Many creatures have been crowned with many mythical colors because of human incomprehension, such as: owls, because they are nocturnal animals and will make some calls at night, are considered to be the messengers of the soul, extremely sensitive to the taste of decay, so it is said that where the owl goes, where there is a funeral; sloths usually stay on trees are not easy to find, although usually slow, but in the water is not slow at all, but also because of people's cognition, even the sloth as a water ghost, water monkey, Near the water's edge, it will be dragged into the water.
Swimming sloths
There is also a magical fish, some of the legends of the sea snake are derived from it, especially when it appears will bring terrible earthquakes, this fish known as the messenger of disaster is - "royal belt fish".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > disaster messenger</h1>
The title of "Messenger of Disaster" is really not as empty as other animals, and once the Royal Fish appears, it is like a vision from heaven, and something big is about to happen.
In 1932, the fish appeared off the coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, and soon after an earthquake occurred in the northeastern part of the Japanese island of Honshu.
In February 2004, two kingfish were detected in Taiwan, and a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Taiwan.
Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant was caused by an earthquake, and the fish was discovered off the coast of Japan a year before the Fukushima nuclear power plant exploded in 2011.
In recent 2017, the presence of kingfish has often been found on the coast of the Philippines, and the Philippines has suffered a major disaster, with nearly 10 earthquake events in a year.
Of course, it does not mean that the appearance of king-banded fish will necessarily bring earthquakes, according to the research of scientists, there have been king-banded fish in many places, but there have been no earthquakes and tsunamis and other events. Due to the scarcity of research materials, biologists cannot determine the relationship between the kingfish and the earthquake, because most of the appearance of the kingfish has been bought by fish dealers and brought to the table. After all, such a big striped fish, who wouldn't want to try it?
Of course, "once bitten by a snake for ten years, I am afraid of the well rope", as long as the imperial fish appears, people should be vigilant.
Oceanographer Jay Walker pointed out that the appearance of king band fish cannot play a role in predicting earthquakes. If there is a big earthquake near the coast, other fish will also appear, not just royal bands.
As for why the appearance of the kingfish will bring earthquakes, the experts say this: the kingfish is a fish that lives in the deep sea, and can live in the deep sea up to 10,000 meters. It is more professional because it is close to the seabed!!!
When the earth's crust moves, that is, before the earthquake, many animals can feel it, rats moving, poultry flying high, cats and dogs screaming and so on, the kingfish living in the deep sea will feel the changes in the world more strongly, making it fearful, seeking benefits and avoiding harm and the desire to survive make it escape from the deep sea and flee to the sea.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > messenger of the Dragon Palace or the legendary sea snake? </h1>
Some people also say that the long beard and the long whiskers on the head of the imperial fish resemble the mythical priests who are messengers from the Dragon Palace, and in order to send a message to the earth, the news of the earthquake is transmitted. Therefore, in folk mythology, it is believed that the appearance of royal fish will bring earthquakes.
Messenger of the Dragon Palace, from the "Different Fish Tuzan" painted by Kurimoto Danzhou
Maybe because in ancient times, people could only occasionally see the magical fish of the royal band fish, after all, the deep-sea fish would only go to the shallow sea if they were injured or sick, and the strange shape of the royal belt fish coupled with the narrow and long body shape would always be mysterious. The legend of the sea snake is related to the royal band fish.
The legend of the sea snake that many people should have heard is that in the mysterious and dark sea lives a very long snake that destroys passing ships. The image of the king-banded fish is very much in line with this large snake, although the royal-banded fish will not destroy the ship. The kingfish can reach a maximum length of 11 meters, and even in 1808 a kingfish that was washed up on a Scottish beach is said to have reached a length of 17 meters.
In 1996, it was washed up on the coast of California, USA, and its length is about 6 meters
Because the kingfish does not have fins to help swim, the kingfish swims in a much similar way to a snake to gain the ability to move forward through the twisting of the body. Who is not afraid to encounter such creatures on the mysterious sea? Don't say it's a snake, even if it's a dragon, I believe it.
Of course, there is also a legend that the royal fish is the "king of herring". Because fishermen on the seashore can often see the figure of the kingfish when catching herring, not only the appearance of the royal belt fish swimming there is also a kind of royal belt fish leading these herring forward, so the royal band fish also has the title of "king of herring".
Of course, about leading the fish, I believe that the royal band fish is preying on these fish, don't look at the royal band fish body elegant, sometimes a little bit of pity, but such a big fish is a carnivorous fish, very fierce, generally eat a variety of small and medium-sized fish, shrimp, crabs, squid, etc., and even there will be cannibalism.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the king of the fish? </h1>
The name King's Belt Fish does not mean that this fish is the king of the belt fish, although the king band fish looks very similar to the belt fish, but it does not have any kinship. It is also a bony fish, but it is not the same kind of fish, and the only thing that is similar to the striped fish is their appearance and their vertical swimming style.
This way of swimming disguises itself as seaweed in the sea, on the one hand, it can avoid other powerful predators from conserving energy, and on the other hand, you can wait for the rabbit to wait until the prey can enjoy the delicacy after a bite.
The king band fish is not just one kind of fish, but four kinds of fish that include the king band fish species, which are collectively called "king band fish" because of their extreme similar appearance.
Of course, there are many ways to swim, swinging its body like a snake, or just shaking its dorsal fin to swim slowly.
The evolution of the king band fish is very complete tail fin degradation almost disappeared, the pectoral fin also evolved into two long ties, the most characteristic is the dorsal fin of the king band fish, from the top of the eye the dorsal fin of the head resembles a long crown cap, and the dorsal fin of the back part of the head is composed of 400 dorsal fin rays, forming an elongated tail peak.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > mating pattern of kinghead fish</h1>
As a peculiar fish, the breeding method of the royal stripe fish is also very peculiar.
Unlike other animals, they are accustomed to the mating season of the kingfish in November of each year. During this mating season, many kingfish will come from all over the world and gather to a designated place for collective mating, of course, this way of mating is very efficient. Scientists also can't figure out why the king band fish are able to return to this location exactly every year.
They then divide into small and large groups and begin courtship activities, with a female queenfish and her suitors in both large and small groups. During breeding, the female queenfish lays about 100,000 eggs in two weeks, after which the male royal band fish will excrete their own sperm and combine them into fertilized eggs.
Of course, it was said earlier that the royal banded fish will kill each other, so after the end of breeding, the royal belt fish will rush to leave this water. During the breeding period, in order to prevent everyone from killing each other and affecting reproduction, the royal band fish will secrete a special enzyme, just like a truce agreement, and the royal band fish will not have cannibalism during this period.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
The sea is very deep and mysterious, and there are many creatures in the deep sea that we know very little, and I have to say that the sea is really very wonderful. What do you think about such a magical fish?