Xiang Yang and his crew finished processing the catch on the boat, and the two humpback whales under the sea also swam back.
The female humpback whale remained the same, her fins paddling slowly underwater, looking elegant and noble.
The male humpback whale was dejected, with its fins drooping weakly under the sea surface and its huge tail flapping intermittently, pushing its huge body across the sea.
"Chiu—"
The Steller's sea eagle standing on the top of the cabin let out a clear eagle cry, and it was unknown whether it was communicating with the two humpback whales.
But I guess even humpback whales can't understand bird language.
"Fang Youqun, go to the cabin and get two boxes of squid to feed the humpback whales." Xiang Yang said to the side.
"Yes, Brother Yang." Fang Youqun immediately trotted towards the cabin.
“Woo—”
The male humpback whale swam to the left side of the fishing boat, spit out a large mouthful of sea water onto the deck, and then made a melodious and low whale call, which sounded very sad.
"Brother Yang, the squids are coming." Fang Youqun ran over from a distance holding two foam boxes.
Xiang Yang took one of the boxes and opened it. He first took out some broken ice and threw it away. Then he twisted a palm-sized squid out of the foam wooden box and threw it into the sea.
The male humpback whale kept half of its head above water and facing the deck, stunned for about a second before it suddenly reacted. With a flap of its huge whale tail, it dived into the sea, then opened its huge mouth under the sea, rushed forward and swallowed the squid into its mouth.
“Woo—”
After surfacing again, the male humpback whale let out a loud whale call, sounding very excited.
As expected, every fat person is a foodie, and the twenty-ton fat man is no exception.
Xiang Yang smiled and threw another squid under the deck.
The male humpback whale immediately opened its huge mouth and swallowed the squid in one gulp.
“Woo—”
At this time, the female humpback whale swam over, gently bumped the male humpback whale's back with her big head, and then made an equally loud whale call.
The male humpback whale immediately leaned back a little, as if to make some room for the female humpback whale to come over.
"These two guys." Xiang Yang smiled and poured the whole box of squids in his hand directly into the sea.
“Bang!”
The male humpback whale, which had been very gentlemanly before, immediately flicked its tail, jumped out of the sea from the bottom of the sea, and swallowed all the squids into its mouth with its mouth wide open.
Xiang Yang suddenly burst out laughing, "Where did this guy pick up his wife?"
Looking at the female humpback whale again, most of her body was still hiding under the sea, with only a small part of her head floating above the water and staring at the deck. She was not angry because the male humpback whale had snatched her food.
Xiang Yang asked Fang Youqun to open another box of squid and feed it to the female humpback whale.
Then a very interesting scene happened. Fang Youqun stood on the deck and threw squids down. A female humpback whale below opened her mouth wide and waited. If there was something, she would take a bite. If not, she would just wait quietly. A male humpback whale next to her jumped up and down anxiously around the female humpback whale, and made a huge whale cry from time to time.
In fact, Xiang Yang knew that the male whale and the female whale had a very good relationship.
A palm-sized squid is like a soybean to a human being compared to the huge body of a humpback whale. It would be more accurate to say that the male whale is playing with the female whale rather than fighting for food.
Next, Xiang Yang fed two boxes of squid to the two humpback whales. Except for one squid that was snatched away from low altitude by a Steller's sea eagle when the humpback whale was not paying attention, most of the remaining squids went into the male humpback whale's stomach.
After feeding the humpback whale four boxes of squid, Xiang Yang stopped feeding. He instructed Fang Youqun to put away the foam boxes. These foam boxes were not disposable and could be used again after catching fish.
The two humpback whales waited on the sea for a while, and when they saw that Xiang Yang stopped feeding them, they started to play around the fishing boat.
This is the habit of humpback whales. At this season, humpback whales generally only prey on some larger giant squids, in addition to the food delivered to their mouths. Apart from that, they will no longer actively hunt for food on their own, and rely on the thick layer of fat in their bodies to survive the entire winter.
After calming the two humpback whales, the fishing boat continued to sail.
Although the net had caught some fish, the total number of fish caught was far below Xiang Yang's expectations.
Not long after sailing eastward, Xiang Yang saw a huge black shadow on the seabed. He immediately ordered Zhou Wang to cast the net again.
Zhou Wang naturally had no objection. He always did whatever Xiang Yang said.
The tug fixed on the deck dragged the fishing net for a while, and Zhou Wang said in surprise: "Captain, it seems that our net has a great harvest."
Xiang Yang looked at the steel chisel on the pulling steel. At this time, the steel chisel was completely straightened, so Xiang Yang walked to the stern and looked into the sea.
My goodness! The middle of the net has completely bulged into a ball shape, and a large bag of sea fish is struggling desperately in the net.
However, the space inside the fishing net is small, and no matter how hard the sea fish struggle, it is useless. The sea fish at the mouth of the net are still trying to drill into the fishing net. Unless these sea fish can tear the bottom of the fishing net, they will not be able to drill out of the fishing net no matter how hard they struggle.
Of course, there are more sea fish outside the fishing net. When they see their companions wrapped into a ball, some of them are frightened and flee in all directions, while others are curious about why their companions are huddled together and are actively chasing after the fishing boats and squeezing towards the fishing net.
"Raise the net." Xiang Yang gave the order directly. Although the winch on his ship could bear a greater weight, the steel chisel would be deformed or damaged after being pulled many times. These things were all matched, and if any one of them broke, the whole thing had to be repaired. The repair cost was secondary. If it broke during a long ocean voyage, the whole trip would be in vain.
Zhou Wang immediately operated the winch to hoist the net.
"Captain, please let Lao Zhou wait for a moment." At this time, Xu Fang's voice came from the intercom.
The intercom was loud, and Zhou Wang also heard Xu Fang's voice. He immediately looked at Xiang Yang, "Captain?"
Xiang Yang signaled Zhou Wang to stop closing the net, and then asked Xu Fang on the other side of the intercom: "Master Xu, what's wrong?"
"This time we may catch more fish than the last time we went out to sea. Our boat is empty this time and we are sailing very fast. If we just pull up the net like this, I am worried that the net will lift up the bow of the boat." Xu Fang said on the intercom: "Let me slow down the speed of the fishing boat before I can pull up the net."
When Xiang Yang heard this, he slapped his head. The last time he sailed south, there were a lot of fish in the cabin and the live water tank, and the overall force on the fishing boat was relatively even.