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«——【Preamble】】 ——»
When it comes to deserts, many people may think of the appearance of barren grass and yellow sand, but if there are whales in the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China, can you believe it?
In terms of desertification control projects, the mainland has always been at the forefront of the world, and the Taklamakan Desert is a good proof of this.
In the Taklamakan Desert, many shrimp soldiers and crabs have been raised, and inland seafood has been produced in the dry land full of yellow sand!
Is this true? How do scientists do it?
«——【The Other Side of the Sea of Deserts】——»
Speaking of the Taklamakan Desert, it is also internationally famous, the Taklamakan Desert is the tenth largest desert in the world and the second largest mobile desert in the world.
The desert is about 1,000 km long from east to west and 400 km wide from north to south.
In this desert, there are basically no plants in sight, and it can be said that the Taklamakan Desert is also one of the most mysterious deserts on the continent.
However, under this seemingly barren desert, there are surprising resources and water resources.
That's right, there is an abundance of water underneath a desert. Beneath the Taklamakan Desert lies a huge amount of water resources, which come from thousands of years of melting water from alpine snow and ice.
Here they converge into rivers and then disappear into the ground, forming a huge underground freshwater reservoir.
In addition to evaporation, most of the water resources under the Taklamakan Desert have seeped into the ground, making it one of the most important water storage sites on the mainland, and China has also created miracles in this place of yellow sand.
The word desert seems to be inherently at odds with life, and the extreme environment of the desert, dominated by sunlight and drought, may sound unrelated to sea creatures like crabs.
However, it is in this seemingly impossible land that people have created a great miracle.
If a person wants to raise crabs and shrimp in a large desert, many people may think that it is a fantasy, but in the Taklamakan Desert, a no-man's land covered by yellow sand, Chinese scientists have really achieved shrimp and crab farming.
The extreme conditions of the desert, such as high temperature, high alkali and high drought, are very different from the seawater environment required by crabs.
It sounds almost impossible to introduce crabs from the sea water into the desert, but if you want to raise shrimp and crabs, the most basic thing is to have water, and the scarcity of water in the desert is a well-known thing.
And the ordinary desert contains a lot of salt and minerals, which are also extremely bad for the growth of crabs.
However, Chinese scientists have really made a "small ocean" in the yellow sand wasteland of the Taklamakan Desert!
As early as 2000, Chinese scientists started an annual ecological water transfer project in the Tarim River basin on the mainland, which not only brought a steady stream of water to the Lop Nur area.
It also makes the water level in the area continue to rise, and the water area has also expanded to more than 12,000 acres, which is the beginning of shrimp and crab farming in the desert.
However, it is not an easy task to introduce seawater crabs into the desert, whether it is water quality, temperature or salinity, which is something that Chinese scientists need to consider.
And these factors need to be finely controlled, and a little carelessness may lead to a loss, so experts from the School of Oceanography of Ningbo University began to conduct a lot of research and experiments under great pressure.
They first experimented with breeding blue crabs on saline-alkali land, and changed the breeding environment to a water quality close to that of seawater by adjusting the water quality and adding trace elements.
Scientists then introduced crab seedlings into Luobu Lake in Xinjiang for adaptive cultivation, and finally achieved the feat of successfully breeding crabs in the desert.
«——【Desert Seafood·】——»
Now when you go to the Taklamakan Desert, people can see these crabs, fish and shrimp living in the desert, and these crabs, fish and shrimp farmed in the desert have become a local specialty.
Their meat is delicious and has a unique taste, and it is said that they are not inferior to deep-sea fish in the same way, and it is precisely because of their delicious meat and unique taste that many diners come to taste them.
And because they are far from the threat of marine pollution and nuclear radiation, these desert seafood can feel more fresh today, and it seems that they have become synonymous with a new type of safety and health.
Walking into the desert, people can not only taste delicious crabs, but also white prawns, Australian dragon freshwater lobster and other seafood delicacies, put it in the past, it is really a myth.
When you come to the Taklamakan Desert, you can not only taste these precious marine delicacies, but also these seafood products are of good quality and affordable compared to the outside, so these shrimp and crabs from the desert will also be loved by consumers.
Nowadays, the feat of desert sheep scorpions has been achieved in the Lop Nur area of the mainland, and these small crabs are not only perfectly adapted to the desert environment, but also grow very fat.
The feat of desert crab farming has also successfully opened up a new path for the economic development of the Taklamakan Desert region and successfully led to the development of related industries.
Desert farming seems to have become a new synonym for people to make a fortune, and desert farming can not only bring people rich seafood delicacies, but also open up a new way for the survival of other creatures.
Desert farming is now a relatively mature industry in China, and as an emerging green industry, its uniqueness lies in its ability to make full use of the water and land resources in the desert.
In the desert, although the surface resources are scarce, but the groundwater resources are very abundant, through the scientific exploitation and utilization of these groundwater resources, can provide a stable water source for the desert aquaculture.
At the same time, although the land resources in the desert are barren, they can also provide a broad space for the development of aquaculture through improvement and rational utilization.
The rise of desert farming has not only brought delicious seafood to people, but also injected new vitality into the local economic development.
The development of aquaculture in the desert can effectively reduce the occurrence of wind-blown sand disasters by increasing the vegetation coverage and improving the soil structure.
At the same time, desert aquaculture can also promote the recycling and economical use of water resources, reduce the waste and pollution of water resources, and these measures help to improve the ecological environment of desert areas and improve the stability and sustainability of the ecosystem.
In addition to this, desert farming also provides more employment opportunities and a source of income for local residents.
By participating in desert farming technology, local residents can learn advanced farming technology and management experience, and improve their own skills and comprehensive quality.
At the same time, desert farming has also brought a stable source of income to local residents, improving the living standards and quality of local residents.
Therefore, it can be said that the implementation of desert farming can be regarded as a win-win choice. Now, with the development and continuous progress of science and technology, people's pursuit of a better life is also improving, and the future of desert farming is also full of infinite possibilities.
We can also foresee that in the near future, more species and farming methods may appear in the desert, in addition to traditional aquatic products such as crabs and fish.
It is even possible to breed other economically and ecologically beneficial species in the desert, such as rare animals and medicinal plants.
All these are likely to further enrich the product types and industrial structure of desert aquaculture, and improve the economic and ecological benefits of desert aquaculture.