Then Xiang Yang looked at the blue whale again.
If the blue whale is the lion of the ocean, then the blue whale is definitely the elephant of the ocean.
In the ocean, the blue whale's ecological niche is very similar to that of the elephant on land.
On the African savannah, although lion groups kill indiscriminately, they rarely attack adult elephants because they would get injured if they hunt animals that are several times their own size.
The same goes for killer whales. Although the blue whale is a baleen whale and has no teeth, its huge body can seriously injure a killer whale with a tail flick. So in Xiang Yang's memory, the number of times a killer whale has killed a blue whale is extremely rare.
And the ocean is different from the prairie.
Lions on the grasslands lack food during the dry season and sometimes have to risk being trampled to death when hunting elephants.
In the ocean, killer whales have plenty of food.
And most of the prey killer whales find it very easy to hunt, such as seals, sea lions, fur seals, walruses and other small whales.
With such abundant prey, killer whales generally have no need to take the risk of attacking large whales, including blue whales, sperm whales, etc.
Then Xiang Yang looked at the four humpback whales at the bow that were still chasing each other and playing in the water in front of the fishing boat, and had not yet noticed the killer whale group that appeared behind them.
If killer whales are lions in the ocean and blue whales' ecological niche is very close to that of elephants on land, then humpback whales are definitely rhinos in the ocean.
Like rhinos, humpback whales charge and butt heads, and are normally very docile. Once they become enraged, even lions are afraid of them, and their eyesight is not very good.
"Slow down the boat. The blue whale is not coming for us. Let it swim past first." Now that Xiang Yang knew that the blue whale was not coming for him, he naturally had nothing to worry about. He directly used the intercom to ask the people in the cabin to slow down the boat.
"Brother Yang, you said that this blue whale is not coming for us? Then who is it coming for?" Fang Youqun wondered.
Fang Youqun kept glancing at the hulls of the surrounding fishing boats, wondering which fishing boat this blue whale was heading for.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Don't look at it. This blue whale is not heading for the ship. It is running for its life. There is a killer whale chasing it behind it."
Xiang Yang regretted what he said immediately.
At this moment, the blue whale was several hundred meters away from the fishing boat, and the group of killer whales were even farther away from the blue whale. At such a long distance, the group of killer whales were all underwater. It was difficult to explain how Xiang Yang could see the group of killer whales from such a distance.
Sure enough, someone started to make trouble the next moment.
"What? Killer whales? Brother Yang, are you saying that blue whales are afraid of killer whales? Oh, that's not right, why don't I see any killer whales?" Fang Youqun stretched his neck to look behind the fishing boat, and asked in confusion.
Xiang Yang made up an excuse, "Just now your attention was attracted by the blue whale, and you didn't notice that another killer whale surfaced behind it."
"Really?" Fang Youqun asked doubtfully.
"What else do you think? Did I call those killer whales over?" Xiang Yang pretended to be impatient.
Fang Youqun touched his head awkwardly, then quickly changed the subject: "Brother Yang, if we don't take action, can the killer whales kill this blue whale? If this blue whale is killed by the killer whales, and we drive away the killer whales and fish out the blue whale's body, would that be considered a legal capture of a blue whale?"
Xiang Yang was amused by Fang Youqun's words. "You are such a logical genius. However, it is not normal for killer whales to kill blue whales. This blue whale is considered very large among blue whales. In addition, there are four adult humpback whales not far ahead of us. If nothing unexpected happens, the blue whale cannot be killed."
In March, the blue whale killed by a killer whale off the west coast of Australia was reported to be only 15 meters long and had mistakenly entered a killer whale breeding ground.
In Xiang Yang's opinion, a blue whale with a body length of 15 meters is not an adult blue whale at all.
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. Adults are large, and their cubs are not small either. In fact, from the moment they are born, the blue whale has a body length of about seven meters and a weight of about 2.5 tons. This size is close to that of an adult killer whale.
Blue whale calves only have a lactation period of about six months, during which time their weight will increase dramatically.
Blue whale calves grow rapidly at a rate of about 100 kilograms per day. After the lactation period, the calves can generally grow to twice their birth size, which is 14 meters long. After weaning, in another month, the calves can grow to about 15 meters if they hunt on their own.
The blue whale reported by the British Daily Mail was only 15 meters long, which means it was a baby whale that had just been weaned for about a month.
It had just started living alone and was unfamiliar with everything in the ocean, which was why it mistakenly entered a killer whale breeding ground.
In Xiang Yang's opinion, the blue whale might have mistakenly entered the killer whale breeding ground, angered the breeding group of killer whales, and thus caused its death.
Besides, a baby blue whale broke into a large group of killer whales. Even if the killer whales were not angered, with so many killer whales facing a young blue whale, how could the smart killer whales let go of this fat meat in their mouths
After all, the combat experience and swimming speed of young blue whales are still immature.
Therefore, in Xiang Yang's opinion, the death of the blue whale cannot be regarded as a regular fight between killer whales and blue whales.
Even a young blue whale, according to the Daily Mail, was killed by 75 killer whales who attacked it for three hours before they joined forces.
If it was an adult blue whale, it is still unclear whether it could be killed.
Fang Youqun shrank his head and continued to ask, "Brother Yang, since it is not normal for killer whales to kill blue whales, and there is a high probability that they cannot kill this blue whale, then why would the killer whales go to the trouble of killing blue whales? Also, why did this blue whale run away?"
Xiang Yang shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows what killer whales like? They have always had a soft spot for mammals. As for why the blue whale ran away, if you were fighting with someone and you couldn't beat them, would you not run away and just lie there and let them beat you just because they wouldn't kill you?"
Fang Youqun chuckled and said, "That's not possible."
"Huh?" At this moment, Xiang Yang suddenly discovered that the humpback whales playing in the water in front suddenly turned around and looked back.
Through the big eyeballs of those humpback whales, Xiang Yang clearly saw human-like doubtful emotions in their eyes.
"Look, these humpback whales should have discovered the group of killer whales." Xiang Yang pointed at the group of humpback whales.
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