Xiang Yang’s current situation is somewhat similar to that of Rogozov at that time.
If Rogozov had not saved himself under the circumstances at that time, he would have surely died. If Xiang Yang had not saved the Wilde seal, it would have surely died as well.
Rogozov performed surgery to save himself, and if it failed, he would die immediately.
If Xiang Yang didn't handle this Wilde seal properly, it would most likely die immediately.
The difference is that Rogozov was a skilled doctor at the time, but it was extremely difficult for him to perform surgery on himself. Cleaning the wound of this Weddell seal was very simple, but Xiang Yang's medical skills were not good enough.
"Let's give it a try." Xiang Yang asked the medical staff on the ship to give the Weddell seal anesthesia, and then fixed its mouth with a rope.
"Captain, let me help you." Chen Qingsheng walked over and said.
Xiang Yang nodded and used a bottle of strong liquor to clean the rotten flesh and festering on the gums of the Weddell seal.
Although it was anesthetized, the anesthesia was probably for humans, so the Weddell seal still felt a little pain. When the wound was poured with white wine, it immediately struggled and even tried to close its mouth and bite Xiang Yang.
"Don't be nervous, we are here to help you." Xiang Yang hurriedly comforted the Weddell seal.
Slowly, perhaps the effect of the anesthesia took effect, or perhaps Xiang Yang's comfort worked, the Weddell seal slowly closed its eyes and then began to snore softly.
The crew members around were immediately amused by the seal. Even in such a situation, the seal was still able to sleep.
Xiang Yang glanced around and said, "During this period of time, this Weddell seal must have not had a good night's sleep for a long time due to the pain. With the help of the anesthetic, it can finally sleep well."
After the seal fell asleep, it became completely quiet, which greatly reduced the difficulty for Xiang Yang to clean its wounds.
Soon, a bottle of white wine was used up, and all the pus and blood clots on the gums of the Weddell seal were cleaned by Xiang Yang.
But after cleaning it, Xiang Yang took a breath of cold air.
It turned out that the teeth of this Weddell seal had been almost completely worn away, and there were wounds all over its gums, making it look extremely pale.
"No wonder this Weddell seal doesn't even eat krill. Its injuries are so serious." Chen Qingsheng said in surprise.
Xiang Yang nodded. "Even if this Weddell seal is cured, it will still be a cripple. Its teeth have completely lost the possibility of repair. From now on, it can only live in an aquarium."
The living habits of the Weddell seal have destined this Weddell seal to bid farewell to Antarctica completely in the future, because it will no longer be able to bite through the ice and reach under the ice to fish.
"Captain, let me clean up the rotten meat." A young crew member who had just graduated from medical school for an internship and had not yet graduated spoke after putting on white gloves.
Xiang Yang nodded and gave up his seat to the other party. In fact, it is better to leave professional matters to professionals, but this sailor who studied medicine had never studied veterinary medicine. He was unwilling to go before, and Xiang Yang couldn't force him.
Soon, the medical historian was seen picking out pieces of completely white and smelly rotten meat from the Weddell seal's mouth, and then sprinkling a gray powder into the Weddell seal's mouth.
"It's OK. The medical equipment on board is very simple. This is all we can do. After 24 hours, disinfect its wound and change the medicine. Its injury will basically be stable. However, eating is still a big problem for it."
Xiang Yang nodded, "We just need to do what we can. Whether we live or die will depend on God's will."
After the rope was untied, the anesthesia effect of the Weddell seal had not yet worn off. It lay directly on the deck, snoring softly, and moved from time to time, looking very cute.
Xiang Yang smiled and ignored the Weddell seal, letting it have a good sleep.
"Have you processed the catch? Have you found any rare fish?" Xiang Yang asked Chen Qingsheng.
Just now, Xiang Yang's attention was all on the Weddell seal, and the catch was cleaned up by Chen Qingsheng and his men.
"Everything has been cleaned up. There are no particularly precious fish. We found a total of five ice fish." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded, a smile showing on his face. Rare catches are of course not so easy to catch, otherwise they would not be called rare catches.
With one cast of the net, he was able to catch five Antarctic icefish. Xiang Yang was already very satisfied with so many high-quality catches from the pure natural waters of Antarctica.
"Why isn't the fleet leaving? I want to drag another net." Fang Youqun tightened his coat and said with some dissatisfaction.
Xiang Yang didn't say anything. It was not a fishing boat, but a fishing fleet.
Among them, cargo ships and ocean-going processing mother ships do not cast nets, and for those fishing boats that cast nets, most of the seafood is sent to the ocean-going processing mother ships or cargo ships, leaving only a small portion of the rarer ones in the live water tanks. The rest will have to wait until after processing before the canned food or fish meal is evenly distributed to the cabins of each fishing boat.
Some of the products that can be frozen and do not need to be processed have to be sent back to the freezer. The whole process is very cumbersome, and they have to stay above this sea area for at least several hours to rest.
"Let's go fishing. Fish in Antarctica are very easy to bite the hook, and generally the ones that bite the hook are big and valuable fish. If we are lucky, it is not impossible to catch ice fish." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"No fishing." Fang Youqun immediately shook his head. It would be better to kill him than to let him fish in such extreme weather while being blown by a storm and caught in a blizzard.
Chen Qingsheng suggested at this time: "Captain, didn't you order a batch of eel bottles before departure? Anyway, we are free now, why don't we go fishing for eels?"
"This..." Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment.
Conger eels prefer to live in deep waters and are extremely difficult to catch, so they are generally expensive.
This is especially true for the Antarctic moray eel, which lives in the southernmost part of the planet. It is an extremely ferocious predatory marine fish. They can generally grow to 50 centimeters in length and have a rainbow-like body and sapphire-like eyes. Even if they are not eaten as food fish, but sold as ornamental fish, there are still many people who buy them.
Moreover, it is said that eels that live in the pure, natural and pollution-free waters of Antarctica can effectively promote the brain growth of their children if pregnant women eat them in large quantities, making the children naturally have higher immunity than normal children after they are born.