Information** at Changsha Post Office Customs.
Throughout the ages, there have always been some lawbreakers and criminals who have planned or tried their luck to smuggle a lot of messy things into the country. This makes the customs officers feel like opening a blind box every day, never knowing whether the next abnormal email will be stuffed with an alien species or a virus.
On Nov. 27, Changsha Post Office Customs found an anomaly in a piece of mail declared as a "fan-shaped palm", and scans showed a square box in it. Customs officers opened and inspected it in accordance with laws and regulations, and found a transparent plastic breeding box filled with sawdust and containing 10 rat women. The patterns on these rat women are quite novel, and the knowledgeable customs officers suspect that they are alien species.
After sending them for identification, it was finally determined that they were the panda king rat woman, which was indeed an alien species. At present, the customs has temporarily detained the mail in accordance with the law.
It is worth mentioning that the Panda King Rat Woman is referred to in the news as a "new type of exotic pet", but in fact, the Panda King Rat Woman is considered an entry-level species among Rat Woman lovers and is not "new". It's a bit of a fun name, and it's not just a trade name, it's its real name.
Panda King Rat Woman (Cubaris sp.)., "panda king") is an arthropod native to central and northeastern Vietnam, they are very recognizable rat women, the upper part and end of their body are mainly soft purple-black, a little mottled feeling, and the middle and lower parts of the body are white; On the ventral side there are some white speckled patterns that resemble the unique distribution of panda patterns, which is where its name comes from.
Ranging in length from 1 to 2 centimeters, they prefer to live in cave environments, where they can also be found in branches, fallen leaves, and organic matter such as rotting wood, fruits, and vegetables. In short, it needs to be dark, damp and secluded.
They are scavengers, mainly decaying wood and fallen leaves as their staple food, and even more fragrant if there are rotten fruits and vegetables; In special cases, they can also feed on insects, slugs, and other invertebrates; They may even consume the remains of their own kind and any other animal that has no vital signs. looks cute, and its diet Xi habits are still very fierce.
They are not noisy, preferring to hide quietly in the shadows, and the slightest movement can make them highly vigilant. After 2-3 years of such a peaceful life, their life will come to an end.
During breeding, the male panda king rat woman will woo the female by fanning her antennae and rubbing the edge of her jagged body against the environment. If the female is interested, she will back away and allow the male to mate. Within 4-6 weeks of mating, the female lays up to 20 eggs, which are then attached to the bottom of a rock or other hard surface.
After 6 weeks, the eggs will hatch, usually in the latter part of the rainy season. After birth, these newborn panda king rat women will quickly approach their mothers, form small groups, and then live together.
These possible hazards are for most of the rat women, not for the panda king rat women, because it is not classified as an invasive pest species in any country, but it can still have a negative impact.
Rat women are not very fertile compared to real pests, and they are important decomposers of nature. But in some cases, if they become denser, they do become pests. In south-eastern Australia, including north-central South Australia and the York Peninsula, Wimela and Western Territory in Victoria, and central New South Wales, these areas are suffering from rat women.
The reason for this is that these areas have seasonal, sustained and high-intensity rainfall, in which case the soil is prone to breakage and accumulation, and these cracked soil areas become the nearest habitat for rat women, which are dark and damp, suitable for the growth of rat women. As a result, the rat women in these areas began to get out of control, and although they were scavengers, they were willing to eat fresh food. As a result, there is a huge damage to various cash crops such as wheat, oats, lentils and pastures. According to statistics, the breeding season of rat women can reduce local food by nearly 40%!
In any case, all species are best kept in their native environment. No matter how harmless they may seem, it's completely unknown whether they'll turn into angels or demons in non-native environments, and the probability of becoming demons is even higher based on global conditions.