Chapter 227
"Haha, Chu, don't be ridiculous. How could it be a polar bear?"
Peppa Pig laughed, stood up, and squinted at the large figure splashing in the water ahead. She felt a momentary unease. Was it really a polar bear? Was it some undiscovered species in the Arctic?
There were also viewers in the live broadcast room who expressed doubts.
"Pfft, are you kidding me? Polar bears are great swimmers!"
"Yeah, I heard it can swim a thousand kilometers!"
"Hehe, dear brother didn't do his homework well this time!"
"You know what? Polar bears really do drown, and the mortality rate is over 99 percent."
While the livestream was discussing the situation, Chu Huaiqin had already rowed over in his dinghy. Page was stunned. How could they save a polar bear this heavy?
"Peiqi, give me your net." Chu Huaiqin suddenly stopped and saw that Peiqi was still stunned. He urged, "Hurry."
"Ah, well, I, I'll go with you." Peppa reacted quickly and paddled the boat towards the polar bear.
It was fine from a distance, but when the boat got closer, everyone was shocked.
The huge polar bear was floating in the water, its claws creating huge waves on the water surface. Its head appeared above the water from time to time, and then drowned in the water from time to time. It cried "Woo~" because of the pain of drowning, perhaps it was asking for help.
Chu Huaiqin stood up straight, looked around, and fixed his eyes on the dozen or so lifebuoys behind the director's boat. He shouted, "Quick, bring your boat closer."
"Chu?"
"There's no time to explain."
Bart, a rescuer who had accompanied the director's team, immediately understood Chu Huaiqin's intention and ordered the boat to move closer. Chu Huaiqin grabbed the fishing net and jumped from the dinghy onto the director's boat. He unrolled the net, inserted the lifebuoy into the center, and then, drawing the two sides together, a large lifebuoy emerged. The people nearby understood and rushed to help. They used ropes to pass through the mesh and secure the lifebuoy in the center, creating a bulging pile.
Peppa Pig took a look and held up her own net, "Add another layer!"
Chu Huaiqin wanted to refuse, but then he thought: "Throw it over."
The director team's boat was motorized, and there was no time to think about whether it was legal or not. The boat quickly approached the polar bear, but for fear of accidents, the boat did not dare to get too close, and was still two meters away from the polar bear.
At this time, the water had already reached the polar bear's head, and the "Woo woo~" cry for help could no longer be heard clearly.
Chu Huaiqin and Bart stood on one side of the boat. They both raised one foot and stepped on the edge of the boat to stabilize their bodies. One of them grabbed the rope, and the other held the fishing net and lifebuoy and threw them towards the polar bear.
"Quick, catch it!"
Chu Huaiqin roared.
The audience in the live broadcast room stopped laughing at Chu Huaiqin. The sight of the polar bear on the verge of death was too shocking for them. Such a cute creature was about to drown. However, it was unclear whether the polar bear had fainted. Only its claws were still struggling slightly, and it didn't even try to grab the lifebuoy.
"Oh my God, come on polar bear, get on the lifebuoy."
"Ahhh, is it dead? Woohoo~, if only we had arrived a little earlier."
"Oh no! Polar bears are so cute, how could they drown?"
"What should I do?" Peppa Pig was also anxious. She saw that the lifebuoy was right next to the polar bear, but she just didn't grab it.
"I'll go down and push it." As a professional wilderness survivalist, he couldn't bear to see such an animal die.
"It's too dangerous. If it grabs you in a bid for survival, the consequences will be disastrous," Chu Huaiqin frowned, turned around and saw a fishing rod on the director's boat, quickly took it and poked the lifebuoy on top of its head.
But he still didn't catch it, and it was about to sink. Chu Huaiqin was ready to agree with Bart's decision to go into the water, but suddenly he saw the polar bear taking advantage of the rhythm of the water's ups and downs, and at the moment of floating up, it grabbed the fishing net lifebuoy with one claw.
"Ahhh, I got it, I got it."
The audience in the live broadcast room screamed with joy, but catching it was only the beginning, it had to keep itself steady. Sure enough, as the water went down, its claws slipped and it fell down again. Many of the younger people in the live broadcast room were about to cry.
"Come on, you can give up."
"Hurry up and grab it, just a little harder, quick!"
"Come on, I don't know why you're drowning, but come on, you can do it. Don't lose to the ocean."
"Come on, polar bear."
Countless people in the live broadcast room were cheering for it and crying for it, fearing that it would lose its grip and sink to death.
So the people silently cheered it on, and finally, the polar bear, using the rhythm of the water's rise and fall, once again grasped the fishing net. With two claws firmly grasping, it slowly raised its head and rested it on the lifebuoy of the fishing net. Its small eyes were filled with fear, confusion, and helplessness, like a child struggling back from the brink of death, so pitiful.
Many viewers in the live broadcast room cried out "Wow".
"I really want to hug it, woooo~, why is this happening?"
"Keep climbing up. If you only put your head on top and your body is still in the water, what will you do if you fall down again?"
