Chapter 80 Killer Whale (V)
Three lost little ones... three big ones... uh, three giant ones, swam too far away and completely lost contact with their family.
The three huge fat fish, weighing more than ten tons in total, were so anxious that they were circling around in the vast ocean and crying loudly.
“Chirp!”
“Squeak!”
“Oh…”
If human children get lost, adults will teach them to "wait where they are" or "ask the police for help."
However, there is no fixed place in the ocean. No matter how far you go, you will see the same scenery. There are no marine police. Passing fish within a few miles will swim around them.
Yu Yiyun had no definite evidence, but he felt for no reason:
With my bad luck, the three giants will definitely float farther and farther away!
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang were very confident at first and insisted that they could find their way home.
As a result, the two whale kids took turns swimming in front to lead the way, chirping and dissing each other, "You have a bad sense of direction, let me do it."
After swimming for about two hours, we couldn't locate either our family members or other resident whales.
“Chirp?”
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang looked around and then realized they were scared.
Before, they dared to leave their family and swim alone, mainly because this was the sea area where resident whales lived.
Even if I get lost and blend into other whale groups, the aunts and grandmas I know will definitely take me home.
Nowadays, there are no signs of resident whales within a radius of several kilometers or even dozens of kilometers, which means that they may have left the resident whales' habitat.
Although killer whales have almost no natural enemies in the ocean.
But the three giants are still cubs after all, drifting alone...
If I don’t have food to eat, I’ll feel hungry QAQ.
The picky and mama's baby killer whale is not yet able to hunt for salmon and must return to its home whale to wait for feeding.
"Woo woo!" Bubbles emits a low-frequency sound that can travel farther, calling grandma and mom.
The voice traveled far away, but received no response.
"Buzz--" Zhuangzhuang surfaced to take a breath and made a longer and heavier sound, hoping to get a response from the nearby resident whales.
However, even after the three giants took several breaths, they still did not receive a response.
“Oh…”
When the little fat tiger found that his companions’ calls went unanswered, he made a coquettish sound and asked for help from the surrounding sea.
He didn't know who to call and had no expectations.
Bubbles and Zhuangzhuang grew up in the sea, have close ties with their family, and are more familiar with the ways of the killer whales.
They both got no response, so they were sure...
"Woo?"
Suddenly, a voice came from far away, responding to the baby whale's cry for help.
"Ying!" I'm here!
Yu Yijun's eyes lit up and she made more sounds, hoping that the strange killer whale could find her quickly.
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang saw him floating there, talking to himself and flapping his tail to make noises. They were puzzled and their eyes were filled with confusion.
"Chiu?" Little guy, who are you talking to?
"Hmm~" Yu Yijun told them that a big killer whale was heading this way.
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang immediately perked up, turning around in circles and listening carefully.
There are many sounds in the noisy sea, but there is no sound of the same kind.
"Squeak?" Zhuangzhuang swam to Fat Tiger and asked with concern: Little guy, are you scared?
"Chirp!" If grandma finds out we are missing, she will definitely look for us!
The two friends thought that Fat Tiger was too scared because he was lost for the first time and even had auditory hallucinations, so they surrounded him and patted him with their pectoral fins to comfort him.
Yu Yiyun heard the sound of a killer whale getting closer and closer, and Aba Aba explained to his companions, but Bubble and Zhuangzhuang still didn't notice anything.
It was not until the killer whale appeared in front of them that Yu Yiyun realized why the two of them did not react.
It was a young male transient whale, very strong, over 8 meters long, with a dorsal fin that was straighter and sharper than that of the resident whale.
Passenger whales are herbivorous killer whales that hunt larger sea lions, dolphins, or other whales.
Various evidences indicate that the groups of herbivorous killer whales are not as tightly knit as those of piscivorous killer whales, and that there is relatively little internal communication.
Passenger whales also belong to a matriarchal society, but they are different from resident whales that form matriarchal clans (families with a common ancestor, similar to ancient tribes).
Most of the transient whales will leave their original family when they grow to a certain age and venture out on their own, forming an evil force at sea with the new whales they have met.
Because of its "notorious" hunting style, it was once called a "killer whale" by humans. It is definitely a member of the ocean's blackfin gang.
