Chapter 267: Underwater Watching the Bay Crocodile
Lily clapped and praised, "Not bad, Daigo! I didn't expect you to be quite brave! ”
Daigo said triumphantly: "First, absolutely not rash; Second, never miss a single bad thing! Hehe, this kind of brain-dead directly slaps it and it's over. ”
Lin Hao shook his head slightly: "You don't call this rash. This kind of thing should be stopped, but it's better to inform the keeper in case someone gets angry and wants to beat you. ”
Daigo grinned: "With so many people around watching, he dares to do it." Okay, I know that Lao Lin cares about me, I'll pay attention, and try to persuade me to be tactful next time. ”
A tourist asked, "Keeper, why are you crocodiles motionless?" Are they hungry because they haven't been fed? ”
"None of the animals in our zoo are starving."
Keeper Ogawa explained: "Isn't it a little disappointed to see the crocodile motionless? In fact, the crocodile's silent and immobile behavior is the magic weapon that they rely on to survive.
You see them lying on the shore motionless, but in fact, when they are on the shore, they are basking in the sun to promote the body's metabolism.
Reptiles do not produce enough heat to maintain their body temperature, so they must obtain heat from the outside environment.
Eat only when your body temperature is sufficient, otherwise you will refuse to eat. Even if you barely eat something, the food will rot in the stomach and will not be digested. After eating, you will also bask in the sun to absorb calories and help digest food.
The stone slabs on our shore, in fact, have heating plates underneath, which play an auxiliary heating role when the sun is not enough to dry! ”
"Oh~"
Tourists looked at the motionless crocodiles on the shore and showed a look of surprise.
Suddenly shouted excitedly: "It's moving!" ”
The bay crocodile, which was originally motionless like a sculpture, suddenly moved, its limbs moved, its tail swayed slightly, and its huge body was like an armored car, crushing over a bush of dense grass on the shore and slowly driving into the water.
Dawu looked at the crocodile entering the water, and sighed: "Eh, it's a pity that those two people were taken away, and they didn't see the crocodile in the water, otherwise they would still say that this crocodile is a specimen." ”
Seeing the crocodile enter the water, splitting a wave of water and spreading to both sides, only showing its head and floating quietly, Lily said with some regret: "Eh, why do you only move like this." ”
"When the sun comes out in the morning, the weak crocodile will crawl out of the water, go to the shore to bask in the sun to regain its strength, and when night comes, it will return to the water again, because the heat generated by the direct sunlight during the day will last longer in the water than in the air. ”
When they don't need to move, crocodiles stay motionless all the time, which helps them conserve energy, and when they eat little food, they can save energy to grow their bodies, interact with other crocodiles, and raise their offspring instead of hunting all the time.
Crocodiles will also float motionless on the surface of the water when they are in the water, disguise themselves as a piece of wood, or even hide next to wood or other floating objects, only exposing their noses and eyes to the surface of the water, waiting for the opportunity to hunt. ”
Tourists stand by the guardrail, curiously looking at crocodiles in the green water.
"No wonder it's so big."
"It does look like a piece of wood!"
Lin Hao remembered at this time, Xiaochuan just walked up from the ground, could you see the crocodile underwater?
As soon as I talked to my companions, everyone immediately agreed, and turned around and went down the slope!
There are two lanes in the crocodile exhibition area, and the ground of the inclined upward walkway is one meter above the water, plus a one-meter-high guardrail, this height is already very safe.
The other one is sloping downward, with two walkways intersecting, like a slender "X".
There is no special light source in the underground corridor, because the glass curtain wall is half a meter above the water, and the natural sunlight is enough to illuminate it.
Not only can you see the underwater activities of crocodiles, but there are also science exhibition boards hanging on the walls to make full use of the space in the corridor.
On a sign, the crocodile has wide eyes, and there seem to be large tears flowing down it.
Hey, crocodile tears!
Lin Hao looked at this display board curiously, he knew the story of crocodile tears when he was in elementary school. Legend has it that crocodiles will show sympathy with tears in their eyes when they catch their prey to eat.
"Crocodile tears come from a Western proverb that describes people who are kind on the surface but vicious on the inside, and is used to satirize hypocritical people who do bad things while being merciful.
Crocodiles do shed tears, but they only rely on the action of 'tearing' to expel excess salt from the body and maintain the balance of osmotic pressure in the body. It's the same thing with turtles that shed two lines of tears when they come ashore. ”
Lily pulled her boyfriend to walk in front, looking at the crocodile under the water and smiling from ear to ear: "Haha, come and see!" ”
Lin Hao walked over and looked at the water, and immediately laughed!
I saw a crocodile that looked very powerful on the green water, with its hind legs on the uneven stones, walking slowly in the water.
It actually gives people a cute feeling?
Dawu held his SLR "Ka Ka" and took a photo, smiling very happily: "Such a fun scene, you have to take a picture and share it with your group friends!" ”
In order to make the underwater scenery look less monotonous, Fang Ye also put some stones under the water, and got some submerged plants such as algae, and the green algae swayed in the pale yellow sunlight that passed through the water, like a dreamlike underwater forest.
However, the crocodile only walked slowly on its hind legs in the shallow water near the shore, and the further it walked, the deeper the water gradually deepened, and it became a leg close to its body, swinging its thick tail, and swimming like a fish.
When turning, stretch out the soles of your feet and adjust the direction of your swim as if you were turning a virtual steering wheel.
It seems that there is a shadow in the direction of the underwater glass curtain wall, and suddenly the whole crocodile sinks into the water.
Coming to the front of the glass curtain wall, the tail naturally droops in the water, and the huge body is suspended in the water, like a fat flying carpet!
The four outstretched fat paws are the four corners of the flying carpet.
Slowly floating in front of the tourists, his mouth closed forward, and the eyes on the side of his head looked at the crowd with a blank expression.
At such a close distance, you can even see a layer of pale white on the surface of its eyes, which looks dangerous and cold!
Lin Hao felt a little numb in his scalp, as if he had overpowered, and his breathing was unconsciously held, I don't know if he was nervous or excited!
Watching such a mighty crocodile as an armored car slowly swim in front of you, this experience is still very shocking!
The crocodile seemed to sense the presence of the glass curtain wall, and then swung its tail and slowly swam up.
Only then did the tourists react and "sleep" one after another!
"Damn, such a big crocodile swam in front of my face, and my palms are sweating!"
"You have to take a photo and send it to Moments!"