Lao Huang and his son Xiaozhi took the plastic storage box handed by Zhang Zi'an, and they didn't know what he meant.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but say, "Uncle...... No, brother, it's so cold, it's half soaked in water, it must be very cold, right? We should cover its body with sand, why do we need to water it?"

It's almost noon, and the temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius, which is very comfortable for people, but it's different when it's wet and then blown by the sea breeze.

Xiao Zhi and Lao Huang had already tried to push the minke whale back into the sea just now, their pants were at least wet to their calves, and they stepped on the beach barefoot, their toes were deeply sunk into the wet sand, and they felt the heat constantly flowing from the soles of their feet, and the coolness was transmitted.

Lao Huang was moved, nodded and said: "Yes! It should be watered! After the fish come ashore, they will die if they don't water, it should be that they can't breathe, right? Xiaozhi, don't stand stupidly, hurry up and scoop the water, don't you want to save this whale?"

Zhang Zi'an found a reef and sat down, 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 lower middle sea water most of the time, and they can only get a short exposure to the sun when they float to the surface to breathe, so they have a thick layer of fat to keep warm." After running aground on the beach, we felt that the right temperature was like a scorching heat for them, and today the sun is abundant, its gray-black back absorbs a lot of heat, it must be very hot now, if we don't take measures, it may not wait for the tugboat of the fishery department to come, it has already died of heat stroke. ”

As for Lao Huang, Zhang Zi'an gave him some face, so he didn't point out his mistake of treating the whale as a fish, after all, the father's image in front of the child is very important.

Xiao Zhi suddenly realized, and quickly ran into the seawater, scooping up a full storage box of seawater. But he overestimated his strength, and could not hold it up when he blushed, so he had to pour half of it again, run to the minke whale, and pour it on its baleen earnestly. Apparently, he really thought that his father was right, that the whale was breathing by its gills.

Zhang Zi'an and Lao Huang also went into the water, scooped water with a storage box, and then poured it on other parts of the minke whale.

It sounds easy, but it's actually very tiring to do - defying gravity to do the work, lifting boxes of seawater high, and then pouring them down, after a few rounds, the three of them are exhausted and panting, and their arms are sore and sore.

Zhang Zi'an is better, after all, he is young and usually exercises, while Lao Huang is an ordinary salaryman, who usually works during the day and educates his children at night, and has not participated in heavy physical labor for a long time, and he sweats profusely after a while.

"No, I need to catch my breath. Lao Huang wiped his sweat and found a reef to sit down, squinted his eyes and looked at the horizon, and said to himself: "Why haven't you come yet, it's too slow......"

He felt that a long time had passed, in fact, it was not long at all, the fishery department was not a 110 patrol policeman, the response speed was not so fast, and the staff who answered the phone may not have the right to mobilize the fishery administration boat, and it had to be reported to the leader, and the leader would give instructions, so that it would be a long time to go down layer by layer, if the leader was not there......

Xiao Zhi was also too tired, so he simply sat on the beach, and as for whether he would be beaten by his mother when he went home, he couldn't think about it for the time being.

Zhang Zi'an didn't urge them, they were able to take the initiative to help the stranded minke whale, which was already very commendable, and they couldn't ask for blame. He worked alone for a while, and then stopped to rest.

He didn't sit down, because he felt that he would not be too lazy to get up as soon as he sat down, so he stood next to the minke whale to catch his breath a little.

After splashing these cold waters, it seemed to feel a little more comfortable, its body relaxed, and its eyes, which had been closed, opened slightly, and looked at Zhang Zi'an, who was close at hand.

The shape of the minke whale's eyes is very similar to that of humans, with an amazingly large eyeball under the straight eyelids, which is obviously a juvenile whale, but it has already developed heavy eye bags, and several slender folds are shallowly distributed on the eyelids and eye bags.

Its eyes are black and white, warm and shiny. The white undereye has a black pupil, and there is an obvious white circle inside the pupil, and there is a black pupil inside the white circle.

It is said that whales and dolphins possess intelligence second only to humans, and may even far surpass human close relatives such as monkeys and orangutans. When he was stared at by this eye, Zhang Zi'an was deeply aware of this, it was a smart animal, knowing that they were helping it, and his eyes revealed sincere gratitude.

This feeling can only be understood but not spoken, just like being watched by a crocodile can feel its cold-bloodedness, when being watched by a dog, you can feel its loyalty, and when you are watched by Fina, you can feel its contempt.

Zhang Zi'an reached out and patted it, trying to comfort it.

The palm of your hand feels cool and smooth, and you can also feel the slight ups and downs on its skin, like a leather sofa that feels great to the touch.

Its skin is soft and tough, and it is elastic with a little pressing, with at least a finger-thick layer of fat under the skin.

The sun rises higher and higher.

Zhang Zi'an regained some strength, and began to scoop water in a plastic storage box again, seriously considering whether to call Wang Qian and Li Kun's two strong laborers to do this drudgery.

Xiao Zhi and Lao Huang rested for a little longer, and after resting enough, they began to continue scooping water. Lao Huang even scooped it and glanced into the distance, looking forward to the fishery boat coming over quickly, if he goes on like this, he will definitely be like falling apart when he goes to work tomorrow.

"Uncle...... Brother, this whale, it's bleeding! Dad, come and have a look!" Xiao Zhi suddenly exclaimed.

Zhang Zi'an and Lao Huang Xunsheng came over to take a look, and found that there were traces of blood oozing from the beach, and the blood stains came from the side of the minke whale's body, but because they were close to the beach, they couldn't see the specific condition of the wound.

The blood may have seeped into the sand and seeped out again because the constant flushing saturated the sand with water.

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

Whales that run aground on the beach and die are common, almost every year, and similar cases have occurred in different cetaceans around the world. The causes of stranding are complex, except for a small number of injuries and strandings, most of the cases cannot find an obvious cause, 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 reason why this minke whale stranded is probably that it was injured, lost its mind under the severe pain, swam around without knowing the direction, and finally washed up on the beach and ran aground - of course, this is only speculation, the real reason can only be asked by itself, but it can't speak.