Chapter 900 Another Whale

The minke whale is motionless and floating beside the boat. Such a defenseless state is very dangerous for it. If there are malicious people on board, or there is a lawless bear child sitting in the boat, it is easy to cause serious damage to it. injurious, even fatal.

If it hadn't heard a familiar voice in the distance, and recognized Zhang Zian after approaching, it would definitely not let down its guard easily after being hurt by humans. This proves that it is a kind of intelligent creature, although the level of intelligence is not high, but it is enough to make it distinguish between good people and bad people.

Whale lice are light yellow, resembling scorpions without tails, and attach to the body surface of whales in groups. They can not be thrown off during the high-speed swimming of the whale. It is conceivable that they are very firmly attached. The hook-like joints are tightly embedded in the skin of the whale. Although it is not harmful to the health of the whale, it is uncomfortable. Inevitable—the degree of disgust may be like lice on a person's body. Although they are not fatal, they make people want to strangle them one by one.

The still floating minke whale made it easier for Zhang Zian to remove the whale lice near its wound more carefully. These whale lice are too firmly attached, and sometimes they cannot be pulled out by hand, even with the mighty force of pulling wool, so he had to resort to the omnipotent magic weapon that he carries with him-the Swiss Army Knife again.

Playing with knives on an inflatable rubber boat is basically equivalent to playing with firecrackers by the fire. If you accidentally slip your hand and poke a hole in the hull of the boat, others will just call him dead.

Zhang Zian lay on the side of the assault boat, lifted the small knife in the Swiss army knife as far as possible, and stretched it flat under the body of the whale louse, then twisted his wrist, and the blade rotated 90 degrees to forcibly pry the parasites out. He grabbed it and threw it far into the sea on the other side of the assault boat.

Whale lice are densely intertwined, like a bunch of scorpions nailed near the wound of the minke whale, which makes the scalp tingling and disgusting. During the healing process of the wound, they may grow and reproduce by sucking the blood from the wound.

Some parasites that live on marine life have a mutually beneficial relationship with their hosts, but whale lice are not so good, they are pure nuisance, but whales have no hands, there is nothing to do with them.

After his patient cleaning, the number of whale lice became less and less, leaving only traces of where they once lived on the whale skin-some small pits with pits and hollows.

Losing their cover, the wounds finally revealed their true colors.

Zhang Zian originally planned to remove the cotton thread from the wound for the minke whale. It was the kite thread contributed by Xiao Zhi and Lao Huang. It was quite tough and strong. Given this opportunity, it happened to be dismantled.

However, when he took a closer look, he found that there was almost no cotton thread exposed outside the skin, only some broken ends remained, probably bitten off by those hungry whale lice, which saved him trouble.

The wound is recovering well, with no signs of cracking or infection. After all, this is a vigorous semi-adult minke whale.

He put away the dangerous Swiss Army knife and patted it near the wound, which meant it was done.

It doesn't matter if the whale lice attach to its body again in the future. At that time, the skin near the wound will have thickened again, so it won't be as uncomfortable as it is now.

Without the harassment of whale lice, the minke whale seems to be very happy, and even swims much more briskly, slowly circling around the assault boat, spraying low mist from time to time.

Zhang Zian couldn't help but think of the scene where the monkeys caught each other's lice, and thought that it might think of me as another whale, right?

He thought of Xiaozhi, and knew that the child liked whales very much. With such a rare opportunity, he should take some photos of Xiaozhi and send them over as a souvenir.

So he took out his mobile phone from the waterproof bag and tried to choose an angle to take a photo.

However, since the minke whale swims too close and the side of the assault boat is raised high, it is not easy to photograph it.

Zhang Zian was afraid that the propeller would hurt it, so he didn't dare to start the motor, and he didn't dare to lift the phone too far. What if it fell into the sea? Are you looking for an opportunity?

A few photos were taken, but only of its gray and black back, which is almost impossible to recognize as a whale without explanation.

Zhang Zian was helpless, but saw the minke whale suddenly flicked its tail and swam away from the assault boat. He hurriedly snapped a few photos without losing the opportunity, and finally got the whole picture of it.

Is it tired of playing? Still hungry?

Zhang Zian thought it would swim away immediately, but unexpectedly it stopped after swimming two to three hundred meters. The water surface in front of it sprayed out a thin column of air, and then the sea water parted left and right, and another ash floated up. Black back.

It was a much larger adult minke whale, very similar in appearance to the semi-adult minke whale that preceded it.

Suddenly seeing another whale appear, Zhang Zian was startled at first, sweating for the semi-adult minke whale, worried that there would be a conflict between the two whales.

Most whales are group animals. Several or even a dozen whales form a group of whales. They may or may not be related to each other. They use group cooperation to resist possible attackers, and even take care of each other without blood relationship like humans. Children of relationships, forming a cohesive mini-society.

That's not the case with minke whales though, they are notoriously solitary and generally don't go with other minke whales unless it's for mating purposes, or...

When the semi-adult minke whale saw the adult minke whale, it didn't feel scared. Instead, it swam cheerfully, rubbed against the adult minke whale intimately, and expressed its affection through physical contact.

Sure enough, it was a female adult minke whale, which should be the mother of the semi-adult minke whale.

Zhang Zian felt a little strange before, this semi-adult minke whale didn't seem to be old enough to live independently from its mother, so where is its mother? Could it have been lost after being chased by a whaler, or... had been killed by a whaler's harpoon?

It is unlikely to be lost, because the sound of a whale can travel far in the sea, and even if it is lost, it can be found, so...

It is difficult for a baby whale to leave its mother prematurely to survive in the dangerous ocean environment. He has been sweating for this semi-adult minke whale, but whales are not cats and dogs, even if they feel pitiful, they cannot pick them up and feed them by themselves, so Worrying is worrying, he is helpless after all.

Seeing its mother appear, he was very happy for it, and finally relieved.

He told Lao Huang that day that the minke whale left in a hurry after getting out of the ground, probably to reunite with its family. At that time, he just said it casually, and he didn't have any confidence in his heart. Now it seems that he really guessed it right.