Chapter 78 Killer Whale (Part 3)
The knowledgeable grandmother whale, who has experienced countless storms, seems to have encountered the biggest moral kidnapping in her life.
Hearing the whimpering of the little whale, she was torn between her whale nature and instinct.
Reason and past experience told the Grandmother Whale that it should stay away from foreign whales.
Those who are not of my race must have different hearts!
However, whenever the grandmother whale intends to lead her family away, she will leave the baby whale behind, and with luck, it may be able to wait for other whale groups to adopt it.
Before the whale group swam away, the gurgling sound of the poor little killer whale was heard, as if it was about to drown.
"Bing!"
“Oh!”
“Oh my!”
The cub's cry had some kind of magic that made the big killer whale unable to help but feel pity.
After repeating this several times, the grandmother whale finally compromised.
She could understand the cries of the baby whale and was destined not to ignore the little guy.
"Buzz." The Grandmother Whale made a serious muffled sound again.
'Come with us, little one.'
With the support of the whales, Yu Yiyun struggled to float to the surface and told her grandmother whale in a weak voice.
"Bing..." The baby doesn't know how to swim...
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Little Fat Tiger has not yet mastered the use of the wild tail he just received.
Unlike the world he had experienced before, little Hill had been alone in the small swimming pool of the oceanarium.
He had no companions and had never seen the vast ocean. Everything around him was unfamiliar to him.
Little Hill is eight and a half years old this year, but he does not have any survival skills that a killer whale should have.
Yu Yiyun thought about it and sighed.
No wonder the mission this time is to 'master basic survival skills'.
At first glance, it doesn't seem difficult.
I never expected that the little fat tiger couldn't even breathe on his own, how could he say this task was easy?!
"Buzz buzz." The grandmother whale heard the calf's voice and taught him seriously, "Don't act like a spoiled child."
It is a serious matter that the baby killer whale cannot swim, especially since Fat Tiger is already eight years old.
Even if it is malnourished, it still weighs nearly three tons. The big killer whale cannot carry him around swimming like it does with a baby killer whale.
No matter how much the little killer whale acts like a spoiled child, there's no way it can get away with this.
"Hmm?" Am I acting like a spoiled brat?
"Chirp." A little killer whale of the same age swam over and whispered to him, "Stop acting like a spoiled child. Grandma is scary when she's angry."
"..." Yu Yijun closed her mouth and dared not make any more sound.
Judging from the reactions of the whales around me, the sounds that I thought were normal communication sounded to them like the killer whale version of the clip sound, which was delicate and coquettish.
Grandma Whale found that Little Fat Tiger could not follow the team for a while, so she asked the family members to stay beside him.
Although resident killer whales are more home-based, marine animals do not have fixed nests like land animals.
As the overlord of the ocean, killer whales usually drop their fins wherever they swim, and their range of activity is so large that it scares the fish.
Except for the grandmother whale and the eldest daughter who had seen the whaling ship, there were some concerns.
The other whales expressed pure joy at the addition of Little Fat Tiger.
Two killer whales of the same age had a new playmate. They were visibly excited and circled around him and blew bubbles.
Because they both loved blowing bubbles so much, Yu Yiyun named the little girl Bubble and the boy who developed faster Zhuangzhuang.
Zhuangzhuang: Are you polite?!
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang are inseparable and look like real siblings.
In fact, the probability of killer whales giving birth to twins is lower than that of humans, and most of them are only children.
And from various behaviors, it can be seen that the female Paopao is older than the male Zhuangzhuang.
According to Yu Yiyun's inference, this warm family was probably afraid that their only child would feel lonely.
So the two older female killer whales decided to give birth to calves at the same time.
The birth interval between killer whales is as long as 6-10 years. Usually when younger siblings are born, the older brothers and sisters in the family have reached sub-adulthood.
For a little killer whale, being playmates like Bubble and Zhuangzhuang is a very precious childhood experience.
Now, Bubble and Zhuangzhuang have a new playmate, and their tails are twisting around wildly with joy.
Yu Yiyun judged that the killer whale's tail twisting was probably similar to the "dancing" of a human child.
The problem is...
