Help?
"Huh?" Su Hongli was puzzled. Help? The whale is asking us for help?"
Su Zheng pointed in the direction of the humpback whale and said,""You might not be able to see it, but this humpback whale is covered in barnacles.”
Barnacles were commonly known as " tentacles " and " horse teeth ". They were arthropods with a calcareous shell that attached themselves to the rocks by the sea, often forming dense colonies.
It was worth mentioning that barnacles were hermaphrodites, and most of them underwent cross-fertilisation, developing from larvae to adult barnacles.
In tropical waters, these creatures could reproduce and attach themselves all year round, and the species and number decreased as the distance from shore increased.
Generally speaking, barnacles attached to coastal docks, ship bottoms, submarine cables, etc., often causing great harm.
For example, the barnacles attached to the hull of the ship greatly reduced the speed of sailing.
For barnacles, there was another favorite attachment point, which was whales.
"Huh?" Su Hongli asked in confusion. The barnacles could still attach to the whale? How did you absorb it?"
Su Zheng explained," Shortly after the barnacles were born, they began to look for a place with slow water flow, a lot of planktons, and a rough surface so that they could attach to it.”
"If the environment is suitable, then the barnacles 'bodies will begin to secrete colloid glands, which will be fixed in this place. After development, they will become adults.”
"Because whales have rough skin and slow swimming speed, they are suitable for barnacles.”
" But from the whale's point of view, they don't want the barnacles attached.”
"When the barnacles are attached to the whale, their bodies will secrete colloid and stick tightly to the whale's body. It's easier to pat them off at this time.”
"Whales have thick and rough skin, and their fins are short, so they can't beat their bodies to drive away the barnacles.”
"If the barnacles are attached to the whale's thick skin, then the whale can still tolerate it.”
" If the skin of the parasitic area is relatively weak, the whale will sense it and desperately flap its fins in an attempt to shoot down the attached objects. Unfortunately, once the barnacles are attached, it is very difficult to remove them.”
"Especially the attachment around some sensitive organs, which brings severe pain to whales.”
"The attachment of barnacles will also increase the weight of the whale, hinder the whale's swimming speed, affect the whale's fishing, and so on.”
"Simply put, barnacles are like moss to whales. They have to be cleaned up!”
"Humpback whales are docile and have the habit of migrating. Their swimming speed is slow, so they are easily absorbed by barnacles.”
"This humpback whale should be asking us for help to clean the barnacles on its body.”
Su Hongli looked at Su Zhengdao with admiration.""Brother…you really know a lot.”
"Then what about me?"
"Help him!"
As he spoke, Su Zheng first parked the Sea King fishing boat, then slowly drove the boat toward the humpback whale that was separating from the surface of the sea.
This humpback whale weighed nine tons and was huge. It was 10 meters long and gave off a lot of pressure.
If such a large humpback whale hit a small fishing boat, the entire fishing boat would probably capsize.
It was constantly hitting the surface of the sea as a way to ask for help and also to hit the barnacles.
It was just that the barnacles 'suction ability was too strong, so it was impossible to hit them.
When Su Zheng, Su Hongli, Xu Hai, and the others approached the humpback whale in their small boats, the whale immediately quieted down.
He no longer jumped out of the sea and slapped.
Instead, it swam around gently, waiting for the small boat to approach.
After the small boat approached.
Su Zheng said to the humpback whale swimming not far away,""Come here…I'll help you clean the barnacles!”
After a while.
This humpback whale really swam slowly towards the boat.
It wasn't that Su Zheng could communicate with the humpback whale, but that the whale seemed to have sensed the kindness of Su Zheng and the others.
After all, the humpback whale was also asking for help.
When the humpback whale approached.
Su Hongli, Xu Hai, and the others also saw that this humpback whale had a large number of Teng Pot attached to its body.
Densely packed!
There were quite a number of them.
If he had trypophobia, he would definitely have goosebumps.
It was too terrifying.
It was a shocking sight.
Su Zheng said to Su Hongli, Xu Hai, and the others,""You guys help clean up the barnacles on the surface. I'll dive down and help it clean up the rattan tigers in other places.”
Su Hongli, Xu Hai, and the others nodded and began to cut off the barnacles on their bodies.
It was worth mentioning that barnacles had a high nutritional value and were expensive. However, because barnacles were difficult to preserve and harvest on a commercial basis, very few fishermen would harvest them.
Creak...
As he slashed down, he began to cut off the barnacles on the humpback whale's body.
At the same time, Su Zheng put on his diving suit and jumped into the sea, ready to help the humpback whale clean up the barnacles in other places...
[P.S. Spoiler alert: There will be an exciting storyline after this humpback whale. Please stay tuned.]
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