Chapter 1012: 1012
Zhang Zian raised his head to look at the red sun that was still up in the sky . The temperature of the air was also increasing with the rise of the sun . He knew that the whale's grayish black skin would absorb twice the heat of sunlight and that its thick fat layer would prevent it from releasing heat . Although the surface of the whale had not shown signs of decay, the decay in its body was probably accelerating further under the heat of sunlight, which could not be stopped .
After most animals died, they would start to rot from the inside to the outside . The first things that would rot were their internal organs, and it was the same with whales .
Besides that, there was a unique part of whales: The whale's skin was too thick and tough .
When land animals died, there would be all kinds of scavengers that would flock in . The carcasses would be completely eaten out just after they showed signs of decay, regardless of whether they were the king of beasts or anything else .
But if whales died on the beach, it was unique because there were rarely any great scavengers at the beach .
Without shark-like, razor-sharp teeth, ordinary shrimp, crabs, and seabirds couldn't even break the whale's skin . Therefore, if a whale died on the beach, its body was often well preserved .
Zhang Zian reached out his hand and pressed on the grey whale's skin . Its skin was hot and fishy; the moisture had dried, but the flesh still seemed to be elastic when he pressed his palm down . It was somewhat similar to the feeling of pressing down on a water bed .
He walked around to the other side of the whale, where part of the whale's belly was exposed . He tried to press the belly of the whale . Compared to pressing on the whale's back, it was even softer and even more elastic; it seemed to be a bit too soft .
When he helped the stranded minke whale leave the beach, he pressed the belly of the minke whale, which gave him a feeling of firmness and elasticity . Although different species and ages of whales could not be compared, the difference in the feeling was too great .
He walked over to the head of the grey whale next, then went close to the side of its mouth to smell it .
The grey whale's mouth was slightly open, and the strong and nauseating smell slowly overflowed from the depth of its mouth . Zhang Zian coughed, staggered away a few steps, squatted down, and retched a few times .
He was not the only person next to the whale's body; there were still five or six people taking photos with the whale's body so they could post it on Weibo and send it to friends to boast .
Zhang Zian wiped his mouth and saw one of the person had happily finished taking his selfie, and was concentrating on editing it . They wanted to add some artistic filter to the photo and had added the words, "Met a deer in the deep forest, and whale in the blue sea . " He was getting ready to send it to his friends to act pretentious .
He walked over to start a conversation with him . "Brother, sorry to bother you . "
The other party was shocked . He looked at Zhang Zian, on guard after realizing that he did not recognize him . He asked in a monotonous voice, "Is there a problem?"
"I wanted to ask––when did the whale get stranded here?" Zhang Zian pointed at the grey whale and asked .
"This… I'm not sure . It was here when I got here… Eh, do any of you know when the whale was stranded here?" the person asked the people next to him .
"I don't know," one woman answered .
"I'm not sure," another said .
"I was also called over by a friend . She said that there was a whale that was beached, and had me hurry over to take a look," a girl said .
Zhang Zian asked, "Then when did your friend see this?"
"Um…" The girl thought about it . "This morning, maybe? She has the habit of running on the path next to the sea in the morning, and she told me after she finished running and returned to our shared, rented flat . "
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