Speaking of gooseneck barnacles, Qin Shiou doesn't know much, but when he looks up the common name of this thing on the Internet, he knows what's going on, dog claw snails!

When Qin Shiou was working at CNOOC, he once went to socialize with the leader, and he saw this thing, which looked very ugly, several snail shells together, like the claws of a monster.

But this thing is very expensive, and the island city does not produce it, it is said that it was flown from Spain, and a dish and a few snails were cooked, and it cost 2,000 yuan, which shocked Qin Shiou. In addition, there were too many big people on the table at that time, and it was not his turn to eat, he just heard that it was very fresh and delicious, and he didn't taste it if he was greedy.

"We still have a dog's claw snail here? It's gooseneck barnacles. Qin Shiou asked in amazement.

Shaq shrugged and smiled, "Of course, just to the west of the island, there is a lot of growth on the reef, and we all call it a horse's tooth because it looks like a horse's tooth." ”

Qin Shiou checked the information again, and learned that barnacles are widely distributed, and their traces can be found in the shallow waters of the intertidal zone to the subtidal zone in almost any sea area, and they are numerous and often live together in dense numbers.

However, this barnacle is generally an inedible round barnacle, and the gooseneck barnacle is relatively rare, and no traces of its large-scale growth have been found anywhere except on the coastline of Galicia, Spain.

It seems that the feng shui on the side of Farewell Island is good, and there are gooseneck barnacles that are relatively rare among barnacles.

The price of this barnacle is very high, and it is comparable to caviar, tender foie gras, and bluefin tuna in Europe, and it costs two or three hundred euros per kilogram, which is converted into yuan, and one pound costs a thousand yuan!

Thinking of the praise of the so-called 'VIPs' on the dog claw snail when he was entertaining, Qin Shiou patted his thigh and said, "Hurry up, I said why didn't you tell me that we still have this delicious food on our island before?" ”

"Horse teeth grow on reefs, usually in shallow waters, and they have to dive down to fish, and they have gum on them, which are hard to catch when they stick to the reef," Shaq explains. Now that the wind and waves are blowing, the reefs will be exposed, so that we can fish them up. ”

"In addition, the place where the horse is long is in the sea area behind the two chemical plants, and the chemical factory raised by the gou-niang did not let us get close to it before, but this time the chemical factory got out, so we had the opportunity to fish." The sea monster said happily.

The departure of the two chemical plants made the people of Farewell Town very happy, and many days have passed until now, and the townspeople will still raise their glasses and cheer at the mention of the closed chemical plants.

The Chinese food has landed, Qin Shiou quickly got in the car and was about to catch gooseneck barnacles, the four children were lonely at the door looking at him, he waved his hand and shouted: "Hurry up, guys, there is seafood to eat at noon!" ”

Shaq's large pickup led the way, with President 1 following behind, and soon to the west of the island.

The Steve Chemical Plant and the Spring Chemical Plant are no longer in their former glory, there is no one in the huge factory area, the scene of cars and boats has disappeared, the gate is closed, the population is thin, and only a few old men who watch the door stay inside.

Shaq was very relieved to park the car at the gate of the factory, and the janitor came out with the dog, and Nelson, holding a bright whaling knife in his hand, stared at the man with a gloomy face, so frightened that the man shuddered and ran back without saying a word.

The German blackbacks, who were extremely active and ferocious during the last protest, are also honest, these guys are dogs, and they seem to know that their owners have now lost their position, and although they were brought to the door, they did not bark.

"It's a good knife." Qin Shiou whistled after getting out of the car.

The saber in Nelson's hand was about twenty-five or six centimeters long, the handle and blade were about the same length, the blade flashed with cold light, and the appearance was hideous, and it looked like a murder weapon.

Hearing Qin Shiou's praise, Nelson smiled: "This is an extreme force whaling fork saber, it is a good knife, the blade is made of 420J2 steel, and the hardness has reached 57HRC. ”

Although gooseneck barnacles are delicious and don't move, they also have their own way of surviving, which is to grow on reefs with strong winds and waves. Because they can cling to the reef, they are not caught by the average fish.

