I Have a Safari Park

The rain just ended yesterday, and there was a fresh coolness in the air, and we could see small wet puddles on the ground.

Zhuang Xiaobai was strolling along the lawn, looking at the green lawn and the lush trees, listening to the birds chirping on the trees by the roadside, feeling the cool morning breeze, feeling clear-headed and active in thinking a lot!

Unconsciously, a smile appeared on his face. It was a wise choice to come early.

There are still relatively few tourists, and there is no loud noise. It feels like the zoo is contracted!

I saw a group of peacocks on the lawn from a distance, and immediately took out the camera hanging around my neck, ready to take pictures.

Get closer and spot these peacocks grooming their feathers!

A male peacock with a long green tail took two steps, shook its body, and flapped its wings, as if trying to shake off the dew from the blades of grass on its feathers.

Then he lowered his body slightly, his long neck covered with velvety blue stretched back, the pillow crown on top of his head swayed, and he gracefully took care of his beautiful tail feathers.

The beak first pecked at the back of the tail, then grabbed a feather that was scattered around the edge, and the head stretched down, combed from root to tip, meticulously combed the feather until it was straight again, and then continued to take care of it patiently. a feather.

After combing a few times, shake your body, peck your tail again, and continue to comb.

In the meantime, he looked up and saw the tourists outside, but he didn't seem interested in paying any attention to it. Taking care of the feathers was the most important thing in the morning.

There are peacocks who finished grooming their feathers earlier and began to walk freely on the lawn, singing "Oh, oh" with a very recognizable melodious call.

Kaka!

Zhuang Xiaobai admired this scene and found a good angle to take two photos.

Around the Peacock Lawn, there are now some new small display boards. When he walked forward, he saw a display board with a pattern of peacocks taking care of their feathers. The glands are dipped in oil, and then the beak is used to spread the oil evenly on each feather, thereby making the feathers waterproof and thermally insulated.

At the same time, these oils will be converted into vitamin D in warm sunlight, and peacocks can absorb them when they use their beaks to groom their feathers, so they will not suffer from rickets. "

"It turns out that I always peck my butt when I say how to groom my feathers."

Zhuang Xiaobai was quite interesting. Originally, he just came here to simply appreciate the beauty of life, but unexpectedly, he also got a new knowledge.

He didn't care about the other display cards. He just saw the picture and the peacock's behavior at this time, so he took a serious look.

Just as he was about to move on, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a brownish-yellow bird standing on the trunk of a big tree in the lawn. It seemed to be an owl?

Being curious, I adjusted the lens to zoom in to a clear picture, and found that it was really an owl!

At this time, the sharp claws grabbed the trunk, and the body was shrunk like a furry ball, in a sound sleep state.

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The head is slightly drooping, both eyelids are half-open, the right eye is open, but the eye is covered by the nictitating membrane, the left eye shows a yellow eye, and the eyelids are slowly closed.

The nictitating membrane is a kind of translucent eyelid, which can not only moisturize the eyeball, but also prevent wind and water from affecting the sight when flying and swimming. If the eyelid is a thick armor, the nictitating membrane is equivalent to a transparent string cabin.

After a few seconds, the left eye suddenly opened, observing the environment! Close again slowly.

I was so drowsy and tried to keep my eyes open, like a student who was too sleepy to listen to the teacher's babble and didn't dare to sleep.

Zhuang Xiaobai was a little surprised, he had never seen an owl before!

He murmured, "Is this a free-range zoo or a wild one? If it's free-range, wouldn't you be afraid of flying away and not being able to find it?"

I looked for a display board with no owls around the road, and I was convinced: "It should be wild. I didn't expect the environment to be pretty good, and there are owls."

It was a little funny to see the owl dozing off, so I took two close-ups.

Birds don't close their eyes completely when they sleep!

Generally, one eye is closed to sleep, the other eye is open to observe the surrounding wind and grass, and the two hemispheres of the brain also take turns to rest. This type of sleep is called single-hemisphere slow-wave sleep.

Birds that live in groups may sleep more relaxed and open their eyes more slowly with their companions around.

Animals in nature can't be like humans, lying on the bed and sleeping soundly without warning, otherwise they will be caught and eaten by natural enemies when they sleep too dead and dream.

The bright and clean morning light passes through the bamboo leaves, becoming subtle and restrained, making the bamboo forest in the morning more serene and green.

The breeze mixed with the fresh earth smell after the rain and the fragrance of bamboo blows through, refreshing the heart, the slender branches and leaves of the arrow bamboo stretch and dance, the bamboo leaves are slightly raised, rustling, accompanied by the sweet birdsong on the branches and the clear stream gurgling. .

Zhuang Xiaobai couldn't help but slow down and walk among the bamboo forests, his mind was empty, his eyes were immersed in admiring the beautiful scenery, listening to the beautiful sounds of nature, he felt in a trance that he had come to an immortal dwelling isolated from the world.

After regaining his senses for a while, he was shocked and took the camera to take pictures. In just a few minutes, he could walk in it for 20 minutes without knowing it.

Entering the Red Panda House, Zhuang Xiaobai saw the figures of a few red little guys behind the glass curtain wall. His eyes widened in surprise, and he sighed more and more at his wise decision: "Sure enough, the early bird gets the bug!"

He had read the guide to Linhai Zoo before, and knew that the red pandas here are not unobstructed.

It may hide in trees or rocks, so you need to look carefully.

Unexpectedly, I saw several without looking for it!

Because the red pandas stayed in the back room a few days ago, of course they were panicked without going out to play and bask in the sun for a few days. Now that they can go outdoors, they all ran out immediately.

Another advantage of coming early is that there are fewer tourists, and the red pandas feel that they have no eyes to stare at themselves, so they do not deliberately hide their bodies, and they are very active.

Some are climbing, some are washing their faces, and some are playing!

Shuaishuai is the happiest of all the red pandas. He is lying on the grass excitedly, his black belly is turned upside down, and his short hands are raised beside his head, revealing pale white paw pads. He wants to see his tail clearly. Therefore, the head and buttocks on both sides of the body are trying to lift up, as if doing sit-ups.

However, due to the limitations of the chubby and chubby figure, I can't lift it up a little bit. I swayed for a long time like a stupid tortoise with four legs up on my chubby legs. Go, but the head just can't see where his tail is.

Shaking, turning from back to side.

Shuaishuai was so excited that he saw the tail!

Struggling hard, back as the axis, head against the grass, a clumsy turn over.

Huh?

But when he turned over, the tail disappeared again.