The reason identical creatures could have such vastly different prices
was mainly because these barnacles growing on the whales
had spent years absorbing nutrients supplied by the whales' bodies.
As a result, they were rich in nutrients and naturally became premium specimens among Cylindrical Barnacles.
That was why the price reflected the difference.
The female whale had even more barnacles on her body than the previous one.
It took all five of them half an hour to finish cleaning them off.
The two Humpback Whales ultimately contributed a full three hundred jin of Cylindrical Barnacles to the Yushui Hao.
Just hearing that number was enough to show how many barnacles had been on those two Humpback Whales.
The two cleaned Humpback Whales were now swimming around the crew in the water.
And for crew members who were getting this close to whales for the first time,
there was no way they would let such a great opportunity slip away.
Ma Hua in particular had actually climbed onto a Humpback Whale's back and was directing You Zhiyong to take photos of him.
With Ma Hua taking the lead,
the other crew members followed suit.
Even the crew members who had not joined the cleaning effort earlier
were now lining up in an orderly fashion to take pictures with the two whales.
What the crew found most unbelievable, however, was
how cooperative the two Humpback Whales were.
It was as if they could not feel these two-legged creatures climbing all over their bodies.
They simply floated quietly on the sea, letting the people scamper and jump around on them.
The crew was overjoyed.
This was the first time they had ever encountered whales this cooperative.
What they did not know was
that the Humpback Whales were cooperating so well entirely because Ye