Chapter 1449

"What are these big guys doing? Why did they suddenly come up? " Sark asked in surprise.

The ship's rotating propeller slows down slowly, but the melon princess is still moving forward firmly. Compared with the ship's weight and inertia, the resistance of the sea water is too small.

The sea monster asked loudly, "boss, do you want to turn on the hydraulic reverse drive?"

The ship has no brakes, but the propeller can run in the opposite direction, which is also a good way to slow down, but the ship owners don't have to use it as much as possible, which is very diesel consuming, especially for giant ships such as melon princess.

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "gradually turn off the propeller and don't be hit by the propeller. I don't think these guys are stupid enough to hit our ship from the front."

Shaq asked again, "I don't understand. Why did they suddenly come up?"

"That's why so many ships hurt whales." Winnie said as she raised her SLR camera and began to take photos. Arctic right whales are very rare.

Qin Shiou shook his head and said, "no, the whales were hurt by the ship, not because they saw the ship and were curious to come up and watch, but they were injured by mistake. The reason why they were hit was that they underestimated the ship and didn't avoid in time."

The ocean is vast, but there are many ships and many kinds of whales. Although it sounds incredible that ships accidentally hurt whales, the probability of collision between the two sides is not small, especially the blue whale, which is often hurt.

The cause of accidental injury to whales is similar to that of birds hitting aircraft. Why do birds hit aircraft? Because they judge the risk factor is distance. During the high-speed flight of the plane, the birds will feel that this guy is still far away from me when they first find them. I don't care.

But the jet plane was too fast. When they found that this guy was not far from me, the two sides met in the next second!

Why don't whales avoid ships? Because they have few natural enemies, and because they are large and fast, they lack the idea of "escape" in their consciousness.

Take these blue whales for example. They can reach 30 meters long and weigh more than 200 tons. They can swim at a stable speed of 20 kilometers per hour in the water, and can reach 50 kilometers per hour in a short time. Such a powerful ability is doomed that they will not encounter any natural enemies for a long time. Therefore, the response of blue whales to threats is different.

Blue whales have good eyesight. They can find ships in the way very early, but they don't have the concept of avoiding. They think that ships will change their route when they find them, even sharks.

Until the ship approached, they found that the guy on the sea was bigger than themselves and needed to avoid, it was late, because their habitual avoidance action was not to swim, but to dive underground.

However, whales dive very slowly, with an average speed of half a meter per second, so there is the same accident as a bird hitting a plane - it is difficult for a ship to avoid it when it comes to it.

Qin Shiou was a good teacher and told Weini again, but Weini didn't listen at all. She kept taking photos and didn't even care about the stroller.

There was no choice but to seize his daughter's stroller to take care of the little girl.

When the little girl saw everyone looking out, she tried to probe, but she couldn't stand up, so she couldn't see anything. She had to call her father Ma Ma in a hurry.

It is dangerous for the ship to run at sea. It is uncertain when a big wave will cause the ship to bump. Therefore, Qin Shiou will not allow the little girl to leave the stroller under the condition of absolute safety.

These Arctic right whales are large, with adults of 15 to 18 meters, and old whales can grow to 21 meters. Their backs are very wide, which is also the reason for their name. If a group of right whales make waves around the princess, the ship will still be affected, although it is a big Mac.

Right whales are one of the overlords in the North Atlantic, because they have a large size, and because their hometown is in the Arctic, these guys have a very thick fat layer and strong tolerance for pain. Hitting a fishing boat from the side is like scratching.

Fortunately, this kind of whale is very docile. It is a food worrying animal and will not take the initiative to attack large animals and plants, but it is enough for fishermen to be frightened.

After swimming to the side of the melon princess, the whales made a difficult move, that is, standing vertically in the sea, exposing half of their heads on the water.

This also continued. Several big whales exposed their half pull heads. Then, their heads slowly rotated. After a circle, two returned to the sea. The rest did not rotate, but focused on the ship in front of them.

Winnie was amused by the silly actions of the right whales. She asked, "Hey, what's this? Are they performing anything? Come on, Shaq, go and pull some herring out of the cabin. I'll feed them. "

Qin Shiou frightened her and said, "don't mess around. It's called floating peeping. It's a way for whales to observe their surroundings and opponents. It's like lions hiding in the grass to watch food. In fact, they were just watching us to see if we can eat!"

Winnie didn't manage the fishing ground and didn't know much about things on the sea. After listening to Qin Shiou's words, she took it seriously and subconsciously said, "do whales still eat people?"

Shack laughed and said, "no, whale food doesn't include above the water. Their purpose is to ensure the safety of the water environment and then float up for air. In addition, they sometimes look for new and interesting things, and then go back to their partners to share them. "

Then he added, "right whales are very smart. They can make many kinds of calls."

Floating peeping is a means for whales to observe the environment. Many whales can, but the killer whale is the best, that is, the legendary sea god of war Orca. But killer whales are really looking for food. They will see if there are seals, sea lions and walruses on the sea island. These are delicious food.

Shaq waved, the crane started, and a large box of fish pieces were caught, which was used as bait to catch emperor crab and sea fish in the North Atlantic.

The box fell on the sea, and countless fish pieces were thrown into the water. The right whales were frightened and sank into the water. After a while, their figure appeared on the sea and swam slowly to compete for these fish pieces.

Herring pieces in the fishing ground are the best bait for the best big fish. They contain Poseidon energy and are attractive to them.

The right whales estimated that they had never eaten such delicious food in their life. Seven big fish surrounded them, and even the little whales were competing. They opened their mouths and absorbed water into their mouths.

Happy to eat, a right whale suddenly poked out its head. First, it opened its mouth and made a dull 'moo', and then two torrents spewed out of the spray hole on its head!