cell phone.
"Hey?"
Chen Fan had some guesses in his mind.
A slightly old voice sounded, with a gentler tone, "Is it Chen Fan?"
"Yes, you are Professor Liu, right?"
"Correct."
Professor Liu nodded and said in a somewhat impatient tone, "I heard from Xiao Guang that you have a 20cm long Wanbao snail in your hand?"
"Ah."
Chen Fan smiled and said, "Professor, if you are interested, I can give it to you."
"What's so funny about that?"
Professor Liu was also amused, he laughed out loud, his voice was hearty, and he could tell that he was in good shape.
"Well, I'll add you as a friend later, you can send me a few more pictures, I'll take a look, and I'll give you a price."
"Row."
Chen Fan said a few words and hung up the phone.
I didn’t have time to read the news in the group for the time being, so I took a 360-degree shot of the conch and sent it directly.
I was a little nervous, and I didn't know how much money the professor would give in the end?
(End of this chapter)
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