The various reactions of netizens are attracting attention to the death of a squid on the coast of Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do.
As of today (15th), there are tens to hundreds of netizen comments on the article that reported the content.
Netizens said, "It came out to the beach after being chased by a big fish", "I picked up a small squid that came to the beach 20 years ago and ate it with ramen. It's not surprising at all." Various reactions are coming out such as "I need to investigate", "Isn't a tsunami coming from undersea activities", "It's a warning from the Earth", "It's horrible", "I'm worried about radiation, but can I eat it?"
The most common of these is "Isn't it a sign of an earthquake?"
One netizen said, "Suggest an earthquake. Be suspicious of everything and prepare. There is nothing wrong with preparing." Another netizen said, "Isn't it an earthquake, it's scary."
As such, the anxiety about whether it is a sign of an earthquake over the death of a squid seems to have originated from the myth that abnormal phenomena such as large-scale movement of creatures such as ants, snakes, and elephants reminiscent of evacuation are related to the earthquake.
The emergence of Sangalchi and Turachi, which are rarely seen in the deep sea, has been linked to earthquakes. Therefore, the appearance and death of a squid living in deep water are treated as the same phenomenon.
In this regard, experts say, "a story that is scientifically unfounded."
In order to turn out to be an objective fact, it must happen repeatedly, because there is no clear connection.
In fact, in Japan, research was conducted to verify the correlation between deep-sea fish and major earthquakes, but the results showed that the scientific basis was scarce.
A research team led by Orihara Yoshiaki, a special professor at Tokai University in Japan, took the study target of “Sakegashira”, a type of deep-sea salmon, also called “earthquake fish”.
The research team analyzed newspaper articles and aquarium records related to cases where deep-sea fish were pushed ashore or captured from 1928 to 2011.
We divided Japan into five regions and investigated whether an earthquake of magnitude 6 or more occurred within 30 days of the discovery of deep sea fish.
As a result of the analysis, out of 363 cases in which deep-sea fish were found, only 13 cases, or 4%, of earthquakes occurred after the discovery.
The same is true of the swarm of squid that netizens are worried about.
The same thing happened in Sokcho and Goseong in December 2013, but no earthquake occurred.
Experts have analyzed that the death of the squid is caused by the upset phenomenon of the seawater.
The rise of seawater is caused by the rise of the seawater from the depths to the surface layer, and occurs when the lower seawater rises to the surface to fill the voids created when the seawater from the coast is pushed toward the open sea by the wind.
At this time, it is believed that the majestic squid living at a depth of 200 to 600 meters came up with it and was pushed to the shore by the waves and died.
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