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On February 14, 2014, an unexpected news came that the star animal of the Toba Aquarium in Japan, the king of the foot worm "No.1", passed away, but this was not the focus of the news, because before that, the king foot worm had been on hunger strike for 5 years and 43 days.
In this "Guinness World Records", the king foot worm broke its own record and became the animal on hunger strike for the longest time, but curiously, during this period, the staff of the Toba Aquarium did not find any abnormalities in the king foot worm.
You must know that five years is not a short period of time, such a long hunger strike cannot even hold on to plants, let alone an animal that needs to constantly absorb nutrients and energy, how exactly did these five years pass, and how should people explain such a phenomenon?
However, during the autopsy of the king gopod, scientists discovered even more puzzling questions.
Hunger strike for 5 years and 43 days.
Judging from the name, the king foot worm seems to be more than just a bug, in fact, it is a creature from the ocean, which looks like a giant horse mussel, which feeds on the carrion at the bottom of the ocean, so a 30-centimeter-long "underwater giant" appeared in the Aquarium of Toba Aquarium.
As long as there are tourists who bring food to raise the king footworm, the king will take the initiative to stretch out its claws and "eat and wipe clean" the food.
In the beginning, the king with the foot worm was still very popular, and from time to time you could see the spectacle of the king with the foot worm eating, but as time went by, the "foodie" gradually became a "lazy worm".
Interestingly, King Foot No.1 has a long hunger strike, but its weight does not decrease, but shows a gradual increase.
The staff of the Toba Aquarium have been feeding the Owang Foot Worm, but the King Foot seems to have an attitude towards food that it does not eat regardless of whether the food is put in or not, and the other behaviors are no different from before.
It was at this time that the staff of the Toba Aquarium discovered that some of the shells on the Owang Foot Worm had cracked, and the body began to gradually become stiff.
In order to avoid problems with the king footworm, the staff observed it in 2014, during which the state of the king footworm did not show any abnormality, but its hunger strike status remained unchanged.
After dissecting the corpse, scientists found that there was a strong putrid smell in the corpse, and it was not until the death of the king foot worm that the staff found that after 5 years of not eating, the king had no obvious hunger symptoms in the body, not to mention that its weight was gradually increasing.
The results of the autopsy were also surprising, the corpse contained an unknown liquid of unknown origin and a very rancid odor.
The king has the physiological characteristics of a foot worm.
The physiology of the king foot worm is very special, this magical creature has a strong ability to survive in the deep sea, even if it does not eat for hundreds of years, it will not go hungry.
This is because the metabolism of the king is very slow and it is able to store the nutrients and energy it absorbs to sustain its life.
This physiological trait allows them to survive in extreme environments, where food resources are scarce in the deep sea, so the king is able to adapt to this environment, making the most of every meal and allowing the body to store enough energy for emergencies.
The history of the king has been around millions of years, and the long evolution has improved their physiology and ability to navigate dangerous deep-sea environments.
However, this physiological characteristic also leads to a very low reproduction rate of the Mahikyopod, and the reproductive mode of the Mahikopoda is that after the female and male Mahatopods are combined, the eggs are expelled from the body after the ovaries mature and eventually form larvae, which drift at will in the deep-sea environment.
Only a small number of Big-footed insects are able to find a suitable environment to grow and eventually reproduce as adults, while most of the larvae eventually become food for other organisms and become a link in the deep-sea food chain.
King footworms are important benthic organisms in the deep sea, and although they have a long history of survival, they are not the oldest of the deep-sea creatures.
The high hunger tolerance of the king legod can be traced back to tens of millions of years ago, when the environment on the earth was changing extremely rapidly, leading to the extinction of many organisms, and the king of the foot insect survived with its hunger tolerance.
It is likely that the existing king legopods are descendants of tens of millions of years ago, and their physiology has been improved by long-term evolution.
This characteristic of the king is not only helpful for them to survive in the deep-sea environment, but also makes them show a unique charm in the field of scientific research, and the research on the king is still ongoing, and scientists hope to solve more mysteries of the survival of deep-sea creatures.
No one is in the spotlight.
With the revelation of the hunger strike record of King Foot Worm No.1, this amazing news has attracted widespread public attention, and King Foot Worm has become a topic of discussion, and even once occupied the topic list of Japan social platforms like "beach landing".
Although this sight seems strange to the staff of the Toba Aquarium, it has to be admitted that the popularity of the Owang footworm has reached an unprecedented high.
At that time, the staff who took care of the king foot worm said that they had prepared for the worst, but they did not expect that after 5 years of hunger strike, the king foot worm would still be able to live normally and even live and reproduce.
Scientists couldn't help but unravel the mystery at this time, and they came to the Toba Aquarium in the hope of dissecting this king pods in order to understand its peculiar survival mechanism.
Soon after, the research team obtained the body and conducted a detailed examination, but the results of the examination shocked them: nothing abnormal happened to the king pods, and even gained weight!
This left scientists puzzled, as they could not understand how the king had survived a five-year hunger strike.
Eventually, the team had to leave the issue to experts in the hope of unraveling the mystery.
At that time, scientists performed a detailed dissection of the carcass of the king pod in order to observe its internal structure and the development of various organs.
During the dissection, the scientists also discovered a shocking phenomenon: there was a black liquid in the stomach of the king pod.
The liquid emitted a pungent rancid odor that was so disgusting that some researchers were so frightened that they vomited on the spot.
Scientists are puzzled by this phenomenon, they don't know why the king foot produces this liquid during a five-year hunger strike, but they are convinced that it must be related to the survival mechanism of the king foot worm.
After further research on the Giant Tropod, scientists have discovered that the Giant Tropod is able to store energy in the body through a special set of cells, which are called "energy storage cells".
When the king goes on a hunger strike, these cells convert the excess energy into fat and store it to provide the energy it needs.
In addition, scientists have also discovered that there is a special bacterium in the stomach of the king pod, which is able to break down food scraps to produce a substance called "organic matter" and store it.
Organic matter can provide energy to the king and can breathe through the gas produced by decomposition.
Therefore, scientists speculate that during the five-year hunger strike, the king foot worm relied on these mechanisms to sustain life, which caused the fluid in the body to continue to increase, and eventually led to the death of the king foot worm.
epilogue
The story of the Great King Foot Worm has attracted widespread attention and heated discussions in Japan, and some merchants have even launched peripheral products related to the Great King Foot Worm, and in the seafood market in Japan, there are also Ao Foot Worm-related delicacies.
Although experts do not recommend eating the Okopods as food, the curiosity and experimentation of the Japan people make them look forward to this special "delicacy".
The peculiar survival mechanism and incredible hunger strike record of the king gopod have undoubtedly provided a wide range of topics for scientific research and public attention, and at the same time have given us a deeper knowledge and understanding of the mysterious field of the deep sea.