Macaques, also known as monkeys, belong to the national second-class protected animals. Affected by the cold wave weather, the wild macaques in the Longgang Scenic Area of Qingshui Tujia Township, Yunyang County, Chongqing City are facing difficulties in finding food, in order to keep the monkeys from starving, in the past two days, the scenic spot has added a number of monkey feeding points, and hired professional breeders to feed the monkeys with corn, fruits and other food from time to time to help the macaques survive the winter. Groups of monkeys come here every day to feed, and it has become an interesting sight in the scenic area.
Early in the morning, at the monkey stage in the Longgang Scenic Area of Yunyang County, Wan Xianjun, a staff member of the scenic spot, came to the monkey feeding point to feed the monkey food.
Hearing the shouting, after a while, the monkeys swarmed in, only to see the red-faced, double-eyelid macaques can't wait to gather around, pick up corn kernels from the ground and chew them, looking very cute.
"According to the monkey's Xi, we set up three to four feeding points in the monkey stage to purchase a batch of food it needs, such as corn, sweet potatoes, fruits, etc. Feed them three or four times a day at irregular intervals to ensure that they are warm through the winter. Wan Xianjun, a staff member of the Dragon Tank Scenic Area, introduced that especially in rainy and snowy weather, they will feed the monkey in large quantities to ensure that it has enough physical strength.
Macaques are omnivores and mainly eat fruits and vegetables in the forest, such as leaves, shoots, and wild fruits. After entering the winter, it is difficult for macaques to find leaves and wild fruits to satisfy hunger, and at this time it is in the lactation and mating season of macaques, in order to allow pregnant female monkeys and young monkeys to get sufficient nutrition, improve the survival rate of young monkeys, the scenic spot has set up 9 fixed feeding points in the area where macaques are active, put 50 kilograms of corn every day, and arrange feeding personnel to feed fixedly, so as to ensure the reproduction of macaque populations.
At present, there are more than 100 wild macaques living in the Dragon Tank Scenic Area. In order to protect these precious creatures, the scenic area has taken a series of measures. By setting up fixed feeding points, it is ensured that macaques have access to sufficient food sources during the winter months. At the same time, the professional keepers of the scenic spot will also pay close attention to the health of the monkeys and provide them with timely rescue and care.
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