After seeing the rock sheep, Fang Ye and the blue carp walked forward again and came to the vicinity of the sika deer's territory.

The vegetation here is much denser than the hills of the red fox and the rocky mountain area of the rock sheep!

If you look closely, you will find that the trees are covered with a protective net, which is to prevent the sika deer from gnawing the bark, and it is not good to look at the trees if they are gnawed bald.

Although it is also convenient to have a system to replenish trees, it is better to do protection.

In the grass opposite was a small sika deer, significantly smaller than an adult deer.

Run to the edge of the fence and face the tourists across the wooden fence!

The ears are long and large, and the brownish-yellow fur has white spots like plum blossoms, which is the most obvious feature of the sika deer and the source of their name!

The little sika deer is a little curious about the tourists, with black round eyes staring directly at the tourists, and a slip of eyelashes on the eyes, looking beautiful and cute.

I have to say, the appearance is very high!

It is no wonder that in many fairy tales or cartoons, the deer is used as a symbol of purity and beauty.

"Wow, this fawn is so cute!"

The tourists saw that the fawn liked it so badly, and the fawn suddenly opened its mouth and let out a crisp and immature voice: "Na! ”

The parents with the children couldn't stop laughing: "Hey, this fawn is so funny!" ”

Some otaku who like to watch anime had a shocked expression and pinched his cheek: "!?" Did I hear me wrong? ”

Xiaolu said in a straight voice: "Na! ”

It's not an illusion, that's what it's called!

"Na! Na! ”

I screamed several times in a row!

After the initial shock, the otaku became excited and took out his mobile phone: "This little sika deer is a second stinging newt!" I'll record you a video! ”

The fawn suddenly turned around and ran away!

"Eh~" The tourists looked at its distant back and made a regretful sound.

"Yo~Yo~~~!"

At this moment, there was another whistling cry in the distance.

Tourists suddenly looked around curiously: "Who's whistling?" It's pretty good! ”

"It looks like it's in the exhibition area!"

"Is the keeper blowing the whistle? Is it training animals? ”

"Yo~Yo~~~"

The pleasant whistle is as long as a needle and very penetrating!

Fang Ye coughed twice, attracting the attention of the tourists, and said with a smile: "This is not the whistle of our breeder, but the cry of the sika deer!" ”

"Yuan Yuan Fang! Hello Principal! ”

"The call of the sika deer?"

Fang Ye nodded and smiled: "Yo Yo Lu Ming, Eat the Apple of the Wild!" I don't know if everyone has heard this poem?

The adult sika deer cry is this "yo yo" sound, recently the sika deer is in estrus, the male sika deer will make a chirping sound, louder than the usual sound, warn other competitors! Isn't it a nice sound? ”

"It sounds good!"

As he spoke, a sika deer ran from behind the trees to the meadow, making a pleasant cry of "Yo-yo", and his eyes widened and he looked vigilantly at the tourists.

At this time, a tourist touched his chin, frowned, and seemed to find something wrong, "Principal, you said this is the sound of a male sika deer chirping in warning, is this just a male sika deer?" ”

"That's right!"

"Then why doesn't it have antlers on its head?"

"Hey, really!"

Tourists immediately think of deer antler velvet!

Could it be that the antlers were cut off and sold for money?

If the farm does this, the zoo does the same?

I couldn't help asking, "Isn't this good, director, shouldn't the zoo be about showcasing the natural beauty of animals?" ”

Before Fang Ye could say anything, a tourist preemptively said, "Didn't you look at the display board there?" The display board said that the antlers in the park were cut off, because deer can fight, and the antlers were cut off to ensure their safety! ”

Fang Ye explained with a smile: "Although there is an explanation on the display board, I will tell you about it here."

Why cut off the horns of a deer, first of all, the antlers, like human fingernails, will continue to grow, even if we don't cut them, they will naturally fall off every year.

Newborn antlers are called antlers, and they have a layer of fluff on the outside that slowly hardens into bony antlers.

When they are in heat, they will grind their horns on the stones on trees to make them sharp and sharp. After grinding, the horns are like sharp spears, you can imagine!

Bucks are violent! Not only will they attack each other, but they will even attack doe and fawns during estrus.

This is dangerous for both breeders and other animals.

Deer are sensitive and cautious, even a little nervous, which is a necessary guarantee for their survival in the wild, and they are very vigilant when there is a little wind and grass, and they must keep their distance from predators in order to avoid being harmed.

This sensitive nature is written in the genes and does not disappear because of the captive environment.

Originally, this deer is very sensitive, I don't know when it will feel that people are threatened, in case the breeder feeds it, which tendon is suddenly wrong, and it will be stabbed in the chest, and it is not a blood hole poked into the person is gone.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of other animals and keepers, the horns of the deer will be cut off.

The antlers on the head of the deer are very beautiful displays, and I can understand the feeling that everyone wants to see the antlers on the head of the sika deer.

However, if you really leave the horns, you may see not only the beautiful antlers, but also the scene of them fighting bayonets with each other. This one is still a bit bloody, can you accept it? ”

The tourists had thoughtful expressions!

Indeed, what they want to see is the cuteness and beauty of the sika deer, not to poke the horns into the heads of other animals, pop the eyeballs, and the blood is a little scary to think about.

Fang Ye finally joked again: "The most important thing is that just like that, the two antlers can be sold for a few bucks, and the cost of raising them can't be worth it." ”

Tourists couldn't help but laugh when they heard this: "Haha, indeed! ”

Even if other zoos explain it this way, they may still wonder if the horns are cut to sell, but the environmental and maintenance costs of this park are definitely more expensive than deer antler velvet.

Not only the antlers, but also the horns of the rock sheep have been polished and treated, and the tips of the horns have been polished.

There may be places like this that make tourists have doubts, so you need to put up a sign in advance to introduce the situation to tourists, and you can't wait for doubts to explain.

Many places in the zoo are actually counter-intuitive, and you need to understand the habits of animals to understand.

For example, the monkey exhibition area is fenced with steel wire mesh, which of course looks better than the transparent glass curtain wall, and it is more convenient to take pictures of animals.

It is uncomfortable for humans to look at, but for monkeys, steel wire mesh increases the use of space, expands their range of activities, allows them to do more climbing behaviors, and animal welfare increases.