Early the next morning!

Liu Wei and the rest of his class gathered at the school gate after breakfast in the cafeteria.

Seeing Jiang Lan and Yang Yue, the boys smiled and said, "Our goddess is here!" ”

"I don't see you for a holiday, but the goddess is still beautiful!"

Jiang Lan didn't react, she was used to the exaggerated ridicule of the boys, Yang Yue covered her mouth and snickered!

As a girl in the software department, they are all treated as group pets by boys.

The squad leader was tall and thin, wearing glasses, and asked, "Are all the people coming?" Let's go, let's go! ”

……

Get on the bus and head to the zoo entrance.

In fact, you don't take the bus, and it's almost a ten minute walk.

The zoo and Galaxy University are still very close to each other.

When Liu Wei bought the ticket, he found that the ticket price was only 30, and the student ID card was half priced!

The price of a 15 yuan ticket is about the same as that of a cup of milk tea.

I couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow, this zoo ticket is so cheap!" ”

Wu Jiancong thinks it's normal: "The zoo tickets at my house are cheaper, 25 in the peak season and 20 in the off-season!" ”

Gao Kaijin seemed to be a little puzzled: "I remember that the tickets for the safari park are very expensive!" Maybe start at 100 yuan, or even two or three hundred. ”

Liu Wei scratched his head: "What's the difference between a zoo and a safari park?" ”

This question stumped both roommates, and they didn't understand it after thinking about it for a while.

In fact, safari parks are generally built in the suburbs, and the area can be larger, providing more space for animals.

The disadvantage is that the transportation is not very convenient, and the ticket price is more expensive, the commercial nature is stronger, and there may be animal shows or something.

Another meaning of the safari park is that the environment is closer to the wild environment, and the animal display is better.

Urban zoos generally have a public welfare nature, so the ticket price is dozens of yuan.

The dividing line between the two is actually not so clear, like the Linhai Zoo, although it is located in the suburbs and has a wild name, but the area is not large, and the ticket price is very cheap.

Although some safari parks are large, the environment is actually very bad, and the display is not as good as the urban zoos. There are urban zoos that also have animal shows.

Anyway, this problem does not affect their visit to the zoo, and if they don't understand it, the visit will be over!

……

When I came to the square, I first saw a group of white pigeons on the green grass next to me!

I used to build a green net, keep the pigeons in captivity, and sprinkle some feed on the grass every day.

Now that the nets have been removed, the pigeons are used to moving in the meadows.

"Wow, so many pigeons!"

Many tourists are in front of the fence of the grass at this time, looking inside, curious to look twice!

Liu Wei said: "To be honest, it is the first time I have seen a live pigeon! I've only seen it in soup before! ”

Wu Jiancong nodded deeply: "I'm the same!" ”

Yang Yue looked around, saw the volunteers nearby, ran over and asked: "Hello, can you feed these pigeons?" Is there a place to sell feed? ”

The volunteer explained: "These square pigeons have just settled in the zoo, and they are not very familiar with the environment, and they may fly away when they are fed, so there is no service in this area at present, and there may be one in the future!" ”

Yang Yue was a little disappointed: "Oh, okay! ”

The pigeons are pacing leisurely on the grass!

As domesticated poultry, pigeons are not too afraid of people.

A sparrow flew down from the treetops, jumping on the lawn in search of food!

The pigeons had already regarded the lawn as their own territory, and when they saw a sparrow flying over, a few of them that came close immediately rushed towards the sparrow, flapping their wings to drive away the sparrow.

This is our territory! Go, go, go!

At first, he ran briskly, chased a few meters and flew low.

Although the pigeons in the back didn't know what was happening, they saw that some of their companions flew up, and they hurriedly followed the footsteps of the large army, and suddenly, more than 30 pigeons all flew up!

Flying together, the sound of "popping and popping" of wings has also become clear and audible, and dozens of pigeons have flown past in front of the tourists, which still looks spectacular!

The tourists' eyes followed the pigeons in unison, and they let out an exclamation.

"Wow!"

"It's beautiful!"

"Fly so neatly! Are they trained? ”

Someone "clicked" to take a picture.

The little sparrow, which was chased by the pigeons, would have complained if he could speak: "Damn, what did I do, let you send a division of troops to chase me!" ”

The pigeons drove the little sparrows away from the area, and the leader in front made a turn and flew back in style!

hovering low over the lawn, swearing his sovereignty.

When he flew around and came back, Wu Jiancong also stretched out his hand and tried to high-five the pigeon!

The dove, of course, did not bird him, and the team split in half and flew past the sides of his raised arms.

Half circled twice and returned to the grass!

The other half flew into a nearby tree or landed on the ground in the square.

Yang Yue fell down beside her, stepping on her paws, poking her head out, looking left and right and walking forward, as if she was a little nervous.

Yang Yue squatted on the ground, and said to Jiang Lan beside her with some excitement: "Wow, this pigeon is so fun to walk!" ”

Jiang Lan was also very interested, and hooked her finger at the pigeon: "Come here!" ”

The pigeon glanced at her, and sped into the wide gap in the fence!

Joining the army in one place, and coming to the lawn, he seemed to be much more at ease, and his pace slowed down.

Next to the lawn of the square, a new sign was erected, and a bronze statue of a dove was placed in front.

When Liu Wei passed by, he took a curious look, there were two pictures on the display board, the first picture, a large number of birds flying in clusters, overwhelming, the sky seemed to float through a large black cloud, and the second picture was a pigeon standing alone on a branch.

The contrast is stark.

"There was once a miracle bird.

If you go back to the early 19th century, you might see this sight in the United States, a 1.6-kilometer-wide and 500-kilometer-long bird flying circle, which takes days to cross a farm, and this flock of birds is the North American passenger pigeon.

The famous ornithologist Audubon once predicted that this bird would never be extinct by humans.

However, the passenger pigeon, as a large number of birds with delicious flesh, ushered in large-scale commercial hunting in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In the 40s of the 19th century, there was already a significant decline in the number of passenger pigeons.

In the 70s of the 19th century, it was difficult to find flocks of passenger pigeons in the wild.

In 1900, a boy shot the last wild passenger pigeon with an air gun, and no passenger pigeon has been found in the wild since.

Attempts to breed passenger pigeons in captivity also ended in failure, and on 1 September 1914, the last passenger pigeon, 'Martha', left the world.

What once numbered 5 billion individuals was completely wiped out in just a century and a half.

Humans erected a monument to the passenger pigeon, which reads: 'This species is extinct because of human greed and selfishness.' ’”