My Deep-sea Fishery

When everyone heard the words, they all looked at the humpback whales.

Sure enough, those humpback whales that were playing in the water before were all looking at the rear of the fishing boat in unison at the moment. Among them, the most irritable big head even started to slap the sea surface with its huge whale tail, setting off huge waves. spray.

After a while, the humpback whales seemed to have finally determined that there were killer whales over there, and all of them rushed in that direction like super-sized torpedoes.

Xiang Yang squinted his eyes and looked at the killer whales behind the blue whale.

Killer whales are extremely intelligent. If there is no accident, after seeing these four adult humpback whales, the group of killer whales should have escaped.

But Xiang Yang guessed wrong.

The group of killer whales did not escape, and even one by one no longer hid their bodies in the water, swimming faster.

Soon, the group of killer whales caught up with the blue whale, and the battle was imminent.

"Huh."

Xiang Yang suddenly exclaimed, "What's the matter, the group of killer whales didn't attack the blue whale, they bypassed the blue whale and continued on?"

"Could it be that their target is this group of humpback whales?"

Xiang Yang looked at the group of killer whales with some disbelief.

I saw that when the group of killer whales passed the blue whale, they suddenly separated to the two sides, three on the left and four on the right. It seemed that they surrounded the blue whale from both sides, but soon, the eight whales became They seemed to be advancing in unison, but the seven killer whales didn't even have the slightest intention to attack the blue whale, but continued to swim forward at an accelerated speed.

Soon, the position of the seven killer whales swam to the front of the blue whale.

The blue whale flicked its huge tail, and with its head bigger than a locomotive, it slammed into the largest killer whale in the group, but the killer whale deftly avoided it.

Xiang Yang frowned, and looked towards the sea behind him. There, there was only a humpback whale the size of a calf floating on the water, at a loss.

"not good."

Xiang Yang realized in an instant, "The target of the group of killer whales is not the blue whale, nor the four adult humpback whales, but the humpback whale calf in front of our fishing boat."

A long time ago, Xiang Yang read a research report.

The research report wrote: Killer whales and humpback whales are a pair of immortal enemies. Whenever adult humpback whales are at sea and encounter killer whales attacking other marine life, humpback whales will travel thousands of miles away. Go chase the killer whales.

And when killer whales encounter humpback whale cubs, they will risk being killed and attack humpback whale cubs at all costs.

Xiang Yang stared at the group of orcas. Now this group of orcas, which are covered in black and white and look like dolphins, don’t they just look at death like home?

"It seems that today's fierce battle is inevitable. Four adult humpback whales are facing seven adult orcas. Humpback whale cubs." Xiang Yang was not the only one on board who had read the research report, and a crew member whispered beside Xiang Yang.

Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, "It's really hard to say, if it's a head-on fight, then seven killer whales are not enough to fight two humpback whales, they are definitely not the opponents of these four adult humpback whales, but the killer whales These creatures are so smart that they might use some of their strength to entangle these humpback whales, and the rest to kill the humpback whale calf."

The battle between killer whales and humpback whales can almost be regarded as the most magnificent natural duel on this planet.

This is not the first time Xiang Yang has seen such a terrifying fight.

The last time, it was Datou and Ertou who fought a battle royale with a group of killer whales after saving a baleen whale.

At that time, the sea was rough, and a group of killer whales swam around the two humpback whales. They were huge and agile, and each was about 8 meters long. Two humpback whales are being bitten by the upper and lower jaws.

And those two humpback whales were even more terrifying, several times they forcibly knocked out the killer whale weighing more than five tons from the sea.

That kind of life-and-death contest shocked Xiang Yang even when he recalled it.

Xiang Yang took out his mobile phone, ready to take a picture of what happened next.

On the one hand, the reasons why killer whales hunt and kill humpback whales, and the frequency of attacking humpback whales, are not widely known until today. Xiang Yang wants to take pictures of this precious information.

On the other hand, biologists and scientists don't know how humpbacks generally respond to orca attacks.

Scientists first documented an orca attacking and killing a humpback calf on December 5, 2014.

At that time, the scientists published the research results in the journal "Marine Mammal Science", which aroused widespread attention from marine enthusiasts all over the world.

In that magazine, the slain juvenile wasn't a passive victim; it fought back from the start, even calling in adult humpbacks to help fight off the killer whales.

"Brother Yang, it's already this time, why are you still in the mood to take pictures." Seeing that Xiang Yang didn't help, Fang Youqun took out his mobile phone to take pictures instead, he couldn't help but said anxiously.

Xiang Yang shrugged his shoulders and asked back: "How do you want me to help? Drive the boat over and hit the group of killer whales, or get the humpback whale cub onto the boat?"

The first way is definitely not even thinking about it.

Given the rarity of killer whales, as long as Xiang Yang dared to sail into them with a boat, it would be a good thing if he didn't get killed.

As for the second method, it is even more unrealistic.

Right now, both the group of humpback whales and the group of killer whales are almost in a state of madness.

If Xiang Yang dares to intervene at this time, he should directly target the humpback whale cub, and the result may be that the humpback whale and killer whale attack Xiang Yang together.

Fang Youqun scratched his head, "I don't know how to help, but we can't just watch like this, can we?"

"Okay, don't worry about it."

Xiang Yang shook his head, "This humpback whale cub is not alone. There is a high probability that this group of killer whales will not be able to kill this humpback whale cub."

Xiang Yang explained: "The group of humpback whales is a very strange race. Not only do they have the habit of chasing orcas when they encounter them, they also have the habit of protecting their cubs."

"Guarding cubs? Isn't this the habit of all animals? What kind of habit is this?" Fang Youqun asked puzzled.

"The guard cub I'm talking about is not the guard cub you think." Xiang Yang shook his head.

"The meaning of the humpback whale guarding the cubs is that as long as an adult humpback whale encounters a humpback whale cub and is in danger, all the humpback whales in the surrounding sea area will go up to help." Xiang Yang said.