Volume 2: Chapter 52 - Revenge of the Killer Whale
Greenpeace member states sign an order to protect the ecological balance of the ocean - marine bioscientist Mary and her assistant Mike travel to Innu, North America, on a spaceship
tribes inhabited by special people; From above β in the remote Inuit worker colonies, the news of the arrival of the narwhal has excited the hunters, who have picked up their guns and headed for the edge of the ice
Bring in. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoThe Inuit have been looking forward to this moment throughout the winter. Every man who waits on the ice wants to get his hands on this tusked killer whale, because one tusk sells for a thousand
What a dollar. In remote areas where job opportunities are scarce and the cost of living is high, this is undoubtedly a windfall. Hunters also want to get fresh fat and skin from the outermost layer of the whale's body, which is
A cherished traditional delicacy.
Like the Inuit, Mary and her boyfriend Mike are eagerly awaiting the return of these toothed killer whales, but unlike the Inuit, they just want to see the species exist
facts. Spend most of June camping on the ice in Admeralti Bay, waiting for the snowstorm to end and moving tents to escape the melting sea ice. When it ends
Hearing the short and long screams and whirring jets of these whale singers, the two of them climbed hand in hand on a large block of ice to cheer for their arrival. At first, one group consisted of eight or nine
A small detachment of heads drove over, followed by a huge team of hundreds. Because the news of their return has long been widely spread through the local network and television, the Inuit carry it in snowmobiles
Camping equipment and firepower rifles arrived one after another. They took a position along the edge of the ice and watched the sea, waiting for the narwhal to get close enough to the surface to shoot with their rifles, and then with their robotic hands
Throw the grappling hook over and drag the whale ashore. But like most things in the Arctic, hunting narwhals requires patience.
--Hunting Spree: A feast for the Inuit
The open water here is very wide, and whales stay out of reach. So, people lit portable stoves and started brewing hot tea, telling stories and jokes to each other. When the network TV came
A pod of narwhals was spotted in a newly formed polynya 30 kilometres to the west, and people were immediately relocated to a new location. They found that the cracks in the ice were very narrow, and this kind of opportunity was really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Meet. However, even with such a close distance, it is not easy to catch the whales while they are surfacing to breathe. From that afternoon fire began to be fired, and the gunfire continued through the hazy night
γ In 12 hours, 109 shots were fired, but the next morning, only nine dead narwhals were lying on the ice. Because she thinks there should be more than one whale that has been shot, Mary
So he asked the hunters about the situation. "I shot both heads, but I didn't get any of them." "I sank seven heads, but I didn't get any of them." This is not the first time I've heard of this kind of thing: a lot of narwhals
They were all hit, but very few were able to get ashore.
Killing a narwhalal killer whale and hauling it ashore on the edge of the ice is a huge challenge for even the strongest hunters, requiring near-perfect marksmanship and timing skills. hunt
The person must shoot the whale's spine or brain the moment the whale's lungs fill with air. If the timing of the shot is not right, the whale will sink. If the whale is injured, it will swim away, possibly soon
A whimper, but many of the narwhals apparently saved their lives. Even if they can hit a whale with a single shot, they often drift out of reach of their grappling hooks. One hunter said that the bottom of the sea sank without knowing it
How many whale teeth, those who engage in salvage will be able to make a fortune.
Narwhals and other marine mammals were mainstays of life for the Inuit until the mid-20th century. They used the meat and fat of this tusked whale as food, whale oil
Fuel, from needles and threads, all kinds of tools to tent poles, sleigh skateboards - everything in life is taken from whales. Hunters will only hunt whales when they need them, and they will be full of prey
Exploit. But as more and more Inuit abandon their generational semi-nomadic lifestyle and settle in towns, the tusks of narwhals become coveted cash cows. Whaling volume
The increase has also raised concerns about the long-term survival of the speciesγγγγγγ