After listening to Fang Ye's explanation, the tourists turned their eyes to the big flamingo to see which one was foraging in the water with its head down.

In the deep water, the surface of the water can submerge their appendages, and in the shallow water, it is only 10 centimeters, and the mud under the water can be seen.

A large flamingo in the shallow water, its neck bent down like a snake, its beak in the mud, its head slowly turned in circles, stirred up the silt, and chewed its mouth twice.

The big flamingo lowered its head and put its beak in the mud as it walked forward, leaving behind a shallow trail that twisted and twisted.

He stomped his foot twice, then lowered his head and drew circles.

Fang Ye said: "There are small shrimps in the lake, which is also the staple food of flamingos!" There are also flamingo noodles made of shrimp skin, fish meal, and corn flour.

See that flamingo stomping? They stomp on the ground with their feet to allow the food underneath to float up. ”

A large flamingo in the deep water, with its slender long legs that cannot reach the bottom of the water, floats on the surface of the water like a pink whooper swan.

He looked down, then his pink tail cocked and his head buried deep in the water.

The way they feed looks like a swan.

"Quack Quack ~ Coo Coo ~ "

The flamingo's call, which sounds somewhat similar to that of a goose, has a characteristic nasal sound.

Hundreds of flamingos, tourists are dizzying.

Lily suddenly noticed that in the middle of the lake, there was a big flamingo, with its neck straight, screaming rhythmically, and its head was like clockwork, swinging from side to side on the horizon, twisting and clicking back.

It's like saying, who am I, where am I, what am I going to do?

I don't know what kind of wind I smoked.

Feeling very funny, he pointed to the big flamingo and said to his companion, "Eh, look at that one!" ”

When Lin Hao and the others looked over, several big flamingos next to them seemed to be infected, straightening their necks, swinging their heads horizontally from side to side, and at the same time acting as repeaters, shouting loudly in unison: "Quack ~ Coo Coo ~"

Who am I? What am I going to do?

It looks like a travel agency has organized a tour, and when the tourists come to the station, they suddenly find that the car is not coming!

Looking left and right, what about the car? What about drivers? What about the tour guide, why didn't the tour guide come? You won't be deceived, will you?

At a loss!

Tourists can't help but laugh when they look at them "quacking" and screaming and turning their heads in confusion!

"Yo, what is this doing?"

"These confused little eyes!"

"Hahahaha, it's so fun, is this dancing?"

"Let's swing together! dj，ic！ ”

There are more and more big flamingos that swing their heads and scream rhythmically, and gradually spread to the whole group, everyone swings their heads together, swinging faster and faster, like some kind of bizarre dance, the scene is magical and spectacular!

The tourists wanted to say something, but the neat voices of the big flamingos came together, muffling out all the other voices, and they couldn't hear the words.

I can only take two photos and a video to record this wonder.

About a minute or so passed!

The cries of these big flamingos stopped abruptly, and their heads stopped moving.

For a while, there was silence all around, and only the low and short cooing of the big flamingo could be heard, and the beaks were facing the sky, as if they were still a little unfinished.

Some of the big flamingos lowered their heads to continue foraging, while others erected the feathers of their shoulders and tails and spread their wings to the sides, revealing a touch of black under the pink wings, as if to show off to the other big flamingos around them.

Visitors can't wait: "The director ......"

Fang Ye knew what they were going to ask, "Isn't it fun?" Swinging your head is the most common courtship behavior of flamingos!

Flamingos have a lot of interesting group behaviors, which are basically related to courtship.

Their breeding season is around March to June, and these group behaviors can help flamingos synchronize their breeding cycles, because their habitat is very complex and varied, and if they fail to mate when the salt lake water level is most suitable and food is most abundant, they may miss the opportunity and not be able to reproduce this year, this group behavior is very important.

So come to our zoo more during this time, and maybe you can enjoy more interesting behaviors from them.

Although it can be seen after the breeding season, it is not so frequent, the same as the peacock opening the screen. ”

These big flamingos, who came to the zoo to settle down, have missed a breeding period, and I don't know if they can breed this year.

Breeding begins with nesting, but after the flamingo house was built, the keepers did it on behalf of the flamingos.

I specially selected a dozen bags of selenium-rich red clay that is most suitable for their nesting and moved them to a quiet corner behind the island.

The front of this side is not visible, and there is a peep in the back.

Mix the red clay into thin mud, mix it and pile it up into a nest that resembles an inverted basin, with a small pit inside. Flamingo nests are arranged separately, and those who don't know think it's a minefield.

For flamingos in the wild, nesting is to bring up the silt little by little, build a tower shape of 15-45 cm and about 40 cm wide, and put eggs in the pit at the top of the tower, which can prevent the ground from being too hot to bake the eggs, or suddenly rise and flood the eggs.

Although the big flamingo has seen the nest built for them, it has no plans to use it for the time being. It may take a while to adjust.

One tourist asked, "I remember watching a video of flamingos where a large flock walked briskly in one direction in the water, swinging their heads as they went!" ”

Fang Ye smiled: "Coincidentally, the English name of the flamingo is Flamingo, fgo, and the name of the Spanish flamenco dance is the same, and the dance is equally enthusiastic and unrestrained. This behavior generally occurs at the peak of the courtship season! ”

Lin Hao said with great regret: "Eh, it's a pity, I'm going back to school to defend soon, and I can't see them dancing flamenco!" ”

Daigo patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, what's so funny, I'll take a video and send it to the group." ”

Lin Hao: "Okay, thank you! ”

That being said, it's definitely not as good as watching the video in person.

Let's just say that the shocking scene of these big flamingos waving their heads and singing together, standing here in person, watching them spread from a few heads to a piece, listening to this other hustle and bustle being covered up by the noise, the heart is extremely amazed, shocked and magical, how much can the video deliver?

And when you come to the zoo to see the animals, as long as the environment is rich and there are all kinds of abundance, they can show a lot of behavior, full of uncertainty, and this sense of uncertainty is also a kind of surprise.

There are also popular science display boards, and the explanation of the keeper can learn more about the knowledge of animals, which is also very interesting.

Lily remembered something and warned, "Daigo, don't put the video of my head bitten by a pelican in the group!" Hurry up and delete it! ”

Dawu "hehe" said: "Eh, it's better to be happy alone, let's be happy when we watch it together!" ”

Lily looked angry and raised her fist: "Look for a fight!" ”