Chapter 140] East China Sea Whale Song
As we all know, the sea monster is a kind of sea death that is heard by fishermen and sailors, and there are various terrifying legends around the world.
But with the rapid development of science, people's understanding of the ocean is no longer as shallow as that of the ancients. Especially in the offshore area, the absurd legend of the sea monster is gradually disappearing.
The maximum speed of the Costia cruise ship is 20 knots, and after a day and a night of sailing, even the East China Sea has not gone out.
Foreign girls are not as reserved as Chinese girls, Orinoah took Lu Zheng's hand and said with great interest: "Jack, it's true." I saw a lot of people go to the front deck, there are sea monsters, and the ship has ordered to slow down so that everyone can admire the sea monsters. By the way, I heard that there is a lot of blood. ”
"Blood?" Lu Zheng frowned, realizing that something might be unusual. He is now Jack, and his enlightenment is useless, so he might as well go and see the legendary 'sea monster'.
After Lu Zheng and Ori Noah left side by side, Lin Xinmiao looked back at his back and was silent in thought. That nonsense of his ringing in his ears.
"No matter what choice is made, the sun still rises. ”
Now that my mother's business is in trouble, she is also very worried as a daughter, and she is unable to face the huge financial gap. Zhou Yuanhang's Yuanfan Group, with abundant funds and a lot of business dealings with his mother's company, is the easiest ally to win.
But the price is also obvious, that is, the marriage of the two families.
Modern people may disagree with the so-called marriage and think that it is a remnant of ancient feudalism. But in the upper echelons of society, this is a simple and easy way to work. Since modern times. In order to gather favorable resources, whether it is a business marriage or a political marriage, it is very common.
The reason is very simple, the more powerful people are, the more important they value power, and they will put interests first. Personal feelings can only take a back seat.
Shang Yun Xiuli is the hard work of Lin Mu's struggle for ten years, from a factory worker to a director of the company, I don't know how much suffering she has suffered, how many grievances she has suffered, and losing Shang Yun Xiuli is even more cruel than killing her.
Money!
It takes a lot of money!
Lin Xinmiao sighed helplessly. Looking at the rising red sun in the distance. Whether you choose Zhou Yuanhang, Lu Zheng, or someone else, life goes on, and the future is still unpredictable.
Because of the sea monster incident. The bow deck was crowded with tourists, shouting and holding various mobile phone DVDs to shoot at the sea.
"Look, look, a lot of blood. ”
"Tail, I see the tail, it's so big!"
"What the hell is it?"
About 30 meters away from the left side of the ship, a red blood foam continued to rise and fall with the waves. Beneath the surface of the water, a purple-black shadow about 20 meters long appears and disappears, and blood-colored splashes continue to appear on the surface of the sea. Accompanied by gurgling bubbles.
The speed of swimming is slow, and the cruise ship deliberately slows down and maintains consistency so that tourists can watch.
Orinoah took Lu Zheng's hand, squeezed in from the crowd nimbly, and shouted, "Look." Jack, guess what's that?"
Lu Zheng's expression instantly became solemn. Others may not see it very clearly, but his eyes see it clearly. Under the blood-colored water, the purple-black shadow was writhing in pain, and the blood-colored splash was made by its tail fin, and if I was not mistaken, it was a huge whale.
And it was very badly wounded, a gray noose stirring the water as he writhed.
Burst......
There was a loud bang.
A purple-black spine about ten meters long jumped out of the water, and the breathing hole on the back spewed out a column of fog four or five meters high, and the huge head was like a small car.
The fog lasted for about ten seconds before sinking back into the sea.
There was an exclamation on deck.
"Whale, that's a whale!"
"What a big whale!"
Lu Zheng cast a secret technique, quickly integrated his spiritual sense into the seawater, and extended towards the whale. Through the sense of spiritual power, he could feel that the whale's huge life force was passing, and its heart was full of despair, helplessness and sadness.
"Woo......"
A low chirp sounded, like the last cry before death, full of pain and pathos, Lu Zheng, who felt it, felt a sour heart for no reason, and sadness welled up in his heart.
Whales, as giant beasts in the sea, far surpass other fish in terms of size, intelligence and feelings, and even sharks of similar size cannot compete with them.
Recent scientific research has found that dolphins and cetaceans are the second self-aware creatures in the world after humans. They have their own emotional and cognitive memories, can recognize each other, communicate with whale songs (whale songs or whale songs), are good at echolocation, can teach cooperative planning and mourning, and have a docile personality to help shipwrecked ships out of danger.
Some marine biologists have even publicly called for whales to be quintessentially socially driven, extremely similar to humans, and that catching whales is tantamount to murder.
"Dad, Dad, this must be a whale! I've seen it in the atlas. ”
The child who asked for Lu Zheng's autograph when watching the sunrise was held in his father's arms, and his face was full of excitement and pointed to the sea in the distance.
