Pu Luo sniffed, in addition to the smell of cotton itself, there is a little bit of a very faint plant smell on the quilt, this smell is very subtle, it has no specific directionality, but it is like the dew that appears in the verdant world every day, or the most ordinary breath between heaven and earth, you can feel that it is the aroma of plants when you smell it.

Pu Luo took two puffs hard, and it smelled weird.

The next day, however, neither of them had time to wash the covers.

Because the bright physical condition of the black bear these days is really too worrying.

In fact, a week ago, Liang Liang had a decrease in food and activity, and he also showed signs of lack of energy.

But on the whole, the quality is quite healthy. But all of this has been an exponential decline over the past week.

This is not a good sign for animals, especially if Liang Liang is still an old bear.

The bright keeper Xiao Qian has been busy these days, and he has to check the bright video of the previous night as soon as he goes to work.

Bright food and bowel movements are accurately recorded. Even Wang Qiangguo has been summoned several times?

But strangely, whether it is physical performance or the results of the examination of medical devices, there is no obvious indicator abnormality in Liangliang's physical condition.

This undetectable disease situation is even more worrying.

In desperation, the keepers had no choice but to provide Liang Liang with high-energy food while seeking external help.

High-fat nuts, high-sugar fruits, and even beehives have become the daily diet to brighten these days.

At first, Liang Liang was happy to see these foods, and his food consumption increased significantly, but within a few days, his appetite was further reduced, and he even fell asleep while eating.

You know, for a black bear who is energetic, can climb trees, can run long distances, and can swim, it is impossible to fall asleep while eating.

Although the black bear is at the top of the ecological chain, he shares the same land as the Siberian tiger and the brown bear demon king.

When food is scarce, the duo don't mind adding black bears to their recipes as well.

So, it's pretty clear what that means when this happens.

The Daishan Animal Park suddenly presented a gloomy and bleak scene.

Not only the staff, but also some of the old tourists who have been visiting the zoo all year round and have some knowledge of the bright situation also showed sad expressions.

The bright age is already very large, and when converted into the age of human beings, it can already be called a long life, especially when it is young, it has not experienced much scientific care, and this will inevitably have an impact on its lifespan.

To be honest, Liangliang's current lifespan has surprised many experts.

Visitors who heard the news came to the zoo, and although they could not see the light of entering the infield to take care of it, everyone expressed their concern and blessings to it.

The most simple manifestation of everyone's concern is that they brought a lot of Liangliang's favorite food, including home-grown melons and fruits, bought apples, and some people brought Liangliang's famous beer.

Everyone hopes that Liangliang will survive this winter.

In this gloomy and bleak atmosphere, Mr. Wu, a senior black bear breeder from the imperial capital, arrived at the Daishan Animal Park.

"Is there a possibility that it's not aging, but wanting to hibernate?"

Mr. Wu's words made the entire Daishan Animal Park fall into silence.

Whether it was the small money breeder with red eyes, or Lu Wu and Pu Luo who frowned, everyone only had one reaction—huh?

Don't get me wrong, it's not that everyone's professional level is so bad that they forget that black bears hibernate like this, but that in captivity, the probability of black bears hibernation is very low, so low that it can be ignored.

It's easy to understand that black bears hibernate because they eat less food in the winter, and while it's not like black bears can't hunt and they don't mind eating some rotten meat, overall, winter isn't that good for them.

In situations where the consumption of cold is greater than the amount of food consumed, sleeping is a cost-effective decision.

But the black bears in the zoo don't need to be troubled by this problem, except for a very small number of black-hearted zoos that abuse animals. Most zoo bears don't have to worry about not having enough to eat in winter.

On the other hand, hibernation is a very dangerous thing for black bears, because their natural predator, the Siberian tiger, is still alive and kicking while they sleep.

In the wild, black bears will find an absolutely safe place to sleep, and once there is a disturbance, they will immediately abandon the nest and choose another place, but in the animal park, the noise of tourists, the movement of keepers, and the smell of other animals cannot provide such an absolutely safe environment, let alone the brightness of the spring city, even in the animal park further north, there are very few black bears in hibernation.

There is no need, and there is no peace of mind.

In addition, for animal parks, a hibernating bear has no value for exhibiting, so some animal parks will consciously raise the temperature of the habitat in order to prevent the bear from hibernating.

It is precisely because of the "common sense" that this animal park knows that no one thinks of this simplest possibility when there is an abnormality in Liangliang.

"So, what's next for you?" Teacher Wu smiled and asked, "Are you going to let it sleep, or ...?" ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Lu Wu, and then looked at Pu Luo little by little, little by little.

