I Have a Safari Park

He Yifei asked puzzledly, confused, "Director, what's the matter with this eagle owl? Is there something wrong with his physical condition?"

Fang Ye was not afraid of himself at all, but instead called out "woo woo", it looked like an eagle owl begging for food no matter what, his brows gradually became dignified, and he was a little unsure, he hesitated and said, "Could it be the imprinting behavior?"

He Yifei was taken aback, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes showed disbelief: "Imprint? No way?"

Originally, he hadn't thought about that, but after listening to Fang Ye's words and looking at the eagle owl, it was indeed a bit similar!

Imprinting is a special learning behavior in animal behavior. Some information from the outside world will have a life-long impact on some creatures for a period of time after they are born or hatch.

For example, some newly hatched young birds, or newly born mammals, will learn to recognize and follow the first creature they see when they open their eyes.

The Austrian animal behaviorist Lorenz once did such an experiment, dividing the eggs of gray goose into two groups to hatch, one group was hatched by the mother goose, and the other group was hatched by the incubator. Lorenz became a mother, and wherever Lorenz went, Xiaoyan followed.

If two groups of geese are buckled under a box, when the box is lifted, the geese will have two directions, one group will run towards the mother goose, and the other will run towards Lorenz.

Since these newly hatched geese remember Lorenz, they still follow him even when they reach adulthood. When he swims, these geese will follow him closely and show their dependence on him.

Most of the imprinting behavior occurs in the infancy of animals, and some special skills can only be learned at this time. For example, the easiest time for chicks to learn to fly is in the first few months after birth. fly.

Scientists have not yet figured out the reason for this. It is speculated that the nervous system may be in a special state at birth. As the age increases, the nervous system gradually changes, and imprint learning can no longer be performed.

Moreover, the imprints will have an impact on the behavior of animals throughout their lives, and may treat humans as the same kind, become dependent on humans, and even court humans when they reach the age of sexual maturity.

For example, the staff in the giant panda breeding base wear panda clothes when they take care of the newly born red pandas, not to show cuteness, but to minimize the possible imprinting behavior.

Therefore, when animals are raised, if they are carefully cared for by breeders when they are young, although the survival rate can be greatly improved, a trust relationship can also be established to facilitate daily management in the future, and the training will be more cooperative.

But even so, the cubs should stay with their mothers and compatriots more. If they can breastfeed normally, try to let the mother take the cubs, so that the cubs can have the opportunity to learn more survival skills, and they will also behave when they grow up. Come out with more natural behavior.

Imprinting behavior affects various animals to different degrees, and the most obvious manifestation is birds!

Therefore, when rescuing birds, especially chicks, you must be extra careful, and you must avoid letting them see the appearance of humans.

When feeding the chicks, the staff of the Bird Rescue Center usually wear a bird's hood over their heads, wear black feather clothes all over their bodies, and disguise themselves as a large bird.

Or simply take a plank to cover the face and poke two holes in it. The chicks will remember a plank or a stake to feed themselves when they are young, but they can't find such a stake when they grow up.

Including the hands of the staff feeding the chicks are also bird hand puppets, or long blunt-tipped tweezers disguised as beaks, and they can't speak when feeding.

Some people don't know the imprinting behavior of birds. They see a young bird learning to fly falling to the ground on the side of the road and jumping around there. It is actually a normal situation. The parent bird may be watching it.

As a result, I picked it up and took it home to raise it myself, thinking that it was doing a good deed to save the bird, but in fact, the bird is almost abolished in its lifetime, and even if it is not raised, it cannot leave the human being.

Fang Ye didn't think about the imprinting behavior at first, mainly because this eagle owl was already an adult bird! It stands to reason that after the adult bird has passed the age of the chick, it will not produce imprints.

There are still imprints in adulthood, such as vultures!

Birds are inherently prone to imprinting, and vultures are particularly prone to imprinting, so they are also dependent on humans when they are fed in adulthood.

Once the police from a police station in Inner Mongolia rescued the vulture and released it, the vulture flew back with the police car all the way while the police were patrolling. Lai stayed at the police station and did not leave. The police fed it 6 pounds of meat every day and 150 yuan. The money's food expenses, this matter is also on the hot search.

But Fang Ye never knew that the adult eagle owl is so easy to make imprints, it is not written in this book!

Since he rescued the eagle owl, the contact time was very short each time. It only took a few minutes to feed and change the water every day. Although he really wanted to touch the eagle owl, he had never rubbed it. The eagle owl usually stays in child care. No one disturbed the room.

Not as cautious as with chicks, but kept enough distance.

Therefore, when the eagle owl was released in the wild at first, although the eagle owl looked a little wrong, he didn't think about the imprint at all. He still didn't think about it when he heard He Yifei's call today saying that the eagle owl was still in the same place.

Looking at the head of the eagle owl protruding towards him, with a longing look like "woo woo", the head is big!

You are already a mature eagle owl, you should learn to find food by yourself, instead of being a big baby and waiting for others to feed it!

What's going on? Is it true that the eagle owl is easy to imprint when it becomes a bird, or is it related to his own heart of nature skills? Or is it the reason why the eagle owl feels like it can be trusted by losing comfort?

Fang Ye thought about it, annoyed in his heart, he couldn't help but raised his arm and gave himself a slap in the face!

He Yifei looked dumbfounded. What happened to the principal? He went mad all of a sudden?

Seeing that Fang Ye was going to give himself a shot, he quickly grabbed his hand and said nervously, "The principal, the principal! Don't be like this, don't be like this, the principal! It won't happen!"

Fang Ye gritted his teeth, raised his head with grief and indignation, and there were faint tears in his eyes: "I'm so pissed off, it's all my fault that I'm so handsome that there is no place to put it, tragic, and indistinguishable between humans and animals! Why am I so handsome!"

He Yifei originally thought that Fang Ye was sad and blamed himself because of a problem with taking care of the eagle owl. Hearing his words, his face suddenly turned black, and he wanted to spit out a few words. He also wanted to let go of his hand that would not let him slap his face. Forget it.

I rely on!

Principal, you have no shame, do you praise yourself so much?