Can turtles eat?

Turtles can be eaten. The effect of tortoise shell: nourishing yin and suppressing yang, benefiting kidney and strengthening bones, nourishing blood and nourishing heart. It can be used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, dizziness, wind deficiency, weakness of muscles and bones, and forgetfulness due to guilty conscience. Both nail rot and skin rot can be treated in this way. However, from the standpoint of protecting animals, it is still not recommended to eat.

Turtle?

Turtle refers to the general name of turtle in a broad sense and the species under turtle in a narrow sense.

Turtles are also called golden turtles, grass turtles, mud turtles and mountain turtles. Latin scientific name: Mauremys reevesii? (gray, 183 1).Cites Appendix Grade: III, Protection Grade: None.

Taxonomically, it belongs to reptiles, turtles and turtles, and is one of the common turtles. This is an ancient reptile. Its characteristic is that its shell is very strong. When attacked, turtles can retract their heads, tails and limbs into their carapace (except turtles and snapping turtles). Most sea turtles are carnivores, feeding on worms, snails, shrimp and small fish, as well as stems and leaves of plants. Turtles are distributed almost everywhere in China, but the yield in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is higher. It is also produced in all parts of Guangxi, especially in the southeast and south of Guangxi. Foreign countries are mainly distributed in Japan, South Korea and North Korea.

main feature

The upper and lower jaws of turtles have no teeth, and the lower jaws are covered with horny sheaths, which are called beaks. The turtle's tongue is muscular and can't stick out. There are eyelids and transient membranes, and the pupils are round. Hearing is not keen, touch and smell are developed, and lungs breathe. The anus is round or longitudinally split. The connector is single.

The tortoise has thick limbs and a hard shell, and its head, tail and limbs can be retracted into the shell. Turtle shell can be boiled into turtle glue, which is a commonly used Chinese medicine. Sometimes the leatherback family and Tortoise family of turtles are classified as large or medium-sized turtles. Their limbs turn into paddles when swimming, and they live in tropical and subtropical oceans. Their meat contains fat and can be used to make oil; Eggs are edible; A can also be used as Chinese medicine. Some kinds of turtles have a long life span, and some can reach more than 300 years old. The common species of large tortoises is elephant tortoises, with a body length of 1.5m and a weight of 200kg, which are famous for crawling with people. Green turtles are the most popular exhibition animals. It is actually a golden turtle or water turtle with green algae on its shell.