All the work of the male mandarin duck is over in □□, and the follow-up whether it is incubating eggs and brooding, all are grasped by the female, so the question arises, what is the male doing when the female is incubating the eggs? They are busy shedding their brilliant feathers.

After all, flamboyant feathers are also considered to be a talisman in nature.

In fact, this kind of parenting method is not all because all male mandarin ducks are negative people, but rather, the degree of responsibility of males for children is actually determined by the difficulty of parenting.

Mandarin duck chicks are early chicks like chickens and ducks, they are fully developed as soon as they come out of the eggs, can eat and walk, and have little dependence on their parents, while pigeons, woodpeckers, and house swallows are late chicks that need to be fed uninterrupted after hatching, so they need both parents to raise their children together.

His head hurt from the noise of the chicks begging for food, and as soon as he looked out, he saw a bunch of open beaks urging him to fairly and justly feed these abyssal giant birds that seemed to have bottomless pit stomachs, and now it fell to Lu Wu and Pu Luo.

Previously, out of sympathy, Lu Wu adopted the nest of brown-headed finch eggs parasitized by cuckoos and put them in the incubator to incubate, and now, these little brown-headed finches have been successfully hatched and are coming out of their shells one after another.

If it's just these chicks, it's actually fine, but I don't know what's going on, this year's confused bird parents are particularly numerous, and the baby season has just begun, and the chicks will fall to the ground like rice balls.

I haven't seen any extreme weather!

Daishan Zoo is a nearby wildlife rescue center, and recently the zoo publicity is also in place, and those who pick up birds nearby are sent to the zoo, because of the shuttle, the fallen birds of Mount Tai are also sent to their zoos.

Pu Luo: Filled with chirping and gradually overwhelmed.jpg

Pu Luo: Feeding hands, trembling slightly.

If this is bearable, the next thing is to step on his bottom line.

One sunny day, a group of young men with bright eyes and embarrassed eyes knocked on the door of the principal's room after being beaten by Tarzan.

"Teacher, this is the egg we picked up on the ground of Mount Tai, a few of them have been broken, and these few are still good, do you think they can be saved?"

"We also took pictures of the scene, searched the neighborhood, and didn't find their parents before picking them up."

"Teacher, what kind of bird's egg is this, I've never seen such a standard oval shape."

Lu Wu was silent for a while, he took the eggs with both hands, and his expression was rare serious: "This ...... It's rare. ”

"Oh oh oh!" The students were excited, their eyes full of anticipation. ”

Pu Luo was also moved by this atmosphere, and curiously put down the tweezers and chirped chicks and walked over.

Hey? For some reason, he always felt that this egg was a little familiar.

Lu Wu said slowly: "Birds' eggs are soft in the bird's belly and are squeezed, and they are generally one big and the other small, and it is rare to have such a symmetrical ellipse. ”

The students listened attentively: "Uh-huh! ”

"The most important thing is that most of the eggs are hard and brittle, and this one is a little soft...... You can touch it, is there a feeling of resilience? ”

The students started one after another: "Yes, yes, we just thought it was strange, is it because the bird has just laid eggs?" ”

Lu Wu said slowly: "No, because these are not bird eggs, they are reptilian eggs, and most likely snake eggs." ”

The students froze, the students stiffened, and the students took three steps back together, revealing a look of avoidance of Lu Wu and the egg in his hand.

Lu Wu was unaware of this and even wondered: "But although this season is the □□ season of snakes, it shouldn't be possible to lay eggs so early." That's why I said, it's rare. ”

The students couldn't take it anymore and they broke down and shouted, "Principal!!" You have to say this earlier! ”

Chapter 115

"Although we have tried, it is true that things are a little uncontrollable."

On an ordinary afternoon, the happiest time before leaving work, Pu Luo announced the bad news: "Only me and the director can't keep busy, so if you have experience, can you help, of course, the zoo will pay overtime." ”

Employees understand this – anyone who sees the horrible number of chicks in the director's office can do so.

Birds have a short digestive tract, especially chicks, and they have to be fed every hour or so.

Artificial brooding is not just about feeding, but also about cleaning the nest after the birds have eaten and drunk and shut up, and they have to clean their nests, change the bedding, weigh their bodies and prepare for their next meal -- not all chicks eat bugs, many eat the semi-digestibles of their parents.

Even the chicks that eat insects are not so easy to deal with, because birds have no teeth, they eat food hard, which means that many insects are still alive when they reach the digestive organs of birds, and they will naturally fight to the death to bite a few bites.

Neither of these adult birds is a painless bite that can be fatal to the chicks, so the insect's head must be carefully cut off before feeding, and the thought of this process can make the scalp tingle.

Not to mention that in order to make the chicks nutritionally balanced, the zoo has to find ways to buy all kinds of insects and feed them in different patterns.

