Scientists have discovered "giant sperm", which fell during mating and were sealed in amber, about hundreds of millions of years ago

Scientists have discovered "giant sperm", which fell during mating and were sealed in amber, about hundreds of millions of years ago

The earth was born about 4.6 billion years ago, and in the long historical process, human beings and other creatures on the earth have gradually evolved. However, you must know that humans did not originally exist on the earth in ancient times, or that humans were not the masters of the earth at that time. In modern times, there are still some evidences or relics that can help us understand prehistoric creatures. Among them, the main way we understand the ancient world is through fossils or the remains of some animals and so on. Among them, amber is also a very important research object, and they are a strong evidence.

I believe everyone is familiar with amber. The formation of this substance is mainly due to the solidification of some liquid secreted by plants during the dripping process.

And because of its special composition, it can be stored for a long time, and if it can wrap some substances in it, it will not be corrupted or deformed.

In fact, the phenomenon of amber also occurs frequently. However, in the formation of amber in ancient times, it is possible to preserve some memories from prehistoric creatures for us.

For example, some small insects will be unintentionally wrapped in solidified amber, which can even be preserved for hundreds of millions of years.

Before, scientists discovered such a very strange amber, because it was wrapped in two small insects and was in the process of mating.

To know the discovery of such an amber, it can be said to be very important for scientists. They did not expect to be able to capture such a behavior, which can be said to be very valuable for research.

After research, it was found that this amber was about 100 million years ago. The two insects wrapped in it are called ostracods, and through precision instruments, it can be seen that the two are mating.

It can be said that the formation of this kind of amber is indeed a rare coincidence, because it is very precious to occasionally wrap an insect, not to mention that the probability of such a situation happening is very low.

Scientists guessed that when the two ostracods were mating, they did not expect to be accidentally wrapped in resin dripping from the tree. It was sealed after that. Although it has gone through wind and sun and long historical changes, it was unexpectedly still preserved very intact.

And this situation is not surprising, scientists have found a special substance in it, that is the sperm of ostracods!

In fact, the size of the ostracods is very small, and the weight of the whole amber is only about 0.676 grams. However, scientists found that their sperm lengths reached 200 microns.

This can only be detected with the help of a particularly sophisticated instrument, and you may not have an intuitive feeling when you see this data. But in comparison, human sperm is only about 20 microns in length, so it can be seen that their sperm surpasses human sperm several times and can be called giant sperm.

And this discovery has also made scientists very excited, because even now, it is difficult to find that the sperm of some organisms can reach such a huge volume. Moreover, these two organisms are inherently small, so this discovery is also of great value.

Scientists may explore the origin of organisms and some of the processes and changes they have encountered during their evolution through their detailed analysis.

For amber, we can still feel the call from ancient times today, which also makes us realize that the mysteries of nature are endless, and I believe that one day we will understand more in detail