The oasis itself was not big, and the lake was even smaller. The area was probably equivalent to half a standard playground, a little more or less, but it was not clear how deep the lake was, so Sihwa's exploration was not that fast.
Zhang Zian fetched water from the lake, filtered it, added water-purifying tablets to disinfect it, bottled it, and then threw out all the things that he did not need in the car. He even removed the roof rack. Anyway, there was no tent or moisture-proof mat. This was the legendary "when the hare is dead, the hound is cooked".
After the water problem was solved, the fuel problem was left. This problem could not be solved, so he could only force himself to drive forward. Under this premise, it was best to travel light.
When the next traveler in the desert accidentally arrived at the oasis and found a pile of garbage next to the palm trees by the lake, he did not know what to think.
Of course, oases in the desert were often short-lived, especially this kind of oasis. When the groundwater changed course, the spring dried up, or a black storm affected this place, the oasis would disappear forever.
Richard really could not hold in its pee, but it could not excrete into the lake, so it had to go under the car. It noticed that there were not only palm trees by the lake, but also date trees. It urged Zhang Zian to pick dates for it to eat.
The other elfins ran to the shade of the trees to cool off. Although there were no blankets or mats, there were thick and dense palm leaves. It was cool and comfortable to lie on.
Splash!
Sihwa's head emerged from the water and excitedly shouted, "Look! Look at what I found at the bottom of the lake! "
If one did not consider her strange thoughts and just looked at her appearance, her appearance and body (only the upper body) were top-notch. Perhaps her lower body was also top-notch in the eyes of the fish, so she was still very beautiful when she broke out of the water. Coupled with this pure and pollution-free lake, she reminded people of a lake fairy.
"It can't be a curry stick …" Zhang Zian muttered. He did not stop what he was doing and looked at her with boredom.
"…"
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Not only was Zhang Zian stunned, but the expressions of the other elfins were also dull.
Sihwa was holding a thick and long … big fish in her arms.
When they first saw the fish, they thought it was a snake that had wandered into the wrong place. It could be seen how long the fish was.
The big fish kept twisting and struggling in her arms, swishing its tail and trying to escape, splashing water everywhere.
She giggled and hugged it tightly, not letting it run away no matter what.
"Haha! Today, this Young Lady will be merciful and treat you to fish! It's free! "She gleefully betrayed her own kind.
As she spoke, she swung the fish towards the shore with all her might and threw the fish onto the sand.
It was still struggling, using its strong and powerful tail to whip the sand in all directions. Its whole body was covered in sand.
Taking a closer look, it was not struggling mindlessly. Instead, it was wriggling its body in an attempt to return to the water. Needless to say, its speed on the shore was quite fast, much faster than the average fish.
By rough estimation, the length of the fish from head to tail was at least one meter. Its body was similar to a hairtail, but it was thicker. The most eye-catching thing was that it had a pair of long feelers near its gills and cloaca.
"Eat! Eat! You're welcome! It's my treat! "Sihwa pretended to be generous and patted her chest." Steam or fry it up to you! "
No one would have thought that there would be such a big fish in such a small lake. They just didn't know if the fish was fierce. Otherwise, Fina might really be in danger if she went down to take a bath … Of course, even if he went down to take a bath, he might be bitten off some important part.
Ordinary fish struggled in the sand for a while before losing strength due to lack of oxygen, but this fish struggled more and more fiercely. It was about to re-enter the water.
Zhang Zian took the aluminum luggage rack that he had just thrown away and put it on top of the fish so that it could not run away temporarily.
He squatted down and observed it for a while, then pointed at it and said to Sihwa, "Do you know what fish this is?"
"What fish? A fish that can be eaten! Cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, and Ultraman beat up small monsters! Now there is fish and meat. You guys don't have to be polite. Let's eat! " Sihwa did not think too deeply about it. She thought that if there was water, there would be fish. She did not consider that they were surrounded by thousands of miles of desert. Where would the fish come from? Fish would not make something out of nothing.
Zhang Zian said, "If I'm not wrong, this should be a lungfish — as the name implies, it is a fish that can breathe with its lungs, and this fish is quite rare."
"Lung … lungfish? Isn't that the same as me? " Sihwa's eyes widened and she said in surprise. Although she did not understand, she felt that it was very powerful.
Zhang Zian said, "… I don't know what you breathe with."
Lungfish was a very ancient fish. It could be said to be a living fossil. There were six species in total, four of which lived in Africa, and only the four species of lungfish in Africa could survive out of the water for a long time. The other two species lived in South America and Australia, respectively, could only be out of the water for a short time.
Aquarium pets were originally considered to be niche pets. There were very few people who raised lungfish, and very few people who had heard of lungfish. However, this fish had become a new luxury in the ornamental fish market in recent years. After all, the rarer it was, the more expensive it was. In the domestic ornamental fish market, there were generally two kinds of lungfish that were easy to buy, both of which lived in Africa. One was the Victoria lungfish, and the other was the tiger-spotted lungfish.
In particular, the former was called the Victoria lungfish because it was first found in Lake Victoria in Africa, but its scientific name was actually the stoneflower lungfish.
As for why it was called the Victoria lungfish in China and not the stoneflower lungfish … It was probably because the former was a foreign name, and it sounded more pretentious. The latter sounded quite old-fashioned, and the first impression was that it was some kind of edible fish.
The scientific name of the tiger-spotted lungfish was the African lungfish. Because it was easy to confuse it with the "lungfish that lived in Africa," they were generally called tiger-spotted lungfish because of their patterns.
The Victoria lungfish could grow up to about 1.8 meters. Since it could be sold as an ornamental fish in the aquarium market, it was conceivable that it must be the most common kind of lungfish. However, even the most common lungfish, if it could grow to more than one meter, would cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
The most expensive lungfish in the market was the Australian lungfish. This fish was an extremely endangered species that only existed in Australia and was banned from export. There were only about 10,000 of them in the wild in the world, and the ones sold in the market … Theoretically, they were all artificially bred.
The lungfish that Sihwa brought up from the lake was not the Victoria lungfish or the tiger-spotted lungfish, let alone the Australian lungfish. From its appearance, it seemed to be a fine-scaled African lungfish. Because of its slender body, it was also known as the long-bodied lungfish. It was also extremely rare in the aquarium market in China.
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