Pu Luo: What are you doing with me? Look at the director: Ah!

He glared back fiercely.

Lu Wu didn't notice the wit of the crowd, and he asked very seriously: "For black bears, is hibernation more beneficial or disadvantageous?" ”

"Well, this one has to be an example." Teacher Wu said with a smile: "Scientists say that 8 hours of sleep is better for the body, but capitalists say that 4 hours of sleep for one person is enough, which do you think is better?" ”

Everyone: "......"

This example is very good, the liver is already hurting, don't mention it next time!

Lu Wu smiled when he heard this, and he bowed to Teacher Wu: "I choose to let Liangliang hibernate, and I also ask Teacher Wu for your advice on how to arrange the environment and how to take care of the hibernating black bear." ”

Chapter 78

"Your previous operation is also crooked, the black bear's daily intake is about 800 kcal, but it is ideal to keep its intake at 20,000 kcal before hibernation and gain about 40 kilograms."

"Huh? Are you all food ready for bears to hibernate with? Why can't you react then? ”

"Mr. Wu, we haven't started to do it yet, we just wanted to try it, and we also wanted to test Liangliang's reaction, but we didn't expect that we didn't do anything, and it was naturally going into hibernation, so we didn't react."

Teacher Wu laughed when he heard this: "It is the bear's instinct to hibernate, as long as the temperature drops and the surrounding environment is suitable, it will naturally enter a state of hibernation." ”

"If you didn't sleep before, but if you sleep this year, it means that you've done your job, and that's a good thing."

"You don't have to worry too much about gaining weight, mammals like black bears and brown bears don't sleep as dead as snakes and turtles when they hibernat, and they wake up to hunt if they use too much energy during hibernation."

Mr. Wu carefully taught the breeders about hibernation of black bears, and took advantage of the opportunity when Liangliang was brought into the infield to take care of them, and he also led everyone around the black bear habitat to guide everyone how to dig holes.

"Black bears usually choose ready-made tree stumps and burrows when they hibernate, of course, if they don't have both, they will also dig holes, the hole mouth is called Tiancang, and the hole mouth is close to the ground is called Jicang, according to our observations, female bears will be more inclined to Tiancang, male bears are both, so you can be ready."

Mr. Wu walked to a sunny slope and stopped, he stepped on the ground under his feet, then raised his eyebrows and began to pull up directly with his bare hands.

"Teacher Wu, we have tools!" The bright keeper Xiaoqian immediately handed over the shovel, and after giving him an appreciative look, Mr. Wu picked up the shovel and began to dig the ground, and after a few strokes, the slightly hard layer of soil on the surface was broken, revealing the brown layer of soil underneath.

Suddenly, seeing that the insects began to flee quickly, Mr. Wu did not shy away from pinching the soil and said: "This soil can, this location is very suitable for Tiancang, make a hole downward, the hole is facing the direction of the sun, so as to keep the inside dry, if the soil layer can not hold up, you can stuff a cement pipe into the bottom, the cement pipe is relatively hydrophobic and absorbent, the temperature change can be synchronized with the soil layer, the bear does not reject this, remember, do not use plastic pipes." ”

The little money keeper immediately made a mark, and Mr. Wu took them a few steps and determined a position, "This is suitable for Tiancang, and the bear sleeps comfortably at this angle." Raise it slightly when doing it and don't let the water run in. ”

A few more steps: "This apricot tree can also make a nest, the apricot tree blooms early in spring, which attracts bees, and the black bear wakes up when it hears the sound of bees flying." ”

"But Mr. Wu, isn't the longer the hibernation, the better? Why should it be placed under the first flowering apricot tree? Xiao Lu probed curiously, and asked timidly.

Seeing this, the two breeders, Xiao Xiao and Xiao Qian, took a step forward, and answered intentionally or unintentionally: "Yes, Teacher Wu, we are also curious about this question." ”

"Don't be nervous," Mr. Wu showed a big smile: "I welcome you to ask questions, it is a good thing to dare to ask, it shows that you are thinking, yes, hibernation is very good for bears, there is now a theory abroad that black bears can slowly repair the damage in the body in the process of hibernation, even including damaged organs can also be repaired, but that must be a relatively healthy black bear with hibernation experience, but you bear one is old, the other has no experience, it is now completely called by instinct to do it ignorantly." , so in the first year it certainly doesn't sleep too well and the repair doesn't work much. ”

"And the key is that its current weight gain effect is not too ideal, waking up early can reduce its consumption, and it can also recover more quickly after waking up, which is beneficial, if your hibernation effect this year is more ideal, you can try to let it enter a deeper hibernation state next year."

