Chapter 900
The minke whale floated next to the boat . Its defenseless state was extremely dangerous to it . If someone wanted to harm it, or if there was a naughty brat on the boat, they could easily injure it, or even kill it .
Had it not heard a familiar voice from a distance, then recognized Zhang Zian after it approached him, then it would not have easily let its guard down, as it had once been harmed by a human . It proved that it was an intelligent creature . Although it didn't have a high intelligence level, it was intelligent enough to distinguish good people from bad people .
Whale lice was yellowish, and it was attached on its body surface in crowds . They looked just like scorpions without tails . Whales could swim at a high speed, but it could still not get rid of them . One could imagine how firmly they could attach themselves to the whale's body . They pierced through the whale's skin with their hook-like appendages . They would not harm the whale's health, but it was definitely uncomfortable . They were as annoying as lice on human bodies . They were not deadly, but they were so annoying that anyone would want to snap them dead one by one .
The minke whale floated there still, making it more convenient for Zhang Zian to remove the whale lice near its wound carefully . The whale lice was too firmly attached . Sometimes, he could not pull them out using his hands alone, even if he used all his strength . He had to use his secret weapon once again––the Swiss army knife .
Playing with a knife on an inflatable boat was similar to playing with firecrackers near fire . If his hand slipped and the knife poked a hole in the boat, nobody would blame anyone but him .
Zhang Zian leaned himself against the boat's side, held the Swiss army knife at a safe distance as much as he could, then slipped it under the whale lice . He then twisted his wrist and turned the knife 90 degrees to remove the parasites forcefully . He held them in his left hand and threw them far away into the water on the other side of the boat .
The numerous amounts of whale lice were all over the place, like a swarm of scorpions stinging around the minke whale's wound . They were indeed disturbing and disgusting to watch . They sucked the blood oozing from the wound so they could grow and reproduce .
Some marine parasites and hosts were in a mutually beneficial relationship . However, whale lice were not that nice––they were a pure nuisance . But as whales didn't have hands, they couldn't do anything about it .
After his careful cleaning, there were fewer whale lice on the minke whale's body . Only their marks remained on the whale's skin in the form of small dents .
Without their shield, the wound had finally revealed its true form .
Zhang Zian wanted to remove the cotton string sutures in the minke whale's wound . It was Xiao Zhi and Huang's kite string, and it was very tough and solid . It would be fine to leave it in the wound––as it would slowly incorporate into the whale's skin––but since he had the chance, he took the advantage to remove it .
Yet as he looked carefully, there was barely any string left outside the skin; there was only some broken ends . Maybe the hungry whale lice chewed them off, which saved him some work .
The wound recovered well, without any signs of splitting back open or any infection . After all, it was a feisty, half-grown minke whale .
He put away the dangerous Swiss army knife, then tapped around its wound to let it know that he was done .
Even if whale lice attached to it again, they would not do much harm . By that time, the skin around its wound would have thickened again, making it less uncomfortable as it felt then .
The minke whale seemed very happy to be free from the annoying whale lice––even its swimming movements were much loftier . It circled around the inflatable boat slowly, spraying low water mist from time to time .
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