Chapter 70: The Whales

"But we don't have fishing nets......" Hong Tao did not act immediately, and another scene came to his mind, which he had also seen at sea, but it was different from what Ah Zhu said.

It is difficult for seabirds to catch schools of fish on their own, because any school of fish will not be active on the surface of the water for a long time, except for the season when flying fish spawn, otherwise they are swimming more than ten meters or dozens of meters underwater. If seabirds gather on the surface of the sea, it means that something is rounding up the fish, and the fish are driven to the surface by something else, and then the seabirds have a chance to rush down to catch the fish to eat.

What is this thing underwater? There is only one possibility, and that is marine mammals, sea lions, fur seals, seals, penguins, dolphins, whales. These animals are different from fish, they have a slightly higher IQ, they know how to work together, and they will organize and cooperate to drive the fish from the bottom of the sea to the surface, so that the fish will lose half of their escape direction, and they will be able to eat more deliciously.

In this part of the South China Sea, sea lions, fur seals, seals, and penguins are extremely unlikely, and Hong Tao has never heard of them, so the most likely fish to round up underwater are dolphins and whales. Their method of rounding up is also very peculiar, that is, they spit out air bubbles under the school, layer after layer, like a large net, covering the front, back, left and right of the fish, so that the fish can only swim upstream.

"Carl, hoist the sails, let's go over and take a look, don't get too close, one or two hundred meters is fine." Although Hong Tao did not have fishing nets and could not take advantage of the fire to rob the fish, he suddenly had another idea. If it were them, the hero of the Tanka family this time would have to be themselves, and compared to sharks, they are more docile, have higher economic value, and are more suitable for the Tanka family to catch.

As the sailboat got closer and closer to the sea where seabirds gathered, Hong Tao's heart involuntarily popped and jumped. Although they didn't appear on the surface of the sea, Hong Tao could already see the mist they spewed! Whale! Gam! It is a school of whales that round up the fish!

"Hahahaha...... Ah Zhu, we are rich, watch my brother kill a big fish for you, Jiao Shark is a fart! When he was sure that he had his own target in the sea, Hong Tao slapped the railing heavily, and kissed her on the cheek while Ah Zhu was not paying attention.

"Ahh It's a whale! It's a whale! Don't, can't go, I won't let you go! "The group of whales under the water seemed to hear the words of the waves, and suddenly a whale jumped out of the sea, and then fell back again, setting off white waves and being blown by the sea breeze, like a veil. Ah Zhu didn't dodge this time, nor was he shy, but hugged Hong Tao's arm to prevent him from moving.

"Oh, you know whales? Why don't you let me go? "Hong Tao's knowledge of marine life cannot be said to be professional, but it is not a lot. The whale jumping out of the water is not to have fun, let alone to show anything, it is to call out to a distant companion. This means that the whales have not finished their work of driving the fish up, and they are not well manned. Since they haven't eaten the delicious food yet, they will definitely not leave, so Hong Tao is not in a hurry, and takes Bo Zhu's hand and leans on the side of the boat, intending to listen to Bo Zhu's reason.

"My grandfather's grandfather was bitten by a whale and smashed the wooden boat, my grandfather saw it with his own eyes, they are too big, like a hill, you can't beat them!" Ah Zhu has already begun to shed tears, if the shark is a hungry wolf that the Tan family fears and does not dare to take the initiative to provoke, then the whale is a tiger that can make them retreat. The three or five meters long, slow-moving small wooden boat of the Tan family, not to mention being attacked by whales, even if it rubbed a little edge, it had to be overturned on the back of the boat. With this low level of productivity, whales are really not prey to be killed casually.

"Oh, it should be a killer whale or a sperm whale, your grandfather's grandfather has provoked a whale that shouldn't be provoked. It's okay for us to meet these things, they have no teeth, they are all toothless old ladies, hehehe......" Hong Tao understood where Ah Zhu's worries came from, her grandfather encountered a toothed whale, or a more aggressive toothed whale, what kind of Hong Tao couldn't tell. In later generations, due to changes in the marine environment and overfishing, the number of whales off the coast of China was not abundant, and if there were, most of them were small whales like pilot whales, and really large whales were rarely frequented.

"Old lady? You lie! The whales in the sea probably heard Hong Tao slandering them again, and they were very dissatisfied, so they jumped out of the water again, and this time not only Hong Tao saw clearly, but even Ah Zhu saw it clearly. It's huge, bigger than this 20-foot sailboat!

"It's true, I never lied to you! They don't have teeth in their mouths, but there's something more precious than teeth waiting for us. Obedient, how did your grandfather tell you when he came? I didn't want you to listen to me, if you don't obey, I won't take you out next time! Go, help Carl at the helm, lower the half-sail, get a little closer. Carl and I went out on the windsurfing board to catch them, and once the harpoon was hit, you chased after the bamboo tube. Sometimes it sinks for a while, and it's okay, you just follow the path it took before it sank, and after a while it will float up. "It is difficult to explain something to a woman that they do not understand or are not happy with, and at this time, it is not only necessary to explain, but also to scare them, so as to temporarily frighten them.

"Carl, those whales are your ticket home, whether you can return to your hometown early depends on whether you dare to go with me to catch them, they may die, do you dare?" Fooling Bo Zhu is one set of words, and Carl said another set, he has the right to choose not to risk his life, although Hong Tao determined that it was a group of baleen whales, much like humpback whales, but baleen whales were not given for nothing, that big tail only needed a moment, and whoever was photographed basically confessed, and it was not saved.

"I'm with you...... God will bless me...... Bless us both! "Karl has a lot of courage, this knight is really not in vain.

"Pull it down, your god isn't so generous, on the contrary, it's very stingy. Bless you may, I'm a heretic, and he'd love to kill me! Sun thief! Master, I'm going to die again, you have the ability to kill me! After teasing Carl, Hong Tao suddenly remembered the guy who was talking to him in his dream, so he shouted at the sky in English, and stretched out a middle finger by the way. He is doing well in the Great Song Dynasty, but if possible, he still wants to go back to modern times, he is not at ease with so many children, and he wants to watch them grow up with his own eyes.

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