The dolphin that picked up the ball was only a meter or two away from Fu Wan, so she didn't have to exert much effort to see the ball clearly.
Good heavens, that thing was actually a pufferfish that had swollen into a round ball!
These peculiar dolphins are tossing pufferfish around one after another, then picking them up and shaking them wildly.
After seeing the behavior of these dolphins, Fu Wan couldn't help but complain.
These dolphins are really sick!
They all have "pig" in their names, how can you bully the weak like this!
It's obvious that these dolphins weren't actually trying to eat the pufferfish; they were just playing around.
Once the pufferfish were exhausted and their bulging bellies deflated, the dolphins scurried away in twos and threes towards the deeper seabed.
Only the pufferfish remained, lying crookedly beside the coral reef, looking as if it had been drained of all its life force.
She didn't know if fish could communicate. If the pufferfish could understand what the dolphin was saying, Fu Wan guessed that it was probably swearing a lot, judging from the way its mouth was opening and closing right now.
Seriously, are you guys crazy?
Go ahead and eat me if you dare!
Looking at the little pufferfish, Fu Wan couldn't help but shake her head.
Sigh, what an unlucky guy.
If killer whales are the street urchins of the sea, then dolphins are the true thugs.
In fact, Fu Wan knew that these dolphins didn't want to eat pufferfish, nor were they just playing around. To be precise, they were taking drugs.
As is well known, when pufferfish encounter danger or are stimulated, their entire body swells up and they release tetrodotoxin.
This toxin is not only non-toxic to dolphins, but it also makes them happy.
Therefore, they often gather to play with pufferfish in order to extract the pufferfish's toxins. This is the scene Fu Wan just witnessed. Only after confirming that these rogue dolphins had run far away and showed no sign of returning did she continue searching for fish with her catch.
Damn it, after that dolphin commotion, not a single fish was left, and she didn't even see a single conch shell.
Helpless, Fu Wan had no choice but to pack up and swim to the next sea area. Her current catch consisted of a net full of lobsters and a single-horned fish, which was far from enough.
Although dolphins are not very strong fighters, they can be quite destructive. Fu Wan swam for a while in the direction the dolphins had just left before discovering a peaceful area of the sea.
Here, you can see many sea fish at a glance, and even coral reefs that seem to stretch as far as the eye can see, as well as sea anemones growing freely on the rocks.
Fu Wan stopped in this area of the sea and immediately saw two fist-sized conch shells.
She picked up one of the conch shells and looked at it for a moment. The conch shell was a bright red color and had a very large opening, making it look like a beautiful cup covered with mud and sand.
And at the bottom of its spiral edge, there is a neat ring of nodules, which looks particularly beautiful. This is the Wanbao snail, one of the four famous snails. It was Fu Wan's first time encountering a Wanbao snail on the seabed, so she didn't hesitate to put it in her net.
The snail meat of Wanbaoluo is very crisp and refreshing. Whether it is simply boiled or stir-fried, the taste is also very good.
Most importantly, its shell is very beautiful, and many people like to collect it. In modern times, many people like to place the shell of the conch shell in their homes as a lucky charm, symbolizing wealth and prosperity.
However, because the number of conch shells is so small, they must be caught by diving, so a single conch shell can fetch a considerable amount of money.
Although not as valuable as pearls, a single snail shell can still fetch hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
However, Fu Wan didn't plan to buy them. Her daughter loved collecting these seashells, so she could take them home and give one to each of her children.
After tossing two conches into the net, which was already more than half full, Fu Wan gripped the harpoon, preparing to spear two more fish before heading home.
Persistence pays off. After searching several reefs, she finally found a large hogfish.
Without a second thought, Fu Wan stabbed the fish directly into the rocky cave with a harpoon. As the mud and sand inside the cave stirred up, the hog-toothed fish began to struggle violently.
Fu Wan stubbornly held onto the fish in the hole until it was exhausted from struggling and stopped moving. Only then did she swim over and pull the fish out of the hole.
Yes, it was "dragged" out.
There's no way around it, the hog-toothed fish truly lives up to its name; its shape wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a small pig. The hog-toothed fish in the picture is of medium size, probably weighing around four or five pounds.
With this fish and the two bags of haul she had just collected, that should be about enough.
Fu Wan gave herself a thumbs up in satisfaction. Although she hadn't been diving in the sea for a week, her skills were still top-notch.
Because the hog tusk fish was quite large, it was difficult to fit even half a net bag. Helpless, Fu Wan had to take another empty net bag off her waist.
Fortunately, she had brought two extra net bags with her just in case.
See, it's come in handy now!
However, Fu Wan was also a little reluctant to see the fish swimming around in the sea again.
Because in the rocky cave next to the hog-toothed fish, she found a hog-toothed fish that was fatter and stronger than the one she had caught.
Well, if we fight again now, it will be really hard to get it back later.
Moreover, that hog-toothed fish looked to be at least ten pounds, and frankly, Fu Wan's harpoon wasn't very harmful compared to its size.
At most, it will only have a scare effect.
Moreover, the hogfish had struggled violently, and the harpoon had gotten stuck in the mud and sand, causing the wire at the bottom to fork and curl up.
So Fu Wan had no choice but to regretfully let the big hogfish go and picked up the net to float to the surface.
However, at that moment, a fish slowly swam straight towards Fu Wan's face. If she hadn't dodged in time, the fish would have collided with her.
When Fu Wan saw what the fish looked like, she couldn't help but laugh.
Isn't this the same goatfish that was scared away by the dolphins earlier?
And here she is again!
What a coincidence!
Fu Wan naturally didn't let this opportunity slip by. She couldn't catch the big boar tooth fish hiding in the rock cave, but these goat fish weighing a few pounds were no problem at all.
Fate brought them together again; how could they let it slip away again?
She should take him home!
However, the harpoon was indeed unusable due to its warped edges, so Fu Wan had no choice but to drop what she was holding, take an empty net, swim over, and then directly cover the goatfish with it.
With a final, forceful scoop, the goatfish was trapped inside the net before it could even react.
Looking at her catch on the ground, Fu Wan was extremely satisfied. All four nets she had brought with her to sea had come in handy. Moreover, there were fish, shrimp, and sea snails—a truly complete variety.
After finishing the jungle hunt, Fu Wan naturally had to carry the net bag back, so she tied the two net bags together.
Because the goatfish was still alive, Fu Wan deliberately placed it together with the conch shell to reduce its living space.
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