Catching super rare purple crabs caused a stir

Recently, fishermen in a port in Qingdao, Shandong, China have caught the super rare purple crabs that caused a stir, drawing much attention.

While purple crabs are especially colored by their color, many people are concerned, suspecting that these crabs have been contaminated with certain chemicals and discolored or that they have been genetically altered.

The purple crab is caught by Qingdao fishermen.

In response to the press, experts said, the phenomenon of purple crab is a normal phenomenon , completely safe and can eat like any other crab. Just because purple and purple crabs are still rare in the market, many people don't know about them, they worry that seawater pollution causes discoloration in crabs.

Close-up of rare purple crab.

In fact, if affected by seawater pollution, crabs will die and not change color. Color difference can be a biological adaptation phenomenon. The color of the sea crabs will be affected by the depth, light, life time and other factors, living in different conditions, the color of the crab body is also different.

In the world there are also purple crabs called vampire crabs or vampire crabs (Vampire crab, Geosesarma sp) , a crab genus found in India, Southeast Asia to the island nation of Solomon and Hawaii. , ghost crabs originated from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Vampire crab.

However, different from the purple crab caught by Thanh Dao fishermen, vampire crabs live in forests near freshwater sources and half the time vampire crabs live on land, the rest of the time living in shallow water. . Vampires of different colors in which purple, yellow-eyed species look the most frightening, though this is a rather shy animal that can be semi-shallow.

Vampire crabs have outstanding features as purple body, bright eyes are always open.

The vampire crab has the outstanding characteristic of purple body, the head is more purple or red orange, the eyes are shining like ghost eyes, always open wide.

Purple crabs are rarely caught especially in the purple crabs in the sea , so they are often sold at high prices to keep the scene and not become a commercial product.