121 Clouded leopard
I have to say that after watching the primeval jungle for so long with Wen Wanwan, a group of viewers can understand the surrounding situation.
In this kind of wooded area, you can definitely look for large carnivores in the evening.
Large herbivores, although they also choose this area for their activities, certainly do not serve as a habitat.
Small creatures are too difficult to find in this kind of forest.
As Wen Wanwan's footsteps continued to advance in the forest, a group of viewers also discussed what animal they were looking for this time.
The clues they know so far can only be roughly inferred that they are carnivores, not small in size, and they live in jungle areas.
This range is too huge, and in just a few moments, nearly twenty kinds have been proposed in the live broadcast room.
Wen Wanwan is moving forward very fast, after all, as a druid, he can be called a fish in water in this kind of place.
After walking for an hour and a half with the audience in the live broadcast room, Wen Wanwan's footsteps stopped under a thick tree.
Adjusted the angle of the camera slightly, and Wen Wanwan also saw the big guy she was thinking about.
Looking at it as it was awakened from its sleep, a smile was on its face.
The spiritual power that belonged to the druid emanated, and the vigilance in the eyes of the big guy first turned into doubt, then into excitement, and he quickly jumped down from the tree.
The audience in the live broadcast room only saw a yellow lightning bolt streaking by, and only after the camera completely captured its figure, did they see what kind of animal it was.
In sight, a leopard with a body length of about one meter, with an eighty-centimeter tail erected, quickly walked towards Wen Wanwan.
This guy is about fifty centimeters tall at the shoulder, and his size is not very large in the leopard family, but he looks like he weighs fifty pounds at least.
Wen Wanwan looked at the big guy who walked to her side, and hugged him directly.
After touching the strong muscles on its body, it was introduced to the audience in the live broadcast room.
"The leopard in front of us is called the clouded leopard, and its body is golden and covered with large dark cloud-like markings, hence the name clouded leopard."
"The circumference of the class pattern is nearly black, and the center is dark yellow, like a turtle back ornament, so it is also called the turtle leopard."
"This guy is a small leopard that is generally nocturnal, good at climbing trees, and often jumps down from trees to prey on small mammals such as monkeys, birds, rats, hares, and fawns."
The audience in the live broadcast room listened to Wen Wanwan's explanation, looking at this cat that seemed to be magnified several times, and the barrage became more and more turbulent.
Liuxiaozi: [It's so cute, the tail is so long~~]
Shuzhusheng: [So handsome, this figure is really perfect! ] 】
Sahara Sea: [It's a little smaller, otherwise it should be more handsome than the Far Eastern leopard!] 】
Looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room, Wen Wanwan organized the language and then continued to introduce it.
"Most of the leopards are in the leopard subfamily of the feline family, except for the clouded leopard, which has a special genus of clouded leopard under the leopard subfamily."
"This difference is also because clouded leopards are different from other leopards, whether it is habits or other behaviors."
"Because of the extremely well-developed cheek glands and their special location, clouded leopards do not close their mouths and squint their faces like other cats when rubbing their cheeks against branches to make scent markers, but must make a grinning expression."
"After rubbing your face, it will then roll over the vegetation on the ground, leaving more smell."
"In addition, the clouded leopard often curls the trunk of a tree on its way with its long tail, which is also its characteristic odor marking behavior."
"In terms of predation, clouded leopards are also different from other cats."
"For example, prey killed by tigers and leopards will leave two circular holes in the throat pressed by canines, while prey killed by clouded leopards will have wounds on the back of the head or even the back of the neck."
"If you know anything about animal history, you should know that this type of predation is very similar to that of a famous creature in history."
As soon as Wen Wanwan's words fell, a large question mark suddenly floated in the live broadcast room.
Don't overestimate the memory of contemporary netizens, you still have a remote control in your hand one second, and you can find it all over the world the next second.
Even if you have heard of the video, you may have a finger stroke, but two short videos can be completely forgotten.
Looking at this question mark, Wen Wanwan sighed: "It's a saber-toothed tiger, this way of predation has a wow!" ”
Now that short videos are so developed, Wen Wanwan has also seen a lot of introductory videos.
Basically, the way the saber-toothed tiger hunts is mentioned, and even some videos mention that the clouded leopard and the saber-toothed tiger hunt in the same way.
Akie Soloyu: [Come to think of it, I remember that I seem to have seen such a video before.] 】
Shredded potatoes are delicious: [Hey, the genes of the saber-toothed tiger, this is a bit powerful!] 】
Little orange in the alley: [My God, saber-toothed tiger!! 】
After hearing Wen Wanwan's introduction in the live broadcast room, most people became excited.
Thanks to the current games and animations, many people are familiar with the saber-toothed tiger, an ice age creature, and many people are even very fond of this ferocious creature.
Interest is the best teacher, looking at the excited state of a group of viewers in the live broadcast room, Wen Wanwan also quickly continued to popularize science.
"The current population of clouded leopards is extremely worrying, and the number of wild clouded leopards in our country is less than 150."
"Before the destruction of forest vegetation, the number of clouded leopards in China was extremely large, in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, about 100 to 200 clouded leopard skins could be received every year, and after the 90s, due to the reduction of habitat, the number of clouded leopards decreased sharply."
"But we still receive about 100 clouded leopard skins every year, and it wasn't until recent years, when the number of clouded leopards dropped to a freezing point, that poaching disappeared completely."
"At present, China's clouded leopard branch has been declared extinct in the Qinling Mountains, and only a small number is still in the Meili Snow Mountain."
Although Wen Wanwan's tone was very flat, the words she said were unusually heavy.
Compared to other big cats, the clouded leopard can be called petite.
And it doesn't have much meat on its own, and the value of its fur isn't very high.
But even so, it is still on the verge of extinction after just a few decades of poaching.
But Wen Wanwan's words were not finished, and the next history made the audience in the live broadcast room feel half cold.
"Before 1940, traces of Taiwanese clouded leopards could often be seen in the mountains and forests of China's coastal areas, and even people in some areas would use Taiwanese clouded leopards as a totem of the race."
"But by the late 60s of the 20th century, there were less than 10 Taiwanese clouded leopards that could be observed."
(End of chapter)