Galactic Garbage Station

Su Jing picked up the huge shell and looked back and forth. It is about twenty-five centimeters long and weighs about five pounds. The average person can handle it with two hands. The shell is thick and looks dish-shaped. The auricle disappears into a blunt shape. The surface of the shell is brown, the scale layer on the top of the shell is compact, and the scale layer on the rear edge of the shell is obviously free.

It looks like a white butterfly shell. The more Su Jing looked, the brighter his eyes became. White butterfly shell, also known as large mother-of-pearl oyster and white snail pearl oyster, is a bivalve mollusk in tropical and subtropical oceans. In China, it is a unique pearl oyster species in the South China Sea. . Its pearl reserves account for about 90% of the total reserves of all kinds of pearl oysters in HAN Province. The pearls produced are large in size, good in color and high in price. They are precious ornaments and medicinal materials. They are very popular in the international pearl market, with extremely high prices. economic value.

However, due to its small number and high value, it is listed as a national class II protected animal, and its capture is prohibited.

Xiaohu, where did you find this white butterfly shell? Su Jing asked, he didn't think about breaking open the white butterfly shell to see if there were any pearls in it, because he didn't want to kill it, after all, it was a national II level ANIMAL CROSSING. I heard that some people are so skilled that they can open the shells and take out the pearls, and the shells can still survive, but that method is undoubtedly as difficult as performing an operation, and Su Jing admits that he is not at that level. Moreover, there is a great chance that wild shells breed pearls, and the possibility of pearls in this shell is no more than 1%.

Over there. The killer whale turned and called out to the sea.

Take me. Su Jing put on a mesh bag and diving goggles, jumped on the back of the killer whale, and the killer whale carried Su Jing across the waves and galloped away, swimming for about 20 minutes, away from the coast of Sujia Village. Approaching a small uninhabited island, there are many small islands in this sea area, which have not been developed.

When it was about 300 meters away from the uninhabited island, the killer whale called out to remind Su Jing, then dived into the sea and dived quickly. Even with Su Jing's physical fitness, he quickly felt the pressure in his chest. Extraordinarily uncomfortable. Humans are not fish and cannot withstand rapid changes in water pressure.

Slow down. Su Jing quickly patted the killer whale and squeezed out two words by exhaling. Only then did the killer whale slow down and dive slowly, ten meters, fifteen meters, twenty meters... The average person dives for 10 meters and already feels tingling in the eardrums and difficulty breathing. Some professional divers can dive 15 meters or even 20 meters. Meter. The limit of diving is the limit of resistance to water pressure, and it is also the limit of resistance to physiological functions in the body.

In January 2000, Cuban Francisco Ferira set a 162-meter free diving record in the Gulf of Mexico without carrying an air bottle and only adjusting his breathing through his own lung capacity.

Su Jing's current physical fitness is definitely far superior to ordinary people, so he slowly dived to a depth of more than 20 meters, but he still didn't feel much. When he reached the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 50 meters, he only felt a little uncomfortable, but it was not a big problem.

Su Jing looked at the seabed through the diving goggles, and found that the seabed was rocky and gravel, with a small number of seabed plants, many white butterfly shells, some crawling, some dead, lying quietly on the bottom of the sea. .

Su Jing instructed the killer whale to move closer to the bottom of the sea, and opened a huge white butterfly shell in front of it. It was empty inside. After turning over several times, he finally saw a pearl with a diameter of about ten millimeters lying in it. Unfortunately, the naked eye can see it. It can be seen that it is not very round and the color is average.

Su Jing continued to rummage, and when he couldn't hold his breath, he took a breath from the surface of the sea, and then came down, he found one pearl after another, some of which were good or bad, and some of them should be worth thousands or even tens of thousands. Yuan.

Wow, it's so big. Su Jing suddenly saw a shell, more than 30 centimeters long, and let the killer whale swim with it. When he opened it, his eyes suddenly widened, and there was a white pearl lying inside. , more than fifteen millimeters, and it is very round, full of luster, and there is no trace of flaws. Although Su Jing is not very knowledgeable, he can also see that the value of this pearl is definitely not low.

Su Jing rummaged for a while, and rummaged through almost all the white butterfly shells nearby, and found fifty or sixty pearls. In addition to the flawless one, there were more than a dozen others of good quality. Others are very general.

Go and look around.

Su Jing didn't go back right away, let the killer whale take it, shuttle around the bottom of the sea, and enjoy the scenery of the bottom of the sea through the diving goggles. Although he was at the seaside, he didn't dive so deep. Play freely in the deep sea like this. the first time.

Su Jing can see all kinds of corals, seaweeds, fish, shellfish, and crabs on the bottom of the sea. The underwater world can definitely be described as bizarre and strange. Once Su Jing accidentally bumped into a bunch of corals. The coral moved suddenly, and then a cloud of black ink spurted out, which turned out to be an octopus in disguise.

When Su Jing came across some weird shells, blood corals and the like, he put them in a net bag. This time, he didn't want to sell them. After all, they weren't worth a lot of money.

Su Jing still thought to himself, aren't there many ancient shipwrecks under the sea? If he could find one, filled with ceramics, gold and silver jewelry, etc., he would make a lot of money, but unfortunately, none of the wrecks were found.

Huh? Could that fish be...

Su Jing suddenly noticed a fish that looked a bit like some kind of precious fish, but unfortunately before he could see it clearly, he saw it burrowing into the coral reef.

Su Jing directed the killer whale to swim over quickly, squeezed into a piece of coral, and the fish continued to hide, but Su Jing saw clearly this time that it was indeed the Su Mei fish, with a high raised forehead, just like Napoleon's hat, so it is called Napoleon.

It is a coral fish with the largest size and longest lifespan, generally living 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 a famous delicacy. However, due to its small quantity and high price, a kilogram of sumi fish can be sold for 200 US dollars, and a plate of fish lips can be sold for 300 US dollars. .

However, studies in most areas have shown that the population of the surimi is declining due to commercial trade, and the proportion of its sharp decline was as high as 90% at one point. Many juveniles are caught before they reach reproductive age, resulting in fewer and fewer reproductive adults and misbehavior in the fishing process threatening not only the survival of species, but also fragile coral reef ecosystems.

Sumei was listed as an endangered species in the World Conservation Union Red Book in 2004. At the 13th CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) conference held in October 2004, Sumei was ( It is listed in Appendix II of CITES and is strictly protected by the CITES Convention.

Hey, another endangered species.

Su Jing still won't break the law because of great interests, but it's alright to watch Su Mei fish. Many people only know that Su Mei fish is delicious, but they forget that Su Mei fish itself is also an ornamental fish.

Su Jing controlled the killer whales to shuttle through the coral reefs. Because the killer whales were big, they could only choose the places with large gaps. They found four or five Sumei fish in the coral reefs, ranging in size from a few kilograms to a dozen large ones. Twenty pounds.

Let me go, that one is also a Su Mei fish?

Su Jing suddenly saw a huge figure, his eyes widened, and he directed the killer whale to swim over quickly.