Chapter 66: Meeting the Big Turtle
Jiang Yichen untied the cable and boarded the boat, and the small sampan entered the sea again. At this time, his sailing skills were much more proficient. The bow of the boat was smoothly straightened and headed towards the south of the island.
However, this kind of primitive means of transportation is not very convenient after all. In the future, if you have the conditions, you have to buy a speedboat. If you don’t have the opportunity, you can get a two-person motorboat first.
The small sampan keeps a medium speed, bypassing the southernmost end of the island, then turn north and come to the small bay on the east side. The water here is relatively calm, and the gentle waves wash away the winding silver-white beach layer by layer. The sea water is also cleaner than the west side, the terrain is gentle and the sand is delicate, making it a natural high-quality sunbathing ground.
The only drawback is that this generation has only reefs and beaches, with few trees, and lacking some vitality.
If there are coconut trees, palm trees and the like, it would be perfect, but those plants do not seem to be suitable for growing in the Linjiang area.
Just as Jiang Yichen was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly heard a sound of roaring in his ears.
He turned his head and saw that on the sea 20 meters away from the starboard side of the ship, there was a round thing tumbling, sinking and floating, splashing water.
What is that? It looks quite big, but it doesn't look like a dangerous thing like a shark.
Jiang Yichen was curious, so he rowed the fouls and drove towards the thing.
When I approached, my eyes passed through the waves and saw a large flat, round dark green carapace.
It turned out to be a big sea turtle, which is rare.
After a closer look, I saw the turtle stretching its neck, crawling around with limbs, and constantly rolling and struggling in the water. The reason was also very clear, it was fighting a broken fishing net wrapped around it.
So that's it. There are broken fishing nets in the sea that are often discarded by fishing boats, which are like traps for large aquatic animals.
Thinking of the dolphin that died on the roller hook yesterday, Jiang Yichen felt a thrill in his heart.
He stopped the oars, carefully observed the movements of the turtles, and planned to rescue them at the right time.
The turtle is very powerful and has a gentle temper. However, it is quite aggressive when it is anxious, especially the mouth with a sharp front and round back. Although it has no teeth, its beak is very hard and jagged. The consequences of being bitten are not easy.
The turtle tossed for a while and could not get rid of the fishing nets on its body. It stopped moving and sank into the water for a while. After more than ten seconds, it floated up and began to struggle.
After such a cycle, it gradually exhausted and its movements became smaller and smaller. Moreover, its limbs seemed to be injured, and blood kept oozing out.
It was almost done, and Jiang Yichen saw this moment and decided to take action.
He took off his clothes, put on his diving glasses, stood up and moved his body, and then pierced his body into the water.
Although it was almost noon, the sea water temperature in November was already very cool. However, for his current physique, it didn't seem to be anything.
Jiang Yichen took a deep breath, then buried his head downstream, slowly approaching the big turtle. The turtle had already seen him and instinctively wanted to escape, but his whole body was weak and he was surrounded by fishing nets, so he could not hide at all.
Jiang Yichen avoided the turtle's head and came to above its body. He stretched out his hands, buckled on both sides of the turtle's shell, and then took it up.
Water came out of his head, he took another breath, and then swam towards the sampan.
The length of the turtle is about 80 cm. According to this ratio, the weight should be 60 to 70 kilograms, which is considered a heavyweight guy.
Jiang Yichen came to the side of the sampan and tried hard to send the turtle to the boat.
Relying on his outstanding arm strength, he tried three times before he overturned the big guy onto the boat. He then climbed up.
The turtle was lying in the cabin, motionless, as if he no longer wanted to resist.
Jiang Yichen took out the multi-purpose saber and began to pick the fishing net wrapped around the turtle in turn. Originally, if the fishing net was just removed, it would be done underwater, and there was no need to be such trouble. However, the turtle was obviously injured and had to be treated.
Carefully clenched the last fishing net on the rear foot, and the turtle finally got rid of the constraints, but still lay weakly and did not move.
Jiang Yichen took out alcohol and anti-inflammatory and hemostatic medicine from the first aid kit in the space, first cleaned the wound on the turtle's limbs, then poured the white powder on it, and wrapped it around several times with a bandage. This trauma is not too serious, especially for wild animals with strong survivability.
The big turtle was obviously quite spiritual, as if she knew that the other party was treating it, so she opened her round eyes and looked at him pitifully.
"Haha, okay, I'm quite sensible." Jiang Yichen praised, checked other parts of his body, and then drove onto the beach with a paddle.
Pushing the boat ashore, he picked up the turtle, walked to the shade of a large reef, and put him down.
After applying the medicine, you naturally cannot let it get started immediately to make the medicine effective. Moreover, for animals like sea turtles, it doesn’t matter if you leave the water for a period of time.
The turtle narrowed his eyes and rested quietly on the beach. It had been fighting with the broken fishing net for several hours, and it was really exhausted.
Jiang Yichen sat next to him, basking in the warm sunshine, while carefully looking at the big guy in front of him.
Its carapace is oval, dark green, and its shields are inlaid and arranged, with patterns radiating from the center to the surroundings, with a very harmonious color. There are five vertebrae shields in the center, four auxiliary shields on the left and right, and seven circumference shields on each side of the surroundings.
The head is triangular, dark brown, dark gray on the neck, and a pair of large eyes are raised. There is a pair of forehead scales on the forehead, and the upper and lower jaw lip lips have fine horny serrations. The jaw lip teeth are longer and protruding than the upper jaw.
The limbs are wide, like a boat oar.
Jiang Yichen has no research on the species of sea turtle, so he can only remember the characteristics temporarily and go online to check it out.
By the way, remember that sea turtles feed on fish, shrimp, crustaceans, molluscs and seaweed, and are omnivorous animals.
I brought some freshwater fish in my space. I was originally going to be a gift for Leqiu, but now it can come in handy.
Thinking of this, he took out an iron bucket from the space, containing carp and crucian carp, and put it in the sun to thaw.
The turtle's nose is very flexible. When asked about the smell of food, it suddenly became a little restless.
"Don't worry, don't worry, it's still ice lumps now." Jiang Yichen patted its head and comforted it.
The turtle actually understood what he meant, narrowed his eyes and continued to rest.
The IQ of animals in the sea is really high, Jiang Yichen was very surprised.
After a while, the frozen fish melted. He cut the fish into small pieces with a knife and threw it in front of the turtle.
The turtle was not polite either. He stretched his neck and pecked at him quickly, and then looked at him with a gaze.
Chapter completed!