Chapter 49: ◎Antarctic Sweet Girl Adélie (15)◎
To escape the severe cold, the Adélie migrated away from their settlements, following ocean currents in the sea to other continents.
The cold season is particularly long compared to the warm season, which makes it even more difficult to move ashore to a warmer place to rest.
There is a group of Adélie with genetic memories around them, so they don't have to worry about finding directions or knowing where to go. The little penguins swim honestly behind the big guys every day, catching fish and shrimp on the way.
Large shoals of sardines, herrings, and krill can last for several days with a single meal, but they don't encounter them every day, so they should try to catch any lone fish they see.
After deciding to become the Penguin Roll King, Shi Qiao devoted herself to being the Adélie who hunted the most and had the highest success rate. This was reflected in the fact that when other penguins were chasing each other and fighting while the little penguin was also looking for food.
Compared with the young Adélie of the same age, the little penguin is simply diligent.
Seeing how hard the other party was working, Klein also put aside his own fishing progress and went over to train the other party step by step on how to catch the target more accurately.
Adélie relies on his flexible swimming skills underwater. Since she was only half a landlubber in her previous life, Shi Qiao had to practice more than other penguins, and the length of time she could hold her breath in the sea was much longer than before.
Today's hunting target is squid. The Adélie penguins have seen squid several times in this sea area. Unfortunately, the prey here has just escaped from the emperor penguin's mouth and has become very smart now, so it is not easy to catch.
The two penguins who broke away from the group and hunted alone dived towards the deep sea. After seeing a cluster of colorful coral reefs, they continued to swim in that direction.
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Walking around this piece of coral, Shi Qiao sharply saw a smooth-surfaced squid swimming backward. The tentacles behind the squid open and close to provide power for swimming. It turns very quickly. When it sees the penguin rushing towards it, it quickly escapes in the opposite direction. At the same time, the ink sac shrinks and sprays a thick stream of ink towards the opponent.
An obstacle immediately appeared in front of the little penguin, and Klein reminded her: "Dive down."
Squids usually have a habit of escaping downwards after spitting out ink. This is a hunting experience that only experienced hunters can have.
If the prey is not sure of its escape direction, the penguin is likely to go around from above due to the interference of the thick ink. At that time, the squid will take the opportunity to dive further into the deep sea and hide in the rock crevices.
Shi Qiao listened to the boss's prompt and swam downwards in the same direction without hesitation, passing through the newly turbid water, and sure enough, she saw waving squid tentacles below.
No matter how fast the squid swims, it cannot be faster than the little torpedo penguin in the sea. Shi Qiao stretched her neck forward and hit one of the tentacles of the squid. After one of the tentacles was caught, the squid could not escape and could only become a snack for the penguin.
It was the first time she caught a squid so easily, and it was quite big. The little penguin happily swam back to the boss and gave the captured squid to him.
Big guy, eat this big squid!
Although it is incomparable to the giant octopus and giant squid she has seen in the human world, it is already a rare delicacy for penguins, and it is still freshly caught. The squid is still struggling and twisting its body. It is as delicious as she can eat it in her mouth. The meat is soft, tough, and slippery, and has a unique texture than fish and shrimp.
Seeing that the little penguin had finally caught all the prey for him, Klein felt that picking up the chick was a technical job.
Just ask who can pick up such a diligent, motivated, and well-behaved little baby.
Rejecting the enthusiastic feeding of the little penguin, Klein's principle is that his prey is the other party's prey, and the other party's prey is still the other party's prey.
While the other person is still growing, she must eat more to provide for her physical energy.
If she gives ordinary sea fish to the boss, he will eat it, but if she gives him the squid she likes, he will reject it. Shi Qiao has already figured out the idea of the other party's pampering of children and directly takes the posture of not eating it.
The three male Adélie not far away were looking anxiously. If you don't want to eat, give it to me. The guys will be grinding and chirping all day long.
Shi Qiao glanced at the other penguins who were so anxious that they were about to dance. If she wanted to catch it herself, even if she saved it in the crop, she would not give it to the other geese in vain.
After driving away all the Adélie who were shyly trying to separate a squid tentacle, Klein grabbed a tentacle and, together with the little penguin, ate half of the food.
Only then did Shi Qiao feel satisfied.
It's not enough to be so happy, she still has to find the next prey.
With more successful experience accumulated, the little penguin no longer had the previous pressure. She became more and more courageous as she fought, and together with Klein, they caught all the squid in the sea. Except for the squid that they had eaten, the rest quickly got into the cracks in the rocks when the situation was bad.
Shi Qiao tapped the stone with her beak. Seeing that she couldn't dig it out, she had to give up the last one.
Today, she has exceeded the target and fed herself and the boss just by catching squid. A few days ago, she would not even think about it. It can be seen that she needs to be taught by the boss to catch it once to fully understands.
