Eagle-billed turtle
Wild eagle-billed turtles are scattered in many areas of our country. The carapace of the eagle-billed turtle can cure many diseases in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine in China, so many people catch eagle-billed turtles for food. Currently, there are not many wild eagle-billed turtles, so farms raising eagle-billed turtles have begun to flourish. , filling the gap for the shopping mall.
Chinese name:Owl-billed turtle
Chinese version No.:Big-headed turtle, ratite turtle, big-headed ratite, eagle-billed dragon-tailed fish, three-faced turtle, parrot turtle
Two-person method :Platysternon megacephalum
English name:Big-headed turtle
Kingdom:Animal
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilida
Order:Turtles
>Suborder:Suborder Turtles
Family:< /strong>Ratuteidae
Genus:Rite
Species:Big-headed turtle
Dispersion:China is mainly distributed in Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu , Hunan, etc. Scattered in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.
Appearance characteristics: The head is large, triangular in shape, and the back of the head is covered with a large horny hard shell, and the upper beak is hooked to form an olecranon. Shape, big eyes, no external ear full membrane. The carapace is brown, oblong and flat in the center, with no teeth on the front and rear edges.
Living customs:The important movement areas of the eagle-billed turtle in nature are in swamps, pools and streams in the mountains. The artificially bred ratite turtles like to move in leaf piles, grass or deep water areas.
Growing habits: Egg-laying, mating starts at 5 to 6 o'clock in the evening from September to October when the temperature is 20°C to 25°C. Spawning begins when the water temperature rises in June of the following year, and the spawning period continues until mid-August.
Food habits: Wild breasted turtles mainly feed on snails, clams, shells, shrimps, fish, crabs, frogs, insects and snails. When hungry, they also eat leaves, grass roots. Under the premise of artificial feeding, they can be fed with animal feed, snails, frogs, fish and shrimp meat, bran, bean cakes, fruits or fruit peels, etc.
Price: Usually people buy eagle beaks for eating, so some merchants sell eagle beaks in kilograms. For sale, the price varies, often fluctuating at 1,000±500 yuan/jin.
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