Chapter 54 Playing with the Whale
But the reason why Xiang Yang quickly climbed onto the boat was not because of these two big guys in front of him.
Humpback whales have big mouths and small throats, so they can't swallow people. If Xiang Yang doesn't actively provoke them, humpback whales will most likely not attack Xiang Yang.
What Xiang Yang is worried about is whether there will be another kind of real ocean overlord - killer whales in this sea area where humpback whales appear.
The relationship between humpback whales and killer whales is difficult to name. They are a pair of inseparable enemies.
If the two humpback whales, one male and one female, are compared to the bear and the big bear, then the killer whale is definitely bald.
Humpback whales and killer whales are true enemies. When killer whales prey on marine mammals including humpback whales, seals, sea lions, dolphins and other marine life, nearby humpback whales will rush away Support, at the most exaggerated time, humpback whales will even rush away from more than ten kilometers away!
From 1951 to 2020, marine biologists have recorded more than 2,100 similar events,
For this reason, humpback whales have even gained a unique nickname called the green man of the ocean.
It's interesting to say that killer whales are well-known killers in the ocean, and they are also known as social killers with high IQ. However, a group of about 10 killer whales can't beat two adult humpback whales.
However, it is too simple to measure the relationship between killer whales and humpback whales by whether they can fight over. The relationship between the two is too complicated. The advantage of humpback whales over killer whales is their strength. Collide.
The advantage of killer whales over humpback whales is that they can work as a team. If a group of killer whales encounter two large, one small and three humpback whales, killer whales can often kill juvenile humpback whales through teamwork. The head whales and their own group retreated.
It is precisely because killer whales like to prey on humpback whale calves. When humpback whales hear the sound of killer whales attacking marine mammals in the distance, they will immediately rush to rescue them, regardless of whether they are of the same kind or not. Both will interfere with the hunting of killer whales. This may be the intervention of potential threats. It is better to save a thousand by mistake than to let one go!
Humans are mammals too, and two docile humpback whales were very friendly to the crew on board.
The slightly larger female humpback whale swam around the fishing boat, flapping its powerful wings against the sea surface, setting off waves, sometimes causing the crew members on the boat to shout excitedly.
The male whale circled the fishing boat and continued to emerge from the water like a small iceberg, and then fell to the bottom of the sea like a meteorite, revealing its black, striped belly and pectoral fins.
The two humpback whales seemed to like the exclamation of the fishing crew, and kept slapping the sea surface with their pectoral fins to float their heads out of the water.
The male whale made a beautiful cry from its mouth.
The humpback whale's cry is very strange, loud but not noisy, just like a mermaid singing, very long and rhythmic.
Xiang Yang looked at the female whale that was raised by manpower in the sea, and felt happy for a moment, and quickly asked Fang Youqun to get some cheap small sea fish from the freezer.
Because Xiang Yang's fishing boat has just set out to sea, and only hauled one net, and the fishing net used is a fishing net with a larger mesh, so there are not many small fish on the fishing boat, and there are only two foam boxes weighing twenty to thirty kilograms in total. look.
Go! Xiang Yang grabbed a handful of small sea fish and threw it at a humpback whale.
The female whale immediately jumped out of the sea and caught the small fish in one gulp, then watched Xiang Yang slapping the water surface with her pectoral fins, and made a crisp cry from her mouth.
It's not yet the winter season for humpback whales. He Mingde also grabbed a handful of small sea fish and threw them at the other male whale. They haven't completely hunger strike yet, but they won't actively hunt for food anymore.
Humpback whales have a north-south migration habit. During the migration, they hardly eat anything for several months, but in summer they eat for eighteen hours a day.
Then take the opportunity to feed more. Xiang Yang grabbed another handful of sea fish and threw it towards the surface of the sea.
The female whale saw the sea fish open its mouth gracefully, and the male whale watched from the side, and did not have the habit of grabbing food.
Soon, the two foam box sea fish were divided up by the two humpback whales, but the two whales were still circling around the fishing boat and were unwilling to leave.
Captain, they don't seem to be full yet, do you want me to bring some more big fish? Fang Youqun asked.
Full? Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, They won't be full after feeding you.
The crew burst into laughter immediately, causing Fang Youqun to laugh endlessly.
I haven't seen a killer whale after waiting for so long. It seems that these two humpback whales are migrating. There should be no killer whales nearby. Xiang Yang put on his breathing mask again, I'll go to the sea to have a look.
The crew immediately panicked, Go to sea? Captain, these two big guys won't eat you, will they?
Xiang Yang smiled and explained the habits of humpback whales to the crew.
After listening to Xiang Yang, the crew realized that such a big whale preyed on such small creatures. The crew were still in a daze, and Xiang Yang had already jumped from the deck into the sea.
Humpback whales do not prey on humans. There has never been a record of humpback whales preying on humans for so many years. There is even a record on the Internet that a humpback whale swallowed a diver by mistake, and spit it out after a while. The diver was unharmed. Lossless video.
Seeing Xiang Yang jumping into the sea, the male whale made a cry, and the two humpback whales slowly swam towards Xiang Yang.
Seeing this, Xiang Yang was overjoyed. If the two guys were swimming faster, Xiang Yang would have turned around and fled towards the deep sea without saying anything. The main attack method of humpback whales is to speed up and use their head Violently hit the opponent. All creatures hit by the head of the humpback whale will usually have skin cracked and bleed to death. Seeing other mammals swimming slowly is a good behavior of the humpback whale.
The two humpback whales were getting closer and closer to Xiang Yang, and there was no sign of attacking. Xiang Yang was completely relaxed and even took the initiative to swim towards the two humpback whales.
The crew members on the ship raised their hearts one by one, it would be strange if they were given a blow by such a everyone.
Finally, the two humpback whales swam side by side to Xiang Yang. Xiang Yang reached out and touched the cold skin of one of the humpback whales.
The humpback whale flapped its pectoral fins slowly, looking docile.
Xiang Yang was immediately happy. He had seen a video before. A marine biologist encountered dozens of beluga whales on the seabed. Instead of attacking the biologist, those beluga whales played with the biologist in the sea .
Xiang Yang didn't expect that one day he would be able to play with whales on the bottom of the sea, and it was a humpback whale that was bigger than the beluga whale.
At this moment, another humpback whale chirped happily, touched Xiang Yang lightly with its head, and pushed Xiang Yang's body a short distance in the sea.
Xiang Yang looked at the humpback whale, and found that there were countless barnacles growing on the smooth and wrinkled back of the humpback whale, and those barnacles were connected together along the back of the humpback whale. It grows all the way to the abdomen, densely packed and looks extremely scary.
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