Pingping ate a piece of apple and was as happy as a three-ton child!

He stretched out his long nose again, his eyes looking at Fang Ye.

Fang Ye also looked at Pingping, looking at her eyes carefully, seeing a hint of anticipation.

Having come into contact with so many animals, his knowledge of animals has now evolved into a sixth-sense intuition.

Animals are happy or angry, timid, gentle or naughty, and they can have a general feeling after getting along for a while.

felt that the mediocre character was not bad, and smiled and touched her nose.

After a while, he didn't receive the apple, and he put his nose back in disappointment, and walked away slowly.

A long iron chain was attached to his fore ankle, which dangled on the ground as he walked.

Now it's time to get down to business!

There is a famous question about how many steps does it take to put an elephant in the refrigerator?

The answer is three steps, the first step is to open the refrigerator, the second step is to put the elephant in, and the third step is to close the refrigerator door.

Of course, this is humor.

But it takes a few steps to transport an elephant, and that's a serious problem.

With a weight of 2,700 kilograms and a weight of nearly 3 tons, it is not easy to transport it to the zoo.

The first step is to customize a special transport cage according to the height and size of the elephant.

The flat transfer cage, 4.5 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 3 meters high, each railing is as thick as an adult male's thigh, and the cage alone weighs two tons.

The cage is covered with a dense barbed wire fence to prevent the elephant's nimble snout from sticking out and causing injury or injury.

Therefore, elephant transportation needs to be communicated and discussed in advance, and the most basic cage is not a temporary ten days and half a month can be conjured.

The second step is to train the elephants, enter the transport cage, and get used to the transport cage in advance.

I started this work two months ago!

The breeder sprinkled the feed on the road to the transport cage, and most of the feed was placed in the transport cage, guiding Ping Ping into the transport cage, getting familiar with the cage, and doing such training every day to deepen the memory, just to be able to load the truck smoothly today.

Now I can enter and exit the transport cage at will, and I am very used to the cage.

"Pingping!"

The keeper shouted outside, calling her to the outfield where she usually does transfer cage training.

After two months of training, Ping Ping went straight to the transfer cage after coming in.

I didn't see any feed in the cage, but when I saw the keeper outside who was preparing for loading, he raised his nose and beckoned twice as flexibly as a human hand, as if to say, "What's the matter with calling me over?" What about eating? ”

Turning to look at the breeder on the other side!

Looking at the lively situation outside in a daze, he then walked into the cage himself.

There were more than 20 people outside, Fang Ye and the two, Lao Yang, breeders, construction workers, and the families of employees who heard that elephants were going to be transported to see the excitement, in addition to a huge crane truck and truck.

The breeder "Brother Zhong" shouted: "Pingping, good, stand firm and don't move, give you an apple!" ”

Brother Zhong also wants to follow all the way, as a familiar breeder, to calm her emotions on the way.

On another occasion, the keeper took out a piece of fruit from the bucket he was carrying and gave it to her as a reward, attracting Ping Ping to move forward.

The flat nose sticks out from the gap left for feeding, rolls up the apples, and eats them one by one.

At the same time, Brother Zhong used a stick to reach into the iron cage, hooked the iron chain on her feet, and then tied it to the pillar in a circle.

The function of the anklet is to fix the elephant's feet to the cage and limit the range of movement!

lest the elephant move too much on the road, affect the balance of the body, and cause the car to roll over.

If it is an elephant that has been trained for a long time, the keeper can use the target stick to make the elephant's foot take the initiative to put it on the crossbar and not move, give the elephant a pedicure, and of course, take the opportunity to tie the chain.

The stupid method used by the rescue center used food to attract the elephants to stand forward, and Brother Zhong took the opportunity to tie the chain.

But Ping Ping seems to have noticed something, and it feels like today is not the same as usual!

Not very cooperative, he turned his head to look at them, and retracted his foot, allowing the chain to retract again.

Brother Zhong shouted: "Eh, obedient! Don't move your feet! ”

Ping Ping was scolded and put his foot back again.

In fact, there is a backup plan, and if you can't tie it, you won't tie it. Anyway, they haven't overturned elephants before.

Ten years earlier, the elephants were transported, and the transport cage was not so advanced, there were only a few railings, and there was no barbed wire.

But it's a little rough.

Fang Ye interacted with Dumbo, an elephant keeper he knew in the "Zoo Dry Goods Group", and heard him say that his master's way of transporting elephants was wilder decades ago.

There would not be such a high-end crane as it is now, and the elephants could be loaded into transfer cages and hoisted up on trucks.

Directly it is a person who accompanies the elephant on the freight train, and lets the elephant get on and off the train by himself.

At that time, the train was still slow, two days and two nights to arrive, on the way to accompany the elephant to eat, drink and Lazar, but also to reassure the elephant not to move, sleep can not sleep soundly, it is a great test for the spirit of people.

Of course, it's impossible to do that now, it's too dangerous.

If the elephant is uncomfortable, he will be angry and throw his nose over, or kick it, and he will not be able to dodge.

When eating apples piece by piece, the chain was quickly tied.

At the same time, two sturdy iron pillars were also installed in the back.

When everything was ready, the onlookers spread out in a circle, and the crane was hooked and began to be hoisted!

The hook of the truck carried the steel wires at the four corners of the transfer cage, pulling the transfer cage to slowly rise from the ground, and four or five people held the rope in one corner to keep the cage stable and not to shake in the air, as well as to control the direction, and a few people around the cage to observe the situation, coordinate and command, and keep shouting.

"Eh, this way, this way!"

"Be careful!"

"It's okay to fall, it's okay to fall, be careful!"

It's a very lively scene!

Ping Ping walked around in small steps, looking a little panicked!

However, with the restrictions of the cage and the ankle chains on his feet, he couldn't make much movement.

The nose kept sticking out of the gap left behind, and poked underneath, as if trying to find out where the ground had gone!

Because there were still some trees on the side, the crane could not be transported in place at one time, and it was necessary to adjust the position three times in a row before transporting the elephant in the transfer cage with the butt facing forward and the head facing backward to the truck.

This is also a safety consideration, to avoid the elephant's head hitting the railing when there is a sudden braking on the road.

After loading it into the truck, Pingping's head swayed up and down in it, his ears kept fanning, and his nose poked hard, obviously nervous, and he was frightened by being hung in the air just now.

Then he began to fix the cage and load the car with feed, mangoes, apples and various fruits, so that he could eat them on the flat road.

Brother Zhong took advantage of the loading of the car, and began to cut apples on the side of the road, adding a meal to Pingping to calm her emotions.

The truck master put his arm on the window, waiting to drive, looking at the front with deep eyes, very mastery!

Not all truck drivers have the opportunity to transport elephants.

The next step is to take the ferry across the sea and drive all the way to the zoo.

After the feed is loaded, the truck starts slowly.

The other staff members greeted from behind: "Have a nice trip!" ”

"Goodbye!"

"Goodbye! Happy at the new zoo! ”

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