The leopard pattern guard palace is also known as the "smile guard palace"!

Born with a cute smiling face, it is very likable, and it is also a very common pet guarding the palace.

This orange is an artificially bred good-looking and beautiful mutant strain, the primary color is actually a black spot on a white background, and the black spots look like the spots of a leopard, so it is called a leopard shougong.

There are many leopard shougong variants, orange, albino, high yellow, radish tail, the primary color is relatively rare, and it is not easy to get, and this one can only see some spots on the tail.

Yan Ganghui looked at him from the front, the leopard-print palace guarded the water's big eyes looked at him, his eyes were shining brightly, and he spit out his red tongue, like a husky, smiling silly, very infectious.

And Su Hui looked at it from the side, with slender pupils and slightly raised corners of her mouth, in addition to being cute, she seemed to have a bit of a mysterious and chic and evil feeling, very handsome.

This will tilt its head slightly, looking at the visitors outside.

As if sensing that they were not threatening, he bent his head to his waist again, his tail crossed at his side, and raised one of his front paws, stuck out his little tongue, and licked his fingers carefully.

The little claw is also cute!

The five fingers are distinct and delicate.

The leopard strip will shed its skin every few weeks, because the fingernails are curved, and when they peel, they tend to remain at the ends. If you don't lick it, it will affect blood circulation for a long time.

Some leopard guards are stupid, can't lick and molt, and need the owner's help to clean up.

However, this leopard-print guardian palace is still quite smart, and he knows how to clean.

"Wow~"

Su Hui stared at this leopard-print guard, her face with clear eyebrows, sweet and charming smile, and well-behaved manners, it was like a creature that came out of an anime, which made her feel a heartbeat!

Yan Ganghui couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and take a photo.

Originally, I just thought that I was close to the elephant house, and I was going to walk around casually, and I walked until noon, and I could have a meal by the way in the animal restaurant on the side, but I didn't expect that the reptiles here were quite attractive, and I was fascinated by it at a glance.

Seeing his girlfriend's excited appearance, he was happier than him.

The leopard guard licked his fingers for a while, crawled in the box again, and after moving for a while, he burrowed back behind the shelter of the plants and stones behind him, and went to sleep with his tail crossed.

……

In front of a four-meter-wide display case.

It is also a bottom paved with fine gravel, with a nest of several large stones in the middle, and a few spherical or slender cacti on the side, which looks like a dry desert environment.

A large snake with a black-gray body color and a white pattern on its back, more than a meter long, meandered and crawled on the sand.

It's an eastern diamond-spotted rattlesnake!

The most striking feature is the diamond-shaped white spots on the back, which look like diamonds, so it is nicknamed the diamond rattlesnake.

The flattened triangular head slowly lifted up, spitting out his letter, and climbed onto the stone.

Lying on his stomach with another western diamond-spotted rattlesnake resting his head on a stone plane, he basked in the sun motionlessly.

Yan Ganghui observed its eyes and felt that the snake's expression was very serious: "I feel that this is a poisonous snake!" It looks murderous. ”

Su Hui said: "It looks a little fierce!" ”

Looking at the end of its tail, there are mulberry-shaped white rings, and the white rings are closely arranged.

Sure enough, it was a venomous rattlesnake.

There's a sign on the side of the display case that says a rattlesnake wagging its tail!

It reads: "Want to know the sound of a rattlesnake wagging its tail?" ”

Yan Ganghui curiously pressed the button next to him, and suddenly heard a subtle crisp sound with a very fast frequency of "gala gala gala gala~".

Some of them are rattle toys for babies to play with.

The display board also introduces some knowledge about rattlesnake tails!

The rattlesnake's tail is made of keratin, which is connected like a joint in layers, just like the composition of a human fingernail.

The baby rattlesnake is born with a section, which is unable to make a sound at this time, and will increase by one section when molting.

After there are more rings, and then wagging the tail, the rings rub and collide with each other, and the sound is amplified in the empty shell, and it will make a rattling sound.

When hunting, the muscles on the tail control the ring, and when it feels threatened, it will wag its tail and make a sound to warn.

The study found that the sound of a rattlesnake's tail wagging is not static!

When the threat was first detected as approaching, the frequency of the tail wag was below 40Hz.

Once the initial warning is issued and the threat continues to approach, the rattlesnake will quickly increase the frequency of its tail wag to 60-100 Hz, making it sound louder.

Rattlesnakes themselves do not hear tail wagging sounds, and they rattle their tails to warn threats to stay away from them, not to lure food or communicate with their companions.

However, rattlesnakes in some areas are now starting to stop rattling.

In the town of Sweetwater in the western United States, a slaughter of rattlesnakes is held every year in the name of tradition, using gasoline, iron hooks and other methods to get rattlesnakes out of their nests far away from humans, and cut off their heads and skin.

In order to avoid exposing their tracks to being hunted by humans, rattlesnakes choose not to rattle their tails, which also becomes more dangerous.

"This ......"

Yan Ganghui was a little speechless, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Lu Ye was wandering around the exhibition hall, and Su Hui saw him wearing a uniform, so she was curious and asked, "Hello, how do you usually raise poisonous snakes?" Aren't you afraid of being bitten by snakes? ”

Lu Ye replied with a smile: "Look at our exhibition box, the water basin is placed on this side, and the rock cave entrance is on the other side. When we operate, the snake inside will automatically hide to the other side or the nest to avoid it, as long as there is enough room to maneuver, there is no need to worry. How do you feel? Are you afraid? ”

Su Hui said honestly: "The beautiful snake is okay, the rattlesnake is a little scary!" ”

Lu Ye said: "Actually, rattlesnakes are quite similar to us in some aspects!" Did you know that rattlesnakes also take their children for a walk? ”

Yan Ganghui's eyes widened in surprise: "Huh!?" ”

Lu Ye said: "I am a senior reptile enthusiast, and I used to run all over the world. A few years ago, in the fall of Arizona, when I was picking in the mountains of Huachuka and my friends, I came across a rock rattlesnake that was slipping around.

Several small rattlesnakes were very panicked when they saw us, some began to run away, and some chose to shrink into their mother's arms.

Soon after giving birth, the female rattlesnake was already very deflated, but instead of running away, she stayed where she was, coiled up, and waged her tail very loudly to warn us.

Of course, we didn't bother the family anymore and then withdrew. ”

Yan Ganghui was shocked in his heart, and his impression was subverted.

The previous impression of snakes was that of cold-blooded animals, with no feelings. It seems to be a matter of course.

Now a question arises, is the snake really emotionless?

Su Hui even had some tears in her eyes!

The image of the female snake raising her head, although weak, still trying to wagging her tail and protecting the baby under her was in his mind.

Lu Ye said: "When the rattlesnake becomes an adult, it will also visit its relatives and friends to find relatives. They are also very tolerant, and can accommodate other species of rattlesnakes, non-venomous whipsnakes, etc., to overwinter together in their nests.

Our two rattlesnakes, the eastern and western diamonds, are located in the east and west of the Americas, and they don't usually have much in common, but you see them, don't they also get along very friendly. ”