My deep sea fishery

Barnacles are arthropods with calcareous shells commonly found on seaside reefs.

The vitality of barnacles is extremely strong and tenacious, usually forming dense communities on rocks, piers, ships and even some large marine organisms.

This is a very annoying creature. The barnacles attached to the coastal wharf will make the wharf more prone to ageing. The barnacles on the submarine cables can even damage the cables and cause great harm. The barnacles fixed on the hull of the ship will cause The speed of the ship has been greatly reduced.

The parasitic barnacles on whales often cause great pain to the whales. Even whales with thick skin like humpback whales often thump the water frantically because of itching, and even take the initiative to hit the reef and run aground to try to remove the barnacles. .

Some people find it incredible that whales, as the overlords of the ocean, are almost the largest animals on the planet. How can these giants travel thousands of kilometers in the ocean every year, how could they be associated with the ugly and tiny barnacles?

In fact, a large number of barnacles attached to the surface of whales will make the whales as painful as psoriasis and sores. Many whales die because of barnacles.

Barnacles are one of the most fragile creatures in the ocean. In order to survive, barnacles will be "tied" to the whale's surface after touching the whale's skin. The body will secrete a highly viscous substance stronger than glue to hold itself firmly. Sticking to the whale, it will also implant the lower body into the whale's skin, and finally successfully parasitize the whale.

The barnacles on the whale are like shocking scars.

"A little ninja." Xiang Yang took off his gloves and put them in the net bag, trying to break off the barnacle growing at the corner of the male whale's eye.

The male whale seemed to know what Xiang Yang was going to do next, and was so excited that it constantly slapped the sea with its powerful tail, hitting layers of waves.

There are many barnacles growing from the corner of the male whale's eye to the vent hole on the back.

These barnacles are very firmly attached to the male whale. They have gone through countless winds and waves with the humpback whale without sinking to the bottom of the sea. When Xiang Yang went to break it, it took a lot of effort to break one off.

The humpback whale left a small hole in the barnacle where it was broken off, just like a human being squeezed a black head out of the skin.

Looking at the potholes, Xiang Yang felt distressed, and immediately broke off the second one.

The barnacle sticks very firmly to the humpback whale, and it will definitely be painful to break it so hard, but this male whale does not feel the pain at all, and the body is still on the surface of the sea like a hill.

On the contrary, it was the female whale that patted the water, and then swam to Xiang Yang to have a look. Sometimes she even used her fins to pull Xiang Yang's shoulders, as if she was telling Xiang Yang to clean the barnacles first.

A group of crew members on the ship watched fiercely.

Although barnacles are worthy of disgust, they are the dream of countless people at the same time they are disgusted. Barnacles contain all trace elements in their bodies and are the best natural supplements that make many people fall for it and go crazy.

Barnacles are not only nutritious but also very delicious. It is hard to imagine the mentality of the first person who eats barnacles only in terms of appearance, but all the diners who have eaten barnacles are conquered by its deliciousness. The taste of barnacle meat is so tender that it doesn’t look like shellfish at all, it melts in your mouth like tofu.

For example, the premium gooseneck barnacle in barnacles sells for as much as eight or nine thousand yuan per catty.

Of course, these humpback whales are not the best gooseneck barnacles in barnacles, but the most common cylindrical barnacles.

Cylinder barnacles are also very difficult to collect. Fishermen are generally unwilling to collect them, so they are rarely sold in the market. On the contrary, cylinder barnacles are sold very hot online, with prices ranging from one to two hundred yuan per catty to one or two thousand. The money varies from a catty to a pound, and many people buy it in each price range.

Growing on humpback whales, and following the humpback whales that have experienced strong winds and waves, the nutrient-rich barnacles are naturally the most excellent existence in cylindrical barnacles. Each catty is worth thousands of dollars.

It took Xiang Yang twenty minutes to help the male humpback whale clean the barnacles at the corner of his eye.

The barnacle collected from the corner of this male whale's eye contains one-fifth of the net bag, at least three or four catties.

On the back of the male humpback whale, there are more parasitic barnacles in the folds of the abdomen, densely packed with at least hundreds of catties, especially the barnacles around the vent hole are connected to each other, just like the big scars on the humpback whale. People with intensive phobias can be scared to sleep at night.

The barnacle at the corner of the male humpback whale's eyes was collected by Xiang Yang and closed his eyes. It seemed that he couldn't feel the damn little things. The male whale was very excited and touched Xiang Yang with his head.

Xiang Yang also smiled and touched the big head of the male whale with a smile on his face and said: "You have too many barnacles, and I can't clean it up by myself. I call my crew to help you clean it up, okay? "

After talking, Xiang Yang shouted to the deck without waiting for the humpback whales to agree: "Is anyone willing to come down and help these two humpback whales clean the barnacles with me?"

Some of the crew members on the ship were hungry and thirsty for a long time and wanted to go to sea. At this time, they immediately shouted: "I, me, me, captain, I am coming!" The other part of the crew laughed for various reasons. Said nothing.

In the end, only eight people including He Mingde chose to go to the sea.

Xiang Yang waved his big hand and promised to go down to the sea to collect barnacles from humpback whales. After returning home, the people who collected two thousand yuan in red envelopes made everyone who went down to the sea smiled and their enthusiasm increased, even those on deck who were afraid to disembark. Two of the crew members also changed into diving suits.

The two humpback whales cooperated very well with Xiang Yang and the others. They all floated motionless on the surface of the sea, and even allowed the crew to climb on their backs.

The crew was a little afraid at first, but after breaking down a few barnacles in a row, their courage gradually increased, and the speed of collecting barnacles was much faster.

The crew on the ship took pictures of Xiang Yang and the others with their mobile phones, and some even recorded a video of Xiang Yang and a group of people lying on the backs of whales collecting barnacles.

The barnacles on the back of humpback whales are easy to collect. With everyone working together, all the barnacles in the wrinkles on the back of the humpback whale were cleaned up in less than two hours. Even some barnacle larvae were not let go. In case they regenerate on the back of the whale in the future.

But those barnacles in the belly of humpback whales are not so easy to collect.

The barnacles on the abdomen of humpback whales stick very firmly to the skin of humpback whales, and it is very inconvenient to move underwater. Usually the crew crushes a barnacle and cannot break it off.

A group of people couldn't help rushing around under the humpback whale.

There are more barnacles on the belly of humpback whales than on the back, let alone how valuable these barnacles are.Just for the sake of the humpback whale, if you only take the barnacle on its back and don't help it to clean the barnacle on its abdomen, it will be white. I am afraid that it will not take long for the barnacle to cover the body of two humpback whales.