In the concept of ordinary people, death represents the end of life, but also represents the cessation of bodily functions, and the body silently decays back to nature. But this iron does not seem to apply to all living things, some creatures are not only dangerous when alive, but even after death can still cause serious harm to other creatures, the most famous example is whales, it is well known that whales eat a lot of food, they spend most of their time in the sea in "eating and eating", so when they die, their stomachs are full of food, which will be corrupted after the whale dies. At the same time, a large amount of gas will continue to expand in the whale's body, turning it into an untimed bomb, which will explode at any time and even cause casualties to nearby organisms. Of course, whales aren't the only creatures that can still wreak havoc on their surroundings after they die. And in the ocean, there is another creature that is super aggressive to humans and other creatures, whether alive or dead, and they are jellyfish.
Sperm whale carcass exploded Image from the Internet
Jellyfish means "bubble" in Greek, but the bubbles are all gases, and 95% of the jellyfish are water. In fact, jellyfish do float in the water like bubbles, feeding up and down, and jellyfish have a history of 650 million years, earlier than most organisms, after such a long evolution, they have fully adapted to the Earth's environment, all over the world's waters.
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In 2015 on the beach in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, there was a serious jellyfish sting incident, when the film "Undead in Japan" crew invited 100 young female portrait stars to the beach to shoot the drowning scene, did not expect that the women wearing swimsuits into the water not long after being stung by a large number of jellyfish, one after another screamed, after the rescue of the staff, fortunately was not stung by the non-toxic sea moon jellyfish did not cause major casualties, More than 70 women were injured. The crew claimed that before filming began, they had arranged for people to come to the beach in advance to investigate the presence of jellyfish, possibly because the typhoon had just left, bringing a large number of jellyfish.
The scene where the woman was stung is pictured from the internet
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Seeing this name, everyone must think of the monk's hat, yes, the monk's hat jellyfish got this name because of its appearance like a monk's hat, but this creature is not at all as benevolent as the monk, they are really "snake and scorpion beauty". Their bright aqua blue translucent appearance has a fatal attraction for many people, making people want to grab it and play with it when they see it, but often the more beautiful creatures are, the more dangerous they are, and the monk's hat jellyfish is no exception, and the damage they cause to other creatures is definitely far beyond everyone's imagination. When people first spotted them, they mistakenly thought that colorful plastic bags were washed on the beach, but they were immediately stung when they reached out and touched them, and they experienced a sudden drop in blood pressure and difficulty breathing. Later, in the sea where the monk's hat jellyfish was active, there were more than 3500 incidents of monk's hat jellyfish stinging in a week, which was far more lethal to humans than other marine organisms.
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Many people may not know that although the monk's hat jellyfish is called jellyfish, they are different from ordinary jellyfish, they are actually the world's largest hydra jellyfish, composed of four kinds of hydra bodies, and have a resounding title - "Portuguese warship". It may be difficult for the average person to imagine the fusion of four hydra hydra, in fact, just like the Transformers we saw in cartoons before. However, each individual in the monk's hat jellyfish has its own tasks and functions, and it cannot be taken apart to survive alone, and their stomach and other organs are shared, which is an extremely rare community creature. One of them is responsible for inflating and inflating the surface of the water, so that the monk's hat jellyfish can float on the surface of the water as a whole, and if it encounters a predator who attacks them from above, the hydra will automatically deflate so that the body can go deep into the water to avoid enemy pursuit. What is surprising is that this creature has no way to move on its own, usually they can only rely on ocean currents to float, so sometimes in the season when the waves are relatively large, you can see a large number of monk hat jellyfish stranded on some beaches. They are also a "safe haven" for many marine fish, many of which live in symbiosis with the monk's hat jellyfish, using the monk's hat jellyfish to avoid other predators.
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So what exactly makes the monk's hat jellyfish pose a deadly threat to other creatures, regardless of life or death? The answer is that they hide in the water and have very similar long tentacles to jellyfish, and we have seen in many movies and documentaries that jellyfish sting and cause poison shock or even death, which shows how powerful their tentacles and toxins are. The tentacles of the monk's hat jellyfish can be up to 20 meters long, and the tentacles are covered with stingers, which can paralyze prey such as fish and shrimp in a short period of time, coupled with its aqua blue translucent body, so that many creatures in the water can not easily find their existence. Like other jellyfish, shock or loss of cardiopulmonary function will occur after being stung by the monk's hat jellyfish, and even if the monk's hat jellyfish dies, the toxins in the body will still remain for a long time, and once other organisms accidentally touch their tentacles, poisoning will still occur, which is also the most terrible place for the monk's hat jellyfish.
Tourists often see the monk-hat jellyfish that die after being washed ashore on the beach, and they are attracted by their bright aqua blue appearance, and then stung when they touch it, so the number of casualties caused by this creature alone at the time of death is far more than most marine creatures.
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In recent years, there have been many incidents of jellyfish stinging on the beach, although jellyfish are weak and boneless, even the delicacies on the table, but they are the most deadly marine creatures, so everyone should be vigilant when going to the beach to play, be careful of jellyfish.