Because it's nature's work, and is actually left in its current shape after eugenics for better survival. In 1970, the American Elephant Mussel couldn't get into the eyes of Americans because it looked like a male reproductive organ. However, since Hong Kongers introduced it to China, it became very popular in Asia and quickly opened up the market. Chinese immigrants in the U.S. began catching and selling it in large quantities, which led directly to the endangerment of the local elephant mussel population.

One reason is that the Chinese love them. As long as they swim in the sea, run on the ground, fly in the air, and use our seasonings and cooking methods, they can become famous dishes on the table. Another important reason is . Eating seafood is said to be an aphrodisiac! Especially for a creature as indescribable in appearance as the elephant trunk clam, it is simply too tempting for the Chinese, who are superstitious about "using what you eat to make up for what you have eaten" and "making up for what you have eaten".

When you plan a dish with mussels, you put them in boiling water, and they look like a three-foot condom with the skin removed," said the owner of a Washington seafood company.

The elephant clam, scientifically known as the Pacific Diving Mud Clam, looks like an elephant's snout and is large and fleshy. It is one of the largest bivalves known to burrow in mud. The siphon (i.e., the trunk, but also the most important edible parts) of the elephant trunk clam can be up to more than 1 meter in length, and the heaviest elephant trunk clam weighs 4 kilograms. In fact, as a child, the elephant mussels are still very cute, but in order to survive, people find a sand pit a stuck in is decades and hundreds of years. The average lifespan of a mussel is about 100 years, and the oldest mussel found to date is 168 years old, which is undoubtedly one of the species with a very long natural lifespan.

The abalone is a primitive marine mollusk, a single-shelled mollusk. It has only half a shell, which is thick, flat and wide. Abalone is a rare traditional Chinese food and ranks first among the four major seafood flavors. Up to now, abalone often appears in many state banquets and large banquets held in the Great Hall of the People, becoming one of the classic Chinese state banquet dishes.