Chapter 519 Just Think of Them as Huskies
Everyone on the boat looked nervous, and Kasim took out his guns. He felt that only with guns in hand could he feel at ease.
There were great white sharks near their boat, and not just one, but a group of them. A group of giant sharks, each over four meters long, were circling their boat.
"Boss! What's going on?" Khedira said in surprise. "We didn't dump rotten meat into the sea!"
The great white shark has a very sensitive sense of smell, especially to the smell of blood in the water. In order to attract great white sharks, scientists will prepare some animal organs and blood, soak them together, let them rot a little, and then pour them into the sea. As long as there are great white sharks in the sea, this method can usually be used to lure them over.
The prerequisite is that there must be great white sharks in the sea, like in places like the Mediterranean, where some local fishermen have never seen a great white shark in their entire lives at sea - it's not that there are no great white sharks there, but there are too few of them.
The Atlantic Ocean is not the Mediterranean Sea. Although great white sharks are now endangered due to overfishing, there are still many of them. It is not uncommon to see such a group of great white sharks.
Xiao Peng shrugged and said, "I attracted them all. Actually, I not only have money but also supernatural powers. Many sharks are my friends, or more accurately, quite a few cartilaginous fish. I still don't know which ones they are. I guess the older the species, the more they can sense my commands. I don't understand the specific mechanism, but it might have something to do with the shark's 'Ampulla of Lorenz'."
'Ampulla of Lorenz' is a strange organ on the shark's body. It does not grow on the shark's abdomen, but around the head, and some are even spread all over the sides of the shark.
Hundreds of years ago, scientists discovered that sharks have such small holes on their heads that secrete mucus, but they never knew what they were used for. They just named them after their discoverer, Lorenzini, and regarded them as "useless organs." It was not until three hundred years later, in the 1970s, that scientists finally discovered the true function of the "Ampulla of Lorenz": it is a sensory organ of sharks. If sharks go to dirty waters or deep seas, their vision, smell, taste, touch and hearing are all ineffective. At this time, the ampulla of Lorenz comes into play: it locates, detects and searches for prey by sensing weak electric currents and sensing the electromagnetic fields emitted by other organisms.
So it is absolutely correct to say that sharks are people with super powers.
It is estimated that the Marvel superhero "Daredevil" found inspiration from the "Ampulla of Lorenz" on sharks.
Xiao Peng tilted his head and glanced at Kaxin: "Kaxin, put away your gun and don't embarrass yourself. Is your gun useful in the water?"
Shooting in water is not like in the movies where the bullet rushes out like a torpedo and is lethal. Basically, the bullet will completely lose its power if you keep a distance of more than one meter in the water.
Walter and the others are all experts in handling guns, how could they not know this?
Kasim put away his gun and said angrily, "I know, but this scene is too shocking..."
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? Great white sharks are very cute creatures. More people die from them every year than from choking on water. You've been misled by the movies!"
Kasin curled his lips and said, "Boss, I may not have much education, but don't lie to me! Great white sharks kill fewer people, but that's because they live in the ocean. What if all humans tried to live in the ocean? They might all end up being fed to the sharks!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Great white sharks don't eat people."
"WHAT?" Walter and others exclaimed.
"I'm not kidding." Xiao Peng said, "Human flesh might have a strange taste. Maybe it's because it doesn't have enough fat? That's why great white sharks hate the taste of human flesh. They won't eat human flesh unless they're absolutely starving."
"Then why are there so many cases of great white sharks biting people?" asked Khedira.
Xiao Peng explained, "If you think of it as a husky, you should understand. Great white sharks are very curious animals. They want to know what everything they see, and their way of satisfying their curiosity is to take a bite to determine if it tastes good. For example, if a shark spots someone swimming or surfing, it will take a bite, and if it finds it doesn't taste good, it will spit it out. Therefore, many more people are bitten by great white sharks than die from them. Many of these deaths also occur from excessive blood loss rather than being eaten directly by the shark. If we simply consider the threat posed to humans, bull sharks pose far more threats than great white sharks!"
Although Walter was also shocked, he was much more calm than Kasin and Khedira. He was silent for a moment and asked, "Boss, what did you mean when you said that not all cartilaginous fish?"
Xiao Peng explained: "Cartilaginous fish are the earliest fish to appear. Take sharks for example. The earliest sharks appeared 400 million years ago, even earlier than the dinosaurs."
"I know, I know!" Khedira said. "Experts say sharks have existed for 400 million years without evolving."
Xiao Peng shook his head. "The first part is correct, but the second part is incorrect. Sharks are indeed older than dinosaurs, but that's not to say they haven't evolved. Early sharks looked completely different from today's sharks. It wasn't until about 100 million years ago that sharks evolved into the sharks we know today. Many ancient sharks are now extinct. Actually, that's not entirely accurate, because I've found that some cartilaginous fish, like rays, are also very close to me."
"And manta rays are also cartilaginous fish!" Felix, who had been silent, added.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Yes, but I haven't encountered a manta ray yet, so I can't be sure. I say you guys are making a fuss, look at Felix, he's not surprised at all. He's seen me play with sharks, and he's swam with sharks too. Who of you wants to go down and experience it?"
"But they're not great white sharks!" Felix said helplessly. "If they bite me like a husky, I won't be able to withstand it!"
Xiao Peng burst into laughter.
"Boss, why do you tell us such an important thing?" Walter asked.
Xiao Peng said, "You three are the ones who follow me the most. There was also Bruch, but he disappointed me! I hope you won't let me down."
Walter and the other two were silent together, and suddenly Walter laughed: “Boss, you have dug a hole for us!”
Khedira and Kassin looked at Walter together: "Boss, what do you mean?"
Walter said, "If we go out and tell others that our boss can command sharks, do you think people will investigate our boss or send the three of us to a mental hospital? You two should be smart, especially after drinking, watch your mouths and don't say anything. Just follow the boss and do your job well! But boss, there's one thing I don't understand. Why did you call these great white sharks here?"
"Looking for a sunken ship!"
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