While Welder Zhao was scooping out the fish, the three children surrounded him and watched attentively. They were eager to try, wishing they could replace Welder Zhao in scooping out the fish. Especially when Welder Zhao was about to scoop up the blue fish, the little girl was so worried that she covered her mouth, as if she was afraid that the fish would jump out and fall to the floor to become dried fish.
"Grandpa! Grandpa! Be careful! Slow down! Don't let Dory get hurt! "She stared nervously at Welder Zhao's hand.
Welder Zhao's palm was big and rough, and there were small scars caused by burns on it. It looked very ugly, and it was a sharp contrast to the little girl's delicate hand.
However, although it was ugly, it was extremely stable, because he had welded countless metals with his hands.
"Don't worry. Don't look at Grandpa's rough hands. I work very carefully!" Welder Zhao laughed, and his voice became softer. It was obvious that he treasured the little girl.
Following their conversation, Zhang Zian also noticed the blue fish. His first feeling was that the appearance of the fish was very familiar, very familiar. He didn't have such a fish in his shop, but he was sure that he had seen it somewhere before.
The length of the fish was about 20 centimeters from head to tail. It had a spindle-shaped appearance, and the color of its body was mainly bright blue. Half of its pectoral fins and most of its caudal fins were bright yellow. Black plate-like stripes started from its eyes and ran through its entire body along its back, all the way to the tip of its tail. The dorsal fin had alternating blue and reddish-brown stripes.
Its eyes were round and black, hidden in the black plate-like stripes. At first glance, it wasn't easy to see them. Its small mouth kept opening and closing to swallow and spit out seawater. It looked very naive and cute.
Dory?
This name …
He suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen the fish in real life, but in a movie.
It was Dory, who had appeared as a supporting character in Finding Nemo 1 and played the lead role in Finding Nemo 2!
The little girl must have also seen the classic Disney animated movie, so she gave the fish, which was almost exactly the same as the lead character in the animated movie, the same name.
Welder Zhao's fish net had already scooped up Dory, and Dory was struggling violently, unwilling to be caught. In order to prevent it from jumping out, Welder Zhao still wanted to cover the fish net with his left hand.
"Master Zhao! Don't attack, it's dangerous! "
Zhang Zian hurriedly stopped him. He was worried that Welder Zhao would get hurt, so he rushed over and grabbed Welder Zhao's left hand.
Welder Zhao was shocked. His hand shook, and Dolly took the opportunity to jump back into the big fish tank.
"Manager Zhang, is the fish poisonous?" That was what Electrician Wu was most worried about. As soon as he saw Zhang Zian take action, he immediately pulled the three children away from him to prevent them from getting hurt or poisoned.
"Store Manager Zhang, what's wrong? If I had a heart disease, I would be scared to death by you … "Welder Zhao muttered with dissatisfaction.
"Did you buy this fish too?" Zhang Zian pointed at Dory and asked.
Welder Zhao smiled proudly and said, "That's right. Although I don't know the other fish, I know this one. I used to take my granddaughter to the cinema to watch a movie, and I recognized the fish at a glance in the shop. I thought to myself that my granddaughter would be very happy if I bought it and gave it to her as a gift! Isn't that right, Little Xuan? "
"Yes!" The little girl named Little Xuan nodded vigorously and said obediently, "Thank you, grandpa!"
"Little Xuan is such a good girl!" Welder Zhao's face was full of joy.
"Save it for a moment! Store Manager Zhang, is this fish dangerous? "Electrician Wu couldn't stand it anymore, so he interrupted Welder Zhao and his granddaughter's happy moment.
Zhang Zian nodded. "This fish does have a certain degree of danger, especially since you can't touch it directly with your hands."
"What? That's impossible, right? " Welder Zhao had a "don't lie to me" look on his face. "If this fish is dangerous, why would a company as big as Disney use it as a protagonist?"
"This has nothing to do with Disney. Disney even used lions as protagonists. How can you say that lions aren't dangerous?" Zhang Zian asked.
Welder Zhao didn't know what to say.
Zhang Zian continued, "Everyone knows that lions are dangerous, and apart from the rich people in the Middle East, there are basically no private owners of lions. But everyone can raise fish. Once you raise a dangerous fish, you're the unlucky one. Do you know what kind of fish this is?"
"Why wouldn't I know? It's called the 'Blue Tang Kingfish' in the movie, right? " Welder Zhao smiled confidently. "When Finding Nemo 2 came out, I took my granddaughter to see it a few times!"
It seemed that although Welder Zhao was stingy, he was still willing to spend money on his granddaughter. Many old people were like that. They were extremely stingy with themselves, reluctant to spend money on food and clothes, but they were generous with their children.
Electrician Wu signaled Zhang Zian with his eyes, asking if his answer was correct.
Zhang Zian nodded. "Yes, this fish is indeed called the Blue Tang Kingfish in the movie."
