Linda Wong Interviews Weidong Li: The Discoverer of the Endangered Ili Pika (1)

Eight years after Mr. Li Weidong photographed Ili Pika in 2014 in Jinghe County along the Tianshan Mountains in the CBCGDF Community Conservation Area for Ili Pika, in the same place, Mr. Tian Xiangdong met with Ili Pika once again.
The same pika? Amazing if yes!

According to him, 20 km away from this place, Nilka County in Xinjiang, where Ili Pika was first found, is considered to be the origin of Ili Pika, which has been declared extinct since 2002. Through so many years of monitoring, the Ili Pika found in the same place after eight years looks exactly the same as the previous one, which also highlights the great value of @cbcgdfchina140 #CCAfa. Usually the average lifespan of an Ili Pika is 3-5 years, and if they're the same one, it is possible that its lifespan is more than 3-5 years.
Jinghe County, along the Tianshan Mountains, is one of the last homes of the Ili Pika species.

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