Is the tortoise a protected animal?

Turtle is a kind of aquatic product that we often eat, and a turtle can be said to be essential in festivals. Some people even say that many times, in order to eat more delicious soft-shelled turtles, some friends will go to the market to buy wild soft-shelled turtles. But some friends will ask, do wild turtles belong to protected animals? Is the nutritional value high? Let's answer it for everyone.

Turtles are not protected by the state, but some turtles that are easily regarded as turtles are protected animals. For example, Eriocheir sinensis, a national second-class protected animal; Turtle, a national first-class protected animal; Catfish, a national first-class protected animal. Therefore, when people catch wild turtles, they can eat them and sell them. The only thing to pay attention to is not to get the species wrong.

The scientific name of soft-shelled turtle is actually Chinese soft-shelled turtle, which is distributed in China, Japan, northern Vietnam, South Korea and eastern Russia, and also introduced to Thailand, Malaysia and Hawaii. Trionyx sinensis is widely distributed in China, and it is produced in all provinces except Tibet and Qinghai. In recent years, wild Trionyx sinensis has also been found in Xinjiang.

Trionyx sinensis is a traditional dietotherapy tonic in China. Turtle is a high-protein and low-fat food raw material with unique flavor and rich nutrition. Its tissue is rich in functional factors such as polysaccharide, collagen, taurine, vitamin B- 17. In addition, Trionyx sinensis has certain effects of preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, resisting tumors, enhancing immunity and delaying aging. Due to the high cholesterol content of soft-shelled turtle, it is wrong for Chinese medicine to think that soft-shelled turtle can tonify liver. China is a big turtle breeding country, with high turtle production in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. There are many ways to eat soft-shelled turtle, such as stewed soft-shelled turtle soup and stewed soft-shelled turtle with black-bone chicken.

That's a little knowledge about turtles. After catching the wild turtle, you can eat it with confidence.