Chapter 559: Red Blood and Black Waves

The giant dolphin sculpture points out to sea, and the sea is calm except for the horns of the fishing boats as they prepare to move forward.

At sea, it takes a long time for a bird to fly before it completely disappears from your view, and you can watch it for a long time without obstruction.

The sun had just risen, and it was not yet half past five in the morning, Bi Fang was standing on the top of the mountain and looking at it from afar, nearly three hours before the start of the live broadcast, and now he had enough time to observe and record.

There were more than a dozen fishing boats, large and small, all lined up in Dolphin Bay, with flags on the sides and masts, and sacrificial chickens, ducks, and fish on the decks.

It is both dedicated to the ocean and an alternative bait.

Bi Fang didn't have a watch, and the fishing boats in the harbor hadn't moved yet, but he felt like it was almost 5:38.

Fishermen tend to believe in strange forces more than farmers.

Floating, the unfathomable sea is much more erratic than the down-to-earth soil.

When people are faced with uncertainty, they will have superstitious thinking.

In 1948, an English anthropologist studied a primitive tribe near Papua New Guinea that made a living from fishing. There is an inner lake on the island where they are located, and the resources in the inner lake are very stable, and there are fish as long as they go, but the quantity and quality are average.

The quality of the inner lake is not good, so fishermen sometimes have to go out to sea to fish, and going to sea is full of uncertainty - sometimes they can catch a lot of fish, sometimes they will return empty-handed, and there is a danger if they don't do well.

Fishermen had a primitive religious ritual before heading out to sea, willing to believe in strange powers.

But anthropologists have noticed that fishermen are not always superstitious. Fishermen only engage in religious ceremonies before going out to sea to fish, and if they go to the inner lake to fish, they do not engage in superstitious activities.

The question is, if you really believe in God, shouldn't you thank God for your gift when you go fishing in the inner lake?

It seems that the fishermen don't care much about God's feelings...... They just want to do something to intervene in uncertainty.

It's the same with athletes, a good score or goal doesn't always succeed, why does the last one hit and this one misses?

It must be that I didn't do something right.

Small gestures begin, such as licking the bat, tapping it twice on the ground, or drawing a cross on the chest.

This phenomenon exists not only in humans, but also in the animal kingdom. The ugly national psychologist B.F. Skinner conducted an experiment with pigeons in 1948.

First put the pigeons in a cage with a small mechanism in the cage. In the beginning, the pigeon will get food as soon as it touches the mechanism, and the pigeon behaves normally, touching the mechanism if it wants to eat.

Then Skinner changed the rules of the game. Whether the pigeon can get food by touching the mechanism is changed to random. Sometimes you touch it once, sometimes you don't touch it several times.

But the pigeon doesn't know what randomness is, so it wonders, what did I do right last time, and there is food?

Skinner noticed that the pigeons' behaviour had changed.

Now the pigeon does some extra action every time it touches the trap. Sometimes it's a shake of the head, sometimes it's a spin or two......

The pigeons became superstitious.

Fishermen perform rituals, athletes pursue good luck, pigeons do superfluous movements, some look to the gods, some rely on themselves, but they all essentially embody the same kind of thinking – that is, people always want to do something to intervene in the face of uncertainty.

We know that it is not necessarily easy to do it, but we still have to do it, because if we don't do it, we won't step on it in our hearts - this is superstition.

As for what the ocean thinks, these people subconsciously don't care at all.

7, 5, 3, 8 are my favorite numbers, there is a festival called 753 Festival, which is a festival to bless children, in addition to nine and thirteen, I prefer odd numbers.

Although it is impossible to see exactly what those guys are doing, a dozen fishing boats are lined up in front of Dolphin Bay and should be set off soon.

The mist on the sea had gradually dissipated, and the time had passed half past five, and it was perhaps only a few minutes before five thirty-eight.

Bi Fang tried his best to look, but unfortunately the distance was too far, and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he could only observe through a drone in the distance.

On the fishing boat, the captain bowed down with incense, and gongs, drums and firecrackers rang out in unison.

There was a new one among the dozen or so fishing boats, the deck was very clean, not yet covered with guano, and the air was filled with a strong smell of paint, which was somewhat pungent.

Several crew members stood at the bow of the boat, some of them were snorting incessantly, feeling slightly unwell, and a young man was wearing water trousers, which could be seen to have been taken from his father, some old and wide, this is a hunting that has been passed down from generation to generation.

