Speaking of vampires, it is estimated that many people will feel scared, but at the same time they will have great interest in them. Anyone who has seen movies or TV shows about vampires knows that vampires are a creepy supernatural creature.

They are afraid of the sun and feed on blood. The row of sharp fangs when sucking blood is frightening. This is basically the inherent impression given by vampires.

Back to our real life, this creature obviously does not exist on land, otherwise it is estimated that it will cause social panic. However, there is such a creature in the vast ocean 1000 meters deep sea area. They are called marine vampires. The appearance and name of this creature are particularly scary. This is a ghost slug.

Ghost octopus looks like both squid and octopus, and many people can't tell which kind of marine life ghost octopus belongs to. In fact, the ghost octopus can be said to be the ancestor of both, because squid and octopus were the same ancestor tens of millions of years ago. So, is the ghost octopus called vampire really a real vampire monster like its name?

The historical evolution of the ghost octopus is an ancient creature that has survived for tens of millions of years, which means that it is contemporary with dinosaurs. Although it is similar to squid and octopus, it is actually different.

Take touching the wrist as an example. Octopus has eight touching wrists, squid has 10, and ghost octopus has eight touching wrists like octopus, but it has two big fleshy fins, but octopus doesn't. For squid, this is the same as ghost octopus.

In addition, ghost octopus does not have its own ink sac like octopus and squid. This also shows that the ghost octopus may be the ancestor of ancient squid and octopus. But after tens of millions of years of evolution, the ghost octopus has evolved and become what it is now.

Furthermore, according to research and investigation, the ghost octopus 80 million years ago was not active in the deep sea area, but in the shallow sea area, and its volume was three times that of now, that is, its length was about 1 meter. But in order to avoid predators, the ghost octopus had to gradually move to the deep sea.

Various research results show that ghost octopus is inseparable from octopus and squid, so many people have a consistent view later: ghost octopus is the ancestor of octopus and squid.

Why is the ghost octopus with strange body structure called vampire? Do you really suck blood? Not exactly. Because of its supernatural appearance and peculiar body structure, it is called a vampire.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ocean expedition once came into contact with a very strange creature, which was described as "having dark red skin, ivory teeth and big red eyes". This description is reminiscent of vampires, and has survived for tens of millions of years, further confirming the statement of deep-sea vampires.

The ghost octopus in the ocean moves very fast, and every time it moves, it can reach the distance of two bodies per second, which is about 3 meters. Compared with human beings, the average walking speed of human beings is about 1.5 m/s, which shows the speed of ghost pipa.

In addition, the ghost octopus is soft and can perform difficult movements from multiple angles. In many deep-sea probes, the ghost octopus often rotates 360 degrees freely, which feels like acrobatics.

The ghost octopus also has a very magical luminous body. Why is it amazing? Because its light can be retracted freely, the brightness can be controlled independently. Ghost octopus will attract the attention of its prey by lighting itself up, but it will also kill itself.

When the danger comes, the ghost octopus will control the brightness of the light and gradually dim, so as to deceive the predator into thinking that the prey has escaped, and finally stop emitting light and successfully escape. I have to say that the ghost octopus is indeed a very clever creature in the deep sea.

In addition, the most similar place between ghost octopus and vampire is the row of fangs on its tentacles. They don't use these fangs to attack predators. On the contrary, when they are in danger, they will raise all their tentacles and wrap themselves up. At this time, the ghost octopus is like wearing a nail-covered armor, which makes the enemy inaccessible, thus protecting itself from being swallowed up.

? Marine cleaners who work hard in the ocean now know that ghost octopus doesn't suck blood, so what does it eat? Ghost octopus not only doesn't suck blood, but also is a diligent marine cleaner.

Although the ghost octopus lives on the seabed with a depth of more than 1000 meters, the latest research shows that it can still be found in places with a depth of more than 4000 meters.

They don't feed on living things, but their main food sources are floating plants in the upper ocean and residual biomass in the middle. ? For example, the bodies and excrements of some marine life and so on. In this way, the ghost octopus will not only harm marine animals, but also become a garbage disposal in the ocean.

There are many kinds of marine life, especially the strange species of ghost octopus, which refreshes scientists' cognition again and again. Although the results of deep-sea exploration are not perfect according to the current scientific instruments, I believe that in the near future, with the continuous progress of science and technology, human exploration of the ocean will be better and better.