Speaking of jellyfish, I think everyone's first reaction is the sparkling "work of art". Indeed, jellyfish, as a special creature in the ocean, with its own remarkable characteristics, presents an elegant state in the sea, which can be said to be the "queen" in the sea. If you think it's really like that, you're wrong. The so-called can be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed. Beneath its beautiful exterior, there are countless crises hidden in the absence. The monk's hat jellyfish, known as one of the "Ten Poisons", is a typical representative of this crisis.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the "queen" of the oceanic world</h1>
The monk's hat jellyfish, as the name suggests, is like a monk's hat. And it does. From the classification point of view, it belongs to a warm water species of jellyfish. A pale blue transparent cystic floating cyst that floats on the surface of the water for a long time. The front end is sharp, the rear end is elliptical, and the dorsal peak that towers at the top resembles the monk's hat. Hence the name monk's hat jellyfish. They look like end-of-life balloons, but are actually bubbles filled with argon. With a glowing membrane crown on the floating sac, the direction is adjusted by itself, and it floats on the surface of the water with the help of wind. Monk-hat jellyfish are a class of floating coelenterates that live in groups all their lives, and their social division of labor is also quite clear, with their own responsibilities.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "empress" angry and uncontrollable</h1>
Through the brief introduction just now, perhaps you will not see the so-called "ten poisons" for people. I even felt that I didn't feel poisonous when I said this, but felt that it was really a veritable work of art. There is always a process for everything, and now I will tell you exactly where it is poisoned.
Let's start with its tentacles. The tentacles of the monk's hat jellyfish can reach a maximum length of 22 meters, and the average length is about 10 meters. Perhaps when you see it from a distance, you are probably already entangled in its tentacles, which are covered with sacs of thorns, and their curled and prickly bodies are like flattened springs. Once you come into contact with prey, such as humans, boom! The tentacles stick out. While entangling you, the tentacles also inject into you a toxin, which is a neurotoxin.
Although the monk's hat jellyfish secretes deadly toxins in the thorn cells in its tentacles, it looks insignificant. But there are thousands of such cells on the tentacles, which is terrible. When you are injected with toxins, you feel a little paralyzed at first, but it will slowly spread throughout your body over time, and the toxins will become stronger and stronger. In addition to severe pain, injured people experience a range of symptoms such as reduced blood pressure, confusion and difficulty breathing, and eventually you will die of pulmonary circulatory failure. According to statistics, of all the cases of being stung by a monk's hat jellyfish, the most typical is the 2000 incident, in which 68% of the people died. A considerable part of the 32% of the survivors are disabled by this, and a very few lucky ones can retreat from the clutches of this "jellyfish", and the toxicity of the monk's hat jellyfish is very violent, and any stinged person will have a terrible whip-like scar on his body, which will not retreat.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > poisoned person, it is impossible to fight alone, there are natural enemies</h1>
After understanding the toxicity of the monk's hat jellyfish, you may think that it is "cold and unapproachable". In fact, we are wrong that they cannot act alone no matter how poisonous they are. As we mentioned above, lifelong gregaries are one of the symbols of the monk's hat jellyfish. When you see a monk-hat jellyfish in the sea, it is both unfortunate and fortunate. Unfortunately, there is not only one of them, because through their habits of life, there are many lurking around them. Fortunately, you can discover many mysteries by looking closely. They have a highly centralized division of labor. All individuals in the community belong to different hydra bodies, which grow on the same co-flesh and reproduce by budding without leaving the mother. They have a reasonable division of labor, each performing its own duties, like an orderly group. There are those responsible for protecting from external interference, those responsible for predation, those responsible for digestion and perception, and those responsible for reproduction, which together gather to form a large jellyfish, which is indispensable.
In addition to having a strong working mechanism, the monk's hat jellyfish is also a "safe haven" for many fish, such as warship fish can hide in the tentacles of the monk's hat jellyfish to escape predators. And the one who can live with the monk's hat jellyfish is the clownfish. The clownfish is not afraid of the tentacles of the monk's cap jellyfish, because its mucous membranes do not touch the stinging cells. These fish can live under the protection of the monk's hat jellyfish, and the monk's hat jellyfish use these "sheltered" to attract other small fish and get their own food from them. This symbiotic relationship can be said to be quite clear and mutually beneficial.
Any creature will be a natural enemy, poisonous as a monk's hat jellyfish, and the same is true. For example, the sunfish and the red sea turtle, these two brothers are specially fed on the monk's hat jellyfish. The sunfish relies on the skin of the tin, and the monk's hat jellyfish is poisonous and not afraid. The red turtle is even more desperate, the mouth is a big nail, and when it bites down, it is like a pliers cutting wire, easy.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > how to save themselves and how to destroy this terrible creature when stung by a monk-hat jellyfish</h1>
Often walk by the river, which can not get wet shoes. Especially friends who like to swim in the sea. It is inevitable that you will be unfortunate to encounter this creature, so when you are accidentally stung by this creature, how can you save yourself?
First of all, when you have a sting, your first priority is to quickly get away from the sea of the monk's hat jellyfish, get to the boat or shore as soon as possible, and then quickly contact the medical staff, and use a towel to slowly remove the visible tentacles on the skin (it is easy to cause the hand to be stung again).
Then rinse repeatedly with salt water or water. If you encounter an unfortunate eye sting, you should not rub your eyes with both hands, causing eye infections while increasing the probability of your hands being stung. Rinse with plenty of warm and water for at least 15 minutes, during which time you should stop immediately and seek medical attention if you experience persistent tearing, redness and swelling of your eyes, and fear of light.
Finally, if there is persistent itching, the wound should not be scratched by hand to avoid causing persistent infection, and the use of hydrogenated codiesone ointment four times a day; if there is a condition, the injured place can be soaked in vinegar, which is conducive to washing off the thorn cells on it.
The existence of each creature has its own special meaning, like a fly that is disgusting, but also shoulders the mission entrusted by nature. Elimination is impossible, but in addition to the above-mentioned natural nemesis is afraid of light and lack of water, we all know that 90% of jellyfish are water, if long-term exposure to the sun does not get water replenishment, then it is tantamount to self-destruction.
Although many people are injured or even killed by the monk's hat jellyfish every year, the monk's hat jellyfish has a lot of advantages for us. For example, it can be used as a site for predicting storms. Before the storm comes, they will have an infrasonic wave transmission through their own characteristics, and the speed of infrasound waves is much faster than the speed of the storm. When going out to sea, if they see the monk's hat jellyfish diving into the depths of the sea, it is a long-term sign that they feel that a storm is coming. This provides information for the navigators and prepares well in advance for the storm. There are also American military weapons mechanical jellyfish and biotechnology jellyfish lamps, etc., all inspired by the monk's hat jellyfish. It can be said that their existence has contributed to the development of mankind to a certain extent.