I Have a Safari Park

Seeing Pingping put his foot on the railing, the small hole "clicked" the clicker, and at the same time threw a carrot into it and threw it to Pingping's mouth.

Pingping picked up the carrot with his nose and ate it, and Fang Ye also took a long ring-shaped scorpion and filed it on Pingping's toes.

Su Hui was surprised: "Wow, so good!"

"With one finger from the breeder, the elephant lifted its foot up!"

"This toe is like a big bun, and one toe is bigger than my fist."

"What if it hurts, will you kick someone angrily? I feel like this job is a bit dangerous!"

"Fix your toenails, it will walk a lot more comfortably, how can you be angry with your own good things! Look at how well-behaved it is."

"It's too human, and if you know what's good for it, you won't mess around!"

"Elephants are really smart!"

The tourists were afraid of disturbing his work, and the voices of the discussions were relatively low, but they were all squeezing their heads and looking forward, taking pictures and observing the paws of the elephants.

Another breeder, Xiaoqing, maintained order on the side and asked everyone to keep a distance of one meter from the railing to facilitate the operation of the breeder.

While filing Pingping's feet, Fang Ye explained with a smile: "This is not a smart question, pedicures for elephants are indeed good for them. Elephants may also understand this, but this alone cannot make Elephants cooperate.

The most important thing is our usual behavior training work!

In the beginning, we would guide the elephant, touch the target stick with our feet, and when the elephant did it right, we would 'click' it with the clicker, which was equivalent to telling the elephant that it did it right, and then took out a Small pieces of apples, carrots and other foods that they usually like to eat are rewarded, so that the elephants are willing to be trained.

The process of behavior training is also the process of building trust between breeders and elephants. It sounds simple, but it is very troublesome in practice. It took a month just for the first step.

After getting familiar with the first step, raise the target stick, let the elephant put its feet on the pedicure window, and then slowly let it familiarize itself with the process of checking the pedicure and various pedicure tools, and master the process step by step. "

"Oh~"

The tourists made a sudden noise.

A strange feeling emerged in Yan Ganghui's heart.

I used to think that the breeder was just shoveling shit to feed the animals, which seemed to be no different from raising chickens and raising pigs. Now, looking at it, it is really not an easy job.

It is not only necessary to understand animals and master the knowledge of various theories, but also need to cultivate feelings with animals, enhance trust, and add skilled technology to complete this kind of cooperation.

The zoo is not only a place for people to see all kinds of rare animals, but also can show the way of green farming, the way of living in harmony with nature, understand the content of behind-the-scenes behavior training, and arouse people's care and love for nature.

Linhai Zoo really opened his eyes!

It can be considered to know what a good zoo should look like.

Fang Ye filed his flat toes, and the dust and debris fell from it.

The pedicure looks easy, but it is quite laborious.

After filing, I took a knife and plucked out the dead skin on my toes.

"If you don't cut this carrot, it feels like you'll lose your food if you trim a toe!"

"Looks like a lot of fun!"

"It's so good, it's like getting acupuncture points! Doesn't it itch?"

"Master, work harder! I'm struggling!"

"Haha, what about taking a shower, right?"

Fang Ye gouged out the dead skin, patted his flat foot, took two steps back, and said with a smile, "Change a foot!"

In fact, the soles of my feet haven't been repaired yet, but it takes too long to lift one foot, I'm afraid it will get tired.

Eyelet walks to the other side of the pedicure window and points its right foot with the target stick, a little on the bar.

Pingping immediately obediently put away his left foot and put his right foot up!

"Wow, amazing!"

"This behavioral training is so well done!"

Tourists were amazed.

Fang Ye praised: "Not bad Pingping, doing a great job!"

Bowing his head and bending over to file, he said, "The traditional behavioral training is to use a sharp elephant hook, which can easily cause damage to the elephant and force the elephant to obey and make movements.

However, training results based on fear are also very dangerous. Maybe the elephants will run wild at any time, which is not good for animal welfare. Now it is advocated not to use as much as possible.

The method we use is positive reinforcement training to gain the trust of the elephants and make them willing to cooperate with us. The purpose of behavioral training is not only to give them pedicures, but also body sampling, skin care, wound treatment for them, etc., in short, to make the elephants healthier.

Of course, it does not mean that elephant hook or negative reinforcement training cannot be used.

The modified elephant hooks made of plastic or wood, which are basically used in zoos, have no sharp edges and will not cause harm to elephants, but they are still a kind of aversion and stimulation.

I heard from an elephant breeder that I knew before that they had an orphan elephant and wanted another female elephant to breastfeed it, but they couldn’t train it properly.

So he threatened her with an elephant hook and forced her to breastfeed. "

Tourists think, this is indeed a problem!

"It feels a bit like educating children! Sometimes good words persuasion, how to talk well, just don't listen, you have to beat him to be honest."

Someone said with deep feeling: "Don't say it, as soon as I raise my children, my blood pressure will go up! I can't wait to shark myself."

"Hey, you won't be obedient if you don't beat the child, and you will regret it after you beat it!"

He asked the question curiously again: "Director, is it dangerous to pedicure an elephant?"

"How long does it take to shave an elephant's feet?"

Fang Ye smiled and said: "Of course there is danger, the slashes between the railings are to prevent the elephant's trunk from sticking out, and the pedicure is done by two people together, one breeder does the pedicure, and the other breeder observes and comforts the food. Emotions of Elephants.

Generally, the elephant's feet are brushed two or three times a week. For this kind of major repair, it may be repaired every month. The excess toenails are polished off to ensure that the elephant's feet are on the ground when walking.

By the way, Xiaoqing, you bring that piece of hyperplasia for everyone to see! "

When Xiaoqing went to get the hyperplasia, Fang Ye asked Pingping to change one foot, and brushed the sole of Pingping's foot with a brush: "Everyone can observe the sole of his foot!"

In order to see more clearly, tourists squatted down one after another, taking pictures while watching.

Some people don't even think it's dirty, they just lie down on the ground and look up from the bottom, their thirst for knowledge is very strong.

Ping Ping was eating apples inside, looking puzzled by the tourists' behavior.

What are these people doing? Are my feet that good looking?