Recently, Shanghai customs officials found that the image of the mail was abnormal when they carried out X-ray inspection of an email with the name of "Hezizi" Japanese-style snack.
Shanghai customs officers immediately opened the box for inspection, found that there are four plastic tubes in the carton, each tube has a beetle, about 5-6 cm long, the beetle was immediately sent to a professional institution for further identification.
On September 9, according to the identification of the Shanghai Customs Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, the four beetles that were illegally mailed into the country were "golden ghost spade nails". How harmful is the "Golden Shovel Armor"? Why does the state explicitly prohibit it, and some people are desperate to take risks?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > how harmful is the "golden spade"? </h1>
The golden spade is a type of spade beetle, because of its golden color, it is known as one of the most beautiful and precious beetles in the world.
The golden spade mainly lives in tropical rainforests above 1000 meters above sea level, and when it is larvae, it feeds on the leaves of the standard tree, and has a hard shell corresponding to the beetle, and the shell can change with the external environment. For example, when it rains, it turns black.
The golden ghost spade is not a native Chinese existing beetle species, but it is very familiar with china's customs here, the main reason is that customs in various parts of China can intercept such a batch of beetles every once in a while. Why are there always beetles arriving in China by mail?
The main reason is that there are channels for the sale of beetles overseas, and the list price of golden ghost spade nails is as high as tens of thousands of yuan. Such high-value beetles enter China, and usually someone from China enters China through online purchases.
However, when the "golden ghost spade" enters China, it must pass the inspection and quarantine of the relevant state departments, and only after passing can it enter our country. It is very dangerous for uninspected and quarantined animals and plants to enter China, which is mainly reflected in the above aspects:
First: without inspection and quarantine, it is not possible to determine whether foreign wild animals carry viruses and bacteria, and it is very likely that some overseas viruses will be introduced into China.
Second: overseas species entering China, after all, after strict review by the relevant departments, whether to find a suitable living environment in China, the phenomenon of crazy growth, and a large number of reproduction, threatening local species.
Third: Overseas invasive species, once they enter the natural environment, because of the lack of natural enemies in the local area, are likely to lead to the destruction of local ecosystems.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="14" Why do > species invasions always occur frequently? </h1>
According to statistics, in the first half of 2021, the national customs intercepted 29,200 species of quarantine pests, an increase of 3.63% year-on-year. Why everyone knows the dangers of biological invasion. Does someone always have to do that?
In this case, there are generally two situations, either ignorance or fluke psychology. I think that this animal is good to raise it on its own, and there is no problem without going out. However, not everyone has such an idea, introduced into the country, released into nature, forming damage, causing ecological damage.
The entry of overseas organisms is very strictly controlled for China, and China's customs usually directly adopt means such as interception, seizure, and destruction of overseas organisms that enter the country illegally to prevent various organisms from entering the country illegally.
Biological invasion, China Customs has achieved the way of "preferring to kill three thousand by mistake, rather than let go of one", and handed over a satisfactory answer sheet to the people of the whole country. The aim is to protect the domestic ecosystem balance and biological populations.
In short, in recent years, the entry of overseas organisms has become more and more frequent, we must be careful when receiving packages, do not have overseas biological live organisms, specimens, etc. entrained entry, once found, immediately call the police.