Mermaid?Siren!

The behemoth Zhao Haoying who appeared on the coastline is no stranger, and their kind can be said to be delicacies on the human table.And in medicine also has special contribution.

Yes they were, not one fella, but two.

These are a pair of horseshoe crabs, which look like crabs, so they are also called "horseshoe crabs". Their bodies are dark brown and covered with hard carapace.Both the cephalothorax and the abdomen protrude toward the back, the front is relatively round and thick, and the back tends to be flat, and the back extends to the sword tail, and side spines are arranged side by side along the outer edge of the abdomen, forming a special shape of horseshoe crab.

Horseshoe crabs are devoted creatures that, once bonded, are inseparable.This is the case with this pair of horseshoe crabs, one big and one small, the big one is carrying the small one on its back, they are close to each other and inseparable.

The body length of a normal adult horseshoe crab is about 70 centimeters, which is already relatively large, but the two horseshoe crabs that Zhao Haoying sees now are more than two meters in size, and they are stacked together like a hill. , and the horseshoe crab is an arthropod, looks like a crab, and has four eyes. It is ugly and scary. For a while, Zhao Haoying only felt that the eight eyes were staring at her, and the pressure was doubled.

This is completely impossible to be the size that a normal horseshoe crab can grow to. If it is not, then it can only be a mutant.

"Is this a sea monster?" Zhao Haoying asked the beauty snake. He couldn't tell for himself. He had never seen this pair of horseshoe crabs before, and there was no information about them in the sea monster files. Obviously, they were mutations that had never been discovered. body.

The beauty snake looked up and snorted softly: "The sea monsters you are talking about are all such small guys?"

Although the horseshoe crab is larger than its peers, it is smaller than other species. To say it is a sea monster would be too flattering.

Zhao Haoying also thinks this is the meaning, but this was originally a colony of crocodiles, if these two horseshoe crabs have no place to pass by, how can they dare to climb here?

At this time, the two horseshoe crabs had landed on the shore and were still crawling towards this side. Their target seemed to be the barbecue in their hands.

But behind these two horseshoe crabs, the sea surface became unsettled again, a mass of black shadows rose from the bottom of the water, one pair after another came out from the bottom of the water, followed the two big horseshoe crabs in front and landed on the shore .

There were at least a thousand of them in the blackness, and Zhao Haoying's scalp felt numb when she saw it, "Why are there so many? They are all attracted by the meat?" His barbecue is not that delicious, right?Instead of attracting the alligator, it attracted these guys.

"I guess it came ashore when the spawning period was over." The beauty snake replied, but seeing that he looked at the two largest horseshoe crabs with a warning face, he was eating faster, and he was still covering the barbecue with his hands From the look of his eyes, he knew that he was also worried that these horseshoe crabs were coming to snatch food.

Zhao Haoying thought about it, and felt that what the beauty snake said made sense, and then carefully reviewed some habits about horseshoe crabs, and soon thought of the reason.

Limulus is a creature that lays eggs and reproduces on the shore. Now that land is scarce, there are naturally few places suitable for them to lay eggs. The crocodile is resident, and those creatures that need to go ashore to lay eggs will naturally take risks to climb ashore in order to reproduce, and even the crocodile cannot stop it.

Moreover, Zhao Haoying reckons that horseshoe crabs should not be the only ones who come here to lay eggs, so it is no wonder that there are so many crocodiles here, and enough food is automatically delivered to the door, so the crocodiles will grow well naturally.

The arrival of horseshoe crabs also attracted a large number of seabirds and crocodiles, but because of the presence of the beauty snake, they did not dare to make any moves for the time being, and only watched from afar.And this also bought time for the horseshoe crabs, and soon the beach was full of horseshoe crabs. Several male horseshoe crabs clung to the female horseshoe crabs tightly, trying to find a lifelong partner for themselves and fight for the right to mate.The horseshoe crabs that already have a partner choose a suitable sandy place and start digging pits to lay eggs.

