Rare face shows! Rare round-nosed monitor lizard appears in Simao, Yunnan, foraging for food and selling cute super cute

Source: CCTV news client

Recently, in the Nuozhadu Nature Reserve in Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, two round-nosed monitor lizards rarely appeared by a small stream, and the reporter took a precious image of one of them foraging and playing at close range.

At about 9:00 a.m. on the same day, the reporter saw in a small stream near the village of Cizhulin in Simaogang Town, a strong and strong reptile with a body length of about 1.2 meters, while spitting out a long tongue, while moving in the shallow water area, the little guy looking east and west seemed to be searching for something, and when passing the stone, he also leaned his head up and rubbed it a few times. After a while, it caught the food.

△ Pu'er Simao photographed the round-nosed monitor lizard, a national first-class protected animal, for the first time

After the staff comparison and identification, this is a round-nosed monitor lizard, which belongs to the national first-class protected animal. It is understood that the monitor lizard mainly lives in the water, the main food is fish, the other is the carrion of animals, many times it will climb from the water to the land to bask in the sun, but most of the time are active in the creek, the activity is more secretive.

According to Lu Wen, director of the Management and Conservation Bureau of Nuozhadu Nature Reserve in Pu'er City, there are 2 monitor lizards operating by the creek this time, which have not been monitored and found for more than ten years. At present, the protected area has increased the relevant inspection and protection efforts. In the next step, the corresponding scientific research equipment will be purchased to strengthen the scientific research monitoring of the monitoring of the monitor lizard, grasp its life rules, and effectively protect the monitor lizard. (CCTV reporter Li Jinsong Si Maorong Media Center Li Jianhong Li Ting)