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00:00:48Ten thousand years ago, the ever-changing, meticulously crafted blocks
00:00:52of the Ailao Mountains were assembled on the map of southern China, creating
00:00:56a unique green home in the world's temperate
00:00:59zones. Ailao Mountain.
00:01:03。
00:01:06Countless creatures crossed mountains and rivers, and once again
00:01:10landed. They respond to
00:01:14challenges with ingenious strategies. They continue their lineage through continuous
00:01:18evolution, and communicate their intentions with unique songs.
00:01:21The low buzzing ghost-faced day hawk,
00:01:24the Ailao Mountain squirrel with whiskers,
00:01:27are extremely rare.
00:01:45Follow the traces of life and step into this hidden realm to
00:01:48unravel the codes of life
00:01:51that span billions of years.
00:01:53。
00:03:33Wow, the bark here is so hard, I can't move it. Let me look
00:03:37over here. It seems there are some
00:03:41small beetles
00:03:42here.
00:03:45Ailao Mountain has a continuous low-altitude ecological system from tropical
00:03:49to temperate zones. It provides diverse
00:03:53habitats for insects and is an ideal
00:03:56place for scientists to study their evolutionary codes.
00:05:00And also Jun A . Various
00:05:03kinds of beetles are hidden in different corners. To
00:05:07find them, in addition to careful observation, multiple methods
00:05:10are also needed.
00:06:14Taking advantage of the clear weather, the expedition team followed the stream
00:06:18to find another kind of natural spirit, butterflies
00:06:21. Every year, at the turn of spring and summer, a
00:06:24butterfly larva in the valleys of Ailao Mountain
00:06:28transforms into a pupa and flutters .
00:06:32Having wings and conquering the sky is a key
00:06:36factor for many insects to thrive in the earth's evolution for ten thousand years
00:06:39until now .
00:06:42Therefore, understanding the mystery of flight is also
00:06:45an important research topic for the academic team.
00:07:03So beautiful
00:07:05. We saw
00:07:09it.
00:07:42let's do it here.
00:07:45Deep in Ailao Mountain, coexisting with butterflies are a large number
00:07:49of moths . They
00:07:51are warriors of the night, possessing unique survival strategies
00:07:55. This investigation, another important task
00:07:59of the expedition, is to collect specimens of various
00:08:02moths. It's relatively flat
00:08:05here,
00:08:12Hmm.
00:08:26They set up a light trap on an open hillside.
00:08:29。
00:08:32As night falls, the bright light attracts moths and other insects
00:08:35to
00:08:36come.
00:08:41Come, come and see.
00:09:42So big, I feel like I've never seen one this big , I think the ones I saw before were all very small
00:09:46. It's like a leaf
00:09:48.
00:09:53A rich variety of insects breed and thrive in the dense
00:09:57forest, forming a complex and delicate ecological network
00:10:01.
00:10:08Many endemic amphibians and reptiles also inhabit
00:10:12here.
00:11:56It is named after being first discovered in Ailao Mountain.
00:12:16They do not miss any corner where the Ailao salamander might be hiding. Suddenly, Rao Dingqi made a discovery
00:12:18.
00:13:01The color of the Ailao salamander tadpoles
00:13:04blends with the surrounding environment
00:13:07. This camouflage allows them to escape predators
00:13:14. During the subsequent two-year growth period
00:13:17, these tadpoles will face countless survival challenges
00:13:22. Only a few will develop into adults
00:13:42. These thick black spines can be used as weapons
00:13:45to fight for mates.
00:13:48350 million years ago, amphibians successfully broke
00:13:52free from the shackles of water and bravely set
00:13:56foot on land, opening up new living
00:13:59spaces. Yet they always maintained a deep
00:14:02connection with water. This unique adaptability allowed
00:14:06them to continue to this day in a changing
00:14:09environment.
00:14:12The Ailao Mountain frog lays its eggs in winter, so it goes
00:14:16into the water in winter. Normally, it is not in the water, it will look
00:14:20for a partner to hide or forage on the mountain.
00:14:23。
00:15:18They appear at night and forage
00:15:21in the forest.
00:16:37Although Rao Dingqi and his team did not find the mysterious Ailao
00:16:41salamander , they did
00:16:43record a lot of frog activities, accumulating valuable
00:16:47data for subsequent research.
00:16:49。
00:16:53The dense primeval forests of Ailao Mountain provide
00:16:57a humid and sheltered living environment for amphibians
00:17:01and reptiles. Ailao Mountain toad.
00:17:04Red-footed salamander.
00:17:07Bamboo leaf green. In Ailao Mountain, every organism
00:17:11has its unique way of survival. They are interdependent
00:17:15and jointly maintain the balance of this
00:17:18forest.
