Blue Star Survival Project: Animal Edition

There are many ghosts and shadows in the gray-blue sea water, and the light-colored belly of the shark blends with the light on the upper layer. The fish school disturbed by the fishing boat fled in panic, and crashed into the shark's open mouth without paying attention.

The whale group stopped at a depth of about 50 meters from the water surface, just a bit apart from the shark group.

In the center of the formation, production has begun.The members guarding the outer circle watched all directions and listened to all directions, and six pairs of eyes monitored the movements of the sharks in all directions.

Even if he was as dull as Sheng Cun, he could still smell the faint smell of blood wafting from the center, not to mention the group of great white sharks that could smell the smell of blood from a kilometer away and track them thousands of miles away like flies.

The smell of fresh prey came from below, and the fishing boat in front suddenly lost its fragrance.

A few sharks on the periphery of the hunting circle turned around quietly, pointing their pointed heads at the direction of the whale group, as if trying to figure out if they could get some bargains.

These are nobodies, just over two meters long, and pose no threat to sperm whales.

And those who rampage in the fish school are the big ones, Sheng Cun squinted his eyes to observe the enemy's every move.

Perhaps it was the "Jaws" movie that he watched when he was a child. The bloodiness left a deep shadow on Shengcun's young mind. He has always disliked this kind of creature, or in other words, he has an inexplicable fear.

Also the top predator in the ocean, killer whales give people the feeling of blatant arrogance, even the fierce little eyes are bright and aboveboard.

But sharks are different, lurking in the dark, jumping up suddenly, showing a mouth full of fangs, the cold dead fish eyes can not see the slightest luster, it is simply a ruthless killing machine.

To put it simply, killer whales have a high IQ and behave logically.But sharks can't, they act on instinct, and this situation is difficult to predict and even more dangerous.

Shengcun didn't like the feeling of being unable to control the situation.

After the wind swept through the clouds, there were not many fish left. The sharks who hadn't eaten yet glanced at the fishing boat going away, and they didn't move for a long time, as if they were struggling to keep chasing.

The smell of blood at close range strongly stimulated their nerves. After a while, they decided to give it a try and try the taste of the whale's mouth.

Sheng Cun's gaze swept over quickly. The main forces were great white sharks and blue sharks. There were five of them in total, and they were all giant sharks five to six meters long.

Among them were several four-meter-long cone-toothed sharks... Shengcun saw them glistening, and even had barbed teeth, and felt a pain in advance.

Most of the sharks live alone, even if they hunt together, they will not have any deep feelings, let alone display the tight cooperation and tactics similar to killer whale groups.

Moreover, in front of the ten-meter-long sperm whale, they are like children, and they cannot beat the damage value of the killer whale.

Having experienced the siege of killer whales, Shengcun believed that these sharks could not break through the defense of the whale group. At most, the members outside relied on their flesh to resist damage, and they were about to suffer a few scars.

A blue shark bared its teeth, and densely packed sharp teeth were clearly visible on the dark red gums. Even if the front teeth were shot down during the battle, new teeth would soon be replaced.

This is the prelude to the attack, and the opponent is condescending, which is not conducive to the defense of the whale group.

Blue sharks and great white sharks have never had the patience to wait, their bodies are half bowed, their gray dorsal fins protruding from the surface of the sea, preparing for the surprise attack.

In the next second, their bodies disappeared under the sea surface. In the turbid sea water, the light-colored bodies of the sharks were looming.

The spindle-shaped body swings vigorously, and the triangular dorsal fin breaks through the water like a sharp blade, rushing towards it at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour.

Shengcun and Cass stopped in the front, and a new cub was about to be born. They are now reliable young males.

Sperm whales don't have sharp teeth, but in the face of their overwhelming strength, fancy equipment is a joke.

Sheng Cun shook his head, the shark in front of him seemed to be punched by a rising wave, staggered, and only swallowed a bellyful of seawater with its huge mouth that opened.

Not finished yet.

Teeth are harmless, but the head can also be used as a weapon.

