"What are these big guys going to do? Why did they suddenly come up? Shaq asked, surprised.

The ship's rotating propellers slowly slowed down, but the Melon Princess was still moving forward firmly, and the resistance of the sea was too small relative to the weight and inertia of the ship.

The sea monster asked loudly, "BOSS, do you want to open the hydraulic reverse drive?" ”

The ship has no brakes, but the propellers can be reversed, which is also a good way to slow down, but the owners can avoid using it as much as possible, which is very diesel intensive, especially for a giant ship like the Melon Princess.

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "Gradually turn off the propellers, don't be hit by the propellers, I don't think these guys are stupid enough to hit our ship from the front." ”

Shaq asked again, "I don't understand, why did they suddenly come up?" ”

"That's why there are so many cases of ships hurting whales." Winnie said as she held up her DSLR camera and began to take pictures, Arctic right whale pods are rare.

Qin Shiou shook his head and said: "No, the whales were hit by the boat, but it wasn't because they saw the boat and then felt curious to come up and watch, but they were injured by mistake, the reason why they were hit was because they underestimated the ship and didn't dodge it in time." ”

The ocean is very vast, but there are many ships, and there are many whales of all kinds, although the incident of accidentally injuring whales on ships sounds incredible, but the probability of collision between the two sides is not small, especially blue whales, which are often injured.

The cause of accidental injury of whales is similar to that of a bird hitting an airplane, why do birds crash into an airplane? Because the factor that they judge the danger is distance. When the plane is flying at high speed, the birds will feel that this guy is still far away from me when they first spot them. I don't care.

But the jets were too fast, and by the time they found out that this guy was not far from me. The next second, the two sides met!

Why don't whales hide from ships? Because they have few natural predators, plus they are large and not slow. Therefore, there is a lack of the idea of 'escape' in consciousness.

Take these blue whales as an example, they can reach a length of 30 meters, weigh more than 200 tons, and can swim at a steady speed of 20 kilometers per hour in the water, and can reach 50 kilometers per hour in a short time.

Blue whales also have good eyesight, they can detect ships in their way very early, but they have no concept of evasion. It is believed that the ship will change course when it finds them, even if the shark chooses to do so.

When the ship approached and they realized that the creatures at sea were bigger than themselves and needed to dodge, it was too late, because their habitual evasion action was not to swim away, but to choose to dive.

However, whales dive very slowly, averaging half a meter per second. In this way, the same accident happened as when the bird collided with the plane - it was very difficult for the ship to get out of the way.

Qin Shiou is a good teacher and told Winnie again, but Winnie didn't listen at all, and took pictures vigorously. Not even the stroller.

There was no way to do this, so Qin Daguan had to grab his daughter's stroller to take care of the little girl.

The little girl saw that everyone was looking out, and she tried to probe it. But I couldn't stand up, so I still couldn't see anything. I can only call my father Ma Ma in a hurry inside.

The ship is dangerous at sea, and it is not certain when a big wave will come and cause the ship to jolt. Therefore, instead of being absolutely safe, Qin Shiou did not allow the little girl to leave the stroller.

These Arctic right whales are large, measuring 15 to 18 meters in size as adults and up to 21 meters in age. They have a wide back, which is where they get their name, and if a group of right whales were to make waves around the Princess, the ship would still be affected, despite the fact that the ship was a giant.

Right whales are one of the overlords of the North Atlantic because they are big, and because their home is in the Arctic, these guys have a very thick layer of fat and are very tolerant of pain, and hitting a fishing boat from the side is like tickling it.

Fortunately, this whale has a very tame temperament and is a predatory animal, and will not actively attack large animals and plants, but this is enough for fishermen to be frightened.

After swimming to the side of the Melon Princess, the whales made a difficult maneuver by standing vertically in the water, exposing half of their heads to the surface.

One after another, several large whales showed their half-pulled heads, and then, their heads slowly spun up, and after a turn, two of them returned to the sea, and the rest no longer turned, but looked intently at the ship in front of them.

Amused by the right whales' silly movements, Winnie asked, "Hey, what is this doing?" Are they performing something? Hurry up, Shaq, go and haul out some herring segments in the cabin, I'm going to feed them. ”

Qin Shiou scared her and said: "Don't mess around, this is called floating peeping, it is a way for whales to observe their surroundings and opponents, just like lions hiding in the grass to watch food, in fact, they are just observing us to see if we can eat it!" ”

Winnie didn't manage the fishing grounds much and didn't know much about things on the sea, but after listening to Qin Shiou's words, she took it seriously, and subconsciously said, "Do whales still eat people?" ”

Shaq laughed, "No, the whales' food does not include above the surface, they only do this to make sure that the surface environment is safe, and then they can float up for breath." In addition, they sometimes stop by to see if there is anything new and interesting, and then return to their friends to share and convey it. ”

After saying that, he added: "Right whales are very intelligent, and they also make many kinds of calls. ”

Voyeurism is a means for whales to observe their environment, and many whales do, but the best at it is killer whales, the legendary orcas of the god of war of the sea. But killer whales are really looking for food, and they look at the islands to see if there are seals, sea lions, walruses and the like, and it's all delicious food.

Shaq beckoned, the crane started, and a large box of fish pieces was caught, which was prepared to be used as bait to catch king crabs and marine fish in the North Atlantic.

The crates were dumped at sea, and countless pieces of fish were scattered into the water, and the right whales sank into the water in fright, and after a while they appeared on the surface again, swimming slowly to scramble for the pieces.

The herring chunks from the fishery are the best bait for the best big fish, and they contain the energy of the god of the sea, which is very attractive to them.

The right whales estimated that they had never eaten such delicious food in their lives, and seven big fish surrounded them, and even the small whales were scrambling, opening their mouths and sucking water into their mouths.

After eating, a right whale suddenly poked its head out, first opened its mouth and let out a dull 'moo' sound, and then the head blowholes spewed out two torrents! (To be continued......)