Liao Hung-chi has such acute powers of observation that even Chou Lien-hsiang, who has researched animal behavior, gives him high praise. "He has wonderful eyesight. He can even observe in great detail the minute movements, facial features and even the eye expressions of the dolphins," says graduate student Yao Chiu-ju, who goes out to sea alongside Liao.
廖鴻基敏銳的觀察力連研究動物行為學的周蓮香都相當讚賞；「他的眼力非常好，連海豚細微的動作、表情，甚至眼神都觀察入微」，一同出海的研究生姚秋如表示。