1425. Happy Whale (Five/Five)

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readx; "What are these big guys doing? Why are they coming up suddenly?" Shaq asked in surprise.

The rotating propeller of the ship slowly slowed down, but the Melon Princess was still moving forward firmly. Compared with the weight and inertia of the ship, the resistance of the sea water was too small.

The sea monster asked loudly: "Boss, do you want to turn on the hydraulic reverse drive?"

The ship does not have brakes, but the propellers can be reversed to reverse the ship, which is also a good way to slow down, but the ship owners can use it as much as possible, which consumes a lot of diesel, especially for a giant ship like the Melon Princess.

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "Turn off the propellers gradually, just don't get hit by the propellers. I don't think these guys are stupid enough to hit our ship from the front."

Shaq asked again: "I don't understand, why are they coming up all of a sudden?"

"That's why there are so many cases of ships hurting whales." Winnie said, raising her SLR camera and starting to take pictures. Arctic right whales are very rare.

Qin Shiou shook his head and said, "No, the whales were hit by the ship, not because they saw the ship and came up to watch it out of curiosity, but were accidentally injured. The reason why they were hit was that they underestimated the ship and did not evade in time."

The ocean is vast, but there are many ships, and there are also many types of whales. Although it sounds unbelievable that a ship accidentally injures a whale, the probability of the two sides colliding is not small, especially the blue whale, which is often injured.

The reason why whales are accidentally injured is similar to that of birds hitting airplanes. Why do birds collide with airplanes? Because the factor by which they judge danger is distance. (When the plane is flying at high speed, the birds will feel that this guy is still far away from me when they first find them, so I don't care.

But the speed of the jet plane is too fast, when they realize that this guy is not far away from me, the two sides will meet in the next second!

Why don't whales avoid ships? Because they have few natural enemies, plus they are big and fast, they lack the idea of ​​'escape' in their consciousness.

Take these blue whales, for example, which can reach a length of 30 meters and weigh more than 200 tons. It can swim at a steady speed of 20 kilometers per hour in the water, and it can even reach 50 kilometers per hour in a short period of time. Such a powerful ability is destined to never encounter any natural enemies for a long time. Coping is different.

Blue whales also have good eyesight. They can detect ships blocking their way very early, but they have no concept of avoidance, thinking that ships will change course after they find them, even sharks choose to do so.

Until the ship approached, they found that the guys on the sea were bigger than themselves.

When it is necessary to escape, it will be too late, because their habitual avoidance action is not to swim, but to choose to dive immediately.

However, the whale's diving speed is very slow, with an average of half a meter per second. In this way, the same accident as the bird collision occurred-it is very difficult for the ship to avoid it when it comes close.

Qin Shiou was a good teacher, so he explained it to Wei Ni, but Wei Ni didn't listen at all, and kept taking pictures. Not even the stroller.

There was no other way, Qin Daguan had no choice but to grab his daughter's baby carriage to take care of the little girl.

Seeing that everyone was looking out, the little girl tried her best to probe, but she couldn't stand up, so she still couldn't see anything, so she could only anxiously call her father Ma Ma inside.

The ship is dangerous to run at sea, and there is no telling when a big wave will cause the ship to bump, so Qin Shiou does not allow the little girl to leave the stroller when it is not absolutely safe.

These arctic right whales are large, with adults measuring 15 to 18 meters. Old whales can grow up to 21 meters. They have broad backs, which is how they get their name, and if a pod of right whales is making waves around the Princess, it's a giant ship. Can still be affected.

Right whales are one of the overlords in the North Atlantic Ocean, because they have a large body, and because their hometown is in the Arctic, these guys have a very thick layer of fat, and they are very pain-tolerant. Hitting a fishing boat from the side is harmful to them It's the same as tickling.

Fortunately, this whale is very docile. It belongs to carnivorous animals and will not actively attack large animals and plants, but this is enough to scare fishermen.

After swimming to the side of the Melon Princess, these whales made a difficult move, that is, stood up vertically in the sea water, exposing half of their heads above the water.

This happened one after another, several big whales showed their half-drawn heads, and then their heads slowly rotated, and after a circle, two returned to the sea, and the rest stopped turning, and He was concentrating on looking at the ship in front of him.

Winnie, amused by the goofy behavior of the right whales, asked, "Hey, what's this about? Are they showing something? Hurry up, Shaq, go and drag some herring pieces from the cabin, I want Feed them."

Qin Shiou frightened her and said: "Don't mess around, this is called voyeurism, it is a way for whales to observe the surrounding environment and opponents, just like lions hiding in the grass to watch food, in fact, they were just observing us to see if we can can not eat!"

Winnie didn't manage the fishery very much, and she didn't know much about the things in the sea. After listening to Qin Shiou's words, she took it seriously, and subconsciously said, "Do whales still eat people?"

Shaq laughed and said: "No, the food of the whales does not include the food above the water surface. Their purpose of doing this is to ensure the safety of the water surface environment, and then float up to take a breath. In addition, they sometimes also drop by to see if there is anything new and interesting. things, and then go back to the partners to share and communicate."

After finishing speaking, he added: "Right whales are very smart, and they can make many kinds of calls."

Floating peeping is a way for whales to observe the environment. Many whales can do it, but killer whales are the best at it, which is the legendary orca, the legendary sea god of war. But killer whales are really looking for food. They will see if there are seals, sea lions, walruses and other things on the small islands above the sea. These are all delicious food.

Shaq beckoned, the crane started, and a large box of fish pieces was caught, which was used as bait to catch king crab and sea fish in the North Atlantic.

The box was dumped on the sea, and countless fish pieces were scattered into the water. The right whales sank into the water in shock. After a while, they appeared on the sea again, swimming slowly to grab these fish pieces.

The herring pieces in the fishing grounds are the best bait for the best big fish. They contain the energy of the Sea God, which is very attractive to them.

The right whales estimated that they had never eaten such delicious food in their life. The seven big fish surrounded them, and even the small whales were fighting for it. They opened their mouths and sucked water into their mouths.

After eating happily, a right whale suddenly poked its head out. It first opened its mouth and let out a dull cry of 'moo', and then two torrents spewed out from the water hole on its head! (To be continued.)