What does a dead hairy crab look like? How to tell if a hairy crab is dead or alive?

Hairy crabs have a lot of meat, are delicious, can be prepared in a variety of ways, and are rich in nutrition. They are a popular delicacy in autumn. Many people eat hairy crabs, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Eating hairy crabs is very particular. Dead hairy crabs must not be eaten. So what does a dead hairy crab look like? Let's take a closer look!

How to tell if hairy crabs are dead

1. Touching the eyes

Gently touch the crab's eyes with your fingers to see if it moves.

2. Lift the crab navel

Lift open the navel of the hairy crab and see if the crab reacts.

3. Rinse with cold water

If the above methods do not work, put the hairy crab under the faucet and rinse it with cold water for 2 minutes to see if the hairy crab can "wake up". If it still cannot wake up, it means that the crab is completely dead.

Can you eat dead hairy crabs?

As for creatures like hairy crabs, they must be eaten alive!

After the hairy crab dies, bacteria and harmful substances will quickly be produced in its body, which will damage human health. Therefore, dead hairy crabs cannot be eaten.

Dead hairy crabs should never be eaten. The high-protein crab meat, roe and roe will quickly rot and breed bacteria, which are difficult to kill at high temperatures. Eating hairy crabs with bacteria will cause a lot of "uncomfortable" reactions, and most of the uncomfortable reactions you can imagine will be accompanied! So don't make yourself uncomfortable just because you feel sorry for a hairy crab!

How to preserve hairy crabs without dying

Put in refrigerator.

1. After buying live hairy crabs, do not untie the ropes that tie the crabs or clean them.

2. Place the hairy crabs on a tray and put the tray into the refrigerator, keeping the temperature at 5-8 degrees Celsius.

3. Then, take a wet towel, the wetness of which is about the level for wiping your face, and cover the back of the hairy crab with the towel.

4. Using this method, hairy crabs can survive in the refrigerator for about a week.

In this way, we can artificially create a state similar to "hibernation" for hairy crabs. Hairy crabs are in a low temperature environment and are helped to be immobile, so their energy demand is very low and the loss caused is also very low. The wet towel on their backs provides them with the moisture they need to survive, so hairy crabs can survive in the refrigerator.

However, although the energy consumption of hairy crabs in the refrigerator is very low, they will definitely suffer losses in order to maintain their lives. Therefore, the hairy crabs will inevitably become thinner, and the taste will definitely not be as good as fresh hairy crabs.

One thing that needs to be reminded is that the refrigerator is not a safe. If you store hairy crabs in the refrigerator using the above method, there is still a possibility that the crabs will die. If you find that the crabs are dead, you cannot eat them.