Super Military Scientist

Thousandth 768 chapters flat-headed grasshopper

The ferocity of these animals is well known in nature, and even some cheetahs or lions will be killed by the honey badger in the hands of the honey badger. Honey badger has a strong resistance to snake venom and is one of the few animals in the world that is resistant to snake venom.

Fierce and aggressive towards heterogeneous characters. Character is brave, persevering and tenacious. The hunting efficiency is very high. The difference from other predators is that the honey badger always preys to meet the energy consumed by its continuous movement. Other predators often take a rest after predation once. There are about 60 species of honey badger prey, from small insects to bunny, they can eat. A male honey badger can easily run 9.6 kilometers per hour, and its range of motion exceeds 200 square miles or more.

Honey badgers often hunt at night and sleep in caves or cracks in rocks during the day. The honey badger living in the Sahara Desert in Africa also forages during the day and is good at digging holes. The powerful weapon of the honey badger is its claws and teeth. Because it is very fierce, it is almost fearless. It takes an hour for the African leopard to catch it. It is subdued, because its fur is smooth and tough, and it is difficult to damage the body. The honey badger is self-harming, especially for cubs. Only half of the cubs can grow to adulthood.

Honey badgers like to eat honey the most. It has formed a very interesting "partnership" relationship with the black-throated honey bird. As soon as the honey badger sees the honey badger, it will keep calling to attract the attention of the honey badger. The honey badger follows the honey badger's call and follows it along with a series of response sounds. Because the honeybee cannot break the honeycomb itself, the honey badger uses its strong claws to open the honeycomb to eat bee larvae and pupae, and the honeybee can also share a meal.

The honey badger is known for its symbiosis partner, the smart honeybee, as a nectar guide. The ringing honeybee calls the honey badger to follow him and bring the honey badger to the bee's home. Relying on the strong claws of this mammal, the honeybee smashed the hive it had previously discovered. This strange partnership has yet to be scientifically demonstrated. Because the nectar collectors have witnessed this cooperation with their own eyes, they also regularly follow the guidance of the ringing honeybirds. Under the call of the birds flying around, people are guided to the hive a few kilometers away. Studies have shown that the honey bee knows the location of every honeycomb within a radius of 250 square kilometers. The nectar pickers rely on the honey bee for their living, and always leave some honeycombs in return.

Zhao Zhongyao told his wife and children some stories about the badger. After listening, everyone was very curious. I don't understand how there are such ferocious little animals on the African grasslands.

‘Dad, what you said is really good. Such a small animal is so cute. If I have the opportunity, I must go to the African savannah to see Brother Flathead, this legendary magical little animal. Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said.

‘Dad, look, this place is similar to the African savannah. Will there be animals like Flathead in this place! Suddenly every day there is such an idea.

After hearing what her sister said, Feifei glared at Tiantian and said, ‘Sister, what are you kidding about, this is Mercury, how can there be such a magical animal as the badger. ’

‘Although this is Mercury, the climate and environment here are the same as the African savannah! Since the environment is the same, will there be the same animals? Every day, seeing her brother didn't believe what she said, she pouted again.

After hearing what Feifei and Tiantian said, Zhao Zhongyao smiled and said, ‘This place of Mercury really looks like the African savannah. Since the environment is similar, will there be some magical animals here too! ’

‘Yes, Dad is right. There must be some magical animals in it. She said triumphantly when she watched her dad support herself every day.

At this time, Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao again and said, ‘Dad, how can you say that this place has such a prairie! This is Mercury. How could there be life in such a place. And it's still a prairie. ’

After hearing what Feifei said, Zhao Zhongyao thought for a moment and said, ‘That’s right, look at the environment here. This is a huge sinkhole. Outside the tiankeng, that is a barren land. Because the temperature outside is very high. It is not suitable for life.

But in this sinkhole, it's different. You see, the sun can't shine the sun directly into this tiankeng. In this case, the temperature of this tiankeng will be much lower than outside.

Also, this sinkhole was originally at the junction of the front and back of Mercury. The temperature at this junction is not very high. In addition, this tiankeng is still several hundred meters away from the ground. In this case, this place forms a natural greenhouse.

The temperature outside may increase the temperature inside this sinkhole. But the temperature in this tiankeng can be stored for a long time.

I have measured it just now, and the temperature here is only over 20 degrees. It happens to be a temperature very suitable for survival. Also, the oxygen content in this place is also very high. It is similar to ours on earth. Because of this, all kinds of lives can be produced in this place. ’

After hearing what Zhao Zhongyao said, Feifei said in a puzzled manner, ‘but this place is Mercury. Isn’t there no air on Mercury? How can there be air in this place. And there will be oxygen too! Feifei still doesn't understand this question.

After hearing Feifei’s words, Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said, ‘this place has life. It is because this place is a very special place on Mercury. I think that besides this place on Mercury, it is impossible for life to exist in that place. ’

'is it! What's so special about this place! Feifei didn't quite understand what his father said.

‘Son, look at this place, there are cliffs all around. If this place can produce some air, this air can be kept here for a long time.

Of course, air alone is unlikely to give birth to life. Want to give birth to life. Then there must be oxygen. It can be said that oxygen is the fundamental condition for the existence of life. It can also be said that oxygen creates life.

When there is no oxygen on the earth, there is no life. But once there was oxygen, life began to slowly appear. For life, oxygen is the key factor in their existence.

