Chapter 141: The Unknown Underwater World
"Quick, load it up, don't let it die!"
Seeing this two-meter-long elacanth, Li Haipeng and Zhu Kun were careful to ask the sailors to help place it as soon as possible, lest it die. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoElacantha is a deep-sea fish, and the reason why it has not become extinct for tens of millions of years is because they live in the deep sea where the environment has changed very little, so they have not become extinct or even evolved.
"This fish is so strange, how does the fins look like four legs?"
The sailors were very curious, they had been fishing for so long, and they had seen a lot of strange fish, and it was the first time they had seen such strange fish.
In particular, the fins of the colakenth, which are completely distributed like the four legs of a reptile, are very different from the fins of those fish today.
"Of course you haven't seen it, this fish has been living on the earth for 360 million years, and at that time, it and another total-finned fish were the main species in the marine world, and there were no reptiles on land."
Another species of total-finned fish slowly crept ashore and evolved into later reptiles, while the elacantha stayed in the deep sea and has barely evolved much to this day. ”
Everyone was amazed to hear it, no wonder it looked like it had four legs, and it turned out to be the brother of the ancestor of the reptile. (Picture from Baidu)
"Most of the organisms on the earth have evolved, but there are still a small number of people who have not evolved because of the special living environment and are rarely affected." Zhu Kun also said.
Mu Yan was originally not interested in these, but hearing that there are still many creatures on the earth that have not evolved, but it gave him inspiration, didn't the crab general say that he wanted to find a helper to expand the scope of its management? Since you want to find a helper, you must pass the test in terms of strength, and you may be able to find some aquariums with a longer life span and more tenacious vitality for the crab general to command.
So Mu Yan asked Li Haipeng, he is a biologist, he should know a lot about this aspect, "Professor Li, do you think there are still some large creatures in our world?" Or how many undiscovered creatures are there in the ocean? ”
In ancient times, because the plates were relatively large, most of the organisms were very large, and later because of the movement of the plates, large organisms did not adapt to the environment, so they became extinct, such as dinosaurs. So Mu Yan deliberately added the word "large".
"Of course, although human beings claim to be superior species and think that they have conquered nature, in fact, there are still many places in the world that humans have not set foot in, such as the four oceans, and the degree to which human technology can explore the ocean is very shallow, which is why it is difficult for us to even find the air elacanth."
Li Haipeng said and looked at Mu Yan, "Mr. Mu, are you interested in these?" If so, I can provide some information, which is a lot of biological information that has not yet been confirmed to be extinct or not extinct that we do not know. ”
He thought that since Mu Yan was interested in these, he should tell him all that Mu Yan was so lucky, and he was also very skilled in taming beasts, and he hoped that he would be able to discover many species that had not yet been discovered in the biological world.
"This ......" Mu Yan didn't know what Li Haipeng's idea was, didn't he just want him to help him work for free? Mu Yan definitely didn't agree, but if it was easy, it would be okay to say.
"Don't worry, I won't let you down!" Seeing Mu Yan's hesitation, Li Haipeng immediately packed the ticket and said.
"Then thank you, Professor Li."
After transporting the elacantha back, Li Haipeng quickly asked people to send the information to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan opened it and looked at it, originally thought that there was a lot of professional knowledge about biology on it, but Li Haipeng should have sorted it out before giving it to him, and the records on it were simple and clear.
"Water monsters, merfolk, Norwegian sea monsters?"
When Mu Yan saw these catalogs, he thought he had picked up a collection of supernatural stories, Nima, a biologist still believes in these? However, when he opened the contents, he found that Li Haipeng's explanation was quite reasonable.
The above record is naturally not the hearsay of supernatural stories, but the conclusion reached after a certain amount of scientific speculation, such as the above belief that the water monster may be an unknown creature, or a prehistoric creature. There are also many records in ancient books, such as mermaids, and perhaps there were indeed things in the past. As for the Norwegian sea monster, it is interpreted to be a large octopus in ancient times.
In addition to the basic information, there is also a rough estimate of where they are located, but it is not very clear.
"I don't know if these are true, it feels too ethereal." Mu Yan said to himself, but when he thought that he could even encounter the magic farm, the saber-toothed tiger, what kind of mermaid, the Norwegian sea monster...... Even if you tell me that the Yellow River has a dragon turning over every ten years, it is not a supernatural thing.
"This giant crab is good, it's about the same as a crab." Mu Yan flipped through a note about giant crabs again. There are three species of giant crabs, one of which is the killer crab, and the other two have been extinct for more than 500 years.
For more than 500 years, it is reasonable to say that crabs will belong to the species of giant crabs.
Mu Yan continued to look at the distribution range, and there are three main places, the Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and southwestern Pacific Oceans. The southwestern Pacific Ocean is the closest to here.
"Find a time and the crab will go out and look for it." Mu Yan thought.
The next day, Mu Yan went to find the crab general again. The manor is still under construction in an orderly manner, and Mu Yan is very idle every day, and he can count the money and count the cramps every day when he sits at home, but he is not an otaku and does not stay at home all day.
"Crab General, let's go to the sea today." Mu Yan called the crab general.
However, the crab general was not very interested, "Brother Yan, can you take me back to the magic farm today?" ”
"What are you going back for?" Mu Yan was stunned, thinking that the crab would come out for a long time, and he hadn't taken it back.
"Okay, then I'll take you back." Mu Yan hasn't been in much time lately, anyway, he's walking around outside, and he's also walking around in the magic farm.
So, Mu Yan took the crab general and sneaked into the magic farm.
The crabs will return to the magic farm, as if they were coming home.
The saber-toothed tiger was lying leisurely, and when he saw Mu Yan coming in, he looked up and continued to snore.
"Brother Yan, didn't I tell you before that I was looking for a helper? Come up, I'll take you to the underwater world! The crab will jump into the river and say.
"Where to take me?" Mu Yan didn't expect that the crab would come back for this.
He subconsciously glanced at the endless river, as if he had never explored the world in the water since discovering the magic farm...... (To be continued.) )