After setting the Fishing Pots back in the sea, Ye Yaodong rowed farther out to find a new fishing spot, only to see a flock of seabirds circling over the water not far away.
Where seabirds circled, there were usually shoals of fish. With some anticipation, he rowed over, only to discover two enormous whales feeding in the nearby waters, one with its cavernous mouth wide open.
Now he dared not go any closer and only watched from a distance. He had no idea what kind of whales they were. They were enormous, several meters long by the look of them, with mouths he reckoned were big enough to swallow him whole.
Suddenly, one of the whales leaped out of the water to feed, and he finally got a clear look. It was a Bryde's whale.
Good heavens, another animal under second-class protection.
Whales were large mammals that lived in the sea. Like humans, they breathed through lungs, so they surfaced from time to time, but they could not leave the ocean.
Although Bryde's whales were huge, they were very timid. When frightened, they would flee into the depths. If boats remained on the surface, they might not even dare come up for air and would drown themselves.
Fishing had been banned for seven days, and no boats from their area had gone out. No wonder they had swum over here.
He stood in his little boat and watched curiously for a while. The two Bryde's whales were working together, one driving the fish underwater while the other reaped the rewards?
Ye Yaodong thought it over and decided he had better keep his distance. These giants were not something he could afford to mess with.
He rowed a little farther away, but saw several small boats approaching rapidly across the