Chapter 1006 Ocean Street Slipper (7000 Words)

Humpback whales are one of the most beautiful and friendly whales on the planet. Although they are not the largest whales in the world, they are still undoubtedly the behemoths in the ocean. They mostly move in pairs and have a docile temperament.

After Ye Yaodong told them that it was a humpback whale, he also got off the helm and came to the deck.

He only thinks that the current ocean environment is so good that even humpback whales can be seen at will without being overly hunted.

That huge body was only a little smaller than the fishing boat swimming next to it. It was more than ten meters long by visual inspection. Most of its body was submerged underwater. If it were far away, he might have thought it was a small moving creature. island.

This whale also kept swimming slowly, just like playing, just beside the fishing boat, keeping moving in the same direction.

There are tumor-like protrusions on the snout end of its head and on both sides of its baleen, and its dorsal fin is black, smaller, and spotted.

On its exposed skin, there are also many barnacles, myopods and other cirripedes attached, and it also carries many fish with suckers, such as the scorpion fish.

He only saw debris on the bottom of the ship on the side of the ship, which did not affect its progress.

Father Ye asked him nervously: "What kind of whale did you just say this is? You really don't need to hide. You said you don't need to hide when you see such a big fish several times. These big fish really don't attack people? The older generation sees When you see such a big fish, you can hide as fast as you can, and hide far away, for fear of being caught up by them."

The older generation can only classify whales, sharks and other major categories. If they really want to subdivide species, they can't. At most they know some common species and some dialect names.

"Humpback whale, it's okay. It will be difficult for you to see it so close in the future. Just watch it and cherish it."

After saying that, he turned around and hurried back to the cabin, ignoring the panicked discussions of other boatmen. He was going to take out the camera from the lockbox.

The boatman on the deck was still there and said: "It's better to stay away quickly and be safer? Who knows whether such a big fish will suddenly go crazy."

"Yes, this fish is also an animal. It is so big and scary to look at. The whole body looks like a boat, which is a little smaller than our boat."

"It's better to sail quickly and stay away..."

Ye Yaodong took out his camera and didn't care where they were talking. Before the humpback whale left, he quickly took a few pictures and more to avoid exposing the others. select.

Just when he was about to put away the camera, another humpback whale appeared next to it. It turned sideways and raised one of its flippers. When it emerged from the water, it also sprayed a water column in the air. The water column was as high as It's several meters long, like a goddess scattering flowers.

When the water column fell, it would scatter in all directions and fall on everyone's faces. Everyone immediately retreated and covered their ears.

"It's squirting again! It's squirting again!"

"Really squirting again..."

"This fish has a lot of water..."

"Yeah, so much water, so high..."

"There are still sounds..."

When a humpback whale comes out of the water to breathe, it will emit a short, thick and hot gas mixed with oil and water vapor from its nostrils, which will sweep the surrounding seawater out of the sea, forming a spectacular water column. At the same time, it makes a loud sound similar to that of a steam engine.

This wave was actually captured by him. The last time he tested the water a year ago, the group of whales spraying water jets collectively was not captured by him because he did not bring a camera, which made him regretful for a long time.

That kind of scene is rare and rare to see once in a lifetime. Today's scene can be regarded as making up for it a little bit.

Click, click, click. He took several shots in a row, then quickly put the camera into his arms and wrapped it in a cotton jacket. There were water splashes on it. After the water splashes were scattered, he directly lifted up the hem of the sweater to wipe it off.

Father Ye smacked his lips and said, "With such a big fish, do all kinds of fish like to move together? All I see are groups."

"Now I can brag again when I go back..."

"Yes, I saw a group of whales spraying water that time a year ago. When I went back and told everyone, everyone was shocked. They said they had never seen or heard of it."

"We also saw larger whales today."

"No, the swordfish and swordfish I saw before were single, acting alone."

"After seeing this, we'd better sail away quickly and stay away."

Although these two very large whales seemed to be safe and sound, everyone still felt unsafe and still feared them.

"Yes, let's go. One more thing is worse than one less thing. Safety first."

Father Ye also particularly agreed. Such a big guy is too unstable, and they don’t understand the habits of this whale. Now it seems that they are moving forward peacefully and friendly. Who knows later? It’s better not to take risks if you can.

"I'll go sail the boat and let's stay away from them."

