Chapter 456: Picking Up the Elephant

After petting the animals, the shining girls got together again and happily exchanged their experiences.

Ran Qingqing said: "The ring-tailed lemur is very fun! When they were being fed, several of them jumped on people. ”

Yang Xiaochao said: "It's also fun to take an alpaca for a walk." The alpaca I chose is called Brother Aotian, it is a very temperamental alpaca, and it is on the bar with the peacock on the road, and the peacock opens the screen, and it sprays the peacock with saliva. ”

It's really interesting when everyone thinks about this scene.

Shi Xi was curious: "Haven't you been spitted on by the alpaca?" ”

"I almost got sprayed! I brushed it with a brush for a long time to get closer. Yang Xiaochao asked rhetorically, "What about you?" How does it feel to pet a snake, isn't it exciting? ”

"It's quite different from what I imagined! I feel that some snakes are quite cute. ”

Yang Xiaochao's eyes widened: "Really? Wasn't you scared before you went? ”

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After the filming of the show, everyone returned happily.

By the time the editing is finished, it is estimated that it will be a week later.

Compared with the show, Fang Ye has two things that he has been more concerned about recently.

One is the public interest lawsuit of the green peacock, which will be heard on March 20, and the other is the transportation of elephants.

Unlike other animals, such as ring-tailed lemurs and macaques, which can be delivered in waves, they are transported from different places one by one.

The first elephant to be sent over was a 9-year-old female Asian elephant named Pingping.

Speaking of a mediocre background, it is also quite miserable, its Asian elephant family used to live freely in the forests on the border between China and Myanmar, but it was targeted by poachers and planned to be trafficked to domestic zoos.

In order to control this herd of untamable elephants, the poachers even smeared drugs on bananas and fed them, and the addicted elephants had to be at the mercy of the poachers.

Fortunately, the elephants were rescued by the Yunnan police and placed in a wildlife rescue center in Hainan for rehabilitation, and successfully rehabilitated two years later.

The name Pingping also means that I hope it will be safe and sound.

Fang Ye inquired about the elephant before, and when he contacted to buy it, he heard that the rescue center was looking for a home for Pingping, so he bought this elephant.

Why can't it be released, because elephants have been domesticated for a long time, and they have been in close contact with humans, and they have learned about human habits. Wild animals tend to keep their distance from humans, and it is difficult to release them if they have been in contact with humans for too long.

Like the animals rescued by the rescue center, the keepers usually have little contact with the animals, and even carry out intimidation training for some animals that are not afraid of people, scare and scare at every turn, so that they can maintain their vigilance against humans.

The other is the herd of elephants that have not received it and cannot live in the wild.

For the sake of this elephant, Fang Ye also took the keeper of the elephant hall to fly to Haikou in person for a pick-up.

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When it comes to Hainan, most people's first impression is the clear blue sky, large white clouds, lapping sea waves, coconut and palm trees with huge and wide leaves, and sweet and delicious jackfruit!

However, for Fang Ye, the most intuitive first impression of getting off the plane is the hot sunshine.

Although it is still more than March and April, the temperature in Haikou is already very high, and it is estimated that it is almost 30 degrees.

Even the morning sun is very hot, and it is sunburned on people, and after a while, they start to sweat outside.

The breeder Xiaoqing couldn't help but squint his eyes, blocked the sunlight with his hand and said, "It's so sunny!" ”

Fang Ye smiled and handed him a straw hat, and put one on himself: "The weather here is indeed much hotter than Linhai. ”

The straw hat was prepared by Lan Carp, and he also helped him put some sunscreen on his face and arms before leaving.

After leaving the airport, I called the staff of the rescue center, and soon, the staff came over.

After a few pleasantries, they got into the minivan that picked them up and drove along the wide road, enjoying the coastal scenery along the way.

came to the rescue center in the suburbs and met Lao Yang, the person in charge here.

Lao Yang looked at the two of them, obviously Xiaoqing looked older, so he stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "You are Fang Yuanchang!" What a young man! ”

Xiaoqing said embarrassedly: "I'm not, this is our principal!" ”

Fang Ye smiled and shook hands with Lao Yang: "Hello, hello!" ”

While greeting each other, I came to a very open field.

The hot sun shone on the reddish-brown earth, and five or six elephants walked slowly and played in the field, surrounded by a thick iron railing about 3 meters as high as the elephants, and in front of it was a ditch and a cement wall, which looked very muddy.

This laterite is the soil that develops under the vegetation of tropical and subtropical rainforests, monsoon forests or evergreen broad-leaved forests, and is rich in iron and aluminum oxides, so it has a red color.

Elephants usually sprinkle dirt on their bodies and roll in red clay mud pits, so their bodies also show a dark red color. Under the golden sunlight, the red is translucent yellow, and there is a kind of color texture of old photos.

Xiao Qing looked at the elephant here and couldn't help but sigh: "I remember the "Black Cat Sheriff" I watched when I was a child!" ”

Fang Ye smiled knowingly: "Ahhhh ”

"Sheriff Black Cat" is also a very classic cartoon!

The monkey-eating eagle grabbed the monkey and stuffed it into its mouth, and ate it with a "click", and the episode where the praying mantis ate the groom, which may be the childhood shadow of many people's childhood.

But now it seems to be quite interesting, and there is a lot of popular science knowledge in it.

The third episode "The Thief Who Eats Red Clay", in which elephants, hippos, and wild boars steal red clay, when Fang Ye was a child, how could there be animals eating soil, it must be chocolate.

In fact, it is indeed eating soil, there are a lot of trace elements in red clay, and eating can supplement minerals.

An elephant approached them, its long snout just long enough to fit over the concrete wall.

With its mouth wide open, it seems to greet them, and there are two white tusks more than twenty centimeters behind its nose.

Fang Ye smiled and beckoned: "Hello? ”

The Eye of Observation!

[Asian elephant: Pingping.]

Sex: Female

Age: 9 years old

Mood: Happy]

Many people have misconceptions about elephant tusks, thinking that the absence of ivory means that it has been removed, or that the male has tusks and the female has no tusks.

In fact, for Asian elephants, not all elephants have exposed front teeth, according to the observation statistics of scientists, 20% of male elephants do not see ivory, and 20% of female elephants can see ivory.

To put it simply, you can't judge a bull elephant by its tusks.

Lao Yang smiled: "This elephant is the Pingping you want to pick up, and it is asking you for fruit." ”

Fang Ye asked, "Is there any fruit?" I'll feed it one. ”

The staff on the side gave him a piece of apple!

Fang Ye took it in his hand and put it next to Pingping's nose, the soft flesh at the end of Pingping's nose flexibly picked up the apple, and the long nose rolled back with the apple and put it back in his mouth.