Chapter 446: What does fish that are hundreds of millions of years old taste like?
As long as it is an animal, it must have special skills. Animals without special skills have long been eliminated in the process of animal evolution.
Just like the fish Wang Xiaoshan showed the audience, it would never have survived for so long without some skills. To survive, you must have skills and good luck.
After Wang Xiaoshan finished speaking, he took the camera and asked the audience to take a closer look at the scales of the fossil fish. There were no real fish on site, so the audience could only take a look at the scales of the fossil fish first.
The fact that the scales on the fossils can be preserved shows that fish scales are very hard.
[Fish scales are so hard that ordinary animals really can’t harm it. Animals with sharp teeth probably don’t like to eat this kind of fish, Feiya!]
[How could a fish grow such hard scales? It’s not scientific at all. If so, how could such a fish die? As long as it lives long enough, it can survive.]
[This kind of fish has survived from ancient times. Fish from ancient times had more sharp teeth, and it is normal to have hard scales. 】
[In real life, there is also a fish called arapaima. The scales of this fish are as hard as the coelacanth. If you want to remove the scales, you must use a hammer. 】
[I have also seen this kind of fish on TV. You need to use a hammer to deal with the scales, which is a test of the chef's physical strength. I heard that the arapaima tastes pretty good. Can the Laowang coelacanth be eaten? 】
The audience felt a little weird when they heard about hard fish scales. Many of them had never seen a fish with hard scales.
In reality, when people go to buy fish, the fish scales are easily scraped off and are not hard at all. The crab's shell is very hard and can protect it from attacks by other animals.
But the defensive ability of fish scales is so poor that people always think that the main purpose of fish scales is not for defense.
In people's impression, fish's defense is not very strong. Fish are better at swimming. As long as they swim fast enough, they can turn danger into disaster.
Some viewers who like to watch food programs thought that there is indeed a kind of fish with hard scales in real life, and this fish is also edible.
Audiences were immediately interested in eating it when they heard about it, and many viewers began to ask Wang Xiaoshan if the coelacanth could be eaten.
"Dear viewers, fish can't live long just because they have very hard scales."
"Slow-growing fish are very vulnerable to climate change and overfishing."
"Especially coelacanths only mature when they are in their 50s. Their gestation period is about five years. They grow slowly and give birth slowly. In short, it is slow."
"The coelacanth's meat is thick and edible, but now the coelacanth is a protected animal."
Fish meat can be eaten, but it is no longer allowed to eat. If this kind of living fossil from the dinosaur era is hunted on a large scale and brought to the table, the coelacanth will really become extinct in a few years.
Nowadays, all animals with delicious meat cannot live long. If they want to live and grow meat, they will have to eat it. Many animals are eaten to extinction just because their meat is delicious.
[It seems that it is difficult to survive. The coelacanth may not have any natural enemies in the water. No matter how hard the scales are, they cannot withstand climate change and human fishing. 】
[This kind of fish matures too slowly and lives too slowly. There should not be many coelacanths in the sea. Fortunately, they live in the deep sea, otherwise they would have been eaten to extinction. 】
[I can’t eat it now. I really want to know what the fish tasted like hundreds of millions of years ago. If possible, I really want to try it!]
[This kind of fish should not be very tasty. It has lived so long and its meat must be relatively old. Is there any specimen of this kind of fish like Lao Wang? I really want to see what it really looks like.]
[Neon people have drained poisonous water into the sea. How dare they eat fish in the sea now? Once they eat poisonous fish, they will be taken away directly. 】
These foodies in the live broadcast room also want to taste what the coelacanth tastes like. Coelacanth is a deep-sea fish. It will die within two hours at most after being fished out of the sea.
In the past, we might have been able to eat them cold and fresh, but now they have become protected animals, so there is no chance of eating them.
"Some natural museums in the city have specimens of coelacanths. Those who want to see them can search online to see if they are available locally."
"If not, everyone can only watch videos online."
"There is a coelacanth specimen in a foreign museum. That fish is the oldest known specimen. The coelacanth is 84 years old."
Wang Xiaoshan just told the audience that this kind of fish can live for a century. He was not bragging. There is a natural history museum in foreign countries that has an old coelacanth.
Coelacanth can only be viewed as specimens or videos now. This fish cannot be seen in aquariums. Deep-sea fish do not play in shallow seas. If you want to see them, you can only go to the deep sea to see them.
