Red-crowned crane is a symbol of auspicious birds in Chinese and Japanese cultures, especially Japan. It regards the red-crowned crane as a "divine bird" and is regarded as a symbol of Japan.
As of the end of 2021, there are There are a total of 650 red-crowned cranes in Japan , and all of these red-crowned cranes are Chinese birds. So the question is, where are the local red-crowned cranes, which are regarded as auspicious birds by Japan?
This matter will start from the last century.
In fact, in the early stage of the last century, red-crowned cranes were still very common. Whether in Japan or in my country, red-crowned cranes can be seen near many rural wetlands, reservoirs, lakes and other places.
However, the red-crowned cranes have very high requirements for the wild environment. They like small ponds with clear water quality, no fertilizers and pesticides, and wetland environments. They feed on fish, crabs, frogs and snails in the water. They like to rest on tall trees at night.
In the last century, both in my country and Japan, the habitat of red-crowned cranes was undergoing drastic changes, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of red-crowned cranes. Even my country's red-crowned cranes were once considered to be all extinct, and Japan's red-crowned cranes were not easy, and the population number continued to fall.
1981, in order to rescue the red-crowned crane, Japan captured all the five remaining wild red-crowned cranes in Sado and sent them to the protection center, hoping to breed offspring in an artificial environment and get rid of the crisis of extinction. But later these red-crowned cranes failed to continue their descendants . In 2003, after the death of the last red-crowned crane, "A Jin", there were no local red-crowned cranes in Japan.
And in 1981, wild red cranes were discovered in my country. In the past two years, Chinese scientists formed an expedition team to search for wild red-crowned cranes along the areas where red-crowned cranes were once distributed. It was in this year that scientists found 7 wild red-crowned cranes near a small mountain village in Yangxian County, 4 of which were adults and 3 chicks.
The protection strategies adopted by my country and Japan are different. my country adopts "on-site protection" , and directly establishes a protection station at the nesting site of the red-crowned crane, and scientists work on the spot. In fact, compared with artificial environments, on-site protection is more difficult, because the wild environment is full of uncertainty, the red-crowned crane may die due to food reduction, natural enemy hunting, human disturbance and other reasons, resulting in irreversible consequences. These require scientists to pay attention to it all the time and cannot relax for a minute. Any movements in the red-crowned crane must be responded to as soon as possible.
In-place protection is also beneficial, that is, they can record their wild data, such as: the frequency of their parents feeding red-crowned cranes, the food they feed, and the food size, natural enemies in the wild, threats they face, etc., and sufficient preparations are made for subsequent protection of red-crowned cranes.
In order to protect this nest of precious red-crowned cranes, Chinese scientists can be said to be worried day and night, and have laid plastic film on the trunk of red-crowned cranes. Snakes and wild cats cannot climb onto the trees to protect the young birds in the nest; anti-fall nets are installed under the tree, so that once the young birds in the nest have an accident, they will not fall and die under the tree.
Once a chick fell down and was injured. If it was not rescued in time, it was life-threatening . In order to save it, the staff drove to Beijing overnight and successfully performed surgery to save the life of the young bird.
Under the protection of scientists, staff, and local farmers, in the early 1990s, the red-crowned crane successfully bred 10 nests in Yaojiagou, laying 30 eggs, 20 shells, and 19 young birds.
995, the artificial breeding of red-crowned cranes was successfully bred. In wild and artificial environments, the number of red-crowned cranes has continued to increase. To date, there are more than 7,000 red-crowned cranes in my country, many of which have been successfully released into wildness, and the beautiful figure of red-crowned cranes can be seen in many places.
After there was no hope of artificial breeding of Japanese red-crowned cranes, I suddenly heard that China has found wild red-crowned cranes and has also achieved artificial breeding, so I especially hope to introduce red-crowned cranes from my country.
But my country's red-crowned crane is also a national treasure, and its status is like a giant panda, and it does not mean giving it to you. Until 1994, we lent Sado Island a pair of red-crowned cranes "Dragon Dragon" and "Feng Feng". As a result, three months later, Long Long died in the protection center. In the second year, Long Long's specimens and phoenixes were sent to Yang County, my country by a Japanese person.
998, the local area took advantage of my intentional visit to Japan to find relevant Chinese personnel and sincerely informed the Japanese people that they were eager to get a pair of healthy red-crowned cranes. We sent "friends" and "Yangyang" to Japan, and also lined up technical instructors to avoid accidents like Longlong again.
What was surprising was that Youyou and Yangyang bred their offspring in the second year of Japan and had two more children the next year.
But only friends and Yangyang are difficult to solve the problem of inbreeding of red-crowned cranes in Japan. So in 2000, we gave another female red-crowned crane "Meimei" . They gave birth to a total of 37 offspring. Half of the offspring of the child will be returned to our country according to the agreement. After
, our country gave red-crowned cranes twice to Japan , and the total number of gifts reached 7. After has been reproduced for many years, the number of red-crowned cranes in Japan has also reached 650 (as of the end of 2021), of which 182 were kept in captivity, 153 were released in the wild, and 325 were born in the wild.
At present, All red-crowned cranes in Japan are actually "Chinese birds". They are all descendants of 7 red-crowned cranes given to Japan by China. In the past, we used 7 wild red-crowned cranes to make the number of red-crowned cranes from 7 to 7,000. I wonder if Japan can turn these 7 red-crowned cranes into 7,000.
In fact, our country and Japan spare no effort to protect the red-crowned crane. In addition to protecting the red-crowned crane, they are also using the red-crowned crane to protect our homes in life.
Red-crowned crane has high requirements for the ecological environment. Protecting the crane means protecting the local water quality and protecting the fish, crabs, frogs and snails in the water. These are also the key to the survival of other creatures. In other words, while protecting the crane crane, we are also indirectly protecting other wild animals. The crane crane is like an "umbrella", protecting all species in its habitat. #Telebrity Creation Challenge#
