Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness

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Thirty meters under the sea, a fierce battle was raging.

Bi Fang clung to the rock wall, steadying his form. The two figures had almost vanished from his perception, and when they did appear, it was only in a flash.

In ancient Greece, harming a dolphin was punishable by death.

The reason for this was because there were no shortage of stories in history about dolphins saving humans.

Mandy was one of those who had firsthand experience. Three years ago, he and many friends were surfing on the East Coast of Australia. Just as a second huge wave was about to hit, a tiger shark lay hidden within it.

It was one of the most ferocious sharks in the ocean, ranking just below the great white shark in the shark family for fierce and brutal carnivorous behavior. It was also the largest member currently known in its genus.

It could grow up to nearly eight meters in length!

Eight meters, almost the length of a small box truck.

They prey on various marine fish, mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and even humans, earning them the nickname "tiger of the sea."

They are ferocious and gluttonous, equipped with wide snouts like shovels and teeth like steak knives.

They were named "tiger shark" because of the stripes on their bodies that resemble those of a tiger.

The one Mandy encountered was definitely not eight meters, but it surely exceeded five meters, much longer than a normal car.

At that time, the shark’s stripes blended with the reflected sunlight on the waves, shimmering with a unique glow.

It rushed toward Mandy at high speed, quickly entering the attack range.

Bi Fang really wanted to know what Mandy was thinking at that moment, perhaps his legs had gone so weak that he was about to fall off the surfboard,

With less than two meters between them, Mandy’s fingers brushed the waves, and under the refraction of sunlight, it was almost as if he touched the shark’s skin.

He looked down, as if viewing a shark specimen behind glass, and soon, he too would become a part of the collection.

Just then, a dolphin leaped out, hitting the tiger shark from the side and driving it away.

In that moment, Mandy felt the strongest connection with an animal he had ever experienced, so much so that even three years later, he still eagerly recounted the story to anyone who would listen.

That instant was just like the present moment.

In Bi Fang’s mind, the outcome of the battle between the Niu Gangjue and the dolphin had always been certain.

The dolphin was bound to win.

Just by comparing the data, the Niu Gangjue was far from being a match.

The Niu Gangjue could reach speeds of sixty kilometers per hour, but dolphins could reach a more terrifying seventy kilometers per hour, approaching twenty meters per second, and at the limit they could even reach eighty kilometers per hour, twenty-two meters per second. That was so fast the Niu Gangjue couldn’t even touch its shadow.

Indeed, some scientists once believed that, given the dolphin’s own characteristics and form, it shouldn’t be able to swim faster than 20 kilometers per hour.

If a dolphin’s swimming speed surpassed the limits of what its muscles could endure, that could only be achieved under one of two conditions.

One was if the dolphin’s muscles had a supernatural efficiency, six times stronger than that of typical mammals.

The other was if it used some unique method to reduce resistance.

This hypothesis was proposed in 1936 by a Central Country aquatic animal research expert named Jan Gray. The theory was known as "Gray’s Paradox."

The dolphin’s muscles didn’t have a special structure, a fact that was soon confirmed. Of course, this meant they did not possess supernatural efficiency.

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Therefore, according to existing speculations, it must be the second reason that causes dolphins to move at high speeds.

"Is it because of their body shape?" someone guessed.

Not at all.

Scientists created a model dolphin that was identical to a real dolphin in both shape and surface texture, and they even fitted the model with a propulsion device that generated the same thrust as a dolphin’s tail fin.

The result of the experiment was a disappointment; it was much slower compared to the speed of a dolphin.

It wasn’t until many biophysicists further studied the issue that they discovered the skin of dolphins is divided into two layers, the top layer being the outer layer, which is very elastic, and the bottom layer being the inner layer, which also has good elasticity.

When exposed to the pressure of water, the upper layer of skin becomes uneven depending on the degree of water pressure.

When dolphins enter high-speed movement, the turbulent flow caused by body vibrations is adjusted in the variations of the skin’s unevenness, thus greatly reducing resistance.

It is quite miraculous.

Beyond that, dolphins may seem cute but are firmly at the top of the marine food chain, with combat capabilities much stronger than most people would imagine.

Sharks are the most ferocious fish in the ocean, known as the "wolves of the sea," living on injured marine mammals, fish, and carrion, weeding out weaker members, and seldom facing competition in the ocean. Yet, these fierce sharks rarely attack dolphins.

Fish fear sharks, but sharks fear dolphins.

Small dolphins, fast and agile, can easily evade shark attacks. It is difficult for a shark to bite a dolphin, but it is much easier for a dolphin to attack a shark.

