Avatar is a science fiction film loved by many young people, and director James Cameron has repeatedly used the animals and plants that exist on Earth or from ancient times as prototypes to design the scenes and creatures on the planet Pandora in the film. The film's borrowing of the earth's ecology is reflected in these places, for example, the orange-pink plant Helicoradian that Jack encounters in the movie like a mimosa, which is modeled on the design of the Christmas tree worm, a marine life on earth, and floating tree spirits created from deep seawater mothers. Director Cameron wants to use this as a reminder to protect the environment and develop sustainably.
When watching a movie, you may subconsciously associate Helicoradian with mimosa, but the Christmas tree worm is more in line with the scene set by Director Cameron, for the following reasons: The Christmas tree worm reacts quickly, so in the movie, Jack has not even put his hand on it, Helicoradian has retracted its body, and the most amazing thing is that it ends up disappearing, leaving Jack unable to find them. The Christmas tree worm also quickly retracts its body when it encounters danger, then hides in the coral in which it lives, and finally perfectly covers itself with a body part that looks like a lid, which is very different from the mimosa that retracts its body but still exposes its body.
The Christmas tree worm is a very colorful and good-looking creature that lives in many tropical seas of the world, and its body consists of two parts, one is a normal body like other worms, and the other is a spiral feather tentacle like two Christmas trees. The Christmas tree tentacles of the Christmas tree worm are generally about 3.5 cm in size, which is a less conspicuous character in the coral bush, but its body part buried deep in the coral bush can reach a length of about 8 cm, so to speak, the latter is the main body part of the Christmas tree worm.
The main body part of the Christmas tree worm is hidden in the coral, so its surface is very smooth, there is no wart hair, plus it does not have the attached limbs used for movement and swimming, so the Christmas tree worm almost stays in the coral bush on which it is attached for a lifetime, many Christmas tree worms will even take the initiative to reach into the living coral, forcing the coral to grow into one, the Christmas tree worm generally has a 20-year life, consumes energy to the inside of the coral, and finally, they use the main parts of the body to store food and fertility, protect themselves, In this way, the Christmas tree worm has a little parasite meaning.
Those Beautiful Christmas Trees Like Feathers are actually the mouths of Christmas tree worms, their scientific name is called gill crowns, and its main role is to suck in suspended particles and plankton floating on the seabed to survive. If you do a rough calculation, you can know that a small Christmas tree worm must have hundreds of mouths, I think it is difficult not to be frightened by this number, but this is also a good explanation, because the creatures living in the abyss of the ocean can get much less oxygen, food and light than the other three ocean layers, and an extra mouth means that the Christmas tree worm can eat more food, can catch plankton, and the Christmas tree worm can survive, after all, it can not swim! It is worth mentioning that the gill crown of the Christmas tree worm has various colors, blue, orange, pink, yellow, etc., which is very good-looking, which has also become one of the important bases for people to find Christmas tree worms.
In fact, if you think about it, you will find that the Christmas tree worm is a very magical creature. As a sea creature without the limbs needed to swim, Christmas tree worms are a luxury for them to even move, but they have gill crowns called "feathers", and they are like birds with broken wings living in the sea. Is there anything you would like to say about such a special Christmas tree worm? Feel free to follow me and leave a message in the comments section below to let me know!