At the beginning of spring every year, the cold Arctic current and the warm Gulf Stream will meet in the Newfoundland fishing grounds, which will bring a large number of plankton and seaweed to thrive, and capelin is attracted by them.

  The capelin wandered from the cold deep sea to the coast, and then began to eat in preparation for the upcoming mating and reproduction.

  More and more capelin gathered in the fishing grounds around the Farewell Island. The sea was almost full of this kind of fish. Qin Shiou was afraid that these seemingly weak little fish would squeeze all the fish and shrimps in his own fishing ground to death.

  Of course, this is unreasonable worry. In fact, the arrival of the capelin school has increased the chance of predation for the big fish in the fishing ground. Although the fishery ecological chain is complete, for salmon and cod, capelin is far more delicious than herring and mackerel.

  Capelin has high nutritional value, especially rich in calcium. There are many fish seeds in the belly of the female fish. A healthy mature female fish can account for a quarter of its own body weight!

  The big fishes that have been dormant for a winter attacked one after another. They scattered around the fishing grounds to hunt, and the capelin school encountered a survival crisis.

  But because of the constant supply of capelin fish, despite the predation of big fish and birds, the size of the fish school remains undiminished.

This kind of grand occasion always attracts an extremely large number of people to watch. Wei Ni and others sometimes come to the pier to watch. Shaq told Qin Shiou: "In the past, when the Newfoundland fishery had the most cod, it was on this scale. Said that you can walk ashore from the boat on the back of the cod!"

  There was a strange long cry from the depths of the fishing ground, the sound was crisp and continuous, and then a huge wave was lifted. It's like an erupting fountain.

  "The humpback whale is here." Shaq laughed, "These guys always catch up with this gluttonous feast every year, and they will never be absent."

  Qin Shiou asked interestedly: "Humpback whale? Is there such a big guy around the farewell island?"

  Humpback whale, even if it is not the largest whale in the world, is a well-deserved behemoth in the ocean. They are large and bloated, and can grow up to fourteen-five meters long, which is about the same size as a basking shark.

   But compared to the clumsy and lazy basking shark, humpback whales are much more diligent. They do not swim fast, but they are very persistent. They can swim from Australia to the North Pole in the southern hemisphere every year. This trip across the globe can be described as thrilling!

"BOSS, you still have a lot to know about our farewell island. You must not know that our Newfoundland fishery used to be the world's largest gathering place for humpback whales when there were a lot of cod in the fishery!" Sea Monster Pride Said.

  Shaq looked at the ocean in the distance. Said: "Humpback whales have arrived so early this year. Then I think our fishery will return to its former glory. Maybe it will attract eight to ten humpback whales to stay here for a while."

  "What does a humpback whale look like?" Shirley asked curiously.

  Qin Shiou pulled her into the helicopter, and said, "Let’s go and take a look."

  The first to arrive at the fishery were two humpback whales, a big whale with a small whale, they floated on the sea, playing close to each other. Spray water for fun.

  The dorsal fin of this fish is relatively low, and the back is not as straight as other cetaceans, but arches upward to form a beautiful curve, like the throne of the sea god, hence the name "humpback whale".

  Qin Shiou watched these endurance big fish through Poseidon consciousness. He input some Poseidon energy into them, hoping that they would remember Daqin Fishing Ground and come here every spring in the future.

  Having absorbed the Poseidon energy, the humpback whale mother seemed a little hungry. It dived into the water and opened its big mouth and started hunting.

  Same as Basking Shark. The way humpback whales prey is to suck, and one **** can absorb 50,000 liters of seawater, which is extremely terrifying!

  Of course, this way the capelin fell into its big mouth along with some cod and seaweed. It uses a filter feeding method to filter out the sea water and leave small fish and seaweed. Swallow it into the stomach with relish.

  Small humpback whales cannot directly prey and need to use the mother’s milk.

  But in the past, her mother had been deep in the sea to protect it, and there was no food suitable for it. From the day of diving into the deep sea, the humpback whale mother can no longer prey, and needs to live on the previously stored fat.

  Now that the fat is exhausted, there is not much milk, the little humpback whale sucked for a while and left disappointed, waiting for the mother to prey on the capelin, replenish the fat and transform it into delicious milk again.

  Snowball swam over at some point. It looked lonely at the little humpback whale playing with its mother. It was extremely lonely.

  Qin Shiou suddenly remembered the scene when he saw the snowball for the first time. At that time, there was a big beluga whale carrying it, but what about the mother whale?

  After the capelin has eaten enough plankton and seaweed in the fishery and accumulated enough energy, they begin to multiply.

  Unlike almost all fish, capelin is a fish that lays eggs on land, which means that if they want to continue their race, they must go ashore and go to the beach to lay eggs and fertilize them.

  There is only one way for them to reach the beach, that is, surfing, taking advantage of the high tide waves to jump onto the beach on the coast.

  So in the next few days, people who bid farewell to the town can see the richness of the ocean.

  Countless capelin fish follow the waves to the beach. Qin Shiou’s fishing grounds are almost full of this kind of fish, countless!

Whether it is a short-tailed hawk or a red-footed booby, this will be crazy. They ushered in the most comfortable predation opportunity of the year. As long as they lie on the beach with their mouths open, there will always be capelin automatically digging into them. Mouth.

  But the capelin has no choice. They must complete the task of racial reproduction under the butcher knife of their natural enemies.

  Hundreds of thousands of capelin follow the waves to the beach every day. At this time, the beach is in unprecedented chaos...

  Capelin surging ashore, seabirds scrambled to prey, and some big fishes followed them. After they landed on the beach, they began to churn their bodies frantically. The waves and sand made the atmosphere even more crazy.

  However, the capelin is not without a chance. They spend a lot of time on the shore, only a dozen seconds.

  They follow the waves to surging ashore, and when the waves recede, the female fish will follow the waves back to the sea. In these ten seconds, the male must find them, and then complete the fertilization on the side.

  The cruel thing is here, the waves will continue to churn and hit the coast, and the female fish can return to the ocean after they lay their fertilized eggs. The male fish is exhausted. Unless they are lucky enough to be swept back into the sea by the waves, they will die on the beach.

  This is the law of nature, and this is the fate of the capelin family.

But after the children watched this, they couldn't stand it anymore. Shaq, sea monsters and other fishermen talked and laughed and brought fishing nets to pick up the fish. Michel asked Qin Shiou timidly: "Why not let these little fish go back to the sea? ?"

  Qin Shiou explained the reason, saying that they had no energy to return to the sea. Michel asked: "So, Shaq and the others are picking fish for eating or selling?"

   "Of course, we can't eat so much. Now there are such fish everywhere. Who will buy it?"

Hearing what Qin Shiou said, Michelle and his group ran to the beach, picked up the weak male fish and threw them into the sea. The little Shake and other fishermen’s children also participated in the back. The back has the unique strength of teenagers. And stubborn. (To be continued~^~)