Large dolphins may not be as nimble, but they can use their strong bodies to knock sharks over.

Keep in mind that once sharks are flipped over, they fall into "tonic immobility," slipping into unconsciousness.

Moreover, in the classification of biology, sharks fall under the subclass of Elasmobranchii within the class of cartilaginous fish.

Their skeletons are made up of cartilage and connective tissue, which, while elastic and tough, are significantly less dense and hard than true bone.

And since sharks do not have ribs, their sides and undersides are the most vulnerable parts of their bodies.

Dolphins, however, are aquatic mammals with sturdy jawbones and snouts protruding like sharp spears.

When it comes down to a real fight to the death, dolphins do not miss the opportunity to exploit sharks’ weaknesses.

Like poking a wet piece of paper with a finger—if the speed and force are right, a dolphin’s spear-like snout could even pierce directly through a shark’s body, inflicting lethal damage.

Moreover, within the dolphin family, there is a creature that could be called the "King" in the shark realm—the killer whale.

The killer whale is to the shark world what China’s table tennis is to the international arena, a presence at the very top of the pyramid, surpassing hellish or even purgatorial levels of difficulty.

Megamouth sharks, weasel sharks, mouse sharks, sixgill sharks, when encountering a killer whale, all end up fleeing in utter panic.

The Niu Gangjue, though not entirely made of cartilage and connective tissue, still has a soft underbelly, sharp like a spear, and dolphins with high swimming speeds show no fear of it.

When the Niu Gangjue appeared again within Bi Fang’s perceptual field, its speed had dropped considerably, as it floated quietly in the water.

Bi Fang gripped his spear tightly and approached slowly, the closer he got, the clearer his perception became, and he could detect the pits and dents on the Niu Gangjue’s body, as if it had been repeatedly pierced by a spear.

Feeling Bi Fang approaching, the Niu Gangjue attempted to flee, but with a thrust of the spear, it pierces the Niu Gangjue’s eyeball and struck right into its brain. The already severely injured Niu Gangjue died on the spot.

After dealing with the Niu Gangjue, the dolphin seemed very happy, swimming around continuously within Bi Fang’s perceptual circle.

It was a bottlenose dolphin.

Earlier, when the Niu Gangjue was clashing with the dolphin, it was moving too fast for Bi Fang to sense carefully, but now he could finally make out what kind of dolphin it was.

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The most common species found in aquariums is the Bottlenose Dolphin, also known as the Beaked Dolphin or Bottlenose Dolphin, primarily distributed in temperate and tropical oceans around the world, including the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in Huaxia.

With a long rostrum and a short, petite mouth, their external mouth slit appears to be perpetually smiling, and in Huaxia, they are classified as a second-class protected species.

Females can live up to about 80 years, whereas males, due to greater life stress, seldom live past 50 years.

This type of dolphin possesses an extremely high intelligence, self-awareness, intense emotions, and even strategizing abilities.

Some believe that dolphins should rank above chimpanzees in intelligence, second only to humans.

The Bottlenose Dolphin before Bi Fang was quite large, over two meters three, and its weight definitely exceeded three hundred kilograms, indicating that it was likely male.

Two meters three, three hundred kilograms, compared to the Niu Gangjue, which was merely about one meter six and weighed around seventy kilograms, it was nothing more than a small fish or shrimp.

No wonder it was dealt with so effortlessly.

Watching the dolphin swim by his side, Bi Fang couldn’t help reaching out to touch it.

As a professional diver, touching marine life heedlessly should be a basic principle, as even a bit of human skin flake could cause damage to the underwater ecological environment.

Bi Fang’s fingers touched the swimming dolphin, and the creature seemed very calm. Pressing firmly, he could feel through his diving suit that the dolphin’s skin was smooth like silk, sponge-like in texture, exceptionally beautiful, and rich in feel.

After quietly waiting for a while, another streamlined creature entered Bi Fang’s sensory circle.

It was another Bottlenose Dolphin, swimming around him just the same.

Male Bottlenose Dolphins usually live alone or form small groups of two to three individuals. They only join larger groups of female Bottlenose Dolphins for short periods.

It is worth mentioning that the attachment among members of Bottlenose Dolphin groups is very strong. If one individual is injured, the others do not flee but instead gather around their injured companion, reluctant to abandon it, making them an exceedingly compassionate species, with each one being so.

From this aspect, dolphins are much wiser than humans.

On this planet, the intelligence level of dolphins is second only to humans.

Their brain weight is almost the same as that of humans, at around 1.5 kilograms.