He stretched out his arms, and he could really find the feeling of a petrel flying in the wind on the surface of the sea, but it seemed that one of the petrels was black, which seemed a little out of place, but before the young man could take a closer look, the black petrel disappeared.

It all started with a friendly greeting, and there were so many topics, and occasionally someone could be heard showing off the flirtatious affair on the eve of departure.

Soon, 5:38 arrived, as expected.

More than a dozen fishing boats all honked, and white water foam swept away from both sides of the boats, pushing the waves forward.

The departure ceremony started on time, not early or late.

As soon as he went out to sea, the young man Asuka did not feel unwell, on the contrary, he was very excited.

Asuka was very used to watching dolphin shows in the aquarium when he was a child, those smart dolphins are really cute, and his room is full of dolphin posters and small toys, but people can't always be the same.

As I get older, Asuka likes more and more things, new versions of game consoles, VCDs, cute girls in the neighborhood.

When I go to college, I want more things, the best computer, a comfortable environment, food for my pet, a place to live, a cool bike, an ergonomic chair......

And all of this requires money.

But a qualified dolphin can sell for hundreds of thousands of ugly gold, even if you can't get it all, you can meet most of the needs you want.

It's summer vacation, and the girl next door wants the latest cosmetics, but unfortunately it costs tens of thousands of yuan, and Asuka feels that it is necessary to satisfy her.

Cute dolphins are nothing compared to money.

The older crew members saw Asuka in a daze and sternly reprimanded: "Asuka, is it time to be in a daze?" ”

Asuka was startled and hurriedly ran over: "Come on, senior, what do I need to do." ”

"Take it!" The older crew members handed a long pole to the birds.

Asuka took it with both hands, and unexpectedly found that the pole was very heavy, the length was close to the length of the whole fishing boat, and there was a flange at the tail end of the long pole, which was very heavy, and the whole pole was bent, and I didn't know what it was used for.

But soon, Asuka knew.

The older crew members bit the cigarette holder, handed a hammer to the bird, and without even explaining, leaned the long pole against the fence, plunged it into the seawater, and then struck the head of the pole with the hammer.

The birds who watched looked confused.

What's going on?

Spit out a puff of smoke, the old crew scolded: "What are you stunned? Can't you do it? ”

The bird who hasn't started much has been scolded for a good opportunity, and he is a little unconvinced, but thinking of today's dividends, he still endured it, learned the movements of the old crew, inserted the long rod into the water, and hit the long pole with a hammer.

At first, he thought it was a very easy job, but after knocking for a few minutes, he felt that his left hand holding the rod was numb and painful, and when he opened it, it had become red and swollen.

The long rod vibrated under the hammer's blow, and the subtle and dense tremors shook his hand red.

The old crew looked twice, spit the cigarette holder into the sea, and snorted coldly.

Only the most experienced crew members know that gloves are essential for working on the job.

For this stunned young man who doesn't know how to respect his predecessors and is full of thorns, it is very necessary for him to learn a lesson.

Asuka clearly heard the sneer, gritted his teeth, took off his clothes, and held it in his hand, not only did not discourage, but struck harder.

But soon, the captain noticed Asuka, who was friends with his father, and took off the glove on his right hand and threw it to Asuka.

Asuka looked back and said in surprise, "Captain! ”

The captain patted Asuka on the shoulder and encouraged, "Do a good job, the dolphins always follow their migration route to Taiji, and it hasn't changed for thousands of years, we just have to wait for them to fall into the net." ”

"Hey!"

Bi Fang stood on the top of the mountain, arms in his arms, watching all this happen, but he was indifferent.

To stop it now, you can only stop it this time, but there will be tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, year after year.

Looking down at Dolphin Bay from a high vantage point, Bi Fang can clearly see that more than a dozen fishing boats are lined up, and the crew puts some long poles into the water, with a flange at the end of the poles, and then hits the rod head with a hammer.

Due to the whip effect, only a small force needs to be applied to the club head, and the rod tail can form a large vibration, vibration and sound transmission, which forms a sound wall.

Dolphins are extremely sensitive to sound, and many people find it incredible.

According to Richard, the hub of all dolphinariums is the "fish house", and no matter which "fish house" you go to, you will find boxes and boxes of maalox and tagamet, both of which are drugs that reduce stomach acid secretion.

The reason why they are here is because all the dolphins have stomach ulcers.

They are overstressed, overwhelmed.

It's pretty much the same as humans.

One has to see them in the sea to understand that this kind of captivity will not work.

Dolphins are auditory animals, hearing is their main sense, and the most advanced sonar of human beings is nothing compared to dolphins.

