Feng Ye shook his head helplessly and turned to walk away.
Out of sight, out of mind; out of mind, out of trouble.
He doesn't need to sort this much cargo; the six boatmen are enough.
After the sorting work began, the boatmen put on thick gloves and carefully picked out the fish and shrimp that could be sold.
There were just too many orchid crabs, which caused them a lot of trouble. They could easily get pinched by the crab claws if they weren't careful.
These guys don't care if they're being grabbed or not; as soon as they see a hand approaching, they wave their pincers and bar their teeth and claws.
Suddenly, from the mountain of fish, amidst a patch of white and blue, a black, head-like thing darted out.
It was right next to Ye Chenliang's hand, startling him so much that he instinctively pulled his hand back quickly.
"My God, what the hell is that?"
Hearing his exclamation, everyone's hearts tightened, and they all stopped what they were doing and looked in his direction.
"What is this thing? What does it look like? It's the head of something?"
"This is... a sea turtle's head, isn't it?"
"It really is a sea turtle..."
"Holy crap, what a huge glans, all black..."
Feng Ye also went over and saw the huge turtle head that had emerged from the pile of fish, its bright black eyes darting around warily.
"A sea turtle? What kind of sea turtle is this? It has such a big head, and it's so black!"
Only the turtle's head was visible at the moment, and he couldn't immediately identify what kind of turtle it was.
"It suddenly darted out; I thought it was a sea snake or something, which startled me."
Ye Chenliang patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he knew it was a sea turtle, he was no longer afraid.
Sea turtles are gentle in nature and generally do not attack people.
They've caught sea turtles quite a few times, and every now and then they accidentally catch one or two.
"They're out, they're out..."
"Wow, what a huge foot! It looks like a paddle..."
"Damn, if the feet are this big, how big must this turtle be?!"
Feng Ye was also secretly amazed. Just by looking at its head, he knew that this sea turtle must be quite large.
He hadn't expected its forelimbs to be so large, so its size was probably even bigger than he had imagined.
He was quite curious about just how big it would be.
At this moment, the sea turtle slowly stretched out its other forelimb, and then both forelimbs kept pawing, trying to break free from the mountain of fish.
Seeing how much effort it was putting in, Feng Ye quickly took two steps forward and used his rain boots to kick away the fish, shrimp, and crabs on its body, making it easier for it to climb out.
At the same time, he said, "Don't just stand there, come and help get this big guy out of here, and see just how big he is."
Everyone rushed forward and hurriedly pried the catch off the turtle.
When the sea turtle fully revealed itself, everyone was amazed.
"Holy crap, what a huge sea turtle!"
"My goodness, this is huge! It's bigger than my table at home."
"Wow, I never imagined a sea turtle could grow this big. Before today, the biggest one I'd ever seen was about the size of a millstone."
"Yes, that's really rare."
"What kind of sea turtle is this? I've seen it before, but I can't remember its name."
"I think it's called a leatherback turtle, Ah Ye mentioned it."
Feng Ye smiled and nodded: "That's right, it's a leatherback turtle."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched the turtle's back; the texture was somewhat similar to leather.
Leatherback turtles only have irregular polygonal scales covering their bodies and limbs when they are juveniles. As adults, the scales disappear and are replaced by leathery skin.
This leatherback turtle is very large, estimated to be about 2 meters long, which is considered a very large individual among leatherback turtles.
He has retrieved many sea turtles, and has already completed collecting all five species of sea turtles in China.
However, this is the largest sea turtle of its size ever seen.
The leatherback turtle is known as the largest turtle species in the world, and that's no exaggeration.
The largest recorded leatherback tortoise was nearly 2.7 meters long and weighed an astonishing 916 kilograms, almost a ton.
Although this one did not reach the record for the largest individual, it was about two meters long and weighed at least five or six hundred kilograms.
People gathered around the giant sea turtle, exclaiming in amazement; they had never seen anything like it before.
Ah-Can saw it from the driver's seat and couldn't resist running down and reaching out to touch the turtle's head.
"What are you doing? Do you want to get bitten? Don't touch its head."
Feng Ye quickly stopped him, saying, "Although leatherback turtles are docile, they can still bite. Don't be fooled by the fact that they don't have teeth in their mouths; they have keratinous barbs in their throats that they use to grind food, even seashells."
"Wow, is it that amazing?!"
Ah-Can quickly withdrew his hand and stuck out his tongue, "I saw you all touching it, so I wanted to touch it too..."
"Look where we're touching, we're not touching the glans."
"That's right, who told you to touch my glans right away?"
"Haha, the glans..."
Ah-Can was still a naive young virgin, and he couldn't resist such crude talk. His face instantly turned red: "You guys..."
Feng Ye smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, alright, stop joking. Go get the shovel and clean the barnacles off it."
This leatherback turtle is so big that it naturally has a lot of barnacles attached to its body, so it's faster to clean it with a shovel.
Sea turtles are among the hardest-hit areas by barnacles.
They swim so slowly, otherwise where would the term "turtle speed" come from?
Most sea turtles have barnacles on their bodies to some extent, and it is rare to see a sea turtle that has no barnacles at all.
"I'll go get it."
Ye Chenliang responded and quickly ran into the cabin, carrying out the only three shovels on the boat.
Cleaning barnacles from marine life is quite stress-relieving, but unfortunately Feng Ye didn't manage to grab a shovel and could only watch Ye Chenliang, A-Can, and a boatman having a great time.
Perhaps the sea turtle understood their good intentions, for it didn't struggle at all, but lay there quietly with its eyes half-closed, looking quite content.
It took them quite a while to clean up all the barnacles.
Feng Ye stepped forward, stood beside the leatherback turtle, and called out to everyone: "Come on, lend a hand and lift it to the side of the ship so we can send it back to the sea."
"Ah, you released them?"
"Such a big sea turtle could fetch a lot of money. It's such a waste to just release it like this."
"Exactly, why release them? Releasing small ones is one thing, but such a big one would definitely fetch a good price."
“I also think it’s a waste to release them back into the wild. I’ve never seen such a big sea turtle in my life. If I were to sell it, I’m sure I could get a good price for it.”
"Yes, even if you don't sell it, don't release it. Take it back to the Oceanographic Institute; you'll get a reward, right?"
"There was a reward for that whale last time, so there will definitely be one for this big sea turtle too..."
We've caught sea turtles before, but they weren't very big, and we just released them. But this one is so big that no one wants to release it, and everyone is trying to persuade us to stop.
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