Humans have the highest brain-to-body ratio of all animals on Earth, about 2%, while dolphins rank second at about 1.5%.

Additionally, dolphins have 18 billion neurons in their brain, more than the 13 billion in humans.

Therefore, in terms of comprehensive brain data, dolphins far surpass other animals and are second only to humans.

Dolphins can use ultrasonic waves to perceive the skeletal structure of the human body, thus determining whether the other party is human.

They frequently rescue humans from drowning, lifting people to the surface for air just as they would save a fellow dolphin, and will even fight sharks to save humans.

In order to study dolphins, humans have conducted various experiments, including a secret experiment that was not disclosed until more than fifty years later.

In 1963, funded by NASA, an experiment was conducted on a male Bottlenose Dolphin named Peter in the United States Virgin Islands to study whether dolphins could learn human language and successfully communicate with humans.

The experiment team set up a room filled with water, allowing a female researcher named Margaret to live with Peter 24 hours a day, inseparable, sharing meals, sleep, learning, and entertainment.

This was to enable Margaret to teach Peter to speak English like a mother teaching a child, and to get it to understand and comprehend human language.

Although dolphins lack vocal cords, they can use the blowhole on top of their heads to make sounds.

Dolphin Peter showed an amazing learning ability, and in less than two weeks, he learned to say numbers like "one, two, three" and simple greetings like "hi, hello," eventually mastering over seven hundred English words.

Incredibly, Peter was not simply "parroting" because when Margaret told him "work, work, work," meaning it was time to learn, he truly understood and responded by saying "play, play, play," telling Margaret he didn’t want to study, he wanted to play.

Even when Peter wanted to eat fish, he would say to Margaret, "Fish in bucket," meaning he wanted to eat the fish in the bucket.

However, as the experiment progressed, some unexpected things happened.

Peter became less and less willing to learn and only wanted to be close to Margaret, using various methods every day to attract her attention.

When Margaret left to use the restroom, Peter would become agitated.

When Margaret was on the phone with someone else, Peter would yell and scream at the phone.

Clearly, he was jealous.

Peter had fallen in love with Margaret, and this led the research team to believe the experiment was moving in a direction beyond their control, so the experiment was terminated. They forcibly separated Peter from Margaret, and although she was reluctant to leave Peter, there was nothing she could do.

When Peter realized that Margaret was no longer appearing, he started to become extremely angry, swimming back and forth in the pool incessantly, calling Margaret’s name, refusing to eat or drink.

One day, several weeks later, Peter submerged himself at the bottom of the pool, refusing to come up for air, and he suffocated himself.

The respiratory system of dolphins is completely different from that of other animals. Humans absolutely cannot commit suicide by holding their breath because, after suffocation and losing consciousness, the body’s instincts would take over and resume breathing.

But dolphins breathe through the active control of their brain rather than the autonomic nervous system, so each breath requires actively manipulating muscles.

This was the past scientific viewpoint, used to explain why dolphins might commit suicide by holding their breath, and it became widely accepted.

But Richard told Bi Fang that this was inaccurate.

Experiments with complex and complete anesthesia have shown that dolphin breathing could be both "automatic" and actively controlled.

They could achieve asphyxiation by closing their blowholes.

So it all proved one thing.

This dolphin died for love.

What is suicide?

It is a complicated question, and modern science, still so weak, doesn’t fully understand why humans commit suicide, and the risk factors for human suicide have not been determined.

The Ugly Country Psychiatric Association lists suicidal behavior as a "disorder requiring further consideration."

Even the determinants of human suicide are controversial—it’s both a biological and psychological issue, as well as a philosophical and semantic one.

Some point out that even among humans, children before adolescence, or those with developmental delays, are rarely suicidal.

Human children are unable to comprehend the concept of suicide; the smartest non-human animals have the intelligence level no higher than human adolescents. It seems even less likely that they could understand their own death and have the capacity to execute suicidal behavior.

In Bi Fang’s view, so-called suicide requires the actor to have self-awareness, understand the true meaning of death, and have the ability to execute a series of actions knowing that they would lead to their own demise.

Everything proved that dolphins possess a high level of self-awareness.

This experiment involved ethical and moral issues, so the data and records were sealed at the time and were not made public.

It wasn’t until 2014 that the experiment was finally declassified.

Bi Fang slowly exhaled a bubble, looking at the dolphin beside him, slowly clenching his fist as every muscle in his body tensed.

He struck the dolphin’s head with a fierce punch.

You have helped me, but I’m sorry, I must hurt you.