I Have a Safari Park

The next morning!

Liu Wei and a group of students in the class gathered at the school gate after having breakfast in the cafeteria.

Seeing Jiang Lan and Yang Yue, the boys laughed and said, "Our goddess is here!"

"Without a holiday, the goddess is still beautiful!"

Jiang Lan didn't react, she was used to the exaggerated ridicule of the boys, Yang Yue covered her mouth and snickered!

As a girl from the software department, she is regarded as a group pet by the boys.

The squad leader was tall and thin, wearing glasses, and asked, "Is everyone here? Let's go, let's go!"

...

Get on the bus and come to the gate of the zoo.

In fact, if you don't take the bus, you can walk there in about ten minutes.

The zoo and Xinghe University are still very close.

When Liu Wei was buying tickets, he found that the ticket price was only 30, and the student ID was half-price!

The 15 yuan ticket is about the same as the price of a cup of milk tea.

He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, the tickets for this zoo are so cheap!"

Wu Jiancong felt normal: "The tickets for the zoo at my house are cheaper, 25 in the peak season and 20 in the off-season!"

Gao Kaijin seemed a little puzzled: "I remember that the tickets for safari parks are very expensive! It may start at a hundred yuan, or even two or three hundred."

Liu Wei scratched his head: "What's the difference between a zoo and a safari?"

This question stumped the two roommates, and after thinking about it, they didn't understand.

In fact, wildlife parks are generally built in the suburbs, and the area can be larger, providing more space for animals.

The disadvantage is that the transportation is not very convenient, and the ticket price is more expensive, the commercial nature is more intense, and there may be animal performances or something.

Another meaning of safari is that the environment is closer to the wild environment, and the animal display is better.

Urban zoos generally have a public welfare nature, so the ticket price is only a few dozen yuan.

The demarcation line between the two is actually not so clear. Like Linhai Zoo, although it is located in the suburbs and has a wild name, the area is not large and the ticket price is very cheap.

Although some safari parks are large in size, the environment is actually poor, and they are not as well displayed as urban zoos. Some city zoos also have animal performances.

Anyway, this problem does not affect their visit to the zoo. If they don't understand, the visit is over!

...

When I came to the square, I saw a group of white pigeons on the green grass next to it!

A green net was set up before, the pigeons were kept in captivity, and some feed was sprinkled on the grass every day.

Now that the net is removed, the pigeons are used to the grass.

"Wow, so many pigeons!"

At this time, many tourists are in front of the fence of the grass, looking inside and taking a curious look!

Liu Wei said: "To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a live pigeon! I have only seen it in soup before!"

Wu Jiancong nodded deeply: "Me too!"

Yang Yue looked around and saw the nearby volunteers. She ran over and asked, "Hello, can I feed these pigeons? Is there any place that sells feed?"

The volunteer explained: "These square pigeons have just settled in the zoo and are not very familiar with the environment. They may fly away after being fed, so there is no such service at present, but there may be in the future!"

Yang Yue was a little disappointed: "Oh, okay!"

The pigeons are pacing leisurely on the grass!

As domesticated poultry, pigeons are not too afraid of people.

A sparrow flew down from the treetops and hopped across the lawn in search of food!

The pigeons had already regarded this lawn as their own territory. When they saw sparrows flying over, a few who were close to them rushed towards the sparrows aggressively, flapping their wings to drive them away.

This is our place! Go! Go! Go!

At the beginning, he ran quickly, and after chasing a few meters, he flew at a low altitude.

Although the pigeons in the back didn't know what happened, but seeing that some companions flew up, they quickly followed the footsteps of the large army. Suddenly, more than 30 pigeons all flew up!

Flying together, the flapping sound of "pa-da-da" also became clearly audible. Dozens of pigeons flew in front of the tourists, and it looked very spectacular!

The eyes of the tourists moved with the pigeons, and they exclaimed.

"Wow!"

"so beautiful!"

"Flying so neatly! Have they been trained?"

Someone "kaka" took pictures.

If the little sparrow being chased by the pigeons could speak, he would definitely complain: "Damn it, what did I do to make you feel angry, let you send a division to chase me!"

The pigeons drove the little sparrows away from this area, and the leader in front turned a corner and flew back neatly!

Circling low on the lawn, swearing its sovereignty.

When he came back after flying in a circle, Wu Jiancong also stretched out his hand and tried to give the pigeon a high five!

Of course the pigeons stopped him, and the line split in half, flying over either side of his raised arms.

Half circled twice and returned to the grass!

The other half flew to the big tree next to it, or landed on the ground of the square.

One fell down beside Yang Yue, stepped on her own paws, probed her head, looked left and right and walked forward, she seemed a little nervous.

Yang Yue squatted on the ground and excitedly said to Jiang Lan beside him, "Wow, this pigeon is so fun to walk!"

Jiang Lan was also very interested, and hooked his finger at the pigeon: "Come here!"

The pigeon glanced at her and quickly got in through the wide gap in the fence!

After meeting with the main force, they came to the lawn. They seemed to feel a lot more at ease, and their footsteps slowed down.

Next to the lawn of the square, a new exhibition board was erected, and a bronze statue of a pigeon was placed in front of it.

When Liu Wei passed by, he glanced curiously. There were two pictures on the exhibition card. In the first picture, a large group of birds flew in a flock, covering the sky. It seemed like a large black cloud was floating in the sky. The second picture was A pigeon standing alone on a branch.

The contrast is very obvious.

"There was once a miraculous bird.

If you go back to the early 19th century, you may see such a scene in the United States. A bird flying circle 1.6 kilometers wide and more than 500 kilometers long covers the sky and the sun. It takes several days to pass through a farm. This kind of flock flying The bird is the North American passenger pigeon.

The famous ornithologist Audubon once predicted that this bird would never be extinct by humans.

However, the passenger pigeon, as a large number of birds with delicious meat, ushered in large-scale commercial killings in the 18th and 19th centuries.

By the 1840s, the number of passenger pigeons had already declined markedly.

In the 1870s, flocks of passenger pigeons were hard to find in the wild.

In 1900, a boy shot the last passenger pigeon in the wild with an air gun, and no passenger pigeon has been found in the wild since.

Attempts to artificially breed passenger pigeons also ended in failure. On September 1, 1914, the last artificially bred passenger pigeon 'Martha' also left this world.

The huge population that once had 5 billion animals was completely wiped out in just a century and a half.

Humans have erected a monument to the passenger pigeon, which reads, 'This species was wiped out by human greed and selfishness. ’”