Discovered 1,000 creatures living in whale sharks in Japan

About 1,000 crustacean creatures live "well" in the mouth of Japanese whale sharks thanks to their abundant and extremely safe food source because they don't have to face any predators.

Japanese researchers recently discovered a species of shrimp-like creature that lives in the whale shark's mouth.

Japanese whale sharks "feed" more than 1,000 creatures in the oral cavity.(Source: NHK).

The small creatures mentioned above belong to the group of crustaceans "gammaridea" capable of living healthy in environments ranging from high mountains to the deep sea.

The research leader, Associate Professor Ko Tomikawa at Hiroshima University, said an ocean park in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, contacted the researchers to ask about a strange species living in Scream a whale shark at this park.

Associate Professor Ko Tomikawa and his colleagues discovered and unexpectedly discovered about 1,000 crustacean creatures in the gills in the whale shark's mouth.

A species of crustacean that lives in the mouth of a Japanese whale shark.(Source: phys.org).

Brown body creatures, about 3-5cm long, have fur on their feet that help scoop up food that is organic.

Explaining that these creatures live in whale sharks, researcher Ko Tomikawa thinks this could be an ideal habitat because it contains the clean seawater needed to breathe as well as the food source. abundant.

Whale sharks are also a safe environment for the species because there are no predators.

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