"It must have run out of energy."
What can be seen in the live broadcast room will naturally be understood by those present.
"It's exhausted. I can't hold it for long," Bart warned. "This fishing net lifebuoy can't hold it like an ice floe."
"What did Anthony say?" Chu Huaiqin looked at the director.
The director of the group gave the phone to Chu Huaiqin.
Anthony: "We don't have a big ship, and we don't have a crane."
Chu Huaiqin frowned and asked, "How long will it take to transfer here?"
Anthony: “Four hours.”
Chu Huaiqin: "Is there anything the locals can offer to participate?"
Anthony: "No, Chu, we can only find a way to save it with what we have."
Without a large ship or a crane, the polar bear couldn't be transported safely back. The only way was to let it grab the fishing net and lifebuoy and be dragged back. But the polar bear was almost exhausted and might fall off if the boat moved. Stopping here to let it recover was a bad idea.
"We still have a fishing net." Chu Huaiqin said in a deep voice, "Use the net to catch it!"
Bart was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "This is the only way."
The net is passed under the polar bear and then put in, with both sides fixed to the sides of the fishing net lifebuoy, using the buoyancy of the water to keep it stable.
It's barely feasible, the last resort, but "I'm afraid if I go into the water, it will move."
This is indeed a big problem.
"Why don't I give it a try!" Chu Huaiqin thought about it, but didn't know if it would work.
"How do you try?"
"I'll try to get close to it and draw its attention, and then you can take the opportunity to get in the water."
"That's an idea, but how is your affinity with animals?"
"I've always had a connection with animals since I was a kid."
"You're a good person," Bart said. Seeing Chu Huaiqin's puzzled look, he smiled. "Animals sense the threat level of humans from smell, sound, and body language. You're lucky that they think you're a person they can approach."
People like them would all be registered in the wilderness survival club. It's not uncommon to see people like them, but their affinity levels vary. I don't know how high Chu's affinity is towards animals.
Chu Huaiqin thought it sounded mysterious, but he also felt that it made some sense.
After discussing it, Chu Huaiqin asked Lin Zhinan to row the boat over. Lin Zhinan boarded the director's boat, while Chu Huaiqin returned to the dinghy and carefully paddled closer. It wasn't clear if the polar bear was too exhausted to notice its surroundings, or if, as Bart had said, Chu Huaiqin was the human who made the animal want to approach. It didn't move, its paws clutching the lifebuoy. Its small eyes blinked as Chu Huaiqin approached, and it let out a weak "wooo" sound, as if to say, it could no longer hold on.
Chu Huaiqin didn't dare approach the polar bear, fearing it might startle it. He simply drew its attention while Bart and another staff member entered the water. The icy water made them shiver, and they tried to suppress a sneeze, which caused pain in their chests.
The two took a deep breath, dived into the water, and swam to the polar bear's feet. Seeing its feet kicking the water, they felt a pang of pain in their hearts, thinking that its strength must have been almost exhausted.
The net spread out from under the polar bear's feet, slowly, slowly...
Chu Huaiqin couldn't see what was happening below. He saw the polar bear blinking at him without moving. He said softly, "Good boy, you'll be fine soon. Come on."
Live broadcast room
"My eyes were swollen from crying. I finally managed to stop crying, but when my dear brother said that, my eyes started to shed tears again."
"I didn't even cry just now. My dear brother's voice was so gentle that I couldn't hold back."
"It will be fine. With so many people working hard to save it, it will definitely be saved."
"Doesn't anyone know why polar bears drown?"
"You're the only one who doesn't know. If you're in China, ask Baidu. If you're abroad, search for it yourself."
"I have the answer."
Polar bear drowning has been a hotly debated environmental issue in recent years. It's not that polar bears can't swim; on the contrary, they are exceptional swimmers in the ocean. However, even the most impressive swimming skills and endurance eventually wear out. Polar bears feed on walruses and seals, and they will swim thousands of kilometers to find food, but only on pack ice.
The floating ice is its gas station and also its tool for hunting. However, due to the continuous warming of the Arctic climate in recent years, the floating ice has become thinner and even disappeared. As a result, polar bears cannot find a place to stop when they travel long distances to hunt. Sometimes, when they climb onto the thin ice to rest, the ice cracks and they eventually drown.
This topic is heavy and many people were deeply shocked.
Meanwhile, Bart and another person were already swimming upstream with the net. As long as they could get the net stuck on the polar bear's butt and fasten the net and lifebuoys on both sides, they would have a chance to bring the exhausted polar bear back. Fastening the net and lifebuoys was the most important thing.
The two of them slowly floated to the surface, being careful not to make any noise.
The three of them exchanged glances, and the two in the water began to slowly tighten the net. The audience in the livestream room also grew nervous; success or failure depended on this one move.
Chu Huaiqin was also tense, but he had to relax himself and look at the polar bear very gently.
Audience in the live broadcast room: I’m obviously very nervous now, but why do I think my brother is a little funny?
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