Chapter 707: Suicide
Wei Hang communicated with this sperm whale through Haizhu, but came up with a different answer, which shocked him in his heart.
A whale committed suicide?
Many people may feel ridiculous when they hear it, isn't suicide an act of human beings? A fish can kill itself? Is it a bit of nonsense?
Wei Hang couldn't help but say to Professor Yu: "Professor, is this sperm whale committing suicide? I heard that whales seem to have this kind of behavior." And, when you look at its eyes, it gives me the feeling of despair. ”
When everyone around them heard this, they all looked at the whale's huge eyes.
Sure enough, I found that the whale's eyes were scattered, revealing a loveless look. Everyone felt incredible, this is a fish, not a person.
Doesn't it mean that you can't become a good person after the founding of the country?
Seeing the gaze of this sperm whale and this kind of behavior, everyone couldn't help but think to themselves, this is a sperm whale that has become a sperm. It's a pity, I don't know what the stimulus was, I actually committed suicide and ran aground on the beach.
"It's a strange thing in the world. Someone spoke.
Onlookers took pictures one after another, uploaded them to their own space, and marked them with the title: Whale that committed suicide!
Professor Yu shook his head and told everyone: "It's not a strange thing in the world, whales have such a behavior." Even mass suicide, trapped in the shallows for some reason, and stranded whales are prone to death due to severe dehydration, being pressed by their own body weight, or the tide occluding the stomata. ”
However, in fact, there are two different theories about the cause of "suicide", natural and man-made, and there is no conclusion at present. Attempts to rescue whales stranded on beaches have been unsuccessful.
As we all know, whales are mammals that live in the ocean, are the largest of the mammals that exist in the world, and do not belong to fish. The ancestors of whales, like the ancestors of cattle and sheep, lived on land, and later the environment changed, and the ancestors of whales lived in shallow seas close to land.
After a long, long time, their forelimbs and tail gradually became fins, and their hind limbs completely degenerated, and their whole body became the shape of a fish, adapting to life in the ocean.
"Since ancient times, humans have noticed a strange phenomenon, often whales, alone or in groups, venture to the seashore, and then there desperately slap their tails on the surface of the water while letting out a desperate howl, and finally run aground and die at low tide. Professor Yu explained.
However, this is the first time he has seen whale suicide.
If it weren't for Wei Hang's reminder, he wouldn't have thought about it. Now it seems that nine times out of ten it is the whale's suicide, he frowned, thinking for answers.
At this time, the stranded whale began to scream, and for a while everyone did not know what to do.
"Fill it with water first, splash it on the whale, and then find a way to transfer it back to the sea and then observe the situation. Professor Yu commanded.
With the guidance of experts, everyone has the backbone and begins to act. A whale committed suicide, and they all felt sad. Especially when I heard the screams, it was really sad to hear it.
Some people speculated, "Is its child dead?"
It's not that it's not impossible, dolphins have this kind of behavior. They are highly intelligent sea creatures, and there have been news reports of a dolphin constantly swimming in the sea with a dead baby dolphin on its head, and whining as it goes. In the end, exhausted to death in the sea.
As sea beasts, whales also have extraordinary intelligence and even have certain self-feelings. It's just that compared to humans, it's not that complicated and not so rich.
"A few decades ago, in the Bay of Osfjord, Canada, more than 100 giant whales suddenly washed up on a narrow stretch of sand. The fishermen turned on the taps and tried to drive the whales back into the sea, but to no avail. As a result, as many as 135 whales died by suicide. A biological research expert at the scene said.
There are different theories about the reasons for the whales' suicides, and there is no actual basis for them.
Some researchers have even suggested that this is an atavistic phenomenon, which is more nonsense.
They believe that whales evolved from terrestrial ancestors, and that their ancestors must have had many intermediate types, i.e., amphibious life, during their long history of evolution from terrestrial to fully aquatic. When they encounter unfavorable conditions in the water, they flee to land to find a safe place to avoid risks, and over time they become a habit of whales.
Therefore, a hypothesis has been put forward that the stranding of whales was caused by following the path established by their ancestors.
Some people deduce that the whale itself is sick, and think that the reason why the whale is off the water is mainly because it is sick, weak, unable to control the wind and waves, and is pushed to the shore by the sea water with the current, or deliberately climbs to the shore to seek respite. Because here it doesn't have to struggle to surface with every gasp.
Whale suicide is much more complex than a single suicide, and involves physiological and animal psychological factors, and physical causes are only the initial part of the tragedy. Specifically, the whale's instinct to protect its own kind is the main cause of the so-called "suicide" phenomenon.
It is said that this instinct to protect one's own kind is a manifestation of nature's concern for the survival of the entire whale race, rather than for the safety of a single sea animal. As soon as they receive a signal, they can rush to the aid as if a soldier had received an order.
In this case, the cetacean's instinct to save its own kind greatly overwhelmed its instinct to protect itself, so it completely put its own safety at risk, and rushed forward bravely towards the place where the signal was given.
Whenever a whale is in a desperate situation due to interference with the echo position, it sends a distress signal, and the other whales are instinctively driven to come to the rescue, but in fact swim to their own graveyard, so that they themselves are also trapped in the same predicament that the victim has been trapped in.
However, in front of him, what is the reason for the suicide of a single whale?
Weihang passed through Haizhu and had a simple communication with the sperm whale before getting the answer. As the tourist had guessed, its "race" was hunted down by humans, and its children and "family" were all dead.
He used Haizhu to appease the desperate whale and stabilize the whale's mood by inputting a large amount of aura.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "Look, this whale is wounded." ”
Everyone hurried over, only to find that the whale's abdomen was pierced with a **, and a terrifying wound appeared in everyone's eyes.
"Fuck! Who hunts whales?" a biological research expert scolded on the spot.
Professor Yu observed the wound for a while, and asked people to bring tools over, and he found that there was something in the wound.
When they took out the foreign object from the wound, it turned out to be the head of an iron fork, which was broken inside.
"Japanese again?"
Professor Yu said angrily, the piece of iron has Japanese.
The tourists present were in an uproar and uploaded their spaces one after another. A large wave of netizens who condemned Japan were unceremoniously and directly scolded the Japanese out of Xiang.