At first I thought I was dead.

When I came to the big guy with Mr. Strauss, I noticed that there was still some movement, and there was a faint cry of sorrow, but soon he stopped moving.

Zhang Xiaokai made a decisive call and called the only veterinarian on the ranch, Louis, a mixed-race black man who graduated from Texas Agricultural University, and quickly drove over, and several employees who came over to join in the fun were still sitting in the car.

"Hey, this is a female gray whale, she's so big, it's much bigger than in the ocean!"

When Louis saw it, he sighed, the human body was too small compared to the fourteen or fifteen meters long.

Mr. Strauss looked at the huge whale washed up on the beach by the waves, and asked curiously: "How do you know it's a female?"

"Because female gray whales are larger than males, it is very difficult for male gray whales to grow to such a large size. ”

Louis didn't know Mr. Strauss, but seeing that he was staying with Zhang Xiaokai, he thought it was an acquaintance or something, and he didn't mean to ask more.

He told Zhang Xiaokai instead: "It's useless for you to call me, I won't save the whale, and this gray whale is dead, it must have been attacked by the killer whales on our side, or some older killer whales." ”

"You can see that?"

Little Patrick had a good relationship with Louis, and in fact he had the idea of studying more with Louis and then taking the veterinary certificate in animal husbandry, so that he could get more salary.

Because of his skills, Luis's monthly salary is more than $1,000 higher than theirs, and it is easier for him to find a suitable job.

As for the work of cowboys and fishermen, as long as they are healthy and have no problems with their heads, almost anyone can do it, and there is no shortage of labor in this area, and the wages will naturally not go up.

Zhang Xiaokai was also curious, and didn't understand why he knew that it was an older killer whale that attacked it.

Just listen to Louis explain: "Killer whales are different from sharks, sharks will naturally fall out when their teeth are loose, and then grow new teeth, which makes them crisscross the sea for hundreds of millions of years, but killer whales are different, they are similar to us humans, and after the teeth fall out and wear out, they no longer grow, and there is only a row of teeth."

So the older killer whales, often teeth are not very good, can only eat some soft parts of the meat, the tongue of this gray whale was eaten, a few tons of tongue, enough for them to eat a full meal, it is said that some killer whales will starve to death because they can't eat, this kind of whale carcasses without a tongue, are generally done by killer whales, sharks can not hunt adult gray whales. ”

“…… I thought killer whales were fierce, but there were toothless old women who couldn't chew whale meat?"

Zhang Xiaokai was speechless.

Although the black and white killer whales are relatively beautiful, he has always disliked those big guys, there are a large number of whales migrating on the west coast of the United States every year, many whales are killed by them, and there are also killer whales staying near the fishing grounds, which will scare away the fish in the sea, and those fish are all money.

He prefers docile whales to "killer whales", although they also eat fish and shrimp, whale feces are beneficial to the fishery and can maintain a healthy development.

He checked killer whales from the Internet, although people always say that there are no records of killer whales hurting people in the wild, but who knows what happens in the ocean, is it difficult to be bitten by killer whales, and can survive like being bitten by sharks?

Even the ferocious great white sharks are killer whale prey, and they are at the very top of the chain of marine life in this era.

It's already dead, then there's no way, Louis found the number of the nearby marine conservation agency, called and asked if they wanted this fresh corpse, a big guy with more than twenty tons, it would be difficult to tow it away without help, as the weather gets hotter, once the interior is corrupted, there is also a possibility of gas causing an explosion.

Mr. Strauss felt that he had seen a long time today, and at this moment the old man saw blood oozing from the belly of the gray whale, and when he walked over to take a look, he saw the bulge of skin nearby, and cried out in fright: "You all come to see! It's not dead, it's still alive!"

There was a small fishtail, which suddenly appeared along the blood.

Louis thought of something and said in a panic: "Oh! Oh my God, this mother whale is pregnant, and the calf in the belly may not be dead yet, let's pull it out!"

Rushing forward, he called little Patrick and a cowboy named Pena to grab the calf by the tail and drag it out.

It was quite smooth, and this little guy, which was more than three meters long, quickly fell out and weighed about a ton.

"Go get the chainsaw, you'll have to cut its belly open, there might be a few calves left in it!"

Only Louis was the veterinarian at the scene, and together they soaked the dying gray whale in the shallow water, and let the waves lap on it, and little Patrick hurriedly ran to the car.

According to Louis, if the female whale still has calves in her belly, it won't last long before she dies, and she has to hurry.

Zhang Xiaokai was a little confused, he felt that Louis and Patrick Jr. and others were probably dizzy, back and forth, how could they directly send someone over quickly?

The situation was urgent, and he didn't have the heart to laugh at them for doing something stupid, so he took out his mobile phone and called Mr. Kenny, telling him not to ask, and immediately rushed to the beach on this side of the river estuary with a chainsaw.

……

About ten minutes have passed.

When Kenny arrived, he cut open the female's abdomen with a chainsaw, and there was indeed a baby gray whale calf inside, but it was no longer alive.

Unfortunately, the number of these whales is decreasing, especially on the West Coast, where there are only a few hundred left, and little Patri is so tired that he continues to search for flesh and blood, and there are really no other living little gray whale calves.

They had already done what they could, so they had to just do it, feeling sorry for the loss of their lives.

Luckily, the first calf to be rescued was not dead, and although it appeared weak, it was still moving, occasionally spewing some mist from its back hole.

The body surface is smooth, unlike the adult gray whale, in fact, the gray-white surface of the gray whale is a marine microorganism, and the body is more beautiful.

Kenny already knew what was going on, so he asked, "What about this calf, release it into the sea?" There must be other gray whales nearby, or find a mother whale and let her live with the little one?"

"It's like feeding killer whales or sharks, and I remember gray whales don't seem to have a habit of adopting other baby gray whales, and most of the calves don't survive when the mother whale dies. ”

Louis scratched his head and then told: "You can't put it back into the sea, this little guy is a mammal, and when he was a child, he could only drink milk, so I'll call the marine animal protection agency and ask them what to do." ”

Mr. Strauss had just come to his aid, and he was covered in blood.

Digging into the source, he wanted to see the ranch, and then accidentally found the dying female gray whale by the beach, and then rescued the baby gray whale calf.

Now looking at the "little guy" who is more than three meters long, he is full of a sense of accomplishment, and it is indeed a good thing.

After taking out his mobile phone, he beckoned to Zhang Xiaokai and said, "Please help me take a few pictures, can you let me hold this calf? It's better to take this female gray whale in again, and take a group photo later, what we just did is very meaningful, maybe we can also send it to the Los Angeles Times, one of its major shareholders is a card friend with me." ”

How can there be so many good deeds without leaving a name, Mr. Strauss wants to make himself beautiful, and Louis, little Patrick and others are also excited.

It was the Los Angeles Times, one of the most widely circulated newspapers in the United States, and if he could really publish his photo, it would be enough to brag about his old age, and suddenly look up at Mr. Morgan Strauss a few times, and his expression would be even more enthusiastic.

After someone else arrived, they helped take a group photo, and Zhang Xiaokai did not wait for the arrival of the marine animal protection agency, but first talked to Mr. Kenny privately and asked him to help receive Mr. Strauss.

Knowing that things were important, Mr. Kenny promised to entertain the rich old man.

Zhang Xiaokai went home, took his father out first, and went dozens of kilometers away to visit Ronald Sr......