This is why the audience wants to see the specimens, but not the real fish. It is too difficult to see the real fish, and not everyone can see it if they want to.
This fish was discovered very early. Many exploration programs have reported on this fish, and there are many related photos and videos on the Internet.
If you want to see real fish, you can search for information online. As long as the fish is not extinct, you can find image data.
[Hey, I can’t see the real fish, and it’s a bit difficult to see the specimens. For such precious fish, specimens may only be found in some natural history museums in large cities!]
[Eighty-four years old, this fish is really alive. If it had not been made into a specimen, it would have lived a hundred years, a hundred-year-old coelacanth.]
[I’m so grateful to Lao Wang today. Without Lao Wang, we wouldn’t know that there is such a magical fish in the world! 】
[Lao Wang has such a good eye. He should have already seen that this fish was a coelacanth when he was at the bottom of the pit just now! 】
[Following Lao Wang, you can not only see ancient fossils, but also learn a lot of knowledge. Lao Wang will let us see more of these particularly meaningful fossils in the future. 】
The audience's eyes were opened today. In the eyes of the audience, the coelacanth is very ordinary. Without Wang Xiaoshan's explanation, the audience would not have been able to see how special the fish is.
After listening to Wang Xiaoshan's explanation, the audience had a general understanding of coelacanths and living coelacanths in ancient times.
In the past, Wang Xiaoshan showed the audience living fossils of plants in the live broadcast room. Today, he showed the living fossils of animals. The audience was very interested in this kind of living fossils.
However, this kind of living fossil can only be encountered but not sought, and it is not something that viewers can definitely see if they want to see it.
"I have just told you so much, I will take a break and everyone will look at the fossils first."
After speaking, Wang Xiaoshan put the camera aside and let the audience digest what he had just said.
At the scene, Li Miaomiao, Cao Bingbing and Captain Shi were listening to Wang Xiaoshan's explanation and looking at fossils. This kind of treatment is not available to viewers in the live broadcast room.
After listening to the explanation, the three of them looked at the coelacanth fossils carefully for a long time.
The coelacanth excavated this time is very well preserved. The three of us have never had the chance to see the real fish. It’s great to see such a complete fossil.
Taking advantage of the absence of other staff from Barren Mountain, Li Miaomiao and Cao Bingbing touched the coelacanth fossil.
Normally they would not have the opportunity to touch such a precious fossil, but today they also benefited from Wang Xiaoshan's favor.
Now, whenever the precious fossils are excavated, the team leader will not let the staff touch them. Even if dozens of people in the barren mountain touch them, the fossils will become thin.
There were not many people at the scene today, so Captain Shi let two reporters touch it for Wang Xiaoshan's sake.
Captain Shi looked at it for a while and then went to chat with Wang Xiaoshan. He was not a reporter and did not need to write articles. He just had to look at the fossils to understand them.
Captain Shi: "Old Wang, you are so amazing. You could tell the fossils were different when we were in the pit just now. I have to learn from you in the future!"
Captain Shi went to the pit with coelacanths several times today. Every time he went, he would carefully look at the fossils that could be found.
But every time he went down, he felt that there was just a very ordinary fish under the pit, and there was nothing special about it at all.
Even after the fossil was transported to the camp and cleaned up, Captain Shi didn't find anything special about this fossil fish. After listening to Wang Xiaoshan's explanation, he suddenly realized it.
Captain Shi admired Wang Xiaoshan to the extreme. Every time Wang Xiaoshan discovered that the fossil had special characteristics and was different from others, it would definitely impress people after it was dug out and cleaned up.
Just like today, Captain Shi couldn't tell the fish after looking at it several times. Wang Xiaoshan saw something fishy after going down to the pit and looking at it once.
Wang Xiaoshan: "I am also lucky today, I happened to meet him."
When Wang Xiaoshan went to the pit before, he happened to dig out part of the fish fossil. After seeing the general appearance of the fish, he judged that the fish under the pit was very special.
Captain Shi: "Luck is also a skill. When you go to various pits in the future, I will be with you."
The barren mountain has been dug for some time and is on the right track. Captain Shi does not need to keep an eye on every hole every day.
While he is not busy now, Captain Shi plans to learn more from Wang Xiaoshan. There are not many opportunities to learn from Wang Xiaoshan, and Captain Shi does not want to miss this opportunity.
Wang Xiaoshan: "Okay!"