Just when Father Ye turned around and was about to walk to the cockpit, the two humpback whales rubbed each other's heads intimately, cuddled up against each other for a while, and then separated again.

Ye Yaodong looked at it with curiosity on his face. This mammal is quite affectionate. I heard that humpback whales have a high IQ, which is equivalent to the IQ of a 2 to 5-year-old human child.

However, it is still inferior to the IQ of another dominant killer whale in the ocean. It is said that the IQ of the killer whale is equivalent to that of a fifteen or sixteen year old child.

It is said that this thing is a street kid in the ocean. It often "plays with cats and dogs" in the ocean, and even gets close to human ships. It is very naughty and cute.

However, its natural enemy is the humpback whale.

As long as the humpback whale hears the slightest sound of the killer whale, it will rush over no matter how far away it is, and then give it a slap in the face. It will also rescue its prey while it is hunting, and drive the killer whale away to starve it. The majority of people call it It marine police.

Some netizens also joked that its daily routine consists of eating, sleeping and hunting killer whales.

There are a large number of barnacles attached to the pectoral fins and tails of humpback whales. They will use these adsorbed things as weapons, so you cannot just scrape off the barnacles on the humpback whales.

However, it seems that no killer whales were seen today, only humpback whales.

It's a little regretful that he already has his camera in his hand. If he encounters it, he will definitely be able to capture the famous scene of a humpback whale slapping an orca, which will appear decades in advance for future ocean development. Can provide some material.

Seeing that his father was about to sail the boat to avoid these two big guys, he didn't object. Anyway, he watched them up close and took pictures.

These two big guys probably won't follow the boat all the time. At most, they will just play for a while and then leave.

Sure enough, as he expected, just as the fishing boat accelerated a little and changed direction, the two boats started moving quickly.

They swim quickly underwater for a while, then suddenly break out of the water and slowly rise vertically. When their flippers reach the surface, their bodies begin to slowly bend backwards, like an acrobat's back roll.

Until the whole body fell backward toward the water.

Ye Yaodong could still see it clearly from a distance. After all, it was huge and easy to identify. This made him pat his thigh. Unfortunately, he didn't have a mobile phone or a drone.

When Father Ye saw the two whales, they swam away on their own. They did not speed up and change direction. They continued to move forward according to the original route and worked around them.

"Leave? Just leave."

"It's better to encounter less big guys like this. You can't catch them anyway. It was so scary just watching them there."

"Didn't A Dong say that this thing is friendly to humans? The one I saw just now seems to be swimming on its own, not us. If you encounter something like this occasionally, just watch it once or twice, and it's okay."

"Haha, do you think you can brag again when you go back to the village?"

"Hey, there are a lot of weird things at sea. If you encounter them occasionally, it's good to go back to the village and talk about them, and it can also open the eyes of the villagers. They all stay in the village and they expect us to go far away. Wherever I go, I usually tell them novel things."

When the boatmen saw that the fish had all swam away, they relaxed and began to brag and talk on the boat.

There were still some unfinished goods on the deck, and they were all picking while chatting. They all woke up, and no one went back to the cabin to lie down. At this time, the fish had just left, and everyone was in a lively conversation.

And it’s almost lunch time. I steamed a big pot of seafood in the morning and there is still a lot of seafood. Everyone throws it away while eating. There is nothing precious to say, but even so, there is still half a pot. I just need to add a vegetarian dish at noon.

Just after everyone had sorted the remaining goods on the deck and was about to come over for lunch, two small island-like things protruded from the sea in front of the fishing boat, and they kept moving.

As the fishing boat moves forward and closes the distance, the "little island" is rolling and waves are splashing around it.

Ye Yaodong was holding the rice bowl. The first time he saw it, he pointed forward with his chopsticks, spitting rice in his mouth and shouted to everyone, "Look... there... there's something going on over there."

"What kind of big fish is hunting there?"

"It looks like the water splash keeps churning..."

"Why do I think it's the two whales I saw before?"

Father Ye was probably also confused and wanted to see what kind of fish it was. Anyway, the fishing boat was moving forward, so he didn't deliberately intervene.

After getting closer, everyone discovered that it was really the two humpback whales just now. They did not go far, but were caught up by them.

The direction of their boat trip at this time was also towards the East China Sea, and they had just been out for one night and half a day.

