Pet King

Zhang Zi'an looked up at the red sun hanging in the sky, and the air temperature gradually increased as the sun rose. He knew that the gray-black skin of the whale would double the heat of the sun, and its thick fat layer prevented the heat from being radiated. Although its surface did not show any signs of rot, the degree of rot in the body was probably It is irresistible to accelerate further under the heat of the sun.

After the death of most animals, they begin to rot from the inside out. The first thing to rot is the internal organs, as is the whale.

In addition, the whale has a special difference. The whale's skin is too thick and tough.

After the animals on the land die, all kinds of scavengers will come in, and the corpses may be eaten up as soon as they show signs of decay, no matter if you were the king of beasts or whatever.

But whales are special if they die on the beach, because there are often no particularly powerful carnivores on the beach.

There are no razor-like teeth like sharks, ordinary shrimps and seabirds can't even crack the skin of whale, so if the whale dies on the beach, the carcass will often be kept intact.

Zhang Zi'an tried to reach out and press the skin of the body of the gray whale. The skin was hot and fishy, ​​and the water had been dried. The palms still felt elastic when pressed, similar to the feeling of pressing on a water bed.

He walked to the other side of the whale carcass, showing part of the whale's belly in this direction. He tried to press the whale's belly again, softer and more elastic than pressing on the whale's back, and it seemed a little too soft.

When he helped the stranded minke whale leave the beach, he also pressed the minke whale's abdomen, which gave him a feeling of firmness and flexibility. Although different types of whales of different ages may not be able to be compared horizontally, the difference in feel is a little too great.

He went to the gray whale's head again and sniffed close to its mouth.

The gray whale's mouth is slightly open, and the strong and disgusting irritating taste slowly leaks from the deep mouth, causing him to cough, take a few steps, and squat down to retching a few times.

Not only was he beside the whale's body, but five or six others took photos and selfies with the whale's body as the background, and then posted it on Weibo and the circle of friends to show off.

Zhang Zi'an wiped his mouth, and watched one of them taking selfies in a beautiful way. He was intent on retouching, adding a filter of literary art to the photo, and then matching the words "see the deer when the forest is deep, and the whale when the sea is blue." , Ready to send friends in a circle.

He walked over and said, "Dude, excuse me."

The other side was startled, looked at him alertly, found that he didn't know him, and asked lukewarmly, "Is there anything wrong?"

"I want to ask, when was this whale stranded here?" Zhang Zi'an asked, pointing at the gray whale.

"This ... I don't know too well, anyway, it will be here anyway ... hey, do you know when the whale was stranded?" The man asked the others next to him.

"do not know."

"Unclear."

"I was also called by a friend. She said that a whale was stranded on the beach over here, so I hurry to come and see." A girl said.

Zhang Zi'an asked, "When did your friend see it?"

"Hmm ..." The girl thought for a while, "Maybe it is morning. She has the habit of running along the sea road in the morning. She went back to our shared house and told me."

"What time is it?"

"What time ... maybe more than seven."

Zhang Zi'an checked the date on his mobile phone, and then silently estimated the time of the ebb and flow.

Affected by the gravitational pull of the moon, there are two high tides and two low tides every day. The time of the high and low tides is not fixed, but cyclically like the moon's profit and loss. There are about 12 hours between the high tide and the low tide.

As a child who grew up by the sea, he knew this pattern well.

When helping the minke last time, the high tide occurred around noon, and according to his calculations, the first high tide today was around 9:30 in the morning, but then the gray whale was stranded here.

First of all, it is clear that this huge adult gray whale must have been pushed to the beach by a high tide.

Since it was not pushed up by the high tide at 9:30 this morning, it is likely that it was pushed up by the high tide in the early nine o'clock last night. It was night, and no one would come to this beach at that time, so it was discovered in the morning.

As for whether it will be earlier ... It is hard to say, because when he came to the beach yesterday morning, he did not pass through this area, it is not clear whether the gray whale was already here.

According to the most conservative time estimate, its body has stayed here for almost 14 hours.

How long did it float on the sea before it was pushed to the beach after it died? No one is sure.

"Is this whale dead? Are they all stink?"

"Probably."

"Did you say that the restaurant owner would take the whale's body and sell it?"

"No ... it's disgusting ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and it's all smelly ..."

Several people were taking pictures while talking to each other.

Zhang Zi'an asked again, "Do you know anyone who reported the death of this whale to the relevant authorities?"

"..."

The young men looked at each other.

"I do not have."

"Neither did I."

"I think someone should report it ..."

They talked and laughed, their expressions were relaxed, and they seemed to think that others might have reported it, and it had nothing to do with themselves.

"Let's talk about the relevant department. Which one is the relevant department?" One of them smiled bitterly: "Do you want to call 110? Wouldn't it be a false alarm?"

"Hello? 110? A corpse was found by the sea, please come over here. Please protect the scene and tell your specific location. Is the corpse male or female? Report, it is the body of a whale, I do n’t know if it is a male Woman ... Get off! "The other person imitated the tone of calling the police, making a few girls laugh.

Zhang Zi'an: "..."

"Since no one is calling, let me call you. It's dangerous to leave here after you take the picture, and it's dangerous to stay here. The body of this gray whale may explode."

He warned them, but was too late to explain in detail, took out his mobile phone, and found a phone number from the address book. The owner of the number was Ke Shaohui, the fisherman who called when he rescued minke whales last time.

He moved his finger to Ke Shaohui's name and was about to press to dial the phone. He was shocked and stopped quickly.

The irritating smell overflowing from the whale's mouth haunted him. Using a mobile phone next to a decaying whale carcass was as dangerous as using a mobile phone at a gas station.

He trot away for some distance and dialed Ke Shaohui's number.