Death deep in Mongolia

The eel eels have the ability to release high power up to 500-650 volts, to paralyze or kill prey. Up to 600,000 ' dry batteries ' are arranged on their bodies like an eel battery.

Death " deep " figure in Mongolia
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Death worms in the southern Gobi desert (Mongolia) are called nomadic tribes by allghoi khorkhoi or 'deep bloody' . It is a mysterious creature, shaped like a snake. It looks like a live cow intestine, 0.6-1.5m long, fat, bright red, with black spots or patches on the body, head and tail with thorns.

Some local Mongols have reported thrilling stories about it, such as the ability to spew a yellow acid poison that can cause immediate death through contact, and even more horribly possible. the ability to kill enemies from afar with a super strong electric current. The death worm was first mentioned in 1926 in the book by American Professor Roy Chapman titled 'On the Way to Find the Ancient' , after he attended a meeting of Mongolian officials. with mouth reports describing them very eloquently and in detail, though he has not yet seen it.

As for the Czechoslovakian explorer Ivan Mackerle, he described in depth the following words from the locals: 'It looks like a sausage that is more than 20 cm long, fat like a human arm, quite like the intestines of cattle. . Its tail is as short as if it is cut, but not as tapered as a bud.

It is difficult to determine what is the head, the tail because the eyes, nose and mouth are not visible. It moved strangely - curled up and rolled, or crawled on one side of the body. It lives in deserted sand dunes and burning valleys of the Gobi desert, where underground saxaul trees are located. You can see it at the hottest time of the year in June and July. After that, it will bury in sand and sleep almost the rest of the year. Usually it will crawl to the surface after the rain, or when the soil is wet '. It is believed that exposure to anywhere on this worm is extremely dangerous and its venom can erode metal, enough for a healthy camel to die. It loves yellow and parasitic plants in the desert like goyo.

If you go to the Gobi desert, you will hear many people tell the following story: A boy is playing outdoors with a yellow box. A worm silently crawled into the box. The boy touched it and touched it immediately. Following the trail on the sand left behind, his parents knew what had happened and were determined to find the worm to take revenge. But instead of killing it, they were killed by it !?

Phonetically, Gobi in Mongolian means ' very wide and very dry '. The Gobi is an arc of 1.3 million square kilometers, considered one of the largest deserts in the world. Unlike the image we often see about the desert, Gobi not only has sand but also is covered with mountains and bare rocks. Formerly, it used to be a fertile land, part of a lake or sea that was deeply ingrained in the interior 10,000 or 12,000 years ago.

This ' sacred island ' is also called the ' Sea of ​​Knowledge ' by Chinese people. But a cataclysm washed away the water to the south and west, leading to the current situation. Death worm is a mysterious creature; Its existence is being debated. During Soviet rule, Soviet scientists conducted many expeditions and there were many stories about their travels.

Most recently, in May 2005, scientists and explorers linked between the three organizations: Fortean Zoo Center, Mysterious World and E-Mongol spent a month studying the reports. and continue to hunt down the depths of death. Although they have not seen it with their own eyes, they believe that such a creature could exist in the Gobi desert, along the harsh lands of the Chinese-Mongolian border.

Team leader Richard Freeman has his opinion as follows: 'I think this is not deep. The right worms really need moisture. Perhaps it is a kind of legless reptile animal, living on the ground. It could be a giant member of a group of reptiles named as two-headed worm or snake lizard. In fact, there is a group of these animals, but they are rarely studied . '

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He also said that people had exaggerated the power of death worms. It is like a fire dragon, a salamander of the Middle Ages, but extremely poisonous. Alexander the Great had lost hundreds of warriors after these people drank water in a stream with a salamander lying there.

Even in the present time in Sudan, many people think that the gentle python can still kill people through contact. Other expeditions were planned again in 2006 and 2007. There have been many questions: Is the death worm a textile product to protect the secret of a civilization? Has the neck ever existed in the Gobi desert?

Scientifically, it could be a creature that carries two characteristics of eel eels and cobra spraying venom without biting . This snake is extremely precise at spraying at a distance of over 3m. When you want to spray or spray, it will swell, spray the toxin from the venom under the tooth, accurately zooming into the opponent's eye.

And the eel eel is a kind of creature that looks like an eel that we still see, live in mud, in quiet waters, every 10 minutes to float to the surface to breathe air and dive to the bottom. Nearly 80% of the air that this 'fish in the deep shape' is absorbed by is floating on the water. This indicates that it is most likely that it has a cousin living on the shore.

However, harsh environments such as the Gobi desert are unlikely to be their habitat. The eel eels have the ability to release high power up to 500-650 volts, to paralyze or kill prey. Up to 600,000 'dry batteries' are arranged on their bodies like an eel battery. Its tail is positively charged while the head is negatively charged.

When the eel touches its head or tail on other organisms, an electric current is released. When it rests, no electrical impulses arise. Although all organisms can generate bioelectricity, only aquatic organisms create electricity to move, communicate and attack the enemy. Even so, eel eels do not carry toxins.

Thuy Han