--- title: China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: High in the snowy mountain forests of central China, a troop of monkeys wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m… # China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders Lesson 378 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/0/) — High in the snowy mountain forests of central China, a troop of monkeys with golden fur, blue faces and almost no nose huddles together in the snow. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/1/) — These are golden snub-nosed monkeys, and in winter they live on lichen, bark and buds. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/2/) — The same mountains of Sichuan and Shaanxi hold giant pandas, takins that look like a moose, a cow and a goat mixed together, and many pheasants. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/3/) — In the cold fast streams lives the biggest amphibian in the world, the Chinese giant salamander. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/4/) — In the wetlands the red-crowned crane dances in the snow with its partner. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/5/) — Its red cap is bare skin, and in China and Japan it stands for long life and luck. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/6/) — Many of these animals are rare. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/7/) — China has set up reserves and green corridors of forest so animals can move between them, because forests cut into small islands leave animals hungry, with only close relatives left to mate with. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/8/) — Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in cold mountain forests in central China, often above 2,000 metres; in winter they eat lichen, bark and buds and huddle together, and troops can number several hundred. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/9/) — Scientists think the tiny nose may help against frostbite, but it is still argued; its blue face comes from the way the skin scatters light. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/10/) — A snub-nosed cousin in Myanmar is reported to sneeze when rain gets into its upturned nose, so it sits with its head down in rain. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/11/) — The takin is a big goat relative of the mountains of China and the Himalayas; its oily coat sheds rain and snow, and its big nose warms cold air. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/12/) — Some people think the golden takin's shining coat inspired the Greek legend of the Golden Fleece. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/13/) — Takins gather at places where the ground is full of salt and minerals, because their food has too little salt; over 100 can meet at one lick, and they move up and down the mountains with the seasons. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/14/) — The red-crowned crane's red cap is bare red skin, not feathers; only a few thousand live in the wild, in wetlands of China, Japan, Korea and Russia. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/15/) — Pairs of red-crowned cranes dance and call in duets and stay together for life, and young cranes dance too, maybe as practice. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/16/) — In Japan there is a tradition of folding 1,000 paper cranes for a wish. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/17/) — The Chinese giant salamander is the largest amphibian in the world, reported up to about 1.8 metres long; it lives in cold, fast mountain streams and catches fish, crabs and frogs. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/18/) — It can make a noise like a crying baby, so in Chinese it is called the baby fish. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/19/) — The giant salamander takes much of its oxygen through its skin, and the wrinkly folds along its sides give it more skin; it has four toes on each front foot and five on each back foot. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/20/) — Many giant salamanders were caught for food and farms bred millions; DNA tests found there are really several kinds, and farm animals released into rivers mixed them up, so scientists try to save each kind in its own river. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/21/) — The mountains of Sichuan and Shaanxi hold giant pandas, golden monkeys, takins and many pheasants, and China has set up reserves and green corridors so animals can move between forests. - ← previous: [Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/) - next →: [China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji, Chinese alligators and sturgeon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)