It is said that sharks are fierce, but in fact, the number of people who die in the mouths of sharks is a world of difference compared to those who die in the hands of box jellyfish, otherwise this Australian box jellyfish is also sorry for the title of "world poison king".

However, Xiao Peng is still very disdainful of this 'world drug king', you look at the blue-ringed octopus, although it is only ranked third, but the toxicity of others is incomprehensible, biting is death, and this Australian box jellyfish actually has antivenom! It must be injected within four minutes to be effective.

And what is contemptible is that there are survivors after being stung by the Australian box jellyfish! Although there is only one Australian girl named Rachel Chandlow on the whole planet who can survive being stung by the Australian box jellyfish, but is it true that someone survives, right?

In fact, the Australian box jellyfish is not only the most toxic in the world, but also the first in the world, that is, the pain caused is also the first! After being attacked by the tentacles of the box jellyfish, the target of the attack must first endure the most unbearable pain in the world before being poisoned!

The box jellyfish is not large, only more than 40 centimeters long, but it has more than 60 tentacles more than 3 meters long! Each tentacle hides up to millions of poisonous stingers, and once swept by the tentacles, these poisonous needles will inject poison into the prey in just three milliseconds. All those swept by the Australian box jellyfish will have purple scars on their bodies that look like whips. After a great sensation of pain, the prey will feel difficulty breathing, heart and respiratory failure until death.

Many people who go to Australia to swim and dive will bring a bottle of vinegar because acetic acid can kill the tentacles of the tank jellyfish. Well, that's true in theory, but in practice, I haven't heard of anyone who was attacked by an Australian box jellyfish and relied on a bottle of vinegar to save their lives.

The most bizarre thing is that most jellyfish drift with ocean currents, where the water flows, they float, but the box jellyfish can get the thrust by expelling the water from its body, swim wherever it wants, and its 24 eyes allow it to observe its prey in all directions. So Benson's first reaction when he saw the Australian box jellyfish was to stay away, which is absolutely true.

Benson just got back on the plane, Xiao Peng also came back, Benson's eyes changed when he looked at Xiao Peng, you are playing with the blue-ringed octopus again, and you are playing with the Australian box jellyfish, you are too disrespectful to Darwin, right?

Benson looked at Xiao Peng and didn't know what to say, but Xiao Peng roared directly at Yang, who was still riding a shark there: "Mengzi, come back quickly!

Yang Meng was stunned, jumped off the shark's back, and climbed back into the plane: "Why is it going to change?"

Xiao Peng said: "Just now, a group of jellyfish under the bottom of the sea were swimming in the direction of the deep sea. Jellyfish are never wrong about bad weather. ”

After extracting the genes of the box jellyfish just now, Xiao Peng's first reaction was to try out the ability of the Australian box jellyfish, and the result was that he clearly felt the information that the storm was coming.

Jellyfish have a set of special auditory organs, when the storm at sea comes, the air and the waves rub against each other, producing a kind of infrasound waves with a frequency of 8 Hz to 13 Hz that cannot be felt by humans, this time the sound waves can travel much faster than the storm, which can stimulate the neuroreceptors of the jellyfish, so that the jellyfish can predict the storm in advance.

Storm forecasters used today are made by mimicking jellyfish receptors.

Benson listened to Xiao Peng's words, but was a little disapproving: "Xiao, that Australian box jellyfish can adjust its own direction, maybe it was because he found that the prey changed direction." We'll be notified if there's a cyclone. ”

The so-called "cyclone", "typhoon" and "hurricane" are actually the same thing, all refer to tropical cyclones, but different regions have different names. For example, tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific coastal countries, such as Taiwan, China, are called 'typhoons', while the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific Oceans, such as the Americas, are called 'hurricanes', and the Indian Ocean is also called 'tropical storms', and tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere are directly called tropical cyclones or cyclones.

Before Benson could finish speaking, he heard a voice over the radio in the wheelhouse: "Bad weather warning, please pay attention to all ships to return to port, bad weather warning, please pay attention to all ships to return to port." ”

"Look, the announcement is coming. Yang Meng pointed to the cockpit and smiled at Benson.

Benson shrugged and went straight back to the cockpit: "Okay, what the jellyfish said, let's go, let's go back quickly." ”

"Hurry back?" Xiao Peng was stunned: "If there is no accident, the tropical cyclone will come in more than ten hours, and it will take more than four hours at the earliest, why are you so nervous?"

Benson said urgently: "I have to do a good job of reinforcing the house, and this plane must also be placed." I don't know if you were lucky or unlucky, but you just came here and encountered a tropical cyclone. ”

Xiao Peng looked puzzled: "Is this tropical cyclone terrifying? If that's really the case, can't we leave?"

