Chapter 82 Killer Whale (VII)
Because the baby in her belly was too large, more than two meters long and weighing several hundred kilograms, the mother killer whale's delivery process was extremely long, and it took at least half a day.
During this period, female killer whales will swim around in the ocean because of pain and anxiety.
All the killer whales in the family will accompany the killer whale that is about to give birth, gently patting it with their pectoral fins and humming soft melodies.
Captive killer whales naturally do not receive such treatment.
Yu Yiyun once watched a video.
When killer whales in captivity give birth, they not only have to endure the pain alone, but are even treated as a performance for the public to watch.
When she finally gave birth to the baby killer whale, the uninformed audience cheered and celebrated the birth of the baby killer whale.
Little do they know that the moment the baby whale comes into the world, it is destined to be miserable.
Little Hill, who experienced the same tragedy, finally returned to the ocean after enduring a long period of loneliness and isolation!
The missing pieces of his childhood puzzle are being pieced back together bit by bit, allowing him to feel what whale life is really like.
Fat Tiger stayed close to Maria, waiting nervously for the baby to be born, ready to catch the cub at any time.
After taking a few more breaths, Maria felt that her reproductive fissure was about to open, so she quickly turned over to expose her belly.
In the ocean, solitary female whales often give birth with their bellies facing upwards to prevent their babies from falling into the deep sea right after birth and not having enough time to bring them to the surface for breathing.
Maria curled up her tail and used all her strength, but found that this position was not convenient for giving birth to a baby.
"Mmm." Grandma Whale rubbed Maria, helping her granddaughter stay calm.
Maria's mother swam over and encouraged her that she was the best girl.
Encouraged by her family, Maria stood up in the water with her tail fin pointing downward.
The cubs born in this way may be washed away by the sea due to the thrust of delivery.
A female whale that has just given birth is relatively weak and it is difficult for her to immediately pick up her calf and drag it to the surface for breathing.
The female whale needs to have complete trust in her family before she dares to leave the fate of her cub completely in their hands.
Maria tightened her tail, almost using all her strength!
Finally, her genital fissure opened completely and the baby whale's tail fin appeared first.
The killer whale family almost dared not breathe. They all surrounded Maria and encouraged her to try harder.
The female whale, who had experience in giving birth, continued to comfort Maria, who was giving birth for the first time, and tried her best to ease her pain.
After a while, as Maria exerted all her strength again, the baby whale and the amniotic fluid in the uterus sprayed out at the same time.
"Bing!" Baby!
Yu Yiyun tensed up and held her breath, waiting just for this moment!
The cub had just fallen into the sea for 0.5 seconds, and Fat Tiger's reaction was faster than all the big killer whales.
He immediately rushed to the baby, lifted the calf and swam toward the surface of the sea, fearing that the baby whale would drown.
"Coo, choo!" Little guy, wait for me!
The aunt chased after Fat Tiger and swam over to him after great effort, and together they completed the first breath for the newborn cub.
“Squeak~”
“Chirp!”
“Buzz!”
"Eeeeeeeeeee!"
All the family members were very happy and made all kinds of meaningless shouts to celebrate the birth of a new baby in the family.
The newborn whale's genital slit is located forward, so it is a boy.
He had been developing in his mother's womb for nearly two years, and just after he was born, he was already able to make simple sounds and wag his tail.
However, he is temporarily unable to understand the meaning of the killer whale's calls. He needs to slowly learn how to breathe, swim, speak... and how to become the overlord of the ocean as he grows up.
The killer whale family happily surrounded the baby killer whale and greeted the little baby excitedly.
Maria regained some strength and immediately came to the baby whale and fed it with nutritious and thick milk that could help the baby whale gain weight quickly.
Like all mammals, newborn whale calves are completely dependent on their mother's milk for survival.
According to statistics, humpback whale mothers, which are also whales, will not eat or drink for several months after giving birth to their calves, consuming 30% of their body weight to feed their calves, causing their babies to gain about 9 tons in weight.