The big ones are fine, but the smaller ones like the cherry red cockroaches move so fast that it's a keeper's nightmare.

The only consolation is that most chicks don't ask for food at night, just eat before bedtime, which is much better than many mammals.

However, this does not mean that the breeders have nothing to do at night, no matter how smart the incubator is, it cannot imitate the parents' hairy belly, no matter how accurate the human data is, it cannot compare with the parents' understanding of the needs of their children, and like humans, the night is the weakest time for the nestlings, a little relaxed, even if the rescue is too late the next day, so even at night, it is necessary to get up every 2 or 3 hours to check it.

So after seeing a litter of chicks being sent to the zoo, the keepers were ready for a long time, but they didn't expect the director and Mr. Xiaopu to hold on for so long, and they didn't ask for help until now.

"I've already told my family that we can start at any time, but are the chicks moving out, director?"

In order to facilitate the care, Lu Wu put the nest of brown-headed Yafinch eggs in the principal's office, and because they were there, after picking up the chicks, those chicks were also placed in the principal's office, and before I knew it, the director's office had become a big bird's nest, and one after another incubators were stuffed in various places instead of reference materials and documents.

"If you move it, it's a big project...... "The employees sighed as they looked at the spectacular interior.

"If you don't move it first, there may be surprises in the process of moving and powering off." Lu Wu had obviously already thought about this problem: "You can sleep in my bed in the principal's office, and I will go to his room with Teacher Xiaopu." ”

All:...... Ga?

With some sighs of impermanence in the world, Pu Luo said: "There is no way, now the director and I can only climb the window." ”

The unwitting breeders quacked and exchanged the experience of climbing the window with Pu Luo, and the atmosphere was full of the happiness of straight men, while Lu Miaomiao, who was currently the only one who knew, cast his condemning eyes on Lu Wu.

Principal, doesn't your conscience hurt?

First of all, Mr. Xiaopu moved to the principal's office in order to make room for the swallows, and bought a double bed for this, and then, now the principal's office can't sleep, so shouldn't you two go to live in a hotel or something? Why did you go back to Teacher Xiaopu's room again?

So swallow hatching eggs is really an excuse, right?

Swallows have been with people for thousands of years, and I have never heard that swallows are afraid of people!

Lu Wu's face remained unchanged, and he bowed slightly at Xiaolu's keeper and said: "By the way, there are about 10 keepers in this year's Spring Recruitment Zoo. ”

"Most animal-related majors such as animal feed and animal nutrition, animal husbandry engineering technology, and animal science are available, and talents who plan to develop in zoo design positions are in urgent need. ”

"Wow! There's a new person! The keepers immediately forgot the previous topic, and the whole body was full of happiness, and the whole body was filled with the happiness that the work pressure was about to be shared, and some of them directly took out their mobile phones and asked: "Director, how much does our zoo pay for salary?" I'm going to ask my mentor. ”

"It still depends on the professional situation, and we can talk about this when the time comes." Lu Wu whispered, "By the way, if there are new people joining, the positions of the teachers will also be transferred and adjusted, and after this wave of fledgling season has passed in a few days, Teacher Xiaopu and I will talk to you about career planning and tendencies, if you have any ideas, you can also tell me at that time." ”

This is the idea of getting promoted and raising salaries and adjusting posts.

The keepers secretly poked and exchanged a look, but they soon realized that something was wrong, why was there no medicine in the positions that the director just mentioned?

At present, there are only two licensed veterinarians in the zoo, the director himself and Wang Qiangguo, but one of them is the director who is mainly responsible for administrative work, and the other is half of the veterinarian who focuses most of his mind on human medicine.

"Director, aren't we going to recruit veterinarians?" The little money keeper spoke weakly.

"It's hired, but I've already found a good employee, and I'm waiting for a reply from the other party." Lu Wu obviously did not intend to say more on this topic: "This position is to be determined first, and others can be recruited first, by the way, if there are special animal breeding or wild animal breeding and conservation personnel, regardless of the degree." ”

"Ah, then I have someone I'd like to recommend,...... Well, but he doesn't necessarily want to go to work. The little money keeper hesitated and raised his hand: "Principal, do we have a special position?" ”

"We can make concessions to talents." Lu Wu looked up at him deeply, "Can I ask what it is?" ”

"He's mainly a two-reptile one," Xiao Qian said hesitantly, "Well, head, can you borrow a step to speak?" ”

Lu Wu glanced at him and agreed, so the two of them moved out of everyone's sight, and when Xiao Qian came back, his expression was a lot easier, obviously, he got the result he wanted.

Pu Luo looked at Xiao Lu, who had no change in his eyes, and was a little curious, but in front of everyone, he didn't ask anything, but discussed the work of the next few days with everyone, and then kindly disbanded the team half an hour before leaving work.

