China News Service, Urumqi, April 3 (Long Zhenhua and Li Hua) As the temperature continues to rise in recent days, reporters from the Rong Media Center of Kunyu City in Xinjiang conducted interviews in Pishan County (Duwa Reserve) in the middle part of the Kunlun Mountains. At that time, a drone was used to photograph groups of ibex drinking water in the ravine. They are leisurely and contented on the hillside, sometimes strolling for food, sometimes running and playing, the scene is spectacular.
In recent years, the population size and activity range of ibex and other wild animals have continued to expand. Photo by Zhu Runhua
On the 2nd, reporters photographed groups of ibex drinking water, chasing and playing in the ravine. When they heard any movement, they immediately ran into the mountains.
It is understood that ibex, also known as hanging sheep, ibex, etc., is a national second-level protected wild animal and is known as the "Elf of Kunlun Mountain". Its body length is 105-150 cm, tail length is 12-15 cm, shoulder height is about 100 cm, and weight is 40-60 kg, but the largest weight can reach 120 kg.
Ibex are enjoying themselves in the mountains. Photo by Zhong Changtao
Ibex was once widely distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia in my country. It inhabits bare rocks on the plateau and rugged mountainside areas at an altitude of 3,500-6,000 meters. It does not migrate to very low places in winter, so it can be called one of the mammals with the highest habitat. They like to live in groups, often with more than ten or dozens of them moving together, and sometimes they can form large groups of hundreds.
This time in Pishan County (Duwa Reserve) in the middle part of the Kunlun Mountains, it is rare to be able to truly capture the activities of groups of ibex.
In recent years, with the continuous strengthening of ecological environment protection in Pishan County (Duwa Reserve) in the middle part of the Kunlun Mountains, wildlife diversity and wildlife habitats have been effectively protected, and the number and activity range of wild animals have continued to expand. Ibex , blue sheep, snow chicken and other nationally protected wild animals frequently appear in people's sight. (over)