Qin Lin drew back his gaze and went straight to the computer to search for information about white sturgeon.
White sturgeon were large fish that lived in the Yangtze River. They were native to China and the largest freshwater fish in the country. Because their long snouts resembled elephant trunks, they were also commonly known as elephant fish. They were highly ornamental.
In ancient times, white sturgeon were called wei. They had been found in the basins of many inland rivers and preferred climates with warm winters and cool summers. They often migrated during winter.
Some people might ask: Did white sturgeon taste good?
Sorry, but they couldn't be eaten.
Of course, this wasn't because they were poisonous or anything like that. White sturgeon were an extremely rare and precious species in China, classified as a nationally protected first-grade wild animal. They were known as the "Panda of the Water."
What's more, white sturgeon were now extinct.
Setting aside the white sturgeon in the Yangtze, there was a saying about why those in other inland river basins had gone extinct: they were so delicious that people had eaten them all.
Many emperors in the past had especially enjoyed eating white sturgeon and even established dedicated teams to catch them.
Nowadays, anyone who ate white sturgeon—whether they drank the soup or ate the meat—would earn everyone at the table a five-year stay at the sewing machine.
Of course, it was now impossible to earn that kind of experience ticket, since the fish had gone extinct.
This was a tremendous loss for the country and a great regret.
It was like pandas suddenly going extinct, with not a single one left to see.
After reading the information about white sturgeon, Qin Lin was surprised.
White sturgeon were an extinct species of fish,