Recently, some netizens broke the news that in a Korean variety show, several Korean artists violated the rules to get close to the 3-month-old giant panda baby "Fubao".
In the show, female artists wear makeup on their faces, hugging and petting panda babies, and there are scenes of touching pandas without masks and gloves. One person was even told that there are pets in the house.
Chinese netizens have expressed that these actions may infect giant pandas and have strongly criticized them.
According to the staff of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the bacteria or viruses carried by humans do cause harm to giant pandas. Therefore, not only cannot touch giant pandas, but ordinary tourists cannot enter the panda breeding base at all.
The "canine distemper" mentioned by many netizens is indeed an infectious disease that is quite lethal to giant pandas.
It is understood that the canine distemper virus mainly infects canines and cats, and the channels of transmission are mainly through direct contact with diseased animals, but also through air or food.
The virus is extremely contagious, with a mortality rate of 90%.
Although humans will not be infected with the virus, they may become carriers of the virus if they have been in contact with sick animals.
Everyone has recite the "Ailian Shuo" in the middle school textbook, and there is a sentence in it, "You can see from a distance, but you can't play with it."
In fact, this principle should be followed not only for lotus flowers, but also for protected animals like giant pandas.
They are cute, but after all they are not family pets like cats and dogs. The greatest love and tenderness for them should be "not disturbing". Don't make sacrifices for your own selfish desires at every turn!
(Author: Li Xueyao)