With the rise of the urban pet fever, many players have raised all kinds of strange pets, and the "Chinese Fire Dragon" has also appeared on the pet list. On September 6, a reporter from Anhui Shangbao Rong Media learned from the Hefei Wildlife Park that the wildlife shelter and rescue station in the park recently rescued more than 700 "Chinese fire dragons".
According to reports, more than 700 "Chinese fire dragons" were seized in the provincial city of Yufenghua. "At first, an enthusiastic citizen found a 'Chinese Fire Dragon' selling in a shop selling goldfish, then called the police, and finally Shunto found the shop in Yufeng Flower Market and intercepted more than 700 'Chinese Fire Dragons.'" According to the relevant person in charge of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Affairs Bureau of Baohe District of Hefei City, the "Chinese Fire Dragon" was then sent to the Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Station of Hefei Wildlife Park, and the above two stores were also criticized for education.
"The real name of the 'Chinese fire dragon' is the Oriental Salamander, which is an amphibian of the family Caudadidae, salamanders, and salamanders. The back of the body is black with a waxy luster, generally without markings; the ventral surface is orange or vermilion, and there are black spots, and the abdominal pattern has regional differences. According to the staff of Hefei Wildlife Park, the Oriental Salamander is a three-animal and wild amphibian, mostly inhabiting still ponds with aquatic plants, springs and rice fields and their vicinity, preying on mosquito fly larvae, earthworms and other aquatic small animals. Due to the peculiar appearance of the Oriental salamander, it has gradually become a new favorite of "exotic" players in recent years, but it should be reminded that the oriental salamander has a highly toxic (tetrodotoxin, one milligram can cause the death of an adult) under the skin, and it is not suitable for pet breeding.
"The Oriental salamander is the most widely distributed species of salamander, which is widely present in the Dabie Mountains of our province and is very adaptable." According to the suggestion of the teacher of the School of Life Sciences of Anhui University, after a physical assessment, the oriental salamanders have been released to the mountain pond near Zipeng Mountain in Dabie Mountain by adopting a multi-point release method at the Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Station of Hefei Wildlife Park.
Hefei Wildlife Park reminds citizens and friends that please choose carefully when raising pets, wild animals are not bought if you want to buy, and the illegal "sale" of merchants and the "use" of buyers are suspected of violating the law. In addition, illegal hunting, illegal acquisition and trafficking of wild animals seriously damage biodiversity, damage the ecological environment, and harm the social public interest. If illegal wildlife trafficking is discovered, please immediately report it to the public security organs, wildlife protection departments, or market supervision and management departments.
Anhui Shangbao Rong media reporter Jiang Zhiyuan correspondent Zhang Fengjiao