The urban animal exhibition area, as well as the native animal exhibition area, is still in the design stage.

But there will definitely be in the future.

There are similarities between the two zones, but they are different.

The urban animal exhibition area mainly shows the contradictions between humans and animals in the urban space and how to live in harmony.

The native animal exhibition area is based on the changes of local animals in the sea.

What animals used to live near the sea, what is the current situation, where do they live, how many are they, are their populations decreasing or increasing, and if so, why?

Let tourists understand that the destruction and protection of the environment happens on the land around them, not far away from them.

It is necessary to do some research on the current distribution of animals in Linhai, to find the county records, or to ask the elderly, through their memories, to sort out the clues of animal changes.

Fang Ye felt that he still needed more learning experience, and the time for construction was not ripe at present.

From raccoon dogs to wild boars.

Previously, because of the matter of milk tea wild boars, some infrared cameras were arranged in the villages and towns around Linhai, and the video data was handed over to Wang Yan's team for research, and they also had some understanding of the distribution of wild boars.

The number of wild boars on this side of the sea is relatively small.

The distribution survey is clear, the measures to prevent wild boars in the township have been arranged, a lot of publicity about wild boars has been carried out, preparations have been made, and it is time for the black whirlwind plum and plum to be released.

Fang Ye remembered something: "I saw a news yesterday that the number of wild boars in Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province has increased sharply, and now the prevention and control of wild boars is being carried out, preparing to hunt wild boars, and regulating the number of wild boars." In the future, it is estimated that you will be able to see the news of wild boar infestation from time to time. ”

Wang Yan said: "No way, there is no tiger to control the number of wild boars, the impact of the disappearance of animals is never immediately reflected."

I see that at the entrance of your zoo, there is a flock of pigeons, and there is a display board of passenger pigeons, and passenger pigeons are typical examples. ”

Fang Ye listened attentively, he knew about the extinction of the passenger pigeon, but the specific impact was really unclear.

Wang Yan saw that he was interested, so he said: "Isn't this passenger pigeon extinct in 1914, and people's estimates of its number before its extinction are at the level of tens of billions." Flying overhead, it was dark, like a dark cloud, and the whole sky would dim.

The extinction of the passenger pigeon seemed to have little effect in the short term, and it was not until 84 years later that people knew what it meant.

There are a large number of oak trees in the Americas, and these oak trees are divided into large and small years, and the oak trees in a forest will bear fruit at the same time, so that the acorns are not eaten.

After the passenger pigeon became extinct for a long time, it suddenly caught up with an oak tree, and the ground was full of acorns, which used to be the main consumer of acorns, but now the passenger pigeon does not exist, and there is an outbreak of mus muscule.

With the urbanization of various places, the mus mus began to explode not only in the oak-covered forests, but also in the cities.

Mus mus carry ticks, and if the climate is too cold in winter, the ticks will die and will not be able to complete the overwintering.

But as the climate warms, the distribution area of mus mus has expanded, and the distribution of ticks has also been expanding, so with the outbreak of this acorn, the outbreak of house mice, Lyme disease has become a very common zoonotic disease in North America.

Lyme disease is mainly spread by tick bites, and it can cause joint pain, loss of speech, and even death due to breathing problems in severe cases. This is a concept we are talking about, the time lag of ecosystems. ”

Fang Ye couldn't help but think of a sentence, an unhappy childhood would take a lifetime to heal.

In fact, the same is true for ecosystems, some serious damages require a long time and huge efforts to recover, and may even never recover.

Now in some places, wild boars are out of control, mainly due to the absence of carnivores, especially tigers.

Wolves and leopards can only hunt small wild boars and piglets, and they cannot completely control the wild boar population, but can only slow down.

Wild boars are the favorite food of tigers, and powerful tigers can hunt almost most wild boars, except for some large wild boar kings.

Now let alone tigers, the number of leopard wolves is very small.

When the beast disappears, you won't be able to see anything for a while, but in fact, the impact is very far-reaching.

Now that there are local wild boar outbreaks, human beings need to continuously invest human and financial resources to regulate the number of wild boars, and it is difficult to achieve the effect of predator hunting and natural balance, and it is necessary to continuously compensate for the loss of farmland caused by wild boars.

If we want to completely wipe it out, we can definitely do it, but if we exterminate the wild boar, it will have a huge impact on the ecosystem.

Like dominoes, knock down a string at a time.

Recovering a tiger is much more difficult than exterminating a wild boar.

Tigers in zoos and tigers in the wild can be said to be two species, where to find water for prey, what to eat, the skills of hunting different animals, and the ability to evade human consciousness, which is not taught by parents where to learn.

Besides, now the public has not formed the awareness of sharing a home with animals, understanding the correct way to get along with animals, and they are scared to see a wild boar, let alone tigers and leopards.

Fang Ye was full of thoughts, and sighed: "If you want to restore the ecology, you must first repair people's hearts. ”

Wang Yan smiled: "Aren't you Linhai Zoo doing this?" ”

Fang Ye smiled.

At the beginning, he played "Zoo Stars" and crossed over, but he still had the mentality of playing games.

The fun is more about getting close to the animals, and designing a beautiful pavilion where you can enjoy the animals in their natural beauty.

The cheers and cries of the tourists made him feel happy and fulfilled.

In the process of running the zoo, he is also constantly learning and improving, becoming more responsible and pursuing.

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Although Black Whirlwind and Mei Mei have been rescued to the zoo for almost half a year, they even gave birth to a litter of piglets.

However, the staff usually keep a distance from each other, so they are still wary of humans, and they are satisfied with the state of release when they see people avoiding behavior.

So I chose an old forest in the deep mountains where there was no distribution of wild boars as the release site.

Before rescuing the snow leopard, Fang Ye participated in the whole process and gained a lot of experience.

In cooperation with Wang Yan and their Life Science Institute, they customized a special GPS carrier for wild boars, so that after the wild boars are released, their movement trajectories can be studied.

After anesthetizing the wild boar, a GPS strap was attached.

Before the anesthesia passed, he was put into a transport cage and carried the wild boar to the predetermined release site.