/kloc-Discovery in the 0/9th century
18731On October 26th, Daniel Squires, theophilus Pique and Pique 12-year-old son Tommy came to Concepcin Bay in Newfoundland for fishing. When they arrived at a small bay called Portugal, Pique found a big guy floating on the water not far from the shore. They wanted to have a look, so they rowed over. At first, Pique thought it was the wreckage of a sunken ship and tried to pull it on board. Unexpectedly, this group of big guys suddenly moved, and threw out a long tentacle to entangle the 6-meter-long boat, and also pecked the hull with its scary big peck, while the other short limb firmly leaned against the boat. Then, the monster dragged the boat to the bottom of the sea. At this point, Tommy showed extraordinary calm. He immediately jumped up from the seat of the rudder, grabbed an axe and cut off the monster's long whiskers and short limbs, and finally got away.
The long tentacle that was cut off was taken to the local amateur naturalist Reverend Moses Harvey. After careful identification, Harvey believes that the tentacles with a length of 5 meters and a week length of 1 meter come from an unknown member of the squid family. Harvey wrote when introducing this tentacle to the outside world: "I am now the owner of rare animal samples in the animal world. This sample is a real tentacle of the mysterious octopus (formerly known as the giant squid). Naturalists have argued about their existence for centuries. Now, I know that I have the key to open this mysterious world in my hand, because this key will open a new chapter in natural history. " The following year, Reverend Harvey bought a complete giant squid from a fisherman and showed the monster to the public in his living room.
In the19th century, with the rapid expansion of industry, people are very interested in mysterious animals, including giant squid, and scientists are constantly making new discoveries and research results to share with you. Petes Stinstrap is a famous Danish naturalist. He has been studying giant squid since 1849. In order to find a place for the giant squid in nature, he gave it a name and called it "Chief Squid". However, Jay Petes did not publish the name publicly, so it was not officially used by the scientific community until 4 1 year after Jay Petes's death. This is due to another biologist, Professor Anderson, who finally recognized the giant squid as a new species in the scientific community after analyzing two samples of Reverend Harvey. Therefore, the name "Chief Squid" has been passed down to today.
unsolved mystery
At first, it was not clear to the scientific community whether giant squid belonged to mollusk. If so, slugs, snails and shells will be counted as close relatives of giant squid. Just different from these three relatives, squid is a marine animal, with a circulatory system composed of three hearts and a well-evolved brain, so it is classified as Cephalopoda under the phylum Mollusca, and there are cuttlefish, octopus, parrot conch and so on in this class.
There are 650 different species in the squid population, and giant squid is just one of them. They have * * * with some biological characteristics:
The body is wrapped in a long, round bag-like covering with two symmetrical fins at the tail;
Compared with the body, the head is very short, but it has two surprisingly large eyes;
There are 8 arms covered with suckers;
Have a mouth as hard as a parrot's beak;
There are two long tentacles for eating, and the top of the tentacles is covered with suction cups like a big wooden stick;
There is an inkjet tube extending from the bag-like package.
Study giant squid
The study of giant squid is a very annoying problem. At present, there are only more than 250 samples available for study in the world. What is even more frustrating is that these samples are either incomplete or seriously damaged. The delicate body tissues of giant squid are easily corrupted, and the chemicals used to preserve them will permanently change the organic structure of these tissues. Because of this, whenever a sample is sent to scientists, they only have a few days to study. Under normal circumstances, scientists first make physical measurements on these samples, then sum up the results and compare them with the known characteristics of similar species to find new knowledge. Strangely, there are almost no male and juvenile giant squid in these samples, which remains a mystery.
Scientists are pieced together people's findings about the giant squid bit by bit in order to give us a complete explanation in the future. From Newfoundland in the North Atlantic to Scotland, and even on the ice-covered sea in Norway, people living in these areas have been saying that they have seen monsters in the sea. In the South Atlantic, such as the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, people also claim to have seen the bodies of giant squid. It is common to see the bodies of giant squid on New Zealand Island in the vast South Pacific Ocean. In the past few years, local fishermen have netted 23 giant squid in the surrounding waters.
