Chapter 621 Native Exhibition Area Design
In the rescue center of the zoo, sometimes some animals that are seriously disabled and cannot be released can also be put into the local exhibition area.
However, the rescue center has not encountered a situation where it cannot be released!
Either the injuries are too serious and they die directly, and the rest are actively helping them to heal and recover.
Fang Ye saw a news in the last two days that a zoo rescued a snow leopard, obviously there was no problem with his health, and after a while, he was directly ready to put it on display in the park.
He also said unashamedly, "Our park simulates the wild living environment of snow leopards, and specially installs air conditioning for snow leopards to simulate the characteristics of rocky and snow-capped mountains in the snow leopard habitat, create a living atmosphere, and greatly improve the welfare of snow leopards." ”
The snow leopard originally lived well in the wild, and the vast snow-capped mountains were its territory, making it seem that people were very rare and air-conditioned? There is also a snow mountain sticker posted on the back of the exhibition hall, which is the so-called "simulated snow mountain environment"?
Fortunately, netizens actively reported it, the Forestry Bureau investigated, and after two days, the zoo could only release the snow leopard.
This kind of behavior is very despicable.
A real zoo: It integrates many functions of entertainment, breeding, rescue, scientific research, conservation and education, so that visitors can improve environmental protection and animal protection awareness while physically and mentally entertaining and relaxing, and strive to build a better earth.
Fake zoos: Doing business under the slogan of protecting animals and abducting rare wild animals.
Far from it.
What the local exhibition area wants is to be down-to-earth, and animals that are too precious are not suitable.
For example, if you get a tiger or something, tigers used to be so widely distributed that they did leave traces in the sea a long time ago, but they disappeared for so long, and as an animal display in the rural area, it may not resonate with tourists.
Because when investigating wild boars before, the infrared cameras arranged in various nearby villages, after Wang Yan and his colleagues, probably figured out which animals were infested nearby.
You can choose from one of these animals.
Fang Ye also had a lot of thoughts before, and quickly settled on the wild boar, red fox, raccoon dog, porcupine, and otter, and then slowly expanded later.
Starting from a small farm, the local exhibition area was built, and a vacant area behind it could just be used.
There should be a pond in the local exhibition area, and the smaller one on the edge of the field should be replaced with a larger pond, and then a large area of reeds planted on the edge can not only create a rural atmosphere, but also attract more native birds.
In addition to pond reeds, some native trees represented by oak trees and crops such as peanuts, corn, and sweet potatoes are planted to enrich the local landscape, and these crops are also the favorite food of wild boars and porcupines!
The presence of these crops can help visitors better understand why these native animals live here, and it is precisely because of the large-scale reclamation of farmland and wasteland that the habitat of the animals has been reduced and fragmented, so that their lives have been affected.
The local exhibition area not only displays the native animals, but more importantly, tells visitors how they used to be, what the current situation is, how people get along with them, and why there are such changes, so that the theme of the countryside is reflected, otherwise it is no different from other animal exhibition areas.
With a general idea, let's design the otter pavilion first.
Originally, it was considered that otters and gibbons would be mixed, but the gibbon exhibit and the ring-tailed lemur exhibit were next to each other, and a section of the moat around the island was shared.
So let's put them in the local exhibition area, otters are also very attractive animals, worth showing!
The environment in which the otter is displayed must have a clean water environment!
Therefore, the exhibition area is dominated by water, with ponds and streams, and pebbles at the bottom of the water.
In addition to streams, a variety of bedding materials on the ground are also important, dry sandy areas, humus areas, sawdust leaf litter, rocks, branches, and some large tree trunks, the rocks enrich the environment, and at the same time provide shelter for otters, and hollow trunks can burrow into them to sleep.
Intricate branches, otters can burrow into it, hide, lie on it, rest, tickle on it, tear wood chips to play.
There are small islands in the middle of the pond, connected by large trunks and small branches.
Otters can swim ashore from the water or walk over tree trunks.
The underwater behavior of the otters is also very interesting!
Therefore, the exhibition area is designed like a hippopotamus pavilion, and through the glass curtain wall, you can observe them jumping up and down from tree trunk in the water, and swimming flexibly and freely.
One shallow water, one deep water, for otters to choose freely.
Only when the environment is rich enough can animals make more expressions.
Visitors can also observe the different postures of otters in the water, deep and shallow waters.
As for the wild boar exhibit, the wild boar likes to live in the understory, using trees and shrubs to shelter from the wind and rain. In addition to shrubs, pigs also like to roll mud ponds, which are also a natural barrier to block UV rays and prevent mosquito bites.
Although pigs like to roll in mud ponds and are dirty, contrary to the impression of ordinary people, they are very clean animals!
Black Whirlwind: During their time at the zoo rescue center, they used to poop in a fixed corner of the cage when they went to the toilet.
Therefore, in addition to all kinds of trees, mud ponds where you can roll and play, there is also a stream of water in the wild boar exhibition area, which can wash the body and wash the food.
Wild boars usually use their noses to shave in the field, and the ground of the playground needs to be soft soil bedding.
Visitors need to have an awning to stay in front of the exhibition hall to prevent the sun from getting burned.
The awning can be made into an environment similar to that of a small farm yard for loofahs, with gaps between the planks at the top, like climbing frames, and plants can climb up along them.
Climbing to the top in this way is completely covered, not only is it green, but also has a rustic atmosphere, and tourists have a stronger sense of immersion.
It doesn't have to be a loofah, eggplant, morning glory or something can be.
Fang Ye designed it for a long time!
Some people are not satisfied, and feel that the environment of the exhibition area is not very natural.
But I'm not in a hurry, and the details are slowly adjusted.
It's a bit like a chef cooking, making a braised pork, returning to the pot meat, these use a lot of seasonings, and the dishes that have been cooked for a long time can be made delicious.
But the most technical test is the simple vegetarian dish of fried shredded potatoes.
Cutting potatoes into thin strips, stir-frying, and time control require solid cooking skills to do well.
As soon as the Yin and Yang Taiji diagram of the Giant Panda Pavilion was swinged, everyone could see that it was powerful, high-end and high-grade, and praised it in unison.
The simple theme of the local exhibition area needs to be designed with a sense of proportion, moisturizing things silently, and walking can give people the feeling of playing in the countryside with their friends and accidentally encountering animals living here.