Yu Yiyun discovered that she had summoned a male passing whale and she stepped back in fear.
You should know that transient whales mainly feed on marine mammals and will kill young whales separated from their parents.
Baby whale...
Isn't that us? ! ! !
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In the eyes of humans, all ocean killer whales are the same species.
However, from the reaction of the grandmother whale, it can be seen that killer whales of different ecotypes are fighting on their own and do not think that the other party is of the same kind as themselves.
Marine research teams that have been observing and photographing killer whales for a long time have rarely seen different ecotypes interacting with each other.
Some killer whales would rather starve to death than enter the range of killer whales of other ecotypes or eat prey on their menus.
At this moment, facing the strange passing whale, Bubble and Zhuangzhuang finally realized the danger of the children going out alone, and quickly turned around to surround Fat Tiger.
"Squeak!" Little guy, the bad whale is coming!
"Chirp!" Let's run away!
"Bing!"
Fat Tiger, who had just learned to swim, was still very slow even if he used all his strength to swing his tail.
Before it swam far, the ruthless ocean blackfin came after it and uttered a low syllable.
"Woo?" A lost little guy?
“…嘤.” Yes, that’s right.
Yu Yiyun responded timidly.
"Chirp?" Little guy, what are you talking to him?
"Squeak!" That guy is scary, let's swim faster!
Currently, killer whales of different ecotypes do not communicate with each other at all.
Over hundreds of thousands of years, they have gradually developed different cultures and languages, similar to the relationship between Chinese and English.
Simply put: resident whales and transient whales...can't understand each other's gibberish at all.
Compared to the resident whales that talk a lot, the blackfin whales are very quiet and the sounds they make each time are very simple.
The amazing thing is that Yu Yiyun could completely understand what he meant and communicate with him smoothly by making sounds like "嘤嘤嘤".
At this moment, he was madly praising the voice of the world in his heart!
Who says rewards are useless?
The rewards are so useful!
The male transient whale looked cold and emotionless, like a killer fin without emotions, but the sound he made was completely different. He asked in a low voice where he lived.
"Oh, oh, oh." Yu Yiyun translated to her companion: He asked us where we live?
"Chirp!" Live where there are lots of silver salmon!
The killer whale family has no address, but Bubble and Zhuangzhuang often get lost and have extensive experience in getting lost.
Their grandmother told them that if they met a kind whale, they should tell them what fish were near their family.
"Oh, oh, oh." Yu Yiyun mustered up the courage to convey Bubble's words to the passerby Whale.
As soon as he finished speaking, the passing whale heard the "click" sound made by his companion, detected his position, and told him from a distance:
"Woo." I found a little lost kid and I planned to take him back.
"Woo?" Do you know where there are a lot of silver salmon?
The sound traveled far away and received a response from another passing whale.
"Eeh." Behind the coral reef, there are no sharks or dolphins, only many rude resident whales.
"Gugu?" That little guy, could it be the child of a resident whale? You actually talked to the child of a resident whale.
The cold-blooded passerby Whale looked at Fat Tiger again, and a trace of confusion finally appeared in his eyes.
"Woo." He is not the child of a resident whale, nor is he a child of our kind.
"Gu...Gu!" Huh? Let me see... Never mind, we found a dolphin and are going to catch it now, you send him home and come back quickly!
The passing whale in front of them did not respond, but turned around and headed in the vertical direction of where they had just swam.
"Woo." Follow me.
"Hmm!" Okay~
The little fat tiger wagged his tail happily and translated for his companions.
"Wow~" He wants to take us home. He is a good whale.
There is no intrigue in the killer whale world.
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang, who were often sent home by the killer whale, immediately followed, showing their usual talkative nature as resident whales.
"Chirp~" Thank you for sending me home.
"Squeak~" Sorry, I thought you were a bad whale just now.
"Chirp, chirp?" Why did grandma say you are big bad whales and told me not to play with you?
"Squeak!" Grandma was wrong, I went back to correct her!
Compared to the taciturn transient whales, resident whales are definitely chatterboxes.
Even though the passing whale was silent and didn't respond, the two of them continued to chat endlessly.
At first, the passing whale was too lazy to pay attention to the two strange little chatterboxes.