"You see, Wu, you never trust me … I know a lot of fish!" Welder Zhao was even more proud. He patted his chest and began to boast.
Zhang Zian didn't let him be proud for too long. He said, "But do you know its other name?"
"Another name?" Welder Zhao rolled his eyes a few times. He couldn't think of another name for the fish, no matter how hard he tried.
Zhang Zian took out the long rubber gloves that he had prepared earlier from his pocket. As he put them on, he explained, "Its other name is' Paracanthurus yellow-tailed. 'Maybe the name is too much of a mouthful, so when the movie was translated, they chose the name Blue Tang Kingfish, which sounds noble and domineering. But the name Paracanthurus yellow-tailed is more in line with its characteristics."
"Paracanthurus yellow-tailed?" Electrician Wu had to repeat the name a few times to get it right, and he wasn't quite sure what the specific words were.
"If you think the name is hard to pronounce, it has a nickname that's easy to pronounce and understand — Surgeon's Fish. It means that its spines are as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel. If you directly grab it with your hands, it will cause serious cuts or stab wounds." Zhang Zian had already put on the rubber gloves. He stared at Welder Zhao and slowly added, "And it's poisonous."
There was a saying in Gu Long's novel: A person's name may be wrong, but his nickname will never be wrong.
This saying was also suitable for the Paracanthurus yellow-tailed, which was also known as the Surgeon's Fish.
Welder Zhao and Electrician Wu's expressions changed drastically at the same time. The word "poisonous" had already traumatized them. Especially when Welder Zhao thought about how he had almost used his hands to grab Dory, he couldn't help but shudder. He was deeply afraid, so he quietly put his hands behind his back and clenched them tightly.
"Let me borrow it."
Zhang Zian took the fishing net that Welder Zhao had just used and used the same movements as Welder Zhao to scoop up Dory. The only difference was that he was wearing thick rubber gloves.
After Dory was scooped out of the water, it shook its tail and struggled violently. Zhang Zian threw away the fishing net and used his two palms, one on the left and one on the right, to hold its body in place.
"Look at its tail handle here." He called for them to come closer and not hide so far away.
Electrician Wu and Welder Zhao cautiously approached. The three children also wanted to come over and watch, but they were stopped by Electrician Wu's stare. The little girl was still yelling not to hurt Dory.
After they got closer, they fixed their eyes on the position that Zhang Zian had indicated with his thumb.
The Blue Tang Kingfish, or more accurately, the Yellow Tail Paracanthurus, was a very cowardly fish. It usually wouldn't take the initiative to attack other fish, and it definitely wouldn't take the initiative to attack people. It would always hide when it encountered trouble. But at that moment, Dory had nowhere to hide. It felt that its life was under great threat. As its tail ligament contracted, two extremely sharp barbs came out of its scabbard like sabers. The two barbs were usually hidden in the caudal fin and couldn't be seen at all.
Domestic fishers usually called this fish "Blue Upside Down," which was actually a homonym of "Blue Knife Snapper."
Ordinary fishers only knew that they were blue, but they didn't know what a "saber" was or what a "snapper" was, so they called them "Blue Upside Down."
The "saber", of course, referred to the barbs, and the "snapper" referred to its species classification — the Paracanthurus family.
Electrician Wu picked up the thick paper that his grandson used for graffiti from the table and pressed it on the barbs. He didn't use much force, but the barbs easily pierced through the thick paper, revealing the sharp end. A colorless and transparent liquid soaked the paper. The liquid wasn't water, but it was more viscous than water.
"What you see are its barbs. It's named 'Acanthurus' because of these two barbs. Don't think that these two barbs are big, but when you grab this fish with your hands, as its tail swings left and right, these two barbs will pierce into the skin and quickly expand the wound, forming a serious cut that will bleed non-stop. The viscous liquid is the venom gland that evolved from the epidermal cells near the fish's tail. Although I've never heard of its venom killing people, there's no specific antidote."
It was already very painful to be pierced by the barbs, but the strength of a fish that was 20 centimeters long when it struggled should not be underestimated. The barbs would stir in the wound, tearing blood vessels, nerves, and muscles, further expanding the wound, which would be troublesome.
Zhang Zian informed everyone about the danger of this fish, then he loosened his grip and put Dory back into the fish tank. Otherwise, it would be in danger if it was out of the water for too long.
The moment he loosened his grip, Dory felt that the strength that was holding it had loosened. It twisted its body even more violently, and the barbs on its tail slid past one of Zhang Zian's palms and fell into the water with a splash.
People who raised and played with snakes, after catching a snake, were often bitten by the snake the moment they loosened their grip, rather than being bitten during the process of catching it. It was basically the same principle.
Zhang Zian looked down at his palm and showed it to Electrician Wu and Welder Zhao. They saw a deep scratch on the lower edge of his palm, almost penetrating the rubber gloves.
Electrician Wu and Welder Zhao gasped. Fortunately, they were wearing thick rubber gloves. If they weren't …
The consequences would be unimaginable!
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