Six hundred and seventieth chapters black eat black
"Do you understand?" Babu also got on the flying bridge at some point and stood behind Hong Tao.
"I probably understand that they are surrounding the sardine school, but I have a question, why don't these sardine schools break through? The dolphins are not surrounded very tightly, either?" Hong Tao only understood part of it.
"This is the smartest thing about those dolphins. Do you see any special changes in the water after they dive underwater?" Babu asked, pointing to a small group of dolphins on the left.
"Change?... There is a lot of white foam on the sea. Is this caused by dolphins? Are sardines afraid of these white foam?" Hong Tao looked in the direction Babu pointed. The group of dolphins turned around on the sea.
They made a small circle, then dived into the sea water, and after a while they surfaced from dozens of meters away. A lot of foam appeared on the sea surface behind them.
"These bubbles are the air they spit out. These dolphins dive into the water and then spit out the air around the sardines, forming a wall of bubbles. They form a circle in small groups, blowing out bubbles while shrinking the circle.
, the sardine schools dare not break through these bubbles, this is their nature, and they will eventually be compressed into a ball, and then it is the dolphins' meal time." Babu told the dolphins how to catch the sardines, and he looked very
I admire these sea elves.
"So awesome? No wonder they say dolphins are the smartest creatures. These guys can actually use tools. It's amazing." Hong Tao followed Babu's instructions and observed for a while. Sure enough, these dolphins were diving in circles and floating up.
. Circles of white foam formed a surrounding circle, getting smaller and smaller.
"Such a scene can also be seen in the South Atlantic Ocean. Sometimes a school of seals and a school of sharks join in to besiege the sardines. The scene is quite lively."
"Then they don't fight with each other? Don't sharks also eat seals?" Hong Tao felt that Babu was going too far and didn't quite believe it.
"These predators will not kill each other when there is more easily available food. Eating sardines will definitely take much less effort than catching seals."
While Hong Tao and Babu were chatting, the dolphins finally reduced the circle to a size they thought was suitable. At this time, the dolphins began to take turns rushing into the sardine school to prey on small fish. Because the density was too high, these sardines had no place to hide. There were many sardines.
They all came to the surface of the sea, a vast expanse of white flowers.
"Oh, it would be great if there was a fishing net here. This net will cost at least dozens of tons, and how many cans will be made!" Hong Tao looked at those secretly numb sardines with a little regret.
"Fuck!..."
"Oh God! A school of whales! A school of whales!"
God seemed to have heard Hong Tao's prayer. As soon as he finished speaking, the water in the middle of the sardine school suddenly started churning like a boiling pot. In the blink of an eye, three huge mouths emerged from the sea, followed by a dark body, and then another head shot.
It hit the sea surface and smashed the circle that the dolphins had worked so hard to build.
Then came several more big mouths that jumped up from the sea. Those big mouths were almost as big as half a boat. They swallowed the fish and the sea water together. After these big mouth monsters disappeared, the sea surface
The dense swarms of sardines are no longer visible. Only a few small fish are still scurrying around in panic.
"It's over, it's over. These dolphins have been busy, allowing this group of blue whales to sneak attack. It seems that the smartest ones are not the dolphins. I am afraid that the whales have already set their sights on this group of sardines. They will wait until the dolphins crowd the fish group into
After a group of them, they rushed up from the deep sea and stole all the prey." Babu obviously did not like these whales, he preferred the hard-working dolphins.
"It's so big! This is not stealing, this is robbery! Hahahaha, I like these whales, they are so unique, and the snatching is so technical, there probably won't be much left of that group of sardines." Hong Tao didn't think so.
The group of dolphins were wronged, but they admired these huge robbers even more.
This group of whales was really blatant. After snatching the sardines, they did not run away, nor did they feel any guilt. Instead, they rose to the surface of the sea to take a breath, sprayed water columns several meters high, and slapped their big tails on the sea surface, as if
They are celebrating each other's successful robbery, and by the way, they are ridiculing the dolphins who have worked hard for a long time but got nothing.
Those dolphins have nothing to do with these behemoths. Although they don't have sharp teeth, they have rough skin and thick flesh. They probably won't care if they rush up and take a few bites. If they really can't take a breath and sink into the deep sea, no one can do anything with them. Like dolphins
, predators such as sharks can still toss around in shallow seas, but their bodies can't stand it when they dive into water hundreds of meters deep, and the low temperature alone can freeze them to death.
"It's a pity that I didn't take any pictures. If I could take pictures of everything that just happened, it would be a very precious piece of information." Hong Tao suddenly remembered that he didn't bring his camera.
The school of sardines disappeared, and the dolphins gradually dispersed. The 7 or 8 blue whales had their stomachs full and swam around in the sea for a few times. When they saw that there were no more spectators, they stopped staying. Big Head
I plunged into the deep water and never appeared again.
