Although Australia in April has entered the autumn, it is still rainy, and in April, there have been many heavy rainstorms in southeast Australia, and floods have occurred in many places.
It is incredible that after the flood, a mysterious creature was found on a coastal area in New South Wales, Australia, which looked like a "small dinosaur", and many people did not know what it was, so it was posted on the Internet, and people talked about it.
Will the mysterious creatures found in Australia be descendants of dinosaurs?
Judging from the photos taken, this mysterious creature that appeared on the beach in Australia has colorful colors, a long mouth and tail, and its back ridge is high and protruding, which is really a bit similar to the restored dinosaur model.
So, is this really a "little dinosaur"? A few days ago, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the mainland once said in an open class that dinosaurs are not all extinct, but some of them have evolved to this day, and there are descendants of dinosaurs on the earth, so does this mean that "living dinosaurs" have been found in Australian waters?
The answer is no. First of all, the statement of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is based on the hypothesis that "birds originated from dinosaurs", academician Zhou Zhong believes that there are some small theropod dinosaurs that evolved into primitive birds, not that dinosaurs really did not go extinct, so this "little monster" found in Australia has something else.
So, what exactly is it? Soon, someone recognized this "little monster", which turned out to be a relatively rare marine creature - sea dragon. Normally, they live in the deep sea, perhaps because of the continuous torrential rains some time ago, which washed them ashore.
So, what is a sea dragon?
This is a bony fish in the ocean, and from the perspective of kinship, sea dragons and seahorses are close relatives. At present, there are about 150 known species of sea dragons, of which there are also more than 20 sea dragon species distributed in continental waters, mainly concentrated in the southeast coast of the continent.
This time washed ashore in Australia is the weed sea dragon, although they are not large, but they are the "camouflage masters" in the ocean, the main reason is because of the colorful colors of the weed sea dragon, which makes them easy to hide on the seabed, can be well integrated with the seabed plants, making it difficult to distinguish.
Judging from the rarity of the sea dragon species, the weed sea dragon belongs to a more common type of sea dragon, which is mainly distributed in the waters of Australia, and is more familiar to those who like to dive, because the weed sea dragon can be found in the coral reefs on the seabed.
Dr Selma Klanten from the University of Technology Sydney said that this is not the first time in recent years that weedy sea dragons have been washed ashore along the Coast of Australia, under normal circumstances, all sea dragon species are a relatively "lazy" organism, this is because the natural lifespan of sea dragons is about 6 years, and in this 6 years, their maximum lifetime range of movement will not exceed 500 meters.
Therefore, when the sea dragons in the deep sea are washed ashore, this also means that the pollution of the marine environment, the destruction of their habitat, has affected their survival, so some sea dragons will risk leaving the deep sea. In short, the prospects for the survival of sea dragons are not optimistic.
Fortunately, the weed sea dragon is not currently at risk of extinction, and if it is a rare Australian animal that has been washed ashore this time, the Golden Sea Dragon, it means that the living environment in the local sea is very dangerous.
So, what is Jin Hailong? Why is it rare?
Because of its unique geographical location and ecological environment, this has also created a number of unique species in Australia. For example, when it comes to Australia's "national treasure", many people will think of koalas, and the golden sea dragon in Australia is a "national treasure" creature.
Golden sea dragon is a golden sea dragon species, smaller than the weed sea dragon, living in the Australian sea sea seagrass, usually live alone, only in the breeding season will "get together", the mother Golden Sea Dragon pregnant, will be born in the male Golden Sea Dragon tail, by the male Golden Sea Dragon responsible for hatching, wait until the birth of the little Golden Sea Dragon, it will be alone to live.
It can also be seen from here that Australia, a "national treasure" species, is a small animal that is born very "independent", perhaps because they have no competitive advantage in the ocean, so it will be rare.
In addition, from the perspective of time, the sea dragon has existed on the earth for at least 20 million years, at present, there are about how the sea dragon and its "relatives" seahorse originated, who the direct ancestors are, still because the scarcity of fossils is an unsolved mystery, but I believe that in the future with archaeological fossil excavations, these problems will be revealed one by one. So the question is, have you ever seen a sea dragon? Welcome to leave a message and share it with us!