Killer whales weigh less than humpback whales, but babies can eat just as much.
The family needs to catch enough food to replenish the mother killer whale's nutrition and ensure that the newborn cub has enough milk.
The killer whale's lactation organs grow on both sides of the genital opening, and can spray out sticky milk through muscle contraction.
Baby whales do not have lips and cannot hold their mother's nipples and drink milk like other mammals.
The newborn baby whale, after several clumsy attempts, finally learned to open its mouth and let its mother feed milk directly into its mouth.
Learning this movement will help him adapt better when he switches from breast milk to solid food.
"Oh~"
Yu Yiyun surrounded the baby, spinning around excitedly and blowing rainbow farts crazily.
Baby is amazing, he learned to drink milk so quickly~
“…Chuck?”
Maria felt puzzled.
Is learning to drink milk something that needs to be boasted about?
As a mother, my maternal love filter is not as thick as that of this little one.
The baby swallowed the milk in his mouth and blinked his small eyes cutely.
Although he didn't understand what it meant, he knew that this cute killer whale was praising him and was making baby sounds.
“Oh my!”
Yu Yiyun was even more excited!
As soon as the cub finished drinking milk, he couldn't wait to pick up the cub and float to the surface to breathe.
"Chirp!" Little guy, the baby just breathed.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak~" Oh my god, the little guy is so excited~
"Gugu." It must be the first time he has seen a baby whale, so let him be.
Yu Yijun, the cub-rubbing devil, spent almost all of her time with the baby whale for the next half month.
Baby whales grow very fast, changing their appearance almost every day and learning new things.
Not even a full month old, the baby whale has already learned how to swim!
Although he has not yet mastered the family language, he does not know what the killer whale's calls mean.
But when he hears the little one praising him for being "good" or "cute", he becomes particularly happy and makes crisp little baby voices.
Among all the family members, the baby likes the little one the most besides the mother.
After feeding every day, she would swim to the little guy and pester him to play with her.
Over time, Bubble and Zhuangzhuang started to get a little upset and started to complain angrily.
Every time they played together, two baby killer whales would float beside them and chirp.
"Chirp." The little guy likes babies and doesn't want to play with us.
"Squeak." It was obviously us who made friends with the little guy first.
"Chirp!" Yes, yes!
“Hmm.”
Yu Yiyun really couldn't stand their nagging, so after rubbing the baby whale every day, she would take time out to play games and tell stories with them.
Bubble and Zhuangzhuang really like the stories told by the little guy, especially those about land.
Forests, grasslands, deserts... and the furry animals that live there.
Each of them listened with gusto to the stories about the world that killer whales could never experience.
Unfortunately, happy days are always short-lived.
Before Yu Yiyun finished talking about "My Years as a Furry on Land", the Pacific Ocean had already experienced sixty tides, and the time agreed upon with the Sand Sculpture Black Fin Party had arrived.
“Woo——”
A calling voice came from afar, the silly blackfin gang was calling for new companions: Little guy, it's time to set off.
Although the grandmother whale and the other family members could not understand what the passerby whale meant, they could see that the little guy's reaction was a little strange.
He walked around in circles, as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated and didn't open his mouth.
"Hmm?" What's wrong, little guy?
Grandma Whale asked kindly.
After hearing the voice of Grandma Whale, Yu Yiyun found it even more difficult to speak.
He still remembered the first time he met a group of whales. The majestic grandmother whale knew that she was an "alien", but after careful consideration, she still decided to take in the homeless fat tiger.
After four months of living together day and night, the grandmother whale, although seemingly majestic, will let him serve as a hunting pioneer and get more training opportunities.
When Fat Tiger got lost, he called on all family members to swim across the ocean to find his adopted son.
Yu Yiyun knew that he was not a resident whale.
But in his heart, he already regarded Grandma Whale as his real grandmother and didn't know how to say goodbye to her.
“Oh…”
Fat Tiger came close to Grandma Whale and reluctantly clung to the kind and generous grandma.