However, gooseneck barnacles still have natural predators, and that is seagulls, sea spirits that can cross in the wind and waves.

Behind the chemical plant is a precipitous coastline, the ground is six or seven meters above the sea, and the craggy reef below is a line that looks extremely dangerous.

The wind blows the waves against the shore with a loud crackling sound, and sometimes when you look down, you can feel the coldness of the sea on your face.

Gooseneck barnacles live on the reef below, and there are also some on the coast, and today Shaq and the sea monster are targeting these gooseneck barnacles that grow on the reef.

Shaq found a maple tree and tied it to a rope and said, "Can you see anything that looks like a horse's teeth?" It's off-white, it looks ugly, and the good food is generally not very pretty, so don't underestimate it. ”

A dozen seagulls take advantage of the gap between the waves to peck at the barnacles clinging to the reef, although the barnacles are protected by hard plate shells, but they have a very deadly habit, that is, when the water passes through them, the shell cover will open, and feathered tentacles will extend from the inside, so that the vines can filter the plankton in the water.

In this way, the rolling waves create an illusion for them, and when the waves crash up, they think that the tide is high, so they quickly open their backs to hunt. But the waves soon fall, so that they do not have time to close their backs, and the seagulls seize the opportunity to come up and peck at them.

Although the success rate of seagulls is not high, the delicious taste of barnacles makes them willing to work hard, as long as they hunt two barnacles, they can have a full meal.

The snow-white seagulls chirped, and they heroically crossed the waves, swooping and pecking again and again, until they were full, and of course, if they couldn't peck several times in a row, then they would also leave.

Seagulls are very smart, they know that their stamina is not good, they will not waste their energy on catching a kind of food, if this road does not work, then they will go another way, this is their predatory strategy.

Like Shaq, Nelson found a tree to tie to a rope, explaining, "I haven't tasted it in years when the damn chemical plant owners designated the waters here as their private property, and these dogs didn't even allow us to catch horse teeth." ”

They were busy, and another car drove over, it was Hughes's Buick Grand Hyatt, who got out of the car Hughes smiled and said, "You guys are really timely enough, the rain just stopped and came over?" ”

Qin Shiou said hello to Hughes, stood on the shore and looked down, there were layers of gooseneck barnacles on the reef below, this thing looked like the claws of monsters, I don't know how the people who said goodbye to the town could feel that they were like horses' teeth.

The gooseneck barnacles are very reproductive, and the reef is densely packed with hundreds of them, and if you let people with dense phobia look at them, they will definitely vomit nauseously.

After tying the rope, Shaq and Nelson began to rub against the reef and move slowly, the sea monster grabbed Shak's rope and told Sù Qin Shiou: "Boss, hold Nelson's rope, pay attention to his position, if there are waves rushing in, then pull the rope vigorously, try not to let them be hit by the waves!" ”

Boris's four children were divided into two teams very tacitly, Boris took Shirley to follow Qin Shiou, while Gordon and Michelle went to help the sea monster.

The tiger and the leopard followed, and the little one ran to the shore and bit the rope, his tail in his buttocks, and pulled it back through gritted teeth.

The rise of the warm cyclone has driven the sea to become extremely turbulent, and the sea water is constantly blown up by the wind and waves and constantly retreats into the sea, and the sea level is at least two meters lower than before, exposing the gooseneck barnacles that are usually hidden in the sea.

Qin Shiou made an 'ok' gesture to Shaq, put on gloves and arm guards, and pulled the rope.

Nelson jumped like a frogman and landed under the shore, his whaling knife between his teeth, and when a big wave fell, he jumped to the nearest place where the gooseneck barnacle was born, drew his whaling knife and plunged it between the barnacle and the reef.

"Open it for me!" Nelson screamed, pulled off a gooseneck barnacle that was 155 centimeters long, quickly stuffed it into his satchel, and then aimed for the next one, and slashed the knife into it.