Will Dongting Lake be "tested" by extreme weather, threatening the survival of the elk, a national first-level protected animal?

Dongting Lake is undergoing very extreme weather tests, which will indeed pose many existential threats to the elk, a national first-level protected animal. Elk often live in groups in the depths of Dongting Lake, but now the vast lake surface has turned into grassland, and the riverbed has dried up and cracked. Local creatures have been severely affected. If the drought lasts for a long time, it will also destroy the local biodiversity and have a great impact on the elk in the long term.

1. The continued drought in Dongting Lake will affect the elk’s drinking water problem and will also increase the environmental adaptation pressure of the elk

For the local elk, the living environment has changed greatly. , so we need to gradually adapt to this changed environment, as well as to high temperature environments and drought conditions. The local elk drinking area will be greatly reduced, which will force the elk to go further to solve the drinking water problem. Although elk are herbivores and large grasslands provide them with abundant food, doing so for a long time is not conducive to the growth of elk.

2. The elk living in Dongting Lake should also worry about the threat of carnivores. The drought has caused many carnivores to be very irritable, which will also threaten the survival of the elk.

The drought has already affected local organisms. It has caused a fatal threat, and local carnivores must also be waiting for opportunities. Facing the situation of reduced food, carnivores will definitely become more manic and threaten the growth of elk. Although temporarily, the current living space of elk has increased. , food is also increasing, but this local situation will cause biological homogeneity, and the ecosystem will not be balanced for a long time, which will also put great pressure on the survival of the elk.

All in all, the temperature is still relatively suitable for animal growth, and drought will definitely have a great impact on local organisms, affecting their own temperature regulation system and changing their living space and environment. Environment, and Dongting Lake has less precipitation and uneven distribution, which will also increase the difficulty of elk survival. It will threaten the ecological balance of the local wetland, and other endangered species will also be affected.