What is an earthquake fish? How exactly did this fish relate to the earthquake?
Here's the thing, the earthquake fish, also known as the king band fish, is a fish that lives in the deep sea all year round, and humans think this fish is quite rare. Later, it was found that it seemed that every time the royal band fish appeared, there would be an earthquake that followed, so the fish was named "earthquake fish". Like what:
At the end of 2010, more than a dozen kingfish appeared off the coast of Honshu Island in Japan, resulting in a magnitude 9 earthquake on Honshu Island in March 2011;
In September 2011, fishermen in Taitung, Taiwan Province, caught a 4.6-meter-long kingfish, which struck an earthquake on September 22.
In 2013, fishermen in Taitung also caught a 4-meter-long royal ribbon fish, and soon after, there was an earthquake;
In May 2015, an earthquake struck a kingfish on a beach in Malaysia.
Something like that happens quite often. As a result, some people have established a connection between the emergence of this fish and the occurrence of earthquakes.
Recently, an angler in Taitung caught a royal striped fish on the seashore, with a body length of 6 meters and a weight of 130 kilograms, which is speculated to be about 7 years old. According to the historical record, people have begun to think again, is the earthquake about to happen again?
Royal striped fish
Speaking of fish, everyone can say that it is not strange at all, so what is the royal fish? Is it the premium version with fish? The king band fish does look like an enlarged version of the striped fish, the shape is very flat, slender, but from the relatives point of view, it is a difference of 18,000 miles, and the subjects it belongs to are different.
Generally speaking, the body length of the kingfish is 3-7 meters, which is relatively large. They are also fierce in temperament and cannibalistic, but when it comes to breeding season, they become polite. They usually live about 200 meters under the sea, up to 1000 meters deep. In the ocean, they generally feed on small and medium-sized fish, such as squid, crabs and so on.
But in fact, due to the perennial living in the deep sea and the small number, so far, people have not known much about this fish. They have pink fins, shiny silver skin, and irregular spots and stripes on their bodies, but they disappear quickly after they die.
Is there really a relationship between earthquake fish and the occurrence of earthquakes?
Is there a causal relationship between the appearance of earthquake fish and the occurrence of earthquakes? Some Japanese scientists have studied this and correlated data from 1928 to 2011. The results of the study show that the presence of deep-sea fish was not associated with earthquakes during the study period.
Earthquake fish are unlikely to be the initiators of earthquakes, so why did royal banded fish living in the deep sea suddenly appear in shallow seas before earthquakes?
Scientists believe that this is likely because in the event of an earthquake, the rocks in the Earth's crust will be squeezed, and the released charged particles will combine with the water to form hydrogen oxide. This hydrogen oxide will have a certain impact on the king band fish, so before the earthquake, there may be a king band fish in order to escape these toxic substances, with the flow of the shallow sea. It is also said that the geology of the seabed may have changed, causing some kingfish to accidentally swim from the deep sea to the shallow sea.
Of course, everyone also found that the appearance of the king band fish is not 100% indicative of the occurrence of earthquakes. So you don't have to panic too much.
Can earthquake fish be eaten?
Since it is a fish, there may be many friends who can't help but ask, can this fish be eaten? In fact, because people associate this fish with earthquakes, the appearance of this fish is also regarded as an ominous omen, so many countries and regions do not eat earthquake fish. But despite this, the number of such fish is still very limited, mainly limited by the way they reproduce.
Royal banded fish take the form of external ovulation, after fertilization, the eggs are not protected by the father or mother, so their survival rate is very low.
As for whether it was good or not, I hadn't eaten it either.
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