Chapter 768 Victory
Did the shark
No.
On the sea, the small boat rises and falls with the waves.
Faced with such an explanation, the audience was puzzled, but following the direction of Bifang's index finger, everyone saw a piece of wood.
This is a piece of driftwood with a diameter of more than ten centimeters. It rises and falls, spinning constantly, like a fishing float that has been hooked.
Bifang returned to the Viking and reinforced the rope tied to the bow for the second time. As he moved, everyone noticed that there was a line connected to the driftwood, and the end was connected to the upturned bow.
Thinking of the undulating driftwood, everyone suddenly understood.
Even though the porbeagle had returned to the sea, the rope that had originally been put on Bifang had not been broken free of!
And because of the way the knot is tied, the more you struggle, the tighter the bondage will become.
"Many people, when they first saw me tie the fish head to the spear, were sure that I would attack directly with the spear, but that's not the case." Bifang raised the spear in his hand, and the fish head on it had long disappeared. If he hadn't pulled it out early, the spear might have been bitten off.
"If we use a spear, unless we kill the shark with one strike, it will definitely escape. With our speed and ability, we can't catch up with it, and we don't have the time to do so."
There is no need for Bifang to waste a lot of energy on this shark. If this one doesn't work, there is always the next one. If a chase really starts, it may take days and nights.
The situations in The Old Man and the Sea are quite realistic.
By then, not only might Bifang himself move away from the island unknowingly, but he might also delay his time to go out to sea.
Since throwing spears makes it more likely that the porbeagle will escape, it is natural to change to another method and use a lasso, just like a cowboy uses a lasso to lasso his prey. This trick also works on sharks.
"So compared to spear throwing, which has a high chance of failure, using a lasso is safer. Of course, because you have to be in close contact with the shark, the technical requirements are a little higher and the risk is greater, but the benefits are equally huge."
"There's a piece of wood tied to the rope. The buoyancy of the wood will prevent the shark from sinking to deeper water. As long as it can't break free from the noose, it will have to fight the buoyancy forever. It may sink for a while, but the shark's physical strength cannot be endless."
"The shark can only roam near the sea surface, and the other end of the rope is tied to the boat, which means that the shark can not only not dive, but also can not escape far away, and completely fall into the hunter's trap and cannot extricate itself."
"For fish like sharks that need to keep swimming to get oxygen, being entangled is a sure death."
[Fang Shen is already a mature anchor, you should learn to make the ignorant viewers understand better]
【Let me make it clearer】
"Don't worry, I'll explain it right away."
Bifang stood on the bow with one foot, supporting his knee with his elbow, watching the rope tighten and constantly changing direction.
"Sharks don't have swim bladders, and their body density is greater than water, so most sharks have to keep swimming to stay at a certain water level, otherwise they will sink to the bottom of the water."
"Only a few species, such as nurse sharks, can stay at the bottom of the water, and the Pacific porbeagle is not one of them."
"In addition, sharks breathe differently from other fish. Their biological structure determines that they must swim fast at all times, or their evolution requires them to swim fast. This is easy to understand. It is a basic requirement for being a qualified predator."
"The result of this evolution is that sharks have gills covered with filaments that are feather-like, and each filament has leaf-like flaps called lobes."
"The blood vessels on the folds can absorb oxygen. From water containing only 1% oxygen, sharks can absorb 80% oxygen, allowing sharks to gain unparalleled speed in the sea."
"But this structure makes sharks lose the ability to pump seawater through their mouths. They can only 'bump' seawater into their mouths, absorb oxygen from the water with the help of blood vessels on the folds, and discharge excess water through the gill slits."
"If the shark stops, or swims too slowly, the water can't filter through its gills, and the shark will be deprived of oxygen."
"It is for these reasons that many experienced shark hunters are accustomed to using a noose and waiting for the shark to become exhausted from lack of oxygen and eventually become the meat on the chopping board."
When stabbing with a spear, you are always at a distance of a spear's length, but to trap a shark, you have to use your hands and you will get bitten if you are not careful.
Therefore, using a noose is often a trick reserved for veterans.
What, you ask a newbie ?
Sorry, newbies don't have hands.
Bifang stood up. At this time, the driftwood on the sea was still floating up and down. The rope connecting the bow was stretched straight, and the huge force could even drag the boat forward.
The sky is a little gray and it seems like it is going to rain.
However, Bifang was not nervous. Although the sky above was gloomy, the air was not dull and there was no strong wind. The degree of darkness was also extremely limited, which meant that the rain layer was very thin and it would not be a heavy rain.
About twenty minutes later, when even Bifang was impressed by the shark's abundant physical strength, the rope on the bow finally loosened, but it was soon straightened again. If everyone hadn't been staring at it, they would have thought it was an illusion.
[Fuck, it’s loose, it’s loose]
[Damn it, I watched it for nearly half an hour and finally came]
[This shark is too persistent]
[Normal, brother, you have never been on a fishing boat to fish in the sea, half an hour is considered a short time. If it weren't for the suffocation that accelerated the consumption of physical strength, it would probably take several hours. Just let your boat slip away.]
"The shark was suffocating."
Bifang knew that the climax was about to begin, and in the next five minutes, the rope loosened more and more frequently.
Even though there was a lack of oxygen, the porbeagle shark still tried its best to resist, but Bifang would not let this happen. In the sixth minute, he grabbed the rope and started pulling the shark.
This time the rat shark was no longer able to resist, and the resistance Bifang felt on the rope was almost half as small as at the beginning!
After another ten minutes of pulling, the shark was finally dragged out of the ocean and out of the sea. The porbeagle shark struggled even more violently, but Bifang would not give it any chance this time. He picked up a wooden stick beside him and hit it on the head with a heavy hammer.
With a heavy and powerful thud, the shark was finally knocked unconscious and was easily pulled onto the boat by Bifang, with no chance of escaping from the hunter's clutches.
In this battle between man and shark in the ocean, Bifang still won the final victory.
There was a drizzle in the sky, and the calm sea surface was covered with tiny dots.
Bifang, sitting on the edge of the boat, raised his head and looked at the gray sky.
This was the first rain since he arrived on Easter Island.
Looking at the huge harvest lying on the aircraft carrier, Bifang came to the Viking, picked and chose, took out a huge conch, and blew the horn.
Above the lonely sea, the sound of conch shells is clear and distant.
