A monster in the eyes of Europeans, it swept the whole country after entering China, with prices rising year after year

There is a creature with two big claws; anyone who dares to invade it is left with nothing but a miserable fate. It is as brave as a knight, and in the biological world its family enjoys supreme honor. At the dining table, they still occupy the throne. Guess what it is, everyone?

That's right, it's the crayfish, also called the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), a bizarre species of freshwater shrimp with a hard shell. It mainly lives in streams and swamps; in China, wild crayfish mostly survive in stinking ditches and murky ponds. Because it has two hard claws, it has extremely strong burrowing ability, can damage or even destroy dams, and is highly destructive.

Wild crayfish have more delicious meat than farmed crayfish and are deeply loved by Chinese people. Crayfish are larger and meatier than other freshwater shrimp, and are cooked into all kinds of dishes that are deeply loved by foodies. For example: spicy crayfish, zongzi-scented shrimp tails... Every dish is priced high, but that still cannot stop foodies' love for them. Wild crayfish are almost on the verge of extinction. Crayfish on the market are basically all farmed. Crayfish have always been the darling of food stalls. In the hot summer, sitting at a roadside food stall, tearing apart crayfish with your hands and chewing the fresh, delicious shrimp meat in your mouth, this feeling is truly awesome.

However, Western European countries treat such a delicacy as a monster. In Germany, a large-scale crayfish roundup plan was once organized, but the plan ultimately failed because of the crayfish's extremely strong reproduction. Western European countries are very troubled. To prevent crayfish from squeezing out the living space of other species, Western European governments encourage citizens to eat crayfish, but the people of Western European countries seem not to buy it, so crayfish continue to run wild abroad.

As for why people in Western European countries dare not eat crayfish? First, wild crayfish live in relatively filthy places and may have excessive heavy metals. Western European countries have extremely strict requirements for food. How could such food with seriously excessive heavy metals be acceptable to Western Europeans? Second, the crayfish's bizarre shape makes people in Western European countries afraid. This creature has two fierce big claws and can easily pinch and injure people. Third, the cooking skills abroad are limited, and the lobster cooked cannot bring out its freshness and deliciousness, unlike Chinese chefs, who can make all kinds of spicy, fresh, and fragrant dishes; crayfish are incredibly delicious. The lobster cooked cannot bring out its freshness and deliciousness. Based on the above three points, a "toxic substance" with a bizarre shape and an unacceptable taste can only make Western Europeans stay far away.

In contrast, the popularity of crayfish in China, sweeping the whole country, is truly hard to imagine. Because there are very few wild ones left, most are farmed, and the price gets more expensive year after year. Today, crayfish can be found in every city, and the market is broad. In addition, crayfish themselves have extremely strong adaptability, and farming techniques are constantly being updated, making artificial crayfish farming a good way for many places to get rich.

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