CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Look at this loach, it's over two meters long and weighs more than 70 kilograms. How many years does it take to grow this big?

1. Look at this loach, it is over two meters long and weighs more than 70 kilograms. How many years does it take to grow this big?

Over 70 kilograms is an exaggeration. The big catfish over one meter long that I caught was only over 20 kilograms. It would be impossible to hold it if it twisted like the one in the picture without a strength of over 100 kilograms. Also, it doesn't look like a loach in the picture. It might be an eel.

2. Can you eat apple snails? What fish eat apple snails?

No, there are parasites, which can easily make the fish sick or even die.

The golden apple snail is a mollusk of the family Physalis. It is very similar to field snails in appearance. It is large, has a wide range of diets, is highly adaptable, grows and reproduces quickly, and has a high yield. Eating insufficiently heated golden apple snails may cause parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis to infect humans. It was introduced to China in 1981 and has now been listed as one of China's first invasive alien species.

Its meat is edible, but the taste is not good and it is not popular among people. In addition, it is also feed for some precious aquatic animals. Golden apple snails are large, have a wide range of diets, are highly adaptable, grow and reproduce quickly, and have high yields. They are farmed throughout China. Eating golden apple snails that are not fully heated may cause parasites such as Guangzhou roundworms to infect the human body. Eating raw or incompletely heated golden apple snails can cause infection, which can cause symptoms such as headaches, fever, and stiff neck. In severe cases, it can cause dementia or even death. Therefore, when eating golden apple snails, be sure to heat them thoroughly.

3. A fable about a fish that needs loach to survive during transportation. What kind of fish is it? Please give me an answer. Thank you.

Answer: Yellow eel (eel)

To keep fish from dying during transportation, the Chinese and Norwegians have similar tricks.

The Chinese put a few loaches in a group of eels. Loaches are active by nature, and they drill around in the eel group, creating a tense atmosphere and forcing the eels to move along with them. During the journey of twenty to thirty hours, not a single eel died. This is the "loach effect."

In order to prevent the sardines from dying on the way, the Norwegians put a few catfishes in the cabin. The catfishes ran around everywhere, making the sardines very nervous. They swam faster to avoid suffocation. This ensures that all the sardines arrived at the port alive. People call this the "catfish effect."

I hope this solves your confusion, please adopt it!

4. What is loach called in ancient Chinese? I have seen it in the dictionary, a single word, but I don't remember it.

Chickadee

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Loach [loach] 鳛,鰌. ——《Er Ya》