Since 2021, there have been many scarce species in Yunnan, such as white-cheeked macaques, white-limbed bison and other species, which shows that Yunnan is very rich in biodiversity. At the same time, the emergence of these creatures also shows that the ecological environment in Yunnan has become better, and in May, a new organism has appeared in Yunnan, which has aroused heated discussion among everyone. Because the creature has not appeared in Yunnan for a long time, the footage taken this time is very precious.
What kind of creature is that? Is the local commonly known as the "five-clawed golden dragon", this time the discovery is not only 1, or 2, and at the beginning, everyone did not believe, after 4 days of squatting, finally photographed a large "five-clawed golden dragon" activity of the precious picture, so let's be very happy, let's take a look at this creature.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="11" what is the "five-clawed golden dragon" >? </h1>
"Five-clawed golden dragon" actually belongs to an alias, its real name is called round-nosed monitor lizard, but also some places called "monitor lizard, four-legged snake, scale worm, large four-legged snake", the species has 5 subspecies, Indonesian subspecies, Andaman Islands subspecies, etc., and China is one of the main distribution areas of the species, mainly concentrated in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. The creature is not very large, generally in the body length of about 1.4 meters, weighing 20 to 30 kg, but the "five-clawed golden dragon" photographed this time is still not small.
From preliminary observations, it should be around 120 centimeters. The creature is also relatively easy to identify, the head is narrow and long, the snout is also long, it belongs to the "enlarged version" of crickets, while the ventral surface is yellowish or off-white, scattered with a small number of black spots, which is its biggest feature. This organism generally inhabits streams, estuaries, reservoirs and other places, in the morning and evening time period is the most frequent activity, mainly preying on fish, frogs, snakes, birds, rats and other species, the life expectancy is relatively long compared to the general organism, up to 150 years.
The species belongs to China's first-class protected animals, the global scope is a low-risk species, but China belongs to the "critically endangered" state, so the level of protection is still larger, when we encounter this creature, do not catch them, generally speaking, the species will not attack people, will not bring any threat, this is the basic situation of the species.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" >Why are "five-clawed golden dragons" rare in China? </h1>
It is obvious that the "five-clawed golden dragon" has become very rare in China, belonging to the "critically endangered" state, but also because the destruction of human beings is too serious, and the distribution of our country is not much, but people have also captured it more, which has led to the continuous decline of the species, and has reached the brink of extinction. Of course, the round-nosed monitor lizard, like most creatures, also has economic value, so it is used for trading more often, and now in addition to protecting the species in China, it has also increased the establishment of protected areas.
At the same time, it is also to encourage everyone to carry out artificial breeding to save a small number of round-nosed monitor lizards, but most people dare not raise them. At the same time, artificial breeding has not been seen for the time being, if large-scale artificial breeding can be carried out, and then rewilding, there is indeed a probability of restoring the number of wild groups of the species, and everyone should also see that now the artificial breeding of Yangzi crocodiles in China is being implemented, and Anhui has only released 530 Yangzi crocodiles to the wild, hoping to restore the wild population.
Although there is no way to determine whether it can be successful, the implementation of the plan has given us the hope of restoring the wild population, so if the "five-clawed golden dragon" implements the plan in the future, it is indeed possible to recover, it depends on whether the future can do this thing. Today we can only rely on protecting existing wildlife populations and allowing them to continue naturally.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" What does it mean > the appearance of a "five-clawed golden dragon"? </h1>
We also said above that only by establishing a good ecological environment can we see the large-scale emergence and reproduction of the "five-clawed golden dragon". Of course, today's Yunnan ecosystem is still good, and the data released in 2021 shows that the forest area in Yunnan has increased to 424 million mu, the forest stock has increased to 2.067 billion cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate has increased to 65.04%, so this does provide an effective living place for these scarce animals and plants.
At the same time, Yunnan itself is also a province with a large biological population, in the country has the "animal kingdom" known as the "animal kingdom", of which vertebrates up to 1737 species, accounting for 58.9% of the country, 793 species of birds accounted for 63.7%, the country is known 25,000 species of insects, Yunnan has more than 10,000 species, etc., it can be imagined, Yunnan ecosystem is how good, the geographical environment has shaped how many biological populations, so it is more necessary to protect the area, can not let the environment in the region to be destroyed, at the same time there are rare birds and exotic animals, such as bee monkeys, Populations of Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkeys and wild elephants are not seen in other provinces.
So on the whole, Yunnan is really good, and we also look forward to friends in Yunnan, cherishing their own ecological areas, which are rare in the country, reduce destruction, and let more wild animals and plants, scarce animals and plants expand.