Chapter 35: Full Reconstruction
The Tiger Pavilion is under construction, the Red Panda Pavilion is designed, and the alpacas and peacocks are solved in a low-cost way.
As for macaques and red foxes......
The monkey mountain where the macaques are located, Fang Ye thinks it's okay.
Because at the beginning of the zoo, Monkey Mountain was built on the scale of more than 100 macaques, and the area was quite large, with 1,000 square meters.
Now there are only a dozen or so left, and the space is more than enough.
It may be because of Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", everyone defaults to the place where the monkey lives should be Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave, and when I don't know what animal welfare is, the monkey house built in the zoo will basically be equipped with a mountain.
The main habitat of macaques is indeed in the dense forests or sparse forests on the rocky cliffs, ravines and river banks, and the construction of monkey mountains invisibly meets the needs of animal welfare and status expression.
Of course, in Fang Ye's view, there are still a lot of shortcomings in the current Monkey Mountain, it is a trap, it is easy to arouse the desire of tourists to condescend to feed, and the entertainment facilities are not so rich.
However, the advantage of the large space is that the macaques usually play on the monkey mountain in the middle, some distance from the edge, and the influence of feeding is weaker, and the zoo usually has few tourists, so there is no obvious begging behavior at present.
The purpose of the display of wild animals in captivity is to educate conservation, to show their natural behavior in the wild, rather than doing nothing, standing on the edge of the exhibit, waiting for humans to feed them.
In fact, what the animals in the zoo eat every day are scientifically proportioned, and if you don't let you vote, don't vote, but there are tourists who want to feed, resulting in many animals being fed badly and having bad habits.
Fang Ye thought about it later, it was a good thing to take over such a declining zoo, there were fewer animals, the living space was relatively spacious, there were fewer tourists, the keepers could supervise it, and the impact of feeding and the pressure on the animals' sight were small.
So some of the animals in the zoo are not very energetic, but at least they don't have serious stereotypical behaviors and begging behaviors.
Far from it.
In conclusion, there is currently no such strong need for a complete redevelopment of Monkey Mountain.
You can start by adding a little simple enrichment facilities, such as swings, slings, and perches.
The pond is also a good place for macaques to entertain, but it involves waterway pipelines, which is more troublesome, so let's wait until it is rebuilt.
Leaving the red fox, Fang Ye was a little embarrassed.
It is too embarrassing for a small venue to move, and it seems a bit too wasteful to build a large stadium specifically for it like a tiger and a wolf.
People have high attack power, and the separation is to protect tourists from harm, and the fox can't bite anyone if he bites in a hurry, at most he can get a vaccine.
But like an alpaca or a peacock, you can't set aside a piece of land and put it outside, because the fox is a ghost and will not obediently stay in an area for people to visit, and you may not know where it will go.
After thinking about it for a long time, he sighed: "Eh, I can only build a small venue first!" ”
Because it was intended to be used as a transitional pavilion, the design was not too careful.
100 square meters, visit the piano line barrier, the ground is mainly made of yellow sand cushion materials, the background wall is planted with some trees with thin trunks that cannot be climbed, it looks more green and natural, a few thick logs in the middle as the environment is rich, and then put two large stones and a few bushes to provide a place to hide and hide, and the work is over.
Costs 4,000 Green Leaf Coins.
Although it is very simple and rude, it is still many times stronger than their previous living conditions.
In the future, it is possible to build a large stadium to mix red foxes with other animals, such as deer.
Although the red fox is a carnivore, its diet is mainly small animals such as mice, frogs, and birds, and it also eats some fruit.
The deer is a vegetarian, there is basically no competition for resources, the character is docile and not aggressive, and it will not be okay to attack the fox, so you can consider polybreeding like this.
It's easy to say, but polyculture is a very complicated and difficult thing, but the benefits of doing it are obvious.
First, it greatly improves the utilization rate of the venue space; second, it creates more interesting display content for tourists; Third, reasonable polybreeding between different animals can increase environmental stimulation and be conducive to their physical and mental health.
Anyway, when the conditions are ripe, I will definitely try it.
Spend 2w green leaf coins, there are 2w7 left!
"Either build part of the wolf hall first."
Fang Ye touched his chin and calculated: "The fence and the tourist viewing area will not be built first, only the animal living area, the consumption of natural materials is still relatively small, so start construction early to save time." ”
Wolves and tigers are both carnivores and have similar themes, so the wolf pavilion is placed next to the tiger pavilion.
When the leopard hall and lion hall are built in the future, you can form a "predator corridor" to make your debut.
After demarcating the area, he took a look at the sand table, which was a not very flat mountainous area, and the zoo had not used it much, but built a pavilion on the mountain, and used it as a place for tourists to rest.
However, for Fang Ye, along the mountainous terrain, he just made an article.
It begins with a clear stream that flows from the rocks in the heights to the lowlands, and finally converges to form an open and calm pond.
Blocky rocks are paved to make the slopes steeper and more distinct, and the stream flows through as if you are jumping down steps, creating the feeling of a microscopic waterfall.
Rushing streams and waterfalls increase the wolf's excitement and encourage them to be more active, as wolves tend to drive their prey to cliffs or rivers during raids to increase the success of the hunt.
And the water is vibrant, and the vegetation is lush, making it a good place to frolic and play.
The stream and the surrounding open space have some dead wood, a few bushes of wild grass between the crevices of the rocks, and some aquatic plants such as reeds on the edge of the pond to give it a more natural look.
A stone cave was built upstream of the stream to provide warmth, shelter from the rain, and a resting place for the wolves.
The cave is close to a viewing point and the entrance is slightly slanted, striking a balance between obscuring the view and showing it to visitors.
Wolves are very adaptable and are distributed in various ecological environments, such as forests, deserts, mountains, boreal grasslands, and coniferous forests......
So the habitat environment can be a little more complex.
For the forest, just use the original trees in this area, and then plant a little more flowers and shrubs, and spread fallen leaves on the ground.
In the mountains, make a pile of large flat stones, and spread them out along the ladder of the stream.
Come to a dry sandy area as a desert.
With the help of uneven terrain and stream separation, the various areas are clearly layered and harmoniously combined.
In this way, it not only improves the utilization of space, but also allows the wolves to show more natural behaviors in different scenes!
Swimming in streams, rolling in fallen leaves, looking at the rocks from afar, digging pits in the sandy area and blowing sand......
It's wonderful everywhere.