After admiring the crocodile for a while, several people walked towards the exit and staggered past some oncoming tourists.

Many tourists have seen the crocodile above and then turned back to the bottom!

Generally speaking, such a back-and-forth route is a bit clumsy, like the wolf museum, which is a road that can be visited to all the points.

However, the path of the crocodile pond is relatively short, and it is more than a few tens of meters, otherwise the bridge above, the underground corridor, the two sections of slope that gently enter the underground and rise up, and the upper and lower respective visiting surfaces are too short, which may cause congestion among tourists, and it is not beautiful to visit.

At the end of the underground corridor, Dawu was stunned when he looked at a popular science display card, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Eh! ”

Lin Hao asked curiously, "Well, what's wrong?" ”

Daigo pointed to the sign: "Look at this, the story of the crocodile and the toothpick bird turned out to be fake!" Been deceived for years! ”

The display board is accompanied by a picture of a crocodile with its mouth wide open and a bird standing in its mouth, which looks very harmonious.

Lin Hao was also shocked: "Huh? ”

Although he hadn't thought about the story of crocodile tears before, he instinctively knew that it was fake, because what kind of animal would sympathize with tears when hunting to fill his stomach, isn't this sick? It's good to be able to catch a prey and be able to live.

But the story of the crocodile and the toothpick bird he always thought was true, and he had read it in many storybooks and chicken soup texts, and he used it when he was writing essays.

"Myth: crocodiles are very ferocious, and in places where crocodiles live, other animals are cautious when they go to the river to drink water, for fear of being eaten by crocodiles. However, in nature, there is such a bird, not only is not afraid of crocodiles, but will actively approach them, and what is even stranger is that crocodiles do not harm them.

This bird is called a toothpick bird. After eating, the crocodile will open its mouth to let the toothpick bird enter its mouth, and the toothpick bird will eat the meat and parasites of the crocodile's tooth plug to help the crocodile clean, and the two are mutually beneficial and symbiotic.

Truth: Crocodiles don't need teeth cleaning, and their teeth grow new teeth regularly. And crocodiles' teeth are widely spaced, and there is no stuffing.

Toothpick birds are thought to be Egyptian plovers, but biologists have spent decades observing them and found that they don't have the habit of picking crocodiles' teeth at all. The few photos available online of crocodiles and toothpick birds are also unreliable.

Many birds are close to crocodiles when they are foraging, and crocodiles do not care about the birds when they are basking in the sun. If the crocodile has its mouth open and there happens to be a bug in its mouth, the bird may be able to take a bite. The story of the crocodile and the toothpick bird may have stemmed from such a misunderstanding. ”

Lin Hao looked at the photo, the crocodile's mouth was spread out, and his face was the same as constipation!

Nima, how can you stuff your teeth with such a wide gap between your teeth, it's obviously a rumor! I naively believed it when I was a child.

Daigo sighed: "Now after visiting the zoo a few times, I find that we have too many misunderstandings about these animals! Reptiles like crocodiles are also stigmatized as cold-blooded animals. ”

Lin Hao also complained: "Yes, human beings like to use these animals to write fables or chicken soup essays, what kind of truth do you tell, but can you respect the habits of animals when writing stories, don't write blindly, especially this kind of obvious nonsense." ”

Coming out of the crocodile exhibit, I turned a corner and came to the exhibit of the black-booted tortoise.

It is a very open field, and there are some tourists who enjoy it from the edge of the exhibition area.

The uneven and slightly undulating ground is covered with a dense layer of fallen leaves, and the sunlight shines through the gaps between the palms and plantains, dappled on the ground.

The pool in the middle of the exhibition area is very beautiful, like a clear and bright mirror, reflecting the stones and trees on the shore.

Lin Hao looked at the exhibition area, his eyes lit up: "Wow, the environment here is very good!" What kind of animals do you have? ”

"This is where the black-booted tortoises are raised!" Daigo smiled and stretched out his finger and said, "Don't you see there's one there?" ”

The edge of the black-booted tortoise is slightly fenced with stones, and the low wood is used as a fence, so it is very simple to protect it, and you can reach the ground in the exhibition area by stretching out your hand and bending down.

A few meters away from the edge of the fence, Xiao Xuan, a black-booted tortoise with heavy armor, was slowly moving his scaly legs on the fallen leaves.

It's better to say it's walking, it's better to plow the ground with a hoe!

Walking slowly, only a little forward at a time, everyone's eyes couldn't help but move with it.

A minute later, I advanced a few meters, came to a position without shade, seemed to feel that it was a little warmer, looked left and right for a while, and then lay down, my body close to the ground, quietly basking in the sun.

A little girl took her parent's hand, her body almost leaned against the wooden fence, and excitedly said, "Baba, big turtle!" ”

The parent laughed and groaned, "Well, big turtle! ”

"Why didn't the big turtle move?"

"It's basking in the sun!"

Lily was playful like a child, squatted down and beckoned with interest, and greeted Xiao Xuan, "Hello? ”

Xiao Xuan is too lazy to bird her!

The black-booted tortoises were timid at first, moving around the center of the exhibit, not near the fence.

However, when you see more tourists, you will get used to it.

Seeing that Xiao Xuan didn't react, Lily pouted: "Cut, boring." ”

Lin Hao looked at Xiao Xuan and said with a smile: "I didn't see it just now, I thought it was a black stone." ”

It's fun to watch monkeys, red pandas and other animals frolic and climb up and down trees, but it's also nice to watch turtles crawl slowly and bask in the sun, which is a sense of tranquility, soothing and peaceful.

Very decompressing!

Originally, I encountered a lot of trouble in this internship recently, knocking code to change bugs, and my head was about to blow up.

Seeing such a peaceful and tranquil turtle turtle can't help but relax.

It's just a little trouble, what's there to worry about!

Daigo touched his chin and said, "Hey, I remember that there are two here, and where is the other one?" ”

"Is it in the water?"

Lin Hao saw an oval-shaped black object in the middle of the pool, illuminated by the sun, motionless like a calm stone.

Daigo took a closer look: "It should be!" Oh, see its head. ”

Lin Hao was a little envious!

This tortoise lies in the water, leisurely as if it is soaking in a hot spring, so enjoy it too much.

After admiring the black-booted tortoise for a while, the few people continued to move on.

In the distance, you can see a building, not square, with a shallow curved roof.

If viewed from the air by a drone, the building looks like a large turtle lying on the ground.

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