Looking at the right whale that was still creating a spectacular fountain in the sea, Fang Youqun immediately became depressed.
Well, since I can't afford to offend him, I'd better hide as soon as possible.
Fang Youqun quickly ran under the cabin, and then looked at Xiang Yang and the others who were not even covered with water, and said with great resentment: "Brother Yang, Brother Qing, did you know that the right whale was going to spray water? Why didn't you remind me?"
"Didn't you see that they were diving so deeply? Right whales need to breathe after coming up from every deep dive. This is common sense. Don't you know?" Chen Qingsheng said unhappily.
"Its tail is still above the water, how would I know it was diving?" Fang Youqun said unconvinced.
"That's why I asked you to read more books and learn more knowledge when you have free time." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Fang Youqun stopped talking immediately. It would be better to kill him than to ask him to read a book.
"Go into the cabin, take a shower and change your clothes." Xiang Yang said to the crew members who were wet.
In Antarctica, it is difficult to dry wet clothes, and crew members can easily catch a cold if they wear wet clothes that are not warm enough.
Second, the right whale is a parasite-rich whale.
There are a large number of white spots on the belly of the right whale. If you look closely at those white spots, you will find that they are a large number of whale lice gathered together to form a tribe.
After the right whale had finished breathing, Xiang Yang slowly walked to the side of the boat, staring at the right whale still playing on the surface of the sea, wondering what he was thinking.
"Captain, what are you looking at?" Chen Qingsheng asked curiously.
Xiang Yang shook his head. “I’m trying to guess how many years this right whale has lived.”
The lifespan of the right whale remains a mystery to this day, and it was once mistakenly believed by humans to be an immortal creature.
In fact, right whales do have a very long lifespan; scientists have determined that they can live for at least seventy years.
In 1935, a right whale was discovered by scientists in the North Atlantic. Seventy years later, scientists discovered it again in the South Pacific. Through the pattern of its hard skin, scientists determined that the two right whales were the same right whale.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang couldn't help but laugh. He joked, "They say that life lies in movement, but I find that creatures that don't move much actually live longer than those that move a lot. Look at that turtle and this right whale, they are both leisurely creatures and are synonymous with longevity."
Right whales are notoriously slow in movement. Although they have superb swimming skills and can even drag their entire huge bodies out of the sea and slap the surface with their tails, it has to be said that their swimming speed is very slow. At their fastest, they can only reach five nautical miles per hour, which is not even as fast as humans.
"Captain, what you said is obviously wrong. The turtles and right whales just move slowly, not without exercise." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded. Actually, he was just joking.
Indeed, most turtles and right whales are very active. Although they move slowly, their overall amount of exercise is actually enormous.
Some species of turtles can even travel around the world.
“Woo—”
At this time, a low whale cry was heard from the sea.
Xiang Yang looked back and saw that, sure enough, the two humpback whales were swimming over.
After arriving in Antarctica, the two humpback whales were particularly excited. Xiang Yang hadn't seen these two big guys for several days. When he saw them again, he found that they had both gained weight, and it was obvious that they had eaten a lot of krill in the past few days.
Krill is also one of the humpback whale's favorite foods. Unlike squid, krill does not require humpback whales to expend tremendous effort to catch it.
There are huge amounts of krill throughout Antarctica. Humpback whales only need to open their mouths and swim in the icy waters to catch a large number of Antarctic krill.
"Brother Yang, the bighead whales are here. Do you think they won't fight with these three right whales?" Fang Youqun asked with a little concern.
In Fang Youqun's opinion, these three right whales are larger than humpback whales and have an advantage in numbers. If the humpback whales fight with these three right whales, they will definitely suffer.
As for the killer whale with little presence, Fang Youqun automatically ignored it.
A group of creatures that can't even beat two humpback whales together, it's good enough if they don't become a burden when facing right whales that are larger than humpback whales.
In fact, what Fang Youqun didn’t know was that the killer whales were not called the gods of the ocean for nothing. They were very smart, and in the entire ocean, killer whales were not afraid of anything except humpback whales.
Although killer whales are extremely small among whales, with an adult weighing only about ten tons, they are even smaller than right whales, which weigh around a hundred tons.
But the killer whale has a long and thin mouth, sharp teeth, and a ferocious temperament, making it the undisputed king of the sea.
In addition, killer whales are highly social animals. Some of their complex social behaviors, hunting techniques, and vocal communication have even been considered by scientists to be killer whales with their own culture.
Humans have witnessed killer whales killing right whales many times.
In 1990, in Isabela Bay, someone photographed a killer whale jumping five meters out of the sea, biting the head of a right whale and tearing it apart.
Even the blue whale, the largest whale on the planet, can only temporarily avoid the killer whale when it encounters the killer whale. Except for the humpback whale, no other creature in the entire ocean dares to provoke the killer whale.
wrong.
Xiang Yang suddenly thought that in addition to humpback whales, there are several other creatures that are not afraid of killer whales.
One is naturally the giant squid, which is the natural enemy of the humpback whale.
Whenever a giant squid and a whale meet, there is always a life-and-death fight between the two sides.
Another one is the great white shark.
The great white shark has low intelligence and its brain doesn't work very well. Once it sees blood, it will immediately go crazy.
However, the fight between great white sharks and killer whales is often a massacre by killer whales against great white sharks, and only a very small number of killer whales will be bitten to death by great white sharks.
“Woo—”
When the three right whales saw two humpback whales and a killer whale swimming over, they immediately gathered together. Like humpback whales, they are not social animals. Usually, three of them gather together, two large and one small. Occasionally, large groups of more than ten individuals will appear.
When encountering an enemy, they will huddle their heads together and point their huge and powerful tails at the enemy as a deterrent.
“Woo—”
The male humpback whale slapped the sea surface with its huge male fin. It was not afraid of the three right whales. In terms of fighting power, humpback whales are actually one of the best among whales. When it saw the three right whales pointing their tails at itself, the humpback whale seemed as if it was provoked.