Before he spoke, Grandmother Whale realized something and asked in a low voice:
"Hmm?" Are those passing whales calling you?
Fat Tiger snuggled in her arms, wagged his tail, and hummed.
Grandmother Whale observed Fat Tiger again and told him seriously:
"Hmm." Little guy, you are not the child of a passing whale.
"Oh~" I know.
"Oh, oh, oh!" But I want to go with them and see more of the sea.
"Hmm..." Maybe I can find people like me in some sea area.
The grandmother whale looked at the little guy and said nothing.
When the family members heard Fat Tiger's voice, they all gathered around.
"Squeak?" Little guy, are you going to leave?
"Chirp!" It's very dangerous outside, you're still a baby.
"Coo coo." Yes, yes ~ When you grow up a little bit, we will help you find similar people!
Paopao and Zhuangzhuang were the most reluctant to let go, so they held Yu Yijun on the left and right, trying to keep him.
"Hmm."
After a long silence, Grandmother Whale finally spoke:
'Let the little one go.'
"Hmm."
We are not his real kind, and this is not his real home.
"Hmm."
Killer whales should live with their own kind.
"Hmm..."
grandmother……
Yu Yiyun blinked her big eyes so hard that the little pearls almost fell out.
“Chirp.”
“Squeak!”
The grandmother whale made the decision, and the other whales could not say anything. They reluctantly told the little one to be careful on the road.
"Coo choo." Little guy, don't be bullied by passing whales.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Little guy, take me away!
"Chirp." How can I sleep without your story?
Seeing that Bubble and Zhuangzhuang were about to burst, Yu Yiyun quickly patted them with her pectoral fins.
"Oh oh oh~" I will come back and tell you a new story "Ocean Adventure".
"Chirp?" Really?
"Coo coo!" Great!
Yu Yiyun waved her pectoral fins, said goodbye to her family members, and swam towards a new journey full of adventure.
After swimming a long way, I realized that all the family members were following me.
Yu Yiyun urged them several times, but they never left and kept sending them off.
It was not until they were about to leave the resident whale's habitat that the grandmother whale swam over, lowered its head and rested its head against Fat Tiger's.
"Hmm." Little guy, if you find the same kind, be sure to tell us.
“嘤!” I know!
"Hmm."
If you don't find anyone like you, you're welcome to go home.
“…嘤!”
Yu Yiyun wagged his tail and said his final goodbye to his family members. Then he put away his emotions and rushed towards the silly black fin party that had been waiting for him for a long time.
In order to wait for the little guy, the Blackfin Party stayed in this sea area for a whole month.
Next, this group of sea gaurds must speed up and swim thousands of kilometers away from here to the coast between Asia and North America to enjoy a feast of sea lions that are about to come ashore to breed.
Friends who swim frequently know that water resistance is very large, which seriously affects the speed of progress.
The killer whales, the overlords of the ocean, swim extremely fast, so fast that the barnacles that cause trouble for many large fish cannot attach to their bodies at all.
When hunting prey, killer whales can reach a maximum speed of more than 50 kilometers per hour, far exceeding the speed of humans running on land.
However, during this journey, the upstream was stronger than the downstream, and the blackfin gang was carrying a small slow-swimming burden behind them, so their average speed could only be maintained below 20 kilometers per hour, and they needed to rest and catch dolphins along the way.
It would take at least a month to reach the coast where sea lions breed.
The silly blackfin party was very open about this. No fish complained about the little guy wasting time, and they happily took him on the journey.
The handsome boy and the foodie were afraid that the mama's boy whale would feel lonely after leaving the family, so they deliberately jumped out of the sea to perform a show to make the little guy happy.
They are the oldest transient whales in the group. They have been a team for a long time and have a special understanding in all aspects.
Two handsome killer whales surrounded the slowest swimming little guy, jumping out of the sea from time to time, splashing water, and exchanging positions in the air.
