Volume 2 Chapter 187 The Whale
As the days passed, most of the rest of the time was spent in the fields of crops, except for the last kilometre or two of roads that had been repaired.
Until one day in June, a month after the octopus was caught, the ordinary life changed a little because of an accident, but it was a good thing.
When I was patrolling the island on my bicycle, I suddenly heard a strange movement on the beach, a loud sound of water crashing on the earth, which could be heard hundreds of meters away.
Unlike the sound of the waves crashing in the water, its sound caught my attention the moment it entered my ears, and even the speed of riding a bicycle involuntarily increased a little, in order to figure out what exactly the sound is, after all, living at sea always faces a lot of unexpected situations!
If you encounter a new threat or a ship, you have to respond to it in the shortest possible time.
The continuous cycling made people tired, but they didn't care about anything else, and went straight forward for two or three hundred meters, and only stopped to observe the situation on the beach when they were very close to the source of the sound.
But when I saw something on the beach through the cracks in the trees, I almost dropped my jaw from it!
A black question mark face is exactly what I look like at this time, what do I see?! I actually saw a huge whale......
Recently, I seem to have a lot of love with all kinds of huge fish, and I only caught a giant octopus last month, but I didn't expect to encounter a whale a month later.
I often fantasize about sharks and whales stranded on the beach, but that's just a fantasy, even if I encounter two or three shark strandings, I never have the luxury of encountering a whale stranding day!
Stranding a whale on the beach was a bit unexpected, but after reacting to it, the interest in it was also very strong.
It's a shame to say, even if I've lived at sea for eight or nine years, I've never seen a whale up close, and even though I saw it from afar when I first rescued dolphins, I couldn't see it clearly from a distance.
A three-meter-long shark and a four-meter-long crocodile have all seen and touched it, and they are not very shocking, but the whale is even more shocking, and this whale is not small from a distance.
Wandering around the island on a bicycle with few tools or weapons, I went home first, even if I wanted to rush up to see the whales as fast as I could.
The purpose is, of course, to bring some tools and weapons such as spears, after all, having a weapon in hand when facing any kind of large animal can always improve some sense of security.
Stranded whales were an exception.
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The feeling of walking on the beach is different from looking at it from a distance, and the closer you get closer, the more exciting it becomes.
It's hard to calm down at the thought of being able to deal with whales up close, and it's even more unimaginable to keep this whale here!
I kept thinking about the whale until I was only about ten meters away from it and stopped and began to look at the behemoth.
I don't need any memories, it's definitely the first place of all the animals I've come into contact with, it's a killer whale that reaches six or seven meters in length.
There are many species of whales, but killer whales are very recognizable, most of them are black, and about a third of them are white, not to mention its unique paint is quite beautiful.
Don't think that whales are all kind species, although most of them are indeed good, killer whales are definitely not among them, and there are always a few-stirring sticks in every major species!
Killer whales, also known as killer whales, are veritable overlords of the sea, there is no one, only it chases and kills others, there are absolutely no marine creatures that threaten it, and the ferocious shark is just its lunch.
Its status is somewhat similar to that of the Tyrannosaurus rex in ancient times, and no animal other than humans can pose a threat to it, after all, humans are invincible beings at present.
You can also see how terrifying its existence at the top of the food chain is, and how desperate it is to meet it in the sea!
The whale population is more similar to the shark population, very large, and the body shape is also very different, the largest blue whale can reach thirty or fifty meters in length and weigh more than 100 tons, which is much larger than the largest killer whale of only about ten meters.
However, blue whales have a wide heart and a fat body, and they are the type with a docile personality, and usually do not hunt other large animals.
Killer whales are notorious and professional killers in the ocean, so it makes sense to arrange for them to run aground on the beach, after all, there is some guilt in killing other whales.
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There are many reasons to run aground on a beach, but there are just a few of them, the biggest of which is that they are stranded while chasing dolphins or other creatures.
It's a pity that it's not as smart as the killer whales when it last encountered dolphins, and it knows the truth of poor Kou Mo chasing, and it not only lets its prey run away, but also successfully puts itself in a desperate situation.
That's right, it's really a desperate ......, even if I don't find it, it can't go back to the sea, and even if I have the heart to save it at this time, I can only say that I can't do anything.
