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The life habits of Chinese horseshoe crab mainly live in the sandy seabed of shallow sea, belonging to carnivores, mainly annelids and mollusks, and sometimes eat some algae. The growth cycle of horseshoe crab is very long, and it takes 13 years to complete colonization. Because blood contains copper ions, it will appear blue.
There used to be hundreds of species of horseshoe crabs in China. Due to the intensification of human activities, habitat destruction and human fishing, there are only four species left in the world, mainly distributed in the east coast of North America, the Gulf of Mexico and Asia.
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Origin of Chinese horseshoe crab Chinese horseshoe crab is native to China, Indonesian, Japanese and other coastal areas and widely distributed in China. However, due to global warming and changes in the marine environment, the Chinese horseshoe crab cannot return to its hometown, so it is listed as an endangered species. If you meet Chinese horseshoe crabs, you need to release them.
The strange creature that this man in Jiangsu bought in the market is the horseshoe crab in China. It turned out that he didn't know. After his son confirmed it, he didn't know it was a national protected animal, so the man immediately contacted the local agricultural bureau. After the law enforcement officers arrived at the scene for identification and confirmed that they belonged to the national second-class protected animals, he immediately released them.
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Chinese horseshoe crab is of high value. After extracting blood cells from its blood, it can be made into freeze-dried horseshoe crab preparation. The preparation can be used as a reagent for detecting LSP endotoxin, which can quickly diagnose endotoxemia and other related diseases and save the lives of many dying patients.
Because of its high value, many factories will use its shell as raw material to make chitin, and because of its high medicinal value, many people indiscriminately hunt this species, leading to the extinction of Chinese horseshoe crab.
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Can Chinese horseshoe crab be farmed? In order to save Chinese horseshoe crab and prevent extinction, relevant researchers want to breed by artificial breeding. However, due to the difficulty of artificial breeding, it can only be cultivated temporarily. After a year of breeding, China horseshoe crabs will be released into the sea. If cultured artificially, Chinese horseshoe crab will have anemia symptoms and eventually die of anemia.
If artificial reproduction is needed, it can't be done according to the current technology, but researchers have been studying it. After the improvement of culture technology, it is believed that Chinese horseshoe crab can be cultured artificially one day.
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As a national key protected animal, Chinese horseshoe crab is forbidden to catch and kill indiscriminately. Once it is discovered, it needs to bear corresponding legal responsibilities. Besides horseshoe crabs, wild animals such as pangolins and sparrows are not allowed to eat. These animals have medicinal value, were slaughtered by human beings and are on the verge of extinction, and now they have become endangered species.
Chinese horseshoe crab is of great value to human beings and has made great contributions to medicine. If there is no Chinese horseshoe crab, the doctor can detect the bacteria in the blood during the blood test. If Chinese horseshoe crab is extinct, doctors can't find a substitute for Chinese horseshoe crab for the time being, which will hinder the research and development of medicine. Therefore, when you meet Chinese horseshoe crabs, you'd better release them, don't take them for yourself, and don't catch them at will. This is the protection of the ecological environment.