As we all know, the earth has experienced more "suffering" than we think, and the same is true of earth creatures, so to speak, it is already very difficult for creatures to successfully live. You know, there have been 5 mass extinctions on Earth, which is the 5 we can find evidence to prove at present, but scientists have always believed that the Earth may have experienced more than 5 times.
From this point of view, the creatures that escaped the 5 mass extinctions can be said to be very lucky.
Every mass extinction is a devastating blow to the earth's creatures, because in the period of mass extinction, biological extinction has become a very common thing, almost every moment there are biological extinctions, according to statistics, each mass extinction will have at least 75% of biological deaths.
Even now, biological extinctions are still relatively common, especially after the high number of human activities, biological extinctions have become the norm. Human activities have seriously affected China's climate, and changes in the climate environment have increased the mortality rate of organisms on the earth, and many precious creatures have gradually died or even become extinct due to human reasons, such as paddlefish.
According to research, the Earth has entered the 6th mass extinction.
"According to a report published by IPBES in 2019, the rate of global species extinction is tens or even hundreds of times faster than the average rate of the past 10 million years," the data showed.
In other words, the extinction rate of the earth's creatures has increased rapidly after the emergence of human beings, the emergence of human beings has broken the comfortable state of the survival of the earth's creatures, habitat destruction, food shortages and other problems have followed, making it extremely difficult for animals to live.
However, there are also some unexpected appearances, such as the sudden reappearance of animals that have long disappeared into the human world. Recently, a creature that has been extinct for 140 years has reappeared in the world, which has attracted widespread attention.
The creature is a bird - the black-naped pheasant.
The black-naped pheasant was first discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1882. For more than 140 years, scientists never saw the bird again. As if it had never appeared, it was short-lived.
Trying to photograph the black-naped pheasant dove can only be lucky, scientists have repeatedly deployed and monitored the island, but found nothing. It is understood that the living habitat of the black-naped pheasant dove is only on this island, and the environment in other places is not very suitable for the survival of the black-naped pheasant, which is a very special bird.
The black-naped pheasant has a unique call, as long as people who have heard the call of the black-naped pheasant may not forget it for a lifetime, even if the timbre of the black-naped pheasant dove is very recognizable, but for more than a hundred years, people have never heard the call of the black-naped pheasant, so scientists have also declared the black-naped pheasant dove extinct.
The most important point is that the island is not large, in this slap-sized place, scientists have already searched all corners, but have never found the figure of the black-naped pheasant, so this gives the conclusion of extinction. But in 2022, the camera that scientists placed on the island to photograph other animals accidentally captured an animal that resembled a black-naped pheasant, and it was confirmed that it was a black-naped pheasant.
I have to say that this is another exciting moment, who would have thought that a creature that has been extinct for more than 140 years should appear again, how incredible it is.
Some people say that a big reason for the recurrence of extinct creatures is because the earth's environment has improved, when the air quality improves, the rivers are clean, the trees are luxuriant, and the life of animals is better, some animals that were originally hidden in the shadows will also come out of the corner and appear in the public eye.
In fact, this reason is valid, because the evolution of a creature takes time, if a certain creature is extinct, then to evolve an identical creature is to meet certain conditions, which needs to be combined with the environment at that time and give a long time, so many times, our so-called declaration of extinction, may be wrong, but after the creature is hidden, we can't find it.
But in any case, once the creatures are really extinct, it will be a loss for the earth, and at the same time, as the ruler of the earth, we should also take our due responsibility to protect animals, protect ecosystems, and gradually build a complete and beautiful earth's biosphere.