奇觀:日本海岸熒光烏賊,藍光閃爍絢爛一片

According to Odditycentral, every year between March and June, the 14-km shoreline of Toyama Bay in Japan is engulfed in the twinkling blue light. The fascinating lights are not man-made, but is a natural phenomenon created by thousands of bioluminescent cephalopods commonly known by the name of“Glowing Firefly Squids”.

據美國Odditycentral網站6月24日報道，每年3月至6月，全長14公里的日本富山灣海岸線會被熒光閃閃的藍光點亮，既漂亮又壯觀。然而，這一奇觀並不是人爲製造，而是一種自然現象，是由不計其數的熒光烏賊形成的。

Normally with a length of around three inches, firefly squids are covered with photophores on the tips of their tentacles and around their eyes. Photophores contain light-producing chemicals. Firefly squids spend most of their life near the ocean floor. Every year around March to June, they will come to the surface to fertilize and drop eggs on the shoreline at night.

熒光烏賊是海洋中神奇的發光生物，通常只有7釐米長，具有複雜的表皮發光器和眼球發光器。在日本富山灣海下三四百米深的海溝中棲息着大量熒光烏賊，他們的一生大部分時間生活在海底，每年的3月至6月浮到海面產卵。每年這一時節的夜晚，聚集在富山灣沿岸的熒光烏賊協調一致地發出藍光，將整個海岸點亮，如夢如幻，成爲富山灣獨特的風景，吸引着衆多遊客前來欣賞。

The world’s only museum dedicated to the firefly squid is Hotaru Ika museum at Namerikawa fishing port. Sightseeing tours and exhibitions attract tourists around the world to pay a visit.

據悉，在日本富山縣滑川市還有一座世界上唯一的熒光烏賊博物館，該館設有各種關於熒光烏賊的展覽及體驗活動，吸引國內外遊客前去參觀。