After Ye Yaodong reacted, he immediately ran to the cabin to get the camera. After the fish ran away, he also returned to the cabin and threw the camera on the bed. He didn't know what kind of fish the humpback whale was fighting for, so he took the camera first. On hand, you are prepared.

And after he took the camera, he asked his father to run and tell him not to run away, but to keep a certain distance first, not too far away, and not too close, so as not to be affected.

When these ocean overlords fight, they probably get entangled together, pat their tail fins and fins, and bite them a few times with their mouths.

I'll see if I can take a photo of the scene later, but it's a pity that it comes out in black and white. If I don't get closer, it will probably be very blurry.

However, the humpback whale photographed earlier was right next to the fishing boat. The picture was extremely clear, and the giant whale was right next to it.

"It seemed like a few big fish were fighting!"

"How big is the fish that can fight the two whales just now? It shouldn't be much different, right?"

"Shouldn't we stay farther away? Will we hit our boat? The fish is so big and only a little smaller than the boat. It looks more than ten meters long. Not to mention hitting the boat with its tail, it's just on the side. When the body hit the sea, the boat shook."

Ye Yaodong was about to speak when he saw a fish jump up from the sea. A black, white and black killer whale jumped directly onto the water and hit the water again in an instant.

"Damn it, there really are killer whales. That's what I thought just now. It's just a killer whale missing from Ocean Street. Now it's here?"

He was extremely excited, holding the camera in his hand, waiting to get closer, or the killer whale jumped up to the water, and if he took a few more pictures, he might really be able to capture the famous scene of the humpback whale slapping the killer whale.

I heard that hunting conflicts between humpback whales and killer whales are not accidental, but occur frequently. The "Ocean Police" specializes in hunting down "Ocean Street wanderers".

Only 11% of conflicts involve killer whales hunting humpback whales. Most of the remaining conflicts involve killer whales hunting other animals. Humpback whales will not only go to the "crime scene" of killer whales, but also use calls to call their companions to come. help.

Killer whales usually back down because adult humpback whales are very capable of fighting.

It's not that killer whales are completely invincible against humpback whales. Large groups of killer whales sometimes attack adult humpback whales and pin them below the surface of the sea.

The reason why the two behemoths are mortal enemies is that killer whales often prey on humpback whale calves.

This kind of hatred may cause some humpback whales to have strong hostility towards killer whales deep in their hearts. Adult humpback whales will intervene to interfere with the hunting activities of killer whales. As long as they encounter them, they will never let them go.

That’s why there is a joke that humpback whales eat, sleep and fight killer whales.

"What Ocean Street kid?"

"A Dong knows that fish?"

"That's a killer whale. Humpback whales specialize in fighting killer whales. When the two races come together, they fight."

"Oh, that's it? You know so much, your father doesn't know as much as you do."

"Yes, that's why the waves behind the Qianjiang River push the waves ahead."

"Is it the Yangtze River?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, "Yangtze River? Is it the Yangtze River or the Qianjiang River?"

"What kind of river is Qianjiang?"

"Oh, that's because I remembered it wrong. My cultural level is not good enough. I will try to study more and read more newspapers tomorrow."

"Haha, as long as you can write your own name, it doesn't matter. If you can't, it doesn't matter. It won't be used anyway. As long as you can press fingerprints, it's the same."

"That's easy to fool."

He held the camera and kept getting ready, but he kept watching them beating back and forth in the sea, splashing white flowers one after another, but none of them were completely exposed on the sea. His hands were sore when he held them up.

"Ah, schools of fish, there are schools of fish swimming by..."

"School of fish..."

"It's passed, it's been... it's a red fish..."

"The school of fish has passed? Turn around quickly. Go and ask my dad to turn around and change the direction. The rest of you can get the hand-thrown nets to prepare and see if you can catch them again if you turn around."

He also saw the bottom of the water

This group of fish must have been driven by killer whales in preparation for a feast. As a result, they happened to encounter the humpback whales who came after hearing the news and immediately rescued this group of fish.

Whenever a humpback whale hears the sound of a killer whale, no matter how far away it is, it will come over and give it a good beating.

So I happened to meet them on the edge.

This fish school is not big, and it should not be small at all. After all, one bite of this big guy can last a month. However, the boat and the fish school were moving in the opposite direction, so they suddenly missed each other. When he turned the camera When I took it off and looked towards the sea, I could only see the tails of the fish.