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang weigh more than seven tons together. They wag their tails at the same time, causing the surrounding water to surge up and down.
The little fat tiger, who was not very good at swimming, was swept around in circles by the waves and finally experienced the feeling of being a pangolin in his previous life.
“Oh…”
Stop shaking, the brain needs to be evenly distributed!
“Oh my!”
Save the children!
“Squeak.”
“Mmmmm!”
Two older adult female whales rushed over, one on each side, to stop their cubs from bullying the little fish.
The two killer whales that initially held up Yu Yiyun surrounded him on the left and right, asking if the little fat tiger was okay.
In their eyes, the eight-year-old fat tiger is no different from a newborn baby whale and will be swept away by the waves if they are a little bigger.
"Hmm~"
Yu Yiyun, who received concern, told them that her vital signs were stable.
The two killer whales were still worried, so they knocked out a few fish, rushed to Fat Tiger, and made the weak little whale open his mouth to "take it all the way to the stomach".
Yu Yiyun originally thought that the two big whales were enthusiastic, considerate, and caring for the fish, and they must be gentle and mature aunts and uncles!
After observation, we found that they also belong to the new generation of whales. They are the older brothers and sisters of Bubble and Zhuangzhuang, and their ages are probably between 15 and 20 years old.
The shape of his brother's dorsal fin was particularly perfect, like a sharpened scimitar, so Yu Yijun secretly named him "Brother Dao".
Brother Dao sounds super cool, but it's a pity that only Fat Tiger is the whale that calls him that, and the other whales call him by other 'names.'
Killer whales are highly intelligent social animals. When communicating among themselves, each whale has its own unique pronunciation similar to its name.
Not long after Yu Yiyun showed up, they started calling the foreign whales with the same pronunciation.
It probably means 'poor and cute little guy', or 'little guy' for short.
I'm used to calling him that, this is the 'name' of little Fat Tiger.
Yu Yiyun had limited experience and was unable to fully translate their names into human language. She then made her own secondary creations, translating the sounds they used to call the grandmother whale into "grandma", the sounds they used to call the two older female whales into "Aunt" and "Second Aunt", and the older male killer whale was naturally "Uncle".
Among the four killer whales of the same generation as him, only the elder sister who initially held up little Fatty Tiger and fed him fish and shrimps is left, and she still has no suitable name.
Yu Yiyun was racking her brains when she found that after playing with Bubble and Zhuangzhuang for a while, he went to rub his sister's belly, mumbling cute whale language.
"Chirp~" Little baby, do you know we have new friends!
"Squeak~" Come out quickly, we will play with you~
Yu Yiyun finally realized that her beautiful sister was about to give birth to a new life.
Killer whales of different sexes develop at different rates.
Male killer whales reach adulthood at around 15 years old and often begin to reproduce after the age of 20.
Female killer whales mature relatively early and develop faster, reaching adulthood at around 12 years old and giving birth to calves three to four years later.
Killer whales have the longest gestation period of any mammal, more than 600 days.
According to the information revealed in their conversation, the beautiful sister will give birth to a baby in the next two months.
"Bing!"
The little fat tiger's eyes immediately lit up, glowing with water!
Originally he was full of complaints, grumbling about the devastating ending that couldn't be any worse.
Unexpectedly, not only has he been adopted by a warm family, but in two months he will be able to rub a cute little killer whale~
Baby whale!
A cuddly baby whale!
Fat Tiger was so happy that he decided to secretly call the beautiful sister the name of the Virgin Mary.
Thinking of the upcoming birth of the baby whale, Fat Tiger imitated Bubble and Zhuangzhuang and danced with his tail to celebrate.
As a result, I was so excited that I blew out all the air in my lungs by blowing bubbles.
Gurgle gurgle gurgle…
"Bing!"
Help!
“Oh my!”
The baby is going to drown again!
“Mmm~”
Please save this poor and cute little guy.
"Chiu?"
Is he a bit stupid?
“Oh…”
Stop cursing, stop cursing.
The baby is about to break through!
On the first day of the whale's birth, Yu Yiyun fell into deep worry.
I can’t breathe on my own. What if I accidentally drown when I sleep without the help of a killer whale?
Soon, Fat Tiger realized that his worries were unnecessary.
