Chapter Five Hundred and Fifteen - Emperor Penguin
After several days of hustling on the road, the blizzard trend gradually weakened during this period, and the road ahead and the scenery ahead slowly became clearer.
The sound of waves hitting the ice continued to sound, one after another, carrying the salty and wet wind blowing around. Xu Qiaoqiao moved her head slightly, and stretched her neck to feel the breath.
A few seconds later...
"Chirp, chirp, chirp." Junjun, we seem to be arriving at the beach. I can feel the breath of the sea breeze, just like before.
Xu Qiaoqiao looked particularly excited. Thanks to the bad weather, at least the route he chose this time was safer than usual, but the distance was a bit far, and he didn't encounter any dangerous animals along the way.
When they arrived at their destination, almost no one in the army of emperor penguin chicks was left behind. The number when they arrived was almost the same as when they arrived.
"Tweet." It seems so.
Jun Qi felt the wind slightly and the ice under his feet. There was always some difference between places near the seaside and inland.
Jun Qi still has some ideas about this.
Due to the temporary rescue of the little penguin, the two of them were still at the end of the team even though they speeded up later. However, this matter was not a big problem for the two of them.
The little penguins in front had probably reached the shore, Xu Qiaoqiao thought to herself, and she was looking forward to hunting.
The orange sunlight shines on the crystal clear glaciers in the distance, causing a burst of reflection. The sun gradually comes out from behind the clouds and shines on the land again.
For everyone, this is a very exciting and novel thing.
However, before going to the sea to hunt, there is still a problem to be solved.
That is, the hair on their bodies. So far, the hair on the emperor penguin chicks is to resist the severe cold, so it looks very thick. If such hair touches water and is completely soaked, it will cause a lot of damage.
Troublesome.
Let alone swimming, even moving in the water is very difficult.
Therefore, in order to live in the ocean, the emperor penguin chicks have to use their beaks to remove the down of the young, revealing the lower feathers of the adult emperor penguins. They do this very seriously.
As usual, there is a little penguin that needs to catch up. At this time, the emperor penguin team is not as orderly as it was at the beginning. Everyone gathered together in twos and threes and began to remove the down.
By the time Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi caught up, there were a few fast-moving emperor penguins, and the job was almost done.
Xu Qiaoqiao looked at these bald emperor penguins, and then at Jun Qi next to her. Her eyes were in a daze for a few seconds. How long had it been? How come it felt like everyone had grown up a lot.
In Xu Qiaoqiao's impression, these emperor penguin chicks are just like they were just after they were born. They are small and round. Looking from a distance, they are as cute as plush balls. But at first sight,
Yes, the feeling is very different from the impression.
To put it in human terms, it's like a child secretly wearing adult clothes.
Right in between these two.
She secretly assessed them in her mind, and at the same time secretly gestured at her and Junjun's heights, measuring them with her small arms, as if they only reached Junjun's shoulders.
She is indeed so short, Xu Qiaoqiao sighed in her heart.
Jun Qi clearly didn't understand the actions of these emperor penguin chicks. He stared at their actions for a long time, tilted his head, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
No one taught him these things, and among the animals that have done it, not many have high IQs, so they won't pay attention to this knowledge at all.
These emperor penguin chicks are all cleaning the down on their bodies. Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi are standing there without doing anything, and their figures are obviously a bit obvious.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp?" Qiaoqiao, what are they doing?
Jun Qi couldn't help but asked anyway.
Xu Qiaoqiao blinked her eyes and chirped a few words to answer Jun Qi's question: Remove the baby down so that the adult emperor penguin feathers underneath can be exposed.
This is to prepare for entering the water.
Going into the water?
When Xu Qiaoqiao mentioned this matter, Jun Qi finally understood what was happening. The down of emperor penguin chicks is not suitable for entering the water, which will affect the speed and other aspects.
There are still many dangers for emperor penguins underwater, so they must be adjusted to the best condition.
Jun Qi nodded solemnly. Regarding matters of life survival, he has always listened very carefully and considered it comprehensively. For example, the matter of accepting the emperor penguin brother this time will bring benefits to him in many aspects.
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"Chirp chirp chirp." Got it.
After Xu Qiaoqiao said this, she looked down at her round belly. It was covered with a thick layer of fluff and was very fluffy. The owner usually took good care of it, so it was also very clean.