After receiving what they conveyed, Ye's father also quickly turned the bow of the boat slowly, accelerated slightly from the direction behind him, and chased away.

I just don’t know whether the direction in which the fish are swimming is the same as the direction in which the bow of his boat is turning. Anyway, treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor has to work at sea and try your luck.

After Ye Yaodong watched the two fish that were fighting getting further and further away, he gave up taking pictures with his camera and decided to see if he could catch something by casting a few nets.

A few boatmen were holding two hand-thrown nets and saw that there was no trace of fish on the sea. They could only try to cast two nets casually to see. Technology is not so developed now, and their fishing boats are still very simple. There is no Install underwater detectors.

"Anyway, I told my dad that I'll just be working on this area today. I'll put the net up in an hour and see if I can net more."

"Okay, let's cast two nets to see if it has sunk to the bottom of the water or swam to other places."

Ye Yaodong didn't have high hopes. He just hoped that when the fishing net would be hauled up later, it would be nice to have more cargo. He still stood on the deck, holding a camera in his hand, looking into the distance.

"It's available! It's available!" A boatman was collecting the net, shouting excitedly.

"I'm here to help..."

"There seems to be nothing on my side..."

The people on both sides said to each other that they were standing on both sides of the boat, casting a net to try their luck.

Ye Yaodong also turned his attention to the side shouting that it was in stock, "Pull up and see what's available?"

"Haha, let us also see what good things a fish of that size can eat. With such a size, you won't know how much seafood you will lose in one bite. If you give it all to us, then we can make more money."

"Stop talking nonsense and pull me up first..."

"okay…"

The boatman spat twice in the palm of his hand, then changed his hands and continued to pull the fishing net.

“One net brings gold, two nets make silver, three nets make a cornucopia, four nets make a group of coppers, five nets make a snail-filled place, six nets make a warehouse full of shrimps and crabs, all the ships in the nets are empty~”

Following the shouts of the boatmen, a net of red fish emerged from the water.

"Hey~ Red fish, what a good product!"

"Hurry up, have you collected the empty net? Keep spreading and see if you can catch some more goods!"

"Okay, okay..."

"Come on, come on, try harder, this one is a bit heavy and there is a lot of water..."

Ye Yaodong looked carefully at the side. It was a horsehead fish, and it was okay. It just depends on how much it weighs when pulled up.

At this moment, a panda-colored killer whale galloped past the sea, its black dorsal fin standing upright on the sea.

However, for some reason, I paused and was immediately overtaken by two humpback whales behind me. After catching up, they slapped their pectoral fins at the killer whales, almost slapping them silly.

Ye Yaodong suddenly became more energetic and energetic, and continued to raise his camera, preparing to face the three big guys who were fighting again.

It happened that they were moving while fighting, and the fishing boat was also moving.

When the boatmen collected the red fish and dumped it on the deck, he happened to catch the leaping killer whale.

When it was about to fall into the water, a humpback whale rushed in front of it, and then jumped up and slapped its head with its fish tail, which really hit it hard.

Ye Yaodong was also surprised and immediately clicked, and quickly took several pictures.

The two fish happened to be in close contact in mid-air, and finally gave him the famous scene of "Ocean Police" versus "Ocean Street Slut".

After being slapped, the killer whale fell dizzy and fell to the side towards the sea. Unlike the strong and graceful posture it had just leaped into, it looked like it had fallen awkwardly.

However, it is also flexible and flexible, and it is invincible to two. If it is beaten, it will quickly dive under the water and escape.

It's so big that even two humpback whales wouldn't be able to keep it if it wanted to leave.

When the two humpback whales saw the killer whales running away again, they also dived to the bottom of the water. Anyway, they had no other job besides eating and sleeping. They just hunted killer whales. If they encountered them, they would not let them go.

When diving downward, they reveal their huge tail fins, which then gradually become smaller and smaller until the entire tail disappears on the surface of the sea, and the sea calms down.

The boatmen were so happy with the catch that they had received the goods, and they didn't care about the big fish fighting between the two ends. It was none of their business anyway. After they cast a net, they immediately cast a next net to the sea, ready to try again. one time.

At this time, there were about 200 kilograms of seafood scattered on the deck. Horsehead fish accounted for the largest number, and there were also dozens of kilograms of miscellaneous fish, large and small, and some scattered shrimps.

