Chapter 44: ◎Antarctic Sweet Girl Adélie (10)◎
Before the three penguins could react, they were kicked into the sea one after another. They floated up from the water and cursed at the culprit on the shore.
"Damn it Klein, do it again."
"That's how it was before!"
"Damn it!"
Shi Qiao wanted to say that since they had been plotted before, they should be more cautious.
At least she will no longer stand in the front row of the large army and allow other penguins to take advantage of her.
The three male Adélie who were forced to explore the path did not attract any natural enemies, indicating that the sea area was temporarily safe. After Klein confirmed that there were no leopard seals nearby, he jumped in with the little penguin.
Shi Qiao spent so long in the settlement building her mind, but in the end, she didn't even have a chance to hesitate and was just taken into the sea by the boss without any explanation.
After flopping in the water several times and using the male Adélie next to her as a swimming ring, she managed to calm down.
After she became less panicked, Shi Qiao began to feel the touch of the sea water flowing around her. She was surprised to find that the sea was much warmer than the cold land!
Empowered by the Adélies at the front, the other little penguins also became brave and entered the sea one after another.
When the temperature is high, the seawater stores the energy from the sun and releases the previously stored energy from the depths of the ocean in winter. This causes Adélies to prefer to stay in the ocean in winter.
Shi Qiao watched the little penguins around her begin to swim around to familiarize themselves with the environment as soon as they came into contact with the ocean. She also spread her flippers and tried to swim in the sea.
Some little penguins looked like landlubbers who couldn't swim, fearing that the water would reach their heads and drown them. Of course, other little penguins like her who were going to the sea for the first time were not much better.
Klein helplessly helped the little penguin adjust its posture. When swimming, penguins do not have to float on the water but have to plunge their heads into the sea.
Shi Qiao tentatively swung her tail and dipped her body downwards to overcome her habit of floating up and swimming. At the same time, she paid some attention to look at the boss and imitated him to dive under the sea surface.
She found that even if she could swim several meters in one breath, she wouldn't feel any discomfort. The little penguin became more energetic and became more and more comfortable as she swam.
The streamlined body of penguins can better cope with the pressure of the deep sea. Even if she dives hard, she won't feel uncomfortable being squeezed. The sea near the continental edge ice is not too deep, and she can see large tracts of coral reefs not long after diving down.
These frost-resistant corals are still beautiful in the Antarctic sea. When the little penguin goes to the sea for the first time, everything she sees is strange. Even a jagged coral bush has to be stared at for a long time.
Not long after diving, she stopped several times, and other little penguins had already swam in front of her.
Originally, Shi Qiao didn't care about speed, but then she thought that she had to help the boss find krill swarms and Antarctic fish for food. She forcibly looked away and called Klein to rush toward the white and black penguins in front of her.
When she was still on land, she was worried that she would not go to the surface in time and be suffocated to death in the sea. In fact, when she actually entered the sea, she didn't have this worry at all.
When she needs to come out of the water to breathe, her body will have a premonition in advance. When she feels chest tightness and shortness of breath, just swims upstream in time.
The little penguins jumped out of the sea one by one and then got into the water. Not long after entering the ocean, they were already in the water, and their speed was not a bit faster than on land.
Penguins, who stagger around on land and occasionally fall, turn into strong swimmers in the sea.
There is no light in the shallow sea in the deep sea. The fluorescent substances in some marine organisms will become signs in the dark water. Experienced adult Adélie has already sensed the presence of prey.
Shi Qiao followed Klein and discovered a group of krill.
The krill team was very large. At first glance, it was a densely packed area. Everywhere they looked was edible food. The little penguins were overjoyed and rushed over to start eating.
In the past, they were fed krill hidden in the crops of Adélie parents. This was the first food they got on their own as adults.
Several Adélie swims around the krill group. To eat, they only need to open their mouth, and the small shrimps will flow into the stomach along with the sea water.
Shi Qiao's feeling was that it was refreshing.
It is much easier than chasing and intercepting them on the grassland.
She doesn't need to be picky to eat these small fish and shrimps, just swallow them without thinking. The stupid crustaceans don't have as many escape skills as the herbivores on land, so they can only become Adélie delicious meal.
After Shi Qiao filled her stomach, she filled her crop bag to the brim.
When she was not yet an adult, she thought that she could catch prey in the sea and feed it to the boss like in the grassland. Now it seems that there is no need to catch prey. All she needs to do to find food is open her mouth.
Even so, the little penguin still picked the krill that she thought was the biggest and most beautiful, held it in her mouth, and ran to find the boss.
When he saw the other person coming, Klein habitually wanted to feed the little penguin. When he saw the krill in the other person's mouth, he remembered that the pup at this stage could already eat all by herself.