Fifty million years ago, the ancestors of whales returned to the ocean from land.
After a long period of evolution, they became marine animals again, but they still retained the habit of living on land: breathing with lungs.
In order to avoid drowning while sleeping, whales have evolved a unique "half-brain sleeping method".
Commonly known as "half of the brain sleeping, half of the brain standing guard."
The half-brain sleep method not only allows killer whales to rest while still being able to float to the surface to breathe, but also allows them to avoid natural enemies in time...well, if natural enemies exist.
After a short rest, Maria and the second aunt used their tails to stun a bunch of small fish and fed them madly to the family's adopted son.
As they fed the baby, they felt something was increasingly wrong.
"Chirp?" Why can't this child be fed?
"Squeak!" Although it is so thin, it can eat more than a killer whale.
Maria couldn't help but look into Fat Tiger's mouth, wondering if there was a black hole in the little guy's stomach.
"Hmm~" Yu Yiyun made the sound of begging for food again.
I'm hungry! I want food!
Feeding them with just these few small fish is not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth!
no way.
The big killer whale couldn't resist the little one's cute baby voice, so after taking a breath, it dived into deeper and farther waters to catch salmon, the main food of Southern Resident whales, for its baby.
Friends who are familiar with the habits of killer whales know that killer whales of different ecotypes have different eating habits and basically only eat their own menu.
The Southern Resident whales living in this sea area have several family recipes, including Chinook salmon (King salmon), Common salmon (Dog salmon), Silver salmon (Silver salmon), and occasionally Sockeye salmon (Red salmon) and Humpback salmon (Pink salmon) to change the taste.
Salmon Family Bucket: I￥……@#￥%!
Thank you, living king of the sea!
Little Fat Tiger arrived at an inopportune moment.
It is now the salmon breeding season, and large numbers of king salmon are leaving this sea area and returning to their birthplace to lay eggs.
The killer whale family had to settle for the next best thing and catch salmon of other flavors and feed them to the calves that were particularly eager to eat.
Yu Yiyun blinked twice and looked at the salmon that was brought to her mouth, expressing her deep sympathy.
Salmon is meaty and nutritious, and occupies an important position in the food chain.
In the ocean, they are regarded as the staple food by the deep-sea overlord killer whales, because salmon can provide the protein needed for the growth of young whales and provide fat for adult killer whales.
The salmon have escaped from the killer whales and have worked hard to return to their birthplace to spawn. There, a large number of brown bears are waiting there, waiting to enjoy the annual salmon season.
In addition, hooded seals, hairy-legged fishing owls, sea eagles and other birds of prey also include it in their diet.
The most advanced hunter on earth, the terrifying Homo erectus, is very fond of all kinds of salmon dishes.
Throughout their lives, salmon have many natural enemies.
They work hard to reach their birthplace, and then fight to the death for breeding rights.
Only the male salmon that survives to the end is eligible to provide DNA for the eggs laid by the female.
Yu Yiyun simply recalled the salmon's bumpy life and expressed her deep sympathy.
Then he happily opened his mouth and ate all the salmon in front of him, while sincerely wishing that the salmon family would have many descendants.
Salmon Gate Lives Forever!!!
After getting enough sleep and eating enough, the big killer whales surrounded the little fat tiger and decided to give him special swimming training.
Grandma Whale looked at the eight-year-old little Fat Tiger and felt deeply worried.
You know, the grandmother whale is about to be promoted to great-grandmother and has very rich experience in raising cubs.
But the cubs she had raised before began learning survival skills shortly after they were born.
Like Bubble and Zhuangzhuang in the family, after they were weaned, they never caused Big Whale any trouble about swimming and breathing again.
Yu Yiyun is different.
The little guy is now over eight years old.
A whale of his size could even cooperate with the family's hunting tactics and join in the task of killing salmon.
The little fat tiger doesn’t even know how to breathe, so he needs family members to stay by his side at all times and help lift him to the surface of the water.
If the big whale is even slightly careless, Fat Tiger's life will be in danger.
Ordinary killer whale calves, like human babies, need to go through a long learning process.
It takes them several years to learn how to survive and hunt.
