Chapter 103: Are You Sure It's a Crested Ibis?
"I found a crested ibis here, isn't that bird only living in southern Shaanxi and in zoos?
Zhang Qingxue is also a scholarly figure, so she naturally knows a little about this rare bird in China, but hearing that the crested ibis appeared here still shocked her, and she will know with her toes what it means to find the crested ibis, and it is wild.
"What is the crested ibis? It's a nice name!" Zhang Feifei asked with some confusion when he heard their chat.
"Eat your food, if you are uneducated, talk less and watch more, otherwise your ignorance will be exposed, it will scare people!"
Zhang Qingxue wanted to cover her face, her younger brother has lived abroad since he was a child, and he belongs to the type of person who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, which really embarrasses him.
"Qingxue, Xiaofan has been living abroad, and it is understandable that he doesn't know about the crested ibis, eat well, and my sister will tell you what a crested ibis is!"
Gu Yu smiled and patted Zhang Fei's head, as if the elders were coaxing children, and said that everyone was amused.
After a hearty lunch together, everyone praised Wu Yonghui's craftsmanship, and this kind of large canteen was also highly respected, at least at this stage, there was no solution that could exceed this method, and even the leaders from the provinces and cities were satisfied with it.
Yang Yi asked Tong Ling and Gu Yu to take Zhang Qingxue's sister and brother back to the cabin first, and he went to find Li Lao and the old village chief to tell them about the crested ibis.
Li Lao accompanied several old experts just after eating, and when he saw Yang Yi waving his hand and calling him over, he introduced these experts to him: "Yang Yi, come here, let me introduce you to these experts, you are already very familiar with Professor Hong in the province, this is Professor Ling Xue from the capital, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Hong They study South China tigers, and they are also my old friends, you can just call Grandma Ling!"
The first thing Li Lao introduced was a gray-haired lady, who looked at least seventy years old, in good spirits, and her silver hair was neatly combed, and when she heard that it was Yang Yi, she immediately took his hand enthusiastically.
"Hello Grandma Ling!"
"Hello, young man, I have to thank you for the South China tiger you found, otherwise I am afraid that the whole world thinks that the South China tiger is no longer wild, we have observed and monitored during this time, the two adult South China tigers should have left, and you have to cooperate with us to do the work of those two little guys." ”
"Definitely, definitely!"
Yang Yi was held by this kind old man, and he felt like his grandmother, he was in a very good mood, and he agreed very happily.
"You kid promised Teacher Ling that it was happy, I beg you why haven't I seen you happy, this is Professor Song Sizhe, director of the Paleontology Research Center of Beijing University, academician of the National Academy of Sciences, and was the authority among the authorities in the study of invertebrates, next to him is Professor Zou Ping, a colleague of Professor Song at Beijing University. ”
"Hello Professor Song! Hello Professor Zou!"
Yang Yi could only greet him with a smile, and Professor Song and Professor Zou also shook hands with him separately, but Professor Song kept a sad expression between his eyebrows.
"Yang Yi, Lao Song has encountered something, not against you, do you remember the person I told you in the morning that was bitten by the golden centipede? It is a researcher of his team, and he is also his personal student, just now the hospital called and said that it may not be saved, Lao Song is sad!"
Seeing that Professor Song was not in high spirits, Li Lao didn't want Yang Yi to think too much, so he briefly talked about the matter.
"What is the condition of the person who was bitten? What did the doctor say?" Yang Yi also asked when he heard that this was the case.
"Let you see Xiao Yang, after my student was bitten, the white blood cells decreased rapidly, and symptoms similar to acute leukemia appeared, we sent him to the city hospital as quickly as possible, and then transferred to the provincial hospital, after a variety of treatments did not work, it seems that it is impossible to resist!" Professor Song smiled reluctantly, apologized to Yang Yi first, and replied.
"Don't be so polite, I have a medicine here, I got it by accident, the treatment effect of poisonous insect bites is better, for snake venom, spiders, centipedes, these have been verified, Professor Song can send someone to the provincial capital, let the bitten person try it, anyway, the hospital can't help it, just die as a live horse doctor." ”
Yang Yi heard that there might be a death, so he didn't care about hiding it, put his hand into his trouser pocket, and felt out a small bottle, which did not have any trademark on it, and it was a transparent liquid, which was a drop of pure water and spiritual water that he put in, and it was okay to bring the dead back to life, not to mention the basic effect of treatment.
