Nowadays, many people like to eat seafood.

The umami flavor of the seafood is truly unforgettable.

Crabs and lobsters have become the most abundant delicacies on people's tables, but there is one creature, another kind of crab, that is also the most common.

But not many people ate.

What's this?

That’s right, it’s the “sea monster”—hermit crab.

Although it is a type of crab, the taste after cooking is not as delicious as expected.

You can steam the legs of hermit crabs, sprinkle some salt, or braise them and stir-fry them, but after they are cooked, there will be an unpleasant, very unpleasant smell, usually a fishy smell. When cooking hermit crabs, the more they are cooked, the more likely they will be.

, the taste is relatively strong, and generally few people dare to taste it.

Hermit crabs are indeed edible, but the taste is not as delicious as expected. Naturally, no one likes to treat it as a delicacy on the table.

Hermit crabs are rich in protein, trace elements and other nutrients, which have a very good nourishing effect on the body.

Studies have found that hermit crabs also have anti-tuberculosis effects, and eating hermit crabs is very beneficial to the recovery of tuberculosis.

It is generally believed that freshwater crabs are better for medicinal purposes, while seawater crabs are only edible.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that crabs have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, replenishing bones and marrow, nourishing muscles and activating blood, dredging meridians, sharpening limbs and joints, relieving injuries, nourishing liver yin, and replenishing gastric juices.

It has a certain therapeutic effect on diseases such as congestion, injury, jaundice, waist and leg pain, and rheumatoid arthritis.

The editor will first share with you a little knowledge about hermit crabs, let us see what kind of creatures they are.

1. Varieties of hermit crabs: Their species can be roughly divided into three categories: hermit crabs, terrestrial hermit crabs and live hermit crabs.

There are currently nearly 500 known species of hermit crabs in the world.

The living environment is basically in the water.

Of course, there are people who live on land, but most of them live in water.

2. Hermit crab is an omnivorous creature with a wide range of food sources, ranging from parasites to algae, small fish, shrimp, etc.

It also has a special ability, that is, it can be a little cleaner, so if you raise a few hermit crabs at home, they can also purify the environment in the fish tank.

3. Why are hermit crabs called hermit crabs?

Literally, because its body is very soft and there is no strong hard shell to protect them, so they will live on snails, or crustaceans on shells.

Because of changes in the environment, hermit crabs are also changing their living habits to adapt to these changes.

You have to know that nature is very cruel.