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Guo Moruo once wrote: I am afraid that there are mackerel people on the shore, and the moon is flowing beads.
Since ancient times, the mackerel seems to be a creature that only exists and is legendary, but in the South China Sea area of the mainland, there have been many rumors about the mackerel, and even many local villagers claim to have seen this legendary creature, and the human fish tail is extremely terrifying, and even frightened many local residents for a while.
So, do there really exist mackerels in the world?
The South China Sea is frequent
In the legend, the shape of the mackerel is like the mermaid we know, it is good at weaving, can make dragon silk that does not get wet in water, and the tears that drip are a pearl, a very beautiful creature, not only in imagination or records, but also in reality.
The South China Sea is a fishing mecca, the South China Sea has not been exploited in the last century, the ecological environment is suitable for the growth of fish, there are two or three thousand species of wild fish alone. Fishermen who grow up on the seashore make a living by fishing, and every year during the fishing moratorium, fishermen dry their nets at home, hoping that the fishing season will be full.
After entering the fishing season, fishermen in the South China Sea region have dragged their families and driven small boats to the sea to fish. Before setting off, fisherman Lao Li always had up and down in his heart, as if he would encounter something unexpected.
Because the other day he heard rumors that a trace of the mackerel had been found in the sea, although this statement was very false at first hearing, but they who worked as fishermen had a natural trust in this kind of thing, so the matter spread through the ages.
Although Lao Li has lived on the beach since he was a child, he has never seen the mackerel, and he does not know whether the mackerel will attack humans, so before getting on the boat, Lao Li drove his wife and children off the boat and let his brother accompany him to the sea. After several rounds of casting nets, a lot of fish were caught, and the brothers were very satisfied with the harvest this time, and did not encounter the rumored mackerel, and the hearts of the brothers also calmed down.
A few days later, seeing that the food and water brought by the two people had bottomed out, the two were ready to play one last time and return home. Lao Li put down the last net, and when he was about to close the net, he found that the net was particularly heavy, it seemed that there were many fish struggling, the net was always swinging up and down, Lao Li was difficult to control, so he happily called his brother, and the two predicted that this time it would be very fruitful.
The two brothers were very happy, pulled the fishing net up hard, Lao Li couldn't wait to stand firmly and opened the fishing net, looking at the unknown creatures in the fishing net, Lao Li was so scared that he took a few steps back and fell on the boat, the younger brother was so scared that he covered his mouth and stood stupidly in place, the brothers looked at each other with round eyes, and cold sweat slipped unconsciously.
It turned out that a strange creature with a human head and fish tail appeared in the fishing net, it could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, its hair was scattered, its eyes were closed to reveal a painful look, its arms were short, but it could be seen that its knuckles were clearly like human hands, its skin was pale, its stomach was covered with scales, it had no feet, and instead it was a long fish tail.
Lao Li's face was pale, he did not dare to move the fishing net, nor did he dare to throw this creature back into the sea, the two brothers discussed, since they have caught this kind of thing, they may as well hand it over to the state for study, so that other fishermen can understand this creature, so as not to be at a loss the next time others encounter it.
Lao Li told his brother to go to the boat quickly, and he plucked up the courage to put the fishing net over the body of the unknown creature, and he kept watch next to this thing to prevent him from running away. The younger brother drove a fishing boat and handed over this creature to the relevant departments, and the relevant departments were also curious about such creatures, and the experts who came to observe were also taken aback, and said bluntly: Isn't this the mackerel recorded in the Mountain and Sea Classic?
But before people could take a closer look, the mackerel took advantage of their lack of attention to sneak into the sea, and the relevant personnel hurriedly stepped forward to look for it, but the mackerel had long disappeared, which also made them very regretful.
In the follow-up investigation, they asked the local elderly fishermen, and the group of old people said: A long time ago, there were many stories about the appearance of mackerel, but with the development of the times, pollutants continue to be discharged into the sea, the fish living space is squeezed in a large area, and there is no longer any sign of the existence of mackerel.
Saying that, they told a local legend about the mackerel.
Soviet scientists once captured mackerels
According to legend, the tears of the mackerel are expensive pearls, so in ancient times the king would force the fishermen to pay the tears of the mackerel as a tax, and if the fishermen did not pay enough pearls, they would face the risk of slaughtering the village.
Therefore, in order to fulfill the king's tax requirements, ancient fishermen often dived to the bottom of the sea without protection to pick up the tears of the mackerel, and many villagers often died in the deep sea because they did not understand the sea.
And just in time for a typhoon raging in one year, the fishermen themselves could not protect themselves, but the tax still had to be paid, one of the villagers he could not bear to see the villagers dying like this, he asked his daughter to go to the beach to play, let his daughter sing to lead out the mackerel.