Taking advantage of the great loss of momentum of the shark, Shengcun raised his head and gave the charging shark a hard headbutt with his strong forehead.

This reckless shark was knocked several meters away. Sheng Cun took a closer look and found that it was the legendary great white shark.

It seems that it is nothing more than that.He was quite pleased with the physique of the sperm whale.

A black shadow flew out beside him, Sheng Cun looked back, and the battle on Cass' side was basically over.

A blue shark was sent flying by his tail, and rolled several times in the water before barely stopping.

The cone-toothed shark that was eager to try braked urgently, its eyes wandered between the two bosses, and there was a little fear in the dull small eyes.

Its open mouth has not had time to close, and with the fine fangs, it looks even more silly.

"Hehe, trash."

Cass snorted softly, his tone full of disgust.

There was a soft cry from the whale group, Sheng Cun turned his head and saw a small black thing emerging from Lula.

Born to...?

The cub in front of me looks about the size of a cone-toothed shark. It was just born from the warm body of its mother. It seems that it is not used to the cold sea water. It keeps twisting its small body and whimpering.

Lula seemed to have lost a lot of weight, staring at her child in a daze, looking at a loss

It tentatively stretched out its front flippers to touch the baby.

"ah!"

The cub suddenly let out a loud cry, and Lula retracted her front flippers as quickly as an electric shock, and even bounced back a step.

"Why, hug it, the shark hasn't left yet!"

The female whale next to her whispered a reminder.

Lula thought for a while, and finally grabbed the cub and held it under her.

The cub writhed restlessly.

The animal's instinct makes it feel uneasy about the surrounding environment, and the mother's slightly trembling body obviously cannot provide enough sense of security. Now it urgently needs to see the sun and breathe the air above the water.

The blood around the mother whale has not yet dissipated, and the breath of fresh food brought by the newborn cubs, the slightly relaxed nerves of the sharks were stimulated a second time, and they all became excited.

Grandma Ton looked up at the shadows of the sharks around her, and let out a breath of foul air.

After all, they are old, Shengcun and the others are young and energetic, and it is no problem to repel a few great white sharks.But when he drove off the blue shark with Karin just now, it was a little powerless, and it had a few new injuries on its body.

However, the cub couldn't afford to delay, so it decided to forcefully break through.

With an order, the members who were still able to move freely narrowed their formation, and Grandma Ton withdrew from the petal array and went straight to the nearest blue shark.

The advantage of living a long time is that you can experience all kinds of things, and these experiences may come in handy one day.

For example, now, it is going to teach the juniors a little trick to quickly repel sharks.

This is the inspiration it got when it once watched the killer whale kill the great white shark alone.

Granny Ton dragged her old body, and her body, which had been soaked in seawater for nearly a hundred years, surprisingly showed explosive power not inferior to that of young people. The water waves trembled dully, bringing out an overwhelming momentum.

The distance between them was no more than a hundred meters, and in the blink of an eye, Granny Ton had already rushed forward.

After all, the blue shark was more flexible, as if waking up from a dream, he dodged to the side.

That's too late.

Grandma Ton lowered her head and raised her head suddenly with momentum. The blue shark turned somersault involuntarily, and the world suddenly turned upside down in its eyes.

"Oh!"

Karin flicked her tail thoughtfully, glanced at Sheng Cun, and signaled him to think about it.

Sheng Cun was naturally watching the battle with all his attention, he couldn't bear to blink his eyes.He was keenly aware that the moment the blue shark's belly turned up, its body became stiff.

It struggled to control its balance, but Grandma Ton obviously didn't intend to give it this chance, she opened her mouth and bit its side tightly, fixing it in a posture with its belly up.

The blunt teeth of the sperm whale cannot cause much damage, but the blue shark's struggle is powerless. It is like a child playing around in front of the sperm whale, and it is easily suppressed...

Wait, when we met the great white shark just now, the strength was real. The blue shark was about the same size as the great white shark, so how could it be so easy to be suppressed?

