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According to a popular science blogger, an Internet celebrity named "Tizi" posted a food video on the 12th. In the video, she opened a package at the door of a store, which contained a huge shark, attracting many people to watch. The internet celebrity and others then transported the shark to the countryside, where it was cut up and used for boiling and grilling. Jimu News reporter also noticed that there was a subtitle of "artificially bred for consumption" written in the upper left corner of the video. The popular science blogger posted a screenshot of the video on Weibo. The screenshot showed that the video had 77,000 likes.

Note that the internet celebrity in the video has more than 1 million fans and mainly posts videos of making delicious seafood. The video of cooking the shark is currently unavailable.

“This is a man-eating shark, a national second-level protected animal.” The above-mentioned popular science blogger told Jimu News reporters that any act of privately fishing, retaining and selling man-eating sharks is illegal. And buying and selling is the same crime. As for the claim in the video that the shark was artificially bred, this statement is not credible. Large predatory sharks cannot be commercially cultured in artificial environments due to their requirements for space and prey. At present, only small sharks such as striped sharks and bamboo sharks have been tried in China, but they were ultimately shelved due to the high cost of breeding. .

The inquiry found that the man-eating shark is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which is equivalent to a second-level protected animal in my country. In March 2017, my country's Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office published the "List of Wild Animals or Their Products whose Trade is Prohibited or Restricted by International Conventions concluded or acceded to by the People's Republic of China", and the man-eating shark was included in it.

Zhou Zhuocheng, chairman of the Native Aquatic Biology and Water Ecology Professional Committee of the China Fisheries Association, said that the shark in the video is indeed a man-eating shark, also known as a great white shark, which is a national second-level protected animal. According to the law, after being caught, they need to be thrown into the sea regardless of whether they are alive or dead. It is illegal to land, sell, and buy them, and there is no artificial breeding of man-eating sharks.

Today’s short video industry is filled with all kinds of eating and broadcasting, and they also quietly affect our lives.

These food broadcasts should be divided into three types:

Store-exploring bloggers.

A blogger who teaches how to cook various dishes.

A foodie blogger who eats a lot at home or in a restaurant.

I think it’s a killing two birds with one stone to allow viewers and fans to satisfy their desire to eat. People who are losing weight can watch them eat without having to eat themselves. Especially when I see them munching on pork belly, I feel full. .

Recently, a news about an internet celebrity eating wild animals has suddenly become the focus of discussion. In her video, there are clips of eating snapping turtles, giant salamanders, and sharks, because it is suspected that they are eating wild animals. It has become a national second-level protected animal, so the relevant departments have been involved in the investigation.

Go back two years. At that time, there were more cooking videos mainly teaching how to cook. Later, slowly, some popular bloggers began to join in the cooking process, and many fans watched it. I am very happy. After a busy day, watching my favorite bloggers enjoy their meal will also clear away the gloom.

It seems that slowly eating home-cooked meals can no longer satisfy everyone’s curiosity. Some bloggers have begun to take pictures of expensive ingredients, such as king crab, wagyu beef, and sky-high-priced fruits. These ingredients are beyond the reach of ordinary people. , they were able to help us eat, which seemed to make some people particularly satisfied.

Actually, I think it’s pretty good to be here. These behaviors can be considered positive energy. After all, if they want to make money, they have to attract people’s attention. But recently, more and more food bloggers have begun to eat some very delicious food. Weird animals, such as ostrich meat, crocodile meat, forest frog meat, etc. These weird delicacies increase people's curiosity and increase the traffic of Internet celebrities. They can make money while increasing their followers. It can be said that it is a money-making platform. A good idea, but not a good trend.

Although many bloggers’ videos mention artificial breeding, non-protected animal species, etc., it still makes people wonder whether the blogger is eating protected animals.

The first thing to say is that according to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, protected animals cannot be eaten, and it is illegal to eat them. Then someone must ask, is it okay for these bloggers to eat artificially bred food? In fact, it also depends on the situation.

The law clearly stipulates that protected animals, whether artificially bred or farmed, are not edible, while non-protected animals can be eaten if they are farmed.

Take crocodile as an example. I have recently seen a lot of short video bloggers eating crocodile. Some bloggers said it was fishy and unpalatable, while others said it was delicious and better than beef. When it comes to eating, let’s not talk about how it tastes. This thing is so rare that it inevitably makes people interested in reading it. According to statistics, there are 23 species of crocodiles currently known in the world. The sizes of these crocodiles vary. Some species grow more than 8 meters long when they reach adulthood, and some species are less than 2 meters long when they reach adulthood. Among them, there are protected species and some non-human species. Protected species, such as the famous alligator, are national first-level protected animals, but a small number of artificially bred crocodile species are allowed to be eaten.

In fact, it is not only online bloggers who eat wild animals that are difficult to judge that have brought the topic of endangered wild animals to the forefront. Many game restaurants also often provide customers with protected animals for food and are arrested by the police according to law. news.

I once saw in the news that there were pangolins in a game hall, which were captured by poachers and sold to the game hall. There were also news about various poachers killing a large number of wild animals. Many of them are national first- and second-level protected animals. The carcasses of the animals line the open space, which looks shocking. I have to complain, are you really out of luck?

Having said that, it is also a bad trend for more and more Internet celebrities to start eating some weird animals. In order to make money, they come up with all kinds of novel ideas to attract people's attention. Not to mention this They are all wild animals, but there must be wild animals. I hope that things like this will happen less often and there will be a green network environment. The relevant departments can check more frequently so that the criminals who really eat protected animals can get what they deserve. punishment!