There is an idiom that everyone must be very familiar with. It is called "raccoon dog in a hill", which means raccoon dog on the same hill.
You are familiar with this idiom, but have you really seen a raccoon dog?
Recently, news of raccoon dogs appearing in residential areas has been reported frequently in Shanghai, Wuhan and other places, which has attracted people's attention.
As a wild animal, why did the raccoon come to camp in a place where human activities?
They used to live outside the city, so why did they suddenly appear in the community?
Will they cause harm to human safety?
What should I do if I am attacked by a raccoon dog?
Today’s question to the end, let’s follow up the ins and outs of "there is a lot of raccoon dog".
Last year, the traces of raccoon dogs in Wuhan dragged Jiadaikou "settlement" community
Recently, news of raccoon dogs found in a certain community in Wuhan rushed into hot searches. Are these raccoon dogs still living there?
The community where raccoon dogs were found is located in Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
Residents in the community told reporters that they often see these little guys playing downstairs.
Jie Jinju, a resident of a community in Wuhan:
On the morning of July 2nd, after I went to send the child back, I saw it playing there.
It feels pretty cute anyway, but we don’t know what animal it is.
Huang Yufang, a resident of a certain community in Wuhan: The
big one is so big, the gray one is not slender, and the small one is so small.
A few where you fuck me, let me fuck you, like playing a game, quite interesting.
I thought it was a wild dog or a wild cat.
The raccoon dog photographed by the residents of the community with a mobile phone has a dark brown fur, mixed with a little light yellow, and a length of about several tens of centimeters.
When it found someone approaching, it left immediately, very alert.
The community staff told us that they first spotted a raccoon dog in early 2020.
Song Lanjuan, Deputy Secretary of Changdundi Community, Jinghe Street, Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province: When
we first spotted a raccoon dog, it was on a grassland behind us.
When we found it, there were only two of them, basking in the sun below, and they were very jubilant with their nests.
Our first reaction thought it was a civet cat, and contacted the zoo. They told me that this animal was not a civet cat, but a raccoon dog.
The raccoon disappeared for a while due to the open space in the residential area being developed into a real estate project, and only recently did it appear again.
Song Lanjuan, Deputy Secretary of Changdundi Community, Jinghe Street, Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province:
We took a video and saw it had a nest.
Two grown-ups brought a litter of babies here, about five or six.
This time, the location of the raccoon dog was found downstairs in a residential building.
From the video, you can see that several little raccoon babies are very active, running around, and from time to time crawling on their parents to play coquettishly.
Shanghai released more than 3,000 "raccoon dogs"
Compared with Wuhan, there are more raccoon dogs in Shanghai.
To this end, the relevant departments in Shanghai even issued a "Raccoon Map", which clearly marked the distribution of the raccoon in the Shanghai area.
According to the map, Shanghai's raccoon dogs mainly live in residential areas in Songjiang District, Minhang District and Qingpu District, and gradually spread to many other areas.
In particular, Songjiang District has become the most frequent area for raccoon dogs. There are more than 70 residential areas, parks and green spaces where raccoon dogs are distributed.
According to the statistics of the professional team, the number of raccoon dogs in Shanghai has exceeded 3,000.
Except for the "Raccoon in a Hill", how much do you know about the raccoon?
It can be said that most people's cognition of raccoon dogs only stays on the idiom "a raccoon dog". So what kind of animal is a raccoon dog?
In fact, the raccoon dog is a very old canine species, short, thick and fat, with shiny black-brown fur, and mostly black limbs.
Suddenly, it looked a bit silly and a bit "square", but when it looked closely, it looked a bit like a raccoon.
There are dark circles around the eyes, and the nose and mouth are trimmed with white borders and covered in black and white felt. He likes to walk between the sky and the earth at night, living in broad-leaved forests or bushes away from people.
Although they face the sky and have a meal in the wind, they usually come out in a family form or in pairs, and they are stable.
Let’s help you broaden your knowledge about "raccoon dog". Unlike most canines, raccoon dog is very good at climbing trees and climbing. It is also the only animal in the canine family that needs hibernation. It needs to be hibernated in winter. Retreat.
I want to be neighbors with human beings, why "come uninvited"
As a wild animal, why did the raccoon suddenly start to enter human territory?
What attracted this group of "uninvited guests"?
Wang Fang, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University: The
raccoon dog is not an invasive species that fell from the sky.
In our country, from the big and small Xing'an Mountains to Beijing, Nanjing, and then to Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta, raccoon dogs have actually lived in and around cities for thousands of years. They are the aborigines on this land.
The number of raccoon dogs is increasing, and the distribution of raccoon dogs is expanding. The first key reason is the restoration of urban ecology.
With more and more urban forests, parks, urban green spaces, and community gardens, the city is actually gradually becoming a place that adapts to both humans and wild animals.
On the other hand, representative animals like the raccoon dog are actually making rapid changes in various aspects such as what they eat, when they are active, and in social activities. city.
Because the "raccoon dog" disappeared in the past and now appears frequently
Are you surprised? It turns out that the raccoon dog is not an uninvited guest. It has always lived around us and is an aboriginal in the city.
So why are raccoons not seen for so many years, but now they appear frequently?
Researchers found that in recent years, the number of wild raccoon dogs has increased due to intentional or unintentional feeding by humans, and the behavior of raccoon dogs has also been biased in certain areas. It may gather or approach humans actively, and even cause panic among some residents. .
Experts say that as long as people do not feed or touch, this situation can be gradually changed.
Gu Yaxiang, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Qiangwei Residential District, Guangfulin Street, Songjiang District, Shanghai:
Clean up in time after feeding to ensure that the raccoon dogs cannot eat cat food, which also controls the number of raccoon dogs.
Will the pet dog raccoon attack people if the force value is completely defeated?
In June this year, residents of a community in Songjiang District, Shanghai complained that their pet dog had been attacked by a raccoon dog.
This also makes many people worry, is the raccoon dog a very aggressive animal?
In particular, will it attack people?
Wang Fang, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University:
In the process of breastfeeding her young raccoon dog, if a pet dog approaches, the two sides may confront each other. In order to protect her cubs, the female raccoon dog may have a relationship with the domestic dog Mutual aggressive behavior.
In this process, in order to protect their pets, pet owners may turn such conflicts into confrontations between raccoon dogs and people.
But on the whole, the raccoon dog is a very timid, shy, and hiding animal in front of people.
It's just that the mother raccoon will become braver than usual in order to protect her children.
Do I need to be vaccinated if I am bitten by a raccoon dog?
Although under normal circumstances, raccoon dogs do not actively attack humans, experts also remind that if you are bitten by raccoon dogs, you must remember to clean the wound in time for sterilization and go to the hospital for vaccination.
The entire disposal process is the same as being bitten by a dog.
In addition, I would like to remind everyone that the raccoon dog is a second-class protected animal in my country, and acts such as arbitrary catching and repelling it are against the Wild Animal Protection Law.
In fact, it is not just raccoon dogs, but also weasels, hedgehogs, etc. As the ecological environment continues to improve, more and more wild animals begin to appear in our lives.
Only by understanding them can we live in harmony.