China News Service, Huzhou, February 8 (Shi Zinan Xiangfei) At 8:30 in the morning, in the Longwang Mountain Nature Reserve, Zhangcun Town, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, more than 70 macaques gathered down the mountain early and could not wait for the protection of Shiwukou. The arrival of station ranger Hong Lan and security guard Zhu Hongfeng.
Winter is cold and bleak, and the wild fruits are exhausted, which is the most difficult time for wild monkeys.
Every spring, the Shiwukou Conservation Station feeds the hungry monkeys some food.
Photo by Xiang Fei, a wild monkey in the Longwang Mountain Reserve
Seeing the person coming from a long distance, the monkeys jumped up and down the branches of the tree shouting.
As soon as Hong Lan opened the warehouse door, the monkeys quickly gathered on the ground to wait. Some of the daring ones even grabbed a handful of corn and ran away when no one was prepared.
"Artificial feeding in winter can also reduce the harassment of wild monkeys on nearby villagers." Hong Lan said, "Sometimes hungry monkeys will go to nearby villagers' homes and fields to look for food, and even uncover the roof tiles of villagers' homes. already."
According to Hong Lan, this group of macaques belongs to the same species. It was introduced into the Longwang Mountain Reserve in 1999. At that time, there were more than 20 monkeys.
In the 1980s, before the establishment of the Longwang Mountain Reserve, wild monkeys were rarely seen due to the production and hunting of forest farms.
As Longwang Mountain was upgraded from a Zhejiang provincial protected area to a national protected area, the population and number of wild monkeys, including macaques, continued to increase, and they also spread from Anji to surrounding cities.
Hong Lan installs an infrared camera for investigating wild animals in the jungle Xiang Feishu
Hong Lan entered the mountain in 1997 and has been working in the Longwang Mountain Reserve for 25 years, mainly responsible for safety production, forest fire protection and resource protection.
Mountain forest guarding is a long-term work that is accompanied by loneliness. Only Hong Lan and a security guard are on duty at the card point of the reserve.
In the past two years, due to the maintenance of the road into the mountain, the Longwang Mountain Scenic Spot has been closed, and it has become more quiet here.
The checkpoint where Hong Lan is located is located in a valley with little sunshine, so time seems to be in a hurry here.
During the Spring Festival this year, he pasted the Spring Festival couplets on the door as before, so that the checkpoints far away from the towns also had a strong New Year's flavor and joy.
Hong Lan said that in recent years, as people's awareness of ecological protection has gradually increased, Longwang Mountain has also undergone great changes.
The pristine natural environment has not only multiplied the monkeys, but also has national key protected animals such as sika deer, black muntjac, white pheasant, and serow. "Just two days ago, a pair of sika deer mother and son came to visit near the checkpoint." ( Finish)