It turned out that this was the case, and several breeders were surprised.

Teacher Wu was obviously very happy to see them studying hard, and his guidance was more careful after that, and even taught him the trick of how to adjust the temperature in the backfield to induce the sleepiness of the black bear.

He also went to the ingredient room to look at the bright recipes, and when he saw the serious and rigorous record of the breeder's record manual and the neat sample box, Mr. Wu's eyes lit up, he looked at the small money breeder, and then looked at Lu Wu, who accompanied him throughout the whole process, and couldn't help but rub his hands.

"Xiao Lu, which university are you from this breeder? Do you want to consider coming to the imperial capital to develop? ”

The small money breeder was shocked, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing as being poached in person.

Is it so exciting?

Xiao Qian, who had learned the rhetoric of workplace socialization before employment, is very grateful to his past self at this moment.

If he hadn't studied hard at that time, he wouldn't have known that Mr. Wu's words at the moment were read as "You are a good employee, I want to poach you", which actually meant that "Director Xiao Lu's ability to cultivate talents is very good."

HE IMMEDIATELY COUGHED DRYLY AND STARTED THE TRILOGY RESPONSE MODE: THE FIRST PART, GRATEFUL FOR THE OTHER PARTY'S ATTENTION, BUT HE WAS STILL MADAMADANDANE (FAR BEHIND), MAINLY BECAUSE THE LEADER TAUGHT WELL, AND SECONDLY, HE EXPRESSED HIS LOYALTY TO THE PRINCIPAL (MAINLY XIAOPU, THE DIRECTOR BEHIND THE BURNING EYES), AND FINALLY RECOMMENDED HIS ALMA MATER TO MR. WU, AND ADDED A BUFF TO THE DEAR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

The small money keeper felt that his performance could get a perfect score for the workplace reaction, but he was unexpectedly stabbed in the back by the principal.

"If Mr. Wu appreciates Xiao Qian, when Liang Liang hibernates, can you take him to study for a while?"

Money:!!! Oops, it's useless for me to learn workplace social rhetoric, isn't the principal learning!?

Principal, be sober, people don't really like me, they just build a boasting group, everyone praises each other!

However, what Xiao Qian didn't expect was that Mr. Wu's reaction was to laugh, and he pointed at Lu Wu with his index finger: "Good guy, you are beating snakes with sticks!" You and your mentor are exactly the same! You want me to work part-time! It's okay, when the winter comes, you will let your keeper come to the Imperial Capital Zoo, and I will take him, just in time for you to buy animals from our garden in the spring, just let him get familiar with it first. ”

Money:......

Wait, wait, why did the other party agree?

Also, how was his fate so quickly determined, and no one asked for his opinion?

"Didn't you say that you would like to learn from Teacher Wu if you have the opportunity?" Pu Luo gave him a strange look, then he patted Xiao Qian on the shoulder, realized what was the general comfort: "Ah, don't worry about learning from the director, anyway, you are an employee of our zoo, you can study whenever you want, but there are few opportunities for expatriate learning, come on, Xiao Qian." ”

Little money: "......"

Xiao Qian has been stunned, wait a minute, that's just his politeness!

Xiao Lu patted him on the shoulder enviously and encouraged: "Come on, Qian Yunbai, you strive to steal all the breeding skills of Beidong back!" ”

Inexplicably, Xiao Qian, who felt a heavy burden on his back, muttered: "But I ......"

He also patted a hand on the other shoulder, and the keeper, who had always been silent, earnestly advised: "Learn more, this opportunity is very precious!" ”

Xiao Qian opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head and exhaled, and when he raised it again, his eyes were full of determination: "Don't worry, I will definitely study hard!" ”

The job of a breeder seems simple, but the entry threshold is not high, especially in a private zoo like theirs, where the undergraduate major can be accessed, and even some city corner keepers can be retired uncles and aunts.

But there is a huge barrier between feeding animals and keeping them well.

At present, the animals raised in the zoo are actually some relatively common animals, and the director of Daishan Zoo can also rank among the top in many zoos in terms of the importance of animal welfare, but even so, if they want to evaluate whether they have raised the animals well, no one dares to give a definite answer.

Are the animals happy, is it a short-term happiness, or is it a long-term relaxed and comfortable posture?

Do they feel safe? Is this sense of security given by the fence or felt from the inside out.

Are they happy? Are you happy enough to be willing to bring new life into the world?

And when they do bring new life, can they take on this responsibility with the animals and give happiness to the little ones?

These are unknowns, and no one can rate them, they can only self-reflect and self-analyze again and again.