Natural Exploration Institute | Spring Day, the wild panda "joy"

Patrolmen who have been engaged in patrols in the National Nature Reserve of Foping in Shaanxi will have a common old friend -a giant panda named "Joy". The story of "joy" is endless, let's talk about its latest embarrassment.

In March 2022, the air of the Sanguan Temple was still permeated in the air. The mountains in the distance were decorated with a little snow, and it became cleaner under the light of the spring sun. Some buds have shown new green in the branches -the footsteps of spring are accelerating to the three official temples.

Wild Panda Photography He Yiwen, who is drinking water

In the early morning of March 25, the first ray of sunlight penetrated the mist, full of the yard at the protection station of the Sanguan Temple. Under the light of spring, people are warm. In this great time in spring, my colleague He Yiwen went to Wafanggou and Torii Gully to patrol. "Will the two of us see 'old friends'?" We asked each other invariably.

We walked out of the protective station and came on the face of a mountain of dogwood flowers. The yellow flowers full of branches make us feel like walking into the golden ocean. In the sea of ​​flowers, the hard -working bees flew around, sniffing this flower for a while, and smelling that, a busy scene. Looking closely, the golden petals are still left with dew in the morning, like pearls, crystal clear, and look more beautiful.

Ho Yiwen on the female panda photography on the tree

The patrol path is comparable to a flower diameter. In the stone seam and under the dead branches, there are many colorful wild flowers. Purple spring flowers, blue Yanbeo flowers and white ravioli, stars are dotted, dressed in the jungle in the spring.

Half an hour later, we came to the mouth of Wafanggou. As soon as we entered the ditch, we saw the traces of giant pandas eating bamboo along the road. From the freshness of the trace, we analyze it. It should have just been left, which shows that there is a giant panda nearby. So we slowly looked forward along the traces of the giant panda. In order not to disturb the giant panda, we can only gently cut off the dense bamboo, and look forward along the gap between the bamboo while looking forward. Suddenly, the old man in front stopped and pointed at the front, "Look! A giant panda is sleeping."

Grand panda photography resting in bamboo forests light Zhonghao

In the middle of the dense bamboo forest, a furry giant panda slept positively and moved from time to time. We observed for about half an hour in the distance. The giant panda opened our eyes, turned the black eyes, sat up shakingly, and ate the bamboo around us. This makes people laugh: This big guy was hungry.

Seeing this giant panda lacks a canine teeth, we soon tested the positive body of this big guy. It turned out to be an old friend "joy". After observing for a long time, we did not find abnormalities. Lao He said: "'Joy' is old, but the temper is still very fierce. That teeth are fighting with other giant pandas when they are seeking puppets a few years ago. . "Seeing" joy "lying on the bamboo forest in the spring sun, we are healthy and happy, we are very pleased. After we observed for a while, we continued to go forward.

In spring patrol monitoring, we also observed several other giant pandas. Some of them take a bath in the river, some are marked with hips on the trunk, some smell the trunk, and some walk in the bamboo forest, but these giant pandas saw us from a distance and only greeted them. We leave the back of the distance.

Wild panda marked information on the tree, photography, Heyiwen

Spring is the annual sequential period of giant pandas. During this period, the female panda will seek the best spouse through the way of "competing for their relatives". At the same time, this period is also a high incidence of panda injuries. To this end, in March each year, each protective station will strengthen patrol monitoring, strive to discover the giant panda in time, and treat them in time to ensure the safety of wild panda populations.

This article published in the May issue of "Watching Panda" magazine

Text: Danzhong Hao

Edit: Bear

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