Biological invasion is almost a problem in most countries in the world, but many countries have their own set of solutions for biological invasion, and some countries rely on the people in their own countries to produce and sell themselves, such as China, although crayfish are invasive species in exotic areas, but now foodies have almost eaten them in short supply.
But India is not so lucky, because there are 5 million turtles in their country, which have been flooded. Many people will wonder, as the world's second most populous country, why doesn't India produce and sell it itself to solve the problem of turtle flooding? In fact, it is not that they do not want to solve it, but because of some reason they dare not eat. So the Indian government wants to fish out the Ganges turtle and export it to our country, but why doesn't our country accept it?
A fierce-looking turtle
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" what kind of creature is a turtle >? </h1>
Turtles and turtles are difficult to distinguish for most people because they have shells on their backs and both move extremely slowly. In fact, turtles also have a common name called "turtle".
Although turtles and turtles are very similar in appearance, if you look closely, you will still find the difference between the two, first of all, from the subject point of view, turtles belong to the turtle family, while turtles belong to the turtle family.
Not only that, but the two are also different in the structure of the body, the shell growing on the turtle's back is a relatively hard one, and there are many strange patterns and patterns on the turtle shell. However, the shell of the turtle is a little more fragile, although there are also lines on the shell of the turtle, but in comparison, the lines it grows are not as obvious as on the shell.
Turtles
The reason why people often call turtles "King Eight" in the folk is because of the pattern on the shell of the turtle, because their pattern looks like a "king" word. And there is more than one such pattern on the turtle, if you count carefully, you will find seven or eight such "king" patterns, so the turtle is also named "king eight".
In addition, the limbs and head of the turtle can be freely contracted into its shell when it encounters danger, and in order to resist the threat of natural enemies, but the turtle cannot, because there is no extra space in the shell of the turtle to shrink its limbs.
The internal structure of the turtle
In addition to the difference in body structure, the environment in which turtles and turtles live is also different. In general, turtles live in freshwater waters, while most species of turtles live in the sea. And the personalities of the two animals are also different, and the turtle is more gentle than the turtle.
Turtles sometimes kill each other in a hurry, and if you touch it with a wooden stick, it will immediately bite the branches. Therefore, the life habit of turtles is more like quiet, and it often stays motionless next to the pond. Moreover, the turtle is extremely responsive to changes in its surroundings, and as long as it is a little moving, it immediately runs into the mud under the water to hide.
Once the turtle bites the food, it will not let go
At present, there are many types of turtles in China, mainly Chinese turtles, mountain turtles and spotted turtles; among them, Chinese turtles are the most common turtle species.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > why are turtles in India flooded? </h1>
For Chinese foodies, turtle is a very delicious dish, and turtle is not only delicious but also rich in high nutritional value. Artificially raised turtles in some places can even sell for dozens of dollars a pound, which is more expensive than ordinary freshwater fish. But why doesn't anyone eat it in India?
According to the estimates of Indian wildlife experts, the number of Ganges turtles in India is now very large, about 5 million. The reason why Indians do not eat turtles is because of their country's own customs.
First of all, the Indo-Ganges River, where turtles live, is the largest river in India, and humans also rely on it to create the "Ganges Civilization", which originates in the southern foothills of the Himalayas and the Deccan Plateau, and flows through many provinces in India. Not only that, the basin area of the Indo-Ganges covers almost a quarter of the entire Indian territory, supporting countless Indians, and the Ganges has always been regarded as a "holy river" in Indian religious beliefs.
Ganges and Indian women
In the minds of Hindus, there are two more important things in life, the first is to worship Shiva, and the second is to go to the Ganges to bathe in holy water and drink holy water, which shows how important the Ganges is in their hearts.
The turtles that survive in the Ganges are also stained with the light of the Ganges, and the Ganges turtles mostly live separately, either near the docks where humans live, or around sparsely populated shoals. The reproduction rate of the Indian Ganges turtle is very amazing, almost as many as 50 eggs at a time, and will lay eggs 3 to 4 times a year, not only that turtles have a very long lifespan, some can even live to 100 years. If there is no human intervention, it is conceivable what these Ganges turtles will flood.
