I Have a Safari Park

The Leopard Gecko is also known as the "Smile Gecko"!

Born with a lovely smiling face, it is very popular, and it is also a very common pet gecko.

This orange-yellow color is an artificially cultivated and beautiful mutant strain. The primary color is actually black spots on a white background, and the black spots look like leopard spots, so it is called Leopard Gecko.

The leopard-print gecko has many mutant strains, orange, albino, high-yellow, and radish tail. The primary color is relatively rare, and it is not easy to obtain. Only some spots can be seen on the tail.

Yan Ganghui looked at him from the front, the leopard-print gecko looked at him with big watery eyes, his eyes were shining brightly, and his red tongue was sticking out, like a husky, with a silly smile that was very infectious.

From the side, Su Hui's slender pupils and the slightly raised corners of her mouth, in addition to being cute, seem to be mysterious and unrestrained, very handsome.

This will tilt his head slightly, looking at the visitors outside.

As if feeling that they were not threatening, he bent his head to his waist again, his tail was coiled beside him, one front paw was raised, his little tongue stuck out, and he carefully licked his fingers.

The little claws are cute too!

The five fingers are distinct, small and pink.

The leopard gecko sheds its skin every few weeks, because the fingernails are bent and the skin tends to remain at the end when it peels off. If you don't lick it off, it will affect blood circulation for a long time.

Some leopard-print geckos are relatively stupid, they won't lick and shed their skin, and they need the owner's help to clean them up.

However, this leopard-print gecko is quite smart and knows how to clean it.

"Wow~"

Su Hui stared at this leopard-print gecko, with a beautiful face, a sweet and charming smile, and a well-behaved manner. She was like a creature from an anime, which made her feel a heartbeat!

Yan Ganghui also took out his mobile phone and took a photo.

Originally, I just wanted to be close to the Elephant Hall, and I was going to stroll around casually. When I strolled around at noon, I could have a meal at the animal restaurant next to it. I didn't expect the reptiles here to be quite charming, and I was fascinated by it.

Seeing how excited his girlfriend is, he is happier than him.

The leopard-print gecko licked his fingers for a while, then crawled in the box again. After moving around for a while, he got back behind the shade of plants and stones, and went to sleep with his tail crossed.

...

Came to a four-meter-wide showcase.

It is also a bottom paved with small gravels. In the middle is a nest built by several large stones. There are several spherical or slender cacti on the side. It looks like a dry desert environment.

A black-gray body with white patterns on its back, a large snake over one meter long, was crawling on the sand.

This is an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake!

The most notable feature is the diamond-shaped white-striped spots on the back, which look like diamonds, so they are nicknamed the Diamond Rattlesnake.

The flat triangular head slowly lifted up, spat out his letter, and climbed onto the stone.

Lying with another western diamondback rattlesnake, resting its head on a stone surface, basking motionless.

Yan Ganghui observed its eyes and felt that the snake had a serious expression: "I feel like this is a poisonous snake! It looks murderous."

Su Hui said: "It looks a bit fierce!"

Looking at the end of its tail, there are white rings in the shape of mulberry, and the white rings are closely arranged.

Sure enough, it was a venomous rattlesnake.

There's a rattlesnake wagging tail sign on the side of the showcase!

It reads: "Want to know the sound of a rattlesnake wagging its tail?"

Yan Ganghui pressed the button next to him curiously, and suddenly heard a small and crisp sound with a very fast frequency.

Some are like rattle toys for babies.

There is also some knowledge about rattlesnake tails on the exhibition board!

The tail of a rattlesnake is made of keratin, which is the same as human nails, and is connected layer by layer like joints.

The little rattlesnake has one section at birth, and it is unable to make a sound at this time, and it will add one section when it sheds its skin.

When there are more horny rings, then wag the tail, the horny rings rub against each other, and the sound is amplified in the empty shell, and it will make a rattling sound.

When hunting, the muscles on the tail will control the horny ring, and when it feels threatened, it will wag its tail to make a sound to warn.

Research has found that the sound of rattlesnakes wagging their tails is not static!

When the threat is first detected, the frequency of tail wagging is lower than 40hz.

Once the threat continues to approach after the initial warning, the rattlesnake will quickly increase the frequency of its tail wagging to 60-100hz, which sounds louder.

The rattlesnakes themselves cannot hear the sound of wagging their tails. They rattle their tails to warn the threat to stay away from themselves, not to lure food or communicate with their companions.

However, rattlesnakes in some areas are starting to stop rattling.

The town of Sweetwater in the western United States holds an annual slaughter of rattlesnakes in the name of tradition, using gasoline, iron hooks, etc. to get rattlesnakes out of their nests away from humans, beheading and skinning.

Rattlesnakes also become more dangerous by choosing not to rattle their tails in order to avoid exposing their trails to being hunted by humans.

"This……"

Yan Ganghui was speechless, not knowing what to say for a while.

Lu Ye was strolling around the exhibition hall. Su Hui saw him wearing a uniform and asked curiously, "Hello, how do you usually keep poisonous snakes? Aren't you afraid of being bitten by snakes?"

Lu Ye replied with a smile: "Look at our exhibition box, the water basin is on this side, and the rock hole is on the other side. When we operate, the snakes in it will automatically hide on the other side or hide from the nest. Don't worry if you leave enough wiggle room. How are you feeling? Are you afraid?"

Su Hui said honestly: "The beautiful snake is fine, the rattlesnake is a little scary!"

Lu Ye said: "Actually, rattlesnakes are quite similar to us in some respects! Did you know that rattlesnakes also take children for a walk."

Yan Ganghui's eyes widened in surprise: "Ah!?"

Lu Ye said: "I am a veteran reptile lover. I used to run around the world. A few years ago, when I was hunting in the mountains of Huachuka and my friends in Arizona, I came across a rock rattlesnake.

Several little rattlesnakes panicked when they saw us, some started to run away, and some chose to shrink into their mother's arms.

Not long after the mother rattlesnake gave birth, her body was very shriveled, but instead of running away, she stayed in place and coiled her body up, wagging her tail very loudly to warn us.

Of course, we didn't bother the family any more, and then left. "

Yan Ganghui was shocked and his impression was overturned.

My previous impression of snakes was that of cold-blooded animals with no emotions. It seems to be a matter of course.

Now a question arises, do snakes really have no feelings?

Su Hui even burst into tears!

In my mind, the picture of the mother snake raised her head, although she was very weak, still tried to wag her tail to protect the child under her body.

Lu Ye added: "When rattlesnakes become adults, they will visit their relatives and friends and ask relatives to visit. They are also very tolerant and can accommodate other kinds of rattlesnakes, non-venomous whip snakes, etc. to spend the winter together in their nests. .

Our two rattlesnakes, the Eastern Diamondback and the Western Diamondback, are distributed in the eastern and western parts of the Americas, and they usually don't have much overlap, but you see, don't they get along very friendly too. "