It is unique to our country, and even foreigners are willing to buy it back to China for research at a price of millions. So, as the python mountain iron-headed snake in our country is more precious than the giant panda, what is its value? Why is it always allowed to foreign coun

It is unique to our country, and even foreigners are willing to pay millions to buy it and bring it back to China for research. So, as the Python mountain iron-headed snake that is more precious than the giant panda in our country, what is its value and why is it always so popular? What are foreigners worried about?

The mysterious Little Green Dragon

The Mangshan iron-headed snake is a mysterious snake that is only distributed in the Mangshan Nature Reserve in Hunan. It is said that they and the local Yao people are the descendants of Nuwa.

According to legend, Nuwa’s human side was inherited by the local Yao people. The snake-like side was inherited by a local mysterious creature called "Little Green Dragon".

And the legendary little green dragon is a mysterious poisonous snake. They are green all over and have a unique white mark on the end of their tails. They live together with the Yao people in the vast Mang Mountains.

But because the little green dragon is too mysterious, even the Yao people living in Mangshan have never seen it. But the local Yao people firmly believe that their brother "Little Qinglong" must be somewhere in the mountains.

Until one day, the mysterious "Little Green Dragon" was noticed by a doctor because of a bite incident. As a result, their identity was revealed to the world, but it also brought them disaster.

The million-dollar Mangshan iron-headed snake

One day in 1984, the famous local snake doctor Chen Yuanhui admitted a patient who was A forestry worker who was bitten by a snake at work.

When he saw the bite wound of the forestry worker, based on his years of experience, Chen Yonghui immediately judged that it was caused by a venomous snake similar to the five-step snake.

During the subsequent questioning of the bitten forest farm employee, Chen Yuanhui quickly rejected his idea. Because in the description of the bitten forestry worker, it was accurately described: The venomous snake that bit people had a white tail.

Regardless of whether it is local or all five-step snakes in my country, or other snakes similar to five-step snakes, none of them have the distinctive feature of a white tail, which aroused Chen Yuanhui's great interest.

Later, Chen Yuanhui wanted to find out the type of venomous snake that bit people so that he could provide targeted treatment for the bitten employees. So I searched various information and consulted relevant experts, but found nothing.

In the end, Chen Yuanhui could only treat the bitten employee based on his own experience and constant exploration. Fortunately, under Chen Yonghui's careful treatment for a month, the bitten employee successfully removed the snake venom from his body.

From this, Chen Yuanhui was also attracted by this mysterious venomous snake. He hoped to see a white-tailed venomous snake with a white tail. Once the news spread, whenever local people encountered an unfamiliar snake, they would show it to Chen Yuanhui.

In the following five years, Chen Yuanhui opened the sacks brought by the villagers with great hope again and again, but every time he came back disappointed, none of them were the white-tailed venomous snakes he longed for.

Until one day, a forest farm employee hurriedly found Chen Yuanhui. He said that he found a nest of venomous snakes in the back mountain that were similar to the white-tailed vipers he was looking for. They also had white tails.

was subsequently confirmed by Chen Yonghui. This nest of little snakes is the white-tailed viper that I have been looking for for many years. In order to find out the species of this nest of little snakes, Chen Yonghui took this nest of little snakes to find Zhao Ermi, a well-known reptile expert at the time.

After careful research and repeated confirmation by Zhao Ermi, this snake is a new species not discovered in the world. Therefore, in 1990, together with Chen Yuanhui, he announced to the world that China had discovered this new species and named it the "Mangshan Iron-headed Snake."

The mysterious little green dragon was completely exposed to the public eye.Therefore, it also brought disaster to them. Because of their scarcity and publicity, their value has soared.

In 1996, after the Mangshan iron-headed snake was listed as an endangered species by the World Organization for Animal Protection, its value on the black market soared to more than 1 million US dollars.

Because of the temptation of profit, people began to capture Mangshan iron-headed snakes in large numbers. Some people even reached into the Mangshan Museum and stole one of the Mangshan Iron-headed Snakes.

The tragic experience of the Mangshan Iron-headed Snake

It stands to reason that the Mangshan Iron-headed Snake is a mysterious venomous snake. Everyone should be in awe and not dare to provoke them at will. But why do foreign scientists come to our country to acquire them at high prices?

This is mainly because the discovery of a new species means that there are many scientific research results on it, waiting for people to further explore. For ordinary people, this is nothing, but for scientists, it is a valuable asset.

For example, Indian scientists once discovered a substance from the venom of a snake that can be used to treat new coronavirus . If this substance is used once, it will not only bring great wealth to the discoverer, but also high honor.

Therefore, some foreign scientists will pay high prices to acquire this rare snake species. Try to find something of great value to mankind from it, and master the corresponding application technology. Then use high prices to sell the technology to some people who need it.

Against this background, my country's Mangshan soldering iron tips were smuggled abroad in large quantities, and step by step they were on the verge of extinction. So far, their number in the wild is only about 500.