"All disperse."
Xiang Yang asked the crew to disperse to one side or go back to the deck to rest, while he swam to the head of the male humpback whale and kept rolling on his back to expose his belly above the water.
Xiang Yang is very sure that whales can swim on their backs, but he is not sure whether whales can remain motionless while swimming on their backs. People often see whales swimming on their backs at sea, but so far there is no documentation in the world of whales floating motionless on the sea while swimming on their backs.
Although humpback whales are not as intelligent as dolphins and killer whales, they are also very smart.
At first, the male humpback whale didn't know what Xiang Yang was doing, but as Xiang Yang continued to demonstrate, the male humpback whale finally understood after a few times.
Amid the rolling waves, the male humpback whale sank to the bottom of the sea and flapped its left powerful fin hard to turn its body over. When the humpback whale reappeared on the sea surface, its belly was facing up.
A group of crew members were about to swim towards this side, but were stopped by Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang would never allow the crew to approach a backstroke whale before knowing how long the male humpback whale could maintain the backstroke position and what position it would take when it flipped over to breathe.
Xiang Yang himself was not afraid. With the mysterious jade shell, Xiang Yang was more flexible than a fish underwater. No matter how the whale flipped, Xiang Yang was sure to avoid the danger, but ordinary crew members could not do that.
Huge creatures like whales can even create small whirlpools when they turn over underwater. In addition, the whale's small fists are not vegetarian. If a crew member is accidentally hit by the whale's huge and powerful fins when the whale turns over, his body may fall apart.
After leaving the water, the barnacles' stickiness is greatly reduced, and the barnacles are much easier to deal with after the whale floats on its back to the surface.
Xiang Yang climbed onto the whale's belly alone, and broke off the barnacles that were parasitic on the humpback whale's abdomen one by one and put them into his net bag.
The male whale looked like he was enjoying himself, constantly flapping the water gently with his fins.
The female whale was very dissatisfied. She circled the fishing boat and kept slapping the sea surface with her fins. Her powerful fins kept flipping her body over, causing the waves to roll. Loud sounds came out of her huge mouth from time to time, as if wondering why the crew suddenly stopped helping her clean the barnacles.
"Don't be anxious, they are tired. Let them rest for a while and then they will continue to help you clean." Xiang Yang shouted at the female whale without caring whether the female whale could understand him or not, and then continued to concentrate on helping the male whale clean the barnacles on its abdomen.
Unexpectedly, this shout actually made the female whale calm down. Maybe the female whale felt the kindness and friendliness in Xiang Yang's words!
Ten minutes.
Twenty minutes.
... ...
After floating for more than twenty minutes, the male whale's body began to slowly sink to the sea surface, and soon the sea water submerged Xiang Yang's head.
Xiang Yang's face was solemn and he was ready to swim away at any time, for fear that the male whale would suddenly flap its fins and flip its huge body over.
Fortunately, as the "hero of the ocean", the humpback whale is still very loyal.
The male humpback whale did not ignore Xiang Yang's existence. It slowly sank one or two meters to the bottom of the sea and then accelerated its sinking speed into the deep sea. It sank for more than ten meters before waving its fins underwater to turn itself over. Then it floated to the surface, made a whistle-like sound, and sprayed a water column more than two meters high from its blowhole.
After breathing, the male humpback whale swam to Xiang Yang and touched him affectionately with its head.
"You have a conscience." Xiang Yang also smiled and touched the big head of the male humpback whale.
The male humpback whale then continued to swim towards the deep sea, and when it came out it was lying belly up.
"We can get off the boat and continue cleaning the cylindrical barnacles." Xiang Yang shouted to the deck.
The subsequent operations went extremely smoothly. Xiang Yang successfully led the crew to clean all the barnacles that were parasitic on the two humpback whales before sunset.
After getting rid of the parasitic barnacles on their bodies, the two humpback whales seemed extremely excited. They kept slapping the water on both sides of the fishing boat, and sometimes jumped out of the sea five or six meters high with the momentum of flying, and then fell heavily, creating a huge wave.
A group of crew members were on the deck waving at the two whales and taking photos frantically.
He Mingde was quite moved when he saw the pile of barnacles on the deck. "I didn't expect that a humpback whale could have so many barnacles on its body. I don't know how these big guys can swim thousands of kilometers every year with these things."
"This is already considered a small amount." Xiang Yang recalled a case he had seen before. "There was a humpback whale with nearly a ton of whale lice and barnacles parasitizing on it, but it did not affect its activities in the ocean at all. These two humpback whales should jump out of the sea frequently. The number of whale lice is very small, and the parasitic barnacles only weigh a few hundred kilograms."
"Yeah." He Mingde nodded and recalled a humpback whale he had encountered at sea before. Large black bumps could be seen on the humpback whale's body from a long distance away. He saw that the humpback whale was slapping the water and jumping out of the sea frantically, trying to get rid of the barnacles and whale lice that were parasitic on its body.
Xiang Yang looked at the excited crew standing on the side of the ship, then at the pile of barnacles on the deck and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Uncle, maybe we have to go fishing at night tonight."
Judging from the harvest, Xiang Yang had a great harvest today. He caught a croaker, saw a whale and played with it, and even got hundreds of kilograms of barnacles, which are known as the delicacy from hell.
But in terms of profits, both Xiang Yang and He Mingde are losing money.
He Mingde had to bear part of the daily expenses on the fishing boat and part of the fuel cost of the fishing boat. The share of the fish caught today was not enough to cover He Mingde's expenses.
Although Xiang Yang had barnacles as an extra bonus, his expenses were greater than He Mingde's, and he actually didn't make much.
"It's also good to fish at night." He Mingde nodded and said, "We have the most advanced fish attracting lights on our boat. It would be a pity if we don't use such a good fish attracting light. We can cast a net after dark. Maybe the catch at night will be bigger than that during the day."
Xu Fang had already gone to the cockpit, and the fishing boat was now breaking through the waves.
Zhou Wang pointed at the two humpback whales following the fishing boat and said, "Fishing at night is indeed a good idea, but there are two big guys following our boat. I'm afraid they won't leave until nightfall!"
Xiang Yang and He Mingde looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The two humpback whales on the sea seemed to be dependent on them. They had been swimming with the fishing boat for a long distance and showed no signs of leaving.
The fishing boat was guarded by two giants like this one on the left and right, and it was still fishing? What the hell!
"Master Xu, let's speed up." There was no good solution for Xiang Yang as the two humpback whales insisted on following him. He could only order the fishing boat to speed up through the walkie-talkie to see if he could get rid of the two humpback whales.