"Extreme Challenge", don't challenge the bottom line of the public!

　　Chinanews Client Beijing, September 21 (Reporter Zhang Xi) On the 21st, Dragon TV's variety show "Extreme Challenge Treasure Tour" was a hot search. This time it "challenged" a rare protected plant.

Image source: Sina Weibo screenshot

　　The latest issue of "Extreme Challenge Treasure Tour" was recorded in Mayu Village, the highest village in Gyangze County, Tibet, which is 4750 meters above sea level.

In the game link, there is a level "by picking snow lotus, to win the last level of holy water."

Image source: screenshot of show video

　　But in fact, the snow lotus picked in the program is not an ordinary snow lotus. Its scientific name is

. It is a plant of the genus Saussurea of ​​the Compositae family, distributed in Yunnan (Lijiang) and Tibet (Yadong, Cona), China. .

　　This plant grows in high mountain stream rock beaches, rock crevices on mountain slopes, and sandy terrain on top of the mountain. Because of the harsh environment in high plateau areas, it grows extremely slowly.

　　The reporter noticed that in the draft "List of National Key Protected Wild Plants" issued by the State Forestry and Grass Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on July 9 this year, the "Jellyfish Snow Rabbit" belonging to the Compositae family has been listed as national secondary protection. plant.

Image source: List of National Key Protected Wild Plants (Draft for Comment)

　　But in the show, the show crew and the guests obviously didn't know this plant.

The red circle in the picture shows the "Snow Lotus" in the program. Image source: video screenshot

　　After everyone found the jellyfish snow rabbit under the rock, they were all very excited and shouted "My God, is this a good harvest?"

After that, Yu Haoming and Yue Yunpeng held the jellyfish Snow Rabbit and shouted, "If you have a chance, you must come here to see."

Image source: video screenshot

Image source: video screenshot

　　After the show was broadcast, the picking behavior aroused heated discussions among netizens.

Seeing that public opinion was about to stop the car, Liu Yuning, one of the guests, sent an apology on Weibo.

　　Liu Yuning said that the task he received on the day of the shooting was to go up the mountain to find snow lotus.

"After reaching the target mountain. The props Snow Lotus has been placed."

　　He mentioned that the original intention of the program was to promote Tibet through the process of everyone's hardships and the ultimate treasure.

But his actions brought incorrect guidance to the audience, so I apologize to everyone.

He also emphasized that in his future life and work, he must actively spread the correct knowledge of environmental protection, and he will be more strict with himself.

Image source: Screenshot of Liu Yuning's Weibo

　　But in the view of "props snow lotus", botanist Gu Yourong does not hold true.

　　He asked on Weibo, "Props? I want to know the props master who can make the jellyfish snow rabbit so realistic, and the roots, stems and leaves of each tree are different."

Image source: Botanist Gu Yourong's Weibo

　　According to Gu Yourong, most jellyfish snow rabbits grow on drifting beaches above 4500 meters above sea level. The ground here is entirely composed of gravel. The annual frost period lasts for 8 to 10 months. The living conditions are very harsh, so from seed germination to Flowering takes several years to complete.

"Because of the scarcity of numbers, we are not even willing to collect specimens during scientific expeditions."

　　Gu Yourong said that there are 80 species in the subgenus Saussurea and the subgenus Snow rabbits. More than two-thirds are threatened, and more than half are endangered.

He told reporters that although there is a seedling bank in the local soil and there are new flowering plants every year, “but there is nothing left after simmering for several years.”

　　In an interview with reporters, lawyer Wan Fangliang from Beijing Deliang Law Firm stated that picking national second-level protected plants is generally sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, criminal detention or surveillance of not more than three years, and a fine; in serious cases, the punishment is not less than three years and seven years. The following fixed-term imprisonment and fines.

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If the draft opinion takes effect and there is another act, it constitutes a crime and should be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law.

Image source: screenshot of show video

　　As a derivative program of "Extreme Challenge", "Extreme Challenge Treasure Tour" focuses on public welfare. The starting point of the program is "to convey the concept of ecological and environmental protection, show natural and humanistic features, and witness the achievements of national poverty alleviation".

　　However, in such an "environmental protection" program, there is such a scene that is not environmentally friendly.

On the evening of the 21st, the "Extreme Challenge Treasure Tour" program team issued a statement of apology. The program team stated that during the recording of the current program, due to errors in the details of the design, although there was no actual act of picking rare plants, it occurred after the program was broadcast. It had a certain negative impact and failed to promote the protection of rare plants.

　　The program team mentioned that it will humbly accept the corrections and criticisms from all netizens, fans and the media, and sincerely apologize. It will strive to do some practical work for the protection of jellyfish snow rabbits in the near future, and advocate everyone to protect rare plants and to protect the environment. Hard work.

　　But having said that, even if it is a prop, it is also the worst demonstration!

　　In fact, the original intention of the variety show to promote environmental protection is good, but if you blindly design some alternative "games" for the sake of eyeballs, it will run counter to the public welfare and put the cart before the horse.

　　The real public welfare is not just to lament the beauty of the snow-capped mountains in Tibet, but to teach everyone through the program how to keep such beauty intact and pass it on to the next generation.

　　As Gu Yourong said, programs on the theme of poverty alleviation are actually not contradictory to the protection of biodiversity, and they can even complement each other.

　　I hope that these public welfare and environmentally friendly variety shows have fewer routines, fewer "high-definition props", and more real positive energy, and don't challenge the bottom line of the public.

　　It is everyone's responsibility to care for the environment.

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