2024-04-11 08:33 United Daily News reporter Lu Yongming/Chiayi real-time reporting
Today is the 9th day of the Hualien earthquake. Search and rescue personnel continue to search for missing tourists in the Shakadang Trail area, where landslides and landslides have caused severe damage. Lu Jianfu, an assistant professor at the Tourism Department of the Cultural University, was entrusted to host the “Taroko National Park Taiwanese Macaques” Group distribution and management plan,” he said. A total of 37 groups of Taiwanese macaques were found in the Shakadang Trail sample area. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake caused heavy damage and the macaques were likely to suffer heavy casualties.
Lu Jianfu, assistant professor of the Department of Tourism at the Cultural University, has a master’s degree from the Institute of Zoology of National Taiwan University and a PhD in biology from the UK. He was entrusted with presiding over the “Taroko National Park Taiwan Macaque Population Distribution and Management Plan”. He said that the Macaques on the Shakadang Trail Many, although they live in trees and are accustomed to earthquakes, this major earthquake caused severe disasters. Not only tourists lost contact, but the macaque group also feared bad luck. After the disaster, the surviving macaques have the ability to survive and should quickly adapt to foraging for food. .
According to the survey results of the Taiwanese macaque population in Taroko National Park, a total of 37 groups of Taiwanese macaques were found in the Shakadang Trail sample area. Macaque groups are distributed along the trail (the total length of the Shakadang Trail is 4.1K), but they are mainly along the trail. The middle section and the front section of the trail are the main record distribution locations of macaques, accounting for a total of 31 groups.
On the 9th day of the Hualien earthquake, the Shakadang Trail was hit hard. Search and rescue personnel continued to search for missing tourists. Local landslides and ground cracks… The Hualien earthquake happened on the 9th day. The Shakadang Trail was hardest hit. Search and rescue workers continued to search for missing tourists. Tourists, local landslides,…
During the morning survey period, the middle section of the trail and the front section of the trail were still the main locations where macaque records were distributed, accounting for a total of 20 groups. During the afternoon survey period, the distribution was more evenly distributed, and monkey groups were recorded along the trail. After a one-year survey, the monkey population in the Shakadang Trail sample area is mostly in the area of 0.5K in the front section and 1.9K and 2.3K in the middle section of the trail. However, there are still many opportunities to find Taiwanese macaques along the front section and middle section of the trail.
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