'Because the Japanese biochemical troops stationed in China had to deal with a large number of corpses… The Japanese thought that they could be seen everywhere in Japan at that time.
The crayfish (the predecessor of crayfish), after a series of genetic modification, the crayfish were shipped to the Japanese military station in batches, serving as the Take the job of cleaning water bodies. '(Internet post, original author unknown)
Is crayfish a worm or a shrimp?
Of course it's shrimp. The real name of the crayfish is "Procambarus clarkii", and the scientific name is Procambarus clarkii. It is related to lobsters, and they are both "decapods" taxonomically, lobsters are crayfish, and the crayfish we eat are phylum Crustacea Subfamily (so in some areas in northern China it is directly called "cricket").
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Crayfish are native to the southeastern United States, so they are also called American crayfish. The native habitat is near the Gulf of Mexico, especially in the mouth of the Mississippi River, so it is also called Louisiana crayfish. It is the most edible freshwater lobster species, and its annual output accounts for 70-80% of the entire freshwater lobster output.
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In addition, during the Anti-Japanese War, the world's biotechnology did not reach the level of genetic modification described by rumors. Even the double helix structure of DNA was not proposed by scientists until 1953. Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is a typical rumor that the Japanese army introduced crayfish to dispose of corpses.


