By way of example, he explains that since there is a sizable population of Mydas japonica, they aren't a protected species. But if the group of them that returns every year to lay their eggs on the beach at Wangan in Penghu is wiped out, Penghu still will have lost one of its native species. In mainland China and Southeast Asia.
他解釋，例如許多人認為綠蠵龜數量不少，不應列入保育，但對每年回澎湖望安產卵的綠蠵龜而言，如果它消失了，望安就永遠不會再有這一本土物種，其他國度的綠蠵龜，也都與望安無任何臍帶關係了。