Source: Qianjiang Evening News
Recently, the migration of elephants in Yunnan has attracted people's attention,
It has also been rushed to the hot search many times
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What's going on here?
Originally, 15 Asian elephants that had previously lived in the Mengyangzi Conservation Area in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, migrated northward, passing through the Pu'er Mo River in Yunnan, the Yuanjiang River in Yuxi, and Shiping in Honghe Prefecture. By now it has been more than a month. So far, there is no intention of stopping the footsteps, all the way to the north, almost no turn.
There are currently 15 wild elephants in this group
It is less than 50 kilometers away from Jinning District of Kunming City
It is only about 100 kilometers away from Kunming City
According to the surging news, relevant experts analyzed and judged that judging from the location of the elephant herd and the characteristics of recent activities, the elephant herd has a tendency to continue to migrate to the north and east, and it is necessary to continue to do a good job in safety precautions along the northward migration of Asian elephants.
17 heads become 15 heads
April 2021,
They went north into Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City, to feed,
The earlier team was 17 Asian elephants.
After a month of activities in Yuanjiang,
Fifteen of them, the Asian elephants, set out to move on.
The other two returned to Mojiang County, Pu'er City.
Previous trajectories of Asian elephants
April 16, 2021
Seventeen Asian elephants, which originally inhabit xishuangbanna national nature reserve, migrated from Mojiang County, Pu'er City, to Yuanjiang Hani Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Yuxi City.
In the early morning of May 16
Fifteen Asian elephants, two of which returned to Mojiang County, Pu'er City, on April 24, entered Baoxiu Town, Shiping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
24 May at 8 p.m
Fourteen Asian elephants migrated to Asan County, Yuxi City, and moved around DaweiTuo Village.
Afternoon of May 25
The remaining 1 Asian elephant also migrated to the village of Dawei.
19:00 on May 26
The herd of elephants enters Shuangjiang Subdistrict in Asan County (only 300 meters from the county seat) and moves near the county seat of Asan County.
As of May 27
The elephant herd has been active near the county seat of Asan County.
There is another Asian elephant migration this time
Cute "vignette" -
At about 20:00 on the 24th
The herd of elephants entered the streets of Asan County
Foraging began near the Dawei Blocker Formation
Left the Small Village Group in the early morning of the 25th
But one of the baby elephants
Foraging for about 200 pounds of lees
"Drunk" in the Dawei blocked the small village group
Overslept and broke away from the elephant herd
The baby elephant woke up and began to "go free"
Sometimes it is walking in the field
Sometimes I take a bath in the pond
Sometimes Frolicking in the ground
Lingered for a long time
Baby elephants "free traveling" in the village
Evening of the 25th
The "drunken" baby elephants have finally returned to the herd
Feast on dragon fruit, cornfields
Local residents: Eat well and drink well, don't be polite
After the 15 elephants arrived in Shiping County, they passed through Baoxiu Town, Daqiao Township, and Longwu Town, all the way north, and the straight-line distance passed by about 40 kilometers.
When passing through a nearby village, the villagers found themselves eating in the cornfield, eating a lot of green corn leaves, trampling on a large piece of cornfield, and pulling a few lumps of corn as a souvenir.
The owner of one family said that the elephant went into his house to sleep without greeting him, and stole food. The team entered the house after the elephant left to check and found that the elephant was not sleeping in the house, it should be that when entering the house to eat rice, the rice leaked onto the smooth floor tiles, the elephant stepped on it and slipped and fell, and when it went out, it broke the door frame of the family.
In another village, the mischievous little elephant entered a family and broke their television sets. Maybe the baby elephant also wants to watch cartoons!
During the day the herd of elephants rests in the woods and comes out at 5 p.m.,
The direction of action is basically all the way north, with few turns.
The main producer of dragon fruit in Daqiao Township.
Some local villagers said,
The elephants also ate a meal of dragon fruit as they passed.
In response, the local woman said: "It doesn't matter, we are very welcome, the first time the elephant comes, it is not a big deal to eat and drink." ”
According to data released by Yuxi, in more than 40 days, the elephant herd caused 412 incidents in Yuanjiang County, Shiping County and other places.
Moving on,
Roads are blocked locally with large machinery
The Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade also introduced that at about 16:00 on the 27th, the drone reconnaissance showed that the wild elephants were foraging near the Great Tomb Mountain in Asan, and the joint command post tried to use feeding methods to guide the wild elephants to prevent the wild elephants from entering the urban area and causing harm to the lives and property of the people.
"Elephant: I just want to come out and squeeze the road"
"I went all the way north
You said you were so tired that you wouldn't believe anyone again."
At 7 o'clock on the 28th, the elephant herd had left the county seat of Asan and moved north to the first-line woodland of the ridge of Mount Efeng on the north side of the county seat.
elephant:
Know that someone is behind you to protect you
Mo Mingzhong, head of the Wildlife Protection Section of the Red River State Forestry and Grassland Bureau, introduced: This elephant herd has a total of 15 elephants, consisting of 6 female elephants, 3 male elephants, 3 sub-adult elephants and 3 juvenile elephants.
Mo Mingzhong once analyzed with experts in the province: the elephant herd gave birth to baby elephants on the way from the Mojiang River, and after taking a period of "maternity leave", the elephant may have lost its way and went to Shiping.
Mo Mingzhong believes that since the elephant herd started from the Mojiang and Yuanjiang rivers, there have been people tracking and monitoring, and drones are also monitoring, with the intelligence of the elephants, it should be known that someone is tracking and protecting.
Therefore, elephants are also very polite, basically do not take the initiative to destroy anything, and sometimes look back, glance at, smile and squint to express gratitude to people.
forecast:
Where will the elephant herd go next?
According to the Spring City Evening News, according to the current trajectory and direction of movement of the elephant herd, this is already the northernmost position to which the Asian elephant herd has been active since the recorded history. Since this area is not the traditional Asian elephant's range of activity, it is difficult to accurately determine the direction of movement of Asian elephants.
According to the analysis of experts from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Yunnan Province, the elephant herd has a tendency to continue to migrate northward, such as entering the densely populated Hongta District of Yuxi City, Kunming City, Jinning District and other places will be difficult to control; coupled with the increasing scarcity of food resources, the potential conflict between humans and elephants has surged. A variety of ways must be taken to prevent the elephant herds from migrating north and to guide them gradually back to their original habitat in Pu'er or Xishuangbanna.
Netizens think they are a bit cute
Yunnan people express themselves
"Can't explain that we didn't ride an elephant to school"
How to live in peace with them?
Let's learn about it
1. Please do not dry corn in the yard, store salt and other food that Asian elephants like to eat, when entering the house, go to a safe area as soon as possible to hide, and call for help in time.
2. When encountering Asian elephants in the wild, it is forbidden to tease and tease Asian elephants, and it is forbidden to maliciously drive away Asian elephants with firecrackers, salute bombs and so on.
3. When encountering Asian elephants on the road, obey the command of the monitor, avoid giving way in time, do not rush the card, and avoid causing casualties.
4. The "fixed point feeding" of Asian elephants is an emergency risk avoidance measure, which is used to guide Asian elephants away from villages and prevent human-elephant conflicts, such as encountering feeding points in the wild, which should be avoided immediately.
5. According to the information on the activities of Asian elephants provided by the monitors, reasonably arrange the work and travel time, avoid direct conflicts with Asian elephants, and build a harmonious "human elephant".
Source: Comprehensive Shangguan News, Xinhua News Agency, News Workshop, Qilu Evening News, Spring City Evening News, Kaiping News, Surging News, Sina Weibo