"We're here! Let me go down and take a look!"
Fu Ming took the lead, carrying a flashlight and a harpoon, and was the first to disembark.
The island was pitch black at this moment, with trees and bushes appearing as shadows, which looked somewhat frightening.
Meanwhile, there were many insect chirps around, interspersed with the occasional call of a seabird.
"There are some weird and scary things here."
Fu Liang walked ahead of Fu Wan, muttering to himself. Fu Wan also rubbed her arms; it was already autumn, so they probably wouldn't encounter any sea snakes or anything like that.
"Never mind, sometimes what you think about just happens," Fu Wan quickly stopped her imagination and followed the older men toward the coconut crab trap.
Because they had only a limited number of flashlights on board, Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan did not disembark. Apart from a few young people, Boss Fu also followed them down because he was worried about their safety.
With only two flashlights for the five people, Fu Ming was eager to see the effect of his trap, so he moved very quickly.
"Haha, there really are coconut crabs!"
Seeing the coconut crabs next to the coconut meat still stuffing coconut meat into their mouths, Fu Ming immediately laughed.
Hearing the commotion, Fu Wan hurried over as well.
"Brother, keep your voice down, or you'll scare the coconut crab away!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming quickly shut his mouth. The brother and sister even abandoned their harpoons and rushed over to pin down the coconut crab that had heard the noise and was trying to run away.
"This coconut crab is pretty good, it's quite big, haha!"
Fu Liang hurriedly opened the net he had brought with him and gestured for them to grab it and put it inside.
Ideally, coconut crabs should be placed in a snakeskin bag because they are different from other crabs. They are too big and have sharp claws, so putting them in a net bag can easily tear the net.
However, catching coconut crabs today was a spur-of-the-moment decision, and there were no snakeskin bags on the boat at all.
Fu Ming held the coconut crab's legs with both hands, only to find it difficult to put it in.
"Why don't we skip the net and just tie the coconut crab up directly?"
Fu Wan suggested, but the next moment Fu Liang touched his pocket and hesitated.
"I didn't bring any rope with me, did you bring any?"
Fu Wan shook her head subconsciously. She had changed her clothes before going to bed, and now she had nothing in her pocket except a small knife.
"That's easy! Just grab a couple of handfuls of grass and twist them into a rope, and you're done!"
After Ye Lin finished speaking, he casually reached for the grass next to the coconut tree. Seeing this, Fu Wan quickly took out her knife.
"This makes mowing easier."
The grass is so tall and abundant that if you try to pull it out by hand, you're likely to cut your hands several times.
Boss Fu picked up the harpoon next to him and said, "Don't rush, let me clear the stuff in the grass first."
In the wild, on an uninhabited desert island, it's impossible to say what might be in the grass.
Just to be safe, we should first use a harpoon to tap the grass. If there are any living creatures inside, we can scare them away.
This is where experience really shines!
Fu Wan and the others were impressed, while Ye Lin was ashamed that he, a hunter who grew up in the mountains, had actually forgotten such an important matter.
After Fu Laoda knocked for a while, a rustling sound came from the bushes, but it quickly quieted down again.
Even the chirping of insects stopped.
Seeing this, Boss Fu took the knife from Ye Lin and cut two or three handfuls of grass.
Both Boss Fu and Ye Lin knew how to weave straw ropes, so Fu Wan didn't participate. Instead, she followed the light of the flashlight and started looking for other coconut traps.
They had previously divided the coconut meat into several pieces and placed them at the entrances of several coconut crab holes; what Fu Ming just discovered was only one of them.
"Hey, there's another one here!"
After walking through several cave entrances, Fu Wan finally found another coconut crab next to a piece of coconut meat.
"Huh, is this coconut crab dead?"
Before Fu Liang and the others even arrived, Fu Wan noticed that something was wrong.
Normally, coconut crabs would run away as soon as they see someone coming, but this one in front of me is lying there without moving.
"What's wrong, A-Wan?"
Fu Liang ran over quickly and saw Fu Wan pick up a branch from the ground and poke the coconut crab.
“These coconut crabs are much bigger than the ones over there at Amin’s place.”
"It is big, but Brother Liang, it seems to be dead."
Fu Wan poked the coconut crab several times, but it didn't budge at all.
"Strange, we've almost finished eating all the coconut meat. Could it be that we ate ourselves to death?"
Fu Wan muttered to herself, "Dead crabs shouldn't be eaten. According to the village, once a crab dies naturally, its insides are basically rotten."
If you eat this kind of crab, you'll get diarrhea at best, and vomiting and diarrhea at worst.
"Sigh, it's really dead?" Fu Liang kicked the coconut crab with his foot and sighed with some regret.
"Such a big coconut crab, what a waste."
If they were still alive, even if we didn't sell them, it would be enough for everyone to have a good meal.
However, just as Fu Liang and Fu Wan were about to leave, Fu Wan suddenly noticed that the coconut crab's claws moved.
Am I seeing things?
Fu Wan was a little confused, but she immediately thought of the fact that animals also use the skill of playing dead when they encounter danger.
So she turned around and grabbed Fu Liang, as if to walk forward.
"Brother Liang, give me the flashlight, let's go look somewhere else."
Without a hint of suspicion, Fu Liang handed over the flashlight. Fu Wan took it and led Fu Liang a few steps forward before turning off the flashlight and stopping in place.
Fu Liang was a little puzzled. Just as he was about to ask something, he saw Fu Wan shush him.
Well, Ah Wan has come up with another new idea. He'll just do as she says and watch the show.
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, Fu Wan heard a slight noise in her ears again.
At first, the sound was very soft, but it gradually grew louder until even Fu Liang heard it and turned his head to look behind him.
Seeing this, Fu Wan turned around and turned on her flashlight.
"Well, look, this crab was playing dead! Look, Brother Liang, it's secretly crawled a long way!"
Fu Wan ran over quickly and grabbed the coconut crab. Seeing this, the crab stopped pretending and struggled to run away.
"The world is truly full of wonders! We even witnessed a crab pretending to be dead today, haha!"
While laughing, Fu Liang firmly grasped the coconut crab's legs on both sides and then lifted it up.
"Wow, how did you manage to catch such a big one!"
Seeing this, Boss Fu quickly handed over the straw rope he had twisted, and the group tied up the coconut crab in no time.
"Uncle, you have no idea, this crab can play dead. If Awan hadn't noticed, it would have gotten away!"
Fu Liang smiled and explained the situation. While the group was busy, Fu Wan suddenly heard a gasp.
She instinctively looked in the direction the sound came from, but the next second, her hair stood on end.
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