Filming the music video is just a small episode in the calm daily life of the zoo.

Elephants are the largest mammals on land, with a very developed intelligence, and the needs of the exhibition area, temperature and humidity, various conditions on the ground, and the needs of complex life brought about by developed intelligence, there are many needs that have not yet been known by humans.

Elephants in captivity in zoos are much more cruel than other animals in captivity, but the ornamental value and scientific value of elephants are irreplaceable by other animals.

There are very few zoos that can keep elephants well, and in general, elephants in captivity rarely live in the wild.

What's even more cruel is the cetaceans, elephants are still land animals, it's easier to do Fengrong or something, the cost of providing a venue is relatively low, and tens of thousands of square meters can still be done. Actually, it's already very small, but I can get by.

Cetaceans in captivity, which do not have such conditions at all, require at least 100,000 cubic meters of internal space. The cost of building and maintaining an aquarium is so high, who can provide it. A tail in one place will swim away, which is equivalent to a person being suffocated in a bathtub, so captivity is much shorter than in the wild, without exception.

Male killer whales in the wild live to an average of 30 years, females 50 years, and the longest lifespan male can reach 60 years and females 105 years. Captive killer whales only live for an average of 9-10 years, with a mortality rate 2.5 times higher than that of killer whales in the wild.

Therefore, there must be complete conditions for raising elephants, and it is not enough to have a huge site area, but also to do a good job in various aspects, such as indoor animal houses, outdoor activity venues, training walls, training cages, and abundance...... All have complex and detailed requirements.

Most of the elephants in the zoo have more or less stereotyped behavior, and some elephants have very serious stereotyped behavior, and their heads are shaking all day long, which is no different from the walking dead. A few hundred square meters of space just allows the elephant to "live".

If you raise elephants with such low requirements, the most basic site area is not enough, and the back house is only so dozens of square meters, facing the wall every day, and it will be hellish if you don't stereotype.

How big is big enough for an elephant to feel comfortable?

Four simple words: bigger is better.

Raising elephants is not an easy task.

Fang Ye also decided to raise elephants because Linhai belongs to the tropical and subtropical climate, and there is no winter.

Otherwise, in the long and cold winter, the elephants have to stay indoors to keep warm, and the indoor area is much smaller than the outdoors, and the elephants are even more depressed when they stay.

The first is the indoor barn, the indoor barn of the animal is generally made of concrete ground, which is conducive to the maintenance of daily environmental hygiene, but for elephants, a single hard ground is not conducive to the health of elephants.

An adult elephant urins 50 liters a day, and special attention should be paid to the drainage of the cement floor, otherwise the stagnant water cannot be drained quickly, and the elephant has to stand on the wet ground, which is not only uncomfortable, but also easy to cause foot infection.

Elephants eat a lot and pull a lot, and some zoo indoor animal houses do not consider this aspect of the design, and the small enclosures are full of yellow and green feces that have been trampled and mixed with urine. Can elephants be happy in this environment?

Therefore, Fang Ye uses more than 50 cm of sandy soil in the back house.

In addition to making the elephant stand comfortably, the sand can also allow the elephant to bury food, dig holes, pile soil, use the trunk sand bath, and play with the sand, which is a good abundance.

The sand also helps the female to give birth, where the amniotic fluid produced by the birth will quickly seep down so that the ground is not very slippery, and the female can help the newborn baby elephant to stand up quickly.

If the baby elephant keeps slipping while trying to stand, the female elephant will of course feel very nervous and anxious, and the consequences of the elephant's anxiety can be serious, such as kicking the keeper or dragging the nose over and stomping on it.

Don't look at elephants and think they have a good temper, elephants are very intelligent, and they are also very emotionally rich and sensitive, when they are in a good mood, they are gentle giants, and when they are angry, they become violent war monsters.

In fact, elephants kill more keepers in zoos than any other beast of prey.

With great strength, clever minds, and nimble maneuvers, elephants, like great apes, are considered to be the "most dangerous animals" in zoos. ”

In Fang Ye's "Zoo Dry Goods Group", there is an elephant keeper who was almost trampled to death by an elephant recently.

gave everyone a red envelope and celebrated their lucky escape.

I don't know why I'm not in a good mood!

Staring at the keeper was a little angry, but for the sake of taking care of himself, he still relented, and after a stalemate with him by the wall for a while, he let him go.

Even though nothing happened, it was still a very scary thing.

There are also some circus institutions such as animal shows, elephant rides, and painful punishment to make the elephants fearful, which seems to be obedient, but when the fear builds up and breaks through the threshold, the elephants will carry out deadly attacks.

Therefore, as a tourist to see elephants, for the sake of their own personal safety, it is best to keep a distance, do not feed, and it is not recommended to try any elephant riding activities.

Far from it.

The benefits of sand go beyond that, it also makes it more comfortable for elephants to sleep.

In the past, it was thought that elephants slept standing and that lying down for long periods of time would put pressure on their hearts, but now it has been discovered that they also sleep at night.

If there is a mound of dirt or sand, the elephant can lie on its side to relieve pressure on the head and shoulders, as well as the legs on the knee joint.

Especially for elderly elephants, or those with arthritis, being able to sleep comfortably on their side on a sandy slope is good for both physical and mental health.

Of course, the replacement and cleaning of sand bedding is much more troublesome than that of cement floors, but in order to make the elephants live better, a little trouble is nothing.

If it is a temperate zone, the natural photoperiod cannot meet the needs of elephants, and artificial auxiliary lighting must be used in the cage to simulate the light pattern of the habitat.

Although the waterfront zoo is located in the tropics and subtropics, there is no need to simulate the natural light period, but there is still a need for nighttime lighting, because elephants also have a certain amount of activity at night, and more than 50% of the day's feed intake is carried out at night.

Simulates the illumination intensity of starlight and moonlight, so that elephants can also socialize and feed at night. The brightness of the light changes gradually, so as not to frighten the elephant with sudden changes in brightness.

The railings of the animal house are also exquisite!

If the railing is horizontal, like a ladder, the elephant may climb over the barrier.

The non-operating surface is a closely arranged diagonal railing that makes it inconvenient for the elephant's trunk to stick out and prevents the elephant from harming the keeper.

It is also necessary to leave a few railings with a vertical spacing of 40cm, so that the keepers can quickly escape from the animal house in an emergency and avoid the attack of the elephants.