I Have a Safari Park

The vulture ran over from the edge of the pool and looked up at the breeder eagerly!

Hope to get a piece of meat to eat.

Previously, the breeder put the meat on the branches of trees and put it in various places on the wooden pier. The one that can fly has been eaten clean, and the one that cannot fly can only drool on the ground.

When the animal was full and flew to a high place to rest, the breeder just happened to be able to do the training alone.

This meeting has just been training for more than a week, and it is still in the stage of knowing and following the goal stick.

The breeder put the target stick in front of the vulture, pressed the clicker at the same time and made a "click", took out a piece of meat from the small bag around his waist as a reward, and handed it to the vulture to eat.

Repeated this several times, moving the goal stick a little farther and tapping on the ground.

The vulture suddenly didn't understand, tilted his head and watched from the spot.

The breeder waited for a while to see that it didn't respond, then handed the target stick back, put it in front of the vulture's face, and fed it a piece of meat with a "click".

The tourists on the side watched and complained, "Why are you so stupid?"

The breeder said: "Behavior training, first of all, is to build trust with animals. Only by building trust can they be willing to cooperate, and it takes patience.

It also depends on the learning ability of the animal. The first step is to let the animal understand the meaning of the goal, which normally takes a month. "

After training for a long time, I saw that the vultures were gradually unwilling to cooperate. They looked around like students who were distracted in class, and the breeder put away the tools.

I came out of the cage and explained to the tourists: "Although the vulture is called a vulture, it is not bald. Let's observe, it has quite a lot of hair on its head, and the young birds are relatively bald. The adult bird has a bald head. Usually their relatives are vultures, and the birds buried in the sky in Tibet are alpine vultures!

In addition to circling high in the sky, vultures also like to stay on the bare stones on the top of the mountain, so they have a nickname called the mountain eagle. Isn't it quite domineering? "

"It turns out that the mountain eagle is a vulture!?"

"I thought the mountain eagle was some kind of ferocious bird of prey."

The breeder smiled: "Don't look at the ugly vultures, they are actually scavengers in nature. If there are no scavengers like vultures, the continuous accumulation of animal corpses will lead to the growth of bacteria and viruses, and also pollute the water source, so we You still have to take care of vultures, don't despise them because they are ugly, and don't imprison them for your own selfish desires.

But having said that, vultures grow up like this. They are really not good-looking among birds of prey. Generally, no one is interested in keeping them as pets. It may be more likely that the good-hearted people did bad things, and the good-hearted people saw the vultures injured and brought them home for a while.

Maybe the injury hasn't been healed yet, the feelings are cultivated first, and I don't want to leave. Vultures are birds that are easily dependent on people!

Our first vulture was like this. After being kept for a while, it was reluctant to fly away. It was sent to a raptor rescue center and was later introduced to our zoo.

And vultures are not only illegal, they also have a heavy taste. They don't like fresh meat. They like to eat carrion that has a little taste for a while. After eating, they like to spit. Spit it out again, think about the smell..."

Lily imagined this scene, her face wrinkled: "rua! It sounds disgusting!"

Lin Hao also complained: "Damn it, there are still people raising vultures, this hobby is weird enough!"

"They are all rescue birds of prey!"

A tourist asked curiously: "Why do vultures like to eat carrion?"

The breeder said: "It may be better to put it another way. Just like pandas eat bamboo, they may find out in the process of constantly searching for their own way of survival. Hey, when hunting this rabbit, the mouse will hide and run, and it may not be possible to catch it if it consumes physical strength. When I arrive, I have to compete with other hunters. The corpse is good, it can't run, and others don't like to eat it, so I will eat it. Slowly evolve into this state that is more suitable for eating carrion.

What kind of golden eagle hunting falcon, it is a first-class killer. It flies fast, and it is a matter of seconds to fly down from a high place in the sky. The nine yin white bone claws and sharp beak are extremely sharp, making the prey feel fearful.

None of these vultures.

Among the birds of prey, the flying ability of vultures is relatively weak, and they have to jump or run before taking off. It is better at gliding, and can soar in the air for a long time with the help of updrafts, roaming leisurely over the alpine wasteland, rarely flapping its wings, saving physical strength, and flying over to prey when it finds a corpse on the ground.

See the long fluffy feathers at the base of its neck? Like our napkins, it can prevent the feathers from getting dirty when eating. Strong stomach acid and immune system can help them destroy bacteria in bones and carrion without worrying about getting sick.

And the beak of a vulture, does it look like the claws of a crab? Not so sharp, and the hook is smaller, which is more suitable for digging up dead bodies.

You can take a look at this exhibit. "

The breeder pointed, and there was an interesting display board next to it, which drew cartoons of various birds to compare their beaks.

There is a flamingo's beak on it. Lin Hao and the others just came over from the flamingo lake. After listening to Fang Ye's explanation and observation, they are very familiar with the flamingo's beak.

The beak of the parrot is like a walnut breaker, which is easy to bite through the tough husk and is strong and powerful.

The beak of the red-crowned crane is slender and tapered, which is used to find fish in the shoal wetlands, and it looks like a chopstick.

Sparrows' beaks are like tweezers for picking grass seeds, and hummingbirds' beaks are like straws that suck nectar in flight.

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After visiting the vulture house, we came to the marmot house.

In the marmot hall, there are grass and stones, and the ground is half-meter-thick soil, providing the marmots with the opportunity to dig.

The background is a bumpy rock wall, like a towering snow-capped mountain, which looks and feels good.

Seven or eight marmots were standing near the entrance of the cave, some were digging the soil, and some were in charge of guarding.

A marmot bared its large fangs, like a wooden stake, stumbling in place.

A tourist squatted down with great interest, looked at the marmot, and shouted: "Ah!!!!"

The marmot looked at the tourists outside with puzzled eyes, as if to say, this person is not afraid of some illness!

The companion came to play before, and said with a smile: "It's not called that!"

Next to the glass curtain wall is a sign that looks like a marmot shouting with its mouth open. It says, "Want to hear my cry?"

There is a button below, and when you tap it, a shrill cry of "chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp~" is released.

The tourist said in amazement: "Damn it, is that the sound? Why is it the same as a bird."

There is also a special facility in the inner corner of the Marmot Pavilion.

Drill into the ground from the outside channel, and the head can be poked out from the inside.

It allows visitors to observe them up close through a layer of glass, like groundhogs burrowing into their burrows, and experience for themselves what it is like to live in an underground nest.

Lily's childlike innocence was still alive, and she suggested, "Let's go down and play!"

Dawu responded enthusiastically: "Okay, okay!"