Simba's snake hunt: meeting the venomous bamboo pit viper星巴寻蛇记——遇见剧毒竹叶青
Kept out of Africa by the pandemic, Simba walked ranger patrols in Huangshan's Jiulongfeng reserve to study two venomous snakes in the wild疫情期间回不了非洲，星巴跟随黄山九龙峰保护区的巡护员野外寻找五步蛇和竹叶青
- Publication刊物
- National Geographic (美国国家地理) · WeChat美国国家地理 · 微信公众号
- Author作者
- By Simba Qiang Zhuo作者：星巴
- Published发布
Published on the official WeChat account of National Geographic's Chinese edition, under Simba's own byline.发表于《美国国家地理》中文官方微信公众号，作者署名星巴。
In September 2020, unable to return to Kenya, Simba spent two days with rangers at the Jiulongfeng reserve in Huangshan, Anhui, looking for the sharp-nosed pit viper and the bamboo pit viper. National Geographic's Chinese edition ran his field notes, introducing him as the first Chinese conservationist to build a career in African wildlife protection and author of the book Guarding the Lion Pride (《守护狮群》).2020 年 9 月，回不了肯尼亚的星巴在安徽黄山九龙峰保护区跟随巡护员走了两天，寻找五步蛇和竹叶青。《美国国家地理》中文公众号刊发了他的这篇野外笔记，并在作者介绍中称他为首位深入非洲开创野保事业的中国人、《守护狮群》的作者。
What the article covers文章要点
- Why he was in China: the pandemic kept him from Africa in 2020, and he wanted to bring ten years of front-line field experience from Kenya to conservation at home.为什么在国内：2020 年疫情让他无法回非洲，他希望把在非洲十年一线野保的经验用到中国的保护工作中。
- Where: the Jiulongfeng reserve west of Huangshan, about 40 km², managed since 2018 by the Paradise Foundation (桃花源基金会) as a public-benefit protected area.地点：黄山西部的九龙峰保护区，约 40 平方公里，2018 年起由桃花源基金会作为公益保护地管理。
- What he found: on an 11.6 km day patrol with a ranger of nearly 30 years, a juvenile bamboo pit viper that retreated rather than struck, even with a camera a few centimetres away.发现：跟随一位工作近 30 年的老巡护员走了 11.6 公里的白天巡护线，遇到一条竹叶青亚成体，镜头靠近到几厘米时它也只是躲避，没有攻击。
- Context: he visited the Huangshan snake institute to compare the habitats and venom of the two species.背景：他还拜访了黄山蛇类研究所，了解两种毒蛇的栖息环境和毒性差异。