Saigon people caught rare and precious ancient birds weighing 1kg

After rescuing the bird. When investigating, Mr. Quy learned that this is a rare and precious ancient bird, so he called to the Botanical Garden to take this bird to care.

On June 28, Mr. Ha Quoc Quy (residing in Thanh Da area, Binh Thanh district, Ho Chi Minh City) posted a video on his 'Funny Animals' channel on Youtube to share information about arrest. Be a rare and precious ancient bird .

Specifically, in this video, Mr. Quy said, some days when he went to visit big fish (a tool to catch aquatic products) in the field of water near the house, he discovered a certain animal jumping from the grove of average pots down to the water creates a very loud noise.

Mr. Quy pointed out where the snake beak was found.(Photo taken from Video shared by Mr. Quy).

Thinking that there was a very large bird inside the grove of trees, Mr. Quy searched but did not discover the bird's nest. However, every morning when he went to the area, he could hear the animal jumping from the trees into the water and diving away.

Seeing that, Mr. Quy had put the net on the water surface in the grove of animals or appeared. After that, Mr. Quy and a brother tried to chase the bird into a net that had been placed under the water. After a few minutes, the bird was caught in the net trap already set.

At this time, Mr. Quy proceeded to remove the net for the bird, when he discovered that the mine was stuck with a strange object.'It swallowed this thing but it had a jagged point, so it was stuck and released and it was caught so it had to be carried away so it could not fly, it could not be eaten, so it was trapped here' - Mr. Ha Rules stated in the video.

The bird with the foreign body is stuck in the mine.(Photo taken from Video shared by Mr. Quy).

Immediately after carrying the bird ashore, Quy and some family members "rescue" the bird from the object and bring the shrimps to feed the birds. Initially, Mr. Quy could not determine which bird was this. After going online to search and find out, he discovered that this is a rare and precious ancient bird so immediately after that, Mr. Quy made a phone call to the Zoo and Bird to take care of this bird and preserve it.

'The bird weighs about 1kg. Fortunately, I caught it and found it trapped by the object. If you leave it for a few more days, it will die because it cannot be eaten because the mine is locked. Part of its wing was also injured. In Hau Giang province, every person caught this bird and gave it to the zoo. ' - Quy Quy shares information on the video.

The part that is stuck in the mine makes the bird unable to fly, nor can it be eaten.(Photo taken from Video shared by Mr. Quy)

Close up of rare and precious ancient birds.(Photo taken from Video shared by Mr. Quy).

The bird's legs have a swimming membrane like a propeller.(Photo taken from Video shared by Mr. Quy).

Immediately after rescuing the bird from the relic trapped at the mine, Mr. Quy fed the bird and called to the Zoo.(Photo taken from the video shared by Mr. Quy).

Previously, according to the research of PV, in November 2016, Mr. Nguyen Duy Khanh in Phu Tri B1 hamlet, Phu Huu commune, Chau Thanh district, Hau Giang province also discovered a strange bird shaped like an ancient bird. snakes are feeding on the garden.

More than two hours of chase, Khanh caught this strange bird. According to a survey by the Forest Protection Department, this could be a serpent, a rare and endangered species. Birds have long necks, weighing over 1kg. Later, this bird was handed over to Hau Giang Provincial FPD for care and nurturing.

Distribution of snakebills in the world.(Photo: Encyclopedia open Wikipedia).

Snake neck

'The serpent's birds are the birds in the Anhingidae family, the Mad Birds (formerly classified in the Pelican). Currently there are a total of 4 species in a single genus, one of which is currently in close proximity to extinction. They are called serpents because they have long and slender necks, creating a similar appearance to snakes when they swim with the body submerged under the water.

Snake-necked birds are large birds. The drum has a dark or dark brown coat, the crest grows vertically on the head and the larger beak of the female. The female has a lighter color, especially on the neck and lower sections. Both males and females have gray spots on the long shoulder feathers and feathers of the face on the wings. Pointed mines have serrated edges. Snake-necked birds have swimming membranes, short and near the end of the body.

This bird family is related very closely to other families in the Pelican (Pelecaniformes). Currently, it is generally recognized that 4 species survive in the same branch with the scientific name Anhinga. The surviving species include: Anhinga anhinga: American snake-neck bird; Anhinga melanogaster: Oriental madness, Oriental snake-necked bird; Anhinga rufa: African serpent and Anhinga novaehollandiae: Australian serpent.

Oriental snake-necked birds (including snake-necked birds in Vietnam) are near dangerous levels. Destruction of habitat together with other human interventions are the main causes of the decline in the number of this species. '

To protect the serpent species, scientists have included them in the list of rare animals that need to be protected by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).