A series of continuous slapping sounds rang out. Fu Wan stood up and looked over, then her eyes widened in surprise.
Another moray eel!
We really stirred up a hornet's nest today!
This moray eel was not a wolf-tooth moray eel, but a leopard-spotted moray eel that Fu Wan was very familiar with.
It was about 1.2 meters tall and as wide as a carrying pole, and it was tumbling around on the beach.
"That's a moray eel too?"
Bai Qianzhou only then spotted the leopard-striped moray eel. He frowned and followed Fu Wan forward, noticing from a distance that something was wrong with the eel.
Seafood washed ashore usually tries to get back into the water, but this leopard-spotted moray eel is different.
The seawater rushed in twice, but it didn't swim away with the water. Instead, it kept crashing its body against the beach, as if this could alleviate its pain.
"No, there's something in the moray eel's mouth!"
Fu Wan had sharp eyes and immediately noticed that the eel's mouth had remained open the whole time and had never closed!
She had initially thought the eel was opening its mouth to bite, but now it seemed it wanted to close it but was unable to.
Because at that moment, a fish tail was stuck in the moray eel's mouth. It must have been because the leopard moray eel was too greedy when it was hunting and swallowed the fish whole.
It overestimated itself. The fish got stuck in its throat and it couldn't get it out, so it had to try to spit the fish out by banging its head against the sand.
Unfortunately, it swallowed too deep, and after struggling for a long time, the fish showed no signs of spitting it out. Instead, it gradually became still from bumping around.
This thing is also fierce. Fu Wan didn't dare to risk taking the fish out of its mouth. Besides, in less than ten minutes, the leopard-spotted moray eel was lying stiffly on the beach.
He looked like he was barely breathing.
Upon seeing this, Fu Ming hurriedly ran over, picked up a harpoon from a meter away, and poked the eel. Finding that the eel barely moved, Fu Ming couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha, look! This is the first time I've ever seen a moray eel choke to death from a fish!"
Having said that, he boldly stepped forward, grabbed the fish tail from the eel's mouth, and pulled hard, but he couldn't pull the fish out no matter what he did.
Good heavens, no wonder that leopard-skinned moray eel couldn't shake the fish out of its mouth no matter how hard it tried; it looks like it was really stuck.
"Amin, just cut it open with scissors!"
Boss Fu tossed him a pair of scissors, which Fu Ming caught immediately and began dissecting the eel without saying a word.
"Ah Wan, can you guess what kind of fish is in this eel's mouth?"
Fu Wan glanced at the fish tail on the eel's mouth, "Judging from the tail, it should be a sea bream, probably weighing at least half a pound."
"Father, what do you think?"
Boss Fu nodded in agreement, "You can't tell if it's a sea bream, but it definitely weighs more than half a pound."
Otherwise, the leopard-skinned moray eel wouldn't have choked to death.
Before they knew it, Fu Ming had already cut the sea eel open, revealing a black sea bream the size of an adult's palm, weighing at least a pound, if not half a pound.
I have no idea how that moray eel managed to swallow the whole fish whole.
It's truly a case of insatiable greed, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. If the moray eel hadn't been so greedy and tried to swallow it whole, it wouldn't have choked to death.
Now, of course, it's Fu Wan and her group who benefit.
Although leopard moray eels are slightly poisonous, they are very tender when braised.
Fu Ming tidied up briefly and put the contents in a clean bucket.
Just then, Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan arrived from the front.
They had just finished harvesting most of the large snails over there, and seeing that Fu Wan and her group hadn't returned, they guessed that there was also a lot of seafood on this side.
The two of them just happened to miss the scene of the leopard-spotted moray eel choking to death, so Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu hurriedly told Ye Xiaocui and Qin Mingzhu about it.
The world is full of wonders, but the two of them had never seen seafood choked to death by fish before.
Looking at the bucket full of eels, I couldn't help but sigh. These eels are really plump!
After picking up most of the razor clams, Fu Wan set her sights on a rocky area nearby.
The rocks here are smaller than those before, and there is more water in the rocky area.
Moreover, there was a lot of seaweed growing in the water, and at a glance, you could vaguely see something moving under the seaweed.
There are fish?!
Fu Wan's first thought was this. She picked up the harpoon and walked over there without thinking. Bai Qianzhou didn't understand why, but he didn't say anything, afraid that his voice would disturb her from catching seafood.
Only when you get closer to Fu Wan do you realize that there are no fish under the seaweed.
She was somewhat disappointed, but still unwilling to give up, so she simply dropped the harpoon and reached under the seaweed to search.
It wasn't fish, but shrimp, or maybe crab and conch. In any case, the seaweed was swaying so noticeably just now, but as soon as she got closer, the movement stopped, so it definitely wasn't the wind.
Fu Wan searched under the seaweed for a long time but found no living creature. She wanted to take a closer look, but the seaweed was so thick that it blocked out all the natural light.
It's not clear at all.
Fu Wan was not discouraged and simply pulled up the seaweed with all her might. Seeing her doing this, Bai Qianzhou, who had just picked up a few snails, hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Fu Ming had told him that a man must be observant and perceptive, otherwise women would think he was too stupid!
Fu Wan praised Bai Qianzhou's actions. She hadn't realized that Bai Qianzhou knew what to do without her saying a word.
Once the thick layer of seaweed was pulled up, Fu Wan could see what was underneath.
"My God, this is... a scallop?"
The mud and sand under the seaweed were teeming with scallops. The commotion from pulling the seaweed was quite loud. All the scallops had now retracted their heads. When Fu Wan saw the seaweed moving earlier, it was most likely that the scallops were eating plankton.
However, this scallop shell is all black, and it looks different from the red scallop shells I used to have!
"Dad, come quick and help me see what kind of scallop this is!"
If you don't even know what kind of seafood it is, you can't go wrong asking the experienced Boss Fu.
"Wait a minute, I'll come over after I finish picking up these sea urchins!"
Upon hearing the summons, Boss Fu hurriedly used his tongs to pick up the last few sea urchins from the trench and throw them into the bucket.
This beach has a lot of seafood, especially in the crevices of the rocks, where there are always unexpected surprises.
Sure enough, he just randomly found a rock and discovered a lot of sea urchins in the crevice.
Jack and the others heard Fu Wan speaking, but after glancing at the inconspicuous black seashell in Fu Wan's hand, they immediately lost interest and continued catching mantis shrimp on the mudflats with Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu.
This is so much fun! When you see the mantis shrimp's hole, you keep stepping on it. As soon as you step on it, muddy water sprays out from the hole on the other side. In just a few steps, the mantis shrimp will be sprayed out.
It was Fu Ling who taught them this, and Jack, Robert, and Tom had a lot of fun.
After spending a minute picking up the remaining sea urchins, Boss Fu quickly walked up to Fu Wan. When he saw the ordinary black scallop in Fu Wan's hand, Boss Fu was so shocked that he immediately swore.
"Holy crap, this looks like... a Black Butterfly Clam!"
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