I Have a Safari Park

On the lawn, four adult green peacocks can be seen.

The two families took their babies, and the male peacock patrolled for a walk, raising his head from time to time, looking left and right.

Green peacocks are wilder, more cautious, and more grumpy than blue peacocks.

Especially during the courtship and breeding season in spring, male peacocks will chirp loudly every day to confirm each other's territory and attract female peacocks to come.

Green peacocks during the breeding season are very territorial. Young male peacocks may enter the territory of other male peacocks and challenge due to the need for resources such as competition for territory or mating rights. At this time, the owner must take action to drive them away. Inevitably.

When fighting, the two peacocks will pace each other in circles like martial arts masters, flap their wings and wait for an opportunity to jump, peck with their beaks, and attack with a sharp distance on the back of their plantars, until one side admits defeat and walks away.

Therefore, the two male green peacocks occupy different sites, and they are usually not seen in the same frame.

But peacocks are essentially social animals!

When the breeding season is over and the children grow up to a certain age, different peacock families will get together again, and they can carry out group defense, find danger warnings, and jointly defend against foreign enemies. They also get close together when they sleep.

After the mother peacock combed her feathers, she jumped down from the tree trunk, and the little peacocks followed.

I saw the breeder throwing a handful of chopped vegetable leaves on the grass in front of him, kicking his calf and rushing up to fight for it, running very fast.

The mother peacock paced gracefully and unhurriedly.

Fang Ye was in a good mood when he saw that the little green peacock was healthy and thriving.

"Tsk tsk, the luster of the green peacock feathers is absolutely amazing!"

Fan Peng sighed in admiration, as if he remembered something, picked up his mobile phone, and took two pictures.

Li Xing couldn't take his eyes off it, showing joy: "The temperament is too elegant."

Fang Ye saw how the two looked at the green peacocks, and said with a smile, "Would you like me to send you their tail feathers later?"

Li Xing said in surprise, "Wouldn't it hurt to pull out the peacock? No need, no need!"

Fang Ye and Fan Peng suddenly laughed, leaving Li Xing at a loss!

Fang Ye explained: "Male peacocks will shed their feathers after the breeding season. Blue and green peacocks are all the same..."

During this time, one by one "big eyes" can often be picked up on the lawn.

During the summer weeks, the peacock's tail feathers can become uneven, and shed more during this time.

It won't fall out all at once, it will fall out in turns.

When it is fully grown, it will be the next spring. When it comes to courtship, the peacock will show its best state.

Therefore, the tail feathers of peacocks sold next to the peacock pavilion in some zoos are not torn off from the peacock's tail, but fall off naturally, and will not cause harm to the peacock.

He didn't plan to sell souvenirs for the time being, so he gave two to Galaxy University, and kept the rest.

"Oh~"

After listening to Fang Ye's explanation, Li Xing smiled a little embarrassedly!

Originally, I thought that this gift was too precious, and I planned to reject it, but I thought about it since it moults every year, I finally accepted it.

If you miss this village, you won't have this store.

Fang Ye asked the breeder to fetch the tail feather, Fan Peng took it in his hand and looked at it with love.

The tail feathers of the green peacock are as emerald green as jade, and when held in the sun, it reflects a layer of elegant and deep gold, which is very beautiful!

He exclaimed: "The tail feathers of the green peacock, this can be used as a family heirloom! Be sure to keep it well."

After coming out of the bird house, Li Xing said, "President Fang, thank you for your gift, then let's go? I'll go back and make some audio, so that the two gibbons can have a successful blind date as soon as possible."

"In such a hurry? Have you booked your flight back?"

"I haven't bought it yet! I didn't expect to record a love song so smoothly before I came here."

Fang Ye warmly invited: "Then don't be in such a hurry, how about a hot spring, our zoo's hot spring hotel is widely praised by tourists. By the way, let's talk about the story of gibbons."

Fan Peng was shocked, what kind of zoo, how come there are even hot springs!

When chatting on WeChat, I thought Fang Ye was joking.

He quickly waved his hand and refused: "No, no, let's talk about the story of the gibbon, it's okay to take a hot spring."

When he came to the reception room and sat on the sofa, Fang Ye took a can of rice wine from the small refrigerator and said with a smile, "I made it myself, try it!"

Pour a glass for several people.

Li Xing took a sip and felt that the taste was fresh and fragrant, with a faint aroma of wine, cool and pleasant, and his mood seemed to be much brighter!

Complimented: "Delicious!"

Fan Peng took a sip of rice wine, opened the chat box, and started talking slowly.

After graduating from his Ph.D., he was planning to study the evolutionary history of gibbons mates, and chose the white-browed gibbon as his research object, which lasted for more than ten years.

Studying the white-browed gibbons in Gaoligong Mountain, it is found that there is no white beard of the eastern white-browed gibbon. Is this an individual variation or a group difference?

Further research has determined that they are clearly differentiated from Dongbaimei in terms of morphology, genetics, teeth and many other aspects, and a new name needs to be given to them.

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that it was necessary to have a loud name, to be a blockbuster, and to attract more people to pay attention to this species.

Finally took a very cool name, Skywalker Gibbon, skywalker.

First of all, gibbons are typical arboreal animals, living in trees all their lives, and gibbons in the wild do not go down trees.

"Tianxing" is a good description of their behavior of living in the canopy, and the flexible posture of walking and moving on the tree.

You can also take a look at the popularity of the legendary Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" to attract attention from the world.

In Chinese, there is another famous saying, "Heaven moves, and the gentleman strives for self-improvement." Taoism is about the laws of nature, which is in line with the current idea of ​​wildlife protection and environmental protection.

On the other hand, gibbons are indisputable in the world and do not meet people and never harm crops. They have been regarded as "gentlemen" since the Han and Tang Dynasties. I also hope that this species can continue to improve itself and survive tenaciously in nature.

Fang Ye nodded and said, "It is indeed a good name! As soon as I hear it, I feel very courageous!"

Then, Fan Peng talked about some things he encountered during his research.

When I first went to research, I didn't know anything about them, and I didn't know where and how many.

In the 1990s, his teacher conducted a survey on white-browed gibbons, and it was estimated that there were about 50-100 groups and 200 individuals, but the survey was not very comprehensive. It would be to use mules and horses to carry supplies to investigate, food is limited, and many remote places cannot be reached.

When he first started his research, he did a comprehensive investigation into the places where white-browed gibbons might exist. Only 30 groups were found, and 8 and 9 groups were added by hearing tweets through interviews with the common people. The optimistic estimate is that there are less than 200 individuals. .

Some places where records were recorded are no longer there. In places where more than 20 groups were recorded, only 10 groups were found. Many small groups have become locally extinct, and the decline rate of the population is very obvious.