Some time ago, New Oriental "cultural conductor" Dong Yuhui excitedly spoke a series of English in the live broadcast room, and recommended a set of books "BBC Popular Science Trilogy", which sold 10,000 copies in 20 minutes. What's the good thing?
"BBC Popular Science Trilogy" is a popular science book jointly edited by famous British science popularization channels and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The documentary with the same name scores as 9.5 points. It was also included in the reading guidance catalog of primary and secondary schools and was strongly recommended by Dong Yuhui. The three complete sets are "Life", "Ocean" and "Earth". The book is rich in content and has pictures that are more complete and clear than documentaries. High-definition photos of pit holes on the surface of the moon are records of exoplanet explosions; more than 1,000 explorations in the deep sea have been uncovered, revealing the wonders of the deep sea that you cannot see; the photos of the magma of the Great Span will take you to see the most real interior of the earth. More than 700 photos and nearly one million words tell interesting stories about the earth from scratch for 4.5 billion years, guiding children to love life, understand the earth, and explore the ocean. This time, let’s take you to take a look at one of the “Life”.
In the cold and dark North Pacific sea water, some reddish-brown objects are swimming, which is the largest octopus in the world. The giant Pacific octopus can live in a water depth of 750 meters, weighing up to 40 kg, and the heaviest octopus is recorded and even recorded 182 kg. They are also the longest-lived octopus and can live for 3 to 5 years.
Yemen The coastline of Socotra was formed at least 10 million years ago Arabian Peninsula and the African continent, and a small piece of land in Africa floated on the sea. For a long time, it exists as an independent island with many unique species, and the Socotra Dragon Blood Tree is one of them. It has grown for 200 years and is more than 6 meters tall and is extremely adapted to the severe environment here.
Chile's Patagonia region, on the beautiful Los Santos Lake, surrounded by densely forested slopes, the lake reflects the snow-covered Orson Volcano, where Darwin beetles live, with long jaws, almost as long as their bodies. They waved their wings and searched for companions among the woods. When two male beetles meet, they will fight without hesitation, open their jaws and tear them together. Darwin said: "They are brave and good at fighting. In the face of threats, they look around, spread their jaws and make sharp friction sounds."
5 desolate islands in the east of Bali are the habitats of Komodo dragons. There are thousands of Komodo dragons alive today, and most of them live here. Komodo dragon has a strong body, which is about the same as an adult man on average, with a body length of 2.2 meters (including tail) and a weight of 80 kg. When prey appears, it can rush towards prey at an extremely fast speed of 18 kilometers per hour, using their 60 sharp serrated teeth to rush hard on the prey's throat or belly.
The Conata Basin in the United States borders the Badlange National Park in , South Dakota. After spending winter in the south, the -hole owl will return here in early May and start mating. Paired owls build nests in caves they used the year before. The male birds will search for cows or bison's feces and other animals' excrement, transport them back with their claws, place them at the entrance of the cave, and lure other insects such as dung beetle . When there is sufficient feces, the little owl family can bring a dung beetle with a normal appetite of 10 times.
In the animal kingdom, polar bear has the most sensitive sense of smell. Experienced mother bears know which coast can provide food for it and its bears. Bat Island is probably the only place to see such rare social behavior. These animals, usually living alone, can gather together and form the largest gathering, with as many as 65 polar bears eating wrecks together.If the north wind blows, this is also the only place in the world where brown bears and polar bears can be seen gathering together.
Belize City is a land washed by flowing water. There is abundant rainfall here and nourishes a lot of life. Giant mastiff bat is one of them. They are large in size and start from their habitat every night and head to the river to catch fish at a speed of more than 64 kilometers per hour. The feet of giant mastiffs are the key to successful predation. Their feet can pass through the water, and the hook-shaped claws on their feet stretch forward like grappling hooks. Any fish on the water will be caught by this intimidating weapon.
In the southeast of Guinea, there have been 24 tools for chimpanzees recorded so far, and their applications range from knocking, detection to extraction, and spreading. The two behaviors of pounding with a pestle and fishing for seaweed are only recorded in the chimpanzee group here. Since the 1970s, people have discovered that chimpanzees here will use stone hammers and anvils to knock out oil palm nuts. They will also use tender branches to poke seaweed, use plant stems to catch seaweed, and fold leaves into cups to drink water.
This is the story in "Life: A Extraordinary World". The book tells a total of 130 incredible stories in nature. Exploring the lives of animals and plants in the ocean, on land or in the sky, and their extraordinary survival and reproduction strategies. This book will take you to follow the tenacious and creative animals and plants on the earth and experience the extraordinary journey of life together.
Friends who are interested in the "BBC Popular Science Trilogy: Life, Ocean, Earth" series can click the link below to learn more.
