Wantan trail 灣潭古道 explore

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BeiShiXi 北勢溪 coming into Pinglin 坪林
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tea
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Soudelour repairs
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BeiShiXi 北勢溪
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female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷴 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
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Asian giant hornet 大虎頭蜂 (dà hǔ tóu fēng) Vespa mandarinia

The Asian giant hornet 大虎頭蜂 (dà hǔ tóu fēng) Vespa mandarinia colloquially known as the yak-killer hornet, is the world's largest hornet, native to temperate and tropical Eastern Asia. They prefer to live in low mountains and forests while almost completely avoiding plains and high altitude climates. V. mandarinia creates nests by digging, co-opting pre-existing tunnels dug by rodents, or occupying spaces near rotted pine roots. It feeds primarily on larger insects and honey from honey bee colonies.
The stinger of the Asian giant hornet is about 6 mm long, and injects an especially potent venom that contains, like many bee and wasp venoms, a cytolytic peptide (specifically, a mastoparan) that can damage tissue by stimulating phospholipase action.
The venom contains a neurotoxin called mandaratoxin, a single-chain polypeptide with a molecular weight around 20 kD, which can be lethal even to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient (i.e., if multiple stings are received; a single wasp cannot inject a lethal dose). However, if the victim is allergic to the venom, this greatly increases the risk of death. Each year in Japan, the human death toll caused by Asian giant hornet stings is around 30 to 40.

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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道

The Wantan trail 灣潭古道 in the Kuolai 闊瀨 area between Pinglin 坪林 and Shuangshi 雙溪.

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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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to Wushan 烏山 and Zhushan 竹山 mountains

abandoned traditional farmhouse

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kitchen?
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stone enclosure outside kitchen
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Dan's leach
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Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥 (pǔtōng cuì niǎo) Alcedo atthis
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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trail to Zhushan 竹山
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Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 (bái zhì jiā cōng) Matrona cyanoptera
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Wantan
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domestic ducks
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trail workers
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Euphea formosa 短腹幽蟌 (duǎn fù yōu cōng)
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dead female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷴 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
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Taiwan Beauty Snake, Striped racer 錦蛇 (jǐnshé), 黑眉錦蛇, 黃長蟲 Elaphe taeniura friesei
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Taiwan Beauty Snake, Striped racer 錦蛇 (jǐnshé), 黑眉錦蛇, 黃長蟲 Elaphe taeniura friesei
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10.3 km hike on Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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area map
Keywords: bird, building, butterfly, dragonfly, farming, hike, insect, map, mountain, reptile, river, road, sign, trail, waterfall
People: Dan
Locations: Asiadnet, 亞洲網, Fulung, 福隆
Date: 2016:10:25