Top 5 “Most Surprising Animal News” of 2023!
5th place: A chimpanzee who had been in a cage for 28 years captured the moving moment when he saw the sky for the first time!
The emotional moment when 28-year-old female chimpanzee Vanilla saw the sky for the first time / Credit: Save the Chimps
For us, “looking up at the sky” is a very normal thing to do, and there is nothing particularly surprising or moving about it.
However, a 28-year-old female chimpanzee“Vanilla”It’s different for me.
Since she was born, she has been kept for research purposes, so she has spent her entire life in a cage and has never seen the sky.
However, in June of this year, the research institute he belonged to closed down and he was taken in by a new shelter, allowing him to finally look up at the sky for the first time in his life.
That touching moment was captured on video and became a hot topic around the world.
Until then, Vanilla had been kept in a dark enclosure, slowly wandering around the lush grassland and looking up at the blue sky over and over again.
Seeing blue skies every day is not something we take for granted, and it may be a blessing in disguise.
A chimpanzee who had been in a cage for 28 years captured the moving moment when he saw the sky for the first time!
4th place: Whale shark thinks “researcher who collected parasites” is a cleaning fish for 6 years
Collecting copepods from the mouth of a whale shark / Credit: UWA – Tiny parasites store ‘black box’ of information on whale sharks’ diet(2023)
Even though they live in different worlds, humans and animals sometimes communicate with each other.
Marine biologists from the University of Western Australia (UWA) spent six years collecting parasites from the skin of 72 whale sharks living in coral reefs off Australia’s coast.
The goal is to indirectly determine what whale sharks eat by examining chemicals in their skin and parasites.
Divers regularly approach whale sharks and use plastic knives to scrape off copepod parasites from their mouths and fins, but this is not an easy task.
Whale sharks appear to be swimming slowly, but they are fast enough for humans.
However, as the investigation continued, strange changes began to appear.
HowWhale sharks can now slow down or stop completely when divers approach them with familiar collection equipment.It is.
Removal of parasites is also beneficial for whale sharks, which may be why they accept divers as “cleaners.”
Whale shark believes “researchers who collected parasites” were scavenger fish for 6 years
3rd place: If you raise grasshoppers in a “3x gravity environment”, their exoskeleton will become more powerful! However, if it is 5 times or more…
When grasshoppers were raised in a “3G gravity environment,” their bodies became more powerful! / Credit: Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, canva, Nazology Editorial Department
The planet Vegeta that appears in Dragon Ball has 10 times the gravity of Earth, so the Saiyans who grew up in that environment had far superior physical abilities than Earthlings.
However, it turns out that Earth-born grasshoppers can do the same gravity training as Saiyans.
In a study at Germany’s Bremen University of Applied Sciences (BUAS),Grasshoppers grown in a gravity chamber develop stronger legs in just two weeksIt became clear.
In particular, as a result of being exposed to 3G gravity for two weeks, the strength of the grasshopper’s exoskeleton and legs was maximized, resulting in a sturdy and unbreakable body.
However, when it comes to 5G and 8G, it becomes weaker and the mortality rate increases.
Maybe I still don’t have enough training to withstand 5x or 8x gravity…
If you raise grasshoppers in a “3x gravity environment”, their exoskeleton will become more powerful! However, if it is 5 times or more…
2nd Place: 77 million yen worth of “Ryushika” found in a washed-up sperm whale!
77 million yen worth of “ryuto incense” found in a washed-up sperm whale! / Credit: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (The Guardian, 2023)
A whale’s body sometimes becomes a “treasure chest.”
In July of this year, the body of a large sperm whale, about 13 meters long, washed up on the beach of the Spanish island of La Palma.
When the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and others conducted an autopsy, they found thatA gigantic dragonfly with a diameter of 60 centimeters and a weight of 9.5 kilograms was discovered.It is.
Ryuseika is a concretion that can only be collected from the intestines of sperm whales, and is traded as a rare fragrance due to its unique scent.
When we appraised the dragonfly incense we found this time, we found that its price was500,000 euros or more (approximately 77 million yen)reached.
77 million yen worth of “ryuto incense” found in a washed-up sperm whale!
1st Place: A “hole-filled marlin” is salvaged in Australia! What is the identity of the culprit?
A marlin full of holes has been salvaged in Australia! What is the identity of the culprit? / Credit: TK Offshore Fishing – Swordfish, Tuna Fishing and Cookie Cutter Sharks: Explore the Coral Sea with TK!”(youtube, 2023)
In August of this year, a swordfish that looked like it had been machine-gunned into a beehive was pulled up from the waters off northeastern Australia.
According to the fisherman who discovered it, the body of the swordfish containedThere were dozens of circular holes that looked like they had been hollowed out with a large spoon.That’s what it means.
Although he was still breathing when we pulled him up, his wound continued to bleed and he died soon after.
It was clearly a scar from being attacked by someone, but was it the work of a monster?
However, from an expert’s point of view, the identity of the culprit was obvious.
its name is“Scientific name: Isistius brasiliensis”is.
Daruma sharks are small, measuring 30 to 50 centimeters in length, but they have a mouth shaped like a cookie cutter, and they bite into their prey and twist their bodies around to cut out the flesh of their prey.
What’s more, the mackerel shark is a fearless fish.Even larger whales and great white sharks will bite without hesitation.That’s what it means.
It seems likely that this swordfish was attacked by a group of swordfish sharks.
A marlin full of holes has been salvaged in Australia! What is the identity of the culprit?
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2023-12-31 03:00:53
