Ping Ping kicked at the bottom of the quagmire with his feet, and moved a little deeper!

The nose seemed to be independent, and the happy left and right flicked up, and the puddles of mud were thrown up.

The elephant's strong and huge body rolls like a baby in the mud pond, showing a cute and cute posture, and it looks like there is a wonderful contrast and cuteness!

The tourists were so happy and laughing that they couldn't stop laughing.

At this time, Fang Ye explained in a timely manner: "Mud bathing is an act that many animals, including elephants, have!"

I don't know if you've watched Peppa Pig, the first episode in it is that Peppa likes to jump around in mud puddles, and everyone likes to jump around in mud puddles! ”

The children were excited!

"Wow, Brother Fang Ye, do you also watch Peppa Pig?"

Fang Ye smiled: "Look at it once in a while." Elephants roll in muddy water or mud pools, or suck up muddy water through their noses and spray it on their bodies.

They have folded skin, and there are crevices on them that help preserve water. When the mud bath is completed, the mud sticking to the body will not slide down immediately, so that the water in the mud will slowly evaporate, which can play a long-term role in lowering the body temperature.

At the same time, the mud coat also prevents the skin from drying out, blocks ultraviolet rays, and protects against pesky bugs such as mosquitoes and ticks.

After a mud bath, the elephant usually finds a stone or tree, rubs its ears, rubs its legs, and smooths the mud. ”

"Oh~"

Tourists let out exclamations of amazement.

"I thought it was just playing."

"It feels like we're wearing a mask!"

"Interesting!"

Fang Ye said: "It's not just practical, sometimes it's really just play, and there are spiritual needs.

After dinner in the evening, although I am not hungry, I may also think about having a little supper and ordering a few barbecues.

Mud bathing and playing in the water are very important entertainment and team-building activities for elephants, and bathing together can enhance the relationship between family members.

I don't know if you've ever heard of the legend of the elephant cemetery? ”

Gao Kaijin said excitedly: "I've heard of it!" Legend has it that elephants, when they feel that their time is running out, will be guided by their instincts to break away from the herd and come to a mysterious place, where they wait for death to come in solitude. ”

Wu Jiancong continued: "This mysterious place is the elephant cemetery, where many elephant bones are buried, and the elephant can find people but has not been able to find it, or some famous unsolved mystery. I believed it when I was a child, but now it's a bit outrageous to think about it, there are satellites hanging in the sky, what can't I find. ”

Zhu Yu said suspiciously: "When I was a child, I read the storybook "Sheriff Black Cat", which said that the elephant's mother knew that she was dying, cried and said goodbye to the baby elephant, and walked away step by step, causing me to cry for many nights. Is it a fake? ”

Liu Wei said: "Oh! I also know, what, there is an elephant cemetery in "The Lion King", although there are not many shots, but I am very impressed. ”

Fang Ye looked at the reactions of the tourists and said, "Everyone should have heard of it, right?"

In fact, there is no such thing as an elephant cemetery, but old and sick elephants still prefer to stay in mud ponds or rivers all the time, because this water source is shaded by tall trees and fresh shoots to feed, which is a very suitable place for retirement.

A friend of mine who studies elephants, and they wanted to put a collar on an elephant, and the male elephant was lying in a mud pond at the last moment when he was about to enter the anesthetic state.

For elephants, such a choice has no profound meaning, probably thinking that they are going to die and want to find a comfortable place to lie down at the end of their lives. ”

"That's how the elephant cemetery came about!"

"Inexplicably a little moved? I feel that elephants are really very intelligent and affectionate animals. ”

Fang Ye said: "There is also a theory that elephant cemeteries are elephants driven to one place by poachers, shot or poisoned en masse, causing many elephants to die together.

Speaking of which, in the past two years, wasn't it a matter of more than 300 elephants in Africa dying collectively and mysteriously by the water's edge in a short period of time.

At that time, it was suspected that it was not done by poachers, but later laboratory investigation results came out, which should be caused by cyanobacteria neurotoxins in the water.

When the level of cyanobacteria is at a normal level, there is nothing wrong and it will not poison the elephants, but when the water body is eutrophicated and there is an explosive growth, it is a 'green tide', and the water quality deteriorates, producing toxins and odors.

Tracing back to the source, it is the sewage generated by local industry and agriculture that enters the lakes and rivers in the territory, resulting in the abnormal growth of cyanobacteria, and the cyanotoxins enter the body and die when the elephants drink and bathe. ”

Tourists originally heard Fang Ye talk about the legend of the elephant cemetery, and they listened to it with relish.

But when Fang Ye talked about poachers and the death of elephants due to the outbreak of the green tide, he was a little uncomfortable.

"Eh, every time I learn about these things, I feel like we humans are sinning!"

"I've had a green wave in my house before! The surface of the water is as green as paint, and it stinks so badly that it is particularly disgusting. ”

"I can't imagine that the green tide is not only inconvenient for people's lives, but also has such a big impact on animals."

Liu Wei couldn't help but think of the small farm in the zoo, where organic rice grows vigorously!

Animal manure is fermented into organic fertilizer that nourishes the healthy growth of crops, and pests are eliminated by ducks instead of pesticides.

I suddenly had a deeper understanding of the words "friendly to nature" introduced on the exhibition board.

In fact, there are ways to live in harmony with nature.

Pingping was still playing in the mud pit, and Bobo also walked towards the mud pond at this time.

She didn't kneel down like Pingping, she lacked activity for a long time, her joints were not very good, and it would be more uncomfortable to do a large knee flexion.

He lowered his head, probed the bottom of the edge with his nose to make sure there was no ditch underneath, and slowly stepped into the quagmire.

He cautiously took two steps forward, stood in the mud pool, sucked up a cloud of muddy water with his trunk, and sprinkled it behind his back.

Compared to the lively and mediocre rolling, the performance is much calmer!

After all, the age of forty-somethings is there, and they are all grandmothers in the elephant herd.

Of course, there are also older grandmothers in the elephant herd, grandmothers.

Although Bobo was calm, he grinned, his eyes were bent into a half-moon shape, he was smiling happily, shaking his ears, and his wrinkles seemed to stretch a lot.

It can be seen that she is quite satisfied with the mud pond in the new zoo.

After a lifetime of hard work in the factory, I finally retired and can enjoy life!

That's probably how it feels.

Ping Ping went into the mud pond to bathe with Bobo, and he looked very happy!

It is better to be happy alone than to be happy in all.

The nose is bent and stretched out to Bobo's side to welcome him.