But Fat Tiger doesn't have that much time.
Although the grandmother whale was willing to take him in and provide food for the baby whale.
But Maria's baby is about to be born, and when the newborn killer whale arrives, the big killer whale will definitely focus more on the baby.
By that time, if the little fat tiger has not learned how to breathe and swim, he will definitely...
Before the grandmother whale could think through the consequences, she realized: Well, there’s no need to think about it anymore.
Although the newly adopted killer whale has never been exposed to the ocean, its ability to learn is so fast that it amazes the fish.
On the first day, the big killer whale needs to completely support the baby killer whale and use its body to help the little guy float to the surface so that it can breathe successfully.
On the second day, the big killer whale only needed to support its heavy upper body. The little guy would swing his tail by himself to find his state and gradually master the tricks of floating up and down.
On the third day, under the nervous gaze of the killer whales.
Fat Tiger swung his tail clumsily, floated to the surface of the water crookedly, and sprayed out a small fountain.
“Oh my!”
Look! The baby can breathe!
"Chirp~" The little guy is so awesome!
"Squeak!" Little guy, you are the smartest baby!
Brother Dao and Maria were the happiest. They swam beside the little fat tiger and kept jumping out of the water, splashing a rainbow in the air.
The grandmother whale remained serious, but caught more salmon that night to feed the little one who never seemed to be full.
After learning how to breathe, the second thing is to learn how to swim.
The sea area where they are located is not where salmon often appear, so each hunt requires them to travel back and forth to sea areas dozens of kilometers apart.
For killer whales, tens of kilometers is roughly equivalent to the distance from the bedroom to the living room, which is not far.
However, due to the poor survival ability of the little fat tiger, it could not even keep up with such a short distance, so the big killer whale had to turn back frequently.
Turning back is a small matter, as killer whales have to swim hundreds of kilometers every day to maintain exercise.
But when hunting, it has to be separated from the little fat tiger, which makes the big killer whale very worried about the weak little guy who is always crying and acting coquettishly.
Once, because they were so anxious to hunt, a school of salmon escaped.
Under normal circumstances, killer whales should chase and capture the animal.
After swimming for just a few hundred meters, Maria suddenly made a sound.
"Chirp?" Is the little guy okay?
"Squeak!" Brother Dao immediately said: Let's go back and see him.
“…Hmm.” Grandma Whale made a decision: let’s go back first.
After returning, Yu Yiyun learned that their hunting failed because of her. She felt a little guilty and tried hard to stand up and learn how to swim.
There are two main problems for little Fat Tiger to learn to swim.
The first problem: How to manipulate the wild tail and body?
After mastering the tricks of floating and diving, Yu Yiyun's skill in controlling his tail improved greatly, and he was now able to swim to any direction skillfully.
Although its posture is not as beautiful as that of other killer whales, at least it will not stay in one place and turn in circles.
The problem was the second point, he was not able to use the sonar system skillfully.
Visibility in the deep sea is low. Even if killer whales have good eyesight, they can only see things that are close around them.
Killer whales swim very fast and can disappear from your sight if you are not careful.
It is difficult to catch a scent on the seabed, let alone find footprints.
Whenever a killer whale cannot find its companions in sight, it will make a sound to locate them.
Before returning to the ocean, little Hill stayed in a narrow environment provided by humans.
Before he came into the world, his mother orca had been in captivity for more than ten years.
She had just been fished out of the water and was making frequent noises, hoping for a response.
I found that the circus swimming pool had no similar objects and there was nothing that needed to be located. I could see the end at a glance.
Gradually, my mother's sonar system stopped working.
After Hill was born, he lived in a small and closed environment, so naturally he had no concept of "using sonar for positioning".
As a result, Yu Yiyun, who is already over eight years old, is like a newborn baby whale and has to learn how to use the sonar system from scratch.
Fortunately, the adoptive family was not only patient, but also had extensive experience in teaching cubs.
The big killer whale will send out signals in different directions to teach the little fat tiger how to position itself.
Although Paopao and Zhuangzhuang can't help, they can provide interference and increase Yu Yiyun's skill proficiency.
After about a week, when Yu Yiyun was able to locate the whale group that disappeared from sight from different directions, he could finally set off with his family!
