Chapter 892: Whale Fall

π was surprised, because Zhang Zi'an had not revealed the idea of going to sea by boat before.

Even Zhang Zi'an himself was surprised.

He was an occasional whim, but he didn't have to sail for a reason. However, after seeing the huge giant whale, he had an almost unquenchable curiosity, knowing that it is very dangerous for a giant whale of that size to come to the offshore sea, and if one is not careful, it may run aground, and what really belongs to it is the blue deep sea.

What caused it to go against its instinct to survive and come to the offshore? Is it Shihua's song, or is it also injured?

Since the content of Shihua's song is to have a whale from Northeast Asia take refuge in the waters off Primordial City, it is theoretically possible that it was also hunted and fled here after hearing Shihua's song. However, this brings a new question - Shihua let the whales come to the sea off Binhai City, and did not let them get close to the shore, and the previous minke whale stranding was an accident after being injured.

So, the whale was injured too?

Based on the current situation, he had to be so skeptical.

When I caught a glimpse of the seaside, it was impossible to accurately estimate the size of the giant whale because it was too far away and there was no reference nearby, but even if it was rough, it was at least ten meters long and weighed more than ten tons, making it an out-and-out adult giant whale.

Once such a large whale is stranded on the shore, there is almost no way to get it back into the sea in a short period of time, and it can only watch it die. Even, when it left the sea water and ran aground, when it lost its buoyancy of the sea water, its bones and internal organs were already crushed by its own weight, and even the gods could not save it.

If it did venture close to shore because of its injuries, then the matter was serious - it could not be as lucky as a minke whale to run aground on the shore and be found and rescued, but could only wait for the injury to heal itself, or wait for someone to discover its injury on its own initiative.

Zhang Zi'an had no impulsive mind, he knew that it was very dangerous to get close to a giant whale weighing more than ten tons by boat, and it could also be a giant whale that was delirious because of its injuries.

Even if the whale didn't want to hurt him, an inadvertent roll could sweep him into the sea, and a flick of his tail could break up his bones and the boat......

The size level crushing is like this, there is no room for resistance at all.

He was like an adult man facing a newborn kitten and puppy in front of a giant whale, and the weight difference was more than a hundred times, and he was in ashes when talking and laughing.

What's more, ten tons is only a conservative estimate, and it is not surprising to say that the giant whale actually weighed twenty tons.

As long as a person is in his right mind, he should not rashly touch a strange dog to prevent being bitten. If that's true for a dog, what about a strange giant whale?

What's more, the only way he can get close to the whale is an inflatable boat with an electric motor, which is for aquarists to go out to sea, and if he wants to save money, he may not have an electric motor, so he has to paddle by hand......

Even oceanographers who specialize in cetaceans don't take an inflatable boat to approach an unfamiliar giant whale, which is standard death-related behavior.

That being said, is it just a matter of letting the giant whale fend for itself?

There is a wonderful word called "whale fall", which means that when a whale dies, its carcass will slowly sink to the bottom of the sea, turning itself into nutrients and feeding many underwater creatures.

Many of the marine creatures that live on the bottom of the sea and never see sunlight all their lives depend on whale falls.

Whale bones are huge, and whale meat is rich in fat and decomposes slowly. It is estimated that when a giant whale dies, its carcass can feed many undersea creatures for years or even decades.

It is said that the speed at which cherry blossoms fall is five centimeters per second, but what is the speed at which whales fall?

When a giant whale dies, it does not immediately sink to the bottom of the sea, but floats on the surface for a period of time, first being eaten by seabirds, sharks and polar bears, and in the process of sinking to the bottom of the sea, it is also torn apart by other fish, and when it reaches the bottom of the sea, the stationary carcass attracts more creatures such as hagfish, sleeping sharks and deep-sea crabs, then bristles and crustaceans, and finally anaerobic bacteria.

In the process, its flesh and blood are torn apart and decomposed, forming a series of "ocean snow", which is blown by the current and scattered farther away, feeding more life.

Every time a giant whale dies, many new lives are born as a result.

Even when the whale's flesh is completely gone, its gray-white skeleton will remain at the bottom of the sea for a long time, forming a strange and mysterious spectacle. When human deep-sea submersibles enter the deep sea for the purpose of scientific exploration, they often see forests of whalebones, like monuments to marine monsters. Strangely shaped sea creatures swim between whalebones, scrambling to hide in the light of submersibles, stirring up turbid sea sand.

But due to whaling and industrial pollution, the number of giant whales is decreasing, and the number of whale falls is decreasing, and no one knows how many of the creatures that depend on whale falls in the deep sea have quietly disappeared as a result.

There is life and death, birth, old age, sickness and death are the reincarnation of heaven, and both humans and whales are no exception.

The giant whale that Zhang Zi'an saw can also die, but it is not worth dying like this, it is not worth dying in the shallow sea, it is meaningless, its final destination should be the distant deep sea, like other giant whales, it will turn into a whale and feed all things - of course, this should be decades later, and the life span of whales is very long.

So, he wanted to go out to sea in a boat and try to find the whale.

If it was really injured or sick, he would try his best to lend a hand, even if his own strength was insufficient, he could go to the newly acquainted fishery officer Ke Shaohui for help, after all, this should also be within the scope of the fishery administration's work. If this doesn't work, you can also ask Liu Ying, a reporter from a local TV station, for help, and call on caring people in the society to contribute money and power to save the life of this giant whale as much as possible.

The flame of everyone collecting firewood is high, the strength of one person is small, and the strength of everyone is strong. Even if it was the stranded minke whale, without the help of Lao Huang and Xiao Zhi, he would not be able to operate on it independently and send it back to the sea. Caring people are always in the majority, and most people are in awe of the beast and do not want to see it die in regret.

However, the premise of all this is that it is indeed injured or sick, and not that it came to the shallow sea for other reasons, such as Shihua's singing. This required him to take a boat and check it up close.