Many fishing enthusiasts often encounter or even catch turtles and turtles when fishing in the wild fishing by rivers and lakes, but most of them are artificially released farmed turtles and turtles, such as grass turtles, Brazilian turtles, pearl turtles and so on.
Recently, an angler in Guangdong, while fishing in the mountains, picked up a "strange turtle that he had never seen before", which surprised him...
——As the saying goes, there must be strange fish in the mountains, but in fact, there are all kinds of rare species.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > the stream fishing to pick up the "sharp-billed turtle"</h1>
“...... I can't see it in the water, and when I pick it up, I feel that something is wrong, this turtle looks so strange, it is definitely not the Brazilian turtle grass turtle. ”
——Master Qin, an angler in Guangdong, said that at that time, he was fishing for makou fish and stream grouper in the mountains along the stream, and found this "strange turtle" lying on the bottom of the water under a small waterfall.
The turtle was not big, and did not know how, nor did it know how to escape, and the angler immediately grabbed it.
The ecology in the deep mountain streams is good, all kinds of shrimp and crabs are abundant, and it is not unusual to have turtle turtles and turtles to inhabit, but this turtle has a peculiar shape, a large head and a pointed mouth, and long claws and tails - this angler said that "it is not a mortal thing at a glance".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" > turned out to be a rare "hawk-billed turtle"</h1>
Sure enough, the angler took out his mobile phone and found that it may be a very rare protected animal, a hawk-billed turtle – in the words of the angler, this is a "proper ten-year-old turtle"!
Changjiang Jun: Judging from the appearance of the turtle caught by this fisherman, it should indeed be an extremely rare hawk-billed turtle, mainly distributed in the southern region of China, generally inhabiting the clear water and ecologically good mountain streams, and occasionally found in the upper reaches of the river.
Wild chickpeak turtles are very rare nowadays, because this turtle has high requirements for the ecological environment, especially in Guangdong region has been very rare, did not expect this angler to fish in the stream can also meet a .....
Capture the neighborhood of this hawk-billed turtle
(The chickpus is a typical carnivorous species that preys on live food, so it is difficult to survive if there are not enough wild fish, shrimp, crabs, and insects in the nearby habitat for it to prey on.) ）
Therefore, small stream fish such as brook grouper and horsefish are its prey objects, so where there are many fish, it is likely that there will be hawk-billed turtles.
Catching a fish can also encounter this rare species, and the luck of this dude is also amazing.
However, Yangtze River Jun reminds everyone that the hawk-billed turtle is a national second-level protected animal (the latest adjustment, last year was still a first-class..... ), has a very important ecological value and research significance, accidental fishing when fishing, do not hurt or take away the sale and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="30" > angler: Release it in situ</h1>
What is commendable is that this fisherman's awareness of ecological protection is also very strong, after confirming that this is a hawk-billed turtle, it is also to put the hawk-billed turtle back into the waterhole where it originally lived...
In fact, in recent years, with the increasing attention paid to the protection of the ecological environment of rivers in various places, rare aquariums such as hawk-billed turtles have also appeared more and more frequently, and they must be carefully protected when encountering outdoor activities and fishing.
For example, last year in Wuzhou, Guangxi, some people also "picked up" a hawk-billed turtle and handed it over to the staff for release.
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Netizens, is there such a rare turtle in your hometown? Or what exotic species have you encountered while fishing?
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