Or they may leave their dorsal fin on the water to disguise themselves as sharks, scaring passing fish into fleeing in panic.
Swimming from the deep sea to the shallow sea, they suddenly heard a sharp explosion.
“Ah! Help!”
"We've got a shark!"
"Hmm?"
In order to catch up with the main force, Yu Yiyun swam with all her might, and suddenly emerged from the water and saw a small boat.
This shallow sea area is close to the resort beach, and many tourists drive jet boats out to the coast to sunbathe or snorkel.
There were two men and three women on the yacht, all wearing diving suits, and they seemed to be ocean diving enthusiasts.
The prodigal son who was swimming in the front heard the sound, skillfully turned over on his belly and swam under the boat to make it clear that he was not a shark.
When he discovered that it was a killer whale swimming towards him, the voice of "Little Man Mi" changed instantly.
"Wow! A giant eggplant in the sea!"
"They are so cute and handsome... Honey, don't come over here, the boat is going to capsize."
"Oh my god, oh my god, I didn't expect to see a killer whale up close. Can you take a picture for us?"
While talking, three girls and one boy posed and squatted on both sides of the boat, trying to take a clear picture of the killer whales on the sea.
The man taking the photo held up his camera. “Three, two…Oh, my God!”
"What's wrong?" The girls heard his sudden sigh and hurried over.
The man opened the preview and let them check the photos they had just taken.
At the moment the shutter was pressed, five handsome killer whales jumped out of the sea at the same time, splashing huge water, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
The most amazing thing was that the five killer whales seemed to know that they wanted to take pictures, and they looked at the camera tacitly, allowing the two-legged animals to leave an extremely precious commemorative photo.
"It's incredible! They are so smart!"
"Thank you! I will keep this photo forever and have it engraved on my tombstone!"
The girl held onto the railing and waved vigorously at the retreating group of killer whales, completely unaware that they were complaining to each other.
“Eh?” Chuunibyou, you clearly said you didn’t want to jump, why did you jump in the end?
"Chirp!" What do you care about me?
"嘤!" Prodigal son, you just blocked me.
"Hmm." Oh, you deserve it.
Four big killer whales pushed and shoved and dissed each other.
Suddenly, Chuunibho looked at the little guy swimming at the end and blurted out something.
"Chirp?" Little guy, you jumped too just now, right?
"Hmm~"Yes, that's right!
Yu Yiyun sobbed with confidence: You took photos without me, so I look like a loner, don’t I?
"Eh?" The handsome boy tilted his head in confusion: Taking pictures? What pictures?
“…嘤?” Yu Yijun was silent for a few seconds and asked them why they jumped up just now. Wasn’t it to take a group photo?
After some communication, Yu Yiyun realized that killer whales have no concept of "taking pictures".
It’s just that there are too many two-legged beasts, and every time humans try to aim something square at them.
Over time, if the clever Fat Tiger was in a good mood, he would cooperate with the Two-legged Beasts and pose when they picked up the camera.
Yu Yiyun took a lot of effort to explain to the killer whales for a long time before they understood the meaning of "taking pictures", which made them even more excited.
"Chirp!" It turns out that the little people can do such interesting things. I want to let them take more pictures of me.
"Hmm?" Will they show me the photos they took?
"Eeyore!" I want the color photo the little guy said.
"......嘤." Yu Yiyun told the handsome boy regretfully: Although you are very handsome, you will never have a color photo in this life.
"Eeyee?" Why?!
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The ocean giant eggplant, which is full of curiosity about taking photos, will always deliberately approach the holiday coast during its journey to attract more bipeds to take pictures of itself.
One of the professional photographers took pictures and found that the group of killer whales were still nearby, staring at him eagerly, and miraculously understood what the customer meant.
Out of professional habit, the photographer turned the camera screen over to allow special "customers" to check the shooting results.
As one of the few animals that can pass the mirror test (which confirms whether an animal has self-awareness), the killer whales opened their big eyes to look at the photos and almost immediately identified which one was themselves.
