Topic Reading-Vol.1117-5/3/2015
Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Meet the animal that's rarer -- and cuter
-- than a panda
There is no doubt that this pika mammal is
cute, no less than a giant panda. Unfortunately, it is undoubtedly endangered,
even more than the panda.
The lli pika lives in the Tianshan mountain
range in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China. It was discovered back in
1983 but hasn’t been observed, protected or conserved. Only the founder of this
tiny cute species, Li Weidong, has been continually investigating the
population and habitation in the mountains where elevations go beyond 3,000
meters. Recently, he, volunteers and researchers conducted searched the habitat
and discovered that the population had went down and habitation had moved up to
higher elevations. He thinks they retreated to higher elevations as glaciers
retreated because of the global warming.
Enjoy reading and learning about this cute endangered
poka.
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