Yangtze River Jun: Mandarin fish meat is tender and delicious, coupled with the extremely high market price, fishing enthusiasts occasionally catch one, it can be said that they can be happy for half a day.
However, the fisherman in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, "picked up" a rare big mandarin fish that was half a meter long when fishing in the river...
Yangtze River Jun: Jiangsu Taizhou is located in the Yangtze River Delta, the territory of the water is developed, the river is extremely rich in freshwater resources, so there are many wild fish, fishing sports prevail.
Recently, when a fishing enthusiast in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, went fishing in a small river, he encountered this bizarre scene.
Before the angler could get down and start fishing, he "picked up" a rare "big mandarin fish" half a meter long by the riverside — unfortunately, it had been dead for a long time and even began to stink.
01 Fishing by the river found a large mandarin fish
“...... What a pity, too bad, I often come here to fish, I can't imagine that there are such big mandarin fish in the river, what a good fish, blame you for not usually hooking ah! "
The angler lamented that he did not expect that there were "such good fish" in the river, which he had never seen before, and it turned out to be a dead fish when he touched it.
This angler measured it with a fish ruler, and this big mandarin fish was 50 centimeters from beginning to end, half a meter long, which was a rare "old mandarin fish" that he had never seen in his fishing career, but it was a pity that he died so quietly.
Indeed, such a large mandarin fish, in the river can be said to be a "hegemonic" predator, there is no natural enemy at all, and the mandarin fish vitality is also very strong, how did it die?
Mandarin fish are the top predators in the river – infographic
02 Angler: Suspected to be electrocuted
"I feel that I was killed by the electric fish, the small fish were fished away, like this big fish it will drill into the water, stink before it floats up."
—— In the view of this Taizhou fisherman, this big mandarin fish is likely to be "electrocuted" by the people of the electric fish - because when he was fishing in the nearby river, he encountered several electric fish and tried to report it, but often as soon as the fishery government came, these electric fish ran away, and it was very difficult to govern.
Electric fish are very harmful - infographic
Electric fish are indeed hateful, but can such a large mandarin fish also be electrocuted?
Changjiang Jun: In fact, it is not unusual, now some electric fish in order to pursue "efficiency", will use pressurization equipment, instantaneous high voltage even people can be electrically turned, electrocution of more than a dozen pounds, dozens of pounds of fish is not a word.
Of course, it cannot be completely concluded that the mandarin fish was electrocuted, and it is possible to be injured and infected, and fish diseases are possible.
03 Netizen: Wonderful, quickly pick it up and eat it
Such a wild big mandarin fish, just like this death rot, is indeed regrettable, the Jiangsu Taizhou angler photographed it, but also posted to their own social media, many netizens after watching it is also a pity.
However, what I didn't expect was that there were netizens who left a message saying "Seconds, natural stinky mandarin fish, quickly pick it up and eat it."
Sure enough, it is a foodie in the folk, and these netizens admire the spirit of not wasting any "ingredients" Yangtze River Jun... But can this "natural stinky mandarin fish" really be eaten?
04 Yangtze River Jun: Don't eat
The "big mandarin fish" that this Jiangsu Taizhou angler picked up by the river is indeed an authentic "stinky mandarin fish", but "this stink is not the other stink".
Mandarin fish that stinks in different environments, the microorganisms that grow in the fish body are completely different, and the famous Anhui dish "stinky mandarin fish" is fermented in a wooden barrel after being salted, which can effectively control its degree of decay and kill many harmful bacteria, so it finally smells smelly, but it tastes very fragrant after frying.
It is not difficult to imagine that this kind of mandarin fish that dies in the wild river and naturally decays and stinks must have a large number of harmful bacteria breeding and eating harmful health (Yangtze River Jun's Note: There is a custom of picking up stinky fish in some parts of the northeast, but it is also a dead fish that is sealed and frozen under the ice).
So while both "stink is generally stinky", it is a completely two-pronged result when eaten.
However, it is indeed a pity that such a large mandarin fish died in the river in vain and rotted.
Old drivers, how do you think this big mandarin fish died?