Chapter 730: Curious

Piranhas are famous in China because of poor-quality European and American horror movies, and they often make people turn pale. There are dozens of species of these extremely aggressive fish that move in groups. Although they are not protected animals, once this kind of fish is killed Fork release, mixed with local waters, often has a devastating impact on the ecosystem.

However, this kind of fish lives in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon Basin. The icy and snowy northern Germany does not meet their living conditions. Even if they accidentally escape from the breeder, they will freeze to death soon.

The appearance of piranhas is not aesthetically pleasing, and most people who raise this kind of fish are out of curiosity, or have a bad taste like Carl. This old man is retired, and he still likes to play such frightening pranks, no wonder Lei Na complained about his weird temper.

"When I came to the interview for the first time, I was taken aback and almost called the police." Water quality testing expert Paul said from the side.

"You? Call the police?" Carl sneered, "You screamed like a ten-year-old girl!"

"Absolutely not!" Paul hurriedly clarified.

While the two of them talked to each other, Zhang Zian carefully observed the aquarium where the piranhas were kept. If Carl's bad taste is not taken into account, the setting of this aquarium is extremely successful. Aquatic plants, dead wood, skeletons and a few swimming fish with green backs and red bellies, together with the surrounding environment, create a weird atmosphere. For those who have For those who are curious, they definitely hope to get a similar aquarium at home.

Aquarium landscaping is a kind of entertainment that has emerged in recent years, and it is also an art. There are even landscapers who specialize in aquarium landscaping.

The profit of opening an aquarium mainly comes from two aspects, one is the sales of live bodies, and the other is the sales of peripheral products. Aquarium landscaping is one of the peripheral sales, the profit is very high, and it will not be affected by online shopping.

Zhang Zian thought about making a similar aquarium after returning to China and putting it in the store, but he was afraid of frightening the children who came into the store. If he was labeled as "promoting violence and terror", the loss would not be worth the loss. up.

Carl took out an aluminum alloy food bowl, and there was a dead fish in it, with protruding fish eyes and slightly parted fish lips.

"It's lunch time, Jeff, would you like to feed these lovely little fish?" he asked.

"No, I'll see you feed it." Zhang Zian was not interested, and was even more afraid that his hand would be bitten off while feeding the fish. These piranhas in the aquarium are not small, they are basically ten centimeters long, and they may jump suddenly. out of the water.

Carl shrugged, opened the lid of the aquarium, picked up the tail of the dead fish, and submerged its upper body in the water.

The moment the fish head entered the water, the piranhas seemed to be frightened, and swam away quickly, hiding among the aquatic plants and behind dead wood branches. However, after a while, they found that there was no danger, and immediately came out of their hiding places, rushed straight to the dead fish, opened their strong jaws, exposed razor-sharp teeth, and bit the fattest part near the chest and abdomen of the dead fish fiercely , tore off a piece of meat and swam away a little, swallowed the meat and took another bite...

A few piranhas surrounded the dead fish, and they ate each other. In a few minutes, the upper body of the dead fish was gnawed into fish bones, and the water became slightly cloudy.

"This is a wild piranha in Peru. If it is the second or third generation of artificially raised piranhas, they will not eat it for half a day after throwing a fish in. Take it out of the water and throw it in a garbage bag.

Except for these freshwater piranhas, most of Karl's animals are marine creatures, some of which are rare or dangerous.

In a large aquarium, there are colorful corals on the white sand, like beautiful sunflowers blooming on the seabed. The water quality is clear and transparent, and the water surface is calm. A few tiny fish swim Come and swim, is a very common species. Zhang Zian thought it was a landscaping aquarium, but when he was about to pass by, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, something seemed to move on the coral.

He took a closer look, and there seemed to be some kind of mollusk that was very close to the color of coral lurking there.

It even develops a calcareous exterior like coral.

A small fish gradually approached with its tail flicking, unaware that it was about to face death.

The coral-like mollusk suddenly moved, and several tentacles acted like a parachute, wrapping the small fish at lightning speed.

The little fish struggled briefly and then stopped moving, but there were no obvious bite wounds on its body.

Seeing this, Zhang Zian gasped, it was so poisonous!

This is an extremely dangerous blue-ringed octopus. It is the kind of highly poisonous creature that experts often warn ordinary people not to keep privately. The toxicity is incurable and may stop your breathing before the ambulance arrives.

It snatched small fish for lunch, and at the same time exposed its hiding place. Although there were no natural enemies in the aquarium, it was still as vigilant as in the wild, with faint blue stripes flashing on its body, and it quietly swam to another place. Near the coral, it fills the gaps of the coral with its body, and changes the color and shape of its body almost instantly, making it the same as the surrounding coral, waiting for the next prey to pass by.

"This kind of animal is very dangerous. Do many people buy it?" Zhang Zian asked curiously.

Carl nodded, "It's okay. You know, the smaller the pet, the easier it is to form a corresponding circle. There are not many people who keep marine pets, at least not as many as cats and dogs. Although the number is small, but I am more willing to communicate with each other, because the knowledge of keeping marine pets is not as easy to find online as the knowledge of keeping cats and dogs. In the circle of marine pets, the blue-ringed octopus is a very special one. Being able to raise blue-ringed octopuses often means It means that you have broken away from the entry-level rookie in the circle of sea pets, and can be regarded as an advanced player. Besides, this little guy is very beautiful, isn't it?"

"That's right." Zhang Zian admitted.

From the glimpse just now, he didn’t know if it was a psychological effect. He noticed that the soft golden body and bright blue stripes of the blue-ringed octopus had a certain fatal attraction. No wonder many ocean pet players flocked to it. As purely a curiosity as raising piranhas.

The blue-ringed octopus is not a protected animal, but he does not plan to introduce it into his pet shop for sale, after all, it is too dangerous.

"Jeff, how many days are you going to be here?" Carl asked.

Zhang Zian estimated, "Seven days at most."

"Then you still have a lot of time, how about settling down first?" Carl suggested to him.

"That's exactly what I mean." Zhang Zian agreed.