Watching the two penguins, one big and one small, eating and drinking enough, while other Adélie still chased after the small fish to catch fish, they could only shed tears of envy. Some penguins have achieved squid freedom, and the sea fish in their mouths no longer taste good.
Ever since the little penguins started to roll up for food, the entire penguin colony has been infected by her diligence, but these low-quality penguins used this good quality of diligence to grab food from their companions.
Those two are diligent and self-reliant, but they are diligent in looking for opportunities to do evil.
Shi Qiao has given up on transforming these Adélie. Force can only be used for a short time. Where she can't see these geese, they still show their true colors. As long as they don't harm her, let them be. This thing is deeply ingrained and cannot be changed no matter how much training it takes.
If she wants them to be honest geese, she probably has to trace their roots back to their ancestors and start teaching them.
Occasionally, when she was tired of hunting or couldn't find the prey, Shi Qiao would imitate their behavior and grab it directly, and then she discovered.
It's really cool to be an "outlaw" with no morals.
After discovering that the little penguin finally started to learn to do some harmless bad things, Klein even felt a little relieved. A certain cub was born to be more innocent than other Adélie. He once thought that the cub would be bullied by a group of scheming old geese when she grew up.
Now she can finally rest assured.
Shi Qiao: "..."
Unexpectedly, her different style from the normal Adélie would worry the boss for so long, even though she often hunted geese in front of him in the settlement.
By the time the Adélie moved from their settlement in Antarctica to a warmer continent, half of the winter had passed. During this period, Shi Qiao worked hard to practice penguin hunting skills and achieved some success. She deserved the title of the King of Adélie.
After training along the way, the young penguin has also mastered her own way of foraging. When she encounters schools of fish and shrimps, she will eat as much as she can, so that when she can't catch food, she can digest the food stored in the crop and avoid starvation.
They went ashore and arrived at the land near Auckland Island. There were more broken ice floes here, and there were also more natural enemies following behind them.
Shi Qiao jumped onto the ice and saw a sneaky black glossy killer whale gliding on the sea surface from a distance as if taking a casual walk, but in fact, it was silently waiting for them to return to the sea.
This ice floe is only suitable for a short stay, not for a long stay. The Adélie Group will dive again soon.
Then it's meal time for the killer whales.
After seeing the figure of the killer whale, Shi Qiao became cautious, but they were on the ice, and the other one dived into the water and disappeared. They had to squat in the dark even if they couldn't breathe. At this time, they could only stay on the ice floe for a while, and see when the other one would come out to breathe.
Killer whales breathe through the vents on their backs, while seals breathe with their nostrils exposed to the sea. The former can be easily spotted as long as they breathe.
This time the killer whale was probably not hungry at all, or he was just catching a penguin to play with. He seemed extremely patient and did not surface for a long time.
The Adélie couldn't bear it anymore. They were eager to go to the sea to continue looking for food. They couldn't wait too long on the ice floe.
Shi Qiao did not agree with going into the sea now. After all, they had not captured the killer whale's current position. It was difficult to say that the other party would not stay under the ice floe. Going down now would be like directly delivering themselves to the other party's mouth as takeout.
Klein impatiently shouted at the chirping penguin group: "If you want to die, get down now."
The Adélie shut up instantly and moved closer.
They all disapprove of going into the sea, but the warning from the big guy is more effective for these penguins. The little penguin took a look at the surrounding ocean currents and found nothing unusual. This meant that the killer whale might have left, and it also meant that the other party had already approached their footing without anyone noticing.
Of course, the little penguin hoped it was the former, but Shi Qiao's strong sixth sense told her that the other party was still hiding in the sea.
Time passed bit by bit, and the floating ice area was not large. Waiting on it was particularly difficult for Adélie, who could not bear the loneliness.
Fortunately, they didn't want to be beaten up by the unpleasant Klein before being eaten by the killer whale, so they had no choice but to stay where they were.
Seeing that these Adélie were unexpectedly more cautious, the killer whale that had been hiding in the sea for a long time finally couldn't hold it in any longer. It poked out of the sea from the edge of the ice floe and sprayed out water droplets and gas from its exhaust hole, startling the Adélies on the ice.
Unable to hold back, the killer whale began to take the initiative, trying to jump onto the ice floe and bite the nearest penguin.
Unfortunately, it was not as suitable as a leopard seal. It knocked down a lot of broken ice from the ice floe, but it could not reach an Adélie.
Shi Qiao saw the broken ice falling around them and then looked at the big eyes of the killer whale, and she felt bad. As expected, the other party also thought of this method and decided to make the ice floe under Adélie smaller and smaller until they had to jump down.
Feeling the ice floe beneath them begin to shake, the Adélie screamed and panicked.
