Original title: red fox's appearance in Daxing'an Mountains arouses heated discussion on its fur color looks like 'a fire'
Recently, he Xiyan, a forest administrator of Amur Forestry Bureau in Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang Province, and her husband Wang Zhiyong ran into red fox when they were passing g331 national highway. Yesterday, the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily learned from the Amur Forestry Bureau in Daxing'an Mountains that this is the first time that they have found red foxes with such bright red fur in Daxing'an Mountains.
According to the analysis of relevant experts, the possibility of releasing the red fox after artificial breeding is greater, and of course, the possibility of wild fox is not ruled out. If it is wild, then the coat color is so bright, it is likely that there is a gene mutation.
The fox goes through the snow
It looks like a fire
Recently, a video of "a bright red fox walking through the snow" has become popular on the Internet, attracting the attention of netizens. The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily learned that Wang Zhiyong, the husband of he Xiyan, forest administrator and protector of Amur Forestry Bureau in Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang Province, was shot.
According to he Xiyan, on December 12, she and her husband Wang Zhiyong drove their children to Mohe city. When they passed 3940 kilometers of g331 national highway, her husband stopped to go to the toilet. When looking up, they found a group of red and strange things on the steep slope seven or eight meters away in front of her. "He quickly took out his mobile phone and drew the focus of the camera closer. It was a fox. The fox had to be sixty or seventy centimeters long. It should be an adult fox. It was snowing and looked like a fire. It saw that we were not afraid at all, and looked at us for several seconds before slowly walking into the woods. '
He Xiyan said that she and her husband, Wang Zhiyong, are forest rangers. They have seen wild foxes every year since the complete cessation of logging in Daxing'an Mountains, but most of them are yellow or yellow and black. It is the first time that such a fire red fox has been seen. After shooting the fox, he Xiyan sent the video to the local forestry experts, who told him it was the red fox.
Fox coat color
It could be a genetic mutation
On December 16, the relevant staff of Amur Forestry Bureau in Daxing'an Mountains told Beiqing daily that foxes did appear in Daxinganling forest area, and foresters met them many times. However, the fur color was generally yellowish and grayish black, and it was the first time for them to see such red fur.
When two forest rangers met the red fox, which caused heated discussion on the Internet, some netizens sighed, "there is no deception in the cartoon. There are really such red foxes. '
In response, Zhang Jianxu, a researcher at the Institute of zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that if the fox was not released from captivity, it might be that there was a genetic mutation in its coat color.
It's not easy to survive
'foraging is a challenge.'
Liu Yutang, a professor at the school of wildlife and nature reserves at Northeast Forestry University, thinks that the fox may not be wild. "According to the tests in recent years, the number of red foxes in the Daxing'an Mountains forest area is relatively small, but there are many foxes around. From the video and photos, the fox is so red that it looks more like a farmed one. If it is wild, its population should be very large if there is genetic variation, but there is no such large-scale fox population in Daxing'anling Forest Region in recent years. '
Liu Yutang said that although the fox looks very beautiful and 'acts calmly', it is not easy for him to survive in nature. If it is wild, its coat color will bring a lot of trouble, 'because it is too conspicuous'. If the fox was reared and sneaked away or released artificially, it would be more difficult for it to survive. Foraging is a challenge for it.