Farmers plow out 500 year old American turtles experts suggest killing and eating them (photo)

Looking at the photos with high forwarding rate on the Internet, Dong Chaowei, director of the wildlife rescue center of Zhengzhou Forestry Bureau, confirmed that "this is a crocodile turtle", which belongs to an alien species and is harmful to local organisms Farmers plow out 500 year old tortoises? "Farmers plow out 500 year old tortoises," many people tweeted on the afternoon of the 17th After searching, the reporter found that the news was posted on the picture channel of people's daily The full text is as follows: on September 17, 2013, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, "this mountain is not close to the river, how could there be such a large tortoise, and I don't know what kind of tortoise it is." On the morning of September 15, Wang Cai, a villager in Shangwang village, Nanwang village, Zhouzhuang Town, Baofeng County, Henan Province, plowed out a large tortoise weighing more than 12 Jin from the dry land When catching a big tortoise, its head is bigger than that of table tennis The huge tortoise shell and black tortoise shell are covered with polygon patterns After roughly measuring, the turtle is 45 cm long (8 cm long tail), 32 cm wide, weighs more than 6 kg, and has hard toenails on its claws The villagers were puzzled when they plowed out big tortoises in the hills The wildlife department of Baofeng County Forestry Bureau judged the turtle to be about 500 years old On the 17th, the reporter contacted the villager in many ways, but the other side didn't elaborate on how the tortoise was plowed Netizen: This is a fake crocodile turtle After it was forwarded on Weibo many times, many netizens questioned it According to the introduction of @ thin camel, a member of science squirrels Association and a popular science writer, "the crocodile like turtle, originated in North America, was introduced as a meat tortoise It's about 5 years old, with a market price of 50-Yuan per Jin It's just a hoax to plow out." According to the query, "crocodile like turtle" is mainly distributed in East and central North America, Central America and northwest South America "This is a crocodile turtle, native to America," Dong Chaowei, director of the wildlife rescue center of Zhengzhou Forestry Bureau, said after looking at the photo "Around Zhengzhou, especially at the intersection of the third and fourth west ring roads, there are people holding tortoises and selling them for about yuan each," he said On the 17th, at the gate of the botanical garden, there were migrant workers holding the tortoise for sale With the development of transportation industry, more and more foreign species come into China "There are two possibilities for crocodile turtle to enter the mainland of China One is that some people buy it as a pet from a foreign country and sell it Some people buy it and don't want to keep it They let it go or throw it away, or run out of their home The second possibility is that it will enter the waters of China with the ship, and then enter the interior of Henan Province." Dong Chaowei said that the crocodile tortoise is very suitable for the environment in the mainland of China and has caused hidden dangers to local creatures He suggested that the farmer send the turtle to the local wildlife department and not let it go If the local wildlife department has no rescue conditions, it is recommended to kill it Its meat is delicious "Don't keep it at home, because it is aggressive, big and easy to hurt children's hands and feet There have been cases of crocodile and turtle hurting people in China."