Sheng Cun took a closer look, the blue shark facing the sky closed its eyes, clenched its teeth, and even relaxed its muscles. It turned out that it looked like it was asleep.

——By the way, how can you fall asleep during a fight? Hey!

Sheng Cun expressed his disbelief.

The seemingly leisurely blue shark is also very desperate. It never dreamed that its biggest weakness would be grasped by others.

There has always been a rumor in the shark world. If you are turned upside down by some kind of force majeure, you can experience a kind of pleasure in the air, and you can forget any troubles in a trance. This wonderful feeling is called " Forced to stand still"...

Of course, to put it bluntly, it is an instinctive state of being unable to move even if you want to.

Generally, this kind of experience can only be once in a lifetime, and the probability of encountering a killer whale is doubled. This is probably to make your death less painful.A lucky man who escaped from the "tiger" mouth said so.

Grandma Ton didn't care what kind of inner drama this blue shark was going through. It let go of its mouth neatly, turned around, swung its tail fin that had been charged for a long time, and threw the blue shark that was lying dead.

A dark blue spindle-shaped object shattered the calm sea surface, it drew a trembling arc in the air, and smashed back into the water with a "slap".

The blue shark fell into the water belly-down, making a big splash.

It quickly woke up, its small eyes blinked rapidly, and finally slowly focused on Granny Ton not far away.

Some embarrassing experiences came to mind.

If you can't beat it, you really can't beat it. Those who know current affairs are Junjie.

Qing Sha turned around nimbly and slipped away without looking back.

Fortunately, it succeeded. If I was dodged just now, I really don't know if I can do it again with my old bones.

Grandma Ton stared at the group of sharks in front of her. They were frightened by the scene just now, and they didn't dare to approach for a while.

It restrained the convulsions after its muscles were overloaded, and did not show any abnormality. While confronting the sharks, it backed away quietly until it joined the group of whales behind it.

"Go ahead."

it said softly.

Karin and another strong female whale came out in response, and the group of whales quickly adjusted their formation to fill the vacant positions.Shengcun and Cass stood beside Lula and the cub, always on guard.

The two sharks that had been beaten away just now were haunted and charged straight, their greedy eyes locked on the cub beside Lula.

Shengcun followed suit, stretched out his front fins, and when the shark approached, he yanked hard from his side——

It turned up its white belly, and it really didn't move, lying flat and slaughtering.

Cass next to him turned his head, with a half-dead cone shark in his mouth.

Sheng Cun suddenly became playful, and he blinked at Cass.

Cass looked puzzled, but still let go of his mouth. The cone-toothed shark gradually turned over in the current, its eyes opened in a daze, as if it was about to wake up.

"Duang!"

A 5-metre great white slammed into it like a cannonball, and both sharks flew out together.

They stopped not far away, and the sober great white shark became angry and bit the cone-toothed shark next to it to vent its anger.

The cone-toothed shark ran away quickly, they chased each other, and went away a little bit,

Sheng Cun patted his front flippers, flicked his tail triumphantly, and showed a successful smirk.

Karin and the others have also returned, and the surrounding sea area has been cleaned up, and there will be no more danger in a short time.

The whale group divided into two groups, Lula took the cubs up to breathe, and Shengcun and Cass accompanied them.

The rest of the female whales gathered in a circle and waited for other cubs to be born.

Lula with the baby.Swim to the surface soon.

The newborn baby sperm whale pokes its head out of the water quietly, its shiny black eyes are full of curiosity about the world.

After a while, maybe it was panicked by the sun, it jumped up and down in the water, the water splashed, and it screamed excitedly.

Lula pushed it lightly, and it tilted its head, as if remembering something, turned sideways and sprayed out a thin jet of water.

"call--"

The little guy took a deep breath, and his belly quickly became swollen. He stretched out his short front fins, patted his belly, and said "gurgling" suspiciously, spitting out a string of bubbles.

So it happily popped the bubbles one by one with the tip of its nose, giggling non-stop.

