Chapter 63: Intangible Heritage Bow Fishing Technique "Nimu, show it to Master Yogurt!" The kitten was very curious about the white carp and meowed anxiously. Li Mu held the albino carp in both hands, put it into the water, slowly walked to the shore and showed it to the kitten. "A white fish." Yogurt stretched out his little paw and touched the white carp in the water, then lowered his head to look, with his eyes almost glued to the water surface. When the carp saw the cat's head so close, it was so scared that it swung its tail in the water, wetting the hair on the kitten's head. "Ugh!" The kitten took two steps back and shook its head a few times, "It attacks Master Yogurt!" "You were too close." "Use it to make fish soup with rice at night!" "It's already very pitiful, Master Yogurt, please let it go."
"What's wrong with it?" The kitten tilted its head, its eyes full of curiosity. "This is a carp, and there is no such species as white carp in the world, so it is an albino carp." "What is albinism?" “It’s similar to albinism in humans.” “What is albinism?” "Albinism is caused by the lack of tyrosinase, an enzyme that can synthesize melanin. Without this, the skin and hair of the body will appear white." "Well" "Master Yogurt is so smart, I'm sure you've understood it, right?" "Yes!" "Mr. Yogurt is really smart." "Then why is it pitiful?" Li Mu looked at the albino carp in his hand. "Because after animals turn albino, they will be excluded from their group. And because they lose their camouflage color, they are more likely to be captured by natural enemies." "Also, the life span of albinos will be affected and will be much shorter than that of normal animals." "Oh." The kitten took a few steps forward and looked at the albino carp in the water with some pity, "Then let's release it?" "Just listen to Master Yogurt." Li Mu smiled, took out his cell phone and took a few photos, then he let go and the fish disappeared into the water. [It turns out she has albinism. I thought she was born with it.] [There seem to be quite a few albino animals. I have seen albino monkeys in the news, and there are also albino giant pandas.] [Is the person above talking about Qizai? 】
【Qizi is not albino, it's just that the mother panda had no ink when she gave birth to him (laughs).】 "In fact, there are two reasons for albinism in animals. One is gene mutation, and the other is the lack of tyrosinase in the body as I just mentioned." After Li Mu took photos of the albino carp, he glanced at the comments in the live broadcast room and answered netizens' questions: "It's complicated to explain these two reasons, so let me tell you the simplest way to distinguish them." "When you see an albino animal, you can look at its eyes. For example, the carp just now was all white, but its pupils were pink. This is albinism caused by a lack of tyrosinase. For albinism caused by gene mutation, the eyes will be normal color." [I see. Is what you just prayed still effective? ] [I was really praying sincerely just now (tears)] 【Brothers, it works if you believe it! Anyway, you have already prayed and it doesn’t cost any money, so why not give it a try.】 [That’s right, it’s free anyway, so just pray and see if it works.] Li Mu laughed silently as he looked at the barrage of comments. The people of Long Country are so simple and honest. Since it doesn’t cost any money, they will just pray first and then see what happens. If it works, they will continue to pray next time. If it doesn’t work, they will immediately switch to another one. The main focus is on a useless god. After sending the photo of the albino carp to Brother Nan, Li Mu put the phone back into his chest pocket. "Nimu, you still have to eat Master Yogurt's fish soup with rice." "Okay, I'll continue catching fish for Master Yogurt." “No pitiful fish, normal fish.” "Got it. Master Yogurt really acts like an overseer." "I don't know what an overseer is." "Then you're not smart." "?" Li Mu grinned and continued to slack off. The albino carp may have been frightened after being caught once, and he never touched it again. Li Mu dug a small puddle by the lake and put all the fish he caught into it. Yogurt squatted by the puddle, guarding his rice soaked in fish soup. The puddle gradually filled up with fish. Li Mu walked ashore, washed his hands and feet, and put on his shoes and socks. "Have you counted how many yogurt bars there are?" “So many!” "That's it."
There are more than a dozen fish in the puddle, including carp, willow fish and wheatear fish. Li Mu looked at the puddle and became worried. He caught so many fish on a whim that he didn't have a bucket to put them in. It’s a long way to walk from the lake back to the yard. If you don’t put the fish in the water, they will die before they reach the yard, and the fish meat will no longer be fresh. "Ni Mu, what's wrong?" The kitten asked Li Mu who was staring at the puddle in a daze. "I'm wondering how to get the fish back. We don't have a bucket to put it in." "It would be great if Brother Lan were here." The kitten also started to worry. Li Mu thought for a while, then suddenly clenched his right fist and smashed it into the palm of his left hand. "Have it!" "Hmm? Have you figured out a solution?" "Yes." Li Mu turned and walked towards the grass by the lake. Yogurt followed Li Mu for a few steps, then suddenly stopped, looked back at the puddle, thought for a while, then walked back to the puddle and squatted down. It’s better to wait here for Nimu to come back. There are too many birds here. Don’t let them snatch her fish away. Not long after, Li Mu came out of the bushes, walked back to the puddle, squatted down, and put down the grass in his hand. “What do you do with the grass?” "Tie the fish." "How do you tie fish to the thatch?" Yogurt walked to the thatch and sniffed a few times. "This is thatch. It's very strong and can be used as a rope." As Li Mu spoke, he picked up a carp, passed one end of the straw through the fish's lips through its nostrils, and tied a knot. Then bend the fish's body to the right and tie the other end of the thatch slightly below the fish's tail. The carp's body formed a bow shape. Li Mu picked up the tied carp and walked to the lake, put it into the water, then walked back to the puddle and continued to tie the fish. All the fish were tied up in the same way and released into the lake. "Okay, just wait a little longer and we can go home." Li Mu sat down by the lake. "Won't the fish run away?" The kitten stood by the lake, staring at the fish with their bodies arched. "He's tied up, he can't run away."
"Why do you want to tie it like this?" "Because we don't have a small bucket to hold the fish, if we tie it up like this, the fish will still be alive when we get home." [If you tie up a fish in a bow, can it survive out of water? ] [I think it's a bit fake. A fish will die within five minutes out of water.] [Has the anchor done enough magical things? ] [I believe the anchor, he is too mysterious. We are all young people in our early 20s. Compared with him, I feel like a waste.] [The person above, is there a possibility that you originally...] "This method of tying fish is called bowfishing, which is a traditional skill of the people of Jian'ou City, Huzhou Province, and has been used as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties." Li Mu saw that many people were confused in the barrage, so he was explaining to netizens and answering Xiaomao’s questions. “The bowfishing technique consists of three steps: initial tying, water feeding and re-tying. I just did the first two steps. "As we all know, when fish are out of water, they will struggle violently and flap their tails, which consumes a huge amount of oxygen. Generally, fish out of water die in this way. “The initial tying is to prevent the fish from struggling violently, and feeding water is to put the tied fish into the water for a while, so that the fish can expel impurities and take in fresh water. At the same time, some water will be stored in the fish’s body. "As for the third step of re-tying, it is actually similar to the first step, except that the rope tied at the tail is moved to a different position." Thank you for the monthly ticket from Xiao Awu! (End of this chapter)