King's Sour Squid is mainly distributed in the icy waters near the Antarctic, while international fishing boats "battle" in the Antarctic waters mainly to catch economic species such as Antarctic krill, Antarctic canine fish and Antarctic cod, and King's Sour Squid is not on the hunting list at all.
Before the king squid was discovered, people always thought that the king squid was the largest mollusk in the world. Accurately speaking, the king squid is the heaviest known mollusk, while the king squid is the longest known mollusk.
Comparison of body shape between squid and human beings
The body length of the squid with King Physalis alkekengi is about 10~ 14 meters, and its weight can reach 500 kilograms. Such a behemoth can be regarded as a top hunter in the sea. Although it is huge, the metabolic rate of the squid is very slow, firstly because the water temperature is low, and secondly because the squid belongs to the type of ambush predation, which moves slowly and consumes less energy. A squid with a weight of about 500 kg needs only 30 grams of prey every day to meet the energy demand of one day.
As we all know, the king squid has a very powerful opponent-sperm whale. Adult sperm whales can reach 18 meters in length and weigh more than 50 tons, which is the largest among all toothed whales-such a size also ensures that sperm whales can win an overwhelming victory in the battle with the king squid.
Scientists have found scars on the backs of many sperm whales, which are probably the scars left by sperm whales fighting giant squid (including squid with king sour sauce and squid with king). In addition, 14% of the squid beaks found in the stomach of sperm whales belong to giant squid, which also shows that giant squid is indeed an important prey of sperm whales.
In addition to sperm whales, predators such as bottlenose whales, pilot whales, Patagonian toothfish and giant canine toothfish also feed on squid, but the specifications of squid preyed by these predators are generally relatively small. Among them, pike and squid are competitors and predators, and giant squid can prey on smaller pike, and vice versa-there is no obvious boundary between predator and prey, and everything is based on "strength" (size).
For a long time, people have estimated the size of the squid's beak. The complete samples of the squid are rarely seen, and the early capture cases can be traced back to 198 1 year.
The horny beak of giant squid
198 1 year, a trawler caught a king squid in the Ross Sea on the Antarctic coast, with a total length of more than 4 meters. Later, it was found that it was a female squid and it was not yet mature.
In 2003, fishermen caught a 6-meter-long subadult female king squid with sour pulp. At present, the largest capture record was born in February 2007, also in the Ross Sea in Antarctica. This giant king squid is 4.2 meters long and weighs 495 kilograms.
Giant king squid with sour pulp caught in early 2007
In a word, it is rare for human beings to find the squid with king's sour pulp, and the living samples are very rare. From the case of fishing, the vertical distribution of Saussurea gigantea is related to its age. The smaller Saussurea gigantea is mainly distributed in the water layer of 0-500m, and the sub-adult individuals will dive to the sea area of 500-2000m. Therefore, the direct impact of human fishing activities on the giant Saussurea gigantea is very small, and it is almost impossible to catch a large number of adult Saussurea gigantea.
Horizontal distribution of squid with king sour sauce
Of course, the king's squid with sour sauce can definitely be eaten. After all, sperm whales, which are also mammals, are fine after eating, and so should humans. However, because the "yield" is too low and the fishing difficulty is too high, it is unrealistic to want to "get rich" through the king's sour squid.
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Since sperm whales can eat squid with king's sour pulp, so can humans, but the taste is unknown. I don't know who named them. It seems that the taste is reflected. Do you think the squid with sour sauce is delicious?
The king squid is the largest invertebrate, the longest of which can grow to about 10 meters. It is mainly active in the Antarctic and its surrounding waters, and its activity depth is about 2000 meters. Therefore, this kind of squid is rarely caught by humans, and what is generally found at the seaside is washed ashore after death. Sperm whales, as mammals in the sea, need to breathe with their lungs and leak out of the water for air from time to time. They like to move in the sea area of1500m-2000m deep, in order to eat squid with king sour pulp.
King Sour Squid has the title of the biggest eye of all animals. Because it has almost no light in the deep sea, their big eyes can mainly distinguish the flow of luminescent microorganisms around sperm whales, so as to better understand the location of sperm whales, which is very beneficial to their escape. King Soup Squid has a huge body and powerful wrist-touching, but it can't compete with the fighting capacity of sperm whales, and most of the time it will end in failure and be eaten by sperm whales.
It seems that only sperm whales can taste this delicious food, and it is difficult for human beings to catch the king's sour squid. For the first time, human beings learned that this animal found some organs of the indigestible king's sour squid in their stomachs through stranded sperm whales, and inferred this giant squid according to its size. In 2007, human beings first captured a living sample of the squid with King Physalis, with a total length of about 5 meters and a weight of 250 kilograms. But they will die soon after being caught ashore. This is the fate of deep-sea animals, just like we can't catch live hairtail.
No matter what kind of animal, human beings have the ability to treat it and eat it. It is essentially protein! Of course, the prerequisite is non-toxic, even if it is toxic, it should be treated as non-toxic and edible, such as puffer fish, which is delicious in some people's eyes. But because of their living environment, it is difficult for us to fish. Even if it is not enough to study it, do you still want to eat it?
"Why don't humans eat squid with king's sour pulp? Can you eat? " First of all, King Soup Squid is an animal, and its body structure is very similar to that of ordinary squid. As food, it can also supplement protein and amino acids for human beings, so King Soup Squid can be eaten. As for why you don't eat King Soup Squid, the main reason is that you can't eat it!
King Sour Squid is the largest invertebrate known in the world, also known as Giant Squid, which is mostly distributed near the Antarctic continent. King Sour Squid can grow to nearly 15 meters long and weigh up to 400 kilograms. Although it is very large, its natural enemy, the sperm whale, is even better. The sperm whale can reach 18 meters in length and 50 tons in weight. Therefore, when they fight, the sperm whale will usually be the last one.
Of course, in the face of the attack of sperm whales, King Soup Squid is not helpless. King Soup Squid has the largest eyes in the world, and it can also shine. In the dark deep sea, King Soup Squid has more advantages in vision than sperm whales, and the wrist of King Soup Squid has barbs that can rotate 360 degrees. The barbs as long as eight centimeters can easily cut the skin of sperm whales. If fighting, King Soup Squid can entangle the breathing holes of sperm whales.
It is very difficult to eat the squid with King Physalis alkekengi, which usually inhabits the sea area with a depth of 2,000 meters, and as a top predator, its quantity is scarce. Since 1980s, human beings have only captured one squid with King Physalis alkekengi, and after salvaging the water, the squid with King Physalis alkekengi will die quickly due to the rapid increase of pressure difference. Therefore, at present, the scientific research value of the squid with King Physalis alkekengi is far greater than its edible value. In addition to finding difficulties, the life span of King Sauerkraut is also very short, only about 450 days. In less than a year and a half, King Sauerkraut has rapidly grown into a giant with a length of 20 meters and a weight of 400 kilograms. Will this "fast-growing squid" taste delicious?