White-headed langur, an elf on the rock wall

Elf white-headed langur on the rock wall

In Chongzuo, Guangxi, a group of black and white rock elves live in the karst mountainous area south of Zuojiang River and north of Mingjiang River. They have white heads and black bodies, thin bodies, slender limbs and long tails. Jump freely in the Woods or steep cliffs and walk like a fly. They are China's "national treasure animals" and endangered species-the white-headed langur.

In the afternoon, the sun was like fire, and the off-road vehicle drove into Chongzuo Forestry Bureau, and the office was as quiet as water. Three or two people in the lobby of the main building are engaged in "National Day popular science activities" at the sign-in desk, and people who gradually participate in "National Day popular science activities" are coming one after another. Walking to the specimen room of a white-headed langur on the second floor, a young female commentator pointed to the poster with "Xiaomi" written on the wall and introduced the naming, living environment and habits of the white-headed langur, as well as the stories of the white-headed langur and the black-headed langur specimens.

The specimen stories of the white-headed langur and the black-headed langur are the most attractive, and everyone listened quietly with relish. According to folklore, the white-headed langur is very clever and likes to be close to people and follow others. Seeing people pouring tea and drinking water, it also learned its lesson. What is even more surprising is that the white-headed langur actually learned to be a man, entered the bedroom of his master's house, and lay in bed with his head covered. The host's family finds it interesting to look at such a lovely elf guy, and will not drive it away or destroy it.

After the introduction by the commentator, a video about the white-headed langur in Chongzuo was played. I saw a group of white-headed langurs sitting in rows on slender branches like primary school students, staring straight at the cultivators who were working and singing in the fields. The farmer's song attracted them, and they listened quietly like curious babies. The appearance of the white-headed langur amused all the people watching, but now I feel that monkeys also have a lovely side, and the word concentration can also be used on them.

After watching the video, we are going to the karst mountain where the white-headed langur lives. A group of people walked slowly on the gravel road with dazzling light, and there were large sugar cane fields on both sides of the road. The farther we go, the more sugarcane there are, and a large piece of green clothes covers the skin of gray sugarcane. Looking up, the typical karst rocky mountain is uneven and rises from the ground. I thought that sugar cane would be scarce, but it is not. Approaching a weedy path left by sugarcane fields, I found a tripod camera aimed at the cliff. The trail was crowded, some photographers were sweating, and some photographers stood on tiptoe to aim at the white-headed langur on the rock wall and kept pressing the shutter, and the camera's voice rang. Capture the movements of the white-headed langur all the time, every minute.

The white-headed langur climbs freely on the steep karst rock wall. Sometimes I sit quietly, staring at strangers with round eyes, sometimes I climb or jump off my body with four claws, or I sit on a twig, picking young leaves and munching.

Adults and children standing in the sugarcane fields are holding binoculars and watching the monkey's every move on the rock wall intently. I looked at the monkey on the cliff, funny, cute, cute. When it sits, it looks at you, and you look at it as if two strangers have bigger eyes than one. It is not afraid of the "click" sound of the camera or the gaze of people. It plays by itself, crawls and dances, and eats leaves with its mouth open. It is like an elf flapping its wings, flying over the cliff, moving freely, like walking on the ground.

The most obvious feature of the white-headed langur is that the white hair on its head is triangular, and the fluffy white hair reminds me of my childhood doll. The head, shoulders and feet are also white. The coat color of the tail is different among different individuals, and the coat color of other parts of the body is very similar to that of the karst cliff, which becomes the protective color of the white-headed langur.

Cubs are another color, completely different from adults. They all have beautiful golden hair. It looks cute, and its tail is too long. When the mother monkey climbs up and down with her cub in her arms, the golden monkey cub will stick tightly to her mother's abdomen, and her small tail will pass through her crotch, which is very cute. For the first time, I really saw the white-headed langur in his own living place, displaying his stunts flexibly and vividly, as well as the normality of all kinds of life. I held the telescope and looked up at it. Jin Baobao's eyes are round and attached to the mother monkey.

It is said that the primate golden monkey is named because it is covered with long golden hair, and when the wind blows, it sets off a layer of golden ripples. The name of the white-headed langur comes from its white hair, which is called "white head", and the primate that eats leaves is called "langur". The white-headed langur has its own characteristics of eating leaves, so its reputation comes from this.

The living environment of the white-headed langur is different from that of macaques and golden monkeys, and the living environment of the white-headed langur is more severe. Macaques live in tropical forests in Asia and Africa. Most of them live in dense forests near rivers and camp trees, and their living environment is relatively comfortable. The golden monkey mainly inhabits forests in high altitude areas at an altitude of1500-3300m. Its vegetation types are evergreen broad-leaved forest, evergreen broad-leaved forest and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, and its living environment is relatively cold. The living environment of the golden monkey is quite different from that of the white-headed langur. The difference between cold and hot environment makes them have different living habits and forms.

The living environment of the white-headed langur is a rocky mountain with karst landform, which consists of many rocky mountains and steep cliffs everywhere. When the sun shines on the exposed rocks, the Rocky Mountains are burned by the sun, and the ambient temperature will rise rapidly. Scientists have recorded that the highest temperature on rocks exposed to direct sunlight at noon reaches 47 degrees Celsius, and the ambient temperature reaches 43 degrees Celsius. The high temperature environment is unbearable, and the white-headed langur has to endure the sultry heat brought by high temperature, hiding in a relatively cool shade or gap to escape the heat, reducing activities and saving energy.

There is plenty of precipitation in Chongzuo, but the rain flows away along the cracks in the karst mountain, making it very difficult for the white-headed langur to drink water. It can only find another way to get water in this cruel living environment. The surface area of Rocky Mountain is only 5% to 10%, and there are many exposed rocks. The harsh living environment has exercised the special skills of the white-headed langur. White-headed langurs need to stay in caves on cliffs at night, and they need to master skilled climbing skills in order to climb freely on steep cliffs.