Beihai 
But just because they鈥檙e not young pop stars mean they don鈥檛 have loyal fans. This woman is the local Britney Spears. In fact, many people buy bunches of flowers to give to her. I spent two RMB and look at the huge bouquet I got. What I didn鈥檛 know was that there鈥檚 a system of flower recycling. Just after you give the flowers, a person will bring them back and resell them. Hey, those are mine!
What is there to do in Beihai? One of the main tourist attractions is the Exhibition Center for Shellfish and Coral. The museum boasts a collection of live shellfish and coral, collecting varieties all over world. Many are much bigger than those you can find on the beach.
She sells seashells by the seashore. She sells seashells by the seashore. She sells seashells by the seashore. But these are so nice, why would she want to sell them.
The museum has over 600 varieties of shellfish, including 7,000 pieces. One is worth over $80,000. Let鈥檚 try to find it.
Indeed, nice. But definitely pricey.
That鈥檚 not it鈥 maybe this? Could this be it?
Host: I heard there鈥檚 one worth $80,000.
Museum: Yes, from appearance it鈥檚 not very beautiful, but it is very rare. Perhaps it鈥檚 an extinct species now.
Besides shellfish, the museum boasts an impressive collection of coral. Coral can live up to 1,200 years, but usually die prematurely due to environmental destruction
It鈥檚 rare to find so many different types of coral in one place, since they exist in many parts of the world. You might also have to swim to the depths of the ocean. This one looks like it鈥檚 waving its hand to say hello.
The colors of the coral are often so striking that you might think the lighting is playing tricks on your eyes. However, what you see is the natural color of the coral. The colorless lighting鈥檚 main function is to allow coral photosynthesis.
This here is not coral, but a sea flower. It has a special relationship with the clownfish. They are mutually interdependent. The clownfish hides in the sea flower, since the sea flower is poisonous to many of the clownfish鈥檚 predators, while the clownfish often finds food the sea flower. So, they鈥檙e very good friends.
It is also called a sea anemone. Although it looks like a flower, it actually is a meat-eating animal that uses its poisonous tentacles to sting its prey and then pushes it into its mouth.
