Despite complaining about the small shrimps on the nearby beach, Chen Zhou obediently picked out some of the longer, bigger ones and put them into a plastic bag.
To prevent the shrimps from dying of thirst, he poured a shallow layer of seawater into the bag.
The semi-transparent shrimps were about 8mm long, making them tricky to catch.
The shrimps Chen Zhou caught were primarily 5—10 cm long, with yellow, black, white, and brown stripes.
The larger ones of this kind were about three ounces, looked fairly familiar, lacking the big claws of a lobster but possessing two long whiskers, with a thin, smooth shell on their back.
Although ordinary in appearance, they had plenty of meat, making them potentially good food if they weren't poisonous.
However, these shrimps had a downside—they couldn't survive long in a waterless environment and were quite fragile.
