The golden monkey population in Shennongjia, Hubei Province likes to add ＂new ding＂

　　　　　　 Cctv newsRecently, the staff of Dalongtan Golden Monkey Field Research Base in Shennongjia, Hubei Province tracked and monitored the monkeys and found that a female monkey in the golden monkey population, a national first-class protected animal, successfully gave birth to the first golden monkey baby in the base this year.

　　　　　　 According to the relevant person in charge of the Dalongtan Golden Monkey Field Research Base, golden monkeys give birth from the beginning of March to the end of May every year, and females are generally pregnant from August to October in the first year, and the pregnancy period is nearly 200 days. Every female monkey usually gives birth once every two years, and it takes a year for the female monkey to feed the little golden silk monkey. In order to ensure that the mother monkey recovers as soon as possible and secretes enough milk to feed the baby monkey, the base adjusts the food supply type for the mother monkey, and sends special personnel to observe and monitor the mother monkey and the baby monkey around the clock.

　　　　　　 According to the statistics of the base, the population of golden monkey in Shennongjia has increased from 8 in 2005 to 10, and the number has increased from more than 1,280 to more than 1,470, and the habitat area has increased from 210 square kilometers to 354 square kilometers.