Can pregnant women eat civets, can civet cats eat them

Civets can't eat it. It was included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State of China that are Beneficial or Have Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. Therefore, civet cats belong to the national protected animals and cannot be eaten.

The civet cat is actually a wild animal, and it is not poisonous. They live in the wild for a long time, and in a specific environment, they will be infected with certain germs and viruses, but some viruses will not cause outbreaks for them and have special resistance. For example, the SARS virus, although carried by civet cats, does not die much from civet infection, and when it is infected to humans, it will break out in a big way.

In fact, it's just a virus, and it has nothing to do with whether it is poisonous or not, and if there is, it can only be said to be a virus.

Civets are perfectly edible. Many friends know that this animal is a precious wild animal, and wild animals like this are completely uneaten because it is illegal.

But now many people will raise this animal through artificial means, so this animal can be eaten, but can not eat those wild animals in the wild, can only eat civet cats that are bred in captivity, and this way is legal in the bones. Therefore, you can directly buy artificially bred civet cats to eat.

The ** and nutritional value of civets, this animal contains a lot of protein, in addition to a lot of carbohydrates and vitamins and so on. These ingredients contained in this animal can effectively strengthen the spleen and stomach, and from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it can also achieve the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness.

Civets eat fruits.

Civets mainly feed on various berries or drupes with sweet and sour tastes, such as a variety of banyan fruits, neem fruits, evergreen oak fruits, peaches, apricots, pears, lychees, longans, etc. In addition, small animals are also preyed, and the stomach examination found that the animal remains include bird feathers, bird egg shells, pheasant claws, frogs, earthworms, field snails, leeches, grasshoppers, etc.

Civets are mostly active and foraging on trees. When ripe fruit is found, it often forages repeatedly and comes every night. Leaves claw marks on the trees. There are often many droppings with drupes on the branches and near the roots.

Conservation status

Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2015 VER Least Concern (LC).

Listed in the International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – Appendix.

It was included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State of China that are Beneficial or Have Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

It is included in the Red List of Biodiversity of China (mammals) - Near Threatened (NT).

Included in the "Scope of Classification and Management of Prohibited Wild Animals" (September 30, 2020).