Why does abalone have no eyes? Actually, there is.

Abalone actually has eyes, but many people have not found and seen it. In fact, abalone eyes are very cute. Let's have a look.

Why does abalone have no eyes?

The head of abalone is hidden at one end of the long axis of an oval gastropod, and a pair of slender antennae are born on it. The protruding part at the base of the antenna is the eye of abalone, which is looking at you through the above picture. Looking into the eyes of abalone is an extraordinary experience, which can only be possessed by heart.

Where can I find abalone?

Among the oceans, the Pacific coast and some island reefs are the most abundant, followed by the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

On the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, abalone is distributed from Alaska in the north to the west coast of Canada, the United States and Mexico in the south. Abalone is distributed in the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, starting from kamchatka peninsula in the north, along Japan, Korean Peninsula, China, Philippines, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, to Australia and New Zealand, and then to the sub-Antarctic March Island, which is more than 0/000 kilometers south of New Zealand. However, abalone has not been found in Hawaii.

Abalone is also distributed around the Indian Ocean, along the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Tanzania and Madagascar along the east coast of Africa in the south, and all the way to the Cape of Good Hope, with the largest yield in southern Africa.

Abalone is only distributed on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, that is, the west coast of Africa and the Mediterranean Sea, from north to south of the English Channel, but the distribution is not very large.

So far, only the east coast of North America and the coastal waters of South America have no reports of abalone distribution.

Efficacy of abalone

1, abalone has the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, quenching thirst and treating stranguria, and it is nourishing but not dry, and has higher nutritional value. It is reported that abalone is seven times as nutritious as Australian walnut. Proper consumption can nourish yin, calm the liver and strengthen the kidney, regulate adrenal gland secretion, and have the function of two-way blood pressure regulation.

2. Abalone is also a good tonic for women. Because abalone has the effects of regulating menstruation, moistening dryness and benefiting intestines, it can treat diseases such as irregular menstruation. And one of its greatest functions is nourishing yin and strengthening yang. If you eat too much, you won't worry about getting angry easily.

3. Abalone meat also contains an ingredient called "Bao Su", which can destroy the metabolic substances necessary for cancer cells, so abalone also has anti-cancer effect. Proper consumption of abalone can effectively improve human immunity, moisten dryness and benefit intestines. Abalone can also be used to treat dizziness, hypertension and other diseases after being used as medicine.

How to distinguish inferior abalone

1, color. Inferior abalone is dark, brown-purple, dull, with dry gray and residual meat. The surface of abalone is covered with a layer of gray white material, and even black-green mildew spots appear.

2. appearance. The shape of inferior abalone is incomplete, the edge is uneven, and the individual size is uneven, similar to "horseshoe shape";

3. Meat quality. Inferior abalone meat is thin, dry outside and wet inside, and does not sink or swell.