Hellish gourmet gooseneck barnacles, have you ever seen one?

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-28

Today, Yang Yang will take you to learn about the best food from hell gooseneck barnacles.

Gooseneck barnacles are known as bergamot snails in some coastal areas, and high-quality gooseneck barnacles can even be sold for 10,000 yuan per catty. So, why is it so expensive?Mainly because gooseneck barnacles are very difficult to pick.

As the saying goes, scarcity is precious, and most of the gooseneck barnacles are parasitic on the reef by the sea or on the ** of some marine creatures. It is very difficult to get them from sea creatures. And when gooseneck barnacles appear on the reef by the sea, the wind and waves are very strong, and the picking is very dangerous, so it can only be done at low tide. When the waves are calm, people jump off the reef to collect them and get back to safety before the tide rises, so they need very skilled people to pick them.

Because it is not easy to pick, the value of gooseneck barnacles has doubled. As a line goes, "The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish." So people gave gooseneck barnacles the nickname "the best seafood from hell".

The official scientific name of the gooseneck barnacle is Minghe, which belongs to the phylum Arthropods, Perithoracia, and species under the family Minghe. The front of the head is extended to form a fleshy goose-neck-like shape, and it is a hermit of the sea, living on reefs and the body surface of marine creatures. For this reason, the lotus is called a gooseneck barnacle.

This parasitic Xi is a nightmare for slower whales and turtles. During the attachment process, barnacles constantly secrete an extremely viscous substance known as barnacle glue, which allows them to lock themselves firmly onto their host, causing damage that can be said to be permanent.

Okay, that's all for today.

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