The evil-minded marine predators were even more happy when they saw this scene. They used all their brute force every time to take advantage of these little penguins.
Seeing that the opponent was only constructing in one direction, Klein took the little penguin to the other end of the ice floe, preparing to find the right opportunity to go into the sea and swim out of the opponent's hunting range at a speed that the killer whale could not react.
Shi Qiao saw the boss's plan, and there was no better way at the moment, so she had to do this.
The other Adélie were crowding closer and closer, and they would have to be squeezed out if they didn't jump. Just as the killer whale crashed against the ice floe and retreated into the sea to prepare for the next time, the two penguins took advantage of this time to jump into the sea and swim in the other direction.
Seeing this, the remaining penguins also abandoned the ice floe and ran away.
When the killer whale saw that his plan had succeeded, he forced the penguin on the ice into the water and immediately gave up on the ice floe and chased after them.
Shi Qiao felt that she was swimming as fast as a goose, her tail almost swung out of her head, and her two short legs kept swinging, so she could still feel the pressure approaching behind her.
Klein went directly behind the little penguin and brought her up to speed. Before Shi Qiao could react, she felt like she was being pushed. And the push didn't leave, pushing her forward.
She never expected to have such an escape posture, which was not a fraction faster than her own swimming.
Shi Qiao also saw for the first time what a real penguin torpedo was. The faster it became, the stronger it was, and it soon led her to escape from the pursuit of ocean predators.
The remaining Adélie were not so lucky. They were miserably chased to pieces. The Adélie, who was lucky enough to escape in other directions to avoid the pursuit, was just as lucky as them. The slowest one became the killer whale's toy today.
This creature will toss penguins around on the surface of the sea until they have enough fun and then eat them in one bite.
Shi Qiao jumped onto the ice on the edge of the land and exhaled loudly. When she saw the same kind of people in the distance being thrown into the air like ocean balls, she silently crossed herself.
The feeling of being chased by natural enemies was so thrilling that the Adélies were still frightened after landing.
"I almost got my tail bitten, but luckily I have a short tail."
"Me too, me too."
"The damn killer whale will die sooner or later."
"Let them be covered in barnacles!"
The surviving Adélie started to curse, and Shi Qiao had to admit that killer whales were a greater threat than leopard seals. The latter might be more frequent, but the former brought mental torture.
In short, these marine animals are really worse than the last.
In comparison, Adélie is very docile, but they are just unscrupulous from time to time.
The fierce chase made the penguins consume the energy they originally wanted to forage. No penguins complained about hunger anymore. They were afraid that if they went into the sea again, they would be targeted by enemies who had not gone far. The Adélies decided to rest on this piece of ice on the edge of the continent.
After a short sleep, many penguins were awakened by hunger. Among them, the Adélie, who had not hunted well, now tasted the bitter consequences.
Being so noisy that she couldn't sleep, Shi Qiao was forced to wake up too, with similar complaints echoing in her ears: "I'm starving to death!"
"I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry that I can't sleep."
"Whoever has extra food, give some to your brother, and he will give you double the amount next time."
"No, it has been digested long ago."
At this time, the little penguin's crop still contains the squid and sardines that she had not finished eating last time. There is no risk of starvation at all, and she can even share it with the boss.
She kept the small fish with only a few ounces of meat and planned to give the squid to the boss who had just helped her escape.
As a result, as soon as half of it was spit out from the mouth, it was snatched away by a hungry Adélie with quick eyes and mouth and swallowed into the stomach with lightning speed.
After Shi Qiao realized what had happened, her head was buzzing with anger.
It is unreasonable for these penguins to hide their own food well and pick a time when food is scarce to attack other geese!
After succeeding in stealing, Adélie smeared the soles of his feet and sneaked to the other side of the penguin group, preparing to get into the troubled waters among his companions so that they could not tell who they were.
Shi Qiao's eyes widened. If the other party really got into the penguin pile, she might not be able to find him out. The penguin group had been reorganized and new members had been added. She couldn't tell the faces of these penguins now.
Dare to follow her squid, only a bold new member can do this kind of thing.
The little penguin was about to chase after her, but the male Adélie next to her took the lead.
Some unearned Adélie calculations are very good, but they still ignore the Adélie living hell king who is always paying attention to the opponent.
When it was grabbed by the back of the neck, it was still trying to get into the middle of the penguin pile. As a result, a strong force grabbed the skin of the scruff and pulled it out. When the thief turned his head, he looked confused.
How could a penguin be so strong?
The next scene is the internal struggle of Adélie. Although it was only one Adélie who caused trouble to the little penguin and was beaten unilaterally, the other Adélie eyes were full of hatred.
Tell us why you messed with her.
The thief goose wanted to cry. It just chose the sweetest and softest looking penguin to attack. Who knew the backstage was so tough?!