The mission of guarding the geese came to a successful end, but he still felt like something was missing.
The feeling of being needed can make the penguin feel satisfied,
Shi Qiao stuffed the krill in her mouth into the other person's mouth, watched the big guy take it into his mouth, and then turned back to choose other small shrimps she liked.
As long as she is lucky enough to encounter a bunch of krill swarms, she won't have to go hungry for the next two days. A group of Adélie will go to the next sea area worth exploring with their belly full.
When she actually arrived in the sea, Shi Qiao didn't care whether the time she could hold her breath was shorter than other penguins of the same kind. The three bodyguard penguins had long since disappeared and were enjoying themselves happily. Soon the other little penguins no longer gathered together, and only the big brother was left by her side.
With the other person around, there is nothing to worry about even if there are no other companions. After adapting to the state of floating and diving, the little penguin let go of its arms and legs and happily swam farther away.
The other little penguins did not go their separate ways, and soon Shi Qiao saw the figures of those Adélie next to her.
The fledgling penguins still need to be led by an experienced adult Adélie. Even if they look around for a moment out of curiosity, they will eventually choose to follow their companions not far or near.
Obviously, the leader of the little penguin colony in the colony and the fierce but reliable male around her became their target.
After realizing this, Shi Qiao no longer had any scruples. This sea area was wider than the penguins could imagine. They could gallop in this blue as they pleased.
But in addition to experiencing their first lessons in swimming, they also have to identify predators and other threats in the sea.
Just like when they were a child, they had to encounter the covetousness of Antarctic skuas at any time, so the little penguins in the water cannot escape the fate of being treated as a member of the menu.
After the three geese swimming happily at the front saw something, they immediately ran back in a hurry, and the figure jumping out of the sea was so fast that it was doubled.
"Run quickly, the leopard seal is coming."
"Stop swimming forward, go back!"
Before Shi Qiao could see the seal, Klein had already reacted quickly and took the little penguin to swim towards the continental ice that had just left behind him.
The Adélie who was beside them, saw all his companions in front of him rushing back, and subconsciously turned around and ran away. He didn't need to see the full picture of the natural enemies to sense danger, but could only tell by looking at the movements and expressions of similar animals.
The leopard seal was very fast. Even though Shi Qiao was dragged around without seeing the other party's figure clearly, she still felt the surging undercurrent on the sea.
Not long after entering the sea, she encountered a natural enemy, which was not good luck.
To reduce Klein's burden, Shi Qiao kicked her legs hard to speed up, and her tail swung back and forth, just like the propeller at the rear of a boat that could help the penguin.
Fortunately, they discovered the seal in time, and it was not far from the land edge ice. They jumped onto the ice before Shi Qiao could fully feel the murderous aura brought by the leopard seal behind her.
Adélie jumped out of the sea one after another. Before they had time to stand still, they slid out for several meters with their bellies pressed against the ice.
The reluctant leopard seal followed the last two Adélies and jumped onto the ice at the edge of the continent, stretched out its head to bite, and just missed biting the tails of the little penguins.
The slippery ice at the edge of the continent gave the Adélies time to escape. The penguins who lagged behind the main force also managed to escape from the seal's mouth, watching the big man behind him regretfully return to the sea.
Shi Qiao looked at the seal's fat body and felt a little scared after thinking about it.
The cute seals that can perform at will in human marine parks have become the Lords of Hell for the Adélie in Antarctica. Their tails are bitten by that terrifying big mouth, and what is waiting for them is to be swallowed into their belly.
Just thinking about it makes her head tingle.
The ocean is not as calm and beautiful as it seems, and there are many hidden dangers under the water that the little penguins have never encountered. The leopard seal that has been searching for food to no avail is hiding under the ice on the continental edge, waiting for them to enter the water again.
Of course, the experienced Adélie can't return to the position where he was chased and go into the water again.
The krill swarm he just encountered had already had a full meal. There was no need to return to the sea to continue foraging. Klein decided to take the little penguin to find a place to sleep first. The little penguin's first swimming lesson ended here and will continue tomorrow.
Shi Qiao thought they were going back to the settlement, so she raised her feet and walked in the direction they came from. However, the boss grabbed her by the back of her neck and carried her back.
The little penguin blinked in confusion: "Aren't we going home?"
"Too far."
The colony is where the Adélie find mates, mate, and raise their young. The penguins who come out to wander as adults do not have to go back the same way. After all, the distance back after going to sea is quite far.
After jumping out of the sea, it was just as cold everywhere on this frozen planet, so there was no need to spend time going to the settlements.
Shi Qiao curiously followed the big man's footsteps, and the other little penguins behind her who were still preening their feathers also followed suit.