The proportion of the cub is much more exaggerated than that of the adult sperm whale, with a large head protruding from its slender body, which looks like a small tadpole swimming in the sea.

It is as lovely as a note in the sea.

Sheng Cun stared at the cub quietly, feeling like his heart would melt.He couldn't help holding his breath, for fear of disturbing this fragile little guy.

"Whoa."

A jet of water sprayed out from beside him untimely, instantly destroying Shengcun's good mood.

He slumped, glared at Cass with a look of calmness in his heart, and began to breathe expressionlessly.

The cub was attracted by the movement here, and swam over cheerfully.

Ahhhhh it's coming, so small, so cute!

Seeing the little guy getting closer, Shengcun spread his front flippers, ready for a loving hug.

The corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, with an inexplicably strange expression.

The cub paused in front of him for a second, looked up at Sheng Cun's big face, and seemed to be wondering: Why is this big brother smiling all the time?

Then it rushed towards the jet of water sprayed by Cass without looking back, and the spray sprayed into the sky turned into fine mist and floated down. worship.

"Crack", Sheng Cun heard his own heartbroken voice.

"..."

Cass leaned over and stared at the cub in front of him.

The little guy blinked his eyes and stared at its face intently, then his eyes gradually wandered and locked on the circular scar at the corner of its mouth...

The cub turned its head and glanced at Shengcun's face, it seemed that there was also a scar...

It raised its front flippers, trying to touch its own face, but when it couldn't reach it, it desperately turned the angle, trying to see its own mouth, and its winking look was very funny.

After so many squids, everyone's mouths generally have some marks, but the newborn cubs' smooth skin has not left any marks of time.

Cass looked like he had never brought a child before, so he turned his face away uncomfortably, and wanted to turn around and run away.

"Eh?"

The cub chasing its tail in circles suddenly came to its senses and rushed after it.

Cass heard the movement and looked back, but there was no one behind him.

"Boom."

The cub suddenly appeared from beside him, and Cass was taken aback for a moment. Before he could back away, a cool little head touched his cheek and rubbed it.

"??!"

Cass plunged into the water and swam to Lula as fast as he could.

"Watch your baby!"

It sounded like it was squeezed out of teeth.

"What, didn't you have a good time?"

Lula waved her front flipper lazily at the cub, beckoning it to come back and rest.

Is my cub fate so bad!

Once again, Sheng Cun, who was ignored, suffered a huge blow. He began to think about how the red horned owl's mission was completed last time. Those cubs probably wouldn't scold me behind...

That's all, since the cub can't take the initiative to come, then go find it yourself.

Sheng Cun believes that with his excellent baby-rearing ability, he can always find cute and sensible sperm whale cubs.

In the distance, a fish jumped out of the water, and the cub's attention was indeed attracted by the silvery flash.

It flicked its tail and chased after it. Lula's eyes were quick and her fins were quick, and she pulled it back.

"It's too far away, don't run around, do you hear me?"

It patted Zai Zai on the head, and the tone of coaxing the child was exactly the same as that of a young mother in the human world.

Cass pretended to be indifferent, glanced at the cub, and saw an aggrieved and disappointed face.

It pondered for a moment, silently dived into the water, and swam to the distance.

After a while, a silver object fell in front of the cute cub rolling beside Lula.

A dazed, fat Atlantic salmon.

"Wow even!"

The cub jumped up and hugged the salmon who was rolling its eyes, looking around for the kind whale that sent the fish.

Cass left after the incident, hiding his achievements and fame, leaving only a handsome back.

However, Sheng Cun, who was right opposite it, still found the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Oh, so damn arrogant.

Sheng Cun snorted, and raised his chin at Cass.

There was a sound under the water, and soon, Mifa came up with its baby.

"Whoosh-"

Lula's cub touched it, then swiped to the side, and sprayed out a jet of water with a splash, as if to say: Look, this is how to breathe!

Miffa's baby imitated awkwardly, inhaling the first breath of sea-breeze-scented air.

Its eyes lit up, and Lula's cub leaned up and slammed into its back in a mysterious agreement.

