In the summer of Antarctica this year, the Ross Sea encountered an unprecedented disaster. The magnetic field hole dispersed the atmosphere, and astronomical radiation killed many creatures and melted the thick ice on the sea surface. However, half a year later, the winter blizzard came, The sea water is still solidly frozen. Search: \(¨¨¨¨¨) Watch fine literature for free
Seen from underwater, the world seems to have become a snow-white maze of mirror images, and occasionally there are icebergs that have collapsed like the walls of the maze.
Now there are countless black and white shadows running through this beautiful ice-blue water.
These penguins are very big, almost as tall as half a person. In my impression, they are all chubby bodies, and they move awkwardly on the snow. I think the penguins are cute and cute. I don’t know how sturdy these creatures are in the sea. , at the speed of an arrow, it looks like a rampage, but in fact, the body is flexible and can be turned over at will, and the fish can be caught by stretching the neck during the sharp turn. And it doesn't matter that the ice floes and waves can easily jump out of the ice-breaking hole, land on the ice accurately, flap their wings to catch their breath, and then dive headfirst.
I don't know if it's Xia Yi's illusion, these penguins don't seem so round
— By the way, if the speed is too fast, the fat on the body will be thrown into a straight line, so will it look thin
Such an embarrassing thought.
Because the behavior of losing weight is only available to humans, species living in nature do not have this kind of saying. Penguins are fat because they need thick fat to keep out the cold, not only on land, but also in sea water.
There were too many penguins, and the small holes were not enough. Urebia easily hit the ice with his arms and legs, and soon a big hole would appear, and all the blizzard and snow would blow in from there. This feeling is like a brave man who broke through the illusory world of the mirror.
The penguins began to swim towards the big hole one after another. It was like an obstacle race. Reaching the hole was a prescribed action, and how to swim was an optional action. At a place far from the sea, the penguins almost stretched their wings and occasionally swung them in a similar gliding motion. The gesture passed. Then, as if they had agreed, all the penguins raised their buttocks and began to dive collectively, plunging into the deeper waters to hunt for prey.
At this time, a big seal that had been lurking for a long time suddenly jumped out and bit the penguins fiercely.
It didn't succeed, well, maybe it won, because Uribia's long tentacles suddenly struck out horizontally, knocking the seal over three times in the sea water, almost hitting its head on the ice.
The reason why it didn't was that the tentacles held the seal firmly in the end. When the unlucky guy was hissing and struggling, the tentacles lightly tossed the seal onto the ice.
The huge migratory hunting team is still diving down in an orderly manner.
[It, what is it doing?]
[Don't let leopard seals eat penguins.]
[Leopard?]By the way, there are tiger sharks and killer whales. It is not uncommon to use the name of leopard as a seal. At least Xia Yi has definitely heard of such creatures as elephant seals.
The problem is that it's clear that Uribia "jumped" in the middle to protect the penguins. But why does the sea monster do this? It seems that the sea monster does not have the attribute of being full and doing nothing.
Moreover, let alone penguins being eaten, Eurebia has even eaten king crabs in front of Gululu, and Tao Masi even ate jellyfish feasts in front of Nereus... In the Mariana Trench, giant squid and Didn’t all the sea monsters lie on the sinking ship as if they hadn’t seen the desperate struggle of the sperm whale? This is the simplest fact, but the general logic is difficult to understand-natural selection, you can't save the lamb just because you feel sorry for the weak, so wouldn't the wolf who has no sheep to eat have to starve to death
Sensing Xia Yi's emotions, the Siren took his hand and touched the slippery tail of the seal soaked in sea water through the water layer.
Very elastic and dexterous, with very thick fur.
The leopard seal is ferocious by nature, it turned its head, exposed its sharp teeth, and threw itself at Xia Yi.
Of course, it is impossible to bite, not to mention the siren across the water layer, the seal only bites sea water and crushed ice, and it plunged into the sea water sullenly, circling around trying to find other food.
[See, it's not hurt.]The sirens whispered,[Generally in the sea, they can't catch up with penguins, and their speed is not fast enough, and they can only wander in shallow seas. Besides penguins, they can eat a lot of things.]
[Why can't penguins work?]
[Only penguins are birds.]
[Uh!]
[If one of these emperor penguins dies, three lives may be lost at the same time.]
Xia Yi was speechless, staring at the huge shadow of the squid in the depths of the sea with an incredible gaze. Does this mean that those penguins have eggs in their stomachs, so protecting them is a sustainable development of resources? Is the logic of sea monsters so advanced?
Wait, why are the penguins who are about to give birth rampaging in such cold sea water!
He thought too deeply, and when he accidentally thought, his thoughts turned into infrasound waves.
[Hey, they have been born! ] Urebia said in a puzzled tone.
In fact, all penguins in sea water are female! !
Male penguins? Hatch eggs on land! That's right, the temperature is tens of degrees below zero in the face of such a blizzard.
— Can the egg hatch
Xia Yi thought silently, even if it is a hen hatching an egg, it is better to find a warmer place. Is there such a place in Antarctica where a blizzard can be blown out of a trajectory parallel to the ground? (Yes, there is, it is to put the egg under the belly on the instep, and then put the fat belly back to press it, oh, it is airtight and warm==)
The penguin colony has become a hunt. Their staple food is krill. Some of them are lucky enough to stretch their necks to hold fish, and they all swallow it simply, and float up again to take a breath.
