The yellow sheep is our national second-class protected wildlife, it also has a scientific name of Mongolian gazelle. From this scientific name we can know that the yellow sheep is living in the prairie. I later checked the information, know that the yellow sheep is actually living in the semi-desert grassland steppe zone. The wide world is suitable for the yellow sheep to jump and run.
Yellow sheep like to live in groups, encountered are a large group of a large group of sheep, rarely alone one or two live. The range of activities of the yellow sheep is very large, and can move long distances. Generally follow the grassland pasture growth and migration. Where the grass grows abundantly and water is plentiful, that place has a good chance of seeing yellow sheep.
The yellow sheep was officially recorded in 1888, but in 1875 the Russian naturalist Przhevalsky found the yellow sheep in the Ordos grassland in Inner Mongolia. Because of its resemblance to the Tibetan antelope, the yellow sheep was once thought to be the Tibetan antelope. That's why it was officially named Przewalski's Antelope thirteen years after its first discovery.
The Przewalski's gazelle is found in many places in the northwest of China, in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and many other places. From the fossil records, it is possible that tens of thousands of years ago, in the geological era, northwest China was a place of lush grasslands and forests. The Przewalski's gazelle may have been a dominant species at that time. But when the geology changed, the Przewalski's gazelle populations diverged as the environment changed.
The Przewalski's gazelle is also known as the beach gazelle, and the reason why it is widely known as the yellow sheep has a lot to do with the characteristics of its fur. We know that the wool of sheep is white, even if the outside wool is gray because the environment becomes dirty, but when you shave it, you can tell that the inside wool color is still white. But the wool of yellow sheep is yellow both inside and outside. The long-term running and jumping makes all its limbs thicker and more developed than those of other sheep.
Sheep are herbivorous, preferring to eat the young leaves and stems of grasses and tussocks. In the spring and summer when the water and grass are plentiful, naturally there is no worry about food. But in winter, when thick snow prevents them from finding food, they can only migrate south to warmer places with more vegetation or thinner snow, and they can only eat some dry grass, stems and dead leaves.
Mongolia, to the north of us, is a country with a relatively large land area, but much of it is desert steppe land. Mongolia's northern border with Russia's Siberia has very long winters, often with heavy snow and wind; short summers, with large temperature differences between day and night; and very short spring and fall seasons, to say nothing of them. Such climatic conditions are very unfavorable for plant survival, making it difficult to have large forests and well-watered pastures.
Mongolia's animal husbandry is based on free range grazing. Domestic animals compete with wildlife for pasture, and the situation can be even worse when grassland vegetation is already scarce. Cold winter weather hardens all the snow, and snow-covered blades of dead grass can be even harder to dig up. Migrating south to warmer climates is an animal instinct.
Protecting wildlife is a responsibility we should all fulfill, and even though they are from a foreign country, now that they have arrived at our doorstep and are tired and hungry, we should do what we can to help.
For these wild animals, the grassland is their home, the grassland is connected, they do not recognize what this country that country.