Its size determines the course of events, and a killer whale that is six or seven meters long weighs at least three or five tons.
The weight of tons is far from something that I can shake alone, even if there are ten or twenty people who can't do anything about it, not to mention that I don't plan to save it, I just want to get it.
The whale must have been stranded for a while, and it was still active when I first saw it, and when I got home and came back, the frequency of the tail wagging dropped dramatically, and it was not very active at this point.
In the current situation, the whale will be completely dead in another hour at most, and then, hehehehe...... the whole whale will be mine.
If I could get a glimpse of ambergris, I should wake up, ambergris is the exclusive product of sperm whales, and no other whales have any.
Although there is some schadenfreude over the whale's death, it is true, and I don't have to show hypocrisy!
However, without ambergris, there are still many other values of whales, and the most noteworthy thing is whale oil, don't underestimate this kind of oil, its ability should not be underestimated.
In modern times, most of the targets of whale hunting were for whale oil, and in ancient times, it should be similar, which also shows its importance, followed by whale meat and other ancillary products.
In short, I am very happy to get a whale that is six or seven meters long, especially to be found while it is still alive!
According to the previous urine properties, most of the time when they are found, only a foul-smelling pile of rotten flesh or a pile of white bones remains, and not only will they not get anything, but they will also gain a lot of regret and anger points!
Anyone who sees a big fish stranded on the beach rotting because they missed it will regret it.
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Maybe it was because the days before I went to the island were too sad, but in the past two years, God has finally begun to raise my noble hand, and it has also made me very good in all aspects.
Not only was it developing normally, but there were very few severe typhoons, and even all the fish found could have been spotted when they were first stranded, and if any one of them had been found five or six years ago, life would have been much better.
Of course, imagination is one thing, reality is another, and it's not bad to encounter them now, at least you can deal with them more calmly!
I have more free time to process the fish slowly, at least until the fish on the beach rots, and there is a cellar to keep more fresh fish.
These conditions were not available a few years ago, and even if you could dry more dried fish, you will definitely lose more because there are not enough containers to preserve.
Now that I think about it, it's not necessarily a bad thing to come later, and I'd rather choose the former with the icing on the cake and the tyrannical thing......
Outwardly, killer whales, like other whales, have a harmless appearance, like a dolphin magnified many times.
It doesn't look like a shark at all, with fangs all over it, and when he dies, he thinks about eating me!
The whale is more anthropomorphic, especially when I see the desire for life expressed in its eyes, watching it stranded and approaching death step by step, and I can't bear it inexplicably.
Although I have always been ruthless, I am actually very kind at heart, especially in this situation, and I have not been hurt by killer whales, but there is no hatred.
It's a pity, but the reality is that there is really no way to make it return to the sea, after all, people's abilities are limited, and at this time, they really have more than enough but not enough power. If it is only 500 catties, I can barely do it, but it has more than 5,000 catties, or even 10,000 catties......
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Out of intolerance, I didn't take action against it immediately, but chose to accompany it, so that it would not be lonely in the last moments of Yusheng, and use a belt
Bucket of water to pour some seawater on it to prolong the time and let it see this beautiful world for a little longer!
No matter how hard I tried to keep it alive, the whale would have died of lack of water in an hour or two, and if it had died before I found it, I would have been glad to have had one.
At this time, I was not happy, and its death inexplicably made my mood worse.
Human thoughts are indeed too complicated, and feelings are also an elusive thing, and I didn't expect to have a little affection for a whale in these hours or two.
It's just a pity that nothing has changed in the results, and my role is just to let it watch the world for half an extra hour!
What should have been a simple thing turned out to be very contradictory, but fortunately it was finally over.
It's hard to describe the psychology now, there are regrets and losses, but the most important thing is excitement, and I don't know why my mental activities are so complicated.
The whale died, and the temperature at the beginning of June was not too low, so I only had two days left at most, and the fish would start to smell in about two days, and when the smell was generated, it would basically stop.
In these two days, it belongs to taking as much as you can, and after two days there is no value in coming back, and after four or five days, not only can you not take anything, but even the beach within two or three hundred meters near the whale does not dare to approach.
At that time, it was as if a poison gas bomb had exploded nearby, and it was completely off-limit!