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Popular science time丨 Rare animals: Tibetan wild donkeys

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Popular science time丨 Rare animals: Tibetan wild donkeys

Tibetan wild donkey is a very "personality" creature, is a national first-class protected animal, is the largest kind of wild donkey, the body size is close to a horse, the whole body is mainly reddish brown, the ear tip, the back ridge, the mane, the tail end of the coat is dark in color, above the snout, under the neck, chest, abdomen, limbs and other places are coated with white, and the color line on both sides of the trunk is clear.

Popular science time丨 Rare animals: Tibetan wild donkeys

Tibetan wild donkeys are mainly distributed in China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, living in alpine desert areas, with strong tolerance to cold, sun and wind and snow, most of them are composed of five or six small groups, large groups of dozens, the largest group can reach hundreds, and the small group is led by a male donkey. Good at running, high vigilance. It likes to eat thatch, moss and artemisia, and in order to maintain its large body, the Tibetan wild donkey can eat four kilograms of hay in a day.

Instead of forming a permanent family like a horse, Tibetan wild donkeys occupy a territory for each male to mate with females passing by their territory. As soon as other males enter their territory, they will run to the intruder, raise their heads, put their ears behind their backs, and stick their tails straight out, shouting and driving. Males without territory form groups of bachelors and wander around.

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