"Chirp." Xu Qiaoqiao called out. Thinking of this matter, she was quite reluctant to ask her to get rid of these fluffs. Time flies so fast. So soon, she will leave the cub stage and start to become a teenager.
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Jun Qi moved very quickly. He had been hungry for many days. The feeling of hunger was very uncomfortable, so he had to finish these things as soon as possible and prepare food for himself and Qiao Qiao.
"Chirp."
During the few seconds that Xu Qiaoqiao hesitated, she turned her head and discovered that Jun Qi was extremely fast. He bent his head and kept cleaning the fluff on his stomach, which was very efficient.
Darling, this is too urgent.
Xu Qiaoqiao blinked her eyes and looked at Jun Qi's actions. She was stunned for a moment and didn't move much.
"Chirp?"
Perhaps Xu Qiaoqiao's gaze was too eager, and Jun Qi felt it. He raised his head, looked at Xu Qiaoqiao, blinked, leaned his head over, and gently pecked Xu Qiaoqiao's abdomen.
"Tweet?" Qiaoqiao, why don't you remove the fluff?
With this peck, a few handfuls of down were removed from Xu Qiaoqiao's abdomen.
"Chew." I forgot.
Everyone is doing this. Because of the down removal, white feathers are exposed under the gray down, as well as the black feathers on the back, just like adult emperor penguins.
The emperor penguin nanny next to him was still waiting for the emperor penguin chicks to do these actions. They had to wait for a while, but it wouldn't be too long. When Jun Qi had almost removed the down on the abdomen, he started to do the hair on the back.
When I was fluffing, I heard the urging voice of the emperor penguin nanny.
As soon as the urging sound sounded, everyone stopped what they were doing and began to slowly follow the emperor penguin nanny forward, swaying and swaying, and there were still many pieces of uncleaned fluff on their bodies, which was strange, but
Bengoose didn't realize this.
However, at this time, the cubs are finally a bit like their parents. They have really grown up a lot.
And they also learned the skill of gliding on the ice using their abdomen. This posture made them look like short-necked ducks.
"Choo Choo Choo."
"Tweet~"
"Chirp~"
Everyone screamed excitedly and made incomprehensible noises. They were both afraid and looking forward to the next activities. They could finally start hunting on their own like adult emperor penguins.
Xu Qiaoqiao watched the large army begin to move and chirped a few words at Jun Qi. At the same time, she imitated Jun Qi's actions just now and poked his neck with her beak. The force was not very strong, but
Same thing, I accidentally brought down a few tufts of hair.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp~" Junjun, we are going to start walking, to the beach!
Jun Qi raised his head, looked at the scene of the large army driving, and then looked down at the feathers that looked like they were bald, with gray patches and white patches, which looked particularly awkward. He was silent for a few seconds, and then gave Xu Qiaoqiao what he just said.
The action responded, and then he chirped a few more words.
I know the road to the seaside, and I also know how to hunt and catch sea fish, so I think it’s okay for me not to participate in the next thing. The first priority is to remove all the fluff on my body.
When he said this, Jun Qi frowned slightly. No, penguins don't have eyebrows, so they wouldn't make this move. He faced the wind and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet." Qiaoqiao, can you help me?
This was a rare thing for Junjun to ask for help. Xu Qiaoqiao immediately became interested. She rubbed her two forearms with each other and her eyes sparkled: What can I help you with?
I saw Jun Qi turning towards Xu Qiaoqiao, with his back facing her direction. Xu Qiaoqiao looked at the gray patch in the east and the black patch in the west. Jun Qi didn't need to say anything, and he understood what he was going to do.
"Chirp!" I'll help you remove the fluff!
After Xu Qiaoqiao finished shouting, she walked a few steps forward. The height was just right. She leaned her head over and used her mouth to clean up these things for Jun Qi. In addition to her mouth, she sometimes also used her two arms.
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Under the leadership of the emperor penguin nanny, the emperor penguin chicks whose molt status was unknown arrived at their destination, but two emperor penguin chicks were temporarily left behind. Fortunately, the distance was not too far.
This is the first time for the emperor penguin chicks to see the sea. Everyone gathered in a circle, stretched out their necks, opened curious eyes, looked at this mysterious sea, and waved their little wings excitedly.
The majestic sea, the deep blue, this blue is different from the blue of the sky. The blue of the sea is deeper, and the waves on the sea are undulating.
The deep blue sea and the snow-white glaciers set off each other. Under the sunlight, sometimes they look like they have merged into one body, and the colors have blended together.
