1147. Glow-in-the-dark sail jellyfish

"Research on that black carapace?" Qin Shiou asked hurriedly.

Sanders shook his head and said, "No, it's something else." Boss, why do you have to let me study that kind of carapace? ”

Qin Shiou explained: "I attended an event in Amsterdam some time ago, and there were companies that presented their research results in this area, which may be epoch-making, so I hope you will also study well. ”

Sanders became intrigued and asked, "Epoch-making?" But I searched on the Internet and books, and I didn't see much information about this kind of carapace, the only thing related was a marine reptilian that appeared in the Miocene and became extinct in the Miocene. ”

The Miocene and Pliocene are the two epochs of the Earth's Cenozoic Era, with the former dating from 5 million to 8 million years ago and the latter about 2 million years old.

Qin Shiou didn't know how many years of geology he was, so he touched his nose and didn't continue to talk about this topic, he just wanted to wait for the old professor to come up with the results of the analysis.

He and the old professor still don't know what this reptile that is thought to be extinct for millions of years represents.

Mr. Ross has built a new ring of color-steel tile houses, which are a laboratory for Sanders, and the equipment in it is brought by himself, from petri dishes to centrifuges.

One of the rooms in the laboratory was dark, windowless, and had a fan for ventilation, as some tests had to be conducted in a dark-light environment.

The old professor took him into the black room, and after turning off the light, the room was dark, and in the darkness there were fluorescences of various colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The colors are complete, and some are issued by the instrument. Some are fluorescently labeled, while others are emitted by organisms.

Suddenly there was a fluorescent light around him. Qin Shiou was a little surprised for a while: "Hey, professor, your laboratory is really beautiful!" ”

Sanders smiled: "If you like, you can come in often, but it's not good to stay in it for a long time, most of these fluorescences are chemical fluorescence, with slight radiation, which is harmful to the human body." ”

There are phosphor markings on the floor, so there is no light. It's not hard to walk.

Joking, the old professor took him to a test bench, and then pulled open a black cloth, the black cloth shrouded the large fish tank, and when the black cloth opened, a magnificent species appeared in front of Qin Shiou.

These are a few jellyfish, glowing with a pale blue fluorescence. The reason why they are magnificent species is because the fluorescence on jellyfish is not bands, but dots. The fluorescence on these dots is different, so as the jellyfish swings its body, the dots squirm and blink like little blue stars!

Qin Shiou had never seen such a jellyfish. He lay down in front of the fish tank and looked at these little creatures in surprise, and said, "Professor, this is your newly discovered species...... Oh. No, this is a blue sail jellyfish?! ”

After seeing the jellyfish, he recognized their identity. After all, he has been in contact with these little things in the past few days, and now the production line still roasts batches of dried jellyfish from time to time.

Sanders nodded, "Yes." This is the blue sail jellyfish. ”

"And you put a fluorescent gene in them?" Qin Shiou stood up and asked, "Ha, it's a very beautiful little life, it's very suitable for ornamental jellyfish, isn't it?" ”

Sanders shook his head and said, "No, I didn't give them the fluorescent genes, and when I found them, they were like this." Obviously, this is a genetic mutation! ”

Qin Shiou exclaimed: "Where did you find them?" It's so wonderful that this genetic mutation has created such a beautiful species! We should look for them in the sea, and if they form a new species, they will definitely cause an uproar in the world! ”

Fluorescent jellyfish are not uncommon, and this species lives in Japan, China, the Philippines and other seas. The scientific name of this species is noctilucent swimming jellyfish, which have a strong ability to emit light due to the luminescent protease in their gonads.

But this kind of luminous sail jellyfish is different from them, the luminous frequency of the luminous swimming jellyfish is the same, that is, the part is glowing, while the luminous sail jellyfish is full of luminous cells, and the luminous protease is scattered, dotted, mottled, and more beautiful!

Sanders covered the fish tank with a black cloth, turned on the light, and said, "I found them at the location of the seawater purification tank last night, and I was surprised at the time, thinking that the fishing ground had been invaded by noctilucent swimming jellyfish, but after researching, the results are as you can see, and I am even more surprised!" ”

Qin Shiou put the four sea god consciousness into the water, he has been monitoring the jellyfish dynamics in the sea these days, and he has not found the existence of this kind of luminous sail jellyfish.

Sanders continued: "Now I don't think that this jellyfish has mutated into a new species, but that they are small group mutations, the cause is unknown, and follow-up research is needed. ”

"These mutated new individuals are very sensitive to light, and even incandescent lamps can burn them, so they are destined to live only in the deep sea and at night."

The four sea god consciousness is flying through the water, and there will still be some jellyfish one after another, the number is not much, after these days of targeted salvage, the jellyfish disaster in the fishing ground has been avoided.

Poseidon consciousness traveled through a large area of the sea, and did not encounter this kind of noctilucent sail jellyfish, according to Sanders, after he went to the vicinity of the Dungeness crab farm, he saw a group of sail jellyfish living here on the bottom of the sea fluorescent.

Because of the daytime, the sea near the farm is offshore, and the water is so clear that sunlight can shoot directly through the seawater, and these glow-in-the-dark sail jellyfish simply cannot survive in this kind of place.

Sail jellyfish don't have brains, but they have a strong instinct, and these little things either hide in the shadow of the reef or move to deep water, and some follow the big fish, moving with the help of the fluctuations caused by the big fish's swimming, and living in their shadows.

Qin Shiou injected the energy of the sea god into these luminous sail jellyfish, these things are so beautiful, he wants to try to see if he can train them to survive in the offshore waters, so that at night, the starry seaside of the fishing ground will be beautiful!

There are only so many sail jellyfish, he is not afraid of disaster to the fishing grounds, there are thousands of leatherback turtles, and they are specially restrained from the existence of these jellyfish.

After Qin Shiou watched the distribution of the noctilucent sail jellyfish, he guessed: "Professor, could it be that there is some connection between the sail jellyfish and the Dungeness crab?" You said that the glow-in-the-dark sail jellyfish you found live around the purified waters, don't you? And that's where Dungeness crabs live. ”

The sail jellyfish is an indicator species of the tropics, but the Dungeness crab is a cold-zone creature, and the two sides cannot meet under natural circumstances, but now they may indeed have some strange chemical reactions.

Sanders said: "I also have this guess, and I will study it in this direction in the future." Now, I want to keep this species, I don't know if it's allowed. (To be continued......)