In the depths of the Mekong River near Lippi Beach in southern Laos, there is a mysterious story about the "mermaid". This kind of "mermaid" not only attracts people's attention with its unique appearance, but also warms people's hearts with its kind behavior.
In the Mekong River basin in southern Laos, local residents tell a story about "mermaids". This mysterious creature is known by the locals as the "patron saint of the Mekong River". They have a unique morphology, a body length of 50 cm, a soft dorsal fin, and a wide tail. Its flattened body resembles a large guillotine. They like to play in groups with their bodies flat on the water. In the past, people used to catch and eat.
However, this "mermaid" seems to have a high degree of intelligence and compassion.
One day, there were a few children in the village of the Mekong River who were wrestling by the river, and two children accidentally bumped into each other and fell into the river when they fell against each other. When the villagers arrived, they were surprised to find that the two children who had fallen into the water were floating on the surface of the water, slowly moving towards the riverbank. Seeing this strange scene, the eyes of the villagers followed the two children, and when they reached the shore, everyone saw that there were many Mekong bream under the two children, some of them used their heads, some used their bodies, and some used their tails to support the children, and slowly moved to the shore. The villagers reached out on the shore and pulled the two children up, and the shore was filled with cheers. When asked about the children, they said that they were falling into the water and were throwing blindly, thinking that they were helpless, but suddenly they felt something under their bodies, and then the scene just happened in front of them.
Since then, the Lao government has listed the Mekong bream as a national first-class protected animal, and the Lao people have also consciously refused to eat the Mekong bream. So far, the bream in the Mekong River has survived.
This behavior of "mermaids" makes people full of respect and gratitude for them. Locally, they are regarded as patron saints, symbolizing goodness and justice. Whenever a boat passes by the Mekong, the crew throws some food into the river as a sign of respect and gratitude.
Epilogue:
The bream in the Mekong River is really very spiritual, and the editor also has the impression that there are dolphins, so what other animals do you know are also so spiritual?