"Where's Luya?"

"It should be soon, the aunts are helping, and her mother is watching."

Mifa rested his head wearily on Lula and answered lazily.

"That's good, these three children can grow up together, just like us."

Lula turned sideways to make it more comfortable to lean on.

Another half hour passed, and when Venus climbed into the beautiful blue sky, Lu Ya finally showed up with Zai Zai.

"Hehe, it's a male!"

Lula waved her front fins at Shengcun and Cass,

"Come on, come on, you two looked like this when you were young, so cute!"

Cass silently looked away, obviously not wanting to talk, Sheng Cun laughed awkwardly, and stretched out his evil front flippers at the staring cub.

Touching the head, the body temperature of the cub seems to be higher than that of the adult whale, and there is a faint warmth coming.The newborn sperm whale's skin is smooth and delicate. Although it is not covered with soft feathers like the lesser screech owl, it feels quite smooth to the touch.

All of a sudden, the male cub quickly hid behind Mifa, only showing the tip of its trembling tail,

"..."

Shengcun tactfully retracted his front fins, pretending nothing happened, and swam away slowly.

"Hey, I still think that these three children can grow up together and have someone to take care of them in the future. If they are males, they will have to go out on their own in ten years."

Lu Ya's voice came from behind, and the tone was inevitably a little melancholy.

"What does it matter, how free they are, they can run around the north and south poles. They can see the world that we can't see."

Lula comforted softly.

"You really...how can you be so naive even after meeting a scumbag."

"Don't mention that guy!"

"Okay, okay, the kids are by my side, don't quarrel..."

Grandma Ton led the other members to the surface, holding squid from the deep sea in her mouth, and Karin even drove a small group of fish to the surface.

Lula, Mifa and Luya, who had just given birth, were already hungry, and rushed forward with bright eyes.

The other two pregnant older female whales will have a longer gestation period, and their due date has not yet arrived. At this moment, they are cautiously facing the curious scrutiny of their cubs, for fear that they will bump into their swollen bellies.

Under the gesture of Granny Ton, the newborn cub was recalled to its mother, its round eyes turned left and right, and it looked a little scared when facing the elders surrounded by them.

The members of the whale group line up and touch their foreheads with the cubs one by one.This is a ceremony that has been passed down for a long time among the whales. The acceptance and blessings of the elders to the newborn are all condensed in this forehead touching ceremony.

From now on, the growth of the cubs will be closely linked with the fate of the whale group, and this ancient and huge family will have a batch of new seeds.

A few days later, two more cubs were born in full view.

This time it was quite smooth, there was no disturbance during the whole process, one of them was male and the other was female.

They were quickly surrounded by enthusiastic companions, and after a while, they played together very naturally.

Dusk shrouded, seabirds returned to their nests, and five cubs were playing on the sea.

The adults lay half-lying and watched the cubs play, with smiles in their narrowed eyes, as if they were looking at the hope of the future.

Three years to go, exactly when the cubs are out of infancy.

Shengcun avoided the splashing water and stayed far away from the noisy scene.

You shouldn't be indulging in the joy of raising cubs. Don't forget that there is a whaling gun hanging above your head. Be careful not to lose it.

He reminded himself over and over again.

Facts have proved that Shengcun's worries are unfounded at present. The sperm whales who have lived in the ocean for generations are well versed in the way of survival.

Grandma Ton found a hidden secret base. Behind a small island, a submarine canyon surrounded on three sides surrounded a choppy sea area.

The rugged terrain cuts the ocean currents into pieces, and the currents pulsate in the reefs on the bottom of the sea, producing a variety of background sounds day and night.

This kind of messy noise will of course interfere with the sonar system of the sperm whale, but relatively, it is difficult for the killer whale, which also has a sophisticated sonar system, to find them by hiding their body in a complex environment.

Now there are five more fragile little lives in the whale group, and all actions must follow one principle - safety first.

Under everyone's careful care, the baby whales grow fast, their bodies are not yet fully developed, and they cannot adapt to the pressure in the deep water area, so they can only move around on the sea surface.

