Galactic Garbage Station

Chapter 109: sperm whale

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The killer whale took Su Jing and swam rapidly for more than an hour before stopping.

Su Jing didn't know how far away she was from the shore. She couldn't see the shore when she looked back. In the vast sea, she felt very small and helpless. If she didn't have a killer whale as a companion, she would definitely feel panicked here alone.

"Xiaohu, are you nearby?" Su Jing asked.

"Yes." The killer whale called.

"But there are no sperm whales here, and there is no ambergris." Su Jing said, directing the killer whale to continue swimming forward, circling a few kilometers around, but still no sign of the sperm whale.

"Hey, that's..." Su Jing's eyes suddenly lit up and she directed the killer whale to swim over. Then she saw clearly that there were several large black things floating on the sea surface, which must be sperm whale excrement. Su Jing thought for a while and did not collect them. They were obviously just excreted and of little value. They must be soaked for at least ten years before they are of some value. They must be soaked for at least several decades before they can truly be considered treasures. But who is willing to wait for that? How long? To collect, you must at least collect those that have been soaked for more than ten years.

"The sperm whale must be nearby." Su Jing thought like this, and suddenly heard a "click" sound, and the killer whale screamed happily. Su Jing's eyes also lit up. He had learned about sperm whales when reading nature magazines. This "click" sound should be made by sperm whales.

"Little Tiger, dive down and take a look." Su Jing put on the diving goggles and grasped the dorsal fin of the killer whale. The killer whale dove into the sea and dived slowly. The time when Su Jing awakened as a spiritual master, her physical fitness improved. With comprehensive improvements, nature diving is also easier. After diving to 100 meters, Su Jing only felt a little uncomfortable, so she continued to dive, 110 meters, 120 meters... Until about 200 meters, Su Jing finally felt uncomfortable. Quickly ask the killer whale to stop and slow down.

However, the sperm whale is still not visible. The sperm whale dives into the sea and is probably hunting. Sperm whales are used to hunting in waters as deep as 800 meters. If you want to see the scene of sperm whales hunting, this depth is still far away.

"How about diving deeper and taking a look." Su Jing hesitated between giving up and continuing to dive. Finally, he decided to dive deeper and have a look. However, he knew that he wouldn't be able to hold on for long if he continued to dive, so he had to be ready at any time. Swim back to the surface and breathe.

After receiving Su Jing's order, the killer whale continued to dive, 210 meters, 220 meters... 310 meters, 320 meters. Su Jing felt that her entire body was being crushed by the sea water, and her lungs I almost had to hold my breath out.

Helpless, Su Jing could only let the killer whale swim back to the sea to take a breather.

However, Su Jing did not give up. She changed her position and let the killer whale dive again. After three attempts, when she dived to a depth of more than 300 meters for the fourth time, Su Jing finally saw a ten-meter-long whale. The sperm whale's head was disproportionately large and looked like a huge tadpole. The sperm whale was swimming rapidly towards a squid. The squid was actually very large, estimated to be six or seven meters long. For Su Jing, It is a giant, but compared to the huge sperm whale, it looks very small.

Su Jing quickly asked the killer whale to catch up, and at the same time took out the camera to take pictures, feeling a little excited.

Because sperm whales are accustomed to hunting in the deep sea, the hunting process is difficult to photograph.

On October 15, 2009, a photographer discovered a female sperm whale and her calf feeding in the waters near the RB Ogasawara Islands. He took a picture of the sperm whale floating on the water with a squid in its mouth. In this photo taken by the photographer, the sperm whale mother is holding a giant squid about 9 meters long in her mouth. This photo was featured in National Geographic and became one of the most popular photo albums.

However, the photographer only captured the scene of the sperm whale holding the squid in its mouth at the sea surface, and did not capture the entire feeding process.

Therefore, if Su Jing filmed the entire process, it would undoubtedly be of great significance.

"Kaka." I saw that while the sperm whale was chasing the squid, it sent out a sound pulse attack, which shocked the squid almost to the point of dizziness. Then he quickly caught up, took the giant squid into his mouth, and then swallowed it in one gulp. The squid had no resistance at all. Then the sperm whale began to look for other prey, and even sent out sound waves towards Su Jing. Su Jing quickly told the killer whale to evacuate upstream.

"Ah" as soon as she hit the water, Su Jing greedily breathed in the fresh air. After her breathing stabilized, she laughed and said, "The whole hunting process was filmed. If I show it to Wu Min, I don't know what he will do." What’s the reaction?”

Su Jing thought, Wu Min mentioned last time that Nature magazine was about to open a column on marine life. If she took this photo, it wouldn't be difficult to get it published in the magazine, but Su Jing only needed the money from selling the photo. You can help Wu Min by giving him the signature rights.

"Wow!" Not far away, a sperm whale suddenly floated up and sprayed out a column of water. Immediately afterwards, sperm whales came up one after another. Sperm whales like to move in groups, often forming small groups of 5-10 individuals, and sometimes forming large groups of several hundred individuals. This group has more than 20 individuals.

"Stay far away." Su Jing asked the killer whale to retreat away and frantically took photos and videos. This kind of opportunity to see so many sperm whales in person is not always available, so naturally it must be left as a souvenir. While watching it, Su Jing marveled at the wonder of the Creator and lamented that this trip to sea was so worth it.

After seeing enough, Su Jing asked the killer whale to take her away. However, Su Jing did not go home directly. Instead, she asked the killer whale to continue searching nearby to see if she could find ambergris.

In fact, Su Jing knew that the probability of finding it was very low. After all, there were wind and waves here, and the killer whale spent a lot of time going back and forth. Even if there were other ambergris where the killer whale found the ambergris, she didn't know where it had drifted to now. .

However, if you don’t look for it, it will definitely not happen. If you look for it, there is always a glimmer of hope, right

Su Jing directed the killer whale to swim in the direction of the wind and waves. After swimming for more than ten kilometers, he saw a small island in the distance. What made Su Jing's eyes brighter was that the island had a bay, like a funnel, and the sea water Everybody flocked there. Continuing to get closer, you can find that the bottom of the bay is full of sand, and there is also a beach on the shore. There are a few coconut trees on the seaside. If it is not a desert island, it must be a good playground.

When Su Jing looked at the beach, her pupils suddenly shrank. Looking from a distance, she saw a small amount of wood, coconut shells and the like on the beach. This was not the point. The point was that there were seven or eight "stones" scattered here and there. , some brown, some gray, they all look like ambergris.

"There really isn't so much ambergris, right?" Su Jing's heart beat faster. Because the water near the shore was too shallow, the killer whale could no longer swim, so Su Jing jumped into the sea and swam quickly to the shore. , in his eyes, those seven or eight stones were as tempting as the seven or eight beauties in swimsuits.