"During the courtship process, male penguins attract females both visually and audibly.

The first is to swing your head and shake your head from side to side, which is not only to declare the ownership of the territory to other males, but also to attract passing girls.

When female penguins seem to be showing signs of excitement, they will take advantage of the victory to chase after them, making a donkey call and singing a romantic love song.

If the female penguin agrees to the courtship, the two penguins will bend down together, as if we humans were jutting each other, thus confirming the partnership. ”

"It's fun!"

Liu Wei listened to these penguins make donkey calls again, and he felt different!

I used to think it was noisy and noisy, but now I hear a bit of romance.

It's a lifelong event, can you not work hard?

The penguins are also unabashedly about their feelings, a penguin cry just fell, and a high-pitched donkey barked, for fear that their cry would be small, and the girl would fall in love with others.

Then a group of penguins all chirped together, and the sound merged into a sea of donkey calls, which was very lively.

Because of their noisy shouts, the whole exhibition area seems to come alive and full of life.

The penguin walks with fun and funny appearance, swaying and taking small broken steps, and jumping on two feet when it encounters steps.

With wings dangling at his sides, he looked as if he was walking around the living room in a dressing gown with big sleeves and slippers.

Amamiya said, "We have a zoo in Hokkaido where there is a penguin parade, and the penguins walk in a row in the snow, which is fun. ”

Liu Wei said: "The red pandas here sometimes come out for a walk, and they are also very cute!" ”

When a visitor heard their discussion, he immediately asked the keeper expectantly, "By the way, do we have any parade shows for these penguins?" ”

The keeper explained: "Well, there is a plan! However, the weather is still relatively hot, and if you go out on the road, your feet may be burned on the hot ground, and it is not suitable for you to go out for a walk.

You see, in our pavilion, they are all put ice cubes, and there are water mist devices, and the water is poured on the stones to cool down.

There is a slide in the exhibition area, which allows the penguins to slide into the water, but they are not taken out because of the hot weather.

When the temperature drops in autumn, you may be able to see them out for a walk. ”

Amamiya was surprised: "Wow, it's really hard!" ”

Liu Wei smiled: "Indeed! I originally thought that the job of the keeper was to shovel and feed it, but after a few visits to the zoo, I knew that this is actually very particular, not that you can do it casually. ”

A penguin came to the edge of the broad stone, the soles of its feet on the edges, leaned forward slightly, and adjusted its posture.

Then he spread his wings, lowered his head, and fell naturally from the stone, plunged into the water, and made a splash.

It looks a little clumsy on the shore, but as soon as you enter the water, your swimming posture becomes agile and graceful!

The soles of the feet are placed behind them and raised like the tail of a fish, and the thin wings are spread back, sliding forward a few meters at once.

With a tapered head, smooth skin, and a streamlined body, it has almost no resistance when swimming, and it looks like a small plane in the water.

Gently swing your wings and swim leisurely in the water.

Sometimes staggered with their companions, sometimes surfaced, and some swim sideways, showing their white bellies to tourists.

Someone asked curiously, "Are penguins birds?" ”

Tourists immediately began to talk: "Birds, right? ”

Amamiya thought for a moment and said, "It should be a bird, right?" But looking at it swimming, it looks a bit like a fish. ”

Liu Wei said: "The fish is too outrageous, it should be regarded as a beast!" ”

The keeper and other tourists discussed it and said with a smile: "Penguins have beaks, wings, and feathers, and the breeding method is to hatch eggs, of course they are birds!" ”

Everyone was surprised: "Huh? ”

"Is there a feather, isn't this body of skin?"

The keeper said, "Although the penguin's body looks smooth, it actually has feathers!" It's just that in order to facilitate swimming, the feathers grow very obediently against the body.

I have penguin feathers on me, which I picked up when I was cleaning, so you can take a look. ”

The feather was raised, and everyone looked up, and the white feathers were small and fluffy.

"Let's take a look at the edge of the pool and look for it! Sure you can find it.

And when they come ashore, keep an eye on the penguin, which is turning its head and grooming its feathers.

The penguin's way of walking is more peculiar, its leg posture is like our human squatting horse step, wrapped in fat, giving people a feeling of being relatively short, and it can't fly, it does not look like a bird, and it is easy for everyone to misunderstand. ”

At this time, a keeper wearing rain boots came out of the back house, holding an iron bucket.

"It's time to eat!"

Take some fish out of the bucket and throw them into the water.

The penguins are boiling!

The penguins in the water were still swimming leisurely just now, and they sprinted very quickly at this time!

Predict in advance where the fish will fall, and as soon as the fish touches the water, a penguin's head pokes out and swallows it in one gulp.

The penguins on the shore will also be like dumplings, and they can't wait to jump into the water "poof, puff, puff", stirring up white waves.

The surface of the water was stirring for a while, and the splash of the water slapped against the large boulder on which the penguin had just stood, like the waves crashing against the cliff.

There are also penguins, because they fight for fish, they peck each other with their mouths, roll up and down in the water and entangle, and then separate for a while.

Tourists let out a burst of exclamations.

"Wow, swim so fast!"

"Look, those two are fighting!"

Spot-billed ringed penguins have a lively and active personality, and it is common for them to fight.

Especially when it's time to start eating, there will definitely be a fight.

The keeper outside was in front of the glass curtain wall, carefully observing, and took out a notebook to record something!

After a while, the penguins finish their fish and continue to swim leisurely in the water, or return to the shore to sing love songs and rest on the edge of the ice.

The keeper put away the book and explained: "Just now because I had to count how many fish they have eaten, I didn't bother to talk to everyone, otherwise I would be distracted when I spoke." ”

"Wow, there are so many penguins, how can you tell the difference? Can you count them? ”

"The colored rings at the base of the penguin's wings are called wing bands! This is their business card, generally the male wears it on the right side, and the female wears it on the left, and there are different color combinations, which is to distinguish by this. It's also our job to keep track of what we eat.

Penguin's food is fresh small yellow croaker. Every day we have to pick the fish first, the color is golden, the more elastic will be fed, the color is dark, there is no elasticity of the fish, the nutrient loss may be more, this fish will not be fed.

It is also necessary to deal with it, remove the gills and intestines of the fish, and when removing it, the body of the fish cannot be broken, it must be a complete one, otherwise the penguin may hurt the esophagus if it eats it. ”