I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 694 - 693: Melon-headed Whale Greets
The reporters and nearby fire departments were the fastest to arrive!
With ongoing coverage by the reporters, the stranding of the melon-headed whales gained a spot on Weibo's trending searches.
Countless netizens worried about their fate.
"Not again, another stranding!"
"Seeing them struggle in the mud pit is so heartbreaking!"
"Melon-headed whale, such a silly name!"
"Oh my gosh, what's going on recently? Why are there so many news about whale strandings? I specifically searched it up, and there have been three instances just this month!"
"Holy crap, that many? I only knew about one from a few months back!"
"Right, and there was a group that included a pod of mothers with their calves, such a pity."
"Could it be the Japanese secretly discharging nuclear wastewater and polluting the ocean? Is that why they're coming to our side?"
"It's indeed unusual!"
"If you don't know, don't guess wildly. Melon-headed whales are rare in Japanese waters to begin with. The most likely reason is that the leader whale's sonar malfunctioned! Since melon-headed whales are social creatures, if the leader loses direction, it leads the entire pod astray onto the tidal flats.
These tidal flats are gentle, and once the tide goes out, it exposes a vast area. The tide also comes in quickly, which makes it easy for them to strand!"
"No choice, there are so many ships now, all sorts of trash and chemical substances being dumped into the sea, it's no longer the ocean they once knew."
"The increasingly frequent stranding incidents of whales and dolphins, is this nature's warning to us?"
"Eh, I feel so pessimistic about the future; in a few decades, the environment might degrade to the point of being uninhabitable."
"I remember the last time there was a large-scale stranding of melon-headed whales, most died even after the rescue, and only a few survived in the end, right?"
"Eh, I hope they're okay!"
...
Fang Ye was on his way to the stranding site, constantly communicating with various parties!
The bodies of the melon-headed whales were covered with moist towels, and some people were continuously carrying buckets to pour water over them.
The water in the mud pit was too shallow, and hundreds of firefighters and villagers dug large pits for them by hand on the tidal flat.
Then they filled the holes with seawater, so the melon-headed whales could have most of their bodies submerged in water to cool down.
More items were being delivered from the nearest village, and villagers with bamboo poles and plastic sheets waded through the mud, one step at a time, across the barren flats, setting up a temporary shade over the heads of the melon-headed whales.
Two and a half hours later, Fang Ye and his team arrived!
The fire brigade's captain hurried over to greet them, without much formality, "Zoo Director Fang, you've finally arrived! Quickly, have a look at these two melon-headed whales."
Two of them had been motionless for a long time, their eyes closed, but the rescuers were still following his instructions, splashing water on them to lower their temperature.
Without an expert to make the determination, they treated them as if they were alive, not giving up any hope.
Lin Ying put on gloves, knelt down, and carefully lifted their eyelids to inspect their eyes.
Fang Ye used the Eye of Observation directly and it displayed [Melon-headed Whale (Deceased)].
Yu said, "This whale was very aggressive! It struggled and resisted us at first, not letting us touch it, and its tail even knocked over a villager, but after a struggle, it stopped moving. That one, with its head buried in the mud, was buried quite deep, and it took us a long time to get it out."
The two exchanged glances and shook their heads, "Both are dead!"
Hearing this news, the crowd nearby sighed with regret, and some even couldn't help but shed tears.
A person next to them patted their shoulder, comforting, "We did everything we could!"
Two had died on the way here, leaving five more!
Fang Ye had anticipated this and began to check the other melon-headed whales!
Next to one of the whales, a villager was gently stroking it, while speaking soothingly, "It's okay, it's okay, we're here to save you."
Yu said to Fang Ye, "I had heard before that whales and dolphins are very smart, very spiritual animals. They seem to understand human speech! Talking to them and comforting them can also gradually make them more docile."
Fang Ye gave a wry smile. "It's not their spirituality that makes them docile, it's that they are too weak to put up any resistance due to their weakened state."
Melon-headed whale
Foll𝑜w current novℯls on ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm.
Age: 15 years old
Mood: Extremely scared/fearful
Health status: Weak!
The melon-headed whale lay in a water hole, its blowhole opening and closing, emitting weak cries!
It felt utterly hopeless, today was just the worst possible day!
In the morning, while swimming close to this beach, the tide suddenly retreated rapidly!
It began to struggle frantically in the mud, its blowhole blocked by the silt, gradually choking.
Without the moist sea protecting it, the sun was scorching hot as if it were in an oven.
The water on its skin quickly dried up, and its body began to burn with heat.
Already panicked from the stranding, it then saw humans surrounding it, not knowing what they were going to do.
Put yourself in their place. If you were sailing in a small boat, enjoying a breeze, and suddenly the weather turned gloomy, raising towering waves that overturned the boat.
You would be terrified, holding onto the only small piece of driftwood, bobbing along with the waves, and then you see the silhouettes of a group of sharks!
Their triangular fins breaching the surface, circling around, inching closer and closer to you.
The shadow of death would slowly envelop you, imagine the panic and despair in your heart.
In such a situation, one would easily suffer a severe stress reaction.
Just like the one that died, it struggled vigorously when it saw someone trying to move it, and in a last burst of energy, it just perished. Nothing could be done about that.
So, rescuing whales and dolphins is a very difficult job.
This particular melon-headed whale was actually fine because Fang Ye was contacted from the start, and with a professional guiding the details, no incorrect rescue actions were taken.
Most people don't know how to properly rescue stranded whales and dolphins. The instinctive reaction is to push them back to the sea, which can easily injure the animals, or they might accidentally pour water into the blowhole while trying to hydrate them.
Rescue organizations, once arrived, will observe the state of the whales and dolphins and decide what action to take next.
Whether to wait for high tide for them to return to the sea on their own, carry them directly back to the sea, or if they are too weak to survive on their own after being released, they might need to be transported somewhere appropriate for IV treatment.
If the condition is too severe for treatment, and they would just re-strand and die if returned to the sea, euthanasia may be considered to minimize their suffering.
Fang Ye squatted down and gently stroked the melon-headed whale!
He reassured, "It's okay, you can relax now that we're here."
While stroking, he employed a soothing skill.
The same comforting touch had a significantly different effect!
The melon-headed whale felt a warm and kind aura emanating from the man, and his anxious and fearful mood relaxed a great deal.
Next, Fang Ye took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack and poured it over with a "glug, glug" sound.
Although it seemed like an ordinary cooling measure, the bottle actually contained spiritual water.
Revitalized by the spiritual water, the melon-headed whale sprang back to life, gently swishing its tail up and down as if to greet him.
Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it seems to have more energy than before! It looked half-dead a while ago, but now it can even move its tail."
Fang Ye said, "Mmm, this one's condition is still okay!"
