Golden Fishery

Mao Weilong knew that Qin Shiou was also interested in running a farm, so when he packed his things, he said, "Tomorrow, let's go to the farmers' seminar in Emerald Town? Get in touch with this industry and learn more about it."

Qin Shiou didn't care, anyway, he had nothing else to do except to participate in a fish farm owner's tour recently.

It's a pity that the plan is not as fast as the change, and he still has to go back early the next morning, when a phone call comes from home: "The leatherback turtle has laid eggs in the fishing ground!"

Leatherback turtles have little effect on fishing grounds, and their economic value is not high, but they are very important to the marine life chain. They are one of the few species that can restrain the crazy reproduction of jellyfish, and they are also children of the sea.

Qin Shiou protected the leatherback turtle purely from the perspective of public welfare. Later, when he had the ambition to become the god of the sea, he felt the importance of this behavior even more.

The fishermen all know how much he cares for leatherback turtles, so if there is any problem with leatherback turtles, they will report to him immediately, and laying eggs is naturally the top priority, because Qin Shiou once said that leatherback turtles don't seem to be Likes to spawn in fish farms.

Qin Shiou was overjoyed when he learned that the leatherback turtle had finally laid eggs in the fishing ground, and immediately decided to go back to have a look.

Last year, Qin Shiou tied the tortoises within the scope of the fishing ground, and as a result, these guys stopped laying eggs.

It is understandable that natural species can quickly form stress changes to protect themselves. For example, the long teeth of African elephants often cause them to be killed, so now the teeth of young elephants do not grow very long.

Another example is that antelope fur has always been a treasure in the international fur trade. For this reason, antelopes were slaughtered, and then slowly. The antelope's fur began to become rougher and rougher, and they used this method to protect themselves.

Qin Shiou guessed at the time. Leatherbacks may have found themselves unable to leave the fishery in order to protect their offspring from slavery. They refuse to mate and do not give birth to offspring in the fishery.

Now, leatherback turtles are finally willing to give birth to offspring in fishing grounds. What does this mean? It shows that they regard this place as an important survival base, which is a good thing.

The number of leatherback turtles is declining day by day. In the two decades from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, their numbers have declined sharply due to changes in ocean water temperature caused by the El Niño phenomenon, illegal fishing by fishermen, ocean pollution and local tourism development. About 95%.

Later, although countries put leatherback turtles into the ranks of protected animals one after another, their living places were also protected. However, new killers appeared. People littered plastic bags in the ocean. Leatherback turtles had poor eyesight, thinking that jellyfish would eat them, and eventually died of intestinal infarction due to indigestion.

Qin Shiou and Mao Weilong said,

After breakfast, return by helicopter.

After returning to the fishing ground, Winnie deliberately did not go to work and waited for him. After seeing him come back, she said happily: "Xue Li and the others found it. They went to the farm to collect eggs as usual in the morning. They found the leatherback turtle Come ashore to lay eggs."

May to June is the main egg-laying season for leatherback turtles. Females need to climb from the ocean to the beach to dig holes and lay eggs. Spawning is usually carried out at night, and the action is very cautious, if it encounters external disturbances. They return to the ocean immediately.

The reason why the leatherback turtles in the fishery lay eggs in the morning may be that they have lived in the fishery for a period of time and feel safer. In the morning I climbed onto the beach.

Leatherback turtles lay eggs in groups, with a female taking the lead. Other female turtles will also climb up to the beach to lay eggs in the next few days.

As early as the 1960s, 10,000 leatherback turtles lived and laid eggs in the Lanta Abang area on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. The time is one week.

Qin Shiou had read the relevant information, and it was really a grand occasion. During that time, the beach turned blue-black, and all the female turtles came ashore to lay eggs.

It is a pity that this grand event has become a legend, and now it has entered the leatherback turtle spawning season, but according to the Malaysian fisheries department, only three leatherback turtles have come to the Ta Abang area so far this year, and none of them has laid eggs.

If you don't consider the risk factors, the real golden time for spawning is noon, because no matter what the eggs are, they need a suitable temperature to hatch.

The beach temperature at noon is just right, not too high but full of heat, and the turtle eggs will maintain the highest vitality after being laid in the sand.

On average, a leatherback turtle can lay about 100 eggs during the spawning season, but at least one tenth of them cannot hatch. The reason is that the temperature during spawning is not suitable, causing the eggs to freeze to death.

After Qin Shiou came back, he went to the beach at the mouth of the sea. It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the temperature of the sand was a bit hot, but it was a suitable temperature for turtles to lay eggs.

One after another, several female leatherback turtles climbed onto the beach. They were of different sizes, ranging from one meter to two and a half meters long.

In addition to the female tortoise, there is also a male tortoise on the beach, that is Nicholas tortoise four.

Fourth Master was patrolling the beach with his hip-hop ghost steps. Although he trembled while walking, he was really suitable to be a sentinel, because his head could keep turning, and he couldn't avoid his eyes when there was any trouble.

Undoubtedly, these female turtles came ashore to lay eggs, and they chose the place of laying eggs very carefully, not only to facilitate the hatching of eggs, but also to prevent them from being discovered and destroyed by predators.

Seven or eight female tortoises climbed up one after another, and then they divided into several groups to find a suitable place to lay eggs on the beach.

Qin Shiou saw that they hadn't dug the egg hole for a long time, so he understood the reason. He took Wei Ni to the grass behind to find some shrubs, pulled them out by their roots, and planted them randomly on the beach.

Sure enough, when a bush was found, the female turtles happily crawled over. They dig holes on the beach next to the bushes with their paddle-like forelimbs, digging out a large pit, which is just about the size of their bodies, and then they lie down into the sand pit with their whole bodies.

After hiding in the pit, the female tortoise's eyes stared nervously at the surroundings, and her hind legs dug down alternately like a shovel, digging a vertical egg pit under the genital opening behind the buttocks.

At this time, the female turtles are about to lay eggs.

One characteristic of female turtles laying eggs is that they are extra cautious before laying eggs, and return to the sea immediately if there is a slight disturbance. But once it starts to lay eggs, no matter how strong the stimulation is, it will completely ignore it.

The real snapping turtle master didn't know when it crawled over. It also lived in this place, so it is very familiar with everything.

Lying on the beach, the master first sighed with emotion that the sun and the moon are flying like a turtle, and the life of the turtle is like a dream. Then he saw the female turtle laying eggs, and crawled over to look at it curiously.

The female tortoises stared nervously at the master, but they were still laying eggs, while Nicholas - Guisi rushed over with ghostly steps, and bumped into the master!

As if the Zhiyuan ship collided with the little devil's Yoshino ship, Fourth Master moved forward bravely without hesitation! (To be continued..)u