Chapter 873 Cooling Down

Lao Huang and his son Xiao Zhi took the plastic storage box from Zhang Zian, not knowing what he meant.

Xiaozhi couldn't help but said: "Uncle... no, brother, the weather is so cold, it must be very cold if half of its body is soaked in water, right? We should cover its body with sand, why do we need to water it? what?"

It was almost noon, and the current temperature was about ten degrees, which was very comfortable for human beings, but it was different after being in the water and blown by the sea breeze.

Just now Xiao Zhi and Lao Huang had tried to push the minke whale back into the sea. Their pants were wet at least up to their calves. They stepped on the beach with bare feet, their toes sunk deep in the wet sand, and they felt the heat continuously flowing from the soles of their feet. A burst of coolness passed on.

With an idea, Lao Huang nodded and said, "Yes! You should water it! The fish died without watering after landing. It must be because they can't breathe? Xiao Zhi, don't stand there stupidly, and scoop up water quickly. Don't you want to save this fish? Is it a whale?"

Zhang Zian sat down on a reef, raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at the bright sun, and began to take off his shoes and socks, and explained: "Whales are different from us, they live in the middle seawater where the temperature is lower most of the time." Here, the sun can only be exposed to the sun for a short time when they float to the surface to breathe, so they have a thick layer of fat to keep them warm. After being stranded on the beach, the temperature that we think is suitable is like a hot summer for them, plus It is sunny today, and its gray-black back has absorbed a lot of heat. It must be very hot now. If we don’t take measures, it may die of heatstroke before the tugboat from the fishery administration arrives.”

As for Lao Huang, Zhang Zian gave him some face and did not point out his mistake of treating the whale as a fish. After all, the image of a father in front of the child is very important.

Xiao Zhi suddenly realized, and quickly ran into the sea water, scooping up a storage box full of sea water. But he overestimated his own strength, and couldn't hold it up even though his face was blushing, so he had to pour half of it down again, ran to the minke whale, and poured water on its baleen seriously. Apparently he really thought his father was right, that whales breathe by their gills.

Zhang Zian and Lao Huang also walked into the water, used the storage box to scoop up water, and then poured it on other parts of the minke whale.

It sounds easy, but actually it is very tiring to do work against gravity, lift up a box of seawater, and then pour it down.

Zhang Zian was better. After all, he was young and usually exercised, while Lao Huang was an ordinary salaryman. He usually went to work during the day and educated his children at night. He hadn't participated in heavy physical labor for a long time, and he was sweating profusely after a while.

"No, I have to catch my breath." Lao Huang wiped his sweat and sat down on a reef, squinted his eyes and looked at the sea level, and said to himself, "Why haven't you come yet? It's too late..."

He feels that time has passed,

In fact, it didn't take long at all. The fishery administration department is not the 110 patrol police, and the response speed is not so fast. The staff who answer the phone may not have the right to mobilize the fishery administration boat. It's been a long time, if the leader is not here...

Xiaozhi was also very tired, so he simply sat down on the beach. As for whether he would be beaten by his mother when he returned home, he couldn't think about it for the time being.

Zhang Zian didn't urge them. They were already very commendable for taking the initiative to help the stranded minke whales, and they couldn't blame them. He worked alone for a while, and then stopped to rest.

He didn't sit down, because he felt that he would be too lazy to get up, so he stood beside the minke whale to catch his breath.

After the cold water was poured on it, it seemed to feel a little more comfortable, its body relaxed, its eyes that had been closed all the time opened slightly, and it looked at Zhang Zian who was close at hand.

The shape of the minke whale's eye is very similar to that of a human being. There is an astonishingly large eyeball under the straight eyelid. Although it is still a juvenile whale, it has already developed thick bags under the eyes. On eyelids and eye bags.

Its eyes are black and white, warm and lustrous. The fundus of the eyes is white, the pupils are black, and there is an obvious white circle inside the pupil, and inside the white circle is a black pupil.

Whales and dolphins are said to possess intelligence second only to that of humans, and possibly far beyond that of our closest relatives, monkeys and orangutans. When he was stared at by this eye, Zhang Zian was deeply aware of this. It is a sensible animal, and he knew that they were helping it, and his eyes showed sincere gratitude.

This feeling can only be felt but cannot be expressed in words, just like when one is stared at by a crocodile one can feel its cold blood, when one is watched by a dog one can feel its loyalty, and when one is watched by Fina one can feel its contempt.

Zhang Zian reached out and patted it, trying to comfort it.

There is a cool and smooth touch on the palm, and at the same time, you can feel the tiny undulations on its skin, like a leather sofa with an excellent feel.

Its skin is soft and tough, and elastic even when pressed slightly, and there is at least a finger-thick layer of fat under the skin.

The sun rose higher and higher.

Zhang Zian regained some strength, and began to use the plastic storage box to scoop water again, seriously considering whether to call Wang Qian and Li Kun, two strong laborers, to do this drudgery.

Xiaozhi and Lao Huang rested for a little longer, and continued to scoop water after resting enough. Lao Huang even took a look at the distance after scooping, eagerly waiting for the fishery administration boat to come over quickly. If this continues, his whole body will be like falling apart when he goes to work tomorrow.

"Uncle...Brother! This whale is bleeding! Dad! Come and have a look!" Xiaozhi suddenly exclaimed.

Zhang Zian and Lao Huang Xunsheng came over to take a look, and found that there were traces of blood oozing from the beach. The blood came from the side of the minke whale's body, but because it was close to the beach, the specific condition of the wound could not be seen.

The bloodstains may have already seeped into the sand, and the sand was saturated with the water absorbed by the constant flushing, which allowed it to seep out again.

"No wonder it ran aground, it turned out to be the cause of the injury." Zhang Zian said in a low voice.

It is very common for whales to wash up on the beach, run aground and die. There are many cases almost every year. Similar situations have occurred in different cetaceans around the world. The reason for the grounding is very complicated. Except for a small number of injuries and grounding, most of the cases cannot find obvious reasons. Some say it is lost, some say it is an accident, some say it is sonar interference, and even a group of whales rush to the beach to commit suicide The phenomenon.

The reason why this minke whale ran aground should be that it was injured, lost its sanity under the severe pain, swam around without direction, and finally washed up on the beach and ran aground. , but it doesn't speak.