The phenomenon of "eating soft rice" has always been shamed by human beings, but there is this kind of fish in nature, which lives by "eating soft rice" and lives a parasitic life as a matter of course.
They are the anglerfish known as the strongest "soft rice king" in the wild.
Anglerfish: The Ugly "Sea Toad"
Anglerfish are anglerfish, anglerfish, they mainly live in the dark and cold deep sea, inhabiting waters up to a depth of more than 5,000 meters. The anglerfish is ugly, with a set of prominent and terrifying eyes and a large mouth that reaches to the sky, so people also jokingly call it the "sea toad".
Don't underestimate anglerfish just because they're shockingly ugly. Anglerfish are not "vegetarians", not only typical carnivores, but also particularly strong in survivability. Anglerfish can be spotted in the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and even Arctic Oceans.
Delicious and nutritious, anglerfish is a table delicacy in many Asian countries, such as Korea and Japan, where they are dismantled and made into local classics through a series of cooking processes. Anglerfish are between 20 and 30 centimeters long, and they are said to be up to 120 centimeters long.
Although anglerfish are a typical deep-sea fish, they mostly prefer to be quiet and do not like to move. Usually lurking in the mud and sand, secretly observing the movement of the surroundings. This is not because the anglerfish is cowardly, but because it is preserving its strength. From the point of view of predatorship, the performance of the anglerfish is still outstanding.
It turns out that the structure of the anglerfish is very special, with a small ball of flesh on the top of the head, which is blessed by the first dorsal fin of the anglerfish, so that it hangs above the head like a small lamp. Despite the small size of this meat ball, it is full of glandular cells, which are able to secrete pheromones under chemical action and produce a unique bright light. The anglerfish's first dorsal fin spines automatically turn into a biotrap when hunting.
The cunning hunting skills of the anglerfish
Anglerfish feed on small fish and shrimp, and they are highly skilled in fishing and are very intelligent. The deep sea, where anglerfish inhabit, is often difficult to reach by daily light, yet most species in the biological kingdom are phototaxis. With the blessing of their unique physiology, anglerfish can easily lead their prey into their carefully set traps.
However, due to their small size, anglerfish are at most medium-sized. Therefore, their "pit and abduction" has a strong target, if they encounter large fish, especially fierce fish, then the anglerfish will not dare to take action, can only take advantage of the cover of sediment, pray for the "unwarranted disaster" in front of them to pass quickly.
When the large fish swims past, the anglerfish immediately swings its pectoral fins and swims away, looking for the target that it can "control". Anglerfish are quite cunning, and when they are hidden in the mud and sand, the bloody mouth will not be idle, but will open with all its might, as quiet as a cave under the sea.
Anglerfish spend so much energy just to lure their prey to the bait and let the prey "swim" into a desperate situation without knowing it. Anglerfish also don't worry about these small marine prey being noticed, as they have barb-like teeth in their mouths that make it difficult for their prey to escape.
Nature's strongest "soft rice king"
"Ugly" and "fraudulent" are not the most eye-catching labels on the anglerfish, but the title of the strongest "soft rice king" in nature is. Although human society is very disgusted by the behavior of men eating soft rice, anglerfish is very happy to do it.
Male anglerfish seem to be born to "eat soft rice", and there is a clear difference between them and female anglerfish, and their body size is much inferior. It is known that female anglerfish can reach a total length of 1 to 1.2 meters, while male anglerfish can only grow to a pitiful 8 cm to 16 cm.
Male anglerfish have traces, and after they are hatched, the first thing they do is to "find a wife". When the male anglerfish is excited to find a mate with a thick body and a sense of security, he doesn't even want to have a face, and immediately wants to attach to others, start parasitizing, and get nutrients through his mate.
Male anglerfish, on the other hand, usually choose to attach to the gill cover and side of the mate, and this attachment is basically no longer separated in this life. Even, as time goes by, the organs of the "young" male will "integrate" into the body of the female, and the male anglerfish will smoothly live a life of "eating soft rice" without hard work.
But male anglerfish are not without any contribution, otherwise their "shameless" behavior may be forcibly rejected by female anglerfish. When the husband and wife become one, the sperm nest tissue of the male anglerfish continues to grow and develop until it is able to produce mature sperm cells that impregnate the female.
The male anglerfish, which has contributed sperm cells, continues to enjoy the parasitic life with peace of mind, maintaining life through the nutrition and blood of the "wife", and passing on the family generation for himself through the ovaries of the wife, which can be called the strongest "soft rice king" of the present generation.
Why do anglerfish eat soft rice?
Such bizarre reproduction and parasitism are not unfounded, and can often be seen in the deep sea. A 1-meter-long female anglerfish was once seen cheekily attached to a 1-meter-long female anglerfish, and this "young and weak" male anglerfish was only 2 centimeters.
While people are surprised by the behavior of male anglerfish eating soft rice, they are also curious about why the anglerfish population has such an almost bizarre phenomenon. After the unremitting research of scientists, the behavior of male anglerfish "eating soft rice" was finally washed away, which turned out to be caused by the evolution of the anglerfish population.
Anglerfish live in the deep sea, which is full of all kinds of "big killers", such as sharks and whales. In addition, deep-sea undercurrents can have a serious impact on the mating and reproduction of anglerfish. Therefore, in order to improve the success rate of mating and the reproduction of the population, anglerfish have evolved this behavior of "eating soft rice", which is despised by humans.
From this point of view, the anglerfish seems to pursue a thorough survivalism of "female protagonist outside and male protagonist inside". However, this extreme survival rule has provided a lot of help for the normal reproduction of the anglerfish population.
Male anglerfish are really open to "eating soft rice", which is not known to human society to have "social death" several times. But it's not just for themselves, but also for the entire population to survive in the future, so let's eat it, thank you for reading.