Most of us have certainly never seen it: ants washing their faces, snails falling in love, butterflies pupae, flowers blossoming and falling...
Human beings have the ability to think, but also use words to express emotions, so there is a full sense of superiority on this earth, thinking that they are the masters of this world, can dominate everything, and on weekdays, we will spend our energy and attention on the people and things around us.
When a person stays somewhere or lies in bed, we feel that the world is so lonely and lonely and cold, but we don't know that there is a huge planet-like world hidden around us, and there are thousands of small lives coexisting with us.
In their world, these tiny little beings that we can't see with the naked eye have become a forest, small stones like mountains, small water droplets shaped like oceans, a hair or a piece of dander can make them feast, and a layer of mold on the wall can feed multiple families.
Perhaps, when you think of those disgusting little things such as fleas and mites, you will get goosebumps and avoid them; in fact, there are many elves who look weak but have superpowers and have great contributions to the earth and mankind.
Come on, let's follow Cedric Hubass and Christina Ronald, researchers at the National Museum of Natural History in France, who have worked together for decades of painstaking research to complete "Microscopic World", and wander through the colorful miniature world together to explore the mysterious and wonderful elves around them.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, understanding microorganisms</h1>
The variety of creatures is incredible, some of which are already well known and others of which we do not know very well. In order to facilitate research and differentiation, scientists divide organisms into six realms: the animal kingdom, the plant kingdom, the fungal kingdom, the archaeal realm, the bacterial realm, and the protists.
Some of them live freely, some live solidly; some are in the water, some are on the surface of the object, some are deep inside the object; they are either parasitic, or predatory, or herbivorous, in short, their feeding habits are diverse.
Most of these creatures are small, and if necessary, tools, through magnifying glass and microscope observation, can make us understand what role living things play in the rich and colorful natural world.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the living environment and state of microorganisms</h1>
Creatures in nature are everywhere, and this book selects the most common microorganisms we encounter in our daily lives, allowing us to follow the author and experience the surprises brought to us by these elves.
1. Secrets in the water
In the midst of the rushing waters of the river, or beneath the calm exterior, there is a bustling metropolis with thousands of miniature biota active and endless traffic.
Branches and horns jump around in the water, trying to escape the poisonous tentacles of the hydra; the diatoms that follow the waves, gather on the stones at the bottom of the river, forming a patch of brown, and also become the food of other creatures such as copepods, mesozoans, snails, ephemerals and other creatures.
Fat belly caterpillars quarrel with rotifers for diatoms; lively stone moth larvae stay in the nest of rubble and watch the water mites climb an aquatic plant; and the amoeba protozoa are everywhere, multiplying in two.
This seemingly wonderful harmony of this aquatic "city" is actually based on an extremely fragile balance, in which the proliferation or polydistenance of any species has the potential to disrupt order and endanger the survival of all living things.
2. Beach hermit
As we lie on the beach, it's hard to imagine a tiny biota active beneath our feet, and in the tiny, tiny gap between the grains of sand, the shrimp are hunting nematodes; the bellieds are eating seaweed with relish; and the hook shrimp are hunting for food.
For them, these dark, damp labyrinths are both ideal hiding places and pantries filled with food, and they are underground miniature biota that guard the vast labyrinth of sand grains.
3. Large factories in forest soil
Billions of tiny animals live in the forest soil, working day and night to improve the forest soil.
In order to transform the fallen leaves into fertile soil favorable to the vegetation, the creatures built a veritable factory on the surface of the ground, and the bullettails meticulously destroyed the surface of the deciduous layer; the rat woman was cutting the leaves on the assembly line; the beetle mites were re-broken; and the earthworms drilled out tunnels and were busy ventilating the soil.
It is with these recycling plants that the ecosystem of nature is in balance.
4, the bed micro jungle
At night, as we lay in bed, the micro-jungle on the bed came alive and well, and the dust mites were energized by body heat and sweat, and awoke, and they marched in droves to find our dandruff in the fibers of the sheets; soon, the ferocious carnivorous mites came rushing over, using their sharp claws to open the dust mites, swallowing them in one bite, and the hunt would continue until we got up.
These mites also enter our skin, camp at the base of our noses, eyebrows, and hair, they are not parasites, they are not dangerous to our human body, but too many mites can cause large areas of redness and swelling of the skin.
Seeing this, we may not even have the courage to go to bed.
In fact, don't be afraid, there are several ways to make mites less likely to survive:
The room should not be too hot, because mites like heat; as much ventilation as possible, mites like moisture; commonly used vacuum cleaner cleaning, do not leave a big meal for mites.
5. The gluttonous ghost of the kitchen
In the corner of our kitchen, there were many small gluttons stationed, bread beetles were quarreling with the coarse-footed powder mites over biscuit fragments; sweet fruit mites were eating jam with relish; the worms were preparing to attack the mold, when the pseudo-scorpion rushed over and prepared to sweep all the participants out, and a sumptuous feast and a fight took turns in the inconspicuous corner of the kitchen.
In fact, as long as we pay more attention to cleaning and environmental hygiene on weekdays, we will not give these gluttonous ghosts an opportunity.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, the relationship between microorganisms and humans</h1>
Some microfauna and plants are very sensitive to changes in the environment, and by observing their presence or absence in the environment, we can get a rough idea of the state of the ecosystem.
Plants and bacteria form the food base of many microfauna, and microfauna may be the prey of other predators, and predators may also be the prey of super predators, this correlation is called the food chain, these complex relationships are based on a fragile balance, as long as one of the species disappears, it will affect and even threaten other organisms in the food chain, including us humans.
Seeing this, we should understand that once these micro-organisms are separated, there can be no other life on the earth, and as long as we do not destroy their living environment and allow them to reproduce freely, the life activities of these micro-organisms will continue forever.
From now on, forget about the bad impression of miniature creatures and let's create a beautiful world with these elves.