On October 27, a " elk " flooded the Moments in Miluo, Yueyang. Many villagers posted videos and revealed that "the wild elk in Dongting Lake, the legendary ' four-dimensional similar to ', national first-class protected animal ran into the village." "The wild elk, probably got lost, ran to my doorstep." The video shows a male deer walking gracefully in the rice fields. The villagers picked up their mobile phones to take pictures. The "elk" was calm and even turned around and looked at the villagers.
On October 28, villager Mr. Liu told Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter that on the morning of the 27th, he found a "elk" in a rice field in Midong Village, Luojiang Town, Miluo City. "When seeing it playing with a cow, I was not afraid of people when I photographed it, it should be the elk on the Dongting Lake protection wetland."
reporter learned from the Miluo Forestry Bureau that four or five days ago, some villagers said they saw a "elk" under the of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, but the relevant staff have not found the "elk".
After consulting relevant departments and experts in Miluo City many times, it was later determined that the deer was not a elk, but sika deer . Hong Kong School of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Professor of Zoology, said that after judging the characteristics of the deer, it was also confirmed that it was a sika deer. "But in terms of geographical distribution, there are no wild sika deer in Hunan. This sika deer may have been breeded, and then ran out."
△The "elk" photographed by villagers
The villagers photographed "elk" breaking into a village in Miluo
010 at around 9:00 on October 27, Mr. Liu returned to his hometown in the countryside from Miluo City and saw a black-brown elk in the rice fields. "It was playing with a few cows in the harvested rice fields, and it would not be afraid of people even when shooting it closely." Mr. Liu said that elks appeared in Miluo City before, "it was a national first-class protected animal on the Dongting Lake protection wetland. Elks have also been to our village before." Mr. Liu is located in Midong Village, Luojiang Town, Miluo City, about dozens of kilometers away from the Dongting Lake Wetland. He quickly called the Miluo Forestry Bureau. "I didn't see that elk today," said Mr. Liu.
One of the videos taken by netizens showed that a "elk" was standing on the ridge of the field, and a white car was parked on the road not far behind it, and someone in the car was also shaking off the car to watch the "elk". ‘The cow next to the "elk" was suspected to have stepped forward to chase, and the "elk" began to run in the rice fields. Many nearby villagers took out their mobile phones to shoot the chase.
On October 28, a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning News contacted the Miluo Forestry Bureau. Xie Xiaofeng, the Wildlife Protection Section of the Miluo Forestry Bureau, said that on the morning of the 27th, after receiving a call from the villagers, he and his colleagues rushed to the scene, but the "elked" had long disappeared in the rice fields.
"As early as four or five days ago, I received a call from a villager saying that I saw an 'elk' under the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway (now known as the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway)." Xie Xiaofeng said that the villagers saw a deer under the expressway, but the villagers did not take photos or videos after seeing it.
Xie Xiaofeng said that four or five days ago, the deer was found in Changle Town, , and the "elk" was found in Luojiang Town, , "the two towns are at the junction." Previously, people had been sent to the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway (now known as the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway), but there was no trace of deer. On the 27th, villagers from Midong Village, Luojiang Town said that they had discovered "elked".
27 On the morning of 27, Xie Xiaofeng and his colleagues searched for the rice fields where the villagers found "elked" but there was no trace. "In the afternoon, another villager called and said he saw the deer not far away."
Forestry Bureau and experts have determined that it is a sika deer, which may be a breeding escape
"'Elk' appears in a village in Miluo" video has been flooded with the screen on major social platforms.
Xie Xiaofeng reported the situation to Yueyang Forestry Bureau and Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau. "At that time, some experts said it was an elk, and some said it was a sika deer, but in the end it was determined that it should be a sika deer. Because the deer was not found, it was not certain whether it was a wild sika deer or a breeding." Xie Xiaofeng said, "Now the city also calls on villagers to provide timely feedback after seeing this deer, and do not disturb it, so as to prevent the deer from hurting people."
On October 28, the reporter consulted Deng Xuejian, professor of zoology at the School of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University.Deng Xuejian said that after judging the characteristics of the deer in the video, it was confirmed that it was a sika deer. The eyebrow twigs of sika deer antler are all born straight forward, and the main trunk grows backward, with two to three branches; there are white spots on the body in summer, and white spots on the body in winter, but they can still be vaguely seen on the buttocks; the third feature is that its tail is relatively short and the sides are white. The one who appeared in Miluo should be a sika deer. The elk's eyebrow trunk is the main trunk, and the back trunk is a secondary trunk, which grows forward and has several branches, which is particularly complicated.
"It is not certain whether it is a wild sika deer, but in terms of geographical distribution, there are no wild sika deer in Hunan. It is inferred that this sika deer is breeded and may have run out." Deng Xuejian said that sika deer can run hundreds of kilometers in one night, "it may also be run out of the surrounding zoo."
Sika deer (wild population only) is a national first-class protected animal. The breeding of national first-class protected animals requires approval from National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
△Sika deer, picture source Baidu Encyclopedia
It is reported that sika deer is a small and medium-sized deer with a body length of 125 to 145 cm, a tail length of 12 to 13 cm, a shoulder height of 70 to 95 cm, and a weight of 70 to 100 kg. The coat is chestnut red in summer, with many white spots, which look like plum blossoms; in winter, it is smoke-brown, and the white spots are not significant. There is a mane on the neck. Male horns are up to 30 to 66 cm long. Sika deer is not very herd. Bucks often live alone, with activity time concentrated in the morning and dusk. The living area changes with the changes of seasons. It is mostly on semi-shady slopes in spring, and it moves to the forest areas of the shaded slopes in summer and autumn, and likes to be on warm sunny slopes in winter, mainly feeding on grass, fruits, herbs, tree buds, trees, and crops.
In my country, there is also a unique subspecies distributed in Taiwan, including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, central Inner Mongolia, southern Anhui, northern Jiangxi, western Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangxi.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Wang Kaihui
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