Osprey is actually not a kind of eagle. This name is the local name of Wang Bo's hometown. If it is changed to the scientific name, it is a cormorant, a water bird that is very good at fishing.

Wang Bo remembered that when he was in elementary school, there was a chapter in the textbook he used to talk about this kind of water bird.

This water bird was domesticated by the Chinese thousands of years ago. Cormorants can often be seen in places with seas, lakes and rivers.

In Wang Bo's hometown, cormorants are called ospreys because they can help fishermen fish. Although they are not very good at flying, for fishermen, they are eagles on the ocean.

In addition to ospreys, there is another name in their local cormorant, called "Blue Ghost". This title sounds bad, but it is actually a respectful title for cormorant. "Ghost" in his hometown has two meanings. It is used as a noun to be a ghost in the traditional sense. If used as an adjective, it means "smart, clever", such as smart ghost.

The black ghost describes the intelligence of the osprey. In addition to seagulls, there are two common seabirds in Wang Bo’s hometown. One is a cormorant and the other is a boobie. The latter has a far greater flying ability than the former.

But boobies are stupid and cannot be tamed at all, while cormorants are much smarter. They keep little cormorants on the boat and can train them to become fishing helpers with a little training.

It is called a black ghost to describe this kind of bird that is not as stupid as a boobies, but has superb fishing skills. In China, people began to tame cormorants very early and used them to fish.

In Wang Bo's childhood, there were too many fish and shrimps on the beach. At that time, people could not afford large boats, and every household relied on sampans to fish. Just like the Jiangnan water town in the TV documentary, fishermen often brought domesticated cormorants when they went out to fish.

He still vaguely remembered the scene, a group of cormorants were like soldiers waiting for inspection, with neck covers on their necks and standing neatly on the bow of the ship.

When the fish appear, the owner whistles, the cormorants will jump into the water to catch fish. Because they wear neck covers, the cormorants will catch the fish and cannot swallow it. They will carry the fish back to the edge of the boat.

In this way, after the owner takes the fish off, the cormorant will dive again to fish again, and repeatedly help the fishermen to catch fish.

In addition, in the local fishery culture, cormorants are not only experts in fishing, but also symbols of a happy marriage.

Old fishermen all know that mandarin ducks are not infatuated birds that monogamously accompany each other for life, but cormorants are! A pair of cormorants never leave each other, from getting to getting married, to hatching eggs in a nest and then feeding young birds.

In addition, there is also the traditional culture in the Book of Songs. The "Guanguan Jujiu, in the River Island" at the beginning of the Book of Songs, is a cormorant. Therefore, based on these reasons, fishermen will choose a pair of old cormorants to wear red flowers and send them to the wedding to express their sincere blessings to the newlyweds.

Wang Bo did not expect that the Osprey, who used to be a good assistant to the work and life of fishermen, has now become food at the banquet, which is really hard for him to accept!

Hearing his question, the waiter who handed the towel said: "Cash is different from the past. Mr. Wang. The country has issued laws and regulations that ospreys are illegal fishing tools and are not allowed to be used by fishers. So if you can't go into the water to catch fish, who can raise ospreys? You can only sell them to restaurants to cook."

Wang Bo was even more surprised and asked, "Are you talking nonsense? Are there any such laws and regulations?"

Without saying a word, the man took out his cell phone and searched it, and then showed him the news.

Wang Bo looked closely and saw that the news was indeed reporting this matter. Finally, there was a clear regulation: According to Article 20 of the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China", "The use of electricity, osprey and boat knocking operations are prohibited. When it is necessary to use electricity or osprey fish in specific waters, it must be approved by the fishery administrative department of the people's government of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government'.

Seeing this rule, he really didn't know what to say, this rule was too nonsense!

Fishermen's use of osprey to assist fishing has led to a shrinking fishery resources? Wang Bo thinks this statement is ridiculous, just like some experts say that the oil smoke generated by the aunts' cooking causes air pollution.

Ospreys are just fishing assistants for fishermen. A group of ospreys catch more fish and shrimps in their lifetime than fishing boats in one net. Moreover, Wang Bo knew that ospreys can only be used in lakes, rivers and seasides, and if they enter the deep sea, they will not play a big role at all.

Because ospreys are good at diving but not flying, the deep sea is windy and strong, they cannot fly at all once they enter the water, which can easily lead to death.

And where are there fish and shrimps near the sea now? So Wang Bo really couldn't accept that fishermen were not allowed to raise cormorants for this reason.

However, this is a policy decision from the upper level. He is not qualified to express his opinions, and he cannot change this fact. He can only shake his head.

The fat chef dragged the osprey from the iron cage into the kitchen and directed his subordinates to prepare hot water. The ospreys hugged in the iron cage and kept looking at everyone timidly. The eyes revealed in their dark eyes were very simple.

Wang Bo put his hand into the iron cage, and a chef came up to show his sincerity and said, "Brother Wang, be careful, be careful of being twisted by the osprey."

Ospreys attack like big gooses. They have sharp mouths. When attacking, they bite their opponents and twist their powerful necks.

Wang Bo gently stroked the smooth feathers of these ospreys and said, "These are all mature eagles. You can tell by looking at their eyes and movements. This is an osprey that has helped people catch many fish. How can they be sold to a restaurant?"

Crafted eagle is the name of the locals for a long time for osprey. Crafted eagle means familiar, and it is considered the kind of docile osprey that is familiar to people.

Sure enough, he reached into the iron cage, and the ospreys stretched their necks and gently tapped the back of his palms with their sharp mouths. He knew that this was the osprey's intention to ask for food.

There is no doubt that these ospreys have been hungry for a long time.

Seeing that Wang Bo seemed very interested in the osprey, the chef came up to join in the fun and said, "Boss Wang, do you like to eat ospreys? Our hotel has a unique way of making it. Don't bleed this osprey first, put it in a boiling pot and burn it to death..."

Wang Bo couldn't listen anymore and interrupted him and said coldly: "Don't you think this is too cruel? Look at these ospreys, many of them are female birds who want to give birth to cubs. Doing this way may hurt the heavens."

Whether the osprey has entered the breeding period can be seen by looking at the feathers.

This bird is seen all over the world, and it is also found in New Zealand, such as spotted cormorants, which are very rich in feathers. The cormorants in Wang Bo’s hometown are ordinary cormorants with gray-black feathers on their bodies, and their eyelids and throats are seen in different colors, including blue, orange, red or yellow.

Once the breeding season enters the color of the feathers in these parts of the cormorants will become brighter. When Wang Bo approaches and checks, he finds that the feathers under the chins of these cormorants become very brighter, which is a sign of entering the breeding period. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!