Krasnodar region - a wide plains, green mountain meadows, golden beaches, gentle waters of the seas and rivers, dense virgin forests.This blessed place to live and a great resort for wellness and recreation.This area is famous for its rich flora and fauna.Require special attention to itself the unique creation, which is on display Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory.
It described many plants and living beings who need care and protection, deserve careful attitude.They are represented by the following types:
- fauna: mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, insects, crustaceans, mollusks, worms;
- fauna: various algae sosnovoobraznye, magnoliofity, plaunoobraznye, bryophytes, fungi.
impossible to describe all kinds that can accommodate Red Book of the Krasnodar region, we consider only some of them.
Mammals
Quite a lot of mammals called Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory.Animals submitted 26 names.They mainly include various kinds of bats, but there are also those that belong to the weasel family, feline, bovids, and even dolphins, presented among other Black Sea bottlenose dolphins.
dolphin populations of this species decreases rapidly, perhaps very soon, it would be impossible to enjoy the graceful leaps of these amazing creatures, hear their screams, they probably try to say something to us.After all, the Dolphins after the people - this is the most intelligent beings on Earth, but they are not adapted to the conditions of our lives.The Black Sea is polluted by industrial waste, dolphins fall under the keels of fishing vessels, they are ruthlessly destroyed by violent entertainment lovers.Bottlenose dolphins live for about 30 years, it bears young every 2-3 years for 12 months, somewhere in the same amount of time it brings up.By the way, better than any other species of bottlenose dolphin brings bondage, and may even live and breed near human and delight us and our children amazing tricks in the dolphinarium.
Birds
Many families (stork, ducks, falcons, grouse, Crane and others) contain Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory.Birds shown therein, a truly diverse and their number is very large.
Black Stork - a very rare, disappearing from the face of the earth kind of beautiful graceful birds.They settle far away from human habitation, so their way of life is poorly understood.We only know that these birds - Monogamous always remain faithful to their chosen that in the animal world does not occur very often.Also, the male is able to take care of the very nice female and her singing "Serenade".
There is a beautiful legend about the appearance of the black stork.Once there were only white storks always settled near people, but one day a violent man set fire to the tree, which was their nest, and it is burned along with the helpless chicks.Storks thrown into the fire, trying to help their children, but they could not save them.And their wings were blackened from burns.Since then, their descendants are black.From the storks grief harbored a grudge against the people and began to settle only in the wilderness.Who knows what is true and what is fiction.But the black stork, and the truth, do not like to live near people, but still are dying ...
Plants
Not only fauna protects the Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory, the plants, which are represented in its pages have no lesser number andThey have great value.One of them - figs.
figs (or fig tree, fig tree) is listed in the Red Book, and be protected from destruction.This is not only a medicinal plant that helps in curing many diseases, the fruit of the tree - a useful delicacy.From it cook incredibly delicious preserves and jams.
figs history is truly unique.It has its origins in ancient Rome, in the legend of Romulus and Remus.It mentions that the wolf who brought them was found under a bush figs.And in the historical annals of ancient Rome there is a note that the fig tree shrub rose unexpectedly in the Roman forum.
figs sang great people, it attributed the miraculous properties of the fruit, and the tree itself was revered as sacred.In ancient Greece, the fig tree enjoyed such esteem that it even banned export outside the state.
Today fig - tree, which includes only consumer-not thinking about the fact that it can also disappear.
inhabitants of ponds
Krasnodar Krai Red Book contains a large number of names of fish are threatened with extinction.Among them, the thorn, Ukrainian lamprey, beluga, sturgeon, white-eyed, mustachioed trout, croaker and other light.Also, the danger threatening from Triglia yellow scorpaeniformes squad.
Trigla yellow (or gurnard) - is not only a tasty dish that can decorate your desk.This is a very attractive and exotic fish.It is unusual in that it can not only swim, but also fly.To this end, it has large, resembling wings, pectoral fins.Colouring of this fish is really amazing, there is a brick red, brown, silver, white, pink, bluish-purple, purple and bluish hues.Because of water pollution and constant catch it soon may disappear, and the world will be deprived of even one bright extraordinary instance.
Reptiles
Red Book contains a list of the Krasnodar Territory and a number of reptiles, which are subject to our care and protection.It newts, toads, frogs, turtles, lizards and snakes.Particular attention should be paid to this category vanishing mind - turtle Nikolsky (Mediterranean turtle).She was threatened with extinction!But it exists on Earth 200 million years.
Sochi was launched a special project aimed at protecting this species.It was established ecological and biological center, where tortoises are housed found in optimally suited to their conditions.
and other
Other species represented a variety of insects, crustaceans, mollusks, worms.The Red Book contains photos of the Krasnodar Territory, which filmed all animal and plant species in need of attention and protection.
Red Book - is a call for the preservation of the gene pool of animals and plants.Everyone, as a crown of evolution, must be aware of their responsibility for any form of life and to understand that the value of our world is not only in itself but also in the creation of inhabiting it.What we leave to our children?A world full of unique, exceptional or just beautiful creatures or impoverished flora and fauna, the best representatives of which have disappeared from the face of the earth only because of our indifference or cruelty.
