80 times more poisonous than cobra venom! After selling more than 400 servings of weaved snails, a man was sentenced to a heavy sentence, which is 80 times more poisonous than cobra venom. Is it really untouchable that the little textured snail can't be touched? Why? As for why it is popular, it is mainly because its flesh is tender and smooth, so it has become the "favorite" of many people. So, where did the terrible weave snail come from? The texture of the textured snail is easy to recognize, it is a line, and it is not spiral-shaped, while the sea screw is different, its texture is obviously coiled on the snail. It is also because of the incidents of poisoning caused by eating texture snails occur from time to time, so China explicitly prohibits the sale of texture snails. Is it really so toxic? Is it possible that they mutated? In recent years, have you heard about food poisoning incidents from time to time?
author:Peregrine
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="42" > which is 80 times more potent than cobra venom. </h1>
The weave snail is also highly poisonous!
This year, Zhejiang Legal Daily reported that a man sold more than 400 pieces of textured snails, an act that led to the Haishu District Court in Zhejiang Province, which sentenced him to eight months in prison for selling food that did not meet safety standards, and he also had to pay 10 times the price of the sale.
It is illegal to sell textured snails
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > small textured snail, is it really untouchable? Why? </h1>
Textured snails, also known as sea snails, incense snails and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="45" > as for why it is popular, mainly because of its tender and smooth flesh, it has become the "favorite" of many people. </h1>
The weave snail is considered a poisonous organism
But the problem is that the snail is regarded as a poisonous organism, every spring and summer, this creature is more toxic, after human consumption, there will be dizziness, vomiting or numbness in the fingers and other symptoms of poisoning, severe may be killed.
The weaved snails cannot be eaten
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="47" > so where did the terrible web snail come from? </h1>
It is abundantly produced in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong.
What does a weave snail look like?
From the appearance point of view, its tail is obviously more pointed, the length is about 1 cm, the width is about 0.5 cm, and its size is almost the same as the nail cover.
Specific size
What are the life habits of the weave snail?
Most of them prefer to stay in the middle and upper tide zone of the intertidal zone, and after low tide, they will crawl on the mudflats of the intertidal zone, or hide next to rocks, and the average habitat density can reach about 4 square meters.
The reputation of the weaved snail is not small
In the southeast coastal area, the reputation of the weaving snail is not small, and according to legend, the folk of Putian in Fujian Province also have the custom of eating snails for the festival.
In Putian, most locals think that the weaved snail is a good appetizer. Gradually, many coastal residents of Fujian Province fell in love with the small seafood of fried textured snails. The price of the textured snail is generally a few dollars, while the sea screw is much more expensive.
Textured snails are relatively cheaper
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > the texture of the textured snail is easy to recognize, it is a line, and there is no spiral, while the sea screw is different, its texture is obviously coiled on the snail. </h1>
conch
However, the weaved snail has killed many people. Among the many aquatic poisoning incidents, the most prominent "record" is probably the weaving snail, which is even called the table killer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > is also because of the occurrence of poisoning caused by eating texture snails, so China explicitly prohibits the sale of texture snails. </h1>
Why is the weave snail so poisonous?
However, for the poisoning of the snail, experts generally believe that paralytic shellfish poisoning is the culprit causing poisoning.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning? What is that?
Some poisonous textured snails
It is deadly, one of the "most toxic organic compounds known" and can make a certain type of shellfish 80 times more toxic than cobra toxin, which is about 100,000 times more toxic than anesthetics such as cocaine.
This highly toxicity is similar to the pufferfish toxin, and people who are poisoned usually have a higher mortality rate.
Similar to pufferfish toxin
Data indicate that if an adult male weighing about 70 kilograms is injected with paralytic shellfish poison of more than 0.6 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, he will die.
Textured snails
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > is it really so toxic? Is it possible that they mutated? </h1>
Will the weave snail mutate?
Essentially, it's just unconsciously, acting as a porter of nature. The reason why the weave snail has amazing toxicity, the real culprit behind it should be algae.
Nature's porter
algae? What happened to them?
In recent years, a phenomenon that is not optimistic is that mariculture and industrial wastewater and domestic sewage are discharged in large quantities, and the seawater shows eutrophication.
red tide
So much so that the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea have frequent red tides.
What is the harm of red tide?
If it is a red tide caused by toxic algae, the situation will be very bad, and the toxins they directly produce can directly poison other marine organisms.
The damage they cause is significantly more severe than that of non-toxic algae, and in most cases, fish and shrimp tend to be the first to be poisoned.
The first poisoners
The snail will then gradually accumulate algal toxins due to the consumption of toxic algae, or be slowly poisoned by other toxic substances, such as tetrodotoxin.
In other words, the snail itself is not poisonous, and its fatal toxicity is mainly caused by the later ingestion of toxic algae from the red tide.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > In recent years, do you hear about food poisoning incidents from time to time? </h1>
Netizen shooting
Here to remind everyone, weaving snails, puffer fish, etc. do not meet food safety standards, in addition, the sale of these creatures, is illegal, each vegetable farm basically has a warning publicity, but even so, there are still people in order to illegally profit at all costs, such as the man mentioned in the previous case.
The textured snail does not meet food safety standards
Obviously, the consequences of this are serious.
According to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the production or sale of food that does not meet food safety standards and can contribute to serious food poisoning accidents, etc., is punishable by imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and a fine; if the consequences are particularly serious, the offender will be sentenced to more than seven years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, and fined or confiscated property.
The state stipulates that it is not possible to sell textured snails
Finally, to reiterate, if you really like to eat screws, you actually have a lot of options. Don't joke with your own life, the state stipulates that you can't sell poisonous things, that naturally won't be fake.
delicacies
You may think that the textured snail is delicious, or your luck will not be so bad, but if you really lost your life because you ate the textured snail, at that time, you will really regret it too late.