Hello, everyone, it’s time for "Tao brothers to live in vain". It’s been a long time since we updated the series on the evolution of marine life. Today I chat with you about the inspirational stars in the evolution of species, and have fought stubbornly against natural enemies for more than 300 million years. One step short, but helplessly encountered a human jumping fish.
Jumping fish, the scientific name is mudskipper , which belongs to the class of rayfin fishes. Speaking of radiating fin fish, the origin is quite good. It can be traced back to the middle of the Devonian. Their brother is the famous sarcophagus. More than 300 million years ago, the sarcophagus came ashore and gradually evolved into a tetrapod, and then changed again. Into amphibians, then there are synapse and sauriforms, that is, orcs and dragons. Friends who are interested can read my previous series of evolution history for a little understanding.
Why did the pelvic fins that belonged to bony fish landed on land, but the radial fins stayed in the water all the time?
I don't know, but I don't think this statement is very accurate, because the jumping fish among the radial fin fish also try to jump out of the water and land on the shore, and this jump is hundreds of millions of years.
In these hundreds of millions of years, the battle between dragons and beasts on land has been filled with smoke, and the overlord in the sea has changed from to the world. As a jumping fish, its size is very small, its appetite is not large, and its ambition is not very high. The race is always struggling to survive under the claws of countless predators. But what is surprising and even admired is that as a fish, they have developed many skills that should not belong to fish, which is not uninspiring!
First of all, they can live out of water. In order to achieve this goal, jumping fish has developed their respiratory system to the extreme. Please pay attention to their cheeks:
is not very bulging ? This is a feature that rarely appears in animals. Brother Tao, I once read an article saying that one of the reasons why humans can evolve to be "advanced" is that primates can bulge their cheeks to blow fire to ensure that they are not extinguished, while other mammals do not. To do this action,Don't use fire and the rest is for nothing.
Of course, jumping fish’s cheeks are definitely not to blow fire, but to hold water. The oxygen carried by this saliva can greatly extend the time of jumping fish on the shore-it is true to carry an oxygen tank with you.
In addition, Tiaoyu has developed a second set of respiratory organs-skin. This ingenious way of ingesting air determines that as long as the humidity is sufficient, Tiaoyu does not have to worry about hypoxia even on the shore.
In addition, jumping fish, a small thing less than 10 cm in size, can gain the advantage of no claws and retreat from the strength of no armor. Talking about a large predator, it is just a bird or even a crab and prawn of the same size. , It's enough for them to drink a pot. Therefore, the color of Tiaotiaoyu's body surface is almost exactly the same as that of the surrounding environment:
It is not enough to have the gray-brown protection color that blends with the tidal flats. Tiaotiaoyu adheres to the principle of "being prepared for danger in times of peace and seeing six paths." "The survival strategy of most fish is to move the eyes of most fishes on both sides to the top of the head abruptly, and expand them to the greatest extent. Driven by the muscles of the eyeballs, the eyes of the jumping fish can be 200°. Rotating, there are almost no blind spots and blind spots in the visual range:
The most indispensable thing is its fin. In the previous series of evolution history, I mentioned that the reason why the flesh-fin fish can evolve into a tetrapod is because the fins have muscles and bones, which can help them support their bodies to walk. But jumping fish, as a radial fin fish, is it a bit too much to have the skills of a flesh fin fish?
Look at this moving gait? I dreamed of going back to the Devonian. I even suspected that it was in this posture when the first batch of finfish came ashore!
And the fins of the jumping fish are extremely powerful. The distance of 5 to 10 cm may not be a big deal, but according to the proportion of the body, it is not too high:
even the pelvic fins of the jumping fish. It can be opened and closed and turned into a suction cup, which can not only hobble on land, but also attach to the trunk when necessary, which is confusing—not only can walk and jump,I'm still climbing now, do I want to go to heaven next?
Stop, let’s take a look:
Human ancestors are anthropoid apes Mammals, mammals are a branch of Synaptics, Synaptics are born out of tetrapods, and tetrapods are meat The fin fish came ashore and changed, and under careful consideration, people have to think about it-
bony fish are one and two masters. After the flesh fin fish came ashore, the only advanced civilization on our planet was born, and the radial fin Although fish is now the largest subclass of vertebrates, it contains more than 30,000 species, but in the water, Gou watched his brothers rowing on the shore. Will they be unwilling to follow the fins? The fish’s old way, after a lapse of 300 million years, came back and attacked? ——Perhaps the seemingly weak jumping fish is the landing pioneer of the radial fin fish on the evolutionary road?
If this is the case, then the radiating fin fish may have miscalculated, because they have jumped for more than 300 million years, and finally jumped to the human table.
Tofu Soup , delicious:
In some parts of Japan and China, oil bomb mudskipper is also a coveted snack:
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He even developed a very insulting way of eating fish dumplings:
Braised in brown sauce:
simmered with salt and pepper
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Get up:
It’s not impossible to get drunk:
Sporafin: How did you land?
Meat Fin Fish: It's not fun in the water.
Radiant Fish: Okay, remember to go home often.
Meat Fin Fish: Got it.
300 million years later.
Meat Fin Fish: Come on here, it’s fun.
Radiant Fish: Got it.
Meatfin fish: It is impossible to release it. Put green onion, ginger and garlic.
Radial fin fish: Meat fin fish, I %￥…………*@#￥
Okay, I’m Tao brother. I love fishing and can talk. I’ll live for nothing today. If you like it, follow me.
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