This random net was cast to try one's luck, but the harvest was good. The second net was an empty net and was not so lucky. It only had about a hundred kilograms. The fish probably had dispersed and were almost gone. .

The third net had no goods left, only small fish and shrimps.

However, everyone is quite contented. It is equivalent to picking up about 300 kilograms of goods for nothing, and most of them are good.

After Father Ye saw that the two big fish had disappeared and the sea had returned to calm, he changed the direction again and ran to the deck.

"Did those two fish really leave now? They appeared one after another, and I didn't even know where they were going."

"She must have left. Didn't you change the direction again?"

"It's okay to cast two nets."

Ye Yaodong also held the camera and said with a smile: "It's okay. These whales not only provide emotional value, but also give some sweetness. I will collect the fishing net later and see if there is more cargo. It should be better than the previous two." Three more nets, after all, the killer whales are driving the fish here."

Father Ye was also happy, "That means there are some benefits to the appearance of these whales, and they can also bring more goods. The goods dropped in the net at night are really hard to see. They are all trash fish and cheap goods."

"I just came out at night, and the water level was deep enough, so I set down the net. In the area near the sea, there are definitely not as many cargoes as there are farther away in the East China Sea. The deeper the water level, the more deep-sea cargoes the better. Even we can't go too far. Far."

"That's ok, as long as there is stock. Let's take care of these fish first. I'll go to the cockpit and set up the net in half an hour."

"good."

Ye Yaodong also took his camera back to the cabin. There probably wasn't much film left in it. He had to buy some film and look at the telescope after this trip to the shore.

He didn't put it in the suitcase, so he just put it on the bed and covered it with a quilt, so as not to put it in the suitcase. If something new happened later, it would be too delayed to get the camera.

The boatmen on the deck were still discussing, "I just cast a net casually, and there was one or two hundred kilograms of cargo. There must be at least several thousand kilograms under the sea. Including those who escaped, there must be tens of thousands." Jin, how big is the fish’s mouth? How much can it eat at one time?”

"Isn't it said that the very large fish that was stranded in the village last year was vegetarian? Isn't this just for fun?"

"Tie~ Fish are different from each other, just like people are different from each other. It's not like they are too full."

Ye Yaodong also squatted down, "These horsehead fish should weigh about 200 kilograms. With the groceries picked up, they can be sold for forty or fifty yuan."

It's not bad, it's worth the value of the ordinary half-net cargo they haul.

It's just luck and just casting a few nets.

"We're lucky. Our boat is just lucky. Mazu has blessed us."

"Let's eat first after picking. After eating, we have to close the net again. Let's clean it up together after the next net is collected. Anyway, the bottom will be thrown back into the sea."

"Okay, okay."

They moved back and forth on the sea, circling in circles, and constantly changing directions. They had no impact on the Harvest. They were still far away and could only see a small dot on the sea.

The Harvest probably didn't know that they had just encountered a fight between three big fish.

Even though they were far away, I didn't know if anything new happened there.

He took the time to finish his meal, then went to the cockpit to replace his father, and asked his father to take a bite first.

Father Ye said cheerfully: "I just connected with my in-laws and told him that we just encountered three fish that were almost as big as our boat. To his surprise, he said that he also encountered a Harvest Half the size of the fish.”

"But it's really novel to say that the fish was there to photograph the turtle, and the turtle was originally lying on the sea sleeping."

"He also described the fish's appearance as the same as the killer whale we just saw. I don't know if it is the same one."

As expected, killer whales are disgusted by humans and want cats to walk them around.

"That should be the case. The two boats are not far apart, so it's only a short distance for the fish."

"Well, then you just took the camera and took several pictures of fish?"

"right."

"It's a waste of money. Don't take pictures next time. How expensive is the film? How luxurious is it to buy a camera just to take pictures of fish? No one takes pictures, so why take pictures of fish? If you tell me, you will be scolded to death."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "I'm happy with my camera, who cares about me? Isn't the camera just for use?"

"Then photographing people is better than photographing fish..."

"Stop arguing, go and eat your meal quickly. You are still nagging here. I didn't spend your money, and you still feel bad."

"Of course I feel bad..."

"Go, go, I'll drive the boat... don't make any noise..."

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the God of Wealth welcomes the door, filled with gold, silver and jewels! I wish you all great fortune in the Year of the Dragon! Happy Valentine's Day, happy singles too!