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Here the air is thin and temperatures can drop below minus 40 degrees. This is home to an animal that' s found nowhere else on Earth. |
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The Yunnan snubnosed monkey. |
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It' s found only in these few isolated mountain forests. |
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No other primate lives at such high altitudes. |
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But these are true specialists. |
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These ancient mountain dwellers have inspired legends. |
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Local Lisu people consider them their ancestors, calling them " the wild men of the mountains". During heavy snowfalls, even these specialists cannot feed. It seems a strange place for a monkey. Between snows, the monkeys waste no time in their search for food. At this altitude, there are few fruits or tender leaves to eat. |
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90 of their diet is made up of the fine dry wisps of a curious organism. |
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Half fungus, half plant it' s lichen. |
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zhè lǐ kōng qì xī bó ér qiě qì wēn néng zhòu jiàng zhì líng xià sì shí dù. zhè lǐ shì dì qiú shàng dú yī wú èr de dòng wù. yòu chēng biǎn bí hēi jīn sī hóu jí chuán shuō zhōng de xuě hóu diān jīn sī hóu de jiā yuán. zhǐ yǒu zài jí shǎo shù yǔ shì gé jué de shān lín zhōng cái néng kàn dào tā men de zōng yǐng. zài rú cǐ gāo hǎi bá de dì qū nán yǐ xún mì qí tā líng zhǎng lèi dòng wù de zōng jī. zhèi xiē shì zhēn zhèng de zhuān jiā. zhèi xiē chū mò zài yuǎn gǔ shēn shān zhōng de yuán zhù mín yǒu zhe yī xiē tōng líng de chuán shuō. dāng dì de lì sù zú rén jiù bǎ tā men dàng zuò zì jǐ de zǔ xiān, bìng bǎ tā men chēng wéi:" shān zhōng yě lǎo". zài dà xuě zhī zhōng jí shǐ shì zhèi xiē zhuān jiā yě bù néng gòu jìn shí. duì diān jīn sī hóu lái shuō sì hū yòu lái dào le yí gè xīn qí de dì fāng. zài lìng yī chǎng xuě dào le zhī qián diān jīn sī hóu zhuā jǐn shí jiān xún zhǎo shí wù. zài gāo hǎi bá dì qū zhǐ yǒu shǎo shù shuǐ guǒ yǔ nèn yè kě gōng shí yòng. bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí de rì cháng yǐn shí yóu bù cháng jiàn de chéng kǔn jīng xì gàn yǒu jī wù zǔ chéng. qí zhōng yī bàn shì zhēn jūn lìng wài yī bàn shì zhí wù dì yī. |