"Take it slow, things will get better."
Feng Ye firmly believed this; it was only a matter of time.
He also glanced at the fish probe, which indicated that there were many bright spots on the fish, but they were not in groups and there were no patches of red.
As for the fish not being detected and the fish finder screen being completely empty, that's something that will happen twenty or thirty years from now.
The ocean is now so rich in resources that it's impossible to detect anything, more or less.
After chatting with his brother-in-law for a while and finishing a cigarette, Feng Ye returned to the deck.
The barnacles on the sea turtle have been cleaned off, and there's a pile of barnacles on the deck, weighing at least twenty pounds.
With so many barnacles, it's no wonder the sea turtle has difficulty moving around.
The boatmen were busy carefully cleaning the turtles' shells with brushes covered in seawater, scrubbing away the remaining dirt with each stroke.
Judging from their appearance, even the bathhouse attendants weren't as diligent as they were.
Feng Ye joked, "This sea turtle probably enjoys better treatment than your parents, right?"
"Haha, my parents are in good health, so I don't need to take care of them for the time being."
One of the boatmen casually added this comment.
"So you're just practicing like a little turtle now, isn't that right?"
The crowd burst into laughter, but the brushes in their hands didn't stop; they brushed even more vigorously.
And you know what? After they brushed the sea turtle and rinsed it several times with seawater, its shell became much shinier.
Although there are still traces left by barnacles, it feels somewhat refreshed and no longer as messy as before.
"Alright, let's carry it together and release it back into the wild."
As everyone carried the sea turtle to the side of the boat, preparing to push it into the sea, Feng Ye noticed that there seemed to be glistening tears in the corners of the sea turtle's eyes.
"Oh dear, this sea turtle looks like it's crying?"
"Oh? You're crying..."
Instead of pushing the sea turtle into the sea, everyone crowded around to see what was going on.
"Holy crap, she's really crying..."
"What's going on? Why is it crying?"
"Sea turtles can cry and shed tears, could there be something wrong with that?"
"Is it possible that it was crying tears of joy, thanking us for helping it clean the barnacles?"
"Yes, animals have feelings too. Maybe it really does understand gratitude..."
The sight of the sea turtle shedding tears shocked everyone, prompting them to speculate about its meaning.
Feng Ye knew exactly what was going on, but he didn't say anything to shatter everyone's beautiful imagination. He just assumed that the sea turtle was expressing its gratitude, which could be considered as providing them with emotional value.
In fact, the tears of sea turtles are different from the tears of human emotions. They have absolutely nothing to do with emotional expression, let alone things like gratitude or tears of joy.
It is simply a natural physiological phenomenon, resulting from the combined effects of multiple physiological and environmental factors.
Behind these teardrops lies a unique mystery.
Sea turtles that live in seawater for a long time accumulate a large amount of salt in their bodies.
However, too much salt in the body is not a good thing, as it can harm the turtle's health and must be eliminated from its body.
However, sea turtles' kidneys do not have the function of excreting salt.
As a result, they evolved a unique mechanism to excrete salt through tears.
Sea turtles have a special structure called a "salt gland," located behind the eye, in the area that would normally be the location of the tear gland.
This gland is responsible for excreting excess salt from the body.
When the salt concentration in a sea turtle's body increases, its salt glands begin to work, expelling the excess salt from its eyes as tears.
This gives the impression of a sea turtle shedding tears.
However, although Feng Ye knew about it, he had never seen it before, and this was the first time he had witnessed it in person.
So, at first, he was just as surprised as everyone else.
In addition, he also knew of a superstitious belief in Qiongzhou.
"When the tortoise's tears fall on the sand, a storm is coming."
This is a proverb passed down through generations of fishermen in Qiongzhou.
They believe that the tears of sea turtles are not a good omen, but a sign of impending disaster, indicating that severe weather or a tsunami is coming, and that preparations should be made in advance.
Of course, this is just an ancient superstition with no scientific basis and should not be taken seriously.
However, there has never been a similar legend among them; people are simply amazed by the "tears" of the sea turtle.
"Alright, let it go. Look at it, its limbs are flailing around; it can't wait to get back into the sea."
"Oh, okay."
The boatmen gave it a push, and the sea turtle fell into the sea with a "plop," splashing up a spray of water.
After falling into the water, the sea turtle began to paddle rapidly, swaying on the surface of the sea as it followed the fishing boat. Unlike the large one from the morning, it did not disappear immediately.
"That's more like it. It's worth all the effort we put into cleaning it so thoroughly."
"Yes, my father hasn't even enjoyed this blessing yet, but it's already enjoying it."
"What does that mean? It means you're a very competent son of a bitch."
"You call me a coward? You're a coward too, aren't you? You were working even harder than me just now..."
"You two stop arguing, you're both such bastards..."
"Big brother may not laugh at second brother, but you bastard are the same..."
"Isn't a bastard just a son of a turtle? Your words are unnecessary."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Feng Ye couldn't help but laugh along with everyone else.
After a while of laughter and joking, everyone's attention returned to the sea.
After following for a distance, the sea turtle gradually slowed down and disappeared into the azure sea.
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