"Okay, I'm going to rush to Yongzhou in a while, I thank you whether it's successful or not, I believe it's the same if you're small, you eat first and I'll leave, Lao Zou has worked hard for you this time!"
"You're welcome, hurry up, if the child really can't survive, tell him that what we are doing is for the benefit of mankind, don't let the child have regrets!"
Yang Yi and Li Lao and others sent Professor Song away, and Deputy Director Zhu and Deputy Director Wang of the Ministry of Forestry also accompanied them for almost ten days.
"Yang Yi, do you have anything else to ask these two leaders here? If you have anything, hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to catch them when they go back!" Li Lao asked half-jokingly, in fact, he also wanted to help him get some benefits.
"These two leaders, as well as experts, today I went to the contracted Pearl Lake and found that several islands in the center of the lake have recently come to inhabit a lot of birds, among which several birds are more special, I want to report to you to see if you need to take protective measures?" Yang Yi smiled and said the purpose of his coming.
"Oh, what kind of birds are they, are there any protected animals?" Deputy Director Zhu asked with a smile, he had a good impression of this offspring, and besides, so many old experts were here, how could they be close to the people.
"Yes, and there are quite a few of them, there are more second-class protected animals, such as blue-eared kingfishers, white-bellied sea eagles, great egrets, anti-billed sandpipers, crested grebes, painted ibises, etc., and two first-class protected animals have also been found, one of which is the white-bellied frigate bird, and their specific habitat has not yet been found, and the other is a little strange, it is a wild crested ibis, and there are about 20 or so of them, all of which are wild. ”
"What did you say? Crested ibis, young man, are you sure you read that right?" Hearing this name, Deputy Director Zhu exclaimed.
For him, kingfishers, egrets, sea eagles, and even white-bellied frigate birds will not surprise him too much, these birds themselves are southern species, as long as they inhabit normally, are protected by the local government, and are not poached. But the crested ibis is different, although there are nearly 1,000 wild crested ibises in the world after years of conservation, they are still critically endangered compared to other species.
Yang Yi has always believed that there are only a few dozen crested ibises, but in fact, after years of conservation and artificial breeding, the number of crested ibises in the world has reached about 8,000.
But Deputy Director Zhu is still very shocked, you must know that even if there are more of these things now, they are still rarer than giant pandas. In the last century, the diplomacy of China and the island countries was built up on them, and it is not an exaggeration to find that so many wild crested ibises are qualified to reach the heavens.
"There should be no mistake, all aspects of the appearance are in line with the characteristics of the crested ibis, when I first saw it, I was also shocked, thinking that the crested ibis could not appear here, but it is true, I will also look for Li Lao and the leaders to see what needs to be done? For the time being, they are quite healthy, and they should be very satisfied with the habitat!" Yang Yi still explained.
"It's a rare object, and I've never seen it in my old man's life. Teacher Ling, you are from the Institute of Zoology, you should be familiar with the crested ibis, right?" Elder Li turned his head and asked Professor Ling.
"It's okay, it turned out that I went to Yangxian County with the team to inspect the habitat of the crested ibis, and I also did research on the artificial breeding of the crested ibis with the island country!" Professor Ling replied with a smile.
"That's great, can you please Professor Ling go with us to confirm if it's a crested ibis, if it is, then we might as well take more effective measures to protect it." ”
Deputy Director Zhu pleaded with Professor Ling, he can't afford to offend any of these old professors, all of them can be said to be national treasures, and there are more than 1,000 people in the entire country's more than one billion people, enjoying the treatment of deputy ministers, and individual academicians enjoying the main ministry or vice country, which is really a top group of old people, so he should be polite when he speaks.
"Yang Yi, how about you take us to have a look?" asked Elder Li with a smile.
"Let's go, I'll take you by boat to the lake, but I have to talk about cooperation with the engineering company from Southeast Province in a while, we need to hurry, and please bear with me!"