They can easily "hear" humans in the ocean, hear your nervous heartbeat from falling overboard, your bones, whether you're pregnant or not, and dolphins can get a lot of information just by sound.

After the dolphins are captured, they are thrown into a concrete-poured pool, surrounded by circles of screaming spectators, and all kinds of machinery that tolerate non-stop operation after each night of retreat.

It's like a human being with his eyelids stretched open and a headlight that doesn't go out 24 hours a day in front of him.

When the Baltimore National Aquarium first opened, dolphins were dying one after another, and the staff tried nothing to keep them alive.

In the end, they found out that the filtration system was too noisy, and the noise pressure around the clock killed the dolphins.

Hearing is the primary trachea of dolphins, and it has become their fatal weakness in Taiji.

Taking advantage of the dolphins' sensitivity to sound, fishermen drove more than a dozen small boats to the sea where dolphins gathered, artificially creating noise in the sea, placing a long pole into the sea from the boat, constantly beating and creating a row of sound waves, forming a sound wall, with the aim of frightening dolphins, an animal that mainly relies on keen hearing to survive, and driving hundreds of dolphins to the shore.

The dolphins are running for their lives, escaping the wall of sound.

Eventually, the fishermen drive the dolphins into the net-barricaded lagoon and begin to raise their butcher knives to kill the tormented and panicked dolphins.

With a little tapping, Asuka soon noticed the difference, and the otherwise calm sea seemed to start to become restless.

As the fishing boats lined up in a semi-encirclement towards Dolphin Bay, dolphins suddenly jumped out of the sea, but these dolphins did not jump into the ocean with dexterity as birds usually see on the beach, but they smashed heavily on the surface of the sea, setting off waves.

For some reason, Asuka was scared and slowed down the movement of his hands.

"Hey! Don't stop, boy! Seeing this, the old crew member next to him kicked directly to the bird's popliteal nest, kicking it to his knees, and he shouted, "This is a critical period, don't let any dolphins escape!" They're going to be informed! ”

Asuka's kneecaps collided with the deck, and the sharp pain brought him to his senses quickly, and he struggled to his feet at the thought of the bill that was about to arrive, and continued to tap.

With the first one, soon, more and more dolphins jumped out of the water, broke through the surface of the sea, and fell into the water.

They used to be the spirits of the ocean, but now they seem to have forgotten how to swim.

The blue sea was soon filled with white spray, and as far as the eye could see, it was all white foam.

Soon, the encirclement was reduced by half, and it was slowly approaching Dolphin Bay.

The sound wall is like a big net, trapping all the dolphins and dragging them towards the narrow dolphin bay.

Already dolphins have entered Dolphin Bay, and the fishermen on the shore applaud loudly, and some people even can't wait to slide the boat into the sea, raising the long hook knife in their hands, and approaching the dolphins swimming towards the shallow talk.

The long hook knife, which glows fiercely in the sun, is a hook cutting tool used in ancient naval battles to destroy the equipment of enemy ships.

The shape is a long pole with a binding ring and a sharp hook-shaped knife, which is stretched out when approaching the enemy ship, and the rope of the enemy's mast is cut to make the canvas fall and lose the wind power, which is convenient for receiving the ship.

Instead of stabbing indiscriminately, the fishermen who jumped into the sea specifically looked for the dolphins that were in bad condition, which had no value and were only fodder.

A fisherman suddenly noticed an injured dolphin swimming towards him, as if trying to ask for help, and when he saw this scene, the fisherman held a long hook knife and suddenly stabbed into the dolphin's spine, hooking the spine like a hook rope, and the dolphin was pulled into the boat by the fisherman and his companions.

The dolphin's spinal nerves rub against the metal, creating a sharp pain.

Piercing screams resounded throughout Dolphin Bay.

The screams of their companions, the wall of screeching sounds in all directions.

Frightened dolphins swim around the bay, the surrounding waters dyed red by the blood of their companions.

The mother tried to inform her young that they were in danger and chirped in extreme pain in order to protect them.

With massive blood loss, combined with excruciating pain, the injured dolphin was simply powerless to resist.

More and more fishermen joined, and the blood spread.

The faces of the fishermen were full of smiles of harvest, and the first wave was so abundant, it is conceivable that this year must be a good year.

They pulled the dolphin onto the fishing boat, slit its throat, cut open its spinal cord, and left it on the boat to die a natural death.

One end after the other.

The sea is full of red blood and black waves.

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