Chapter 21 The Big Turtle
Lying in his sleeping bag, Quan Hao saw the stars in the sky again. This was a familiar and unfamiliar starry sky. According to the brightness, he actually found Venus, Mars and the North Star that will be exposed on the horizon. There are Orion and Ursa Major. When he saw the seven Big Bear's Big Dipper and the belt of Orion, he almost thought that he was still on the original earth. But there was no such an island on the earth that was completely uninhabited. In addition, there was not all the constellations he was familiar in the sky, especially in the southern half of the day. At first, he didn't care because it was close to the equator and of course it would be different from the starry sky in the northern hemisphere. But later he was suspicious of his inference, and by the way, he also felt something was wrong. As for what was wrong, he couldn't say it. Anyway, he felt strange.
What's wrong? What is the relationship between this place and the earth? Are there any intelligent creatures outside the island? Quan Hao fell asleep with many questions.
When I woke up, I was not too bright, but I couldn't see the stars. There was thick fog rising from the sea, and nothing could be seen fifty meters away.
Quan Hao woke up from hunger. He hadn't eaten anything after the dinner yesterday, which was not considered dinner. Now the weather is turning white. If it's like the Earth, it means that he hasn't eaten for thirteen or four hours.
I shivered when I got out of the sleeping bag. The morning at sea was so cool, and the temperature dropped below twenty degrees. I quickly put on my clothes and pants, stretched a few times and felt a little stiff, so I could only do a few sets of movement to move my body. After all, it is not the bed at home, and the safety of camping in the wild is the first priority, and it is so comfortable that I can rank behind.
My stomach was protesting again, so I had to eat a coconut first. I didn’t feel anything after eating it, and I was still yelling. There was no way, so I went to the beach to see what I had to eat. I was a little upset: I should have prepared the morning food before dark yesterday. I was hungry and went to find food. If I was not lucky, I couldn’t find it or didn’t have enough food, wouldn’t I be stunned? There is no 24-hour convenience store here. It’s true that modern people think, and I don’t know the importance of savings at all.
When he arrived at the beach, he was indeed a little disappointed. The beach was far less lively than yesterday. I wonder if the animals in the ocean were resting. The lack of light and thick fog made him only see a small circle around him. The sea water was rising, and the crabs that were looking for food on the beach while the tide was falling. After walking for 200 meters, Quan Hao only picked up a few small shrimps and a sea urchin.
I heard that sea urchins are eaten raw. Quan Hao carefully pinched a thorn of the sea urchin and picked it up and looked left and right, but he still lacked courage. This guy's body was covered with black thorns, ten centimeters long, like a cactus washed with ink. He looked like he was not close to a stranger, and it looked difficult to mess with him.
After hesitating for a moment, Quan Hao threw it down. This hedgehog-like thing is not eaten much and it is very difficult to pick it up. So I should walk forward. No matter whether the harvest is good or not, I always pass by here when I come back and can pick it up again.
After walking two hundred meters forward, he was still disappointed. The rising sea water filled the beach for forty or fifty meters, and even the hiding caves of shellfish were flooded. The sea tide rushed a few clusters of seaweed and found a few conchs on it. When he was hesitating whether to go down into the sea and continued to move forward with no hope, a strange sound suddenly came from a distance.
Puff—hiss—
It sounds like someone is sliding on the beach with heavy objects. The sound is very rhythmic, and it is some kind of large animal crawling.
Quan Hao quickly took a few steps. In the hazy, he saw a guy with a flat body crawling into the sea with his short legs. Hearing the movement here, he seemed to be frightened and crawling harder. His head stretched forward hard, and the tide had already disappeared from his four claws.
Turtle!
Quan Hao was surprised and happy and ran forward. As if he knew he could not escape, the turtle turned around here with its bulky body, ready to face the invader with his head.
Quan Hao certainly couldn't make it happy. The only thing that the turtle threatened him was its mouth, and its biting force was still amazing. If it was bitten by itself, there would be no place to cry. Unfortunately, the turtle's speed was its biggest flaw. Quan Hao turned a small corner and reached behind it. He reached under the turtle's shell and used force to overturn it on the beach.
The turtle was completely helpless now, and could only use the life-saving method to shrink its head and limbs into the turtle shell. Unfortunately, the turtle's limbs cannot be retracted into the shell, and its head is still half exposed. The turtle's head is a turtle. Originally speaking, it is a land turtle, but it only makes people feel funny when it does this.
It's really heavy. Quan Hao estimated that this turtle must be 50 kilograms upwards and 70 cm long. He is a big guy. With his size, he can't get over it for a lifetime by himself. So there is no need to worry about running away. Out of curiosity, Quan Hao knocked on the turtle's yellow plastron. It was indeed very hard and a bit slippery.
I don't know what breed this turtle is. Its carapace is brown, and its shield has a little yellow edge. Its head is triangle-shaped and dark brown, which looks a bit like a bird at first glance. It has age-like markings on it. But it seems that all brown turtles are almost like this, probably not a rare species.
Sea turtles rarely go ashore. Although they are reptiles, you can tell by looking at the limbs that are as strong as oars. They are actually more adaptable to life in the sea. There are only a few situations when they come to the shore, and the most common one is laying eggs.
Quan Hao followed the turtle's position and looked at the beach, and found two sets of footprints. The two sets of footprints were not far away, so it was easy to see that one of them was going and the other was going back. After walking nearly a hundred meters along the footprints, the two sets of footprints disappeared at the same time. A piece of floating sand obviously left behind the digging soil appeared. The sand layer in the middle was very soft, and it was gently pulled open, and the white turtle eggs were exposed. The eggs that were slightly smaller than the eggs were cut out, and there were actually 109. Now the breakfast was finally found.
So many eggs were placed together, crystal clear and unspeakable. Quan Hao carefully selected and found thirty largest and best turtle eggs and put them back in the nest. He buried them again with sand. He couldn't let the turtle have no children or grandchildren. Besides, so many turtle eggs may not be able to be eaten. He packed the rest with his top and carried it on his back.
Chapter completed!