i have a zoo

Chapter 108 Hoof Repair Announcement
Zhao Jia, who was interrupted by the sudden voice, turned his head to look at the place where the voice came from.

It turned out that a young man about 27 or [-] years old was looking at him with his hands on his chest.

"I'm sorry, my name is Maga. I heard that you seem to have a lot of research on this animal, but I couldn't help but hear that you couldn't explain the point." Maga put down his hand, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Um, it's okay, I'm a bit of a long-winded person, so I'll continue."

Although Zhao Jia was somewhat dissatisfied with Ma Ga interrupting his speech, since the other party had already apologized, he couldn't say much, so he continued:

"We just mentioned several reasons why it is inconvenient for zoos to build mud ponds for elephants. It is common for zoos to build sand ponds for elephants, and sand ponds can not only help rub off some dead skin on elephants, It also gives them the feeling of taking a mud bath."

"Okay, uh, this is too short!" Ma Ga was a little unhappy after hearing this, thinking that Zhao Jia was fooling him, and secretly scolded the little boy opposite him for being a cheapskate, then turned around and left after speaking.

"Isn't this person a bit out of his wits? He's talking nonsense." Seeing that Ma Ga left after finishing speaking, Zhao Jia felt a little angry.

Seeing Zhao Jia's expression was a little unhappy, Zhao Dapeng and Tao Yingying looked at each other, Zhao Dapeng took the initiative to say to Zhao Jia: "Old Zhao, the woods are getting bigger these days, and there are all kinds of birds, so ignore him. Look, there are many birds in front of you." People are surrounding a sign, let's go and see the situation together!"

Under the comfort of Zhao Dapeng and Tao Yingying, Zhao Jia didn't think about the unpleasant things just now, and the three walked together to the place surrounded by the crowd.

When they came from the macaque habitat just now, they found a group of tourists surrounded by a sign on the east side of the elephant house, but they didn't pay attention to it just now.

Now that they walked over, they realized that these tourists were looking at the words written on that sign.

[Today at [-]:[-] pm, Doudou's nails will be trimmed at the Elephant House, please remember to come and watch in time! 】

"Do elephants still need nail clipping?"

Tao Yingying looked sideways at the announcement, and then looked at her boyfriend, "Pengpeng, shall we stay until the afternoon to watch the manicure?"

"I can do it. It's up to you. If you want to see it, I'll accompany you. Anyway, we haven't chosen a place to play in the afternoon." Zhao Dapeng spread his hands to express his obedience to his girlfriend.

"How about you, Zhao Jia?" Tao Yingying was very satisfied with her boyfriend's performance, and turned to look at her boyfriend's roommate.

"Me, as an animal lover, I definitely have to check it out. To be honest, I have heard that some zoos will trim elephant hooves before, but I have never seen one. It seems to be open this afternoon. It's dirty." Zhao Jia was a little excited when he saw the announcement, as if he wasn't the unhappy person just now.

After listening to Zhao Jia's words and looking at her boyfriend's eyes, Tao Yingying still didn't make a decision. She actually wanted to stay and watch how the zoo repaired the elephant's hooves, but now until three o'clock in the afternoon, there is still What a long time!

After thinking for a while, she finally made a decision: "Pengpeng, let's finish visiting the zoo first, and then make a decision."

After thinking for a long time, Tao Yingying made a decision to wait until later!
Not only the three of them were discussing whether it was necessary to stay until the afternoon, but other tourists were also discussing this topic.

When everyone was concentrating on discussing the afternoon, Doudou, who was soaking happily in the sand pool, suddenly ran out of the sand pool and walked to the open space on the east side, as if wanting to see why it was so lively here .

"Heh, let's just say that there is no need to stay in the afternoon. You see, that elephant has stereotyped behaviors. This kind of zoo is not worth staying." A man who was discussing with his girlfriend whether to come to see the elephant's hoof repair in the afternoon The young man pointed at Doudou and said.

"Young man, what's the matter with the stereotyped behavior you're talking about?" A curious tourist next to him asked.

The young man raised his head and said confidently: "Stereotyped behavior refers to some repetitive, meaningless (often rhythmic) movements caused by animals unable to meet outdoor behavior needs in a captive environment. It is manifested as shaking the body and shaking the head. , hair pulling, hair twisting, nail biting, thumb sucking, or nose picking.

To put it simply, it is some abnormal behaviors caused by the unhappiness of animals in the zoo. You can see that the elephant shakes his head when he walks, which is a typical stereotyped behavior. "

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, the young man felt that the little science knowledge he accidentally read on yesterday's headlines was quite useful.

"Elephants shaking their heads is not only a stereotyped behavior, but also a normal life behavior for them!"

When the young man called everyone to leave the elephant house, Zhao Jia couldn't listen anymore.

"Then why do you think elephants shake their heads besides stereotyped behavior?" The young man sneered, "You can't be a sailor in the zoo, right?"

Zhao Jia ignored the young man's provocative actions, but said loudly:

"Elephants shake their heads when they walk? It's just a habit they have developed.

In the hot summer, elephants like to slap sand and mud on their bodies continuously, because elephants have many folds on their bodies, and the evil mosquitoes specifically attack the thinner parts of these folds, and slapping sand can effectively cover these. Vulnerable parts of the body, so as to achieve the purpose of anti-mosquito.

Another characteristic of elephants that is less noticed is that the hair on its body is extremely sparse.Hair is one of the characteristics of mammals. More than 99% of land mammals have fur, and elephants are a rare exception.

Existing elephants all live in the tropics, so there is no need for this.So one factor that elephants do not grow hair is climate.In the cold winter, elephants need to shake their bodies or ears constantly to prevent their bodies from freezing, and we look like they are shaking their heads.

However, since most elephants live in the tropical rainforest, the weather is hot and humid, mosquito bites, and the elephant's body surface is not covered with hair.

Facing a large number of mosquitoes is a difficult thing to resist. Zebras or other tropical animals are small in size and can be driven away by their tails.

But the elephant's body is too large, and it can only attack back and forth. The rear part of the body is driven by the tail, and the mosquitoes and flies on the head are driven away by shaking the head. We look like we are shaking our heads.Over time, I developed the habit of shaking my head while walking. "

At the end, Zhao Jia glanced at the young man and said: "Also, the common stereotyped behavior of elephants is to walk around and shake left and right instead of shaking their heads in motion!"

(End of this chapter)