But they were too talkative, and it sounded like the topic was about themselves.
Although Passerby Whale couldn't understand, the two little brats glanced at him after saying a few words and then continued to beep loudly.
Finally, the passing whale couldn't help it and slowed down to wait for the slowest little fat tiger to catch up.
"Ohhh~" The little fat tiger wagged his tail and caught up with the team, saying pitifully: You swim so fast, I almost lost you.
"Woo." Got it.
"Woo?" What is your companion saying?
Yu Yiyun leaned over, listened, and recounted the story truthfully:
"Oh, oh, oh!" They said you have a bad personality and no whale is willing to chat with you, so you became mute.
"Woo?"
“Woo woo woo!”
“Woo woo woo!”
The male passing whale seemed to be mocked by a high school player who was "really bad at playing basketball". His defense was instantly broken and his vocabulary became richer by the minute.
He was so angry that he spoke a lot, mixed with all kinds of whale jargon, cursing and explaining that he spoke less in order to avoid making any noise to disturb the prey.
Who like them resident whales!
You have nothing better to do than to eat and keep talking nonsense every day!
With such a big body, Bai can’t even catch a dolphin!
After listening to the cool guy's complaints, Yu Yijun completely missed the point and asked in a hissing voice, "Is dolphin delicious?"
"Chirp!" You can't eat dolphins!
Bubble immediately stopped Fat Tiger's dangerous thoughts.
Yu Yiyun thought that they both really liked dolphins, after all, they had the same ancestors hundreds of millions of years ago...
Then, I listened to Zhuangzhuang talking nonsense in a serious tone:
"Squeak." Dolphins are poisonous. Eating them will make your teeth rot like those of a passing whale.
"Woo?" What did they say again?
"......嘤嘤." They said that you dolphin eats too much and all your teeth will rot.
Fat Tiger’s translation has always been very good.
The passing whale broke through the defense again.
"Woo?"
“Woo woo!”
“Woo woo woo!”
Cool guy's vocabulary was enriched again. In just two minutes, he helped Yu Yiyun understand all kinds of Passenger Whale jargon.
Zaun killer whale, you never lied to me.
Fortunately, the passing whale was angry, but he didn't take the three kids seriously. He quickly found the coral reef through the positioning system and went around to the back to find the waters where the silver salmon appeared.
The coral reef is like an underwater jungle, covering a large area, and it is difficult to find a specific group of whales in a short time.
Fortunately, the grandmother whale and her family members had already discovered that the three cubs were missing and were searching everywhere in the nearby waters.
Soon, the second aunt located the cub's voice and immediately called the family to come over.
A few kilometers away, they discovered traces of passing killer whales and instantly became alert, preparing to drive away the alien killer whales as usual.
Before the whales launched an attack, Bubble and Zhuangzhuang twisted their tails and swam over, happily telling Grandma Whale that they were very lost, and fortunately they met a 'kind' passerby, Uncle Whale, who escorted them home.
The killer whale world is also full of respect for fish and worldly wisdom. Having heard that the guest whales escorted their own children so far, the big killer whales naturally could not repay kindness with enmity.
The grandmother whale had lived for more than sixty years, and even though she had never dealt with the passing whales, she knew their "rules of the road" to some extent, so she caught two of the largest salmon as a thank you gift.
“…”
In the past, when transient whales came to this sea area, they would be driven away by groups of resident whales.
The young cool guy was overwhelmed by the warm reception he received for the first time.
Yu Yiyun thought he didn't understand, so she thoughtfully translated for him:
"Oh oh oh~" Grandma praised you for being a good boy, you can't tell from your appearance~
"Woo?" Are you sure she is praising me?
"Oh!" Of course! Grandma caught fish for you to eat~
"Woo." But I don't eat fish.
"Oh." The salmon is delicious. If you don't want to eat it, give it to me.
The passing whale looked at the little fat tiger's greedy eyes, and suddenly his evil taste burst out, and he swallowed the two fat salmon in one bite.
“…嘤.” Is it delicious?
A passing whale tasted it and answered honestly: I couldn't taste anything, the sea lion tasted more delicious.
"Oh oh!" Yu Yiyun became even more greedy, and said aba aba that she also wanted to eat sea lion.