Just when the maiden appeared and looked at the little girl lovingly, the father appeared behind his daughter and strangled his daughter with his arm, and the little girl looked at the maiden in horror and tried to call for help. But the mackerel could only watch this scene at a loss, and shed anxious tears, and the villagers saw the mackerel crying, and they all dived under the water to catch the pearls.
They understand human suffering and helplessness, but this generation seems to be unable to see the real mackerel, I am afraid that the picture of the mackerel on the shore against the moon beads gradually can only appear in the verse.
So is there ever a mackerel in reality? The Classic of Mountains and Seas once recorded the specific appearance of the mackerel, just like the fisherman saw, with a fish's tail dragged by his face.
Not only that, but the history books also record things related to the maiden, mentioning that Qin Shi Huang wanted to live forever, and after hearing that the maiden could maintain his youth forever after eating alchemy, Qin Shi Huang ordered to hunt and kill the maiden, and cruelly refined it into an elixir after killing the mackerel to take it every day.
Moreover, the lamp oil in the sleeping hall of Qin Shi Huang is refined by the body of the maiden, and these appalling rumors, although it is impossible to completely determine whether the existence of the mackerel is true, but it also proves that the existence of the mackerel is not false.
Not only in China, but also in foreign history books, there have been records related to the mackerel: Magellan found the upper body of a beautiful woman floating on the surface of the water during his voyage, which startled Magellan, and it was impossible for anyone to swim faster than a boat in the vast sea.
Puzzled, he wanted to speed up the boat, and when he got closer to see the situation, the beauty plunged into the water and disappeared into the sea.
Magellan thought that he had been sailing for too long, his eyes were swollen, he rubbed his eyes, and saw that the beautiful woman had just appeared on the reef again, she was half leaning on the stone, raised her head to straighten her hair, and the sunlight shone on her sparkling fish tail so that Magellan could not open her eyes.
He was stunned, attracted by the beauty of the mermaid, and just when he stared intently at the mermaid, the mermaid seemed to have also found Magellan on the boat, and she jumped into the sea in panic and completely disappeared from Magellan's sight.
Magellan has always been worried about this scene, he is sure that he is absolutely not dazzled, but it seems that he has no better explanation than dazzling. People think that mermaids only exist in anime or stories, but those who experience it can't describe the shock of seeing mermaids.
This is also the first time that foreign historical records have seen the scene of human-headed fish-tailed creatures. So is there a more authoritative organization for the discovery of the mackerel to answer all kinds of doubts about the mackerel?
Of course, in 1962, Soviet scientists accidentally caught a creature with a human-like upper body and a fishtail on the lower body during sea exploration, and Soviet scientists identified this object as a mackerel, and scientists stepped forward to try to compare and talk with the mackerel, and the unexpected mackerel could understand human gestures and guess the general meaning.
It is said that scientists in the field related to the mackerel learned from the mouth of the mackerel that it is 300 years old, but for them this age is just a young child, many of their habits are the same as humans, and they are also monogamous.
According to relevant rumors, the mackerel is very loyal to feelings, if the other half dies unexpectedly, the other mackerel will no longer like others, and will die early because of longing, the mackerel is different from other fish, it is more like a whale, are mammals, are marine creatures that breathe with their lungs.
Scientists carefully observed the caught mackerel and found that it behaved like a child, and its eyes were unsophisticated. Finally, Soviet scientists released the mackerel back into the sea, and after swimming some distance, the mackerel turned around and thanked them with his characteristic gesture.
The origin of the mackerel
Some people believe that the mackerel evolved through other species like human evolution, because as early as millions of years ago, all biological origins came from marine civilization, and humans were sea apes living in the ocean, after the ice age, the sea water gradually faded, sea apes were forced to live on land, and after continuous evolution, they became apes and evolved into humans.
This also seems to explain why the mackerel looks like a human, but can survive in the sea, just like today's humans and humans are very similar to orangutans, with a common ancestor, but due to evolution, the two species gradually widened the distance.
However, there have been records of the appearance of mackerel in ancient times or in the last century, and there are even fossils and photos of mackerel on the Internet, but why has today's mackerel become a legend with more and more advanced technology?
One possibility is due to environmental pollution, just like Japan discharges nuclear sewage, the ocean on which the mackerel people live is no longer conducive to their growth, just like our national treasure giant panda, if there is no human intervention, maybe now we can only look through historical documents to know what giant pandas look like.
But some people feel that this so-called mackerel is just a fictional existence, just like the "mermaid" that someone saw before is just an animal called dugong, this so-called mackerel is estimated to be other animals were mistaken by them, after all, for now, there is still no particularly accurate statement to prove that the mackerel really exists.
In this regard, people have talked about it, but there has never been a result of discussion, but with the continuous progress and development of science and technology, I believe that these things that appeared in the legend before will also be revealed one by one later.