China News Service, Chengdu, August 4 (Anyuan Ma Chaowei) The Songpan Management Station of the Giant Panda National Park announced on the 4th that the station’s infrared camera captured the giant panda, the national first-class protected animal, the leopard cat, and the giant panda. The precious image data of food residues and many fresh feces left by eating arrow bamboo.
This is also the first time that the Songpan Management Station Xiaohe Conservation Station has captured images of giant panda activities since the Songpan Management Station of the Giant Panda National Park was established in 2018.
Patrol personnel are collecting infrared camera data.
Photo courtesy of Songpan County Rong Media Center
According to reports, the staff of the station recently collected and sorted out the infrared cameras erected at the monitoring point of the Jiubaozi Huoshao Slope of the Xiaohe Protection Station. The panda eats the precious image data of the food residue left by the arrow bamboo and many fresh feces.
In the video, the giant panda is slowly walking slowly, taking advantage of the night, and looking around from time to time. The shape is pretty naive, without the infrared camera capturing the flash of the flash in the eye.
Although the length of the video is short, it is the first time to clearly record the video of the panda's nocturnal activities.
In the process of collecting materials, the patrol staff were pleasantly surprised to find many fresh panda feces and bamboo shoots and bamboo dregs left by the giant pandas after eating bamboo in a place not far from the monitoring point. The neat tooth marks are still showing up. blister.
Immediately after measuring and analyzing it, it was determined that it was a "masterpiece" left by an adult giant panda half an hour ago based on the distribution site, the composition of the staple food bamboo, and the freshness, combined with the biting joints.
From the analysis of the color and hardness of the remaining feces, the giant panda is currently in good health and the digestive system is normal.
The giant panda eats the food residue left by the arrow bamboo.
Photo courtesy of Songpan County Rong Media Center
According to the patrol personnel, this is the first time that giant panda feces and food traces have been found in the reserve. It is related to the ecological protection of the reserve for many years. The local vegetation has been restored in a large amount. The giant panda's survival and activities have created favorable conditions.
Fresh panda feces.
Photo courtesy of Songpan County Rong Media Center
It is reported that the discovery of traces of giant panda activities this time indicates that the natural resources of the Xiaohe Nature Reserve are gradually and effectively restored, the ecosystem is sound and stable, and the giant panda activity areas are showing signs of expansion, which further confirms that the Xiaohe Nature Reserve of Songpan County has taken protection in recent years. The effectiveness of the measures also provides precious materials for further research on wild panda activities.
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