Video of selling fish in traditional countryside

Turtle, also known as "turtle", is a creature with high nutritional value and has a good nourishing effect on human body. It is rich in iron, which can prevent iron deficiency anemia, and is rich in collagen and vitamins. For middle-aged and elderly people, it can dilute melanin, delay aging, and has the effect of beauty beauty, especially wild soft-shelled turtle, which is more nutritious, so it is much more expensive. So wild turtles are often sold in rural markets. Is it wild? How can we tell the difference between the two?

As early as 1970s and 1980s, there were many soft-shelled turtles in rural rivers. Sometimes washing clothes by the river will catch small turtles. After several decades, there are fewer and fewer wild turtles, and they have almost become endangered animals. What's the difference between wild turtles and artificially raised turtles?

First, look at the color of the tortoise.

Wild turtles live in the wild, with smooth and shiny shells and yellow-green longitudinal stripes from head to neck. Because they are close to nature, the camouflage color of their shells is close to the color of soil, and they crawl underwater for a long time, and their bellies are mostly milky white. In order to prey, their claws are very sharp, while the shells of artificially raised turtles are rough and dull, and most of them are black or with green moss. After long-term pond culture, turtle claws are stewed into circles.

Second, look at activity ability.

Wild turtles keep their natural wildness. They are agile, crawling around in the water with sharp eyes. We can turn things around. The limbs of wild turtles will shake in one joint until they turn over. If they are caught, they will fight back fiercely, or they will be bitten. The artificially raised turtles are used to being imprisoned, and they don't move much when caught. When they turn over, they only turn symbolically and obviously have to move.

Third, look at the meat quality

This identification method must kill it. Generally, wild turtles have a lot of butter in their bellies, similar to native chickens and feed chickens. In addition, because the wild soft-shelled turtle has been active in the wild for a long time, its meat quality is firm and elastic, and its taste is excellent, while the artificially raised soft-shelled turtle has loose meat quality and slightly poor taste.

To sum up, most of the wild turtles sold in rural markets are artificially raised turtles. There are few wild turtles now. How can there be so many to catch? Everyone must read more and ask more questions when buying, and beware of being deceived.