At about 17:00 on the 20th, Xichang Border Police was patrolling at the Guanjing Wharf of Xichang in Beihai City and found that the deck of a tin fishing boat was full of net bags, and there were many Chinese horseshoe crabs in the net bags. After counting, there are 15 net bags on the deck of the fishing boat, which contain more than 1,000 Chinese horseshoe crabs. The owner of the fishing boat said that he was repairing the boat in the cabin at the time and did not know how these net bags and Chinese horseshoe crabs appeared on his deck. After investigation, the police found a man who sent the Chinese horseshoe crab to the fishing boat. The man stated that he was not the shipper or consignee, but was entrusted to deliver the goods to the fishing boat. The West Field Border Police Station of the North Sea Defense Detachment of the Guangxi Public Security Frontier Defense Corps transported the seized more than 1,000 "unowned" Chinese horseshoe crabs (pronounced "hou") to the Beihai Fishery Administration Wharf and released them to the sea.

　　Horseshoe crab is an ancient creature. It lived on the earth as early as 300 million years ago in the Devonian. It still maintains its shape. It can be called an ancient remnant in the ocean and is known as a "living fossil". "Chinese horseshoe crab" is also called "limulus" and horseshoe crab. It is an arthropod from the class of limbs and mouths. It has a sword-shaped tail and a yellowish-brown body. It usually lives in the South China Sea and is most distributed in the Beibu Gulf. The Chinese horseshoe crab is a national second-class protected animal. Any unit or individual is prohibited from illegally hunting, killing, purchasing, processing and carrying. The picture shows the Chinese horseshoe crab.