Wild Platts live in the open Gobi desert or desert, with three or five or more than ten roaming in groups. Individuals in a group often clean each other's skin after eating, usually standing in opposite directions, and then stick their heads next to their peers and gently wipe each other's nails, shoulders, back and buttocks. Interestingly, both sides are chewing the same part. When one party changes a part, the other party immediately changes it accordingly, and the cooperation is very tacit and perfect. Sometimes they take care of themselves, including rolling, brushing themselves and driving away mosquitoes and flies, especially in the sand. There are three postures for resting and sleeping, standing, lying on the stomach and lying on the side, but they are very alert and are in a state of tension when they move a little. Sensitive feeling, high vigilance, strong running ability, day and night activities, but mostly at night, eating grass, reeds, red willows and so on in the desert, drinking a lot. There are also many kinds of cries, and there is a sharp and single roar at the beginning of the fight; Send out loud and loud call signals when leaving the group; When you feel a little satisfied, you will make a slight guttural sound; When you are disgusted, you will make a sharp and thin sound. More often, the nose is broken, and the emotions expressed are very complicated, mostly to intimidate each other, sometimes caused by foreign bodies in the nasal cavity, mosquito and fly interference, odor stimulation or colds.

Pratt can be in estrus all year round, but mainly in spring and summer. The estrous cycle of females is 28-22 days and lasts for 5-7 days. Estrus is characterized by mental excitement, loss of appetite, irritability, uncertainty, sniffing each other, etc.

In order to compete for the position of leader, the stallions hold their heads high, their eyes stare, their ears face forward, then bray, dig their front paws, start their noses, trot with their heads down and exhale heavily from their nostrils. When they approach, they will sniff each other's ears, glare, raise their front paws, make a sharp and short roar, and then erect their front paws and wrestle together, which is much more cruel and fierce than domestic horses. There are also some aggressive behaviors among females, mainly because females with higher status often show food protection and prevent other females from mating with males.

Before mating, the male and female horses sniff each other's perineum and external genitalia, and then the female horse turns her hips to the male horse. The male horse gently bites the female horse's neck or knee to urge the female horse to move forward, then climbs over and ejaculates after 3 to 7 pelvic impulses. A strong stallion can mate with two mares eight times in a row in 30 minutes. The pregnant period of mares is about 307 ~ 348 days, and they give birth in May ~ June of the following year. When the baby is born, it is light khaki, and it can be fed after 2 hours. Sexual maturity is about 3 years old and life expectancy is about 30 years old.

Extinction and stocking of wild Pratt

1878, the expedition led by Russian military officer Pugwar Ski went deep into Qiusha River and Dishuiquan area of Junggar Basin for three times from Qitai to Balikun to capture and collect wild horse specimens, and was officially named "PuBuschi Wild Horse" by Russian scholar poliakov in 188 1 year. Because Platts wild horses live in the extremely hard desert Gobi, they lack food and water, as well as low temperature and snowstorm. The killing and destruction of human habitat has accelerated the process of its extinction. In the past 1 century, the distribution area of wild horses has shrunk dramatically, and the number has dropped sharply, and they are on the verge of extinction in nature. 1947, 1 A wild horse was captured in western Mongolia and sent to the Ukrainian zoo for breeding. Since then, no Platts wild horses have been found.

1 In 957, China caught1wild horse between Yemaquan and Mingshui in Subei County, Gansu Province. 1969 a small group of eight wild horses was seen in Junggar basin, Xinjiang. 197 1 year, local hunters saw a single wild horse. In the early 1980s, wild horses were found in the area from Wulungu River to Cramer Mountain in East Junggar Basin, but there was no conclusive evidence. Later, news of the discovery of wild horses often came from Xinjiang, but it was confirmed that they were all wild donkeys. Our country is very concerned about the survival of wild horses. In 1974, 198 1, 1982, China Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang University and other units successively organized investigation teams to go deep into Junggar Desert, Wulungu River, Cramer Hill, Beitashan and other wild horse producing areas, and tried to find wild horses in combination with aerial surveys. At present, most people think that if there are wild horses left in nature, the number is too small to form a population, which is not enough to ensure the survival of a species, so the wild Platts is likely to have disappeared in nature.

In 1960s, Mongolia declared the wild wild wild mustang extinct for the first time, but Xinjiang, as the hometown of Platts, was basically declared extinct in 1970s due to the continuous large-scale hunting by expeditions from Russia, Germany, France and other countries, as well as the smuggling of 28 ponies out of the country and a large number of domestic hunting. By 1985, there were only more than 700 wild horses left, which were distributed in 12 countries and regions such as the United States, Britain and the Netherlands, and were kept in captivity. 1On August 4th, 986, the Forestry Department of China and the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region formed a specialized agency to take charge of the work of "returning wild horses to their hometowns", and the largest wild horse breeding center in Asia was built in the southern margin of Junggar Basin and Jimsar County of Xinjiang, covering an area of 9,000 mu. With the return of 18 wild horses from Britain, America, Germany and other countries, the wild horse hometown ended the history of no wild horses.