Mo Fan was staring at the octopus monster sucker specimen in the large glass bottle.

This suction cup is small, about the same diameter as the iron basin that holds the soup, and retains the hook inside the suction cup. Hook and suction cups in one color, creamy yellow......

Seeing the hook on the suction cup, Mo Fan rubbed his back very unnaturally, as if he was back that night, he was caught by the suction cup, and the hook pierced his back.

Suddenly, a loud 'bang' startled Mo Fan, and he hurriedly turned around: "What's the matter?"

"In the pull test, the air-dried octopus monster's skin couldn't withstand the pull and snapped. Professor Edward of Stanford University walked over: "After treatment, the skin and flesh of the octopus monster can withstand 3.1 times the tensile force of the previous one, and it has excellent extensibility. ”

Mo Fan was not interested in these things, and asked, "You have been studying it for a long time. Based on the food scraps in the belly of the octopus monster, have you ever judged where it came from? ”

Mooro glanced at Edward, meaning to ask him to leave, Edward's guy looked his head left and right, pretended not to see Mooro's eyes, and said: "A large number of scale shrimp were found in the stomach of the octopus monster, as well as cold polar fish, cod, toothfish, etc., many fish that could not be identified by the gastric juice of the octopus monster, as well as large shells. It should come to the Antarctic waters......"

Professor Mooro took Mo Fan to sit in front of a computer, clicked on the computer, and pointed out a map: "This is the Antarctic sea, and in the north, there are tens of millions of square kilometers of sea area without land. A week before the octopus monster appeared, there was a major earthquake here, at a position of 3,952 meters under the sea. The exact magnitude of the earthquake is unknown, but the first to detect and feel the earthquake was at Nanshan Station in Antarctica, China. The earthquake source is 1,562 kilometers away from Nanshan Station. ”

"There are a huge number of scale shrimp and polar fish in this area. Professor Mooro said, glancing at Professor Edward again.

Edward was a physics professor who only recorded the physics of the octopus monster's corpse, and there were some deeper things he didn't know. For these things, the research institute has signed confidentiality agreements with the university laboratories in various countries that have obtained the body of the octopus monster. Stanford University also purchased the octopus corpse, but it is clear that Edward was not in charge of the octopus research.

Mo Fan picked up the mouse and measured that the straight-line distance between Makatea Island and the earthquake source was 4,300 kilometers.

It's too far away......

"How much does an octopus weigh?"

"About 3200 tons. Mooro took a deep breath and continued, "This is the weight of the octopus monster after its death, which was frozen for a while. When it is alive, it may have reached a weight of 3,500 tons or even heavier. ”

The largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale, which is typically 22-33 meters long and weighs between 150-240 tons, which means that the blue whale weighs as much as more than 25 African elephants, or 2,000-3,000 people combined.

The dead octopus monster has a head diameter of nearly 40 meters. Eight tentacles, the longest is 149 meters, and the shortest is 71 meters. The octopus monster's eight tentacles spread out, taking up five or six football fields......

Mo Fan still remembered that night the octopus monster grabbed Xiao Mo with one tentacle, and the other tentacle wrapped around the blue whale, and easily threw them out of the sea.

Out of the laboratory, Mo Fan lit a cigarette. The news of the octopus monster has been reported, but no particularly detailed information and specific data have been reported, and no clearer photos have been circulated. The news of the Herald has been put on major hunting websites, and people have seen and doubted its authenticity, so they will not take it too seriously, and it has not caused a particularly big sensation.

"Boss, the detailed information about the octopus monster is in Lab Three. ”

"Hmm. Could it be a variant of the Pacific giant octopus, you say?"

"Possibly. But the DNA similarity between the two is only 31 percent. Mooro led Mo Fan to Lab Three, and on the way, he said some information about the Pacific octopus.

The Pacific giant octopus is the largest octopus, generally measuring just over 5 meters in circumference and weighing 50 kilograms, and they have a lifespan of about 4 years. The largest specimen, it has a circumference of 9.1 meters and weighs 272 kilograms.

Compared to the octopus, the largest Pacific giant octopus is just a newborn baby. But once on the beach in St. Augustine, Florida, USA, a pile of marine animal remains weighing about 6-7 tons was found. It was not until 1970 that the remains of a large octopus were determined by the HSD National Museum, estimated to have a brachiopod opening of up to 61 meters.

