A new species, actually given a strange name, the story of which is because of an amber, and experts have pointed out the reason for its degradation, what species is this? Why does it degenerate? Let me reveal the secrets to you.
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In the New Year of 2021, Ms. Wu decided to learn a new custom - traveling for the New Year, she chose her destination in Myanmar, not only because of the attractive Southeast Asian style, but also because of her love of jade, humble and gentle, gentle as jade. In her eyes, Myanmar is rich in jade, a piece of fine jade, as if it is a humble gentleman, exuding a moving temperament. After coming to Myanmar, after turning over the Shwedagon Pagoda and Karawi Palace in Yangon, she couldn't wait to come to the local jade market and prepare to find some treasures here.
Unexpectedly, this time she did not fall into the sea of jade, but found an interesting thing, it was a piece of yellow amber, in the package of pine resin, there was a strange little bug, although the bug was slender and seemed to be very weak, but it had a huge head horn, Ms. Wu thought that this little bug looked very interesting, plus this piece of amber was reasonably priced, so she bought it.
After returning to China, Ms. Wu placed it on the display cabinet in her living room, and also took a photo to send a circle of friends, what she did not expect was that just a few days later, she received a call from a high school student Chen, after the greeting, Chen explained that the original classmate was not simple, she studied biological species research in college, and now she is a doctor of the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Chen felt that the small animals in this piece of amber were very interesting, so he called to inquire.
When she learned that Ms. Wu was purchased in the foreign jade market, Dr. Chen fell into contemplation, according to her cognition, The tentacle insects of Myanmar, she is familiar with it, and it is not like this animal, is it a new species, thinking of this, she and Ms. Wu put forward their own conjecture, Ms. Wu heard that this is not a small thing, must be carefully studied to come to a conclusion, so she personally sent this piece of amber to Dr. Chen's hands and let it be studied.
After a complex experiment in the institute, Dr. Chen finally concluded that the small insect was indeed a brand-new species, and in gratitude for the selfless dedication of her classmates, she applied for the name of the Wu's big horned bug for this species. What is a bug? In fact, it has a more popular name - Stinky Big Sister, because many bugs have stink glands hidden in their chests, which can emit a foul odor to achieve the purpose of protecting themselves, so they got this disgraceful name.
But we all know that The Stinky Big Sister does not have extremely large tentacles, why is the horn of this bug so big? After careful research, Dr. Chen came to his own conclusion: because the strongly expanded antennae significantly increased the surface area, the Wu's horned bugs could receive more chemical signals and enhance the sensory function of the potential host plant and the surrounding environment, in other words, better signals, smoother communication, and stronger immune function. In addition, exaggerated morphological features may also play a role in the positioning and attraction of mates, and large antennae also provide important signals for females looking for quality males.
So why, after billions of years, the tentacles of bugs have degenerated? After analysis, Dr. Chen believes that this must be due to darwin's theory of natural selection, such a large antennae, not only need to spend a lot of energy to support it, but also in the process of predation, escape and other daily life, it will also be extremely obstructive, gradually, in the Wu's big horned bug population, genetically mutated small horned bugs and their offspring are able to survive, large antennae are large in mass death, the proportion of small tentacles is getting larger and larger, and finally, the smelly big sister has become what it is today.
In another billion years, what will the world look like? Will our children and grandchildren feel strange when they see the specimen of today's stinky big sister? No one knows what the future is like, everything is quietly changing, the essence of the world lies in movement, from the transformation to explore its trajectory, this is the meaning of the existence of archaeologists!
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Jin Xiaozhou
Source: 1. On the Origin of Species by Charles Robert Darwin; Published by Beijing United Press