Jimu news reporter Zhao Bei
Correspondent Yu Ling
Asian Black Bear
On August 23, when the staff of Xinhua Forest Farm in Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei Province, went into the mountains to collect infrared camera monitoring data, they were surprised to find that the camera captured precious images of Asian black bears, iguanas, hairy-crowned deer, white-crowned long-tailed pheasants, red-bellied golden pheasants, and red-bellied horned pheasants. These vivid faces of "forest dwellers" captured by infrared cameras show people the wonderful world of Shennongjia "Natural Zoo".
Iguana
The wild animal iguana that appears in the video is relishing the taste of fresh wild mushrooms, and it looks up alertly from time to time as it eats; the hairy deer in the other video looks less lucky, has not yet been able to eat, and is intently looking down to forage.
Hairy-crested deer
The protagonist of another video, a gorgeous-feathered creature with white top and neck, golden yellow chest and back, and black feathers, named the white-crowned long-tailed pheasant, was the first filmed in the forest farm. In the video, the white-crowned pheasant pecks at insects and grass seeds on the ground as it walks on a grassy field, sometimes chasing a female long-tailed pheasant.
White-crowned long-tailed pheasant
Hu Quanhong, secretary of the party committee and director of Xinhua Forestry Farm, displayed more than 50 animal images taken in recent years, including golden snub-nosed monkeys, hairy-crowned deer, porcupines, iguanas, ocelots, and black bears. Judging from the images, these animals in the completely wild environment are natural, relaxed and leisurely, or hurried by, or looking up, or foraging freely, or childcare with mouths, some also in and out of the pair, some wandering back and forth, frequently "showing their faces" in front of the camera. Hu Quanhong said that in the past few years, Xinhua Forest Farm has continuously innovated the protection model, and has achieved remarkable results in resource management and protection by establishing a patrol management system, hiring farmers' ecological stewards, and forming a plant protection technical service team.
Red-bellied horned pheasant
"It's rare to photograph so many of the country's rare wildlife at once." Yang Jianguo, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Forestry Administration of Shennongjia Forestry District, introduced that the use of wild infrared detection cameras to monitor the activity of wild animals is one of the main means of monitoring wildlife resources at present, and the bureau uses more than 200 infrared monitoring cameras in the field in 6 forest farms, which can take clear photos and videos of wildlife activities.
Red-bellied pheasant
In recent years, Shennongjia has taken effective measures such as strengthening publicity and education, improving the monitoring system, and increasing law enforcement, and has effectively done a good job in the protection of wild animals and plants, and the ecological environment has been significantly improved.
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