00:17:21And above them lives a kind of tree-dwelling
00:17:25spirit
00:17:25.
00:17:30Qingchen, the sleeping Ailao Mountain is awakened by
00:17:34crisp calls. This is
00:18:00In the dense forest, they follow the calls, searching for movement among the trees.
00:18:02境
00:18:07。
00:18:14A little slower, I said.
00:18:16Okay, this wood is a bit soft.
00:18:19We usually need to go to high places because it's easier to determine their direction from high places.
00:18:26If you hear it in the valley, it feels like the calls are coming from all directions, so it's hard to tell their direction.
00:18:39August
00:18:402024
00:18:44From the bright mountains
00:18:47, they began to observe their daily life.
00:18:56Black gibbons are named for the black fur on their heads.
00:19:03There are about 1,500 black gibbons globally
00:19:08, which is even rarer and is a critically endangered species in the world
00:19:11. They spend most of their time foraging
00:19:15in the canopy or middle layers of tall
00:19:18trees and rarely come to the ground,
00:19:22making them typical arboreal small primates, known
00:19:25as "tree spirits"
00:19:26.
00:19:36Rested.
00:19:44The dense primeval montane monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest here provides
00:19:47them with a good habitat and abundant food.
00:21:40The population of these animals is constantly increasing, and their distribution area is also continuously expanding. In the middle section of Ailao Mountain, another group of scientific
00:21:43researchers is protecting an even larger
00:21:47animal population .
00:21:52There are still many kinds of magpies in that area
00:21:55. Like the white-headed magpie, the western
00:21:59magpie, there are many kinds in this
00:22:01area.
00:22:04Zhao Xuebing and his colleagues went to the Jinshan
00:22:08Pass bird banding monitoring station in the middle of Ailao Mountain
00:22:12to prepare for the autumn migration of birds and
00:22:15high winds.
00:22:53On the global migratory bird map, East
00:22:57Asia-Australia is a very
00:22:59busy route. Ailao Mountain
00:23:03is located on this life corridor. Every
00:23:07autumn, flocks of migratory birds fly from the distant
00:23:10north. When they encounter the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this natural
00:23:14barrier, they turn to the mountains
00:23:18in the southeast. Ailao Mountain is thus
00:24:27. Except for some large birds that
00:24:30will soar during the day, most migratory birds, in order to avoid
00:24:34predators, usually choose to start their
00:24:37blood journey after night falls. For
00:24:41this reason, Zhao Xuebing and his team attract migratory birds to
00:24:45come with lights, based on the phototactic instinct
00:24:48of birds.
00:25:20Someone must be on duty at this net at all times, because once a bird is caught in the net
00:25:23, it needs to be taken out immediately to ensure the bird's safety
00:25:27. Zhao Xuebing and the staff of the monitoring
00:25:31station put the rescued migratory birds into special cotton
00:25:34cloth bags to prevent them from being injured
00:25:38.
00:25:44So when we put it in this kind of bag, it will be relatively
00:25:48quieter.
00:26:29F1087498
00:26:33Zhao Xuebing and his team began to measure, sample,
00:26:37and band the captured migratory birds, as well as
00:26:41other tasks, in order to better track their migration
00:26:44routes and survival status
00:26:47.
00:26:49The migratory birds that pass through Ailao Mountain actually come from a very wide range. The entire
00:26:53region of Siberia in Russia will have them come over.
00:26:57From the northeast of the country to the northwest and central, this area
00:27:01will have them come over.
00:27:32The collared scops owl is a small
00:27:36raptor. Its plumage is very similar
00:27:40to tree bark. When it stands still, it looks like a piece of wood
00:27:43. This effectively confuses predators and
00:27:47allows it to conceal itself and ambush prey
00:27:50. These two are also very
00:27:54good at mimicking branches or leaves
00:27:57.
00:28:32It has not only greatly enriched our country's bird research resource library
00:28:36, but also laid a solid data foundation for in-depth
00:28:40exploration of major scientific questions such as the migration patterns
00:28:44of migratory birds in
00:28:45the Ailao Mountain area.
00:28:49Ailao Mountain, this green barrier spanning
00:28:53southwest China, is not only a geographical
00:28:57boundary, but also a sanctuary for wildlife
00:29:00. It is.
00:29:14The tracking and deciphering by scientific researchers has given this natural
00:29:17treasure trove new meaning. In this mysterious
00:29:21and turbulent land, every unique existence
00:29:25is the essence of ten thousand years of evolutionary wisdom
00:29:29. Every analyzed data connects the past
00:29:35and the future. And the journey of exploration and guardianship
00:29:38continues.
00:32:16The higher you stand,
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