my golden fishing village

Chapter 98 Leatherback Turtle

"Sardines are really not worth much."

Chen Fan smiled and said: "Generally, it is about 16 yuan a catty, but the price will vary due to different production areas, markets, and quality, but don't underestimate it just because it is cheap, sardines are rich in calcium and protein, and there are Phospholipids can reduce the occurrence of blood clots, lower blood pressure, and help fetal brain development, so it is definitely a common delicacy."

"By the way," he looked at Xia Zichen, and said, "Thanks to President Xia, Boss Meng promised that the purchase price can be 20.00% higher, 20 yuan a catty, so there should be no problem."

"It really doesn't have much to do with me." Xia Zichen said, but the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and said, "If you can't catch fish, it's useless even if the purchase price doubles."

"Hahaha, that's what I said, but it's still thanks to Zichen!"

"That's right!"

Everyone agrees.

They're not stupid after all, are they?

There is a difference of 16 yuan between 20 yuan a catty and 4 yuan a catty!
More than 1 catties, based on the purchase price of 20 yuan per catty, that is 20 yuan!
Leaving other sea fish aside, anyway, the commission of 6000 yuan has already been obtained.

Thinking of this, Song Wei and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, and they all saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

On the contrary, Wang Tiezhu and Sun Biao, after all, have also experienced the days of earning more than [-] a day, and they are prepared in their hearts, so they will not be so excited.

"By the way, Chen Fan, I have another question!"

Tangyuan suddenly raised her hand.

"You ask."

Chen Fan couldn't laugh or cry, he was not a teacher, so he raised his hand to ask questions.

"That's right, why do we usually hear canned sardines the most?" Tangyuan asked puzzled, "I haven't heard of other methods like that?"

Xia Zichen tilted his head, waiting for Chen Fan's answer with great interest.

Sun Biao and others all smiled.

In their opinion, there really was no problem that could stump Xiaofan.

Even Lao Zhang took a moment to smoke a cigarette, squinted his eyes, and looked over.

"This, indeed."

Chen Fan thought for a while and explained: "The main reason is that this kind of fish has high fat and protein content, which makes them taste very delicate and delicious when they are fresh, but it also makes them not resistant to storage and transportation. .Unsaturated fat is easy to oxidize and deteriorate, even if it is chilled, the taste will be greatly reduced, so making it into an airtight can is a perfect way to preserve it for a long time.”

"Secondly, because of the extremely dense intermuscular spines in sardines, it is very troublesome to eat directly. The pickling and secondary heating can soften these spines so that they can be eaten together with the fish. The fish bones can also It provides far more calcium than fresh fish, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.”

"So that's how it is..." Before Tang Yuan finished speaking, Chen Fan's voice continued.

"In addition to the two mentioned reasons, canned sardines are nutritious and rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential nutrients for humans but can only be absorbed externally. Most canned fish contain omega-3 Fatty acids, but the content in canned sardines is particularly high. In addition, other essential fatty acids rich in sardines can relieve arthritis and lower cholesterol. Canned sardines are also rich in vitamin D, as well as various minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium and selenium .”

"Taking canned sardines as an example, the net weight of a palm-sized can is generally 120 grams, and the fish and bones in it are enough to meet the calcium intake required by an adult for half a day. These cans are generally made of whole sardines and tomato sauce. become."

"From this point of view, it would be a pity to eat only sardine meat and leave out the fish bones." Xia Zichen concluded.

"Yes."

Chen Fan nodded, and suddenly, he frowned, wondering whether to laugh or cry: "Why did you get a turtle to come up?"

"What? Turtle?"

Everyone heard the words and looked.

Sure enough, perhaps it was because of being buried, until now, a sea turtle the size of a washbasin crawled out of the fish pile.

Not only that, but it also has the mind to grab a sardine.

"Wow! Turtle!"

The glutinous rice balls ran over excitedly and patted the turtle shell, it was very hard!

"Chen Fan, how much is this turtle worth?"

"..."

"We usually release sea turtles." Wang Tiezhu couldn't help but said.

"Yeah, this thing is not delicious."

"what?"

The glutinous rice balls are speechless.

"Even if it's valuable, you can't sell it." Chen Fan walked up, looked at the turtle on the ground, and said, "This should be a leatherback turtle."

This is obviously a young turtle, the body surface and limbs are covered with irregular polygonal small scales, the back is gray-black, the longitudinal ribs on the body and the edges of the limbs are light yellow or white.

"Leatherback? What kind of turtle is that?"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes, "A leatherback turtle is a leatherback turtle."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Everyone laughed.

"Chen Fan!"

Tang Yuan's eyes widened.

"Hehehe, just kidding, everyone knows that sea turtles are one of the oldest species in the world, and they are national second-class key protected wild animals. Sea turtles appeared as early as the dinosaur era more than 1 million years ago. In marine ecosystems, sea turtles are iconic species and indicator species, with extremely high ecological, scientific and cultural values. But!"

Chen Fan paused and said with a serious expression, "The number of sea turtles in the world is decreasing year by year. There are only seven species of sea turtles left in the world: leatherback turtles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, loggerhead turtles, Atlantic turtles, and Pacific turtles. Back turtles. Six of these species are also listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and both the hawksbill turtle and Atlantic olive ridley are listed as critically endangered.”

"what!"

Tangyuan exclaimed, "There are only seven kinds of sea turtles left in the world? Me, I always thought there were a lot of them!"

"It used to be a lot."

Xia Zichen's tone was a little helpless.

Just like many extinct animals, they are inseparable from humans.

"It turns out they are protected animals. Fortunately, fortunately, all turtles captured in the past were released, no matter what species they were." A fisherman said with a sigh of relief.

"Yes, it almost broke the law."

"Yeah, there are only seven kinds left, and even if there are seven kinds, there are not many."

Chen Fan sighed, looked at the leatherback turtle eating in front of him, and said, "Among them, the leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle."

"That's it?"

Tang Yuan looked at the leatherback turtle the size of a washbasin, and then at Chen Fan.

"Yes, that's it."

Chen Fan nodded seriously, "When it comes to the leatherback turtle, we have to talk about its distant relative, the ancient giant tortoise."

"7000 million years ago, there lived a huge tortoise with a length of more than 4.1 meters and a weight of more than 2200 kilograms. For an intuitive example, you can think of it as a truck!"

"So big!"

"My darling!"

"7000 million years ago, was there such a big one?"

"There are even dinosaurs!"

"Xiaofan, can the leatherback turtle grow so big?"

(End of this chapter)