Chapter 477 466. The Cormorant in Memory (2/5)

Chapter 477 466. The Cormorant in Memory (25)

The osprey is not actually a kind of eagle. The name is the local name of Wang Bo's hometown. If it is changed to the scientific name, it is a cormorant, a water bird that is very good at fishing.

Wang Bo remembers that when he was in elementary school, the textbook he used had a chapter on this water bird.

This kind of water bird was domesticated by the Chinese thousands of years ago. Where there are seas, lakes and big rivers, cormorants can often be seen.

In Wang Bo's hometown, cormorants are called ospreys because they can help fishermen catch fish. Although they are not very good at flying, to fishermen, they are eagles on the ocean.

In addition to the osprey, the local cormorants also have a name called 'black ghost'. This name sounds ugly, but it is actually a respectful name for cormorants. The word "ghost" in his hometown has two meanings. When used as a noun, it is a ghost in the traditional sense. If used as an adjective, it is "smart, Clever' means, such as a clever ghost.

The black ghost is used to describe the intelligence of the osprey. Apart from seagulls, there are two common seabirds in Wang Bo's hometown. One is the cormorant and the other is the booby. The flying ability of the latter is far superior to that of the former.

But the boobies are stupid and cannot be tamed at all, while the cormorants are much smarter. Keep the little cormorants on the boat, and with a little training, they can be trained as fishing assistants.

It is called black ghost to describe that this bird is not as stupid as a booby, but has superb fishing skills. In China, people began to domesticate cormorants and use them to catch fish very early.

In Wang Bo’s childhood, there were plenty of fish and shrimps on the seashore. At that time, the common people could not afford big boats, and every family relied on sampans to fish. Just like the Jiangnan water town in TV documentaries, fishermen often brought domesticated corsages with them when they went out to fish. mortar.

He still vaguely remembered that scene, a group of cormorants stood neatly at the bow of the ship with collars on their necks like soldiers waiting for inspection.

When the school of fish appears, the owner sounds a whistle, and the cormorants will jump into the water one after another to catch fish. Because of the neck collar, cormorants cannot swallow the fish they catch, and they will return to the boat with the fish in their mouths.

In this way, after the owner has captured the fish, the cormorant will dive again to catch fish, and so on, helping the fishermen to catch fish.

In addition, in the local fishing culture, cormorants are not only good at fishing, but also a symbol of a happy marriage.

Veteran fishermen know that mandarin ducks are not infatuated birds that are monogamous for life, but cormorants are! A pair of cormorants never leave each other from getting acquainted with each other, to building a nest and incubating eggs, and then to feeding their young.

In addition, it is related to the traditional culture in the "Book of Songs". In the "Guanguan Jujiu, in the River Island" at the beginning of the "Book of Songs", Jujiu is a cormorant. Therefore, combining these reasons, fishermen will choose a cormorant when they get married. The old cormorant wears red flowers and sends them to the wedding ceremony to express the best wishes for the newlyweds.

Wang Bo did not expect that the osprey, which used to be a good assistant to the fishermen in work and life, has now become the food on the banquet, which is really unacceptable to him!

Hearing his question, the waiter who handed the towel said: "Cash is different from the past, Mr. Wang. The country has issued laws and regulations, saying that the osprey is an illegal fishing tool and fishermen are not allowed to use it. If you can't go fishing, who will keep ospreys?" ? It can only be sold to restaurants for cooking.”

Wang Bo was even more surprised, and asked, "Are you talking nonsense? There are still such laws and regulations?"

Without further ado, the man took out his mobile phone to search, and then showed him the news.

Wang Bo took a closer look and saw that the news was indeed reporting on this matter. At the end, there was a clear regulation: According to Article 20 of the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Fishery Law of the People's Republic of China", it is forbidden to use electricity, osprey and knocking boats. When it is really necessary to use electric power or osprey fishing, it must be approved by the fishery administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government'.

Seeing this regulation, he really didn't know what to say, this regulation is too nonsense!

Fishermen's use of ospreys to assist in fishing has led to a shrinking fishery resource? Wang Bo thinks this statement is simply ridiculous, just as some experts say that the oily fumes produced by aunts cooking have caused air pollution.

To fishermen, ospreys are just helpers in fishing, and a group of ospreys can catch as many fish and shrimps as a single net by a fishing boat. Moreover, Wang Bo knew that Ospreys could only be used in lakes, rivers and seasides, and they would not be of much use if they entered the deep sea.

Because ospreys are good at diving but not flying, and the deep sea is very windy and rough, once they enter the water, they can't fly at all, and it is easy to cause death.

And now where are there fish and shrimps in the offshore? Therefore, it is really unacceptable for Wang Bo not to allow fishermen to breed cormorants for this reason.

However, this is a policy decision made by the upper echelon. He is not qualified to express his opinion, let alone change this fact. He can only shake his head.

The fat chef dragged the ospreys in the iron cage into the kitchen, and directed his staff to prepare hot water. The ospreys shrank in the iron cage and looked at everyone timidly, with pure eyes revealed in their dark eyes.

Wang Bo put his hand into the iron cage, and a chef came up to show his hospitality and said, "Brother Wang, be careful, and be careful not to be screwed by the osprey."

The attack method of the osprey is similar to that of a goose. They have sharp beaks. When attacking, they bite the opponent and then twist their powerful necks.

Wang Bo gently stroked the smooth feathers of these ospreys, and said: "These are all cooked hawks. You can tell by their eyes and movements. They are ospreys that have caught countless fish. How can they be willing to sell them to restaurants? ?”

Cooked eagle is the local people's name for the osprey that has been bred for a long time. Cooked means familiar, and it is the kind of docile osprey that is familiar to people.

Sure enough, he stretched his hand into the iron cage, and these ospreys all stretched their necks and came up and tapped the back of his palm with their pointed beaks. He knew that this was the meaning of the ospreys begging for food.

There is no doubt that these ospreys have been hungry for a long time.

Seeing that Wang Bo seemed very interested in ospreys, the chef came up to join in the fun and said, "Boss Wang, do you like ospreys? Our hotel has a unique method. Don't let the ospreys bleed first, just put them in a boiling water pot." die……"

Wang Bo couldn't listen anymore, so he interrupted him and said coldly: "Don't you think this is too cruel? Look at these ospreys, many of them are females who are about to give birth. I'm afraid it will hurt the peace of heaven to do so. "

Whether the osprey has entered the breeding season can be seen by looking at the feathers.

This bird can be seen all over the world, including New Zealand. For example, the spotted cormorant has very colorful feathers. The cormorant in Wang Bo's hometown is a common cormorant with gray-black feathers on its body, and different eyelids and throats. Color, blue, orange, red or yellow are all seen.

Once the breeding season comes, the feathers of these parts of the cormorants will become brighter. Wang Bo took a closer look and found that the feathers under the chin of these cormorants became very bright, which is a sign of entering the breeding season.