"Woo." Okay.
The ecosystems of transient and resident whales are different, and adult offspring rarely stay at home.
Some of the transient whales as big as Fat Tiger have left their mothers and formed the Ocean Blackfin Party with like-minded partners.
"Woo woo~" The passing whale made an invitation: My companions and I live in the sea where there are dolphins. If you want to eat sea lions, come over and we will take you to the north coast to catch them.
"Hmm..." Yu Yijun was a little moved, but did not agree to Ke Jing immediately.
He had just joined the new family and was reluctant to leave so soon.
Moreover, with Fat Tiger's current ability, it is simply a pipe dream for him to catch up with the speed of the Passing Whale.
The passing whale didn't get a response, so it wagged its tail regretfully and turned around.
"Woo." Goodbye, little one.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Yu Yiyun chased after him and asked him what his name was.
The passerby whale swam a long way away and replied coolly with one syllable, which immediately silenced Yu Yiyun.
Translated into human language, his name roughly means: a wind-chasing prodigal.
Hello, prodigal son.
The whales formed a square formation, watched the passing whales go away, and then...
Start cricketing like crazy.
"Eeyee." Why didn't he call out? Can't he speak?
"Squeak~" He talks a lot. He was shouting all the way!
"Chirp, chirp." I don't understand it, but the little guy can. Is he the child of a passing whale?
"Buzz, buzz, buzz." The little guy is not the child of a passing whale. It is too small.
"Coo coo." The little guy is not our child either, but he can understand what we say.
"..." Yu Yiyun, who was about to beg for food, was suddenly startled.
Finished!
Would they discover something and think they were a monster?
How do you explain this?
Just lie to them and tell them that the circus teaches killer whales a common language.
Circus: Me? I have this ability?!
Before Yu Yijun could think of an excuse, Maria called out cheerfully.
"Chirp~" The little guy is the smartest child~
"Eeyore!" Yes, the little guy learns to swim very quickly.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" But he didn't know the way, and it was he who led us lost just now.
"Hmm."
The killer whale turned to Fat Tiger, wondering if he was smart or stupid.
Yu Yiyun blinked her small eyes innocently and spoke in a baby voice.
"Bing." Baby is hungry~
Fat Tiger's version of the clamp sound was very effective. The killer whales immediately forgot the topic they had just discussed and happily formed a group to catch salmon.
The nearby waters are affected by cold currents and the water temperature is below 18℃ all year round.
There are large coral reefs at the bottom of the water, which nourish many planktons and are particularly suitable for salmon to live in schools.
The Southern Resident whales feed mainly on salmon, and each family has its own strategy for hunting salmon.
Every time they hunt, Maria and Brother Dao swim in the front and use the sonar system to lock the position of the fish school. They can determine the size, type, movement trajectory and other information of the fish school by reflecting the sound waves.
Then, the killer whales will disperse and drive the salmon from different directions, forcing them to gather in a group or force them into a dead corner, and then stun them all with their tails.
In addition to fixed tactics, sometimes smart killer whales will use ambush tactics like cats, hiding behind reefs and waiting for schools of fish to pass by.
Or they may rely on their huge size to directly attack schools of fish.
The family wants to raise three baby whales, so for safety's sake, they decided to use traditional encirclement tactics today.
After Maria and Dao Ge determined the location of the salmon, the killer whales quickly dispersed and used their absolute speed advantage to surround the salmon school from all directions.
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang followed their mothers separately.
They are already eight years old, and even though they like to play, they must hurry up and learn how to hunt.
When the baby whale is born, the focus of the family will shift to the newborn, and there will be no more time to teach them.
Bubbles and Zhuangzhuang must grow up to be reliable older brothers and sisters and raise the cubs together.
As for Yu Yiyun, who was also eight years old, she was not asked to participate in the hunt.
After all, the little guy swims slowly, cannot control the direction well, and is too "thin".
Before the killer whale starts hunting, it will ask Fat Tiger to stay away and not to disturb the school of fish.
When the hunt is successful, they will stun the salmon and feed them to the cubs.
However, the killer whales don't know that the little guy who they think is "weak and needs care" has once frightened many land animals.
