Mermaid Law

On the screen, Fei Lian took Lilith to swim quickly across a large coral reef. He is undoubtedly familiar with this sea area. Lilith was a head behind him, and the green and red tails of the fish appeared on the camera. Reflected from the sea, the beautiful fish tail is as bright as a gem.

The nurse shark is an extremely docile species, and hardly takes the initiative to attack. In this sea area, this nurse shark has lived here for a long time, and Fei Lian has never touched him.Yu Jingnian guessed that mermaids might be a aggressive race, and Fei Lian was an upright man in his prime, so he didn't have much interest in such easy prey.

But Lilith is different, she has gradually entered old age, maybe this is the reason why Fei Lian chose to bring her here.

The nurse shark is a nocturnal animal, and usually hides on the bottom of the sea or rests in caves during the day. This nurse shark buried itself in the bottom of the water with sand, but the mermaid's keen sense of smell finally found him.

The fluctuating current and the mermaid's unique breath seemed to make the nurse shark discover the existence of danger, struggled to get out of the water, and swam quickly to the place where the isolation net was artificially built.The shark instinctively fled towards the far sea, but forgot the existence of the isolation net.Yu Jingnian guessed that Feilian and Lilith would catch the shark in front of the isolation net, but the mermaid was faster than they knew.Lilith slowed down and followed the nurse shark, while Fei Lian accelerated again suddenly, and quickly circled in front of the nurse shark.The dark green fish tail rushed out of the water smoothly, almost touching the corner of the nurse shark's mouth.But the nurse shark obviously didn't have the consciousness to fight Fei Lian, and just ran away desperately, trying hard to hit the flying mermaid.

An adult nurse shark is three meters long and can weigh more than 110 kilograms, which is much larger than a mermaid.But the mermaid's weapon was too sharp. At that moment, everyone in front of the LCD screen seemed to be able to hear the scream of the nurse shark.

Fei Lian grabbed the nurse shark's fin directly, the shark struggled and rolled, as if it had fallen into a frying pan, soon Lilith rushed over, grabbed the shark's tail with its claws, Fei Lian quickly cut off the shark's fin with his nails , blood gushed out from the wound, and the nurse shark was unable to struggle.The next moment, Fei Lian pierced the head of the nurse shark with his claws.

They carried their prey and slowly swam towards the coast. The monitor showed that the other sharks on the small island seemed to gradually smell the smell of blood and moved towards the mermaid, but their speed could not keep up with the mermaid after all, and the two mermaids landed on the shore. , sit on the beach and divide the food.Near the shallow sea, the shark's fins appeared on the surface of the sea, and after sweeping around like a patrol, they left in a dispirited manner.

Fei Lian cut up the shark, took out the internal organs, selected the most tender and high-quality meat and handed it to Lilith, and then sat respectfully aside, waiting for the female mermaid to eat first.

Lilith eats slowly, but in large quantities.The mermaid's body can store a large amount of energy and fat, and it can stop eating for seven or eight days after a meal.This greatly enhances their chances of survival in the sea. Not all sharks are as aggressive as nurse sharks, not to mention that sharks are also a great threat to mermaid cubs.

By the time Lilith stopped eating, there was only half of the shark left. Yu Jingnian knew Fei Lian's appetite, and he might not be able to get enough for this meal.

Fei Lian ate all the rest, and then buried the shark's bones with the tail.The hunt lasted for three or four hours, and there was silence in the monitoring room. It wasn't until the mermaid finished eating that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm very happy. Many of our previous predictions have been verified again today." Leo said, "Mermaids live in groups, and they live together in groups of dozens. Females have a higher status and can choose the ones in the group. Any male reproduces. They are very focused on increasing their population, the females are sexually active, and they prefer to select strong males."

"This is not just your speculation." Han Dong narrowed his eyes and looked at Leo coldly.

"Of course, an Australian photographer once photographed a large number of mermaids in the coral reefs of the North Atlantic Ocean. The males live together with the females. Their females are skilled and rare, and they signal when they want to mate. At this time, the mating males will gather in front of the females, and the females will choose who she likes. They are not monogamous. The males are the main hunters, guards, and sperm providers. But the leader of the group is generally He is the most powerful male, responsible for leading the group to hunt and feeding females and cubs.” Leo said while staring at the screen with great interest, “It’s a very interesting social form, somewhat different from primitive human society. Similar, but more orderly and rational. We have not filmed a battle between mermaids so far. They are very united and rarely conflict."

