Chapter 324 Tibetan antelope

Both the male and female yaks have no meat hanging, the front chest is open, the chest is deep, the ribs are open, the back and waist are straight, the abdomen is large but not sagging, and the jiri is narrow and sloping. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info low tail root, short tail. The limbs are strong and powerful, the hooves are small and round, the hooves are tight, the hooves are solid, and the limbs are upright. The anterior thorax, arms, thorax and abdomen have lateral hairs that reach the ground, and the tail hairs are broom-shaped. The male yak has a tall and plump carapace, slightly acromion, obvious male characteristics, and a thick and short neck; The head and neck of the female yak are more delicate. The coat color of the Tibetan alpine yak is more mixed, with black hair on the whole body, about 60%, followed by white face, white head and black hair on the body, about 30%, and other gray, green, brown, all-white and other coat colors account for about 10%.

Looking at the yaks walking in the blizzard, Zhou Tianyi, Miao Weiqiang, and Dong Tinghua showed a look of reverence on their faces, how did these yaks survive in such a harsh environment, and thought that only yaks could survive in such a harsh environment!

The three of them followed behind the old lama and continued to walk forward, the cold wind blew on his face like a knife, Zhou Tianyi walked in the snowstorm panting, breathless, and was about to faint, if there was no Miao Weiqiang, Dong Tinghua was by his side to support Zhou Tianyi, I am afraid that Zhou Tianyi would have died in the snow long ago, Zhou Tianyi relied on tenacious perseverance, walking in the snowstorm on the plateau!

After walking not far, a group of Tibetan antelopes suddenly appeared on the road ahead, and the Tibetan antelope, who was standing in the snow and watching, found the human beings who had suddenly intruded into their territory, and ran away as if they were frightened!

Several people looked at the Tibetan antelope running extremely fast in the snow with shocked expressions, the speed of the Tibetan antelope is so fast in the snow...

The Tibetan antelope is an animal of the subfamily Antelope, which is one of the important and rare species in China and a national first-class protected animal. The body shape is similar to that of the yellow sheep, with a body length of 117~146 cm, a tail length of 15~20 cm, a shoulder height of 75~91 cm, and a weight of 45~60 kg. It mainly inhabits desert meadows, plateaus, plateaus and grasslands at an altitude of 4600~6000 meters. Timid in temperament, in the morning and at dusk in small groups of activities, foraging. Tibetan antelope is good at running, with a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a lifespan of about 8 years. When the female Tibetan antelope gives birth to offspring, she has to travel thousands of miles to Hoh Xil to give birth. It is mainly distributed on the plateaus of Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet, and there are scattered individuals in India.

The Tibetan antelope is also similar in shape to the yellow sheep, but it is larger than the yellow sheep and appears robust. The body length is 117~146 cm, the tail length is 15~20 cm, the shoulder height is 75~91 cm, and the weight is 45~60 kg. The coat is very rich and fine, light yellowish brown with a slight tint of pink, white on the belly and inside of the limbs, and black or black-brown on the face and front edges of the limbs.

The head is broad and long, the snout of the male is thick and hairy, the upper lip is broad, and there is no infraorbital gland. The nose is swollen and slightly raised, the nasal cavity is broad, hemispherical and bulging to the sides, the nose is hairy, and the nostrils are large and slightly curved downward. There is also 1 small sac in each nostril, which is used to help breathe on the plateau where the air is thin and to facilitate fast running.

The limbs are strong and well-proportioned, and the hooves are flat and pointed on the sides. The tail is shorter and the tip is slender. There are two symmetrical skin sac-like glands in the mole area, which are very well developed and secrete scented yellow-brown secretions.

Females do not have horns. The male beast has horns, the horn shape is special, there are more than 20 obvious horizontal ridges, slender like a whip, black and shiny, almost vertical upward from the top of the head, only the smooth horn tips are slightly inclined inward, the length is generally about 60 cm, the longest record is 72.4 cm, very beautiful. Because the two horns are very well-proportioned, they seem to have only one horn when viewed from the side, so they are called "unicorns" or "horned beasts".

The movement of the Tibetan antelope is very complex, some of them live in one place for a long time, and some have migratory habits. Female and male Tibetan antelopes have different activity patterns. Adult female Tibetan antelopes and their female offspring migrate 300 kilometres each year from their winter mating grounds to their summer lambing grounds. Young males will leave the colony and join other young or adult males until they eventually form a mixed colony.

The Tibetan antelope lives in an area that spans 1,600 kilometers from east to west, and seasonal migration is an important ecological feature for them. Because the lambing place of the female antelope is mainly in Ulan Ula Lake, Zhuo Nai Lake, Hoh Xili Lake, Sun Lake and other places, at the end of April every year, the male and female antelope begin to live in groups, and the doll under one year old will also be separated from the female antelope, to May and June, the ewe and its female migrated to the lambing land, and then the female antelope led the cubs back the same way to complete a migration process. Foraging in the morning and evening, good at running. In summer, females migrate north along a fixed route, return to the wintering grounds after giving birth in June ~ July, and mate with males in November~December, with 1 litter per litter. There are a few populations that do not migrate.

As he walked, the old lama talked about the Tibetan antelope, as if he was full of affection for the Tibetan antelope, and at the same time mentioned the abomination of poachers and the killing of Tibetan antelopes for wealth!

The behavior of poachers is indeed hateful, but how many people have become murderous in the face of wealth!

Towards evening, the three men followed the old lama and climbed up a hill opposite a majestic mountain range!

"My master is at the bottom of that mountain, and now it's getting late, let's go to the bottom of the mountain for one night, and a day and a half will be almost there!" The old lama said.

Miao Weiqiang, Dong Tinghua, and Zhou Tianyi looked at the mountains not far away, revealing a shocked look!

"This... Is this the Himalayas? Dong Tinghua exclaimed.

"Boy, you guessed it, this is the Himalayas!" The old lama said.

Zhou Tianyi, Miao Weiqiang, and Dong Tinghua learned about the Himalayas when they were in elementary school...

The whole terrain of the Tibetan Plateau is inclined from north to west to south and east, and there are more than 50 peaks above 7,000 meters above sea level, of which there are 11 above 8,000 meters. Among them, the Himalayas are the youngest and most majestic mountains in the world, and the main peak, Mount Everest, is the highest peak in the world. In southeastern Tibet, the Mangkang Mountains, the Thanianthaweng Mountains and the Peshula Mountains are arranged in parallel from east to west, forming the Hengduan Mountains that run nearly north-south. Due to the barrier of the mountain range and the difference in geographical location and elevation, the topography of Tibet can be divided into four major areas: the east is between the parallel mountains in the north-south direction, respectively holding the deep valleys of the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang rivers, constituting the famous Sanjiang Gorge in eastern Tibet, the canyon is high in the north and low in the south, the altitude in the north is 5,200 meters, the south is more than 3,000 meters, the difference between the top of the mountain and the bottom of the valley is more than 2,000 meters, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, and the mountainside is densely forested. (To be continued.) )