With the dolphins and whales mixed up like this, the four fishing boats spent the whole morning in vain, and then they left one after another. Only the Manhattan remained where it was because Hong Tao said that this was God's arrangement, even if it were changed again.
You can't catch fish in other places. As for what to do in these three hours in the afternoon, Hong Tao also gave everyone an idea. Instead of trolling, everyone will smoke the iron plate here to change their mood and spend the whole day with them.
Those big fish were exhausted from fighting.
Regarding Hong Tao's proposal, Big Belly Philip and Yarbrough raised their hands and feet to support it. They could not help much in trolling for big fish. It required physical strength but no physical strength, and no technical skills, but they could still play with the iron plate.
No matter how bad you are, you are someone who often goes out to sea to fish, and you can’t just watch others fishing for 6 days in a row.
After lunch, everyone got into action. No one picked up a small boat pole, put on the iron bait they were accustomed to using, and spread out on the back and front decks of the fishing boats to start fishing for bottom fish. The sea here
The bed is right at the junction of the shallow sea and the deep sea. The shallow part is only 200 meters, so the iron plate is just right.
Not to mention, the coastal areas of Australia are really rich, and all kinds of fish resources are extremely abundant. Hong Tao only pumped a dozen times, and he immediately felt a heavy weight on his hand, and there was a fish biting the hook.
Got it!
"Paul! What kind of fish is this?" It took Hong Tao several minutes to get the fish to the surface of the sea. In fact, the real wrestling time was only 3 minutes. When the fish was dragged to a depth of 100, it was no longer there.
It struggled, but because the depth changed too quickly, the air in its body expanded rapidly, bursting all its internal organs, and it died long ago.
"Caprodon longimanus, a beautiful and delicious fish, please stay. We have an extra dish for dinner!" Paul was on the left side of Hong Tao. He glanced at the fish Hong Tao was holding and gave a thumbs up.
congratulate.
Caprodon longimanus should be called (Australian and New Zealand long-finned gemstone) in Chinese. Just listen to the name and you will know that this fish is a specialty of Australia and New Zealand. The fish is not very big, about half a meter, and its color cannot be described as beautiful. The whole body is covered with a kind of
Beautiful and transparent pink, very pure pink, almost as bright as high-end car paint, only two eyes are black.
Nature is really an artist. In this afternoon, Hong Tao's eyes were opened. He saw 7 or 8 species of fish that he had never seen before. Most of them were colorful and weird. Among them, the one that impressed Hong Tao most deeply was
A kind of fish called sunfish. This fish is roughly oblong in shape. The pectoral and pelvic fins are symmetrically located on both sides of the body at the back, like the canards of an airplane, and then disappear from behind, like a fish being pulled from the body.
Cut in the middle of the body.
The reason why it is called sunfish is that it often floats to the surface and lies on its side to bask in the sun. It is said that this kind of sunfish can grow to a weight of 3,000 kilograms, but the one caught by Yarborough is not that big, weighing more than 30 kilograms.
The way Hong Tao put it
I took a few photos and then put them back. This is not because Hong Tao is an animal protectionist, nor is this fish inedible. On the contrary, its meat is very delicious. The problem is that Hong Tao doesn’t dare to eat it because it looks too appetizing.
Yes, it looks a bit like a human face.
The third day of competition ended like this. Hong Tao and the others earned another 300 points, but their ranking dropped from fourth to sixth. Not all fishing boats encountered trouble from dolphins and whales.
Every loss must be a gain. On the fourth and fifth days of the competition, Hong Tao once again showed his strength and successfully caught a marlin weighing more than 900 pounds. Cavell, Paul and the big Philip also all made gains, and the fishing
The team's performance improved again and rose to fourth place again.
On December 21st, the competition ushered in the sixth day, which was the last day of competition. Unfortunately, it was another bad weather day. It rained on the sea and there was wind. Philip with a big belly simply didn’t even have a boat.
He didn't want to trouble his body anymore, let alone cause trouble to his companions. The tall Philip was quite strong. He took seasickness medicine when he got up in the morning, and doubled the amount. He also expressed his determination in public: vowing to stay with the fishing boat together.
Life or death!
I don’t know if everyone has adapted to the wind and waves after the exercise a few days ago, or if the wind and waves today are indeed a little lighter. Although everyone except Yarbrough also suffered from seasickness, the degree was very mild, just a little bit.
I felt a headache and a loss of appetite, but it did not affect my physical activities. Yarborough really felt like an invincible Xiaoqiang. He was the weakest among them, but he was the strongest. He vomited and stuffed sandwiches into his mouth, claiming that he would
Let your stomach feel so tired that you don't want to vomit.
