The elephant group returned to Yuxi, and the "boy" who was alone 12 kilometers away loves to make trouble
Where is the elephant? "Blue Friends" Day and Night Tracking
Today, Xishuangbanna (Special Correspondent Jiang Yan) As of 17:00 on June 9, the elephant group has moved 3.7 kilometers to the southwest and continues to be active in Shijie Township, Yimen County, Yuxi City.
The closely watched single elephant was out of the group for 4 days. At 18:30 on June 8th, it entered Kunming's tranquility and was active in the dense forest southwest of Eight Street Street, about 12 kilometers away from the elephant group.
This male elephant seemed to like to cause accidents, and front-line monitoring personnel said that it either steals or destroys things and does bad things.
The Yunnan Provincial Command aimed at the hidden dangers of the group and outlier activities, requiring the three on-site command offices of Anning, Yimen and Jinning to operate simultaneously and jointly deploy defenses to ensure a seamless connection of work.
Among the staff monitoring the elephants, there is a special group of "blue friends". They wear sea blue uniforms, carry a few large boxes every day, and drove a red fire SUV to track and monitor the elephant herd's traces day and night.
They are the unmanned aerial vehicle team of the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps. A total of 6 people are divided into 2 groups. They set off from Yuxi Eshan County on May 27 and followed the elephant group all the way north to Kunming Jinning.
The team members used high-magnification zoom drones, and the aerial photography height was about 300 meters, so as not to disturb the migration of the elephants.
"11, 12, 13..." The drone pilot Gao Qiang pointed to the phone screen and carefully counted the elephants.
Every time they find an elephant group, they have to count the number of elephants, for fear of omissions, which may cause mistakes.
"The forest is too dense to be found." The elephant herd is uncertain and it is very difficult to find their tracks.
Coupled with thunderstorms in recent days, it has greatly increased the difficulty of searching.
Moreover, once an elephant enters the dense forest, it is particularly difficult to find a place where it can be recharged. However, the drone has to fly continuously every day, and a battery will not fly for too long. The battery must be replaced as soon as it landed, and it will be lifted off immediately.
Therefore, "Once we find the target, we will be very excited." Drone pilot Zhang Xiong said.
In addition to monitoring the elephant herd and providing research and judgment information for the headquarters, they also satisfied the curiosity of the netizens. The warm scene of elephants lying flat on the grass and sleeping on the grass, raising dust and sprinkling them on their bodies to prevent mosquito bites and other novelties The pictures are all captured by them.
Tracking the elephant herd in the dense forest, sometimes in danger, they encountered a single elephant head-on in the past two days.
"You quickly retreat, in case it comes around later."
"Don't irritate it with lights, the tail elephant is particularly aggressive." Chen Shengyao, a member of the drone team, reminded.
The monitoring conditions were very difficult. I squatted on the ground at noon and hurriedly picked up a bowl of simple boxed lunch. In the evening, I found a fellow in the mountains and huddled up on a simple wooden bed.
Early the next morning, the old mother in the village wanted to cook some eggs for them, but they all declined.
The villagers said moved: "Whatever you need, we will support it."
The team members said goodbye to the villagers, packed up, and followed the elephant group to the next monitoring point.