Recently, the staff of Shaanxi Changqing National Nature Reserve were surprised when sorting out infrared camera information. They found that in just 3 minutes, two golden leopard appeared in just 3 minutes. They were big and strong, leaving in two directions.
Changqing National Nature Reserve is located in the south slope of the middle section of Qinling , and the Qinling ridge is a severely affected area for the flood of wild boars. So the question is: Can the ferocious golden leopard shock the increasingly flooded wild boars?
The leopards in Shaanxi have steadily increased. Can they shock wild boars?
In 2017, Shaanxi Institute of Zoology established a monitoring sample site within the jurisdiction of Longcaoping Forestry Bureau, and set up a total of 60 infrared cameras . Based on the sample point monitoring results over 3 years, it is estimated that there are about 250 golden leopards living in the Qinling Mountains, so the optimistic estimated number may have increased to more than 280 after 5 years of breeding.
In terms of quantity, the leopard can only accept the disadvantage in front of the wild boar. In 2018, Shaanxi Province conducted a full-process monitoring of the number of wild boars in the territory. There were 128,707±16,718 inhabited in 69 cities and counties. According to the breeding speed of wild boars, it is probably close to 200,000, of which a considerable number of wild boars are distributed in the Qinling Mountains.
The number of wild boars in the Qinling Mountains has surged, and they are the ones who are not afraid of the sky or the earth, causing trouble everywhere. In 2021, several groups of wild boars ran to the farmlands of Yuexing Village, Qingtong Town, An County, Qinling Mountains to make trouble. In 60 days, 128 acres of crops were eaten by them and scattered. The corn and soybeans that they worked hard to plant were slightly reduced, and the severe pellets were not harvested.
What's more excessive is that wild boars in the Qinling Mountains go down the mountain from time to time to wander around in the village, and occasionally contradict people and attack vehicles. Shanyang County is located at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains. In October 2021, a 12-year-old girl in the county encountered a wild boar that had just gone down the mountain while riding a bicycle in the village. The wild boar weighed more than 200 kilograms and attacked her nose. The little girl accidentally bit her calf by the wild boar. At the critical moment, the villagers came with shovels, and the little girl escaped.
Because of this, many netizens expect that the increasing number of golden leopards can eat a few more wild boars, at least not let the wild boars grow unscrupulously. Does Golden Leopard really have this ability?
Adult leopard has a body length of 100-150 cm and a weight of 50-100 kilograms. It is not very advantageous among carnivores in my country in terms of size. Fortunately, it has several special skills.
First of all, the body is well-proportioned, the limbs are well developed, and they are good at running. When chasing prey, the speed of the leopard can reach 80 km/h, and the speed of the wild boar is generally 50-60 km/h. Secondly, the canine and fissure teeth of the golden leopard are also very developed, with a bite force of more than 305 kg, which can drag prey more than half of its own weight to a tree. The bite force of the wild boar is only about 200 kg, and the bite force of the human is only a pitiful 50 kg. Finally, the golden leopard is quick-witted and good at climbing trees. It can suddenly pounce on the prey from the hidden big tree.
According to statistics, the predation success rate of leopards reached 14%, and at its peak it exceeded 30%, ranking among the forefront among carnivorous animals. Therefore, in the eyes of Chinese zoologists, the golden leopard is the second beast in the forest besides tigers. In its recipes, there are goats, roe deer, deer, musk deer, musk deer, hares, monkeys, and wild boars, so they are often called the "Two Kings of the Mountain".
In other words, leopards can hunt wild boars. my country's infrared camera once captured a video like this: a golden leopard was waiting for an opportunity to pounce on the back of a wild boar. After a while, the wild boar was bitten to death. The golden leopard bit the wild boar and dragged it to a big tree, and then swallowed it in big mouthfuls.
The problem is that wild boars are not good at plagues, nor are they bullied! Adult wild boars can easily weigh more than 200 kilograms, and some even exceed 400 kilograms, which is undoubtedly a big guy in front of the leopard.Because of the mud and sand rolling all year round, the wild boar's hair is intertwined with sand and soil, which is thick and hard, like a steel needle. Not to mention the biting of the golden leopard, the bullet cannot hit the vital position, and it may just cut a layer of skin!
In addition, wild boars have a bad temper, especially in estrus, often stick their noses and attack everywhere with two pairs of big fangs. Even tigers and black bears are not afraid, and the leopards have to retreat. Therefore, Tudou believes that the number of golden leopards in the Qinling Mountains has increased, but it is difficult to curb the proliferation of wild boars. How to suppress the proliferation of wild boars?
is to limit the number of wild boars. Shaanxi will compress the hunting ban from March 1 to October 31 each year to March 1 to April 3 in 2021. The peak period of wild boar damage occurs in July and August every year, trying to reduce damage through private hunting. Some cities and counties in Shaanxi are also actively introducing professional hunting teams to participate, and the results currently do not seem to be ideal.
It is understood that there are considerable difficulties in rounding up wild boars. For example, staffing, the average age of hunting team members is around 60 years old, and they lack physical strength and motility sensitivity. For example, the cost expenditure remains high. Take the hunting dog as an example. A sophisticated hunting team loses at least thirty or forty to forty or fifty hounds every year. The price of a hunting dog is between 8,000 and 50,000 yuan, which leads to some hunting teams having to encourage team members to raise hunting dogs, and the cost of breeding hounds is also a considerable expense.
So let wild boars flood? Neither. Some places where wild boars are flooding are considering introducing pig breeding companies. The second generation of wild boars produced by wild boars and domestic pigs have a lot of red meat, mellow and firm meat, and the market price is 2-3 times that of ordinary pork. After introducing professional breeding companies, you can discuss the possibility of on-site breeding.
Original: Potato
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