What is the difference between river crabs and sea crabs

When we usually talk about crabs, most of them refer to the crabs in rivers and lakes, that is, river crabs, in fact, there are nutritious and delicious crabs in the ocean, they are sea crabs, river crabs are freshwater crabs, and sea crabs are brackish crabs, so what is the difference between river crabs and sea crabs besides these?

First of all, river crabs and sea crabs can be recognized from their appearance. River crabs have dense small hairs on their legs and pincers, while sea crabs don't; river crabs are mostly green, while sea crabs are more colorful, and flower crabs also have this beautiful pattern.

Secondly, river crabs and sea crabs are not the same in taste, sea crabs, although large, but the meat is loose, not as firm and delicate as river crabs, it should not be as tasty as river crabs.

Lastly, we need to know is that river crabs can not eat dead, even if it is almost dead river crabs can not be eaten, because river crabs are a kind of scavenging creatures, its body has a lot of bacteria and toxins, the dead river crabs are even more poisonous, so can not be eaten, and sea crabs are different, sea crabs will die soon after salvage, we buy sea crabs in the supermarket are also mostly frozen, it can be eaten! The dead sea crabs can be eaten.

River crabs and sea crabs are delicious

Sea crabs are eaten around the time of the Qingming Festival and river crabs are eaten around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Sea crabs are bigger and easier to eat, and although they are better washed alive, they are not poisonous when they are dead

River crabs have a stronger flavor and even the males have paste, the white kind

River crabs have a higher nutritive value, but they can only be eaten when they are alive.

If both river crabs and sea crabs are alive, sea crabs are delicious (river crabs are easier to cook, while sea crabs vary from person to person). However, usually, we can only eat dead or half-dead sea crabs (dead river crabs are inedible), and this time river crabs are better than dead sea crabs. I would like to mention here that river crabs are colder than sea crabs, so people with cold constitution should eat less of them, otherwise it is not good for their health. Usually, there is no problem for adults to eat one big river crab a day.

As for preferences, some people like hairy crabs, some people like king crabs, each with their own favorites, or after eating according to their own preferences!