“Chirp~”
“Squeak!”
Killer whales are not only patient, but also very good at providing emotional value.
Maria and Brother Dao swam at the end of the team. Whenever they couldn't see Little Fat Tiger, they would stop and wait, and give guidance by voice.
When little Fat Tiger swims over slowly, wagging his tail, his brothers and sisters will stick close to him, rub his body with their kisses, stroke little Fat Tiger with their pectoral fins, and praise him for being the smartest baby in the entire ocean.
Yu Yiyun felt a little embarrassed to receive so much praise from family members just for learning how to swim.
Fortunately, killer whales are born with cold white skin, so their faces don’t turn red.
"Oh oh oh!" Fat Tiger twisted his tail and made a happy sound.
"Hmm." Grandma Whale turned back and urged the little fat tiger with a voice, teaching him to 'know when to stop being a spoiled child'.
The little guy acts like a spoiled brat every day, making my daughter and granddaughter only want to cuddle with the baby whale and are too lazy to catch fish.
"Hmm!" Okay, grandma~
Yu Yiyun responded, tried to speed up, and swam to the middle of the whale group to move forward with everyone else.
The little fat tiger, who had just learned to swim, was too slow and slowed down the progress of the entire whale group.
When they returned to the waters where their counterparts often appeared, the peak salmon activity season had passed, and only the whales that had just eaten their fill were left there to digest their food.
The grandmother whale obviously recognized this group of killer whales and emitted a high-frequency "buzz" from a distance to greet the old friend whale.
The resident whales living in this sea area basically belong to the same matriarchal clan, and each clan leader is very good at socializing.
They would arrange blind dates for their children and chat with each other when they met each other in daily life.
The tribe leader on the other side heard the voice of the grandmother whale and swam over quickly, greeting her in a friendly manner.
The two chiefs had just spoken a few words when they soon discovered a strange figure among the whales.
"Eeyore?" Who is he?
"Hmm." The little guy we picked up is now a new member.
The grandmother whale gave an answer and signaled little fat tiger to swim ahead.
Only then did Yu Yiyun realize that killer whales also have the habit of gossiping and showing off their children.
The grandmother whale almost grabbed his ears and told him to "behave in front of the foreign whales."
“Hmm.”
The little fat tiger swam to the front with his tail wagging, blinked his big eyes, and greeted the strange elder politely.
The strange group of whales that had been staying in the distance to digest their food heard the sound and gathered around, chirping curiously.
"Chirp?" Are their cubs born?
"Coo!" The sound is so cute, I like babies.
"Hmm?" It doesn't seem to be a cub.
The killer whales gathered around and saw that the one making the cute sound was not a newborn calf, but a malnourished and sick little creature.
"Chirp." Little guy, what's wrong with you?
Yu Yiyun was suddenly surrounded by so many killer whales. Facing countless curious eyes, she felt an inexplicable pressure.
When he heard the question, Fat Tiger cried and retell the story he had told before.
Fat Tiger gradually realized that the sounds he made sounded like the cub's coquettishness to the killer whale, which made the narration even more moving to the whale.
Killer whales are emotional animals. Upon hearing the little guy's tragic experience, the stranger whales expressed their sympathy and asked the grandmother whale to take good care of the cute little guy.
From beginning to end, no whale questioned or objected to Grandma Whale's taking in foreign whales.
Killer whales are highly social, but they have a strong sense of boundaries and will not interfere with other families.
When the strange whales left, they were still chattering about the little guy.
It is foreseeable that if they encounter new whale groups, they will certainly tell them this story.
It didn't take long before the entire Southern Resident whale population knew that the grandmother whale had taken in a "poor and cute little guy".
Yu Yiyun sighed silently: It turns out that liking to gossip is not just a human privilege.
“Chirp~”
Bubble swam over, circled around Yu Yiyun twice, and invited her to play.
"Hmm?"
What? !
Yu Yiyun couldn't believe what nonsense she heard, and asked Paopao for confirmation again in doubt.
Then, Zhuangzhuang swam over and repeated the same thing excitedly.
“Chirp!”
Little guy, let’s go to the sea and rub the two-legged beasts~!
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