Full focus ｜ Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River reproduces ＂finless porpoise playing in the water＂

On February 17th, the Yangtze finless porpoise investigation team set up by the Wetland College of Yancheng Normal University in Jiangsu Province came to Jingjiang, Taizhou for a week-long field observation. In just two days, the investigation team has observed more than ten finless porpoises.

The members of the investigation team found the finless porpoise when they sailed into Jiangyin Bridge to Mucheng Park by a fishing boat. The finless porpoise jumps out of the water from time to time, no more than 500 meters from the shore.

Wang Zhengfei, the leader of the Yangtze finless porpoise investigation team, said: "There are at least five more, and the ethnic groups we found are foraging. It should be said that this section of the river in Mucheng Park is still very rich in fish resources. Some of them are together and the three heads feed together, which is still a very gratifying phenomenon. "　

In addition, the investigation team also observed five Yangtze finless porpoises near the Qidu in Jingjiang Jiagang. Since 2021, the observation lasted for more than three years, which made the investigation team know more about the distribution range, living habits and living rules of finless porpoises in Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River. In 2024, the investigation team will conduct a field observation every month and conduct a multi-ship survey to further clarify the distribution characteristics of the Yangtze finless porpoise.

Wang Zhengfei said: "In this way, we can obtain the information of finless porpoises we observed more accurately, and at the same time, combined with the three-headed identification individuals we found before, we can further understand the population number, clear distribution range and communication between populations."

(Reporter of Jiangsu Radio and Television General Station Rong Media News Center/Editor of Ye Beibei Jingjiang Station/Liu Lu)

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