Recently, in Longling County, Yunnan, there is a rare "old friend" - the national level key protection of wild animals "five-clawed golden dragon", you know, the last time it was in Longling, Yunnan, or more than 10 years ago.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > "five-clawed golden dragon" appeared in Longling, Yunnan</h1>
This time the trace of the "five-clawed golden dragon" was found, thanks to a village cadre in Mucheng Township, Longling County, during the patrol, the village cadre found that in the stone crevice in front of it, a huge lizard suddenly appeared, its tail was very long, and its limbs looked strong and powerful every day.
Therefore, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone to record this wonderful moment, and did not expect that after the identification of the relevant departments, it was a "five-clawed golden dragon" that had disappeared in Longling County for more than 10 years, which was too precious.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" >What is a "five-clawed golden dragon"? </h1>
Its scientific name is Varanus salvator, Chinese name is the round-nosed monitor lizard, belongs to a huge lizard, its maximum length can be nearly 1.5 meters, and its weight is about 40-60 pounds.
In the past, the distribution of round-nosed monitor lizards is still very extensive, China's Yunnan, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hainan and other places, can see its figure, especially in the early morning and evening ponds, streams or coastal estuaries nearby, can see their lively figure, not only can swim, but also climb trees, the speed is very fast.
However, due to the impact of human activities on their habitat over the years, coupled with the capture of them by humans, they have been reduced in number, so the round-nosed monitor lizard is also a critically endangered species and is also at risk of extinction.
Although this time in Longling, Yunnan, it was more than 10 years after more than 10 years to see the wild round-nosed monitor lizard activity again, however, if you search for relevant information on the Internet, you will find that in fact, they can often be found in Yunnan, for example, in May this year, yunnan Puer's Yehe River, there have been round-nosed monitor lizards.
At the same time, in 2019, it is also Pu'er, Yunnan, a coffee shop came to an "uninvited guest" - a huge round-nosed monitor lizard, and then, after the identification of the relevant personnel, it was confirmed that it was in a sub-adult state, which should have been raised as a pet for a period of time, abandoned, or escaped by itself, and then along the sewer pipe, it actually came to this coffee shop.
Of course, the round-nosed monitor lizard, which was "caught" in the coffee shop, was later examined by professionals to confirm that it had the ability to survive in the wild, and released it into nature.
Speaking of which, in recent years, in many places, species that were once considered extinct, or species that have not been seen for a long time, have reappeared, which is mainly due to the series of achievements made by China in the natural environment and ecological environmental protection over the years, so that the homes of wild animals have become better and better.
So, in the future, will there be a re-discovery of species that we expect to be thought to have gone extinct in the wild? Say South China Tiger? How likely is it to be rediscovered?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > does the South China Tiger really not exist? </h1>
Like the Siberian tiger, as a large carnivore that lives alone, the requirements for the environment and habitat are very harsh, because at least 100 square kilometers of forest are required, and there are abundant herbivores that can be used as food for the South China tiger before they can continue to exist in the world.
However, since it was declared extinct in the wild in 1994, until today, humans have not found the figure of the South China tiger in the wild, and it has been 27 years, which also makes many people believe that the wild South China tiger may not have existed for a long time, otherwise, even if they are far away from humans, how can they not find any trace?
Speaking of which, until 80 years ago, as a unique tiger species in China, the number of wild South China tigers was more than 4,000, but due to the destruction of the habitat of south China tigers by humans, coupled with the conflict between humans and tigers, human beings killed them on a large scale, and even poached under the trend of interests, which made the number of South China tigers drop sharply to less than 200 in the following 40 years.
Even so, there are still many people who will go poaching the South China Tiger, which makes the South China Tiger nowhere to be found in less than 10 years.
And after the extinction of the South China tiger was declared in 1994, China has also repeatedly gone to the habitat of the South China tiger to look for possible wild South China tigers, even if 1 is found, it is the best evidence that they still exist, but unfortunately, it has not been as desired.
However, although the South China tiger is extinct in the wild, the captive South China tiger is still there, which also means that it is the wild South China tiger that is extinct, and this species still exists on the earth.
Unfortunately, they are all captive reared South China tigers far from nature, and there are currently about 100 of them, because they no longer have the ability to survive in the wild, which also makes it very difficult for South China tigers to return to nature.
Therefore, we can only look forward to the future one day, like this time Yunnan Longling after more than 10 years, once again found the "five-clawed golden dragon", one day wild South China tiger can also be taken real photos, instead of "New Year Painting South China Tiger".