Chapter 349: The Giant Killer Whale That Can Learn to Talk
The killer whale’s goal seemed very clear. It bit the belly of the thresher shark and did not touch other parts of the shark at all.
"What's in that belly? It looks like... a liver?" Zhu Tianpeng had already raised the telescope in his hand again and witnessed the killer whale's crazy slaughter with his own eyes. He said in shock.
"The area below the pectoral fin is the liver. When killer whales attack thresher sharks, they never eat meat, they only eat the liver!" Liang Ziqiang said.
Perhaps it is because killer whales lack certain nutrients, and those nutrients can only be obtained from the liver of sharks. In fact, killer whales attack all sharks and only eat their livers. They are not interested in shark meat and other parts.
Although the thresher shark was struggling, flapping its long, boot-like tail fin from time to time, this movement seemed like a mere show in front of the huge killer whale.
Basically, the thresher shark is like fish on a chopping board in front of the killer whale, waiting to be slaughtered.
"Where's the gourd? Where did it go?"
The two used binoculars to search for the gourd.
At that moment just now, the gourd should be safe.
In fact, killer whales also eat seals and fur seals. Not only do they eat them, they also like to abuse them, and often play with seals half to death. In short, the cute killer whales in the eyes of humans are notorious devils and villains in the marine animal world.
However, in comparison, seal meat is obviously not as delicious as shark liver, so the killer whale didn't even touch the gourd.
But if Hulu doesn't take this opportunity to escape quickly, it's hard to say whether the killer whale will suddenly want to change its taste when it comes to its senses.
The size of the gourd may be just the right size to help a killer whale pick his teeth after a meal.
"There, see it, a small dot!" Liang Ziqiang looked left and right with the telescope for a long time, and finally found the location of the gourd.
"I see it!" Zhu Tianpeng quickly saw it in the direction where his finger pointed.
Hulu was like a madman at this time. After being swallowed by the big wave, he emerged again, swam twice in the water and seemed to be less dizzy. When he saw the location of the big steel ship, he swam towards it frantically like a cramp.
This is probably the fastest speed it can reach, right? A black dot was seen rushing forward on the sea surface, its full desire to survive overflowing the entire screen.
Duobao excitedly slapped the iron railings with his paws and hummed, as if every clap of his paws could speed up the gourd.
"Hurry, prepare the basket and thick rope!" Liang Ziqiang said as he went to find a long and thick rope.
It turned out that the basket used yesterday was still tied with a thick rope and had not been untied.
This saved him a lot of trouble. He immediately grabbed the rope and quickly lowered the basket from the high boat.
The gourd finally swam all the way to the anchored ship. When it saw the basket, it didn't hesitate for a moment, and rolled and crawled, rushing into the basket in a panic.
The basket was pulled up, and the gourd climbed out of it, and after surviving the disaster, it stood firmly on the deck again.
But at this moment, the long whiskers on both sides of its mouth were trembling nervously, and its pair of front fins were flapping the deck in a disorderly manner. Its entire wet body was shaking, and water droplets kept falling onto the deck as it shook.
He looked just like a half-grown kid who had fallen into the water and had just been rescued by an adult, his face and body full of fear.
I don’t know if I was scared or tired and had cramps.
"This little thing must be a little blind! There are two big and fierce guys hiding underwater, how can it not see them? And it's still wandering around there!" Deng Zhaocai was so happy when he saw that Hulu was fine that he started scolding again.
Sea lions actually have very sharp sensory systems, and most of the time they should be able to detect the approach of danger, but there are always times when they fail to detect it. Otherwise, sea lions would not always become delicious meals for big whales and big sharks.
Duobao came over at this time, patted Hulu with his paw, and made a barking sound, mumbling something. Was he celebrating his escape from the tiger's mouth? Or was he teaching Hulu a lesson for his recklessness?
"A Qiang, should we set sail and leave here as soon as possible? That killer whale is too big. It's the first time I've seen such a big one in the sea. I'm afraid it will swim over and hit our boat a few times..."
Liang Chun raised this question worriedly when he saw the killer whale still feasting on shark liver on the sea.
"Start the boat engine, hoist the anchor, and start sailing," Liang Ziqiang decided. "But don't go far, and don't rush to trawling. Just stay around here for a while. Normally, killer whales won't hit fishing boats."
The killer whale in front of them, estimated to weigh more than 10,000 kilograms, was indeed the largest creature Liang Ziqiang and his team had seen in the deep sea so far. The Bryde's whales, tiger sharks, and great white sharks they had encountered before were also large, but none of them could match the size of this killer whale.
If the big steel ship were really hit a few times, theoretically it would be enough to cause a lot of damage.
But killer whales have always had a strange phenomenon, they almost never attack humans. Anyway, there is no record of killer whales eating people in the world.
In addition, there were some cases where the opposite happened. Some crew members fell into the water and were rescued by killer whales. In one case, a group of killer whales rescued nine crew members who were in danger of death.
It has always been a mystery why ferocious great white sharks and thresher sharks are eaten by killer whales like snacks, but they come to the rescue of weak humans.
Some people say that because killer whales evolved from ancient land animals that returned to the ocean, they have a close memory of land creatures.
Some people say that because humans and killer whales are both mammals and have similar heartbeat rates, it is possible that killer whales mistook the humans who fell into the water for their own babies.
In short, there are many explanations from various angles, but there is still no definitive conclusion, which is quite confusing.
Liang Ziqiang had already started the boat and was sailing slowly. If the killer whale showed any unusual behavior, he could still speed up and escape immediately.
But this possibility is extremely low.
At this time, the killer whale was happily gnawing on the liver of the thresher shark, making an intermittent "crunching" sound, like the sound made by pulling on rusty iron door and window hinges.
"So this is the sound of a killer whale? It's not very pleasant!" Liang Chun also heard the dull sound and complained.
"Then you are wrong, this is just the sound it makes when it eats. It has so many sounds, not just one..." Liang Ziqiang revealed.
In fact, killer whales are typical "chatterboxes" in the ocean. Once they meet, they will chatter endlessly with each other.
Moreover, their language is not single. They are known as the "language masters" in the whale kingdom and can make more than sixty to seventy different sounds. These sounds may express joy or anger, or communication or imparting experience, and all have different meanings.
If you suddenly hear a killer whale yelling "hello, goodbye" to a person one day, don't think you are hallucinating, it really happened. Of course, the killer whales in the Ocean Park have been interacting with humans for a long time and have learned to imitate humans, squeezing air through their blowholes to imitate human "speaking".
Liang Ziqiang drove the boat slowly around the sea and did not leave immediately because he was still waiting for the killer whale.
After the killer whale has finished eating the liver of the thresher shark, the whole thresher shark is left, which is still very valuable.
Deng Zhaocai was just saying that the tail fin of this thresher shark is equivalent to the weight of several normal sharks, but unfortunately there is no way to get it.
Liang Ziqiang had never expected that something that was out of reach would suddenly become something to look forward to...
(End of this chapter)
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