The two chatted for a while, and one after another staff members came back from the barren mountain.
When a pit is dug for fossils, the workers have to move the fossils back, and they also have to go back to the camp to rest. People who work all the time get tired easily.
After the staff came back, they all went to see the fossils. The staff who were working in the mountains just now did not hear what Wang Xiaoshan just said.
At this time, Captain Shi acted as a commentator and briefly told the returning staff the name of this fossil fish and some of its living habits.
Captain Shi didn't talk much. He told the staff the name of the fish. If you want to know more, you can check the information online.
After some staff members heard the name of the fossil fish, they went directly to the Internet to find information. They knew that Captain Shi had not noticed that this fish was special before.
After reading the information on the Internet, the staff discovered that this fish was indeed very special. The staff did not expect that this fish had such a great background.
As the number of staff increased, Captain Shi had to ask everyone to line up to see the fossils. The fossils were not transported away so the staff could take their time to see them.
When Li Miaomiao and Cao Bingbing saw that there were too many people, they went back to write the manuscript. They had not finished the manuscript just now, and now there was another fish. Today they were busy until late again.
Cao Bingbing: "This is the first time I have seen this kind of dinosaur fossil. There are actually living ones in reality."
Li Miaomiao: "There are indeed not many such creatures. There are not only animal living fossils, but also plant living fossils."
"Lao Wang found living plant fossils in the mountains near their village before. I forgot their names. If you are interested, you can search for keywords online and you should be able to find them!"
Cao Bingbing said in surprise: "Ah, Lao Wang has discovered other living fossils before. Lao Wang is so amazing. Many people may have never seen a living fossil in their lives."
"Lao Wang saw two living fossils of different species. It's really amazing. I'm going to check the information online when I get back."
Since following Wang Xiaoshan, Li Miaomiao has seen many animals, plants and various treasures that she has never seen before. Following Wang Xiaoshan to different places is as interesting as exploring secrets.
Cao Bingbing sighed: "Before I go to check the information, I have to write out today's manuscript. Two hard products were released today, and the manuscript is not easy to write."
Li Miaomiao nodded: "Yes, write it quickly. I heard that the fossil will be lucky today. After we finish writing, we can go see the fossil again."
Cao Bingbing: "Yeah!"
The two reporters did not expect that two hard goods would come out today. Wang Xiaoshan dug out one, and Wang Xiaoshan found another one under another pit.
Usually I dig out one solid article a day which is easier to write, but today I dug out two great articles, and the article is not easy to write at all.
Not all the fossils from the barren mountains have been transported yet. Who knows if particularly impressive fossils will be excavated from other pits.
While they are still in the barren mountain, the two reporters quickly wrote the article. If there is anything they don't understand, they can ask Wang Xiaoshan. If the fossils are not clearly seen, they can go look at the fossils.
After returning to the hotel, you can still ask Wang Xiaoshan if you don't understand, but you won't be able to see the fossils.
Today's fossils are too precious. They will be transported away soon, and they won't be seen tomorrow if they want to see them again.
Wang Xiaoshan saw workers coming down from the barren mountain with fossils, and he went over to see what kind of dinosaur fossils they had dug out.
The fossils brought back from the mountain were not very big, but the staff who came back from the mountain said that there seemed to be a relatively large fossil dug out of one pit.
However, Wang Xiaoshan was not in a hurry to go to the mountains to see them. When the live broadcast was about to end, he went to the mountains to let the audience see the dinosaur fossils that could not be moved down the mountain.
Wang Xiaoshan rested in the camp for more than an hour. Most of the staff who dug fossils in the mountains came back, and there were seven or eight fossils brought back from the mountains.
When Wang Xiaoshan saw that the time was almost up, he took the camera to let the audience take a look at the fossils that had been retrieved.
"Dear viewers, these are fossils that have just been unearthed from the barren mountains."
The small size of the fossils also has the advantage that they can be cleaned up faster. The fossils were cleaned up as soon as they were brought back. Everything Wang Xiaoshan showed to the audience was clean.
Fossils that are large and difficult to transport are more troublesome to clean. It often takes the next or third day to clean the entire fossil after digging it out on the same day.
There were not many fossils brought back. Wang Xiaoshan held each fossil in his hand and let the audience look at all aspects, trying to let the audience see as much as possible.
I saw too many amazing fossils today. The audience is not very interested in these small fossils. After watching them for a while, the audience no longer wants to see the small fossils.