There are many crops and aquatic products imported from abroad or imported from the mainland, such as tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, crayfish, tilapia, giant river prawns, etc., some of which have developed into the main planting varieties and breeding varieties of farmers because of their high edible value.
However, some of them have been abandoned because of their low edible value, and not only that, these abandoned alien species have also become invasive species, causing great harm to the agriculture and environment of the mainland, making the experts who introduced them regret it.
For example, Fushou snail, which was introduced as food, was abandoned due to poor taste, and is now one of the common invasive species in the south of the continent. In addition to the Fushou snail, there are some similar introduced species on the mainland, including one called the "Brazilian turtle", which was also introduced as food, but it was flooded by "goodwill" releases and is now one of the most dangerous species.
Brazilian tortoise
What is a Brazilian Tortoise?
The Scientific Name of the Brazilian Tortoise is "Brazilian Painted Turtle", which is an animal of the genus Painted Turtle in the family Turtle family. The turtle is moderately shaped , with a small head , yellow-green ( or red-green ) longitudinal stripes on the head and neck , pale green limbs with gray-brown longitudinal stripes , and abundant webbing between the toes and fingers.
In addition, the dorsal carapace of the Brazilian tortoise has a geometric pattern of 7 color rules such as red, yellow, white, brown, green, gray and purple; The web has a yellow, white, and black oracle bone pattern, and each turtle is different.
Although the brazilian turtle has the word Brazil in its name, its origin is not Brazil. In fact, the brazilian painted turtle's home is in the Mississippi River and Grand River basins in North America. The reason for the name "Brazil" is also related to the fraud of black-hearted traders.
Brazilian turtles that are farmed as pet turtles
The earliest pet traders are indeed 2 kinds of pet turtles imported from Brazil, namely "Amazon spotted turtles" and "European-style spotted turtles", but these 2 kinds of turtles are not only very expensive to import, but also difficult to raise, and are not welcomed by the market, so pet traders with black hearts set their sights on the Mississippi red-eared turtles that are cheaper and better to breed, and pretend to be the "Brazilian turtles" mentioned earlier for sale. Later, this fake "Brazilian painted turtle" quickly occupied the pet turtle market because of its price advantage and easy breeding, and people tacitly accepted that it was a Brazilian painted turtle.
Brazilian Color ghost
What is the value of the Brazilian tortoise?
The Brazilian turtle was introduced in the mainland as early as the 1980s, and the reason why it was introduced is because the Brazilian turtle is edible, medicinal and ornamental.
Not only that, the Brazilian turtle also has the characteristics of large individual, wide food, strong adaptability, fast growth and reproduction, high yield, strong disease resistance, high economic benefits, high value, cheap price, can be described as extremely cost-effective, so after the introduction of the mainland, it was quickly cultivated on a large scale, of which Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong and other places have Brazilian painted turtle breeding bases. According to reports, in 2005, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces on the mainland bred 25 million Brazilian painted turtles.
Hazards of Brazilian tortoises
Although the Brazilian turtle is valuable, it is an exotic species after all, and its own harm is not small, and it has now become one of the world's top 100 most dangerous species.
The Brazilian turtle as a whole has strong reproductive ability, high survival rate, and stronger ability to forage and grab food than any indigenous turtle species on the mainland! Moreover, the Brazilian tortoise has almost no natural enemies on the mainland, which allows it to quickly defeat the native turtle, making it impossible for the native turtle to survive.
Scientists on the mainland have conducted relevant statistics across the country, and the results are amazing. In the wild, many species of native turtles on the mainland, such as yellow-throated water turtles, eye-spotted water turtles, etc., have also been photographed on the beach by Brazilian painted turtles, some have been driven out of their homes by Brazilian painted turtles, and scientists have also witnessed Brazilian painted turtles biting local turtles, and even more tragically even directly killed by Brazilian painted turtles!
Flooded Brazilian tortoises
One of the most unfortunate is that the Chinese flower turtle, as a traditional Chinese turtle, even directly lost the ability to produce offspring after experiencing the "spicy clawed turtle" of the Brazilian painted turtle.
In addition to being true on the mainland, it is also true in the origin of other non-Brazilian turtles abroad, so the Brazilian painted turtle is recognized worldwide as an ecological killer, has been listed by the World Environmental Protection Organization as one of the more than 100 most destructive species, and several countries have listed it as one of the most dangerous invasive alien species. To protect our native turtles and ecological balance, the mainland has also included the Brazilian painted turtle as an invasive alien species.
Bags of Brazilian tortoises were taken and released "in good faith"
Why do Brazilian tortoises flood the continent
In many areas of the southern part of the continent, The Brazilian turtle has been flooded, and some people blame farmers for breeding them, in fact, the Brazilian turtle can flood the mainland, a very important reason is artificial release.
Brazilian turtles are cheap, and some loving men and women will buy a large number of Brazilian turtles and release them into monasteries, parks, rivers, and lakes to express their kindness and love, especially in recent years, this situation has occurred frequently.
Secondly, many people buy it back to breed as a pet turtle, and after the freshness is over, they abandon it in the wild. Finally, the Brazilian turtle farm was not strictly guarded, allowing the Brazilian turtle to escape to the wild. In short, these various reasons have caused the Brazilian turtle to flood the mainland wild.
Brazilian turtles released by others in a park pond
A few days ago, I took my children to play in the park in our city, and saw a father and son releasing more than a dozen Brazilian turtles on the edge of the pond in the park, and at that time I went to remind them that this thing could not be released, and the father scolded me for having no compassion and no kindness, so I wrote this article.
I hope that everyone can recognize the harm of the Brazilian turtle, establish a correct cognition and awareness of prevention, you can breed it, you can also eat it, but do not release it into the wild at will, causing damage to the ecological environment of the mainland.
Friends, do you often see Brazilian turtles in the park ponds over there? Welcome to leave a message to communicate Oh!