With a bitter smile on his face, his father nodded, "Son, that's a fin whale." ”
"Dad, what's wrong with it, is it dying?" the little boy's innocent eyes were full of anxiety and concern.
His father sighed, his eyes were a little unbearable, and he reluctantly smiled: "No, son, the whale is the smartest and most powerful animal in the sea, and it will definitely live strongly." ”
"But, Daddy, it bleeds a lot. ”
His father was silent for a while.
The moment the whale jumped out of the water, he clearly saw a sharp speargun on the fish's neck. This is a speargun fired from a whaling cannon that can directly injure the whale's respiratory system and eventually lead to a tragic death.
As a father, he is unwilling to tell cruel truths in front of innocent children.
Lu Zheng glanced at the middle-aged man in surprise, and the middle-aged man looked at him. With a wry smile on his face, he said politely, "Hello, Mr. Jack, we meet again." ”
"Hello. ”
"Uncle, uncle. Can you save that big whale? Let it stop bleeding. ”
"Me?"
"Yes, because you're a magician, a great magician. Please, save it. ”
"No problem!" Lu Zheng nodded solemnly, and then asked his father sincerely, "Is this a fin whale? As far as I know, the fin whale is the second largest cetacean in existence, after the blue whale." ”
"If I'm not mistaken. This is indeed an adult fin whale. The child's father wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and pointed at himself politely: "Luo Haipeng, this is my son Luo Yangyang, I used to work in the Institute of Aquatic Biology, and followed the expedition team for five years to conduct cetacean expeditions. ”
Although Lu Zheng is a dragon monarch. But knowledge can't be grasped out of thin air, the knowledge of marine life he knows is actually equivalent to a little fur on Du Niang, and when he meets a real expert, he will inevitably laugh and be generous.
Luo Haipeng looked at his son and said with a smile: "My son is influenced by me, and he yearns for the sea very much. That's why I took him out to see the ocean this time. ”
"Dad, Dad. Luo Yangyang said with a look of longing: "Can you tell me the story of the fin whale?"
Lu Zheng nodded and said, "I'm also interested." ”
"Absolutely. Luo Haipeng pondered for a moment, organized his words, and said, "Actually, Mr. Jack said just now. Fin whales are the second largest cetaceans and are not strictly ......"
In fact, fin whales are technically the fourth largest cetacean. In addition to the blue whale, there are two species of right whale that are slightly larger than it.
The fin whale has a grayish-black back and sides, a completely white belly, and white scars on its body, and the left and right body colors are not strictly symmetrical. Adult fin whales are around 20 meters long, with the largest reaching 25 meters.
The range of divisions is wide. Available in all oceans. In China, the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea are its main habitat waters. From 1950 onwards. Fin whale stranding and whale hunting have occurred in various sea areas.
Fin whales are migratory creatures that appear in the Yellow Sea of the East China Sea from July to October every year. It's summer. It is also the easiest to spot fin whales in the East China Sea.
Fin whales are second only to sperm whales in economic value and are versatile and valuable. However, in recent years, the waters of China have become very rare.
The reason is that during the invasion of China by Dongying, several whaling bases were set up in the northeast coast, southeast coast and treasure island area, and the main whale species was fin whales, and a small number were big-fin whales (humpback whales), which were hunted and killed by cruel whaling cannons, resulting in a sharp decline in cetaceans in Chinese waters.
In the North Pacific, the fin whale's biggest enemy is the whaling ship. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the whaling ships of Dongying have been extremely rampant, killing cetaceans on a large scale, resulting in a serious decline in cetacean resources.
In 1980, the World Cetacean Commission issued a ban on the endangerment of cetaceans to the world.
In the Antarctic waters, where cetaceans are most active, there are large whaling ships in the name of scientific research all year round.
In the North Pacific, there are whaling fishing companies that are secretly backed by the government.
The wounded fin whale, thinking on his hind heels, knew that it had been hunted by a whaling ship, and although it escaped by chance, it was not long in life.
There are only two whaling ships operating secretly in this sea area, and they are also the places where the Costa passes through this time, Dongying and Hanguo!
Because of the huge value of cetaceans, these two countries have shamelessly hunted and killed, so that in the pan-Chinese seas, there have been fewer and fewer whales in recent years, almost to the point of extinction.
China had a brief history of whaling, but after joining the International Cetacean Commission in 1980, the whaling bases were abolished, and the killing of whales was strictly prohibited.
Fin whales are herd cetaceans, adult whales, newborn calves and female whales form a mixed group of habitats, and the lone fin whale in front of you is obviously because of injury and fell behind with the whale group.
If nothing else, it can only wait for death, no matter how powerful and intelligent it is, it will not be able to defeat human greed.
"Woo......"
A long whale song sounded again, and its struggle became smaller and smaller, and it began to step into the door of death, with endless sorrow.
It's not just bleeding, it's shedding tears. (To be continued)