The head of the giant octopus is large and round, usually reddish-brown in color. And the head of the octopus monster is a rock of the bottom rocks......

Entering the laboratory, Mooro closed the door and said, "The main food of the octopus monster is not the scale shrimp. Provides food for octopus monsters to grow and are three to seven unknown creatures. It's not clear what it is. Mooro made an inviting gesture as he spoke, leading Mo Fan to the office......

"Like humans, what exactly they have eaten can identify hair and get the answer. Identifying the octopus's hook will also help you know what the octopus has eaten at different stages...... The staple food is shrimp and cold fish, which is only available one month before the death of the octopus monster. Previously, it did not eat shrimp as food. ”

Mo Fan's brows furrowed and he turned on the computer.

Mooro helped Mo Fan click on the octopus monster's recorded data.

'Octopus Monster Research Log', 1 Physical Characteristics. 2. Habits, food, breathing, and activity...... 3. Habitat ...... 6 Breeding methods......

The positive record is not particularly complete and may not be accurate.

Mo Fan first looked at the living habits of the octopus monster.

Mooro hurriedly went out and took a bone 1.2 meters long and 0.45 meters in diameter: "This is the bone we found in the body of the octopus monster, and it was secretly brought back, and the other countries don't know about it, it is the bone of an unknown creature." ”

Mo Fan took the bone, and the bone was very heavy, proving that the density of the bone was very high.

"This piece of bone can't be known to anyone else. Mo Fan said cautiously.

"Those who know about this bone are the core personnel of our research institute. ”

"That's fine. Mo Fan looked at the bone, cylindrical, like the leg bones of land creatures, but it was broken and he couldn't see the position of the joint. The middle of the bone is empty, where the bone marrow is......

"You say, how much food does such an octopus monster have to eat in a day?" Mo Fan asked with a frown.

"It depends on whether the octopus monster is active or not. Based on the study of the Pacific giant octopus...... This octopus monster can grow so large that it doesn't eat too little during the growing season. We have very little research on this giant octopus, and if it lives in an area with plenty of food, that is, a small living range, it needs only 20 tons of food per day. If a blue whale is caught, it will be enough for it to rest quietly for 10 days. But if in the ......" Mooro clicked on the map again, zooming in on the sea area where the earthquake had occurred that he had shown Mo Fan before: "To live in this sea area, the octopus monster must be constantly moving, in order to get enough food. And while exercising, it constantly consumes its energy...... With the size of the octopus, it must be in constant motion to get enough food, consuming at least 100 tons of food per day. If it's still in the growing season, it will need more food. ”

Mo Fan pinched the bridge of his nose: "According to your speculation, can such a big octopus be raised in the Antarctic waters?"

"This ...... We don't even know how many years it lived. The lifespan of the Pacific giant octopus is about 4 years, and this octopus monster must have lived more than 4 years...... We are also very interested in the study of the waters of Antarctica, and based on the limited data, we are not able to speculate for the time being. But you can't raise such a big octopus...... It's not just about food, it's about asking for oxygen and so on. ”

"Another reason is that it is difficult for an octopus to grow to 3,000 tons with genetic variation alone. This is a giant creature that has never been seen before on Earth...... "3,500 tons of octopus, no one would believe it if they didn't see it with their own eyes."

"In the end, the octopus monster has a lot of scars on its body, scars that have healed. Our octopus researchers speculate that there are other creatures in the ocean that can threaten the octopus...... They may not live on Earth, or in a relatively independent sea that humans have never set foot in, or even in the legendary Inner Earth......" Mooro smiled wryly, and his views were completely ruined.

The appearance of the octopus monster is indeed subversive, pinnacle of all people's previous understanding, and some even doubt the world.

Mooro sorted out his emotions for a moment, and continued: "If it lives in the Antarctic fishing area, it doesn't have much to hunt for food. But in the middle of nowhere...... Hard. If it had lived in large fishing areas, it would have been discovered long ago, and it could only live under the ice or in remote areas. ”

Spread out a few hundred meters of the octopus monster, it must swim around to get enough food. Such a sea monster can be easily spotted with current technology...... Where does it come from?