"I really wouldn't advise you to leave. This tropical cyclone is very widespread, and it is even more dangerous if you drive in a tropical cyclone. Benson started the plane and took to the skies.

Benson didn't fly straight back to the port, but flew around and saw a ship nearby, so he circled around and emitted colored smoke to alert them that the cyclone was approaching and let them return quickly.

After the plane flew back to the port and landed, Benson first drove the plane ashore, and there was a small hangar near his small hotel, and after he parked the plane in it, he began to reinforce it with tape to the house glass.

Xiao Peng and the two were not idle, and used ropes to reinforce the car, and after all this was done, Benson checked it again, and after all the large and small barrels in the house were stored with water, when they were sure that there was no problem, Benson went to the dock again to help people reinforce the ships moored in the dock, and when all this was done, the sky was already overcast, and the wind began to get stronger.

When the few people returned to the room, Benson patted his head, took out a few candles from the drawer and handed them to Xiao Peng and the others: "Okay, the preparations are complete! A stone in my heart has finally fallen." ”

Xiao Peng had a speechless expression: "Dude, you're making too much of a fuss, aren't you?"

"What a fuss?" Benson didn't speak, and the heavy rain fell down, crackling on the window, startling Xiao Peng, and Xiao Peng thought it was hail!

Benson sighed, "We're unlucky, this storm made landfall from the northern part of the Whitsundays, and it's too close to us. Fortunately, this is a Category 2 cyclone, otherwise we would have been miserable here. Since it is a Category 2 cyclone, it is a small CASE. ”

Tropical cyclones are graded differently in countries around the world. China divides tropical cyclones into seven categories, of which the highest three levels are called typhoons, severe typhoons, and super typhoons. In the United States, the 'Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale' is used, and the lowest level is equivalent to a typhoon in China. Australia, Japan and other places have their own different assessment methods.

The United States uses the 'one-minute average wind speed' to classify hurricane levels, China uses the 'two-minute average wind speed' as the sustained wind speed to classify typhoons, Japan uses the 'ten-minute average wind speed' as the sustained wind speed, and Australia uses the 'gusty wind speed' to distinguish typhoon levels. Wind speeds range from 118 to 153 kilometers per hour,

For example, Typhoon Thrush, which was once removed from the list because it ravaged Singapore, and Typhoon Sam, which once had a huge impact on Hong Kong, are all Category 1 hurricanes, which are the lowest level of tropical cyclones. A cyclone of this level does little actual damage to buildings, but does damage to unsecured RVs, bushes, and trees.

Xiao Peng and the two are both from northern China, so they have never seen any typhoons? The so-called typhoons they have seen are only heavy rain at best. Looking at the trees outside the window, they were blown into a bow, this Nima is still a small CASE?

Looking at the expressions of Xiao Peng and the others, Benson smiled: "I dare not say more and less about such cyclones, I dare not say that I dare to say less, and I can still come a few times a year on average, we are all used to it, it is really not a problem." ”

"Dude, are you bragging?" Yang Meng looked at Benson with disdain.

When I went to the United States, I happened to encounter the famous Hurricane Katrina, which is called a terrifying, serious Category 5 hurricane! Compared to that, it was all drizzle. Benson said triumphantly.

At that time, Hurricane Katrina in the United States, which was a category 5 hurricane by American standards, and a category 7 super cyclone by Australian standards, was the most devastating hurricane in the history of the United States, causing at least more than $100 billion in economic damage and nearly 2,000 deaths. It's like the computer game League of Legends has an 'ominous blade' named Katarina. In the eyes of Americans, this name means ominous.

Xiao Peng pointed out the window: "Hey, if you don't brag, you can die? This kind of wind or drizzle? I'm afraid that this heavy rain will smash the glass!"

Benson shrugged and said, "Of course, this is all pediatric, you see, we still have electricity in our room, which means there is nothing wrong at all." I can still bear it. ”

As soon as Benson's voice fell, he saw the electric light in the room flash a few times, and then the room went straight into darkness.

"The power is out. Yang Meng said to Benson.

Xiao Peng took out the candle, lit it and looked at Benson: "Is it still drizzle?"

Benson was silent for a long time, then ran out suddenly, and after a while saw him running back with a small radio in his hand.

"Radio?" Xiao Peng was speechless, this thing is almost impossible to see in China, and there are not many families with this thing now, right?

He put it to his ear and listened carefully for a while, and his face became ugly: "God, this tropical cyclone has been upgraded to level 3! and may soon be upgraded to level 4, which is a problem." ”

"Level 4?what is the concept?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.

Speaking of this, I only heard a 'click', and not far from the window, a palm tree with a thick bowl mouth was blown off by the wind. In a few seconds, there was a 'click' and another palm tree was broken。。。。。。

Benson pointed to the broken tree: "This is level three。。。。。。 ”