No nationality, no education, life at sea all your life! Experts say it is most likely to evolve into a "new human", have you ever seen such a strange race?
There is such a race in Malaysia, they are all good fishermen, even 70-year-olds can hold their breath at the bottom of the sea for 15 minutes.
At the same time, their lives are very simple, they spend 60% of their lives fishing at sea, so they also have a special name, known as "sea gypsies".
And this race is the Bajau people, who call the sea their home and have a history of thousands of years. Legend has it that their ancestors were left at sea forever because they did not fulfill the king's mission.
At that time, there was a place called Johor in Malaysia, where a princess was swept away by the flood, and the king was so sad that he immediately sent soldiers to the sea to search for it, and ordered that he could not find it and not return.
As a result, the faithful soldiers could only wander on the sea, continuing to search for the whereabouts of the princess, and they were gradually forgotten by the mainland and became stateless "black households".
As a result, they have become the only surviving marine nomads in the world.
And living at sea for a long time has also made their bodies evolve different functions than ordinary people. First of all, they have super lung capacity, which allows them to hold their breath longer underwater, and even dive to a depth of 30 meters to catch more deep-sea fish.
Second, the Bajau have evolved a spleen that is 50% larger than the average person, and the heart will be stronger and more durable, so that they can store more hemoglobin and continuously deliver oxygen to adapt to the difficult marine environment.
Finally, the long hours at sea also made their toes more flexible and able to swim freely in the water. It doesn't even require superb diving equipment, which is better than many professional divers. However, only the Bajau know that becoming a "fishing master" also comes at a cost.
In order to reduce the pain caused by water pressure, the Bajau people have to puncture their eardrums since childhood, which also means that their hearing is not as good as that of ordinary people since childhood, but this does not hinder communication between their races.
Most Bajau people also suffer from decompression sickness, which not only causes "land sickness", but also cannot walk naturally on land, and their legs are more likely to have symptoms of bone necrosis due to long-term immersion in water.
In addition, because they have no nationality, the Bajau cannot live ashore and are expelled if they do, so they can only build cabins in shallow seas or drift at sea in small boats, relying on fishing for their livelihood.
It can be said that they live in a very poor place, have been "trapped" at sea all their lives, have not taken high-speed trains, have not taken airplanes, have no network communication tools, and even their clothes and simple furniture are obtained by fishing.
They live like primitive tribes, but they are free and simple.
Perhaps there are also many people who are prejudiced against this race, and some people think that they are arrogant, but in fact it may be a misunderstanding caused by their hearing problems and language barriers.
If you've ever been to Semporna, you'll see Bajau children waving at you in small boats, and even making people laugh when they are interested, approaching the ship but not asking for it unreasonably.
Although the language is not clear, you can also feel their kindness and hard work.
In addition, the Bajau people are very intelligent. Although they live at sea, most of their ethnicity is concentrated in Southeast Asia's most famous Coral Triangle, a region with the richest marine biodiversity.
Here, as long as you go to the sea for ten minutes every day, you can eat abalone, sea cucumbers and crabs, and achieving seafood freedom is the norm for the Bajau people.
Finally, what do you think of this mysterious sea nomad? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area!
Author: Eat La Xiaozheng Proofreading: Chuan Chuan
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