沉浸式喂麋鹿！麋鹿的春节大餐是啥？

2023-01-30 02:01

大年初一清晨，不到8点，俞晓鹏已带上望远镜、记录本，沿着林间小径开始了他的巡护。

On the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, Yu Xiaopeng, a technician at Dafeng Milu Nature Reserve located in Dafeng county, Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, began his patrol along the forest path with binoculars and a record book.

俞晓鹏是江苏省大丰麋鹿国家级自然保护区管理处科研技术处的一名技术员。新年假期，正是许多人阖家团圆之时。但在大丰麋鹿自然生态保护区，工作人员们每天轮流值班，确保麋鹿的安全。年三十和初一，俞晓鹏都陪伴着鹿群度过。

The New Year holiday is a time for people to get together with their family. But at Dafeng Milu Nature Reserve, staff take turns every day to ensure the deer's safe growth. For Yu, he welcomed the new year with the Milu dear.

每天，巡护人员会在表格上记录下麋鹿的采食情况，判断食物是多是少，以及水质、水位状况等。另外，巡护人员还会观察鹿是否有异常。如果鹿离群索居、精神萎靡不振，就要判断它是不是不舒服或是否感染疾病。

Every day, staff record the milu deer’s food intake to determine whether food is enough or excessive, as well as water quality and water level. In addition, they watch the deer for signs of abnormality and provide medical exams as necessary.

人工养殖的麋鹿一年四季都需要投放食物；为了保障野生麋鹿在缺少食物的冬天可以舒适过冬，工作人员也会为其在冬天投放食物。

Domesticated milu deer need to be fed all year round. In winter, the staff also feed wild deer regularly at fixed locations due to seasonal food shortages.

新春佳节，麋鹿们也吃到了他们的大餐。相比平常的配料，工作人员增加了很多微量元素，还有丰富的水果，如胡萝卜、苹果等，来保证麋鹿们在新年能够吃得好且营养丰富，“这是它们新春佳节的大餐。”俞晓鹏说。

During the Spring Festival, the milu deer also had a holiday feast. Compared with the usual ingredients, the staff added a lot of micro-nutrients, as well as rich fruits, such as carrots and apples, to ensure that they can eat well and nutritious in the New Year. "This is their feast for the New Year," Yu said.

从2016年大学毕业后，俞晓鹏就回到了家乡的麋鹿自然保护区，主要从事麋鹿驯养方面的工作。人工驯养麋鹿需要寻找野外的新生小鹿，对其进行数据测量、照护、排便等。对他而言，和小麋鹿一起相处就像在照顾自己的孩子一样，每天在一起都非常愉快。

After graduating from university in 2016, Yu Xiaopeng came back to his hometown and worked at Dafeng Nature Reserve. His duties mainly included the domestication of milu deer.

The process includes looking for newborn deer in the wild, carrying out data measurements, and caring for them. For him, spending time with the young deer is like taking care of his own children, filled with joy.

几年的工作已经让他有了经验，熟悉鹿群通常会出现在何处。“一般来说，鹿喜欢出现在有食物的地方，鹿喜欢吃，哪里草多、哪里草好吃，鹿就会在哪出现。”

Now, he has become a veteran with more than 6 years of working experience. "Generally, the milu deer like to be where there's ample and tasty food."

俞晓鹏介绍，人工驯养麋鹿一方面可以实现生态旅游，让人和动物零距离接触、互动；另一方面，还可以通过科研手段为繁衍麋鹿及保护事业提供数据支撑。“我们的愿景是要让人与自然、动物和谐共生。”

He introduced the idea that domestication of milu deer can boost ecological tourism, providing a chance for people to interact with this animal and learn more about it. Apart from that, it can also help collect data to support breeding and protection of the species through scientific research. "Our vision is to make human live in harmony with nature and animals," Yu said.

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“似鹿非鹿，似马非马，似牛非牛，似驴非驴，乃众神兽之首。”被称为“四不像”的麋鹿因“头脸像马、角像鹿、蹄子像牛、尾像驴”而得名。麋鹿又被称为“上古瑞兽”，因“鹿”又与“禄”同音，被视为祥瑞的象征。

The milu deer is nicknamed "sibuxiang" in Chinese, which literally means "four un-alikes" for its shard physical characteristics of four animals — a head shaped like a horse, giant antlers like a deer, hooves like a cow, and the tail of a donkey. It's also known as an "ancient auspicious beast" because of the same pronunciation of "deer" and "emolument" in Chinese, it is regarded as a symbol of good fortune.

而这一在中国生活了数百万年的神兽，却在上个世纪在我国本土灭绝。1986年，原国家林业部与江苏省人民政府在大丰选址建立保护区。同年，保护区从英国7家动物园引入13头雄性麋鹿、26头雌性麋鹿，共计39头麋鹿。

However, by the 19th century, their numbers had dropped drastically, and this indigenous animal went extinct in China a century ago. In 1986, the reserve was established to welcome 39 milu back to their ancestral home from United Kingdom.

俞晓鹏指着保护区内中华麋鹿园里最初39头麋鹿的雕像说：“从1986年运回的39头麋鹿发展到2022年的7033头麋鹿，这是30多年来全体保护区工作人员的努力。”

Pointing to the statues of the first 39 milu deer at the reserve park, Yu said, "From 39 milu in 1986 to 7,033 in 2022, this refects the efforts of all the staff at the reserve over the past 30 years."