Chinese diving ship caught the

Giao Long diving ship caught the precious red sea cucumber rarely survey the deepest Mariana trench in the world in the Pacific Ocean.

China's Giao Long deep-water dive ship on May 23 completed the 143th ocean exploration over 3 hours at the Mariana trench, the deepest basin in the Earth in the Pacific Northwest, according to Xinhua.

Giao Long is China's first manned deep water submersible.(Photo: QQ).

During this survey, Chinese scientists collected many marine specimens such as basalt, sponges, starfish and a red sea cucumber , a soft-bodied creature that is considered a remedy. positive kidney " in oriental medicine in this country.

Sea cucumber has an amino acid content of up to 86.5%, of which arginine accounts for 11.9%. Ariginine is the main ingredient for collagen synthesis, which promotes cell regeneration, restores muscle damage, eliminates fatigue, and restores physical strength. They are considered "specialty coated" in China for thousands of years.

It took scientists more than 30 minutes to lure the 35cm long sea cucumber into the cage at a depth of nearly 4,800 meters on the seabed.

The red sea cucumber, 35 cm long, was captured at a depth of nearly 4,800 meters below sea level.(Photo: Renmin).

Sea cucumber is a species with many strange behaviors in the animal world. They can hibernate in the summer, break and regenerate the intestine, even release a chemical to disintegrate the body and disappear without leaving a trace.

According to Yang Hongsheng, deputy director of the Institute of Oceanography at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sea cucumbers are an important key to answering many mysteries of the marine life.