Minke whales float motionless on the side of the boat, so defenseless is very dangerous for it, and if someone on the boat has bad intentions, or if there is a lawless bear child sitting in the boat, it can easily cause serious injury to it, even fatal.

If it hadn't heard a familiar voice in the distance, and when it got closer, it would have recognized Zhang Zi'an, and it would definitely not let down its guard easily after being hurt by humans. This proves that it is a sapient being, and although it is not highly intelligent, it is enough to distinguish between good and bad people.

Whale lice are yellowish in color, like scorpions without tails, and attach themselves to the whale's body in groups. They can not be thrown off in the high-speed swimming of whales, it is conceivable that they are firmly attached, and the end of the hook-like arthropod is tightly embedded in the whale's skin, although it is not a major concern for the whale's health, but the discomfort is inevitable - the degree of annoyance may be like lice on people, although it is not fatal, but people want to strangle them one by one.

The stationary minke whale allowed Zhang Zi'an to remove the whale lice near its wound more easily and carefully. The whale lice were so firmly attached that he could sometimes pull them out by hand, not even with the power of wool, so he had to sacrifice the Swiss Army Knife, the all-purpose magic weapon he carried with him.

Playing with knives on a rubber inflatable boat is basically equivalent to playing with firecrackers by the fire, and if he accidentally squeezes a hole in the hull of the boat, others will only scold him for his own death.

Zhang Zi'an lay on the side of the assault boat, raised the knife in the Swiss army knife as far as possible, stretched it flat under the body of the whale lice, and then twisted his wrist, the blade rotated 90 degrees, forcibly pried out these parasites, and pinched it with his left hand and threw it far into the sea water on the other side of the assault boat.

Whale lice are densely intertwined, like a bunch of scorpions pinned to the wound of a minke whale, which is numbing and disgusting to look at, and may have grown and multiplied by sucking the blood that emerges from the wound as the wound heals.

Some parasites that parasitize marine organisms have a mutually beneficial relationship with their hosts, but whale lice are not so good, they are pure trouble, but whales have no hands and can't do anything about them.

After his patient clean-up, the number of whale lice became less and less, leaving only traces on the whale skin where they had once been entrenched—a few small pitted pits.

Without their cover, the wound finally reveals its true face.

Zhang Zi'an originally planned to remove the cotton thread from the wound for the minke whale by the way, it was still the kite thread contributed by Xiao Zhi and Lao Huang, which was quite tough and strong, although it was okay if the thread was not removed, it was nothing more than slowly fused into the skin of the whale, but since there was this opportunity, it was just dismantled.

However, when he looked closely, he found that there was almost nothing left of the cotton thread exposed to his skin, except for a few broken heads, probably bitten off by the hungry whale lice, which saved him trouble.

The wound is recovering well, with no signs of bursting and no signs of infection, after all, this is a vigorous half-adult minke whale.

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

It doesn't matter if the whale lice reattaches to its body in the future, when the skin near its wound has rethickened and will not be as uncomfortable as it is now.

Infused by the whale lice, the minke whale seemed to be very happy, and even swam much more briskly, slowly circling around the assault boat, and from time to time spewing low mist.

Zhang Zi'an couldn't help but think of the scene where the monkeys caught lice with each other, and said in his heart that it wouldn't be treating me as another whale, right?

He thought of Xiao Zhi and knew that the child liked whales very much, and such a rare opportunity should take a few photos of Xiao Zhi and send them over as a souvenir.

So he took his phone out of the waterproof bag and tried to pick an angle to take a picture.

However, because the minke whale swam so closely, the side of the assault boat was raised high, so it was not easy to photograph it.

Zhang Zi'an was afraid that the propeller would hurt it, so he didn't dare to start the motor, nor did he dare to hold the phone too far.

A few photos were taken, but only its gray-black back was captured, and it was almost impossible to recognize it as a whale without any explanation.

Zhang Zi'an was helpless, but when he saw the minke whale suddenly flick its tail and leave the assault boat and swim away, he hurriedly lost no time in taking a few photos, and finally captured its full picture.

Is it tired of playing? Or is it hungry?

Zhang Zi'an thought that it would swim away immediately, but unexpectedly, it stopped after swimming for two or three hundred meters, and a thin column of air erupted from the water in front of it, and then the sea water split left and right, and another gray-black back floated.

It was a much larger adult minke whale that looked very similar to the half-adult minke whale that had preceded it.

Suddenly seeing another whale appear, Zhang Zi'an was startled at first, and pinched the sweat for the half-adult minke whale, worried about the conflict between the two whales.

Most whales are group animals, and several or even a dozen whales form a whale group together, which may or may not be related to each other, and cooperate in groups to defend against possible attackers, and even take care of each other's unrelated children like humans, forming a small and united society.

This is not the case with minke whales, though, as they are notoriously solitary and usually do not travel with other minke whales unless for mating purposes, or ......

When the half-adult minke whale saw the adult minke whale, it did not feel afraid, but happily swam over and rubbed around the adult minke whale affectionately, expressing affection through physical contact.

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

Zhang Zi'an thought it was a little strange before, this semi-adult minke whale didn't seem to be old enough to live independently from its mother, so where was its mother? Could it be that it was chased by a whaling ship, or ...... Already dead under the harpoon of a whaling ship?

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

It is difficult for a young whale to survive in the treacherous marine environment after leaving its mother too early, and he has been sweating for this semi-adult minke whale, but the whale is not a cat or a dog, and even if he feels pitiful, it is impossible to pick it up and feed it himself, so he is worried and worried, and he has no choice but to do it.

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

That day, he told Lao Huang that the minke whale left in a hurry after it got out of the stranding, probably to reunite with his family. At that time, he just said it casually, and he was not sure in his heart, but now it seems that he really guessed correctly.