I Have a Safari Park

At this time, Liu Xueqing saw a breeder wearing blue clothes next to him, came over with a basket, and threw some green vegetables and fruits on the ground, and several gray birds immediately ran over to peck them.

The breeder should know.

So he asked: "Hello, what kind of bird is this bird? Why don't they fly?"

The breeder replied enthusiastically: "This is a gray-winged trumpet bird, distributed on the edge of the forest in the tropical rainforest of South America!

Their flying ability is much lower than other birds, but their running ability is very strong! When running, the two thin legs run very fast, faster than the average dog. In fact, if you fly, you can fly, and you can fly ten meters high by flapping your wings.

When night falls, it is their fixed time to use their wings, and a large group of trumpet birds will flap their wings and fly to the trees to rest, ending their daytime life on the ground. "

"oh oh!"

The breeder added: "Wild trumpet birds play a very important role in the local ecosystem! Their special gizzards can ensure that the fruit is digested and the seeds are unharmed, and their likes to walk on the ground can also make the seeds Going to other places, through excretion, the seeds fall on the ground and take root and sprout, so they are also the sowers.”

Yingying's father said, "This bird is so black and gray that it's a little inconspicuous. I can't imagine how powerful it is."

Liu Xueqing took the opportunity to teach her daughter: "Humans and animals are the same. You can't judge whether they are good or not just by looking at their appearance. This is called not judging people by their appearance."

Yingying looked confused, and didn't seem to understand very well!

However, since childhood, instilling various principles of life is like planting a seed, which will bear fruit when the time is right.

Then I walked forward and saw a very special bird!

The body is mainly black plumage, with a white face and throat, and a large orange beak.

The environment is also very special. They are closed separately. The front is a glass curtain wall. The traces are white and dirty, like glass that has not been cleaned. The sides and the top are wire mesh.

Yingying asked, "Mama, why is this glass dirty?"

Looking at this environment, Liu Xueqing was also a little confused, and guessed: "Could it be that the breeder cleaned half of the glass and left?"

I'm a little dissatisfied, this breeder is too irresponsible, such a beautiful birdhouse, I was very happy to see it, but the work is not serious, and this kind of omission is made, this is not a person's impression. a discount.

It's not just her, tourists are very confused when they see this environment, why the glass is dirty, why other birds can fly freely outside, and this bird should be locked up?

I looked left and right to find a breeder to answer my doubts, but I couldn't find it.

Yingying's dad pointed to a sign hanging beside him: "Hey, look at the explanation here!"

The toucans live here. In addition to fruits, seeds and insects, their usual food will also prey on some small birds and chicks!

So keep them separate from other birds.

As for the glass curtain wall, it is to improve the viewing degree. Otherwise, it will not look good to take pictures through a steel mesh. The cage nets on the side and the top can ventilate them, and the calls of toucans can also be heard.

As for why the glass is dirty, it is because the bird can't see the glass and hit the glass curtain wall, so I put soapy water on it. Before the toucan and other birds are familiar with the environment, they will always apply the soapy water. , and when they get used to the environment, know that there is a glass here, you can wipe the soapy water off! That way, even if it's transparent, it won't hit it.

"It will bring temporary inconvenience to everyone's viewing, please forgive me!" The brand finally sold a cute.

Liu Xueqing suddenly realized: "So it is!"

Thinking about my random guesses just now, I felt that it was the keeper's omission that I didn't clean it up, and I felt a little embarrassed, so I took out my mobile phone and took a picture of the sign explaining it.

I explained it to Yingying, and sighed with Yingying's father: "Hey, don't say it, this is really humane!"

Yingying's father nodded with admiration in his eyes: "Indeed! The work of the zoo is really well done."

Taking into account not only the needs of tourists to take pictures and watch, but also the safety of birds, soapy water was applied to prevent them from hitting the glass, and a sign was specially hung to explain.

This is what Fang Ye said. When tourists may have misunderstandings and feel that the zoo has not done a good job, put the explanation sign in advance. Don’t wait for tourists to ask or expose it, and then explain it after attracting public attention.

This is the case in some zoos. The tigers they raise are a few hemp sticks, which makes tourists feel that they have deducted food and have not fed them well, and they are exposed with righteous indignation.

In fact, it is not. The one raised in the family is a South China tiger. It is just because there are not many South China tigers and can only be inbred, resulting in genetic defects and much thinner than normal tigers.

And now that social media is developed, it is not so obvious that the zoo deducts food. Maybe the tigers are fed chicken frames, which are much cheaper than beef, but tigers will be malnourished after eating chicken frames. I'm in a bad mood, and most people can't see it.

Originally, the zoo fed the tigers pork, but after the original owner took over, it was replaced with beef. When a tourist asked what the tiger was eating, he said beef, and the tourist looked at him in disbelief and said, why not feed chicken? Cheap.

Of course it's cheaper to feed chicken, but when he first entered Jiaojiao's cage, Fang Ye was likely to be given extra meals.

There are also zoos where wolves and dogs are mixed together. Tourists exposed it and said that the zoo used dogs as wolves to fool people. Then the zoo explained that it was because the wolf had a low status in the group and was bullied by other wolves. Depression, there are stereotyped behaviors.

So I sent him a bitch to accompany him, and the wolf gradually regained his confidence and was happier than usual.

In fact, this is a good thing to think about animals and improve animal welfare, but it is not good to be misunderstood by tourists.

Therefore, put up a sign in advance to explain that this kind of small details can not only avoid misunderstandings, improve the goodwill of tourists, but also turn into opportunities for popular science education.

Although the glass looked dirty with soapy water, Liu Xueqing didn't feel awkward knowing that this was done so that the birds could see the glass.

Holding Yingying, admiring the toucan inside with relish: "Hey, look, isn't this bird fun?"

The toucan's face value is still very high!

In the bird museum is the Toco Toucan, also known as the whipping toucan. It is the largest of the toucans. It is more than 60 cm in length and has a mouth of 20 cm. The huge yellow beak has a little orange-red in it. , the tip of the mouth is black, and there is a circle of blue around the black eyes, which looks very cute.