Chapter 497: Elephant Squirting
The breeder found out about the abnormality here, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Aotian!" Come on, come here, give you a carrot to eat! ”
Use food to lure Aotian away.
Another keeper brought this towel over and kindly said, "Did you get sprayed with saliva?" I'll wipe you towels, there's a faucet over there to rinse it off. Our alpaca has a temper and may spat when someone laughs at it. ”
Zhu Yu took the towel and depressedly wiped a little saliva on his face.
When he left, he complained: "This saliva is so disgusting!" Alpacas are really not to be easily provoked. ”
Wu Jiancong patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's just a little bit wet, it's okay!" ”
The hiccup between the alpaca and the alpaca did not affect the interest of several people to visit.
With the crowd, we came to the elephant house!
The first impression of the Elephant Pavilion is that it is open.
As far as the eye can see, it is wide and boundless, and it is all paved with yellow sand.
In the middle of the site, more than ten meters away from the tourists, there is a large pond with dense woods in the distance.
There are also more conspicuous shade canopies distributed in the middle of the field like large mushrooms!
There is a trench about three meters wide and several meters deep between the sports field and the tourists, and there are thick logs on the side of the sports field ditch to prevent the elephants from trying to climb the ditch, and there are also bushes and green belts and a wooden fence to isolate the tourists.
Liu Wei couldn't help but exclaim: "This venue looks so big!" ”
In the Linhai Zoo, he felt that the area of the Lion Pavilion and the Tiger Pavilion was already very large, but the Elephant Pavilion was even more bold.
Gao Kaijin said: "Eh, there's an elephant over there!" ”
A large Asian elephant covered in a layer of yellow dust.
They will stand next to a small puddle on the edge of the trench and watch the visitors through the trench with great interest.
A few people hurriedly approached.
There were already a lot of tourists in the vicinity, who looked at the elephants and shouted noisily, "Wow, elephants!" ”
"Kid, look at the elephant!"
There are also children waving and greeting the elephants.
This is just like Pingping, Pingping is relatively young, and his personality is relatively lively and fun-loving.
Although it has been hurt by humans, it is also humans who rescue it, and its attitude towards humans is generally friendly.
When the rescue center was hoisted up and transported, I was very nervous and worried about my future fate!
Unexpectedly, after coming to the Linhai Zoo, the continuous activity field here is open, and the environment is like specially prepared for elephants, and it is very comfortable to live.
After the quarantine period, I soon became happy.
Looking at these cheering tourists outside, the fan-like ears also fluttered happily back and forth.
A little surprise for you!
Sucking water in the puddle with his nose, then raising his long nose and shaking the water towards the tourists, a curtain of water suddenly rises in the sky, sprinkling white splashes.
"Oh!!"
"Hahaha!"
The tourists who were sprayed by the elephants suddenly exclaimed, and some people screamed with excitement!
The flat mouth is open, and it seems to be smiling happily!
Liu Wei wiped a splash on his head and said with a smile: "Wow, I was drenched by an elephant!" ”
Zhu Yu said: "It's quite fun!" ”
Being sprayed by an alpaca and being sprinkled by an elephant are completely different experiences.
There are even tourists around who crowd up again, wanting to experience the feeling of being drenched by elephants!
Wu Jiancong said: "Sexy elephant, spray water online!" ”
Gao Kaijin raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Brother, something is wrong with you! ”
However, he shook his nose and seemed to wave goodbye to everyone, and quickly walked away.
Walked to a place and stopped, and there was a huge column lying on the ground.
It can be two meters long and about one meter in diameter!
Half of it was buried in the sand, leaving a semicircular section on the ground with some small circular holes in it.
Gao Kaijin looked a little curious: "What does this thing do?" ”
Ping Ping walked over to the pillar and stuck his nose into the round hole in the pillar, as if exploring something inside.
Liu Wei was also a little puzzled, but when he saw this scene, he remembered that when he visited before, he listened to the breeder's explanation of what he had learned, and guessed: "Is this what kind of abundance?" Hiding food inside. ”
As soon as Liu Wei said this, the friends immediately reacted: "Oh! That's how it should be! ”
Seeing a display board next to it, there is an introduction to the Fengrong cement column.
Elephants are very intelligent animals, they don't like to eat food piled on the ground, it's boring.
Likes to eat in complex ways and likes challenging ways.
Zoos raise elephants, open space is only one of the conditions, if there is not enough to attract their interest, elephants will just stand bored in place, will not walk back and forth in the activity field.
Elephants can only use their noses to determine the location of the food, and then use their noses to stick through the circular holes above to rummage for food.
The trunk of an elephant is not only strong enough to lift a tree, dexterous enough to pick up a leaf, but also full of olfactory and tactile receptors, and the sense of smell is also extremely sensitive.
According to zoologists, elephants have twice as much olfactory sensitivity as hunting dogs and can sense the scent of water from up to 19 kilometers away.
Therefore, this kind of abundant cement pillar not only exercises the sense of smell, but also exercises the ability of the nose to flexibly bend and grasp.
It doesn't stop there!
When the elephant crosses the cement pillar, it also bends its knees and legs, which exercises the flexibility of the joints.
It can be said to be multi-purpose.
Ping Ping fumbled for a while, took out a piece of carrot and ate it.
I saw three elephants gathered together in the distance, so I walked over as well!
Liu Wei saw several elephants in the distance, all with their noses raised, as if they were slapping something, and there were constantly spilling things down, and he didn't know what they were doing.
Interested, he said: "Let's go, go over and have a look!" ”
There are a lot of tourists here!
Wu Jiancong saw a person surrounded by tourists, and his eyes lit up: "Yo, isn't this the director!" ”
Zhu Yu said: ", the great druid is also there, and the one I admire the most is the principal." ”
The elephant hall opened, and of course Fang Ye wanted to come and have a look.
By the way, he served as a commentator and answered questions to tourists with a smile.
He introduced the tourists: "The largest elephant over there is called Bobo, and the other two elephants are called Meiling and Meilan!" ”
Bobo is a 43-year-old female elephant that was transferred by another zoo.
Bobo looks a little old, and his health is not very good.
For captive elephants, this age is actually quite large. Very few zoos can keep elephants well.
But if you raise it well, you should still be able to live for a long time.
Like the big leopard in Nishino, his physical condition was very poor, but after he was in the cage with Princess Aoxue, he was more active, happy, and mentally healthy year by year.
Meiling and Meilan are from the same elephant camp, and the two elephants have a good relationship, and the original name is not very easy to transliterate, so they both gave them a new Chinese name.
There is a male elephant that will not be brought in until June.