Who is the father of giant salamander in China?

Wang Guoxing, the "father of Chinese giant salamander", lives in the depths of the mountains in Zhangjiajie, Hunan. Jiutian Cave in Zhangjiajie, a living fossil of giant salamander 350 million years ago, grows in Zhangjiajie National Nature Reserve. Giant salamander is a rare amphibian endemic to China. Because its cry resembles that of a baby, it is named "giant salamander". Because of the change of natural environment and indiscriminate killing, the number of giant salamanders has dropped sharply, and it has been listed as a national second-class protected animal. In Zhangjiajie, which is connected by beautiful mountains and rivers, there is a man named Wang Guoxing. During the five years from 1992 to 1997, Wang Guoxing visited various caves in Zhangjiajie to learn about the living habits of wild giant salamanders. Once, Wang Guoxing entered a 20-kilometer-long cave. Suddenly, the flashlight died. He tore the clothes he was wearing into small strips as a signpost for groping. It took dozens of hours to get out of the cave and almost died. After fully mastering the growth law of giant salamander, Wang Guoxing made an amazing decision-he wanted to artificially dig a mountain to breed giant salamander and protect this endangered species. 1997, he was in a deserted place. Take people to build mountains and roads. He had tractors, compressors and other large equipment removed, transported to the ravine and reassembled. It took one year and three months, and a 602-meter-long tunnel designed and constructed by ourselves was finally completed, which spent all the original savings and still owed 20 million. One night in July 2002, a sudden flash flood washed away the iron gate of the tunnel and washed away more than 1000 pythons. Wang Guoxing struggled to rescue him, and one of them bit his finger till it was bloody, but he didn't give up until the giant salamander was put into the pool and lost a finger. In 2003, he borrowed money to build a spillway tunnel, and his elderly parents came to help. When her mother was patrolling the river in the reserve, she unfortunately fell down and died ... This incident made him extremely painful and made him stronger. After ups and downs, this determined man finally made a major breakthrough in the artificial reproduction of giant salamander. From 1996 to 2008, he led the company's scientific research personnel. In 13 years, more than 80,000 giant salamander seedlings were artificially bred, with the fertilization rate of 88. 1% and the hatching rate of 8 1.8%, leading the world level. From this, he also got a very resounding name "the father of giant salamander in China".