Earthworms can help loosen the soil and are farmers’ friends. Earthworms can also be used as bait for fishing, and they can also be dried to make Chinese medicinal materials, commonly known as “Dilonggan”. In recent years, the price of earthworms has been soaring in mainland China. The price of 1 kilogram of dry earthworms can be sold for 1,000 yuan. The “extinction” electric earthworm machines are also sold on the Internet.
According to “Shangguan News”, the current price of one kilogram of dried earthworms is 300 yuan (regarding NT$1,320), making metal instruments such as “electric earthworm machine” and “dilong instrument” popular. The current price on the Internet For more than 100 yuan to 800 yuan (regarding NT$442 to 3539 yuan), some sellers have sold 100,000 electric earthworm machines, and buyers also leave comments under the store regarding their hunting experience in the fields.
It is understood that the use of an electric earthworm machine requires a battery, and the machine is generally used in moist and soft soil, and vegetable gardens, cultivated fields, etc. are the best. There is a “luxury electric earthworm machine” on the Internet. The price is 800 yuan (regarding NT$3539). ), the seller said that it can power more than ten pounds of earthworms at a time.
Experts pointed out that electric earthworms directly introduce electricity into the soil, allowing the earthworms to “electrically shock” them out. This approach not only directly electrocutes the earthworms, but also harms other organisms in the soil and causes “extinction” damage to the ecology.
In addition, in August last year, three companies in mainland China caused irreversible damage to the environment due to the sale of electric earthworm machines. The court ordered the merchants to pay 1.59 million yuan (regarding NT$7.03 million) in damages to the ecological environment.