After eating, the mermaids returned to the sea.At this time, Lilith is in the front and Fei Lian is in the back.When Lilith came to the coral reef where Fei Lian lived, she turned around suddenly, and the fish's tail went straight down, swinging from side to side in the water.

"Oh, my God, this is a sign of courtship." Leo exclaimed, "I didn't expect it to be so smooth."

Yu Jingnian was startled, watching Lilith making a strange posture, like a dance.In shallow water, sunlight can penetrate the sea water and cast light on Lilith's red fish tail.It seems that the ruby ​​​​studded fish tail is shining under the sparkling water.The mermaid seemed to be secreting a hormone-like substance, and some white liquid sprayed out of her body and gradually melted into the sea water.

Human beings don't know the aesthetics of mermaids, but at this moment, even Yu Jingnian has to admit that there seems to be a touch of enchanting atmosphere on Lilith's body.

Fei Lian took a step back cautiously, his attitude was much colder than Lilith's, the fish tail just floated in the water naturally, without any deliberate movements.Mermaids are expressionless, but they talk with ultrasonic waves underwater, and the data changes on the instrument show what they are talking about, but humans don't know.They could only see that Fei Lian retreated little by little, and then swam away quickly, while Lilith angrily spread her fins all over her body, cutting the small fish that happened to pass by in two.

Yu Jingnian was a little dazed, and then realized that Fei Lian had rejected Lilith's courtship, he was inexplicably relieved, and then he heard disappointed sighs all over the room.

"Is it because Lilith is too old for males to reject females' courtship?" Leo murmured, staring at the screen with some surprise.Fei Lian didn't know where he had gone, and Lilith, annoyed, got into Fei Lian's cave.

The video just now was rewound by Mr. Chen, and several people watched the process of Fei Lian rejecting Lilith again. Fishtails and ultrasonic waves are obviously the way of communication for mermaids. In the animal world, body language is often better than voice to express animals. mean.When Lilith made a courtship gesture, Fei Lian was a little hesitant at first.Yu Jingnian carefully watched Fei Lian's performance, he could almost see the mermaid's genitals protruding from the pouch under the lower abdomen, but the next moment Fei Lian seemed to hesitate a little, then turned and left.

"At first it was an instinctive reaction based on female hormones, and then Fei Lian refused to mate with Lilith for some reason." Han Dong said as he said that the picture was frozen at the moment Fei Lian's pouch had just opened, " Apparently Lilith seems to be in the ovulation period today. According to what Leo said before, if the reproductive system of mermaids is similar to that of humans, then if you miss today, you will have to wait until next month to have a chance to mate. Maybe Fei Lian gave up mating? s reason."

Old Chen coughed lightly, "Don't think too much about it. I just met the mermaid for the first time today. Although we have a common hunting experience, we are obviously not very familiar with it. Whether it is the mating of giant pandas or other animals, Artificial reproduction in zoos is more difficult. This is especially true for viviparous mammals. You don’t need to be too burdened. I will pass today’s video to your respective rooms. You can study it slowly and write down any ideas you have. Report to me." Mr. Chen finally concluded, ending the topic.

Yu Jingnian felt a little awkward. Now that the energy of research had passed, he realized in a daze that even the privacy of Fei Lian's reproduction and reproduction was presented in front of everyone.Even for a mermaid, he thought it was a strange feeling.

Leaving the monitoring room, Yu Jingnian fidgeted for a long time. The video had already been uploaded to his notebook. He watched it again, and he did not miss every subtle expression of Fei Lian, but he seemed to be unable to see anything.

What is Fei Lian doing now?What is he thinking?What does mating mean to him?Are mermaids just breeding like normal beasts, or is there an emotional exchange?

Yu Jingnian was thinking wildly, but couldn't help but recall Fei Lian's smile to him.He got up impatiently and wanted to go to the lake.Will Fei Lian be there now?Lilith has taken over his lair, where is he going to spend the night next?

Pushing open the door with big strides, Yu Jingnian went downstairs and walked towards the woods.

The stream was still as clear as it used to be. Going up the stream, the lake was quiet, and Fei Lian was not here.

Yu Jingnian sat for a while, feeling extremely depressed for some reason, he got up and left.

A fish tail flipped up in the quiet lake, and the mermaid cautiously floated to the surface, watching the backs of the humans going away.