27 de setembro de 2021

My First Journal Entry

While “seeking” in the wild, I found that in China, there are a lot more freshwater species of fish than I thought. Before I think that the canals in Shanghai didn’t have that many species of fish. I thought there were only species like crucian carp, grass carp, common carp, and white amur bream. Now I learned that there are so many species, I can’t even memorize them all. There are species of catfish that I don’t know, there are Chinese perch, there are Northern snakeheads, and there are the Skygazers. I know that these species are only a small percentage of the fish in Shanghai now, and I am still looking for more species.
I also found some species of minnows. Before I thought that all minnows were the same because some were adults, and some were babies. Now I learned many species of minnows, including the Upper mouth gudgeon, the Chinese false gudgeon, and the Chinese giant bitterling. There are more, but I am still learning. Before I had to use google to identify the fish I caught and it usually took a long time but now that I have Seek, it makes it much easier even though sometimes google can be more accurate. What awed me was the species of fish, and how they seemed to all live perfectly. The shrimps and the minnows ate the dead bodies of fish, other fish then eat the minnows to keep their population in check, and the turtles and also eat the shrimps. It is crazy how if one of the species went extinct, a lot of things could change.

Posted on 27 de setembro de 2021, 04:10 AM by saspd_lindon_s saspd_lindon_s | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

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