Yu Yiyun completely mastered the formation of resident whales hunting salmon after only seeing it for the second time, and rehearsed it in his mind countless times.
However, due to my limited physical condition, I am not very proficient in swimming and impact techniques.
All I could do was stay there obediently and try not to cause any trouble for the big killer whale that was working so hard to cook.
Today, there was a small problem with the whale group.
In order to train the hunting ability of the two cubs, the killer whale left two gaps and asked them to fill them.
Bubbles did a great job, staying close to its mother and using its body to force the school of fish into a ball.
Zhuangzhuang was concentrating on hunting at first, but suddenly, a luminous jellyfish floated by and immediately attracted his attention.
You should know that the Pacific Ocean accounts for 2/3 of the total ocean area, but the number of luminous jellyfish is less than that in other sea areas.
In addition, the luminous jellyfish distributed in the Pacific Ocean are usually transparent and only occasionally emit fluorescent green light.
The probability of a killer whale encountering a luminous jellyfish is comparable to winning the lottery.
Zhuangzhuang was playful and immediately ran away after the jellyfish, leaving the gap that he was supposed to guard.
The remaining killer whales have forced the salmon into a ball, forming a solid iron wall.
When I looked back, I found that Zhuangzhuang's vacancy had not been filled.
Second Aunt and Brother Dao next to them immediately took action and tried to plug the gap.
But they also have their own areas of responsibility. If they block Zhuangzhuang's gap, it will inevitably create a bigger gap.
The salmon were about to react and use the gap to escape. This hunt was about to fail...
Just at this moment, a little cutie clumsily swam to the gap with its tail swinging, and opened its mouth towards the salmon that was rushing towards it.
Fat Tiger: Seafood buffet, so delicious~
Seeing that all the salmon were swimming towards the little guy, the other killer whales reacted instantly and gathered towards Yu Yijun at the same time.
Soon, the school of fish was successfully surrounded by killer whales and eaten cleanly.
Zhuangzhuang swam a long way after the glowing jellyfish, and only when the jellyfish stopped glowing did he remember his important business and hurried back to the whale group.
All that was left were a few dozen dazed salmon, left for him at home.
Zhuangzhuang, who had caused a big disaster but still had dinner, ate salmon with a smacking sound, and silently looked at Yu Yijun, who was surrounded by killer whales and was praising him crazily.
"Chirp~" The little guy is so awesome!
"Squeak!" Yes, yes, the little guy can catch salmon, better than Zhuangzhuang~
"Eh?" We didn't teach the little guy to catch salmon, how did he learn it?
“…”
Yu Yiyun, sweating profusely, was about to drag the circus out to take the blame.
Not only does it teach whale language, it also teaches hunting, the circus is almighty!
“Hmm,” the grandmother whale spoke up, telling everyone that killer whales are born to catch salmon.
"Hmm!" Yes, that's right!
Yu Yiyun went downhill and loudly agreed with Grandmother Whale.
"Squeak!" No!
Zhuangzhuang squeezed into the whale group and retorted loudly: Passenger whales don’t catch salmon, they catch dolphins.
In the past, the killer whale would have told him, "Passenger whales are bad whales, and eating dolphins will rot your teeth."
After coming into contact with the transient whales, they discovered that they were not that bad and instantly developed a new curiosity.
"Chiu chiu?" Do you think dolphins are delicious?
"Squeak." I don't know. Grandma said eating dolphins will rot your teeth.
“…Hmm.” Grandma Whale defended: My grandma told me, she said that’s what her grandma said.
When Yu Yiyun heard their conversation, she inexplicably felt like laughing.
Some behaviors of highly intelligent animals are surprisingly similar.
The resident whales have passed down the story of "eating dolphins will rot your teeth" from generation to generation, just like human parents telling their children that "eating junk food will give you diarrhea."
“Eeyee?” The little guy can catch salmon, so can he catch dolphins?
"Squeak!" If the little one can catch a dolphin, he can tell us whether the dolphin is delicious or not!
"Gugu?" I want to know, is the big blue whale delicious?
"Chiu!" Little guy, when are you going to catch the blue whale?
Blue, blue whale?
Is it the giant sea beast that weighs hundreds of tons?
“…嘤.”
Catch a blue whale?
Me?!
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