On this lawn, you can see 4 adult green peacocks.

Two families with their own babies, male peacocks patrol and walk, from time to time raise their heads, left and right.

Green peacocks are wilder, more cautious, and more temperamental than blue peafowls.

Especially during the spring courtship breeding season, the male peacock will chirp loudly every day to confirm each other's territory and attract the female peacock to come.

The green peacock during the breeding period is very territorial, and the young male peacock may enter the domain of other male peacocks and challenge them because of the need to compete for the territory or the right to mate.

When fighting, the two peacocks will pace each other in circles like martial arts masters, flap their wings and wait for an opportunity to jump, peck with their beaks, and attack with a sharp distance behind the appendage until one side admits defeat and leaves.

Therefore, the two male green peacocks, each occupying different territories, usually do not see them in the same frame.

However, peacocks are still social creatures by nature!

When the breeding season is over and the children grow up to a certain age, different peacock families come together again, which can carry out group defense, detect danger warnings, and jointly defend against foreign enemies. They also get close to each other when they sleep.

After combing her feathers, the mother peacock jumped down from the trunk, and the baby peacocks followed suit.

I saw the keeper throw a handful of chopped vegetable leaves and sprinkle them on the grass in front of him, kicking his calves and "swishing" and rushing up to scramble, running as fast as a thief.

The mother peacock walks gracefully and paces unhurriedly.

Fang Ye was also in a good mood when he saw that the little green peacock was healthy and thriving.

"Tsk, this luster of green peacock feathers is really amazing!"

Fan Peng admired, as if he remembered something, picked up his mobile phone, and took two photos with a "click".

Li Xing couldn't take his eyes off it, revealing joy: "The temperament is too elegant." ”

Fang Ye saw the two of them looking at the green peacock with affection, and said with a smile: "Why don't I send you a tail feather of them later?" ”

Li Xing was surprised: "Won't it hurt to pull out the peacock?" No, no, no! ”

Fang Ye and Fan Peng immediately laughed, making Li Xing confused!

Fang Ye explained: "Male peacocks shed their feathers after the breeding period, and blue and green peacocks are the same......

During this time, you can often pick up "big eyes" one by one on the lawn.

During the summer months, the peacock's tail feathers become jagged and shed a lot during this time.

It won't fall all at once, and it won't fall off in turns.

When it is fully grown, it will be the next spring, and when it is time to court, the peacock will show its best state.

Therefore, some zoos sell peacock tail feathers next to the peacock house, which are not torn from the peacock's tail, but fall off naturally, and will not cause harm to the peacock.

He didn't plan to sell souvenirs for the time being, so he gave two to Galaxy University, and kept the rest first.

"Oh~"

After listening to Fang Ye's explanation, Li Xing smiled a little embarrassed!

Originally, I was going to say that this gift was too precious, and I was going to refuse, but since I thought about it, I would moult every year, and finally accepted it.

If you miss this village, you won't have this store.

Fang Ye asked the breeder to take the tail feathers, and Fan Peng took them in his hand and looked at them lovingly.

The tail feathers of the green peacock are as green as jade, and they reflect a layer of elegant and deep gold in the sun, which is very beautiful!

sighed: "The tail feathers of the green peacock, this can be used as an heirloom!" Be sure to keep it safe. ”

Coming out of the Bird Pavilion, Li Xing said, "Yuan Yuan Fang, thank you for the gift, then we'll go?" I'm going back to modulate the audio and try to get the two gibbons on a blind date as soon as possible. ”

"Is it in such a hurry? Have you booked your flight back? ”

"I haven't bought it yet! Before I came, I didn't expect to record a love song so smoothly. ”

Fang Ye warmly invited: "Then don't be in such a hurry, how about taking a hot spring, the hot spring hotel in our zoo is well received by tourists." By the way, let's talk about the story of the gibbon. ”

Fan Peng was shocked, what kind of zoo is this, how can there even be a hot spring!

When chatting on WeChat, I thought Fang Ye was joking.

Hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "No, no, it's okay to talk about the story of the gibbon, it's really okay to soak in the hot springs." ”

Coming to the reception room and sitting on the sofa, Fang Ye took a jar of rice wine from the Xiaoice box and said with a smile: "I brewed it myself, try it!" ”

Pour a glass for several people.

Li Xing took a sip and felt that the taste was fresh and fragrant, with a faint aroma of wine, cool and pleasant, and his mood seemed to be much brighter!

Praised: "It's delicious!" ”

Fan Peng took a sip of rice wine, opened the conversation, and spoke slowly.

After graduating with a doctorate, he was ready to study the evolutionary history of gibbon mates, and chose the white-browed gibbon as the research object, and he studied for more than ten years.

Studying the white-browed gibbons in Gaoligong Mountain, it was found that there was no white-bearded eastern white-browed gibbon, is this a variation of the individual, or is it a difference in the group?

Further research has determined that they have obvious differences from Eastern White Eyebrows in terms of morphology, genetics, teeth and many other aspects, and it is necessary to give them a new name.

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that I wanted to come up with a bright name, to make a splash, and attract more people to this species.

In the end, he took a very cool name, Skywalker, Skywalker.

First of all, gibbons are typical arboreal animals that live in trees all their lives, and gibbons in the wild do not descend trees.

"Skywalkers" is a good description of their behaviour in the canopy of trees, their flexible posture of walking and moving on trees.

You can also rub off on the popularity of the legendary Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" and attract attention from the world.

In Chinese, there is a famous saying such as "Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement", Taoism is about the laws of nature, which is very consistent with the current ideas of wildlife protection and environmental protection.

On the other hand, gibbons have never quarreled with the world and never harmed crops, and have been considered "gentlemen" since the Han and Tang dynasties, and also hope that this species can continue to improve itself and survive tenaciously in nature.

Fang Ye nodded and said, "It's indeed a good name!" When I heard it, I felt very inspiring! ”

Then, Fan Peng talked about some things he encountered on the way to research.

When I first went to study them, I didn't know anything about them, I didn't know where they were, how many there were.

In the 90s of the last century, his teacher had a survey on white-browed gibbons, which estimated that there were about 50-100 groups and 200 individuals, but the survey was not very comprehensive. It would be a trip with supplies on mules and horses, food was limited, and many remote places could not be reached.

When he first started his research, he conducted a comprehensive investigation of the places where there might be white-browed gibbons, and found only 30 groups, and 8 or 9 groups were added through interviews with people who heard tweets, and optimistically estimated that there were less than 200 individuals.

Some of the places where there were records are gone, and only 10 groups have been found in places where more than 20 groups have been recorded, and many small populations have been partially extinct, and the rate of population decline is very obvious.