Oxygen is the key substance of human body's metabolism, and it is the first need of human body's life activities. Breathing oxygen is converted into oxygen available in the body, called blood oxygen. Blood carries blood oxygen to the whole body to input energy, and the transport amount of blood oxygen is related to the heart. , The working state of the brain is closely related. The stronger the heart pumping ability, the higher the blood oxygen content; the stronger the coronary artery blood transfusion ability of the heart, the higher the concentration of blood oxygen transported to the heart, brain and the whole body. The better the running state.

Oxygen is a key substance to maintain the vitality of the body's immune function. When people get enough oxygen, the nutrients they eat are oxidized before they can be used by cells and converted into energy to supply various tissues and organs to ensure the normal functioning of the immune system. If a person lacks oxygen, the function and immunity of various organs will decline, which will promote the ability to resist the virus.

Excessive oxygen inhalation can also promote life aging. The oxygen entering the human body reacts with the oxidase in the cells to generate hydrogen peroxide, which then becomes lipofuscin. This lipofuscin is a harmful substance that accelerates cell aging. It accumulates in the myocardium, aging myocardial cells and reduces heart function; accumulates on the blood vessel wall, causing vascular aging and hardening; accumulates in the liver, weakens liver function; accumulates in the brain , Causing mental decline, memory decline, people become dementia; it accumulates on the skin, forming age spots. Researchers analyzed sedimentary rocks and found that there was a high nickel content in the early Earth’s oceans 3.8 billion years ago.

But from 2.7 billion years ago to 2.5 billion years ago, when the "Great Oxidation Event" began, the amount of nickel dropped sharply. The reduction of nickel has laid a solid foundation for the "Great Oxidation Incident". Because the decrease in nickel content effectively reduces methane production. This promotes the rapid increase of oxygen on the earth and the slow formation of life.

And 2.7 billion years ago was when single-celled organisms appeared on the earth, and it was also when the oxygen in the early atmosphere suddenly increased. Therefore, this relationship can be inferred as follows: decrease in nickel → death of methanogenic bacteria → decrease in methane production → decrease in oxygen destruction → The number of microorganisms that produce oxygen increases → the production of oxygen in large quantities (the "major oxidation event" begins) → the emergence of single-celled organisms → the development of life from single-cell to multi-cell → low-level organisms → advanced organisms.

So, how did nickel decrease? Researchers believe that the cooling of the earth's crust 2.7 billion years ago led to a decrease in nickel levels, because the cooling of the earth's crust meant that very little nickel entered the ocean through volcanic eruptions. At the same time, due to the large amount of oxygen, it has also played a role in promoting changes in the earth's topography and topography.

For example, the corrosive effect of oxygen contributed to the erosion of rocks, rivers and coastlines were formed, and the earth was even shaped into a circle. However, before Konhauser reached the conclusion of the "Great Oxidation Event", some paleontologists believed that the mineralized deposits of the simplest single-celled organisms on earth were found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. These primitive creatures lived about 560 million years ago.

Although early life on Earth may not need oxygen. But the life forms at that time were basically simple bacteria. Only when a large amount of oxygen is produced, will life on earth continue to appear in the form of bursts.

Oxygen is a key factor in the continuous evolution and development of life on earth, and it is also the basic material that supports the entire life activities. Without oxygen, the vast majority of life on Earth would not exist.

The relationship between humans and oxygen is a very good proof. We humans are inseparable from oxygen for a moment. If there is no oxygen, humans cannot survive.

Not only humans cannot survive, but many small animals cannot survive. The relationship between humans and oxygen is the relationship between you and me. Without oxygen, there would be no human beings. All life on earth is based on the consumption of oxygen.

In this Mercury sinkhole, there must be some mechanisms for producing oxygen. Of course, it now appears that because of these grasses, there is also oxygen. With oxygen, there will be all kinds of animals.

This place was created by an asteroid explosion before. This asteroid may contain a large amount of oxygen. In this way, when this asteroid exploded, it would radiate a large amount of oxygen into this tiankeng.

In this way, a favorable condition is created for the existence of life here. There are a lot of oxygen and the right temperature makes this place a hotbed that produces a lot of life.

I feel that we are also lucky this time. We found this big sinkhole. If we had not found this big sinkhole, we are afraid that we have not found the signs of life on Mercury. ’

Looking at Feifei, Zhao Zhongyao said some of his views about this big sinkhole. After Feifei listened, it made sense. After all, it is really incredible that there is such a magical place on Mercury.

‘Dad, should we continue to explore the valley below us? I don't know what kind of magical animals there are in this valley. Feifei said, looking at his father again.

‘How can I know if I don’t go! I think that since there are small grasshoppers and big grasshoppers, there will also be other magical animals. "Zhao Zhongyao also feels that in such an underground world, there are not just a few small insects, there must be other animals.

So, Zhao Zhongyao took Feifei, Qu Yuqian and Tiantian, and went on to the depths of this small valley.

They are walking down this way, and it feels like they are walking into a deep valley. I don't know what's in this deep valley.

Zhao Zhongyao and Feifei, Qu Yuqian and Tiantian walked slowly toward the depths of this valley. They felt that there seemed to be nothing special in this valley. Except for some green grass, there are some small insects like grasshoppers.

Feifei looked at the little grasshoppers flying around them and said, ‘Dad, this place seems to have the most small grasshoppers! You see, no matter where we go, we can see such little grasshoppers. ’

After hearing Feifei’s words, Zhao Zhongyao said, ‘Yes, this kind of grasshopper must be the lowest end of the food chain in this prairie. They must be the main food for other large insects. ’

Zhao Zhongyao thought of the big grasshopper that they saw just now attacking them, and he felt that these little grasshoppers were just like the big grasshopper, the main food for other large insects.