Chapter 174: Whale, I'm Coming
Two days and one night, end the trip to Kenting. Drive to Hualien, the largest county on the island. I heard that you can fly planes and even watch whales.
Unlike the bustling city of Taipei, there is a small town in the eastern part of the island that is surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, where the Pacific Ocean breeze blows all day long, and the temperature is soothing and pleasant all year round. It all seems to be slowed down in a place called Hualien.
Leaning on the mountain to eat the mountain, near the water. In the early days, the Hualien people had to go out to sea every day to fish, but it turned out that the Kuroshio Current brought rich fishery resources, attracting a large number of cetaceans and dolphins to gather and become their breeding grounds.
A total of 27 species of cetaceans have been spotted, including sperm whales, killer whales, pilot whales, bigfin whales, spinner dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, floral dolphins and more.
The most famous is the spinner dolphin, the locals call the sharp-beaked boy, who is not afraid of people at all, likes to follow the whale watching boat, and even jumps on the bow of the boat, which is the most popular.
Now is the best whale watching season, and there are three major attractions on Treasure Island: Wushi Harbor in the northeast corner of Yilan County, Guang Fishing Port at the northern end of Hualien, and Fugang Jialan Fishing Port in Taitung City.
Later, some media reported that because of its close proximity to the vast Pacific Ocean, there is a more than 95% chance of seeing whales and dolphins, while only 50% in other seas.
Find a hotel to stay in, come to the port, the flow of people, dozens of large and small yachts are ready to sail, ready to sail.
Directly charter a small yacht, with a senior captain, and a chef, eat at sea today, while watching whales, and enjoy the food.
"Out of the port is the vast Pacific Ocean, if you are lucky, you may see the scene of sperm whales squirting water!"
The captain had a good sense of humor, the weather was nice, cloudless, calm and the sea was the best for going out to sea. Leisurely sailing while chatting with SC Johnson.
"Generally speaking, the probability of seeing dolphins is 99%, and the probability of whales is decreasing every year due to various environmental reasons, no more than 20%. ”
Johnson nodded, these days out at sea, the mood is extremely open, no wonder the island country fishermen are rated as the world's longest-lived people every year.
There was a chirp above my head, and when I looked up, I saw that the sky was full of white seagulls, flocks, and the touch of snow white reflected the blue sea and blue sky.
"Boss, look at the dolphins!"
Suddenly, Xia Long's excited voice came from behind him, he quickly turned around and ran quickly to the deck, not far away, I don't know when a group of dolphins actually appeared.
In the blue sea and blue sky, the smooth body forms a perfect arc on the sea surface, and the sun shines on it, shining and dazzling......
The captain set up the automatic sailing, and also came to the deck, seeing that Johnson was so excited, he said with a smile: "This sea area is the favorite place of these little guys, many colleagues pat their chests before going out to sea to ensure that they will be able to see, otherwise they will give free tickets, and you will come again next time." ”
"I used to make a living by fishing, but now I basically rely on whale watching, and every family has a boat, and every time I go to sea, I try my best to find whales, and even increase the sailing time. Boat bosses are very experienced, and sometimes multiple boats are linked, and no matter who spots the whale, all the whale watching boats will flock to it. ”
"It's easy to watch dolphins and hard to watch whales, these two months are the easiest to see killer whales, and in another three months, if you're lucky, you can meet sperm whales swimming by, and the huge body is like an aircraft carrier, spraying more than ten meters high water column in the air, that scene is ......"
Not only SC Johnson, but even Xia Long and Xia Hu are looking forward to seeing the world's largest creature with their own eyes......
Hey!
The crowd took out their binoculars and dispersed, looking around for whales. Suddenly, Johnson saw a commotion on the water not far away, and streaks of silver light suddenly burst out?
The captain laughed: "That's a mambo, we call it a flying fish, they're basking in the sun!"
"Look over there, is there a black streak on the surface of the sea? That's the dorsal fin of the banana sailfish, or the elusive tofu shark......
After looking around, I was a little disappointed, there were a lot of small things, but the really big guy didn't appear, is it ......
"Come, come!"
Suddenly, Xia Hu at the stern of the boat shouted, and everyone hurriedly ran over and looked in the direction of his finger......
"Killer whales!"
"It's really killer whales!"
The captain took the binoculars and said excitedly: "Big guy, big guy at least eight or nine meters!"
Johnson stared at the telescope, and sure enough, he saw that the sea not far away was like boiling water, constantly churning, a huge black shadow moved slowly, and water columns appeared in mid-air from time to time, the scene was extremely shocking!
"Jump!"
Suddenly, the black shadow jumped up, and its huge body flew out of the sea, completely revealing itself in front of everyone. There was a loud bang, like a bomb, and countless splashes of water splashed, it was simply ......
"They live up to 100 years in the wild, are intelligent, emotionally rich in primates, have a powerful language system, and even speak in tongues, often taunting their unsuccessful prey in tone. ”
The captain looked at the dark shadow that was fading away, and sighed: "It should come out to hunt alone, there must be companions nearby, although they rarely attack humans, but let's not take risks!"
Johnson nodded, let out a long sigh, seeing each other is fate, just look at it, what's the use of keeping up?
Sign a group photo and send it to Moments?
"If you want to say that the most ferocious predators in the sea are even them, they can be called top killers!" On the way back, seeing that everyone was still unsatisfied, the captain smiled: "If the great white shark encounters a killer whale, there is only one way to die, and it is not a heavyweight at all." In particular, group animals have always been group fights and are not reasonable at all. ”
Everyone burst into laughter, and the captain continued: "These guys are very hooligans, basically rampant and domineering, anyone dares to provoke, anyone dares to bully, even if they can't bully the big ones, they will bully the small ones." ”
"The blue whale is not big? The killer whale can't be messed with, right? But people specialize in bullying the lone little blue whale, and I've seen that kind of scene with my own eyes......
"The only rival is the humpback whale, and if you really want to meet it, it's like Mars touching the earth. It's also strange to say, humpback whales are baleen whales, and they are usually very docile, but as long as they encounter killer whales, they immediately become ferocious, and the six relatives don't recognize them, and they must kill each other!"
"I've heard a lot of stories from the older generation that if killer whales are hunting, when they get their hands on it, humpback whales will suddenly come and rescue these animals that are being preyed on by killer whales. ”
"Anyway, they don't care if they can be saved, they don't care at all, anyway, they can't let their rivals be fed, as if they are full of hatred in their bones!"
There is a video circulating on the Internet that a group of killer whales is preying on a pair of gray whale mother and child, gray whales are relatively weak in combat and are far from being opponents of killer whales. When the mother and child are dying and struggling, they appear like a savior in a fairy tale.
A humpback whale heard the wind and immediately started a desperate struggle with the killer whale, but it was helpless and did not fight the killer whale. NOT CONVINCED, HE CALLED AND RECRUITED SEVERAL COMPANIONS TO WORK TOGETHER TO DRIVE THE KILLER WHALES AWAY, AND FINALLY SAVED THE GRAY WHALE MOTHER AND SON.
Then go away, do good deeds without leaving a name!