锦绣华南 35

This ancient creature died. The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in separate zoos and Swinhoe's turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild. In fact, most of the 25 types of freshwater turtles in China are now vanishingly rare. The answer to extinction is protection. And there is now a growing network of nature reserves throughout southern China. Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zhangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers, who come to marvel at the gravity-defying landscape of soaring sandstone pinnacles.

这只远古的生物与世长辞了。他的其他同类现在被散养在不同动物园保护着。据测算现在斑龟在自然界中已经灭绝了。事实上，中国25种淡水龟中多数都已然濒危。杜绝物种灭绝的唯一途径就是加以保护。这里有贯穿中国南方的不断壮大的自然保护区网络。其中，张家界天子山那由沙石构成的高耸的塔状反重力地貌最受中国自然爱好者的青睐。