In rural areas, it is true that children will catch eels in rice fields. Eels always like to go out for food at night. When you shine a flashlight, you will know where there are eels and where there are no eels. People like to catch eels and improve their living standards after catching eels. But at that time, there were only two or three wild animals that children could catch, and it was rare to reach four or two.
With the pollution and destruction of the environment, wasteland in rural fields is becoming more and more common, and there are fewer and fewer Monopterus albus. When the environment deteriorates, people's demand for this delicious food is also increasing. Many people have captured the food Monopterus albus by some methods that seriously destroy the ecology, making the rice fields barren. When there are many wild eels, it is not easy for eels to see half a kilogram. Now it's wild eels, fewer and smaller. Monopterus albus, on the other hand, grows very slowly and has high requirements for the environment. The places with rich nutrition and good sanitary conditions develop rapidly, while the places with poor environment develop slowly.
In the south, some people lock them up to raise eel. Compared with wild Monopterus albus, it is obviously easier to grow up in captivity. However, the growth rate of eel population, whether wild or captive, is affected by many factors. As mentioned above, the content of nutrients in the waters where Monopterus albus lives, the age of Monopterus albus and the good ecological environment where Monopterus albus lives will all affect the development of healthy Monopterus albus.
Even if wild plants grow continuously for two years, it is a good thing that Monopterus albus grows to 10g in the first year and then hibernates in the mud for a long time. Monopterus albus grows well to 15-20g. But in the third year, the little eel officially began to grow rapidly. I've seen some plants with better growing environment. When you grow up to 3 years old, your weight can reach about 22, and you can grow for 4 to 5 years. It can grow to half a kilogram. This is the biggest I have ever seen.
In the sixth year, the growth rate of Monopterus albus will be slower and slower, which means that most of the things we see in the wild are actually about half a kilogram. In the news, I saw an old farmer catch a catty of eel. There are similar news everywhere. In the wild, we can also see that Monopterus albus can really grow to 1 kg in areas with suitable environment and rich nutrition. Some old farmers even accidentally caught a man eel weighing 3 kg or 5 kg, so I haven't seen it yet. Even if there is, it can be counted as "fine eel", which ordinary people should not eat and should collect.
Anyway, I feel crazy. It is amazing that Monopterus albus can grow to half a kilogram. It should be a relatively large individual who can grow to one kilogram. But here is a reminder that if wild eels live too long, their blood will contain toxins. When eating, try to avoid these toxins when cooking or draining the blood of Monopterus albus. Safety comes first.