Fang Ye and the others got off the plane at 9 o'clock in the morning, and it was almost 10 o'clock when they arrived at the rescue center.

The whole process took almost 4 hours to put the elephants into the cage, lift them several times and load them into the car, and reinforce and transport the cage feed.

That's what behavior training is all about!

The training started two months in advance, so that the elephants are familiar with a set of processes for entering the transport cage, and today when they are really transported, they walked into the cage and took the initiative to cooperate with the keeper to operate, saving a lot of things.

To cross the sea, you have to take the ferry in the Qiongzhou Strait, and only the driver is allowed to wait in the car alone, and the others need to check in from the waiting hall to board the ship.

Fang Ye and the others lined up to enter the cabin from the passage of people, and on the other side below was the passage of cars, and trucks and cars slowly drove in.

There was a mother in front of her, holding her child's hand and leading him forward.

As he walked, the child looked out curiously from the railing, saw the truck with elephants, opened his eyes in surprise, and pulled his mother's hand vigorously: "Mom! Elephant! ”

"What kind of elephant is here, let's go, let's go, let's go......"

The child insisted: "It's really an elephant!" Don't pull me, I want to see the elephants! ”

Mom was helpless: "Eh, I want to see the elephant take you to the zoo one day!" ”

The child is dragged reluctantly by his mother, his eyes reluctantly watching the truck with the elephant enter the cabin.

Fang Ye smiled and said nothing to the keeper in the back.

Sitting on the ferry, tourists blow the moist sea breeze on the upper deck, enjoy the sea view outside, and take out their mobile phones to take pictures!

Little did it occur to them that there was another special passenger on the lower deck away from them.

After the initial panic of being hoisted by the cage, Ping Ping has calmed down a lot and stayed in the cage peacefully.

After getting on the boat, the huge head also turned around, looking curiously at the sea view outside.

Fang Ye was on the deck, looked at the sea for a while and then went back.

To be honest, there is no beauty as imagined!

In the afternoon, the sun is the hottest, shining on the undulating sea, the golden light flickering, looking at it for a long time, piercing people's eyes to the point that they can't open it.

Soon, the ferry crossed the sea.

Fang Ye and the others sat in the small bread, and followed the flat truck all the way to Linhai.

Every time the road is repaired, it can attract a bunch of melon-eating people to gather and watch.

"Damn, what kind of play is this, elephant?"

"Good guy, this looks so much better than on TV!"

There are even those with flexible brains, who turn on their mobile phones on the spot, shoot a video, and prepare to send it to Douyin Kuaishou.

Elephant transport is not common!

Brother Zhong fed Pingping fruit and grass, and Fang Ye also came over to see Pingping's state when he was resting.

Hop in the car and shout with a smile: "Pingping! ”

The flat head turned around and looked at him!

Fang Ye took a piece of apple and handed it over: "Come and eat an apple." ”

When she took the apple, she touched its nose by the way.

Brother Zhong smiled: "Everyone loves elephants, and few people can resist contact with elephants. ”

Fang Ye heard the breath of the story and asked curiously, "Can you tell me about it?" ”

Brother Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "When I was a child, I saw a photo book called "My Wild Animal Friends", in which a little girl Tippi had close contact with leopards, elephants, ostriches, and all kinds of wild animals, which really shocked me when I was still young, and felt that this was the best connection between humans and animals.

Later, I gradually realized the shallowness of this idea. Elephants are considered docile giants by the public, but all over the world, elephants kill and hurt people every day, and there are tragic conflicts between humans and elephants. ”

Fang Ye nodded: "Indeed!" ”

People who love animals yearn to be close and friendly with wild animals.

However, wild animals are not domestic pets, the reality is very cruel, and the relationship between humans and animals is not so beautiful.

Picking up lions and tigers like him is a special case rather than a regular rule.

And it's also in the zoo that it does this, and the best way to get along in the wild is not to interfere.

"I loved elephants, studied elephants, and volunteered at the elephant camp for a while, but volunteering was just a project for the elephant camp to make money. That's when I met a girl who also came to volunteer and liked elephants very much. She also attended a mahout-training course.

The elephant in the camp was called Potato, and Potato was a very dangerous elephant, and he slapped his nose over the camp owner, and the staff, including me, once shook the mahout, broke his leg and recuperated for four months, and also stepped on and kicked two other mahouts.

Although I told her about the dangers of potatoes, she stopped talking to me after the first introduction. She prefers what the camp owner says, elephants like to pet and cuddle.

The girl ignored the protection facilities and liked to be close to the potatoes, and every time the potatoes pushed her, she felt that it was the same as playing with her, and she laughed happily.

On a few occasions when she tried to help the potato break the elephant grass and try to feed it water, the potato rudely snatched the food from her hand and almost dragged her down, and on several occasions when she asked for food, she almost hit her with the nose, and then her smile would disappear and she would show a puzzled expression.

In her mind, people love animals, animals can feel it, and they will love people, and they will not hurt people.

In fact, elephants don't need human help at all. The reason why the elephant does not hurt her is simple, because she does not get in the way of her own access to food, and she is afraid of being beaten.

According to my estimates at the elephant camp, less than 1% of people will accept the safety of elephants, but a significant proportion of captive elephants have tuberculosis and are transmitted in both directions with humans. So far, I haven't met a single person who can touch an elephant but doesn't want to. ”

Fang Ye sighed: "Elephants are indeed very attractive animals. Such a behemoth, with legs and pillars thicker than people, who wouldn't want to touch it? ”

Brother Zhong's experience is quite rich, and he only came to the rescue center last year.

From his words, you can feel that he really likes elephants.

Fang Ye chatted with him, listened to him tell stories about some elephants, and fed Pingping.

After resting and resupplying, the car continued on its way.

Finally, at 8 a.m. on the 18th, we arrived at the zoo.

The official account of the zoo said in advance that the elephants were going to meet the news, which will make some media reporters and many tourists wait at the gate of the zoo, and when they see the truck coming, they suddenly feel refreshed: "It's coming!" ”

The reporters took pictures "click-click", and some tourists specially bought flowers, held them in their hands, and smiled, looking very happy about the arrival of the elephants: "Welcome, welcome!" Welcome elephants to the waterfront zoo! ”

Some tourists were curious: "Hey, why does it look a little red on its body?" Aren't elephants striking? ”

“…… I don't know, maybe it's sunburning? ”