monster! A woman from Chengdu came to the lake to fish, but unexpectedly saw a magical scene: the fish leaped high and densely packed, like a boiling dumpling.
You should know that there was a sudden earthquake in Sichuan at the beginning of last month, and Luding and asbestos earthquakes one after another, followed by constant aftershocks, which made many people still feel scared. In the video taken by the woman, we can see that the fish in the lake are big and small. At the same time, it was accompanied by the exclamation of the woman and a man: It jumped up all of a sudden, it was so strange.
Seeing this scene, many netizens expressed concern: "Can this be a precursor to the earthquake?" , "It's probably going to be an earthquake, otherwise it won't be like this", "It's nothing else, but this is in Sichuan", "Pay attention to the earthquake, and a large number of fish jumping around in the water, which is very abnormal."
Some netizens even said, "This may be a sign of disaster." But what is the truth? Let’s take a look at this matter in detail below.
There are few fish in Chengdu jumping out of the water and jumping around! Why do netizens link earthquakes together?
Indeed, it is rare for fish groups to jump out of the water in Chengdu. But as far as the whole country is concerned, this is not the first time. Whether it is this incident in Chengdu or previous events, netizens' first reaction is whether it is an earthquake. Why is this?
Before this, let’s take a look at what similar incidents have occurred across the country.
Do you still remember " Xia Yuhe on the Daming Lakeside "? It's the place in the classic TV series that we often replayed during the summer season when we were young. A netizen filmed a video at Daming Lake, Shandong and became popular on the Internet: the truth of a big fish jumped out of the lake, staged a grand "fish jumped over the dragon gate" wonder. The jumping fish were boiling on the lake, like boiling underwater dumplings.
Also in July, a similar scene appeared in Changchun Lake Park in Jilin: the fish jumped out of the water, densely packed and very scary. According to witnesses, the boiling fish made the fishermen around them very disappointed. None of them took the bait. They jumped very high, and some even jumped onto the cruise ship, feeling like they were stimulated and had a great reaction.
In September 2022, a rare abnormal picture also appeared in Honghu in Jingzhou, Hubei. I saw the fish in the lake rushing out of the water, and then jumping out again after falling into the water, just like there was a natural enemy in the water. At the same time, fish sprouted out of the water in Taitung County, Taiwan, China, and an earthquake immediately occurred, which surprised and exclaimed many citizens passing by. There are actually similar things like
, so I won't give an example here. So why do netizens always love to be associated with earthquakes whenever fish rush to jump out of the water? In fact, it seems that the reason may lie in the following three aspects.
First of all, the fish jumping out of the water and earthquakes do occasionally collide together. Take Luding and Asbestos earthquakes, Taiwan earthquakes and even before other earthquake events, someone did see "animal abnormalities", which also included fish jumping. The so-called "seeing is real" naturally makes it very easy to connect the two together.
Secondly, from an abnormal point of view, even if the fish are not jumping over the water, as long as there is an abnormal or rare event, netizens will easily associate it with earthquakes. Therefore, it is not just fish, just like frogs, insects, snakes, crows, bats, clusters appear, or some other "animal abnormalities", netizens' first reaction may combine local characteristics and generate a series of artificial connections.
As for Sichuan, there have been major earthquakes in Wenchuan, major earthquakes in Ya'an, and even the Luding earthquakes and asbestos earthquakes that occurred in 2022. Because it is located near the junction of the plates, and the internal fault section is also rich in earthquakes, there are three very active and dangerous fault zones such as the Xianshui River fault zone, the Longmenshan fault zone, and the Anning River fault zone.
, especially the Xianshuihe fault zone, because it is close to , the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is one of the most active fault zones in my country, and its strength, frequency and degree are of the same order as it is. The constant aftershocks of asbestos and Luding are also caused by this.
Finally, from the perspective of whether fish can perceive and predict earthquakes. From a scientific research perspective, it is undeniable that fish can indeed perceive earthquakes. Surface vibrations caused by crustal activity will not only affect organisms on land, but also underwater species, such as fish. For example, during an earthquake in Japan, a netizen showed that about 8 seconds after the earthquake started, fish jumped out of the water on the lake. In about 18 seconds, another large group of birds appeared to fly by. The photographer's camera has been shaking violently since the start of the earthquake, which is also a proof that the earthquake has really occurred.
What is the reason why fish groups jumped out of the water in Chengdu? Can fish really predict earthquakes?
It is worth mentioning that in the Rubik's Cube above, fish can perceive earthquakes, but it should be emphasized that it does not have a predictive function. The reason why some Japanese experts believe that fish can perceive earthquakes in advance is that there is even a slash fish called " earthquake fish ". The legend says that "the appearance of slash fish means that an earthquake is about to occur."
But these are actually not positively related to deep-sea fish making an exception to float on the water to avoid earthquakes. After all, Japan is called "a country that grows on earthquakes and volcanoes". Its innate geographical location is determined by such frequent earthquakes.
And as for the group of fish that appeared in Chengdu this time, the Rubik's Cube also carefully observed the videos circulating on the Internet, and many suspicious points can be seen from the videos. First of all, this lake is actually more like an artificial fish pond than a natural lake. Secondly, there are fishing nets surrounding the water, which look like the owner of the pond is fishing around the fish. Furthermore, in terms of fish species, this belongs to silver carp . When the silver carp is frightened, it will jump on its own, which is a normal reaction.
In addition, in fact, the time has taken to shoot the scene in the video has caused heated discussion. If the earthquake can be predicted, it is a precursor to the earthquake, why haven’t Chengdu heard of it?
So why do fish leaps in groups? The reason is actually to look at similar events that have occurred in the past. Fish groups like Daming Lake jumped out collectively. Afterwards, relevant technical personnel from the local Fisheries Department said: This kind of large jump was usually caused by disturbance. Most of the fish jumped out at that time were silver carp. This kind of fish was more sensitive and impatient, so they made a natural reaction.
combined with other similar events, it can be found that this phenomenon may actually occur except for being frightened, such as hypoxia after rain, leakage of electricity, fishing of electric fish, etc. Therefore, essentially, fish jumping cannot be equated with earthquakes. What do you think?