But why haven't people found their habitat yet? Scientists speculate that this is because they may live at a depth of 200-1000 meters from the sea, which is difficult for people to reach. The reason for this speculation is that some fishing boats occasionally catch giant squid when trawling in the deep sea, and the hard beaks of giant squid have been found in the belly of sperm whales. Sperm whales usually catch food at the depth of10-1000 meters below the sea surface, and occasionally they catch food at the bottom of the sea.
Dissecting the body of giant squid also provides some evidence. It can be inferred that they must be well adapted to the deep-sea environment-there is no inflatable tissue structure in their bodies, so they don't have to worry about being crushed when diving to a certain depth, so they can definitely dive very deep. We human alveoli and fish swim bladder, these inflatable tissues will expand or contract with the change of pressure, so people can't dive too deep in the water.
Generally, when a giant squid is found on the sea, it is likely to be dead. This is because for giant squid, hemocyanin (a compound that transports oxygen) in its body will become inefficient in warm seawater. When it floats on the sea surface bit by bit, the water temperature will also rise bit by bit, and its muscles will slowly become slack. It is conceivable that its fate is doomed bit by bit. In addition, the giant squid's big eyes with a diameter of 25 cm have evolved in the dark deep sea, and it is impossible to adapt to the strong light on the sea. Therefore, when it emerges from the sea, it will be blinded by a lot of light and become fragile. This is why people can't catch or see live giant squid.
Understanding of giant squid
So far, people's understanding of giant squid is mainly limited to anatomical understanding, which can be summarized as follows:
How long can it grow? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the giant squid that people saw in Newfoundland in 1888 is the largest squid ever recorded. It is 18.3 meters long (including tentacles) and weighs 1 ton. Scientists have found that the size of the giant squid's beak has a certain relationship with its body size, so it is speculated that the average adult giant squid can grow to 6-12 meters and weigh 50-300 kilograms.
It is worth noting that the giant squid is not grown up by ordinary squid, but a unique species in the squid family. Generally speaking, their size is determined by the amount of food and the nutritional value of food. Therefore, they eat more, but their metabolism is much slower. Therefore, the joule energy required to support each kilogram of body weight is much less.
Giant squid on red alert
Invented by Yuri. Yuri developed the giant squid by using mind control and training squid. It is so powerful that it can overturn a ship and smash all the enemies in the ocean that hinder it. The only nemesis is the dolphins specially trained by the Allies.
Detailed data:
Giant squid price 1000
Life 200 Armor: Light Armor Vision 5 Speed 8
Veteran enhancement: life enhancement, damage enhancement, reduced attack interval, enhanced vision and increased speed.
Elite enhancement: life enhancement, damage enhancement and attack interval reduction.
Main weapon [SquidGrab] damage 15 (parasitism) attack interval 99 (note: the persistent damage of octopus after being caught is secondary weapon) range 1.5 (navy) damage to crawling infantry 100%.
Damage to armor100%,100%,100%,100%,100%
Sub-weapon [SquidPunch] damage 100 attack interval 32 range 1.83 (dolphin, thunder, and except) damage to crawling infantry by 70%.
The killing radius is 0.5, and the farthest damage ratio is 50% (amphibious unit outside the landing craft).
Damage to armor100%,100%,100%, 70%, 75%, 40%, 20%, 80%,100%.
Elite main weapon [SquidGrabE] damage 40 (parasitic) attack interval 99 (note: the continuous damage of octopus after being caught is secondary weapon) range 1.5 (navy) damage ratio to creeping infantry 100%.
Damage to armor100%,100%,100%,100%,100%
Elite sub-weapon [SquidPunchE] damage 200 attack interval 32 range 1.83 (dolphin, thunder, and except) damage 70% to crawling infantry.
The killing radius is 0.5, and the farthest damage ratio is 50% (amphibious unit outside the landing craft).
Damage to armor100%,100%,100%, 70%, 75%, 40%, 20%, 80%,100%.
Special ability: 1, submarine detection: detect and calibrate submarines within 8 grids.
2. Underwater movement: keep diving when not attacking the land and not being attacked.
3. Anti-parasitism: Free from parasitic attacks.
4, automatic repair: can automatically restore life after injury, every 75 times to restore 5.