This is the first time I have seen a beauty snake in this situation. In the past, when the sea snake came into estrus, he would leave, and he would not look at it when he encountered other creatures multiplying. So now I have to watch it carefully when I see it. .

"Aren't they afraid that the seabirds will eat all the eggs if they lay eggs like this?" The beauty snake's question is not nonsense. The seabirds and alligators watched for a long time, and after finding that the beauty snake was not moving, they couldn't help but start preying .

The targets of the crocodiles were naturally the horseshoe crabs. The speed of the horseshoe crabs was not fast. The crocodiles made a precise bite, causing a panic on the beach, and some horseshoe crabs that had finished spawning directly retreated into the sea.

Naturally, seabirds cannot deal with horseshoe crabs with hard shells on their bodies, and their targets are those eggs.

Don't look at those horseshoe crabs who are busy digging pits and burying eggs, but as soon as they leave, seabirds will fall from the sky, and several of them gather together to dig up the sand and peck at the eggs below.

"You can see that these horseshoe crabs dig a hole in a row, and there are hundreds of eggs in each hole. They may have given birth. As long as one hole survives, there is no need to worry about the race." This is the same as many weak creatures , they themselves are not strong enough, and only through strong fertility can they ensure the reproduction of offspring.

The scene on the beach was chaotic, with alligators attacking horseshoe crabs, seabirds hunting for eggs, and the horseshoe crabs retreating after laying eggs.

Zhao Haoying was surprised by the two largest horseshoe crabs. The size of these two horseshoe crabs is not too big for a crocodile, but what is surprising is that no crocodile chooses them as prey.

And these two horseshoe crabs did not lay eggs like other horseshoe crabs, they lay quietly on the beach, and all eight eyes were aimed at them.

This isn't really for meat, is it?Zhao Haoying's hair was black, and after thinking about it, she threw a piece of the barbecue in her hand.

Sure enough, after throwing the delicious barbecued meat, the female horseshoe crab pulled the barbecued meat into her mouth with relish, while the male horseshoe crab seemed to be a little moved, but did not grab the meat.

Zhao Haoying looked interesting and took another piece of barbecue. The beauty snake raised its tail and slapped his arm, "Mine, don't give it to me!"

However, he didn't do this well. He originally wanted to prevent the murloc from feeding, but the mermaid forgot to control her strength, and immediately pulled the meat out of Zhao Haoying's hand as soon as she lowered her tail.

Zhao Haoying looked at the barbecue that fell on the sand, and sighed to the beauty snake: "I can't eat this anyway, so let's give it to them? You see, you've eaten a lot, and you can't finish the rest. Let it go." If you don’t eat it cold, the taste will be bad. How can there be freshly baked ones that taste good? I’ll bake them for you when you want to eat them again. In fact, the taste of the horseshoe crab is also good, and the horseshoe crab eggs are also delicious Food, I don’t have any tools, if I have all the tools, there will be more delicious things than barbecue.”

This time the murloc threw the grilled meat and the mermaid didn't stop him. He was moved by the murloc, and remembered that the leftover grilled meat from last night was indeed not as good as the grilled meat when he tasted it again in the morning, so he ate it with his own hand. The endless barbecue was also thrown out to the two horseshoe crabs. Anyway, he was used to giving unnecessary food to other creatures, and food should not be wasted.

"Is there really something else delicious? Better than barbecue?" Speaking of delicious, Beauty Snake couldn't help but licked her lips, wondering what kind of delicacy could be better than barbecue.

The action of the beauty snake licking her tongue carried a trace of the sea monster's special charm, and the murloc's eyes flashed, "Of course, even the barbecue I'm grilling now lacks some flavor due to insufficient ingredients. When there are enough ingredients in the future, the taste is guaranteed to be better. It's fine now."

"Where can I get the ingredients?" Beauty Snake's life revolves around food. Now that he heard that he could eat more delicious barbecue, he had to ask carefully.

Zhao Haoying remained calm: "I don't know about the others, but there must be some on the mainland."

The beauty snake looked at him when she heard the words, her sapphire blue eyes blinked: "You want me to go with you to the human land?"