He Yifei was puzzled and asked, "Principal, what is the situation with this eagle owl?" Is there something wrong with the physical condition? ”

Fang Ye didn't look afraid of himself at all, but instead "wooed" and looked like an eagle owl begging for food, his brows gradually became solemn, a little unsure, and he hesitated to speak: "Could it be an imprint behavior?" ”

He Yifei was taken aback, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes showed disbelief: "Imprints? No way? ”

Originally, he hadn't thought about it in that direction, but after listening to Fang Ye's words and looking at the appearance of the eagle owl, it was indeed a bit similar!

Imprints are a special kind of learned behavior in animal behavior, and some organisms are born or hatched for a period of time, and certain information from the outside world will have a lifelong impact on them.

For example, some young birds that have just hatched, or newborn mammals, will learn to recognize and follow the first creature they see when they open their eyes.

Austrian animal behaviorist Lorenz once did such an experiment, dividing the eggs of the gray goose into two groups to incubate, one group was incubated by the mother goose, and the other group was incubated by the incubator.

If two groups of geese are fastened under a box, when the box is lifted, the geese will have two directions, one group will run towards the mother goose and one group will run towards Lorenz.

Ever since the newly hatched geese remembered Lorenz, they followed him even when they reached adulthood, and they followed him closely as he swam.

Most of the imprinting behavior occurs in the juvenile period of the animal, and some special skills can only be learned at this time, for example, the easiest time for a chick to learn to fly is just a few months after birth, after which it may not fly for the rest of its life.

Scientists have not yet figured out the reason, and speculate that the nervous system may be in a special state at birth, and as we age, the nervous system gradually changes, and it can no longer be imprinted.

Moreover, imprints can have an impact on the behavior of animals throughout their lives, and may treat humans as if they were of the same kind, become dependent on humans, and even courting humans at the age of sexual maturity.

For example, the staff in the giant panda breeding base wear panda costumes when taking care of newborn red pandas, not to sell cuteness, but to reduce possible imprint behavior.

Therefore, when the animal is young, if it is carefully cared for by the breeder when it is a child, although it can greatly improve the survival rate, and can also establish a relationship of trust to facilitate the daily management in the future, the training will be more cooperative, but even so the cubs should be allowed to stay with the mother and compatriots, if they can breastfeed and raise the young normally, try to let the mother take the cubs, so that the cubs can have the opportunity to learn more survival skills, and they will also show more natural behaviors when they grow up.

Imprinting behavior affects various animals to different degrees, and the most obvious manifestation is birds!

Therefore, it is necessary to be very careful when rescuing birds, especially chicks, and to avoid letting them see humans.

When feeding the chicks, the staff of the bird rescue center usually wear a bird hood on their heads, wear a black feather coat, and disguise themselves as a large bird.

Or simply take a wooden board to cover your face and poke two holes in it, the chicks will remember a wooden board or stake to feed themselves when they are young, but they will not be able to find such a stake when they grow up.

Including the staff feeding the chicks on their hands are also wearing bird hand puppets, or long blunt-tipped tweezers disguised as beaks, and they can't speak when feeding.

Some people don't know the imprint behavior of birds, and it is actually normal to see a young bird learning to fly fall to the ground on the side of the road and stumble there, and the parent bird may be watching over it. As a result, I picked it up and took it home to raise it myself, thinking that it was a good deed to save a bird, but in fact, the bird was almost abolished for a lifetime, and even if it couldn't die, it couldn't leave humans.

Fang Ye didn't think about the imprint behavior at first, mainly because this eagle owl was already an adult bird! It stands to reason that after the age of the chicks, there will be no imprints.

It's not for nothing that there are still marks in adulthood, such as vultures!

Birds are naturally susceptible to imprints, and vultures are particularly susceptible to imprints, so they are also dependent on humans when they are fed as adults.

Once the police of a police station in Inner Mongolia rescued the vultures and released them, the vultures flew back with the police car all the way when the police patrolled, and the police did not leave, and the police had to feed it 6 catties of meat every day for 150 yuan of food, which was also on the hot search.

But Fang Ye never knew that the adult birds of eagle owls were so easy to make marks, and it was not written in this book!

After he rescued the eagle owl, the time of each contact was very short, and it took only a few minutes to feed and change the water every day, although he really wanted to touch the eagle owl and did not stroke, and the eagle owl usually stayed in the nursery room and no one disturbed.

Not as cautious as the chicks, but also kept a little distancing.

Therefore, when he first released it in the wild, although the eagle owl looked a little wrong, he didn't expect the imprint at all, and today he still didn't think about this when he heard He Yifei call to say that the eagle owl was still in the same place.

Looking at the eagle owl's head poking into itself, it looked like it was longing for a "woo" look, and its head was big for a while!

You're already a full-fledged eagle owl, so you should learn to find your own food instead of being a big baby waiting for someone else to feed you!

What the hell is going on, is it true that the eagle owl is easy to imprint, or is it related to his own Nature Heart skill? Or is it the reason why the eagle owl is reassured and makes it feel that it can be trusted?

Fang Ye thought about it, he was annoyed in his heart, and he couldn't help but raise his arm and "snap" and give himself a slap!

He Yifei looked stupid, what was going on with the principal, he suddenly went crazy?

Seeing that Fang Ye was going to give him a treat, he hurriedly grabbed his hand and said nervously: "Principal, Principal!" Don't be like this, don't be like this! Not so much, not so much! ”

Fang Ye gritted his teeth, tilted his head with a sad and angry face, and his eyes faintly flashed with tears: "I'm so angry, it's all because of my handsomeness that has nowhere to be placed, miserable, and indistinguishable between humans and animals!" Why am I so handsome? ”

He Yifei originally thought that Fang Ye was sad and blamed himself for taking care of the eagle owl, but when he heard his words, his face suddenly turned black, and he wanted to complain a few words, and he also wanted to just let go of the hand that held him and didn't let him slap his face.

No way!

Principal, you still have to be ashamed, have you praised yourself so much?