They were not afraid of Uribia's terrifying appearance at all, and some of them stepped on it directly.
[They must be raised until their bodies return to production...]The winter in Antarctica is terribly cold, and they must accumulate thick fat if they stay on land for a long time. [At that time, their babies also hatched out of their shells. , just in time to rush back.]
Normally, the little penguins will emerge from their shells starting in mid-July, but in June, the female penguins who swim far away to hunt in places with a slightly higher temperature in the westerly belt, if they only rely on themselves, normally have to go to Come back at the end of August. Unfortunately, both the male penguin and the little penguin have to wait hungry all the time. In a year with particularly bad weather, there will often be a population that does not even have a 1% survival rate for reproduction.
What's especially troublesome is that when the end of the world comes, the magnetic field is reversed, and the penguins are birds.
If Eurebia hadn't been waiting near the westerlies at the beginning of July, the female penguin, who was going to eat and nourish her body while desperately trying to drive back, couldn't even find her home in the snowstorm.
—For thousands of years, the sense of direction of the magnetic field inherited by memory genes has been destroyed.
Sea turtles also sense magnetic fields to roam endlessly in the ocean. After disasters strike, almost all sea turtles can’t find the north, including Taomas. , it is estimated that it is still in the state of continuous interval maze.
[So, Uribia wants to let this group of penguins...go home faster, no, no, to lead the way for them?]Xia Yi managed to slowly understand the meaning of the Sirens, but still found it unbelievable.
The siren couldn't understand Xia Yi's surprised expression even more. Thinking carefully, it seemed that there was nothing special in what he said just now.
[Is this 'something'?]
[Yes.]Siren still couldn’t figure out what was wrong, and looked at Xia Yi suspiciously, [If the number of emperor penguins is too small, killer whales can only eat seals, but the number of seals is much smaller than that of penguins, and seals only stay in shallow seas. Whales can be stranded or trapped near the ice.]
[…] Xia Yiquan was speechless.
[Gu, yes, killer whales are the most important thing. ] Eurebia used his tentacles to stop those emperor penguins that went in the wrong direction, while muttering, [Krill is delicious, but you have to eat a lot to get full. A killer whale can eat for two days, and if you eat it, you can go without food for half a month.]
This, is it a theory that I'm very concerned with Damo
Well, this is a very complicated logic for foodies. In order to keep the killer whales in Antarctica, the number of penguins must be guaranteed-everything that sea monsters do seriously is ultimately for eating, there is no doubt about it. Penguins that swim slowly or are old will be eaten by killer whales, while killer whales that are straying or running slowly are the feast of giant squid in the cold sea.
Xia Yi silently twitched the corner of her mouth.
I used to think that the concept of sustainable resource development was too advanced and it was impossible for sea monsters to know. Now it seems that all concepts and strategies are summed up by human beings. After all, the principle of natural selection of the fittest existed before the emergence of human beings.
And the sea monster actually knows that the most direct way to eat more and better is to protect the bottom of the food chain... If Eurebia eats a lot of krill, then the penguins will die due to lack of main food, and the final result will be The result is that Eurebia only has krill to eat, and penguins, seals, and killer whales cannot continue to survive in the Ross Sea.
Some people say that you must never give up the whole forest because of one tree.
When it comes to sea monsters, is it absolutely impossible to give up the entire ocean by eating krill
Xia Yi silently watched the huge squid continue to guard the emperor penguin colony for predation. Well, in order to maintain the diversity of food, he had to take care of the penguin colony from time to time. It was not easy being a sea monster.
[Let's go, Uribia will be busy here for at least half a month.]
When the cold winter passes, everything will be fine.
Xia Yi thought that it would take until these penguins ate themselves into a chubby state again, with enough fat to swim back to the land to find their children and mates. No wonder it is the male penguin that incubates the eggs. After all, can the newly born female penguin still survive in the blizzard of minus 40 to 50 degrees in Antarctica
The ice floes hit lightly, and it didn't take long for a thin layer of ice to appear in the big hole that Eurebia hit earlier. The snowflakes fell and gradually piled up, and the ice layer began to thicken slowly, and within an hour, it would probably freeze again.
Xia Yi watched the thin layer of ice gradually thicken, and could no longer see the blizzard raging outside, so she suddenly murmured:
[Won't they admit their mistakes?]
[what?]
[...The blizzard is so big, it turns out that the place near the sea is no longer the shore.]Xia Yi thought, according to the speed at which the sea water freezes, even if the penguin swims back, it is estimated that it will take a long time to find the original habitat. With this kind of visibility, even humans can't find their way outside.
[No matter how bad the weather is, they will desperately go back... because they only have one partner and one child.]
The siren hugged Xia Yi's shoulders tightly, and moved away from the thicker and thicker ice layer.
Xia Yi was stunned, and couldn't help but look forward, but all she could see was a vast expanse of whiteness, and she couldn't even tell the north, south, east, west, let alone find the direction... Even in the last days, it was still the motherland. gd1806102