You definitely don’t know that there is a kind of bug that looks like an alien and is very powerful in attack, and can fight sharks alone. But what is surprising is that its taste is comparable to lobster and king crab, and it is very popular. What is going on? The first thing to

You definitely don’t know that there is a kind of bug that looks like an alien and is very powerful in attack. It can fight sharks alone. But what is surprising is that its taste is comparable to lobster and king crab. It is very popular. What is going on?

The first thing to know is that this is not an ordinary bug, but a deep-sea creature. Its full name is " king footed insect ". The body length of this insect can reach 19 to 37 centimeters, which is the size of a small dog. It is the largest arthropod isopod in the world. You know, such a body shape is rare among deep-sea animals . Moreover, it also looks very beautiful and comes in various colors, such as pink, tan, and lavender.

The king worm is an isopod with a scale-like shell on its back and many legs on its abdomen. It has a pair of compound eyes composed of nearly 4000 flat small eyes, which allows it to see It looks very much like an "alien". Although it is a crustacean, it is classified as the largest insect because it is a close relative of the terrestrial woodworm .

It was discovered through fossil data that giant king worms existed as early as 160 million years ago, and are currently mainly distributed in the deep seas of Australia, Mexico , India and other places.

King worms are carnivorous animals that mainly rely on the corpses of marine organisms for food. But it is also for this reason that many people will ignore its aggressiveness when they first see it. However, what you would never expect is that it is a creature that dares to fight a shark.

As you can see from this picture, a small shark is being bitten by a beetle. They struggled and rolled in the water, and the little shark tried to escape, but to no avail, the beetle did not let go of its mouth at all. In the end, the shark remained motionless and became the meal of the beetle, which shows how terrifying it is.

There are also scientists who conducted an interesting experiment in the Gulf of Mexico . They threw a dead crocodile into the seabed to observe marine life. As a result, the king beetles were the fastest to arrive, and they quickly surrounded the crocodile corpse. As we all know, crocodile skin is very hard. I thought it would be difficult for the giant worm to deal with such food. Unexpectedly, after a while, it bit open the crocodile skin, and some of it got into the crocodile's body. To nibble. Before long, an intact crocodile was reduced to a pile of bones.

Of course, in addition to their powerful attack power, they also have certain defensive capabilities. When encountering danger, the giant king beetle will also roll itself into a ball and hide its soft abdomen to avoid danger. Because it has a hard shell, it can protect itself well.

It is precisely because the king beetle is aggressive, smart, and knows how to protect itself that it can have its own place in the deep sea.

Of course, animal corpses are not found every day in the deep sea, so they have a survival mechanism unique to them. When there is plenty of food, the king worm will eat like crazy. As long as its belly can fit, it will try its best to pretend to be a "big eater". If sometimes they are really hungry, they will also hunt some slow-moving creatures, and even actively attack fishing net .

So, what should you do if there is really no food to eat?

Actually, we don’t need to worry about this. This is because the king has the ability to withstand hunger, which is absolutely beyond your imagination.

According to foreign media reports, a giant king beetle from the Toba Aquarium in Japan died after going on a hunger strike for more than five years, breaking the record for the longest animal hunger strike. And the strange thing is that no matter how the breeder feeds it, it refuses to take a bite. In order to prevent people from disturbing it, it sometimes pretends to eat to make the breeder happy, but does not swallow the food. So later, I starved to death by myself. To this day, no one knows why it doesn't eat.

However, because the king beetles are so delicious, they cannot escape the fate of being eaten.

However, because it lives in the deep sea and is particularly difficult to catch, it is not the target of commercial fishing. However, in Taiwan and other places in my country, there are many sales of king worms, and they once became a local specialty delicacy. In Japan, king-footed insects are also quite popular, and some people have even made many king-footed insect toys.

I really can’t believe that there are such magical little animals in the deep sea. So, what other special creatures do you know?