The tiger shark with viperfish all over its body immediately floundered violently in the sea water.
However, it was useless.
The teeth of the viperfish are not only sharp but also long and curved. Once it bites, it is as if it were nailed to death. It will not let go until it tears a piece of meat off the tiger shark.
After a fierce struggle, the tiger shark was bleeding all over. As its strength was exhausted and its injuries continued to worsen, its struggle became weaker and weaker, and soon it turned upside down and sank into the depths of the sea.
Xiang Yang shook his head. There was no need to think about it. This tiger shark would definitely be gnawed into a skeleton by the viperfish in a moment.
Although the remaining tiger sharks were unwilling to give up, facing the increasing number of viperfish that seemed endless, they could only fight and flee, quickly escaping into the distance.
Unfortunately, viperfish swim very fast, and this group of tiger sharks was surrounded by a dense group of viperfish, so it was almost impossible for them to escape successfully.
"This group of tiger sharks is basically finished." Xiang Yang concluded after watching for a while.
Gao Chuang on the side also nodded in agreement.
If these tiger sharks escape quickly at the beginning, due to their powerful fighting ability, no matter how many viperfish there are, they will be unable to do anything to them.
But now, these tiger sharks are already injured and are thinking of escaping, which is underestimating the viperfish.
Fang Youqun was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. "A tiger shark that was so powerful and fearsome in the world is gone just like that? Bitten to death by a group of viperfish?"
Xiang Yang nodded, "Not necessarily. Maybe it can escape. In fact, it is very common for viperfish to kill sharks. Although the viperfish is small, it is notorious for its viciousness."
There is a reason why the viperfish, with a body about 30 centimeters long, is known as one of the overlords of the deep sea and is listed as one of the top predators in the ocean.
It's not surprising that schools of viperfish can kill sharks.
In an ocean-themed documentary, Xiang Yang even saw a group of viperfish gnawing a six or seven-meter-long shark into a skeleton. The whole process lasted less than a minute.
Of course, if the same number of sharks and viperfish encounter each other, the viperfish will be used to fill the sharks' teeth.
Viperfish can defeat sharks, this is the qualitative change caused by quantity.
"Now that the tiger sharks have escaped, and the viperfish are chasing them, this sea area is safe for a short time. Brother Yang, can I go under the water and take a look?" Fang Youqun asked.
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head. "Now is the most dangerous time in this area of water. The tiger sharks killed a lot of viperfish before. Now is the time when the smell of blood in this area is the strongest. None of us knows what kind of dangerous sea beasts will be attracted by the smell of blood."
"That's right. Forget about going into the water. It's not even safe to get close to the water surface. Everyone retreat to the ice surface. No one is allowed to get within 20 meters of the edge of the ice floe." Gao Chuang gave the order directly.
Xiang Yang very much agreed with Gao Chuang's approach.
You know, some giant squids can survive in extremely harsh environments like Antarctica.
If a giant squid were attracted by the strong smell of blood, it would indeed be unsafe at the edge of the ice floe.
Just at this moment.
Xiang Yang saw several humpback whales swimming quickly on the sea not far away.
The row of humpback whales opened their mouths wide and launched a rapid charge towards the sea area. With one bite, they swallowed countless krill and viperfish into their mouths. Then the humpback whales stopped floating on the edge of the ice floe, and seawater was discharged from the whale holes on their backs, forming water columns several meters high.
"Big head, two heads." Fang Youqun shouted excitedly.
Xiang Yang also recognized Big Head and Two Head among these humpback whales. There were a total of five humpback whales that came this time, including the two humpback whales that followed Xiang Yang all the way from Qinglong Bay to Antarctica. Two of the other three were about the same size as Big Head and Two Head, and judging from their appearance, they might be slightly older than Big Head and Two Head.
The last one left was only the size of a calf, a young whale that was just learning how to hunt.
"No wonder Big Head and Two Head would swim with these humpback whales. It turns out there is a small humpback whale." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Humpback whales are not social animals. Normally, humpback whales do not live in groups. They usually travel around the world in pairs.
But when raising their offspring or encountering natural enemies, humpback whales will gather together.
This is Antarctica, a paradise for killer whales.
Big Head and Second Head encountered two humpback whales that were feeding their offspring, and it was normal for them to gather with them temporarily.
"Now that the humpback whale is here, this sea area is truly safe. Who said just now that they wanted to go under the water? Now you can go down." Gao Chuang said with a big laugh.
Whether it is the scientific research team or the fishermen, the humpback whale is the creature they like to encounter the most in Antarctica.
Humpback whales are docile and will not attack humans, but they are strong enough to dominate an entire ocean without being offended by other sea beasts.
Even the sea wolf seal lying on the ice floe began to retreat after seeing the appearance of these humpback whales. It lay shivering on the ice and retreated little by little into the depths of the ice.
"That's great, we finally have something to do." Fang Youqun cheered and looked at Xiang Yang eagerly.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Forget about going into the water. Although viperfish cannot beat humpback whales, they are not necessarily afraid of humpback whales. I believe you have seen the number of viperfish under this sea area just now. If you don't want to go in to feed the fish, then don't go in."
Fang Youqun shuddered immediately after hearing this.
There were so many viperfish under this sea before, densely packed and mighty. Even if only one of the hundred viperfish bit him, he would immediately turn into a skeleton, right
Then Xiang Yang looked at Gao Chuang and said, "Besides, there is a baby humpback whale among these humpback whales. It is too dangerous to go into the water now."
Gao Chuang was stunned at first. At first he didn't understand what Xiang Yang meant.
But Gao Chuang soon reacted, "Yes, that's right, I didn't think it through. Now is definitely not the time to go into the water."
If there are four large humpback whales swimming around here, then there will be no marine life in the entire Antarctic that dares to approach this sea area. Adult humpback whales are already the combat power ceiling of Antarctic marine life.
But when there is a baby humpback whale in this group of humpback whales, things are different.
Antarctica is the base camp of the humpback whale's arch-enemy, the killer whale.
In most cases, killer whales will not cause trouble to humans, let alone make humpback whales uncomfortable.
But most of these situations never include situations where a small humpback whale is present.