Eye 1 news, recently, a villager near Shengdonglin Temple in Sansheng Town, Beibei discovered that a big guy was crawling on a big tree on the mountain, with sharp teeth and claws and scales. A big lizard was completely a small dinosaur.
Lao Liu, a villager in Sansheng Town, introduced that this guy looks exactly like a dinosaur, but he is not as big as a dinosaur. He didn't know what it was. Everyone found it on the tree in Donglin Temple. It was probably hungry for a month.
Villager Lao Liu said that they often watch TV and usually care about wildlife protection content, and they all know about avoiding invasion of foreign species.
After discovering this big lizard with a length of 90 cm, he managed to catch it from the tree and prepare to ask professionals to identify and deal with it.
The villagers work in the mountains and forests all year round, and they don’t think this is like a native lizard. Because the native little lizard is only about twenty centimeters long, it is too different from this big one.
I am afraid that the lizard will be hungry, so Lao Liu and other villagers found the chopped pork, but for some reason, this guy just didn't open his mouth.
After searching the information, the reporter learned that this is an American green iguana. It is the largest iguana species. Its origin, South America, can grow to about 2 meters and weighs eight kilograms.
The sagging neck of the adult male green iguana is very developed and looks a bit ugly, but it is a docile and timid animal. It mainly eats the leaves, buds, flowers and fruits of various trees. It is a "vegetarian". Lao Liu hopes to find a suitable home for this green iguana, and he is afraid that it will be hungry on this mountain.
reporter helped the village name to send this guy to Chongqing Zoo, which accepted this American green iguana. Mr. Wu, a staff member of the amphibious reptile hall, said that this green iguana is not a native species, but may be a pet raised by others. She hid in the mountain after she ran away.
This animal is included in the "IUCN Red List of Endangered Species" and the "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora". It is not allowed to be cultivated or released at will. After all, it is an alien species, and the practice of villagers Lao Liu is worthy of praise.
Mr. Wu also introduced that the area where American green iguanas live is a humid tropical rainforest, and they only live in nests on trees, so it is not appropriate to keep it as a pet.
Because adult American green iguanas will grow to 1.5-2 meters, ordinary families lack corresponding venues, and related recipes, winter care, etc. also require professional abilities.
And their zoo can ensure the normal life of American iguanas, and it will be heated and kept in warm in winter, and the cages that the amphibious reptile hall can provide are also spacious.
It's okay, this American green iguana entered the zoo and was taken care of by professionals and would not be starved.
Eye Reporter Wang Yanyu Wang Anli
Original title: Rescue the big lizard in the mountains. Zoo staff liked the villagers
Source: Eye 1
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