But the hunting grounds of the whale group are in the deep sea, and sperm whale mothers who are in the child-rearing period especially need nutrient-rich squid to recuperate their bodies, so the whale group only sends half of its members to hunt each time, and the rest stay where they are to raise their babies.

Shengcun named this sea area—Sperm Whale Kindergarten.

Today it's his turn to bring up the baby, and Grandma Ton is also here.

The mother whales don't seem to be planning to name their newborn calves, and Sheng Cun has every reason to suspect that they all came up with the names themselves when they grow up.

He had no choice but to temporarily call them names like Little Lula and Mifa.

Now the cubs love the feeling of jumping out of the water and have a great time splashing.

Xiaomi Fa decided to play a big one, it took off beside Shengcun, and wanted to do a back jump and jump to the opposite side.

slap.

It fell in mid-air, flicked its tail, and threw itself on Shengcun's back.

"Wow!"

It flapped its front flippers, moved a little bit to the side of Shengcun's head, and a smiling little face approached.

"..."

The breathing hole was tightly pressed by its body, and Shengcun was a little suffocated, but he couldn't bear to let him go down in front of such a cute cub.

Grinning his teeth, he endured the cub writhing on him, in pain and joy.

"Stop making trouble, come down quickly."

Granny Ton gently put Xiaomi Fa down, and Sheng Cun instantly felt much more relaxed.

"You, don't get used to them."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Shengcun feels that Grandma Ton's voice is hoarse than before.

He raised his eyes and saw a weather-beaten face, with layers of wrinkles around the eyes, and the latest scar came from the sharp teeth of the blue shark a few days ago.

He ran into a pair of calm eyes, which could filter out all pain and worries, and always looked at the younger generation kindly and patiently.

How long has Granny Ton been alive? 50 years? 100 years?

The lingering thoughts spread out again. Perhaps, these eyes have seen monstrous tsunamis and experienced countless rounds of killer whales. Of course, the most important thing is that they have witnessed the history of human whaling with their own eyes. Watching compatriots disappear in the depths of the ocean...

"What's the matter, this injury has healed long ago,"

Seeing Sheng Cun's dazed look, Grandma Ton patted it on the head.

These few blows were quite forceful, Sheng Cun couldn't help but lower his head, but his heart felt more at ease.

Grandma Ton's body feels quite tough, it seems that she is worrying too much.

At night, thick fog rises from the sea, and the whales are sleeping soundly.

"Boom-boom-"

The dull impact broke the calm of the night. The sound came from a distance, and it seemed that there was still a considerable distance from where the whales were.

The adult whales were awakened, but the calves were still soundly asleep.

In the Bermuda area, unlucky ships often sink on rocks, and whales have become accustomed to this sound.

Listen to the sound, the distance is still far away.Anyway, it won't be discovered by suspicious personnel, so it's not worth making a fuss about.

Everyone squinted their eyes, ready to continue to take a nap.

"You stay here, Karin, you go and see with me."

Unexpectedly, Grandma Ton was uncharacteristically willing to take the initiative to investigate the incident.

Under everyone's suspicious eyes, Karin didn't ask anything, and left with Grandma Ton.

In the darkness, Shengcun quietly left the whale group and followed Karin.

Cass glanced at Shengcun's sneaky back, thought for a while, and closed his eyes again as if he didn't see it.

The author says:

About the "tonic stillness" of sharks: When a shark is turned over, it wants to correct its upside-down visual world, but is prevented by an external force, so its brain will secrete a large amount of neurotransmitter serotonin. After the concentration of toxin increases, the shark will enter this "sleep" state, in a trance, which is equivalent to losing consciousness.In this position, it is defenseless.Almost all sharks go into this tonic immobility after being turned over.

When the shark flips back over, it quickly regains consciousness and swims away quickly, provided the period of tonic immobility is not prolonged.

There are many videos of killer whales using this weakness to kill sharks on the Internet. If you are interested, you can search for it.