The Emperor Penguin chicks, no, it should be the Emperor Penguin teenagers, are facing a severe and dangerous challenge at this time. They have to wait until everyone is ready before they can set off.
"Tweet,tweet,tweet?" Where is the boss?
Among these young emperor penguins, a discordant voice suddenly came out. Happy was standing outside the circle of emperor penguins. He looked at these young emperor penguins. None of them had the same temperament as Jun Qi.
The same thing, even if there are similarities, there is no Sister Qiaoqiao by his side.
At this special time, for some reason, Happy always felt that the boss was the bravest. He alone could beat petrels and Adélie penguins.
In the future, these two animals will definitely not be the only ones that can be included in this list.
Hearing Happy's words, other young emperor penguins also started to make a noise. They were flapping their little wings and walking around on the shore. A few emperor penguins were still lying there, stretching out their wings carefully.
My head is observing the sea.
Now, he immediately put his head back and followed everyone around to find where the boss was.
"Tweet, tweet, tweet." That's right, where's the boss?
"Chirp, chirp, chirp." Did the boss save me before? Didn't he follow me?
"Jiujiujiumi." No way, the boss is so powerful!
"Tweet." I don't think so either, and I seemed to have seen the boss just now.
The young emperor penguins were chattering and looking at the emperor penguins around them, looking for Jun Qi.
At this time, no one dared to go into the water. In addition, after being managed by Jun Qi for a while, everyone felt that it was quite good, so they subconsciously wanted to listen to Jun Qi's suggestions on how to go into the water.
After all, it is a world they have never been exposed to.
It is a very mysterious and magnificent world.
The emperor penguin nannies, on the other hand, stayed aside and watched obediently. What should be explained has been explained, and now it is up to the emperor penguins themselves.
Along the way, with the help of Jun Qi and Xu Qiaoqiao, the number of emperor penguins did not decrease much, so the circle they formed was much larger than that of ordinary emperor penguins.
When the emperor penguin nanny saw this, she blinked her eyes and had no reaction on the surface, but she was not sure in her heart.
I still have not forgotten the memory of my first hunt.
"Tweet." There!
Suddenly a cry rang out, and everyone looked in the direction of the cry, only to see two chubby figures staggering over there. One of them had almost all the down on his body, except
With just a few details, it looks like an adult emperor penguin.
But the other one is different. It still has a lot of down on its body, and it obviously hasn't been cleaned off very much. It will suffer a big loss if it gets into the water.
The relationship between the two of them is very close, and they support each other and come through slowly.
With such a combination, you can tell who it is at a glance.
"Chirp."
When Xu Qiaoqiao looked up, she saw so many emperor penguin eyes looking towards her. Her head got stuck. What was going on?
After she and Junjun got closer, Jun Qi asked, and everyone talked about the current problem. Only then did Xu Qiaoqiao understand that it turned out that she didn't dare to go into the water. She was always afraid of unknown things.
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Jun Qi chirped a few words at Xu Qiaoqiao, signaling her to wait on the shore while he went down to catch fish for her.
The two of them usually just hunt by themselves. It doesn't matter if Qiaoqiao doesn't do it. Besides, even when raising cubs, she needs to hunt and find food by herself. There is still a lot of time, so take your time and don't rush.
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Jun Qi could see that Xu Qiaoqiao liked this gray hair. In this case, it didn't matter if she wore it for a while longer.
When Jun Qi came, it meant that he had a backbone. Everyone yelled and lined up on the shore one by one, watching Jun Qi's demonstration. After he entered the water, everyone was anxious to wait for the fight.
, I want to know if what Jun Qi just demonstrated is useful.
A few minutes later, the sound of water coming out of the water was heard. Jun Qi held a small fish in his mouth and slowly swam to the shore. Then he quickly jumped up. Using the power of inertia, he slid a few meters on his belly and then applied Shi Ran's hand.
He stood up and walked towards Xu Qiaoqiao.
Let Qiao Qiao eat the fish first.
Seeing Jun Qi's series of actions, the eyes of the young emperor penguins suddenly lit up, and they screamed excitedly, "That's food!"
You know, this group of emperor penguins have been hungry for a long time, and their desire for food is very high. However, no matter how high they are, they don't dare to snatch Jun Qi's food.
As a result, these emperor penguins raised their heads and held their chests high, and jumped into the water one by one.