"Eeh~" The handsome boy wagged his tail happily: I am so handsome.
"Chirp!" Chuunib corrected him: I'm more handsome.
"Well!" The prodigal son ordered the two-legged beast domineeringly: You, turn this photo into color.
The human photographer surrounded by killer whales did not expect that he would receive such an honor. He excitedly took beautiful photos for this group of free customers and then posted all the photos on his personal social media platform.
The photographer originally thought that the photos he took would create a sensation in the art world.
Who would have thought that before the art field could react, the animal world exploded first!
In just a few days, forums related to marine animals in various countries were discussing this set of photos.
Post subject: Fresh Hill!!! Baby tell mom, why did you get mixed up with the passing whale?
1L: I am dying of laughter. Hill’s mother fans are really worried about him.
Hill disappeared a few days ago, and they hired more than a dozen whale-watching boats to search the waters where resident whales live. They were just about to dive underwater to ask them where they were hiding Hill.
Now that Hill's trace has been discovered, we are worried that he will learn bad things from the passing whale.
18L: Honestly, I can understand Hill’s mother fans.
Love always feels like a debt. They must think that it was because of their resistance and pressure that Hill was thrown back into the sea by the circus.
Even though she saw Hill was getting healthier and healthier, she was still worried about the baby and afraid that he might be in danger.
27L: Reply to 18F, yes, yes, yes, I am in this state of mind now. Little Hill is so pitiful, he has suffered so many misfortunes.
I have to make sure that he becomes a powerful killer whale before I can completely... I may not be very reassured. Mother Hill will always love you!
41L: Who wouldn't? I want to see Hill healthy, active, with lots of company, and live a long and happy life.
48L: Sisters, don't worry too much. Hill has gradually adapted to ocean life. He chose to team up with the transient whales, so he must have his own ideas.
59L: +1. Hill always stays in the waters where resident whales live. He may never be able to return to his original ecosystem.
63L: Reply to 59F: What do you mean? Isn't Hill a resident whale?
So he chose to leave with the passing whale, because he was a passing whale?
77L: Wow~ Hill is so smart, he can actually find his own kind.
86L: I regret to tell you guys above that Hill is not a passing whale either.
If I must say...he doesn't belong to any killer whale ecotype.
94L: Reply to 86F, what do you mean? I am a little panicked when you say that.
101L: I have been following Hill for a long time. Before this, I have always been against sending Hill back to the sea.
The ocean is the home of most killer whales, where they can find their kind.
The exception is Hill, who has no chance of finding anyone like him.
If you have ever seen the commercials of Ocean Circus, you should remember that there is a phrase in their slogan: "Hybrid killer whale baby".
As you might expect, Hill is a captive-bred killer whale, and those people don't care about 'ecotype matching' at all.
The famous killer whale Tilikum was held captive by humans for more than 30 years and was forcibly harvested for sex more than 20 times. Even though he no longer had to participate in performances, he was still harvested for sex and sold to other breeding institutions at a high price.
Those people used Tilikum's genes to breed with female killer whales of different ecotypes, and finally proudly told everyone: killer whales of different ecotypes can hybridize.
This kind of thing cannot happen in nature, just like a lion will not give birth to a tiger.
119L: ...Is that really the case?
So, little Hill can't find others like him in the ocean?
Is it possible for him to find his grandparents? Will they accept little Hill?
127L: Not sure.
Because little Hill was taken away from his mother very early and later changed hands several times.
By the time we got to know him, the information chain had been broken.
We tried many methods but still couldn't figure out which two ecotypes little Hill's parents belonged to, and we weren't even sure if he only had two ecotypes.
139L: No wonder everyone reacted so strongly when they heard that Hill was thrown into the ocean.
It turns out that from the first second he was born, he was destined to never find anyone like him in this life...
Help, why is my baby so miserable?
150L: I have a question!
Little Hill...does he know that he is a mixed-race?
What if the baby swims all over the ocean and still can’t find where he belongs?
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