After being washed with two or three ounces of fine salt, fifty or sixty razor clams appeared on the beach. Standing upright on the sand, they really looked like a piece of sugarcane.
At that time, Bai Yu asked Wang Hai to take a close-up shot of the razor clams so that they could observe them up close.
After Bai Yu counted them, there were fifty-seven razor clams in this area, and their weight was estimated to be more than three pounds. After all, these razor clams were just caught from the beach and had not yet expelled any mud or sand. In addition, their moisture content made them very heavy.
I happily put the razor clams into a net bag, and then into a plastic bucket.
It's worth noting that Bai Yu's bucket contains quite a few conch and scallops. Among the shellfish family, razor clams are at the bottom of the food chain.
If you put razor clams and sea snails together, the end result will be that the sea snails eat the razor clams.
If any razor clams were eaten by the conch, it would be a loss for Bai Yu, so naturally he wouldn't let that happen.
At the same time, this pile of razor clams made Bai Yu exclaim that his luck value of 99 points was truly amazing. They had only been at the beach for a short while, and the bucket already contained four or five pounds of seafood.
Although they are all kinds of shellfish, these shellfish are expensive and quite heavy.
With a cheerful mood, Bai Yu and Wang Hai strolled around the beach again.
Hey, I found a small bulge. I dug it open with a sand shovel and wow, I got a scallop!
Beachcombing is a simple and unpretentious activity. If you see any small bumps or holes on the sand, you can use a sand shovel to explore them. You'll likely return with a full load.
When beachcombing, most of the catch you can find are crustaceans or shellfish; the chances of finding any sea fish are extremely slim.
When the tide goes out, these crustaceans and shellfish will choose to lie in the sand to conserve their moisture. At this time, if you find small sand dunes on the beach, you can usually find something.
For example, Bai Yu just discovered another sandbag, and it was a crab-shaped sandbag. Just by looking at its shape, Bai Yu could tell what was underneath the sand.
Sure enough, when Bai Yu cleared away the sand, a blue crab appeared. However, this blue crab was too small, less than half the size of Bai Yu's palm.
Bai Yu had no interest in such a small orchid crab, so he simply tossed it back into the sea.
"Little guy, you're too small. Go home and call your parents."
With Bai Yu's instructions in mind, the orchid crab returned to the sea in a parabolic arc.
As for whether it can call its parents over, that's all up to fate; when the time is right, anything can happen.
Bai Yu then searched the beach again and soon found another bulge. The reason he found it so quickly was because the bulge was so big and obvious on the beach.
This mound is half a meter in diameter and about ten centimeters higher than the beach next to it. Bai Yu didn't pay much attention to such a large mound at first, thinking it was a sand dune that had been washed out by the receding tide.
But when he got to the sandbag, Bai Yu realized he was wrong, and very wrong. There was actually something inside the sandbag, and it was good stuff.
Bai Yu discovered a hole in the sandbag, a hole about the size of his forearm, with some arthropod footprints near the opening.
"Holy crap, there's actually something inside such a huge sandbag? What could possibly make such a big sandbag? A giant blue crab? A bread crab? It can't be a sea turtle, can it?"
"Ah Hai, what do you think this place could be?"
Looking at the sandbag in front of her, Bai Yu peered into the hole, but unfortunately saw nothing.
The reason for guessing mud crabs and brown crabs is that these two types of crabs are relatively large. If this bulge is made by a crab, then it is most likely one of these two types.
"Brother Yu, whichever of these is better than the first one, that's the one!"
Wang Hai's idea was more practical; he wanted whichever one was better.
"So, if that's the case, then this might be a blue crab. Forget it, let's not guess anymore, let's just dig it out and see for ourselves."
Bai Yu then picked up a sand shovel and started working on the sandbag. First, he scraped the protruding sand layer by layer, trying to dig out what was hidden in the sand.
I don't know if any of you have ever dug sand, but it's much easier than digging other things. Even wet sand is very easy to dig.
Bai Yu only used a few shovels before he felt the tip of the sand shovel hit something hard, and it paused for a moment.
Fortunately, Bai Yu did not choose to confront the hard object head-on. After all, there might be a big crab hiding there. If Bai Yu were to break the crab shell with a shovel, the crab would be worthless.
"Hey, hey, Ah Hai, did you see that? The shell is a bit greenish. Could it really be a big blue crab like you said?"
Wait a minute, this shell doesn't look like a crab shell. Holy crap, a baby green dragon? Really? You can find a baby green dragon while beachcombing? This thing can lie in the sand?
No, no, this can no longer be called "lying on the sand." It's more like the little green dragon dug a hole in the sand and made its home here.
"Holy crap, there's more than one little green dragon! Ah Hai, Bucket, bring me your bucket. The little green dragons need to stay in their own buckets; they deserve this treatment."
As Bai Yu continued his digging, the green shell that had only been partially visible was confirmed to be not a blue crab shell, but rather the shell of a small blue dragon, which was even more valuable than a blue crab.
The term "little green dragon" refers to the green lobster, also known as the Chinese lobster in some places. This type of lobster is a marine creature, unlike the freshwater crayfish commonly eaten in summer. Green lobsters do not have claws, and they are much larger than freshwater crayfish.
When Bai Yu saw that the sandbag contained lobsters, he was a little confused because he had never heard of baby lobsters lying in the sand or digging holes. What was going on with this nest of baby lobsters?
A small green lobster without its claws is basically no fighting power. As long as you don't put your fingers in its mouth, you're safe.
Soon, Bai Yu pulled out four small green dragons from the sand cave. The largest one weighed six or seven ounces, and the smallest one weighed about half a pound.
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