Chapter 487

Every spring, the Arctic cold current and the Gulf of Mexico warm current will meet in Newfoundland fishing grounds, which will bring a large number of plankton and algae to reproduce and survive. Hairy scale fish are attracted by them.

Hairy scale fish wander from the deep sea to the coast, and then start eating to prepare for the coming mating and reproduction.

More and more hairy scale fish gather in the fishing ground around the farewell island. The sea is almost full of this kind of fish. Qin Shiou is afraid whether these seemingly weak small fish will squeeze all the fish and shrimp in his fishing ground.

Of course, this is groundless. In fact, the arrival of the hairy scale fish group increases the chances of predation for the big fish in the fishing ground. Although the ecological chain of the fishing ground is complete, for salmon and COD, hairy scale fish is far more delicious than herring and mackerel.

Hairy scale fish has high nutritional value, especially rich in calcium. There are many fish seeds in the belly of the mother fish. The weight of a healthy mature mother fish can account for a quarter of its own weight!

The big fish that have been dormant for a winter attack one after another. They are scattered in every corner of the fishing ground to prey. The hairy scale fish group has encountered a survival crisis.

But because there is a steady stream of scaly fish, the size of the fish herd remains unchanged despite the predation of large fish and birds.

This grand occasion always attracts more people to watch. Weini and others sometimes come to the dock to see it. Shack said to Qin Shiou: "in the past, when there were most COD in Newfoundland fishing ground, it was such a scale, so it was said that we could step on the COD back and go ashore from the ship!"

A strange long sound came from the depths of the fishing ground. The sound was clear and continuous, and then a huge wave lifted up, like an explosive fountain.

"Here comes the humpback whale." Shaq smiled. "These guys always catch up with this gluttonous feast every year and never miss it."

Qin Shiou asked with interest, "humpback whale? Say goodbye to this big guy around the island? "

Humpback whales, if not the largest whale in the world, are well deserved giants in the ocean. They are fat and bloated, and can grow to 14.5 meters long, which is comparable to the size of basking sharks.

However, compared with the clumsy and lazy basking sharks, humpback whales are much more diligent. They don't swim fast, but they are very persistent. They can swim from Australia in the southern hemisphere to the Arctic every year. This sea trip across the world is thrilling!

"Boss, you still have a lot to know about our farewell island. You must not know that when there were many COD in the fishing ground, our Newfoundland fishing ground was the largest concentration of humpback whales in the world! " The sea monster said proudly.

Shack looked at the ocean and said, "humpback whales have arrived so early this year. I think our fishing ground will resume the grand occasion of previous years. I'm sure it will attract eight to ten humpback whales to linger here for some time."

"What do humpback whales look like?" Shirley asked curiously.

Qin Shiou pulled her into the helicopter and said, "let's go and have a look."

The first to arrive at the fishing ground are two humpback whales. A large whale and a small whale float on the sea, close to each other, play and spray water for fun.

This kind of fish has low dorsal fin and its back is not as straight as other cetaceans, but bows upward to form a beautiful curve, like the throne of Poseidon, so it is named "humpback whale".

Qin Shiou watched this endurance big fish through the Sea God consciousness. He input some sea god energy to them, hoping that they will remember Daqin fishing ground and come here every spring in the future.

Absorbed the energy of Poseidon, the mother humpback whale seemed a little hungry. It dived into the water, opened its big mouth and began to prey.

Like basking sharks, humpback whales prey by sucking. One puff can absorb 50000 liters of sea water. It's terrible!

Of course, in this way, the hairy scale fish, some COD and seaweed fall into its big mouth. It uses the way of filtering food to filter out the seawater, leaving small fish and seaweed, which are swallowed with relish.

Small humpback whales can't prey directly, so they need to quote their mother's * *.

But in the past days, in order to protect it, my mother has been diving deep under the sea. There is no food suitable for it. From the day of diving into the deep sea, the mother humpback whale can no longer prey and needs to live on the fat stored before.

Now the fat is exhausted and there is not much * *. The small humpback whale sucks it for a while and leaves disappointed, waiting for the mother to prey on the hairy scale fish, supplement the fat and turn it into delicious * *.

I don't know when the snowball swam over. It looked lonely at the small humpback whale playing with its mother.

Qin Shiou suddenly remembered the scene when he first saw the snowball. At that time, there was a big white whale with it, but what about the mother whale?

After eating enough plankton and algae and accumulating enough strength in the fishing ground, hairy scale fish began to reproduce.

Unlike almost all fish, hairy scale fish lay eggs on land, which means that if they want to continue their race, they must go ashore, lay eggs and fertilize on the beach.

There is only one way for them to get to the beach, that is, surfing and jumping on the beach while the waves are at high tide.

So in the next few days, the people who bid farewell to the town could see that the ocean was rich.

Countless hairy scale fish follow the waves and tides to the beach. The beach of Qin Shiou's fishing ground is almost full of this kind of fish, countless!

Whether they are short tailed babblers or red footed boobies, they will be crazy. They usher in the most comfortable predation opportunity of the year. As long as they lie on the beach and open their mouths, hairy scale fish will automatically drill into their mouths.

But the hairy scale fish has no choice. They must complete the task of ethnic reproduction under the butcher's knife of natural enemies.

Hundreds of thousands of Scalefish rush to the beach with the waves every day. At this time, the beach is in unprecedented chaos

Hairy scale fish surged ashore, seabirds scrambled to prey, and some big fish followed. After they landed on the beach, they began to churn their bodies madly, and the waves and sand made the atmosphere more crazy.

However, the hairy scale fish are not without a way of life. They spend a lot of time on shore, only more than ten seconds.

They follow the waves to the shore. When the waves retreat, the mother fish will follow the waves back to the sea. In these ten seconds, the male fish must find them and complete fertilization on the side.

What's more cruel is that here, the waves will constantly churn and impact the coast, and the female can return to the ocean after she lays fertilized eggs. The male fish are exhausted. Unless they are lucky enough to be carried back to the sea by the waves, they will die on the beach.

This is the law of nature. This is the fate of the hairy scale fish family.

But after the children saw this, they couldn't stand it. Fishermen such as Sark and sea monsters talked and laughed and came to pick up fish with fishing nets. Michelle timidly asked Qin Shiou, "why don't you let these small fish go back to the sea?"

Qin Shiou explained the reason and said they didn't have the strength to return to the sea. Michelle asked, "well, Sark, aren't they picking up fish to eat or sell?"

"Of course, we can't eat so much. Now there are such fish everywhere. Who will buy it?"

Listening to Qin Shiou's words, Michelle and her children ran to the beach, picked up male fish that couldn't jump and threw them into the sea. The children of fishermen such as little shack behind also participated in it. Their back has the unique strength and stubbornness of teenagers.