If we infer that a sea area has abundant fishery resources based on the fact that an Antarctic sea wolf or seal has no shortage of food, then this inference is very inaccurate.
Xiang Yang looked up at the heavy snow in the sky and said, "No matter what, let's wait for the snow to stop."
Gao Chuang nodded. "That's right. In such a blizzard, there's nothing we can do."
Since nothing could be done, everyone's attention fell on the Antarctic snow wolf and snow leopard.
Maybe there were too many people in Xiang Yang's group, and the Antarctic snow wolf and snow leopard seemed to be a little afraid of Xiang Yang and his group.
I saw the Antarctic sea wolf seal crawling on the ice, dragging its hind legs like a burden, and wriggling towards the depths of the ice bit by bit.
It moved very slowly, as if every movement of its body was very strenuous. On the ice surface where it moved, there was a very obvious mark of distortion.
Fang Youqun stood up and suggested to Xiang Yang: "Brother Yang, I'll go catch this Antarctic sea wolf seal and play with it."
Xiang Yang grabbed Fang Youqun and said, "You forgot what Mr. Gao said just now. This is a key protected animal in the Antarctic Convention."
"I just caught it to play with it, I'm not going to kill it." Fang Youqun said.
Xiang Yang was amused by Fang Youqun's words, "So can I catch a giant panda and bring it home? If someone sees me, I can say I just caught it for fun?"
Everyone burst into laughter. If that was the case, there would be no way to catch the poachers.
"Sit down." Xiang Yang smiled and pulled Fang Youqun, "Even if this Antarctic sea wolf seal is not a key protected animal, I won't let you catch it."
Fang Youqun was stunned and asked, "Why?"
Chen Qingsheng raised his head and said, "Because if you run over now, it's not you who will catch it, it's it that will catch you."
Although the Antarctic sea wolf seal looks cute, it is actually just as ferocious as a tiger shark.
Although the Antarctic sea wolf seal is not as ferocious as the leopard seal, it is also a tough guy. It has very sharp teeth and a keen sense of smell. Even on the ice, it often attacks various seabirds and penguins.
And wolf seals are more cunning than leopard seals and use their brains to hunt.
Sea wolves and seals often lie in ambush motionlessly in dark corners or narrow passages, quietly waiting for prey to appear, and then taking the opportunity to attack.
An Antarctic adventurer once used a camera to capture a very cruel scene of sea wolves and seals hunting.
An unsuspecting penguin just surfaced from the bottom of the sea when it encountered a sea wolf seal.
The sea wolf seal attacked the penguin. It rushed to the penguin at the speed of an arrow and then bit the unfortunate penguin.
Under the sharp teeth of the sea wolf seal, the penguin has no power to struggle at all.
But what is very strange is that after catching the penguin, the fur seal did not eat it immediately, but instead dragged the penguin onto the ice with great effort.
In addition, wolf seals often rush into penguin colonies, scaring a large group of penguins into fleeing for their lives. Then the cunning wolf seals will lock onto a lone penguin and chase it until the penguin is exhausted and finally becomes the prey of the wolf seal.
Of course, sea wolves and seals will not attack humans.
Of the six common seal species in Antarctica, only the leopard seal will attack humans and requires fire to drive them away.
Due to the influence of the weather, many seabirds landed on this piece of ice, and some of them were quite large and precious.
However, most birds in Antarctica are protected species, and since these birds can fly, basically no one wants to take advantage of them.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp.”
At this moment, Xiang Yang suddenly heard a very urgent bird call.
Xiang Yang turned around and looked towards the source of the sound.
It turned out to be an unknown seabird that was slightly larger than a pigeon. Its wings were bitten by the sea wolf seal and it was flapping its wings desperately.
Unfortunately, no matter how the unknown seabird struggled, it could not escape the fate of being eaten by sea wolves and seals.
The sea wolf seal bit the wings of the unknown seabird and threw it onto the ice. Then it pressed its forelimbs hard on the seabird's body and squeezed it hard. The seabird stopped struggling, and only its muscles twitched instinctively.
"Damn it, I'm starving here, but this seal is enjoying its feast." Fang Youqun cursed.
Gao Chuang said with a smile: "Why, did your captain let you go hungry?"
Fang Youqun was stunned. When he turned around and saw Xiang Yang's expressionless face, he was suddenly shocked and said with a smile: "No, I just talk too fast. Our brother Yang is always nice to us. He never starved us."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to the boy.
Chen Qingsheng pushed Fang Youqun away and said, "Get out of the way. Don't block me from seeing the seal."
Fang Youqun quickly hid aside with a wry smile.
After this little episode, the seabird had completely died.
But the sea wolf seal did not eat the food immediately. It held the seabird with its front legs and kept biting the seabird with its sharp teeth, but it never tore a piece of meat off the seabird.
"Uh, did the sea wolf seal treat the seabird as a toy?" Fang Youqun asked puzzledly.
Chen Qingsheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
"Just keep reading and you'll know," Xiang Yang said.
As far as Xiang Yang knows, many carnivores still have the hunting instinct after they are full, but they will not eat after catching prey.
This is very similar to dogs.
Many dog owners know that when a dog sees a mouse, it will do whatever it can to catch it.
However, even after catching and killing a mouse, the dog will not eat it.
"wrong."
Xiang Yang stared at the seal for a while, and suddenly realized: "This sea wolf seal is plucking the seabird's feathers."
"Plucking feathers? Don't seals eat seabirds by swallowing them whole in one bite?" Chen Qingsheng asked puzzledly.
"That should be it. The seal's digestive system is far inferior to that of a shark. It should not be able to digest bird feathers." Xiang Yang guessed.
As expected.
Next, everyone saw the seal tearing and biting the seabird, repeatedly picking it up and slamming it hard onto the ice.
Soon, all the feathers on the seabird were taken off by the sea wolf seal.
After cleaning all the feathers of the seabird, the sea wolf seal began to slowly enjoy the seabird.
"Damn, look at this seal eating so happily. It makes me hungry." Gao Chuang stood up, walked to a tent and went in. When he came out, he was holding a self-heating hot pot in his hand.
"There are clay pot rice and self-heating hot pot in the tent. Go in and get what you want."