"This water-avoiding golden-eyed beast in Journey to the West should be a hippopotamus!"

"Wow, pigs can fly!"

"Elegance never goes out of style!"

"I've always wondered why it's not called a river pig, it's called a hippopotamus! It doesn't look like a horse at all. ”

"Then think about seahorses, they don't look like horses."

“…… I was speechless! ”

The tourists were all talking with great interest.

It is also an interesting experience to watch such a fat man weighing two or three tons flying lightly in the water.

Some children excitedly shouted to their parents: "Ma Ma! Hemp! Take a picture of me! ”

While chasing the hippopotamus, he motioned for the parents to take a photo with the hippopotamus as the background.

Mom smiled: "I patted it!" ”

The keeper also came to the underwater corridor and explained to nearby tourists with a headset: "Is the hippopotamus a horse living in the river or a pig?" Actually, it's neither! Hippos are actually distant relatives of whales. ”

Tang Xiaoxin was surprised: "Huh? ”

Looking at the hippopotamus's chubby and round body and short limbs, it feels credible to say that it is a relative of a pig, and it is too far from a whale! I can't hit it with eight poles.

The breeder smiled: "Isn't it a little unexpected?" Once upon a time, hippos and whales had the same ancestor, and in the long process of evolution, some of them adapted to life in the sea and became whales, and those who were more adapted to life on land became hippos.

The most direct similarity between hippos and whales as relatives is that although they can dive, they must breathe at the surface and cannot breathe underwater!

The hippopotamus' eyes, nose, and ears are almost all grown on the top of the head, almost on the same plane. In addition, its nostrils and ear holes have a set of musculature that acts as a valve and is flexible.

Usually hippos will submerge their whole body in the water, leaving only their ears, eyes and nostrils out of the water, so that they can not only breathe normally, but also detect danger in time without being detected by the enemy.

When the hippopotamus dives into the water, this 'valve' automatically closes, closing the nostrils and ear holes, like a waterproof cover, firmly blocking the water, ensuring that the nostrils and ear holes are clean and not a drop of water enters.

Generally, every three to five minutes, you will come up to take a breath, and you can dive underwater for up to half an hour!

And underwater, the enclosed blowholes can emit 'buzzing' and 'tick-tock' sounds, in this way, hippos can communicate with their companions, the sound can be far away, and contain a lot of information, such as location, territorial boundaries, nearby resources, etc.

This way of communication is similar to that of whales. ”

After listening to the explanation, the surrounding tourists let out a burst of exclamations.

"Wow~"

"Never thought about how they breathe underwater! What a special animal! ”

"Half an hour of diving, this lung capacity is large enough!"

"The fact that the hippopotamus is related to the whale is really shocking to my mother for a whole year!"

The keeper said: "So although hippos always stay in the water, they can only dive, not swim!"

By pedaling the bottom of the river, jumping forward, it is better to say that it is swimming than walking in the water, so you can pay attention to it. ”

Tang Xiaoxin cast her eyes on the water, which was just about to go to the water to ventilate!

I saw it float to the bottom of the stone cliff on the shore, stretched out its limbs like an anchor to fix its body, squatted down a little, and then the two front feet first lightly, and then the back legs kicked hard!

The huge body suddenly flew up lightly and floated towards the water.

On the stone cliff, the forelimbs were gently pulled twice, and they went forward to the shallow water, where they could only faintly see their buttocks.

"Oh!!"

"That's amazing!"

Doodoo would remain silent, all the way underwater, lying on a rock, as if sleeping.

Tang Xiaoxin looked at its comfortable appearance, and even felt a little envious!

It should be a comfortable thing to be able to bathe in the cool water all the time in the hot summer, and it is really enjoyable.

Chubby floated to the surface of the water and changed his breath, and walked lightly on the stone cliff.

Suddenly I stepped on the air!

Looked a little panicked, his head shook on the surface of the water, and slowly sank, four little short legs swayed violently in the water, and his body twisted around!

"Wow!"

When the tourists saw Chubby's panicked and struggling appearance, they also exclaimed nervously!

However, Chubby twisted his body and adjusted the angle, and his body became parallel to the bottom of the water, and he became much calmer.

Slowly descend to the bottom of the water and take a relaxing stroll.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaoxin breathed a sigh of relief, showed a relaxed smile, and applauded happily: "Great!" ”

The underwater behavior of the hippopotamus is indeed interesting and charming!

The two watched here with relish for a long time.

……

After a day at the zoo, I was satisfied!

When I walked to the small farm, I found that on the fence, there were many children squatting on the grass, gently touching the fluffy rabbits.

Sheared alpacas stroll leisurely around the playground.

After such a long time, Brother Aotian has also regained his former temperament, and he will stay in the corner, with unruly bangs, and look like he is deeply thinking about the philosophy of sheep life.

Qian Keke smiled and waved his hand to greet: "Brother Aotian! ”

Brother Aotian turned his head to look at them, and then turned his head away with disdain.

In the rice field on the side of the road, the ears of rice have also turned golden yellow, and they look like they are falling heavily.

Tang Xiaoxin looked at the rice field, looking for the rice he had planted at the beginning, and said happily: "Wow, it grows so strong!" I think it's almost harvested! ”

Qian Keke looked forward to it: "I don't know how it tastes, wait until I harvest the pot rice to eat!" ”

Before the two left, they went to the souvenir shop again!

Seeing the crane-themed stationery gift bag placed in a prominent position at the door, his eyes suddenly straightened.

The students in the school before, who used this set of stationery, were so envious that no student could resist the love for this exquisite stationery!

What's more, the two are still big fans of the zoo, and one of the goals of coming to the zoo today is to buy a set of stationery.

Hurriedly one person first picked up a gift bag, Meizizi, and continued to look at other new souvenirs.

was picking out a souvenir, Tang Xiaoxin felt something at her feet.

Subconsciously looked down and saw that it was a fluffy brown rabbit! Jumping forward, he ran away.

Suddenly his eyes widened in surprise: "Huh? ”

The rabbit saw a lot of fluffy animal puppets on a nearby shelf, and jumped up, motionless and pretending to be puppets.

However, the young lady in the breeder's clothes came over, looked down, and reached out to pick it up.

Ruthless Iron Hand!

The rabbit was very well-behaved when he was picked up, and he didn't resist, so he was taken away.

When Qian Keke saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing: "Haha, the prison escape failed!" ”

Tang Xiaoxin thought it was very interesting: "There are no rabbit puppets in the souvenir shop at all, it's not like you can see through it at a glance." ”