Is the price of king crab high because it is scarce? King crab is a relatively high-end ingredient in the mainland, if there is king crab on the dinner table, it must be a high-end game, the price of an king crab is often sold for thousands of yuan, but because of the delicious taste, many people flock to it.
King crab
The number of king crabs
It is reasonable to say that such a delicious animal must have been eaten by the hungry human beings to become endangered, does this price prove that the king crab has become scarce?
Although the king crab has a crab in its name, it is not a real crab, they are crustaceans of the decapod crab family, and unlike ordinary crabs, these king crabs have two legs less than ordinary crabs, and can walk vertically, king crabs like their living environment is slightly colder, close to zero degrees of sea water can also survive.
According to records, the first person to eat king crab was among the Eskimos ten thousand years ago, who tasted the delicious king crab for the first time in the Gulf of Alaska, so they became out of control and almost became their staple food, and as a result, everyone's joints were extremely painful.
King crab claws
The wizard of the Eskimos told everyone that this was because the king crab was a creature cursed by the gods, so it would be infected by the curse after eating it, so the group of Eskimos no longer ate the king crab, in fact, it was only because the crab was relatively cold, and eating crab every day caused gout.
The number of king crabs is actually not rare, on the contrary, its number is extremely large, that the number is so large, why is the price still very expensive? Have you ever heard of diamond scams, simply put, businessmen will limit the number of diamonds mined in order to keep the price of diamonds high, but in fact, there are many reserves of diamonds.
The same is true of king crabs, with the development of human beings, king crabs have reached all corners of the world with the footsteps of humans, because they are strong in body, and their vitality is tenacious, they eat whatever they encounter, and even cause serious damage to the ecological environment in some places.
King crab
Other places are flooded, but mainland king crabs are relatively rare, so the price has always been relatively high. Norway is the most devastated country to be invaded by king crabs, so what causes king crabs to have a "special affection" for Norway?
Why is Norway invaded in large numbers by king crabs?
In the 1960s, Norway actually did not have the existence of king crabs, Russia, as one of the world's largest exporters of king crabs at that time, wanted to artificially breed king crabs in order to expand its own production, so it reached an agreement with Norway and sent thousands of king crabs to Norwegian waters.
The environment in the Norwegian Barents Sea is very similar to the previous living environment of king crabs, and king crabs have not lived up to the expectations of the two countries and successfully survived in this sea, and neither country at that time knew how much crisis the surviving king crabs brought to Norway.
King crab in Norway
This sea is like a paradise for king crabs, there are almost no natural enemies of king crabs, coupled with the strong reproductive ability of king crabs, according to the data, a female crab can produce 10,000 small crabs per year, and the survival rate of small crabs is usually 18%, that is to say, each female crab can produce at least 1,800 small crabs a year.
King crabs without natural predators began to breed wildly in this sea, the population increased geometrically, and secondly, some king crabs successfully escaped during the release process and began their own migration, which also provided a huge boost to the expansion of king crabs, in just fifty years, thousands of king crabs have multiplied to tens of thousands.
Norwegians catch king crabs
King crab is a carnivore, the previous food in this part of Norway is available, and there is an extra cod, king crabs not only prey on cod, but also like to eat cod eggs, under the greedy predation of king crab, Norwegian people's favorite cod production showed a cliff-like plunge, and Yangzhong destroyed the balance of the local marine ecosystem.
Some people may wonder, king crab is very delicious to eat, the market price is high, why don't Norwegians fish and sell it themselves? But in fact, the fishing of king crab is not so simple, because the sea area where king crab lives is often deep sea, and the size is relatively large, so fishermen are very likely to encounter danger in the process of fishing.
Crab delicacies
In addition, the price of king crab in Norway is actually not high, Norwegians do not like to eat king crab, and are not willing to risk great danger to catch, coupled with the strong reproductive ability of king crab, which has led to an increasing number of king crabs. So slowly, a saying that every king crab eaten is "saving the world", do you know why this statement is?
Every King Crab Eats "Saving the World"
The number of king crabs in Norway is already very large, and statistics in 2016 show that the total number of king crabs in Norway has reached 50 million, which is about ten times the population of Norway.
According to the current situation, the king crab has entered the Norwegian North Sea, only one step away from the United Kingdom and other countries, the future sweep of European countries is already an inevitable thing, Europe's prospects are worrying, then what about the situation in the Antarctic region?
King crab
In 11 years, researchers have found more than a million king crabs in Antarctic waters, due to global warming, even the temperature in Antarctica has begun to rise, and the temperature of the sea has been suitable for the habitation of king crabs, resulting in king crabs have begun to invade the Antarctic waters.
King crab destruction ability is very strong, and a wide variety of food, can eat anything, in the original king crab inhabited by the sea, the food available for king crab to eat is actually limited, either with a hard shell, or full of thorns, want to eat food, king crab to spend some effort.
But in antarctica, prey not only has little attack power, but also does not even have a place to hide from coral reefs and seagrasses, and it is very easy for king crabs to eat here, relying on their strong vitality and perverted reproductive ability, it is estimated that they will soon be able to cover their footprints in the Antarctic region.
Once the king crab is encroached upon, the ecological environment and marine ecosystem of Antarctica will be seriously damaged, and if there are some fluctuations in Antarctica, the whole world will be endangered, so it will be ridiculed by everyone that every king crab is "saving the world".
King crab
But in China, the number of king crabs in the market is still very small, the price is still high, so if you want to save the world, there is also a monetary cost, what do you think about this?