The Himalayas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau attracts many tourists every year. Even if you can't climb the mountain, just looking at the beautiful scenery around the mountains is enough to be refreshing. For a long time, many legends have been circulated in the Himalayas, and these legends have also covered the Himalayas with a veil of mystery.
Since the eighteenth century, humans have not stopped climbing Everest on the Himalayas, but does not seem to have discovered some legendary mysterious species .
This year, environmental experts accidentally discovered that , a creature that is considered extinct, , has actually reappeared here . This discovery shocked the entire scientific community.
"Extinct" Nepalese clouded leopard
The unexpectedly discovered animal is called Nepalese clouded leopard. It is a feline that lives on the border between my country and Nepal. It usually lives at an altitude of two kilometers. Place around .
The Nepalese clouded leopard has a cute appearance and looks very sleek and thick, but it looks more like an enlarged cat. The generally grows around 70cm to 110cm, the tail length is around 70cm to 90cm, and the weight is maintained at 30- About 40 kg.
The coat of the Nepalese clouded leopard is mainly dark brown, and there are cloud-like patterns on the body , which is the origin of their name. It has outstanding climbing ability, stubby limbs and sturdy legs, and the bottom plate is very stable. Basically, it relies on trees for hunting.
It has the title of "little saber-toothed tiger" . Many environmental experts believe that is the descendant of the ancient creature saber-toothed tiger . So, why did this Nepalese clouded leopard become extinct?
Because 's fur is beautiful in color and feels soft and comfortable to the touch , it is the first-class material for to make fur coats . As the saying goes, there is no killing without buying or selling. It is precisely because many people would pay a high price to buy the fur of the Nepalese clouded leopard, which made poachers rampant.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many people came to the China-Nepal border to poach the Nepalese clouded leopard through Nepal , which brought even more weight to the small number of Nepalese clouded leopards. Blow.
In the 1980s, my country promulgated relevant regulations prohibiting the poaching of Nepalese clouded leopards, but it was too late. Since then, Nepalese clouded leopards have been "extinct" in the public eye until 40 years later. Will reappear in 2021.
Nepalese clouded leopards on the Himalayas
Some time ago, environmental experts once again found the traces of Nepalese clouded leopards through the environmental monitor installed on the Himalayas.As soon as this news came out, many people felt joyful. In any case, it has not been completely extinct, which is a good thing.
However, compared with the cheerful attitude of ordinary people, the mentality of environmental experts is very "abnormal". Not only are they not happy because of the reappearance of the Nepalese clouded leopard, but they are worried, worried, and melancholy. , What is the reason for this?
Actually, this has nothing to do with the Nepal clouded leopard itself, but the place where it reappears has aroused the vigilance of environmental experts. As mentioned above, the Nepalese clouded leopard has always lived in a fixed altitude range, which is also an area around 2000 meters . Animals are not like humans. They migrate in many places during their lives, just like fish in freshwater lakes cannot survive in saltwater lakes. The Nepalese clouded leopard appeared at an altitude of 3,500 meters in the Himalayas this time. Meter!
This is beyond the cognition of environmental experts. It is obvious that 's "migration" is passive . Therefore, rather than the "Nepal clouded leopard reappearing" itself, environmental experts are more curious about why the Nepalese clouded leopard suddenly increased the altitude of its habitat , and therefore came up with two reasons.
One is to prevent poaching , which is well understood, and there is nothing worth discussing in depth. What makes environmental experts afraid is . The second reason is that the clouded leopard inhabits in Nepal. The temperature of the land has risen, and they have been unable to adapt to the local ecological environment.
Environmental experts have confirmed this after investigating the Himalayas. Today, the temperature in this area has risen by nearly 6 degrees Celsius compared to 40 years ago. Nepal clouded leopards cannot adapt to such temperature changes because they It has long evolved a thick fur to resist the low temperature in the alpine region. Now cannot adapt to the rising temperature quickly and can only continue to migrate to high altitude regions.
Therefore, the news of the clouded leopard in Nepal is also justified. Today's global warming is still continuing , and the global environment is undergoing drastic changes that may not be obvious in people's lives.
I believe you have heard a lot about the dangers of global warming. If you still don't raise your vigilance until now, if you still feel that it is just alarmist talk, then in the future, human beings will eventually swallow the evil results they have created.
Conclusion
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, the reappearance of the clouded leopard in Nepal is not an isolated incident. is not extinct, which is certainly a good thing , but behind this incident, is nature once again, sounding the alarm for mankind .
"Extinct" clouded leopard reproduces the Himalayas, but environmental experts are even more melancholy
A creature that disappeared for 40 years has appeared? The habitat has increased by 1500 meters, but the experts are worried.
