An anchor picking the endangered "jellyfish snow rabbit"?latest news

On August 11, a netizen broke the news that the anchor named "Siberian Wolf" released a video of "Qingzang Snow Lotus" in Qinghai.

The video showed that the anchor pulled a plant from the stone cracks and called "Qingzang Snow Lotus, the original ecological ecology is more than 5,000 meters above sea level."

The plants in his hands are suspected to be the national second -level protected plant "Sweet Snow Mother Snow Rabbit".

That night, the official Weibo of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism replied under the report, "Thank you for your concern and support for Damei Qinghai. We have forwarded this information to the relevant departments for processing."

Subsequently, the reporter also said that the police had intervened in the investigation.

On August 12, the Mori Police Detachment of the Public Security Bureau of Qinghai Haidong City stated that it had received relevant police conditions and initially verified it. At present, the suspects and their positions have been locked. The case has been transferred to the Police for further treatment.

On August 14, some media noticed that the address of the aforementioned anchor was Qinghai, and it has been banned.

A blogger once picked the "jellyfish snow rabbit" to quote the controversy

In July 2020, the gourmet blogger "Wild Food Brother" with more than 3 million fans released a video -

In the picture, he climbed up the alpine stone beach, picked the endangered plant "jellyfish snow rabbit", and was cooked with instant noodles. Afterwards, due to a large -scale questioning of netizens, the "Wild Food Brother" deleted the video and apologized the next day.

According to the government website of the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau, "Jellyfish Snow Rabbit" was selected as the "National Key Protection Wild Plants List" on September 7, 2021. The protection level is secondary, which is banned from picking.

Screenshot source: China National Geographic

Gu Yourong, a botanist at the Capital Normal University, said in an interview that most of the "jellyfish snow rabbits" grew at Liushi Beach at an altitude of 4,500 meters. The surface here is composed of gravel. Until 10 months, the survival conditions are very bad, so it takes several years from seed germination to flowering.

Gu Lei, an associate professor of the Capital Normal University and a Ph.D. in Botany, mentioned in an interview with the media that jellyfish Snow Rabbit is a wild plant in extreme environments.

Source: China Youth Daily, Surging News, Beijing Daily, etc.

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