Penguins are a group that likes to be led. As long as there is a leader goose, they will consciously line up in a row, and there is no sign of being unorganized and undisciplined in the colony.
With the pack leader and the Antarctic Bully covering them, they will just jump along with them even if they are taken to a ditch.
Klein glanced at the formation of penguins lined up behind the little penguin, knowing that they would not be able to get rid of these little trolls for a while, so he led the large army to the ice cave at the foot of the glacier.
It is said to be an ice cave, but it is actually a passage covered by glaciers. It can block the cold wind blowing from both sides, and it will not be too cold to sleep here.
Except when they are young, most adult Adélie like to rest standing up and run faster when encountering any emergencies. The little penguins still like to sleep on their stomachs as always.
There is thick fat on the belly and it will not freeze into it.
She also discovered that Klein also liked to lie down, and would put his flippers on her like in the leopard world, and would pat the little penguin when he saw it with its eyes open.
Probably even if the memory disappears, some habits are still engraved in the soul. This kind of Klein is very familiar to her, even if he changes to a completely different animal form, it is no different from before.
But now they don't have the conditions to sleep on their stomachs. There are other penguins around them, so they still need to huddle together for warmth on such a cold day.
Having just finished a half-day swimming lesson, and finally experienced an ocean chase, the young penguins who came out of the colony were already tired. They each combed their spiky feathers and began to squeeze each other to find the best position.
Feeling the touch of the big man's beak on the feathers, the little penguin gradually became sleepy.
She is a lucky goose. She has a "parent" to help smooth her feathers when she becomes an adult. The parents of other little penguins can no longer bear the hunger and go to the sea to live happily, leaving their children to be trained by other parents.
According to the tradition of Adélie, parents will return to their children accurately during the period of raising cubs, and then gallop across the ocean. Except for the initial guidance of the parents, they will slowly go their separate ways due to force majeure in the future.
Parents and children of a penguin family cannot be tied together forever.
After raising a batch of pups, Adélie parents will forget about them the next breeding season and continue raising the next batch.
When Shi Qiao was drowsily asleep, she heard the small calls of three geese. It was rare that these loudspeakers knew not to disturb the sleep of other penguins, and even the quacking was not so sharp.
She felt that these three penguins were abnormal. They usually screamed and wanted the whole world to hear them, but now they were secretly whispering.
The eyes under the eyelids of the little penguin moved twice following the sound, but the standing posture remained unchanged. In fact, it had switched to a light sleep where she could hear the cry but was too lazy to open her eyes.
As if he were a thief, Victor tiptoed over from the side and asked Klein, "When are we leaving?"
Like the little penguins, he thought they didn't want to rest and wanted to go back to the sea. Klein glanced at the little penguin who hadn't been woken up and said, "Wait until they wake up."
Koloff clicked his sharp lips: "No, it's about when can we leave the baby and go on our own."
"Take it with you for two or three days at most. Any more will make you tired."
They are single Adélie and do not have the same sense of responsibility as their biological parents. They have helped to take care of them in the settlement for so long and they have become very conscientious and good neighbors. Now that they have a group of little kids, it will affect their ability to travel in the ocean.
It takes a lot of effort to teach everything.
If it doesn't work, just take them for another four days, four days at most. After four days, these little brats will learn to live independently. Just thinking about hugging their thighs won't do.
The cubs that were finally picked up have been raised to adulthood. Even the parents have to let go of the cubs and let them leave their wings and go out into society on their own. Their Adélie tradition is that they are fearless no matter where they go. There is nothing to be afraid of.
The other little penguins were all so tired that they were sleeping soundly, so naturally they didn't hear the conversations of the mature Adélie. Only Shi Qiao remained awake.
Fortunately, she was too puzzled to continue falling asleep, and now she could hear the slight calls of several penguins.
After hearing what they were discussing, Shi Qiao immediately became alert.
These three penguins actually want the boss to give up taking care of the baby and live happily with them!
What is the difference between this and abducting the other party when she is not prepared?
The little penguin looked like she was sleeping, but her ears were almost pressed against Klein. She just wanted to hear what the big boss would answer.
Fortunately, Klein had no intention of leaving her alone. Instead, he said lightly: "You can leave if you want, and don't worry about me."
The three male Adélie on the other side were shocked after hearing this.
Doesn't saying this means that the other party has no intention of leaving this group of little penguins? This is outrageous! Adélie have never had any empathy or sympathy, and they can let even their own cubs go as they please.
Is a certain male mother addicted to raising a baby?
In fact, their understanding is slightly biased.
It's not that Klein has no intention of leaving this group of little penguins, to be precise, he has no intention of leaving this little penguin.