Ganga turtle flooding
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > the religious beliefs of Indians </h1>
In the amazing country of India, the vast majority of people are Hindu, and only a few people are Muslim. Therefore, in the eyes of Indians, all the creatures in the Ganges are actually evolved by the gods, let alone eaten, and some Indians even kneel when they see these Ganges turtles. This allows these Ganges turtles to grow freely.
Not only that, but because the Ganges has such an important place in Indian mythology, many Hindus often transport the bodies of dead people to the Banks of the Ganges and burn them, believing that they can get the favor of the gods. So in India there are countless bodies of the dead cremated along the Ganges almost every year.
Ganges cremation
Moreover, Indian cattle are also regarded as symbols of the gods, especially the milky white cows, so when many Chinese people travel to India, they often see white cows casually walking on the street but no one manages the chaotic situation. According to Indian experts, almost 300 million cattle are being left unmanaged across the country.
After death, these cattle will be cremated like humans and thrown directly into the Ganges, but the turtles in the Ganges do not care whether they are gods or not, they can continue to multiply in large quantities after having sufficient food sources.
Indian "Sacred Cow"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > Indian eating habits</h1>
Many people in India do not have the habit of eating turtles, so there is a reason why turtles can be horizontally dominant in the Ganges River in India. India's food system can be said to be relatively unique in the world, and it is almost difficult to find a similar country.
The Indian diet is also closely related to religion, because many Indians are religious, so almost more than half of the Indian people are basically eating vegetarian food, and even some people insist on not eating meat all their lives. And there are no wildlife-eating restaurants in India at all.
Indian food
Not only that, but there are no dishes related to game in Indian restaurants, so those wild animals are not threatened by human survival at all. And not only turtles, but even the common river fresh such as yellow eels and loach will not be touched.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > Why doesn't China accept exports of Indian turtles? </h1>
Because the Indian government cannot solve the problem of turtle flooding in the Ganges, it thinks of China, which is also a populous country, but why does China refuse?
First of all, because india's Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, many Indians believe that the Ganges is a holy river, so the locals often hold parties to bathe in the Ganges, and there is a relatively large festival in India called "Big Pot Festival".
Indian "Big Pot Festival" scene
Almost 150 million Hindus come to the Ganges from all over India to bathe on this day, but every time people take a "holy bath", the waters of the Ganges become very dirty. Not only that, but there are many factories along the Ganges, most of which are paper mills and chemical plants and smelters, etc.; and Indians are basically not environmentally conscious, and these factories discharge a lot of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater every day. When wastewater is discharged into the Ganges, it is not purified.
In addition, according to statistics, there are almost 400 million residents living along the Ganges River in India, who can produce almost 130,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day. Therefore, some researchers have found that the water in the Ganges has a very serious problem of metal exceeding the standard, and the animals living in the Ganges are basically highly toxic
Ganges and the Indian people
With the pollution of the water quality of the Ganges, the turtles in it will also be susceptible to infection, and the turtle is an omnivore, basically what they see will eat, so they have stored a lot of heavy metal components in their bodies, and these heavy metals will form a large number of toxins in the body of the turtle.
According to World Bank estimates, water pollution in the Ganges in India has caused Indian nationals to spend 3% of their gross domestic product on health products, and almost half of the diseases in India are related to waterborne diseases.
The researchers measured in Varanasi that the population of fecal E. coli in the river waters exceeded the standard set by the Indian government by almost 100 times. If China introduces Ganges turtles and serves them on the table of the Chinese people, there will be many medical and health events caused by Ganges turtles.
colibacillus
And the reason why China will reject India is also because it is worried about triggering a new round of biological invasion, because the Ganges turtle is irritable and has amazing reproductive ability, so once blindly imported, it is easy to produce biological invasion of China's waters, resulting in ecological imbalance.
Prior to this, Guangxi, Guangdong and other regions in China were blindly introduced alien species, resulting in the loss of a lot of property resources. Scavenger fish is a very good negative example, because China once in order to clean up the waters of weeds and Fushou snails and other harmful organisms in the fishery, resulting in scavenger fish gradually lost human control, and finally caused biological flooding.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > summary</h1>
Biological invasion is a matter of great importance, because once the local ecological imbalance is in place, it will cause irreparable damage. We must not only be vigilant in the case of Indian turtles, but also strictly prevent creatures from other countries from entering our ecological area through other channels. Xiaobian believes that as long as China establishes a sound ecological monitoring system, it can greatly reduce the probability of these problems from the root causes.