酢酸を噴射するサソリモドキ、国立公園で繁殖シーズン 米テキサス州
Acetic acid-injecting Thelyphonida, breeding season in a national park, Texas, USA
Acetic acid-injecting Thelyphonida, breeding season in a national park, Texas, USA
米テキサス州南西部のビッグベンド国立公園で、「サソリモドキ」と呼ばれるクモガタ類の節足動物が繁殖の季節を迎えています
In Big Bend National Park, southwest Texas, the arachnid arthropods called ”Thelyphonida” are in the breeding season.
In Big Bend National Park, southwest Texas, the arachnid arthropods called ”Thelyphonida” are in the breeding season.
同国立公園はフェイスブックへの投稿で、「夏の雨に誘われてサソリモドキが食べ物と愛を求め、巣穴から出てきた」と伝えました
In a Facebook post, the national park said, ”Summer rain invited the scorpionfish to seek food and love and came out of their burrows.”
In a Facebook post, the national park said, ”Summer rain invited the scorpionfish to seek food and love and came out of their burrows.”
同公園によると、サソリモドキは体長約7.6センチです
According to the park, Thelyphonida is about 7.6 cm long.
According to the park, Thelyphonida is about 7.6 cm long.
大きなハサミとむちのような長い尾が特徴で、85%が酢酸からなる液体を尾の部分から噴射します
It features large scissors and a long tail like a whip, and ejects a liquid consisting of 85% acetic acid from the tail part.
It features large scissors and a long tail like a whip, and ejects a liquid consisting of 85% acetic acid from the tail part.
酢酸は酢の主成分です
Acetic acid is the main component of vinegar
Acetic acid is the main component of vinegar
しかしサソリモドキは夜行性で、姿を見かけることはめったになく、「驚かせない限りはほとんど無害」と同公園は指摘しました
However, the scorpionfish are nocturnal and rarely seen, ”almost harmless unless surprised,” the park pointed out.
However, the scorpionfish are nocturnal and rarely seen, ”almost harmless unless surprised,” the park pointed out.