Few people know about carp

With science, carp is a species with many interesting points that you may never know.

every year is the time when the house goes to heaven, accompanied by the release of carp to the lake and the "super car" for you to move.

In general, we go every year, but do you really understand the carp that has been released? From the perspective of scientists, carp is an animal that has many interesting points.

1. Carp is actually derived from the sea, and they . are about to become extinct

Many people may not know, but the common carp we often see today comes from the Black Sea basin, the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea. From here, they began to spread to Siberia, China, and spread to the west.

Ancient Romans were the first inhabitants of Europe to breed carp - they learned from Chinese and Japanese. Over time, thanks to human activities, carp appeared in almost every location in the world.

Ancient Romans were the first inhabitants of Europe to breed carp.

As an omnivorous and fast breeding species, they exist everywhere. However, their first habitat is the above three seas, there is almost no shadow of carp.

2. Carp - monster in this place, but it costs millions of dollars elsewhere

Carp has many species, including the most precious species, worth up to millions of dollars like Japanese Koi.

To own a Koi fish that is considered beautiful, you may have to spend up to $ 20,000 (more than 450 million VND). Even history has recorded the case of Koi fish sold for $ 2.2 million - or nearly 50 billion VND, which is too terrible for a aquarium fish.

Japanese Koi carp.

But whether they are koi or common carp, the common point between them is their extremely strong survival ability. They are relatively omnivorous and relatively aggressive, so they are considered to be invasive, endangering native species if brought to another country.

For example, in Australia, the local government even had to issue a recommendation not to allow owners to keep goldfish and ornamental fish released into nature. The reason is that when escaping from the tank, they can turn into giant monsters, threatening the survival of local fishes.

Giant Koi caught in Australia.

And this is a common carp.

3. Why carp can turn into giant?

In fact, carp are listed as one of the small fish species. But it seems that evolution has helped them grow more intensely depending on their environment.

In fact, carp are listed as one of the small fish species.

According to scientists, carp does not have a true stomach, but their intestines also accept the task of digesting food. Therefore, they can eat continuously, the body also grows stronger if there is enough food needed.

A carp can eat as much as 30-40% of its body weight per day.

4. The strongest ability of carp: high jump

A large carp can jump up to 3 meters from the water.

A large carp can leap out of the water to 3m, especially when there is a loud noise coming from around.

Therefore, the boatmen in the Mississippi River (USA) must always be in a cautious state. Imagine lying on a sunbath, suddenly a carp weighing up to 10kg jumps up and falls in the face, it is really disastrous.

It seems that because of this ability, the image of carp is attached to the legend of "overcoming dragon dance" in the culture of Asians (carp must overcome 3 big waves to turn the dragon).

5. Carp is considered a lucky animal

Carp is a lucky symbol of many Asian countries.

Whether it's Asian or European, we all like carp. Since ancient times, this animal has been thought to bring luck.

With the culture of Asians, especially in China, carp is associated with the image of Guan Yin Bodhisattva. Fishermen often pray to Guan Yin to be safe during fishing trips, so Quan Am also has the nickname "Quan Am Nam / Dong Hai".

As for Christianity, the tradition of eating fish on Friday stems from the god Freyja - the fertility goddess, with the symbol of fish.