"The people Xiao Qian knows are relatively early folk reptile enthusiasts and breeders." In the evening, while inspecting the zoo, Lu Wu explained to Pu Luo: "In the early days, there were quite a lot of such non-governmental organizations, and at that time, the state did not have any policy for the protection of wild animals, nor did it have any laws and controls. ”

"Whether it is curiosity, love, profit and money, many of them have become pioneers and pioneers in animal research and reproduction, and even broke through many technical problems, and the materials they left behind have also become important references for many animal protection, and even the BBS they wrote back then, Tieba, every success and failure, their contributions to magazines, and even their very existence is the guiding star of many young people."

Pu Luo tilted his head to look at him, obviously talking about such a bright topic, but Lu Wu did not have a trace of happiness on his face.

"However, the times will change, with the improvement of the system, the communication and exchange of information in the world, more and more people understand that many of our 'taken for granted' before actually hurt a lot of animals we love."

"They are able to cross continents and oceans to get to the pet market here, completely in exchange for the lives of their kind, and because of the high rate of attrition, they can sell for a high price, and these high prices can motivate merchants to catch more species in the wild."

"Lovers get pets, merchants get money, only they themselves get the havoc."

"Basically, many 'enthusiasts' keep saying that they have broken through the breeding problem, but no matter how much they break through, the more is only the number of pets in the hands of the player, and there is no improvement in this group and their wild conditions, and even because of their so-called 'professional' and pioneering, the number of this species in the wild has decreased sharply."

Lu Wu sat sideways on the stump-shaped stool for the tourists to rest, his slender legs were spread apart, half of his body was hiding in the shadows, and half of his face bathed in moonlight could not see his expression clearly, "I know this because...... I used to be such a player. ”

Pu Luo's eyes widened slightly, and his expression made Lu Wu chuckle: "I entered the market quite early, and I also made some fame in the field I am interested in, and the varieties I have cultivated are still star varieties in this field until now, and even at that time, foreign players came to buy them, I used to be very proud, until I learned that the population of that species has shrunk by one-third because of human wild harvesting." ”

"When the news came, they said that we didn't know either, that the main fault was the businessman, the capital, the foreign breeder, and they excused me and defended me, but I knew very well that I was also one of the driving forces."

"Not knowing does not mean that there is no sin."

"They call us pioneers in the pet industry, but in reality, we are sinners in animal protection." The breeze stirred the clouds, the man's expression could no longer be hidden, and the pain and guilt in those dark eyes condensed into frost, "So, what I am doing now is just atonement." ”

"Some of the seniors went to the front line of wildlife protection."

"Some seniors learn professional knowledge and participate in the breeding and release of species."

"Some of the predecessors are committed to science popularization and error correction, trying to make them have a better life when they have become pets, and pass on more correct knowledge to their owners."

"Of course, there are also people who are still addicted to that market, from 'hobbyists' to 'breeders'." Lu Wu hooked the corners of his mouth and said with some sarcasm: "...... When hobbies become careers, when money, family, and desires become bigger and bigger, the bottom line is nothing more than a yarn that can be crossed at will, and the means they despised in the past, and the operations they despised in the past have now become ordinary things that can be compromised for profit. ”

"Teacher Xiaopu, the zoo is running very well, and now it is getting better and better."

"Say, will I be like them?"

"Will there come a time when the animals that come here will no longer be animals, but numbers, and I will keep the animals that can be released in the wild for the sake of business efficiency, and I will endlessly breed valuable species, and I will sell wild animals to private individuals, and even use their fur and bones as a business?"

Pu Luo looked at him quietly, the zoo was so quiet in the night, that even the frogs, who had been noisy for weeks, had lost interest in communicating.

They all seemed to be waiting for Pu Luo's answer.

"Knock Knock"

"Knock knock."

Pu Luo heard this voice clearly, it was the heartbeat of the director, and it was also the heartbeat of this zoo.

It was so loud that it seemed to make the land tremble.

It's so small that it can be lost in a single thought.

"Then, let me be your safety rope." Pu Luo stood in front of him and raised his hand at him: "Lu Wu, I will not be wronged, I will not give you a chance to correct yourself, if you become what I don't know, then I will definitely not love you anymore." ”

"As you who killed my lover, I would be cruel to you."

"I will not hesitate to part with you, tear up our contract, expel you from this zoo, and make you lose everything you care about, and have nothing like a lost dog, so, are you ready to come to your senses?"

Lu Wu didn't speak, the shaking leaves hid his expression, Pu Luo didn't urge, he just waited quietly.

After a while, a slender but not white and delicate hand was placed in his palm, and Pu Luo heard the aggrieved voice of his lover: "Teacher Xiao Pu, you haven't told me that you love me, how can you say that you don't love me first......