bookrebus Chapter 200 Baiji Dolphin, Wait for Me
Chapter 200 Baiji Dolphin, Wait for Me
In the jungles and mountains of Yunnan, Mo'er was everywhere. She collected all the special animals and plants she saw into her space, one to protect them from extinction, the other to expand the space. Mo'er was very busy and happy.
After the third day, Mo'er decided to head to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. There were several species of fish there that she particularly wanted to collect in her space.
Arriving at the Yangtze River, she paid for a large boat and sailed upstream, searching for the white sturgeon. The Chinese sturgeon is endemic to the Yangtze River and is known as the "King of Chinese Freshwater Fish." It is one of the very few ancient fish species to survive from the Cretaceous period, 1.5 million years ago, and is a Class I protected species. The Yangtze River white sturgeon, 2 to 3 meters long and weighing 200 to 300 kilograms, primarily lives in the Yangtze River's tributaries below Yibin. It is a ferocious and aggressive swimmer, primarily feeding on fish, but also shrimp and crabs. It grows rapidly, with the longest recorded length reaching 7 meters!
Just after the boat had been sailing for five hours, Mo'er discovered a group of big creatures in her mind. Her eyes lit up. Are those Baiji dolphins? They look so cute!
The Baiji dolphin is known as the giant panda of the water, which shows how much people value and love it. The Baiji dolphin is a large fish in the Yangtze River and the only whale that lives only in fresh water. It lives in the 1700-kilometer-long waters from Nanchang to the Yangtze River estuary in Shanghai. Later, due to environmental influences, the Baiji dolphin's living environment was mainly concentrated in waters such as Dongting Lake.
Mo'er was very happy to find them, and collected them all into the space with a thought. In the space, the Baiji dolphins in the freshwater lake were very active. Mo'er felt that they looked very happy, swimming back and forth in the water and occasionally jumping out of the water.
As the boat sailed, Moer discovered many kinds of fish that were not in the space, and she collected them all into the space. Silverfish, knife fish, catfish, and Yangtze River shad are the four fish of the Yangtze River. They were once very abundant fish. Yangtze River shad is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River estuary near the coast. In recent years, the number of them has become scarce and almost extinct. They are national first-class protected animals.
Mo'er and Zhao Yunting found quite a few of these fish in the underground caves, and there are also a lot of them in freshwater lakes. She didn't catch many in the Yangtze River, but she caught other fish without hesitation. Anyway, the area of the lake has increased, so she is not worried about them suffering from oxygen deficiency. Besides, the big snake is also in it, and it has to eat a lot of fish every day. The white sturgeon she is looking for now is also a carnivorous fish, so it is necessary to get more small fish.
The following night, Mo'er entered a room and told the captain not to disturb her. She washed and went to bed after entering the space. After waking up, she lay in the room, her mind always searching the water, looking for the various fish and creatures that appeared in the documentary.
The number of fish kept increasing, and the lake seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. At around two o'clock in the morning, she imagined that six or seven river pigs were following closely behind the boat.
The finless porpoise, commonly known as the river pig, is a cetacean unique to my country's Yangtze River. Once a common sight along the main channel, it is now a quasi-first-class protected species in China, inhabiting the Yangtze's main stream as well as Poyang and Dongting Lakes. The finless porpoise enjoys chasing waves, leading to the common description of the "river pig chasing the waves." However, this poses a threat to the finless porpoise, as shipping creates waves that attract the porpoise, making them vulnerable to propeller damage. Like the baiji, the finless porpoise relies primarily on sonar echolocation, and the sound of ship propellers can mislead the porpoise, ultimately leading to death or injury from the propellers.
Mo'er also really liked this smiling angel. She put six or seven river pigs into the freshwater lake in the space and felt very happy!