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What is an oyster?
Oyster (oyster), commonly known as oyster, oyster and so on. Belongs to mollusks, bivalves and Pinctada. It is the largest cultured shellfish in the world, one of the important marine biological resources available to human beings, and also a globally distributed species. Oyster is not only delicious and nutritious, but also has unique health care function and medicinal value. It is a kind of seafood treasure with high nutritional value. The zinc content of oysters ranks first in human food.

China is rich in oyster resources, which is the hometown of oysters and has a long history of using oysters. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, residents in some areas along the southern coast of China mastered oyster culture technology.

Oyster, as a kind of high-quality shellfish, not only has delicious meat, but also its meat and shell can be used as medicine, which has high medicinal value.

Fixed life:

Fix by adhering the shell to other objects. Generally distributed in intertidal zone and subtidal zone, the water depth does not exceed10m.

Resistance:

Oysters are also one of the most resistant aquatic animals. In the past 200 million years, the changing environment in intertidal zone has exercised the strong resistance of oysters to temperature, salinity, common pathogens in the open air and sea. When the water comes out at low tide, it can tolerate the hot and dry weather in summer and adapt to the freezing weather in winter successfully, and can survive without water for 1 ~ 2 weeks or even 1 month.

Oyster is a very common seafood, especially in summer, which is found in many roadside barbecue stalls. What oysters sashimi, garlic oysters, etc. It can be said that it is a seafood that many people must order for barbecue.