Hot news about the natural world in the last 5 years - Part
01 - LP 380
1. Giant squid drifts to the coast of New Zealand.
A giant squid up to 4,2m floated into the New Zealand coast
to shock the world.
There is much speculation that it is Kraken creature in
Norse mythology, a thousand meters long with huge tentacles.
Three brothers Daniel, Jack and Matthew Aplin are diving in
the waters of Wellington in New Zealand, and they discovered this giant squid
lying on the beach.
According to staff of the New Zealand Marine Conservation
Department, this is one of the largest species of molluscs in the world. It is
also the largest invertebrate surviving along with colossal inks.
2.The giant whale ran aground.
A humpback whale was found stranded on April 7, 2018 on the
beach in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
This is a strange phenomenon because according to the
environmentalists, rarely humpback whale stranded along the coast.
People on the beach together splashed water on the humpback
whale's body to help it breathe. Later, local rescue workers used a heavy crane
to bring the giant animal up to eight meters deep into the water.
3. Dinosaurs still exist as a new variant.
According to the journal Nature Communications, some
scientists believe that birds are the current dinosaurs in the world. This was
discovered when they opened the quest for the ADN of ancient dinosaurs.
This proves that the presence of fossils reveals that many
dinosaurs have bones are very much like
the birds we see today.
Professor Darren Griffin tells that some dinosaurs have
created their own variants. There are many chromosomes that allow dinosaurs to
disturb their genes more than other animals. But the matter has not been
officially announced, let's wait and see the most accurate scientific reports
in the future about this.
4. Ants planted 3 million years ago.
The ants Philidris Nagasau, In the island of Fiji, has
grown, tended and harvested the fruit from the Squamellaria plant from the
Pliocene (about 5,332 to 1,806 million years ago). This is really a surprise to
everyone.
Philidris nagasau is a species of ant in the genus
Philidris. Described by Mann in 1921, the species is endemic to Fiji.
Philidris nagasau makes its living by planting seeds of
epiphytes such as Squamellaria in the bark of host trees and tending them like
a garden.
AUGUST 2018
