It can be used as bait for soft-shelled turtles; soft-shelled turtles are aquatic omnivores and like to eat animal bait. Young turtles feed on aquatic insects, water earthworms, tadpoles, shrimps, etc. Adult turtles eat snails, clams and other molluscs, fish, shrimp and animal carcasses (because they cannot catch fish). They also eat vegetables, fruits, cereals and other plant feeds.

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Life habits

It can be simply summed up as "three joys and three fears", that is: likes cleanliness and fears dirt, likes sun and fears wind, and likes tranquility. Afraid of shock. In the natural environment, soft-shell turtles like to inhabit clean rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other waters.

On calm days, people often lie down on the sunny shore to bask in the sun (commonly known as basking on their backs). They use the ultraviolet rays in the sun to kill pathogenic bacteria on the body surface, promote the healing of the injured body surface, and through basking on their backs Increase body temperature and promote food digestion.

Turtles are very timid and are very sensitive to sounds and movement of objects in the surrounding environment. They will dive into the water at the slightest sign of disturbance. Turtles are ferocious and aggressive by nature, and bullying among groups is common. When food is scarce, they will cannibalize their own species.

During the growth period, it mainly breathes through its lungs. When the water temperature is lower than 15°C, the soft-shelled turtle dives into the mud at the bottom of the pond and begins to hibernate, relying on auxiliary respiratory organs such as gill-like tissues in the throat to breathe. The hibernation period of soft-shell turtles in the Hangjiahu area is from mid-November to mid-April of the following year.

Soft-shell turtle

The meat of soft-shell turtle has the delicious taste of five kinds of meat: chicken, deer, beef, sheep and pig, so it is known as the "gourmet five-flavor meat". There is no carcinogenic factor found in it. As a result, the turtle's value has greatly increased.

Soft-shell turtle is rich in animal glue, keratin, copper, vitamin D and other nutrients, which can enhance the body's disease resistance and regulate the body's endocrine function. It can also improve the quality of breast milk and enhance the baby's immunity and intelligence. Excellent nourishing product.

1. Turtle meat and its extracts can effectively prevent and inhibit liver cancer, gastric cancer, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and can be used to prevent and treat weakness, anemia, and leukopenia caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

2. Turtle also has a good blood-purifying effect. Regular eaters can lower blood cholesterol, so it is beneficial to patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.

3. Soft-shell turtle can also "replenish fatigue injuries, strengthen yang energy, and greatly replenish yin deficiency."

How to catch soft-shell turtles

Hunters must learn to observe the activity patterns of soft-shell turtles. The methods are:

1. Look at the bubble (fish star). Its bubbles are dense and in the shape of double rows or circles, varying in size, moving slowly and disappearing quickly.

2. Look at the floating head. On hot and calm days, turtles often float to the surface to inhale, commonly known as "floating heads". Its snout and eyes protrude out of the water, its legs are spread out, and it remains motionless on the water for a long time.

3. Look at the paw prints. Starting from the water's edge, carefully observe the surface of the sand, the upper and lower steps of the ridges, and between the trees and grass. The best time to observe turtles is from sunrise to before 9 o'clock.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Soft-shelled Turtle