Episode 139 The Past and Present of Aphids

Say 200 million years ago, Jurassic.

At that time, there were no human beings on the earth, so the sky was so blue, the water was so green, the flowers and trees breathed the air without any PM height pollution, and the animals drank pure river water without any industrial waste pollution.

Mother animals don't have to worry anymore.

Their own descendants will not be deformed by the terrible nuclear radiation and grow an extra leg.

However, although there is no human persecution.

In the dense primeval jungle, survival is still extremely difficult, and since then the law of the jungle has prevailed, and only the fittest can continue their genes.

And dinosaurs are undoubtedly the animals at the top of the food chain in this era, and they are the only overlords on the earth, ruling almost every inch of the earth.

Of course, dinosaurs are also distinguished between carnivorous dinosaurs and herbivorous dinosaurs, and the latter is often the former's favorite food.

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One day in the Jurassic.

A group of long-necked dragons who escaped from the Tyrannosaurus rex, men, women and children, dragged their families and dragged their families, trekked thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally came to a hidden canyon, where the green trees are verdant, the streams are clear, and a paradise-like tranquility.

There were no footprints or droppings of carnivorous dinosaurs on the ground, and the hungry refugees were about to look up and bite down on a cluster of fresh leaves, when suddenly a white rain fell on them.

Sticky, nauseous.

It's like animal droppings.

When they opened their eyes wide, they were horrified to find that the entire forest, every leaf, was densely crawled with these red, green, black and yellow insects.

This is the ancestor of aphids.

From this moment on, the world's largest animal, which is 30 meters long, and the world's smallest animal, which is 3 millimeters long, began a centuries-long battle for the delicious green leaves and green branches.

And what is surprising is that.

In the end, the victor was an aphid, whose body was only one thousandth the size of a dinosaur's eyeball, and it was it that persevered to the end and lived until now, becoming one of the oldest surviving life forms on earth like a small cockroach.

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A thousand years are like a day.

Time came to the late Cretaceous.

The huge dinosaurs had begun to become extinct, but the aphid girls (aphids and ants, more women than men) had only been happy for a few days, and they were greeted with stronger opponents, these enemies were not much bigger than them, but they were more ambitious than the dinosaurs, and they not only ate the leaves, but also ate them on the leaves.

Just when the aphids were panicking day and night, there was a big sister who looked like a wasp but was not a wasp, and came unexpectedly, revealing her sharp teeth. Smiled at them:

"Little sister, let my sister protect you in the future!"

"You... What good do you want? We can give you anything but our lives!" said the aphid girls, huddled together.

The eldest sister smiled domineeringly: Sister doesn't want your life, as long as you pull a poop one by one!"

This mysterious big sister with a heavy taste is one of the ancestors of modern ants, and this unique and crazy taste has been preserved to this day, and it has endured.

The symbiotic relationship between the two races, which has lasted for hundreds of millions of years, has become a well-known model of mutual assistance and mutual love in nature.

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In the various ant tribes in the Ant Valley, the main ones that live by grazing aphids are carpenter ants, harvesting ants, leaf-weaver ants and honeypot ants, and grazing is only an important side business for leaf-cutting ants whose main business is to grow mushrooms.

Because the need for mushrooms is much greater than that of honeydew, and growing mushrooms consumes a lot of leaves, and the sap in the leaves and stems is the staple food of aphids, aphids prefer to cooperate with other ants. Because other ants won't compete with them for leaves.

This is also the fundamental reason why there are no aphids or fewer aphids in the leafcutter ant tribe. However, the Red Root tribe where Ant Jasmine belongs is lucky, and with its excellent reputation, it has signed a bodyguard contract with more than 2,000 aphid sisters, providing them with 12 hours of close protection when they go out to forage for food during the day.

And tomorrow, part of this bodyguard task will be handed over to Yue'an Rice Ball and Soap. As the first place in the architecture competition, they will become the legendary aphid herds tomorrow, which really makes the other ant students envious and jealous.

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In the shadow of green leaves and green leaves, Ant Jasmine and Yue'an Rice Ball sat cross-legged facing each other. Before grazing the aphids, she asked them to explain some precautions so that they would not make mistakes. Let Dean Ba see the joke.

The wind blows the leaves, making them seem to be rippling on a green boat, and the little guy is lying on Yue An's lap, snoring and falling asleep unconsciously.

"I'll start with the precautions, grazing aphids, it's easy when you're fine, but you're nervous when you're fine. When Ant Jasmine said this, her eyes were sharp.

"What? will it be okay?" the rice ball sausage's mouth trembled, he thought he would be able to relax tomorrow. The word "something" makes him nervous right now.

"Yes, you must always keep an eye out for their predators and protect their lives. Ant Jasmine's expression was serious, and the life of the aphids and the credibility of the tribe should not be taken lightly.

"What are the predators?" Yue An asked, he knew something, but he still wanted to confirm again.

"The primary predator is the Ladybug Alliance in Ant Valley, and they like to fight as a team. Ant Jasmine said: "Followed by cocoon bees and gall mosquitoes. Although these are committed alone, their whereabouts are strange and they cannot be prevented. ”

The ladybugs are okay, but what the hell are the cocoon bees and gall mosquitoes? I heard goosebumps on the rice balls, and asked in a quacky voice:

"If it comes, what are we going to do?"

Ant Jasmine combed the tentacles on her shoulders and smiled: "This is the lesson you will learn tomorrow!"

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At dusk, the sunset is orange and red.

Choosing such a sunset moment and waving goodbye is really so poetic.

At the mouth of the honeypot ant nest, there was a large group of black-faced and red-faced ant sisters, led by Queen Miru, who looked at Yu Qiyun with a smile in the corner of her eyes:

"I really envy your Redroot Queen, to have you to help them personally. ”

Yu Qiyun also smiled: "In the future, we will be allies and a family, and serving her is to serve you." ”

"Well said!" the queen laughed.

On the other side, Li Enchanting was held tightly in her arms by the first warrior of the tribe and her subordinate, Ant Mizhen, and her beautiful face was suffocated into a pig's liver face.

"Rao, remember to come to see my sister often!"

"Uh-huh......"

"Do you believe it, next time my sister can defeat you in 3 minutes without using poison needles!"

"Uh-huh......"

"Next ......"

As soon as Ant Mizhen wanted to speak, she was trampled on her feet by Li Enchanting, broke free from her embrace, and roared like a beast: "You are endless!"

"Hahaha!" the ants at the scene burst into laughter.

Yu Qiyun suddenly glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and an ant not far away was looking at him affectionately. It's the limping ant honey ginger

His neck shrunk and he shivered.

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Today, all day, I was looking for information and studying aphids, so the update was a little late, and I ask for your forgiveness! )