Is the sperm whale a natural enemy of the king squid?
Sperm whale is a kind of whale, they also belong to the tooth whale, but there is also a certain difference with the general tooth whale, because the sperm whale only has teeth in the lower jaw, and the upper jaw has no teeth, which also makes it difficult for sperm whales to tear their prey apart, and generally can only directly devour the prey.
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In fact, sperm whale is a kind of whale that likes to go to the deep sea, sometimes diving will often go down to the 2 km deep sea, but they also need to breathe oxygen, and in the deep sea can not provide oxygen for them to breathe, so what should be done? In fact, sperm whales will first take a large breath on the surface of the sea, and then carry enough oxygen in their bodies, and then dive into the deep sea.
Breathing such a breath, only to meet the sperm whale in the water for a period of time, when the oxygen in the body is almost exhausted, they must float up, return to the surface of the sea to breathe, if they are trapped in the seabed for a long time, it is easy to die of suffocation.
The king squid is a cephalopod mollusk, they have 10 brachiopods, of which 8 brachiopods are basically the same length, and the length of the ketones is not much different; The remaining two brachiopods are particularly long, several times longer than the others. These brachiopods of the king squid will have many suction cups on them, which can be used to wrap the prey, and these suction cups have a circle of small serrations on them, which can be fixed to the body of the prey and cause some damage.
The worst thing is that the king squid is a more ferocious animal, when encountering prey, it may take the initiative to attack, of course, when encountering whales, which are relatively large animals, they will not easily retreat. The king squid mainly lives in the sea at a depth of 200 to 400 meters, and the sperm whale will often pass through this sea area during the process of diving and floating, so there may be contradictions between the two.
It doesn't matter who attacks who first, but the fact that sperm whales can eat the king squid can't be hidden. Because scientists have found some stranded sperm whales in beaches around the world, after dissection, they found that they have the remains of the king squid inside their bodies.
However, when people examine stranded sperm whales, they also find that there are some scars on the sperm whale's body, and these scars are very similar to caused by the small serrations of the suction cup on the king squid, so in this case, some people think that the king squid is the natural enemy of the sperm whale. However, this statement is also incorrect, because the damage caused by the king squid is only some skin trauma, which is not fatal enough at all, but after they tightly wrap their prey and wait for the prey to exhaust, they will eat the prey.
After adulthood, sperm whales are usually much larger than the king squid, which also means that the sperm whale has greater strength, and generally has eaten the king squid before the strength is exhausted. But if some young sperm whales also encounter the King Squid, they may not be so lucky, because they are not strong enough to compete with the King House Thieves, and they are likely to be eaten by each other.
However, even adult sperm whales do not necessarily have a great advantage, because if they cannot solve the sperm whales in a short period of time, they will stay in this sea for a long time, and when the oxygen in their bodies has been digested, it will still cause great harm to the body.
Therefore, it was found that most of the stranded sperm whales had scars caused by the king squid brachiopods, probably because they had a vicious fight with the king squid before, although the final result was that the sperm whale ate the king squid, but because the sperm whale stayed in this sea for a long time, causing serious lack of oxygen in the body, it also caused irreversible damage to the body. In addition, the fight with the king squid will consume a relatively large amount of strength, and finally it will be difficult for the sperm whale to recover, and then it will be sent to the shore with the impact of the waves, and it will become a stranded sperm whale.
To be precise, between the sperm whale and the king squid, no one is anyone's natural enemy, and from the perspective of strength, it is indeed the sperm whale that is superior. But the vicious fight between the sperm whale and the king squid has no winner, and it can only be said that the threat between them is very large, and it should be said that they are sworn enemies. What do you think? #Sperm Whale # #King Squid#
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