These fish looked strange, with well-developed pectoral fins that looked like bird wings when spread.
The long pectoral fins extended all the way to the tail, and the whole body of the fish was like a long woven shuttle. They jumped out of the water in groups and flew.
"Flying fish!" Li Du stood up in surprise. Like the Emperor penguins, he had long heard of this fish, but had never seen one.
There were tens of thousands of them. They appeared around the yacht, spread their wings, and flew close to the surface of the sea.
Because they were close, Li Du could see the flying fish clearly. Their backs were blue, and they looked like carps. They had bird wings and fish bodies, white heads and red mouths, and there were green veins on their backs. They looked like monsters.
It was a good time to catch flying fish. It seemed that God had given him this rare opportunity to make up for his boring life in Antarctica.
Flying fish usually flew in groups at night and rarely appeared on the surface of the water during the day.
At this moment, it was like hitting a deer with a stick and a ladle with a ladle. As long as someone opened the net, there would be a steady stream of flying fish entering the net.
However, Li Du was not interested. It would spoil the fun.
The Lee Martin seemed to be moving forward surrounded by flying fish, becoming a spectacle of the sea. Sophie raised her camera and kept taking pictures, her face full of excitement.
Ah Meow was also very excited. Li Du was not interested in flying fish, but he was!
When it saw the flying fish appear, it immediately leaped to the side of the ship. It held onto the railing and stood up like a human, its eyes wide open and full of vigor.
A flying fish flew past him, and he excitedly swung his long tail and grabbed it with his claws.
The flying fish flew past him. Ah Meow's small arms and short legs could not reach the flying fish.
He was anxious, but he could not eat the delicious food in front of him. It was torture.
He looked around, ran to Ah Ow, who was also lying on the side of the boat, and opened his mouth to bite her.
Ah Ow was very innocent. She subconsciously raised her leg to kick, but Ah Meow dodged it. He opened his mouth angrily and growled, "Meow!"
Seeing that it was Ah Ow who had bitten her, she angrily retracted her leg, her dog face confused.
Ah Meow jumped up, stood on the railing, and then swept Ah Ow's face with his long tail.
Ah Ow scratched her face with her claws impatiently. That was very itchy!
Ah Meow rolled his eyes and simply stuffed his tail into Ah Ow's mouth, screaming, "Meow, meow!"
This way, Ah Ow understood what he meant, so she closed her mouth and bit Ah Meow's long tail.
Another flying fish flew past the side of the ship. In the blink of an eye, Ah Meow jumped up from the railing, spread his limbs, and pounced on the flying fish. With a swipe of his claws, he accurately caught the flying fish and scooped it up in his claws.
Its mouth was bitten by Ah Ow, and just like a long-tailed monkey hanging from a tree, it dangled from the side of the boat.
Ah Ow bit its tail and dragged it back to the boat.
Ah Meow retracted the barbs on his claws, and the flying fish bounced around on the boat. The two little ones blocked it from the front and back, stretching out their claws to play with it, tormenting the unlucky flying fish.
Li Du was stunned. Ah Meow was really going all out just for some food! Ah Ow must have used a lot of strength to hold him back by biting his tail. It must have been very painful!
He only glanced at Ah Meow and Ah Ow, then turned his head and continued to observe the flying fish.
The water was clear, and from a close distance, he could see that the flying fish accelerated underwater. They swam very fast underwater, and when they swam to the surface, their fins would stick close to their bodies, and then they would raise their heads and break through the water.
As soon as they broke through the water, they spread their large fins in front, a little like the popular wingsuit flying. At the same time, their tails, which were still in the water, quickly beat the water to get extra thrust.
This thrust did not depend on a moment, but on the accumulation of strength.
Their tails kept beating the water, and when they had enough strength, they used the force of the last blow to completely lift their tails out of the water, and then they flew into the air and out of the water.
The flying fish flew quite fast in the air, and some of the bigger fish could also fly very far, at least one or two hundred meters.
Even if they fell back into the water, they would continue to beat the water with their tails and use the thrust to fly again, like a rocket.
The appearance of the flying fish attracted some birds. There were many birds on Seagull Island, otherwise there would not be so many sea snakes. Sea snakes could not eat opals, so they had to eat bird eggs to survive.
The fish were flying on the sea, and soon there were flocks of birds flying in the air. It was a real swarm of birds.
The yacht began to slow down as it approached the deep reef, ready to anchor. The fish continued to fly, and continued to attract the flocks of birds.
Li Du reluctantly turned his head back and saw about twenty plump flying fishes jumping around on the boat …
Ah Meow was very proud. These were his spoils of war.
Sophie said, "Our boat must have startled the fish. Otherwise, they rarely come out of the water during the day."
Big Ivan said, "There may be predators underwater, and the flying fish will also fly out of the water to avoid being preyed on in the water."
"But there are more predators on the water," Li Du said, looking at Ah Meow, who was licking his claws.
He went to clean up the flying fish, but Ah Meow quickly jumped up and took the fish away, not letting him take it.
Li Du said impatiently, "I'll freeze them for you. Eat them slowly."
Ah Meow still looked at him warily. In his eyes, as long as these delicious things fell into Li Du's hands, they would become his food.
The yacht stopped. In the end, he failed to protect his food.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were very excited when they saw the flying fish. They said, "Marinate them with salt, then hang them up to dry in the sun. In this kind of weather, they can be dried for two days. When some of the water has seeped out, they can be eaten."
Then they, along with Mr. and Mrs. Li, went up and took the flying fish away.
Ah Meow was dumbfounded. He opened his mouth and cried out in despair, "Meow!"
The construction team soon arrived on the island and began to prepare for the first phase of work, which was to drive the snakes away.
Li Du reminded them to be careful of the sea snakes. The workers were divided into two teams. One team used a small plane to sprinkle snake repellent all over the island. The other team, under the arrangement of the engineers, chose some places on the island to install radio frequency repellent machines.
The radio frequency repellent machines were quite useful. Once they were installed and activated, the surrounding snakes would wriggle out of the place and hide in the sea.
Driving them away was the best way. Li Du did not want to make them extinct. After all, he was the invader.
Of course, the current situation did not allow him to be soft-hearted. In order to buy the island, he had spent a lot of money, close to 200 million US dollars. Even if he squandered it, as long as he was satisfied with going back to his hometown, it would be enough for him to live a comfortable life.
Since it was not convenient to stay on the island because of the snakes, he asked Hans to stay. On the one hand, he harvested black gold abalone, and on the other hand, he was responsible for the island's construction. He was ready to take his family back to the United States.
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