What is it like to see a large number of dead squid on the beach in Japan, and the corpses stretch for 200 meters on the beach? Could it be related to the nuclear effluent discharged from Japan? Or is it a precursor to an earthquake?
Let's find out what comes next!
Recently, on the coast of Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, a large number of stranded and dead squid corpses appeared, it is reported that these squid are "fluorescent squid", a kind of squid that lives in the deep sea and rarely appears in the shallow sea. Local fishermen also say such cases are extremely rare, and they feel that this seems abnormal.
After the release of relevant reports, many people also speculated whether it would be related to Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage? At the same time, some people are worried that this will not be a "sign of earthquake"?
So, why did a large number of squid suddenly run aground and die in Japan, and what was going on?
Since local fishermen said that such a thing is "very rare", it means that there must be some special reason for the large number of squid stranded this time, so what will it be?
The first possibility: or related to Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater. As we all know, in March 2011, a major earthquake in Japan caused an extremely serious nuclear leakage accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
After the accident, Japan's handling has not been satisfactory, and in order to save money and effort, Japan has also disregarded international opposition to discharge nuclear wastewater into the sea, which is equivalent to pulling 8 billion human beings around the world to "pay" for its nuclear accident.
Speaking of which, although Japan has only publicly discharged nuclear sewage into the ocean this year, in fact, over the years, Japan has also secretly discharged it, including because of many problems in Japan's aftermath, since the nuclear leakage accident, many "mutant organisms" have been caught in Japanese waters, especially in the waters near Fukushima, and "mutant marine fish" with excessive radioactive substances have been found many times.
Including in February last year, Japan also urgently removed a batch of "black scorpion" containing huge radioactive elements in the body, because of serious nuclear contamination, when these fish were fished, the naked eye can clearly see that their bodies emit a very strange light.
Therefore, although a large number of squid deaths in Japan this time are not necessarily related to nuclear leakage, there is no doubt that the nuclear sewage discharged from Fukushima contains a variety of radioactive substances that exceed the standard, and the long-term intake of these harmful substances by marine organisms will also lead to their collective death, collective migration or mutation.
The second possibility: or a precursor to a major earthquake. As a country with a high incidence of earthquakes, many Japanese believe that stranded fish strandings and deaths are precursors to earthquakes.
However, existing scientific research believes that such animal phenomena do not mean that they are related to earthquakes. And there are many reasons why animals can behave, so this view is unlikely.
A third possibility: or climate change causing them to run aground and die. As mentioned earlier, this time the fluorescent squid stranded on Japanese beaches are deep-sea species, so under normal circumstances, they will not collectively approach the shallow sea on a large scale, if they appear in the shallow sea, it may be affected by changes in sea temperature and marine environment, so that they leave their habitat and move from the deep sea to the shallow sea.
Because according to scientific studies, fluorescent squid is a very sensitive creature to the marine environment, they will also migrate with changes in sea temperature, and if the ocean temperature suddenly changes, then they may die collectively because they cannot adapt to this sudden change.
Nowadays, with global warming, in fact, the marine ecological environment began to change dramatically many years ago, and as the sea temperature rises, many marine creatures have indeed left their original habitats and created new homes. Therefore, this time the Japanese fluorescent squid stranded and died, and there is indeed this possibility.
The fourth possibility: Or because you are chasing your prey, you strayed into the shallow sea. Fluorescent squid are in the deep sea, they are themselves a social animal, so when they are chasing their prey, it is indeed possible to straying into the shallow sea, and then wait until they find themselves lost and want to return to the deep sea, but with the low tide and other reasons, they have no time to escape.
And in coastal areas, in fact, similar situations are not uncommon, in 2021, Japan also had a situation of deep-sea squid stranding, later experts believed, it may be caused by hunting prey.
The fifth possibility: or related to interference from human activities. Although fluorescent squid is a deep-sea creature, they come from the deep sea to the shallow sea to breed every spring, and because they emit light, in March to June every year, the sea area with fluorescent squid activity will also turn a fluorescent color at night.
But if human activities interfere with their normal reproduction or pollute their breeding areas in shallow seas, they may run aground and die.
It can be seen that there are many possibilities for the large number of squid stranded off the coast of Japan this time, but for local fishermen, they are still more worried that it will be related to the discharge of nuclear sewage or a major earthquake.
After all, Mt. Fuji in Japan has also entered a "eruption-prone period", and it has been predicted that a super earthquake may occur in Japan before 2030, so it is normal for Japanese people to be worried.
Of course, in fact, from the current situation, the cause of the squid's stranding is climate change, foraging and getting lost or human intervention is the most likely, because whether it is related to nuclear wastewater requires professional testing.
However, if it is impossible to prevent Japan's nuclear sewage from entering the sea, in fact, it is indeed a fatal blow to the marine ecological environment, including all the oceans will be polluted in the future, which is not only a heavy blow to the development of global fisheries, but also for seafood, it is also necessary to strengthen testing and strengthen control, otherwise, it is really "disease from the mouth".
Of course, we don't have to worry too much, because since the Fukushima nuclear accident, our country has been strictly testing, and has always banned the import of all food from Fukushima, Japan, and has always been strictly controlled on food safety issues.
As for the consequences of Japan's insistence on discharging nuclear water despite global opposition, it will take time to answer. What do you think, friends?