i have a zoo

Chapter 145 Happy Doudou

Then, Doudou raised his nose again, hung a net bag on the top of his head, and beat him repeatedly!

The net dangled like a lob.Every time it was slapped, some withered and yellow things fell down one after another.

When Doudou patted the net bag, she also stretched out her nose, rolled up the things and ate them.

Zhao Jia guessed that it was probably also a kind of food enrichment!
The tourists watched the scene of the elephant feeding and exclaimed: "Wow, this nose! It's really like an arm, it's so flexible!"

"I feel that what our hands can do, this elephant's nose can do it! Amazing!"

"The strength is also great!"

Someone asked curiously: "Breeder, what is this?"

Zhuge laughed and said: "There are some hay in the net bag! If the net bag is hung in the air, the elephant needs to raise its head and stretch its trunk to get food.

The movement of raising the head can exercise the muscles of the chest and back, as well as the most important trunk of the elephant, which is very helpful to their health.

Elephants are very smart animals!

They need constant change and challenge to get their brains going, otherwise they'll be bored.

Therefore, the enrichment of the elephant house is also the most complicated and energy-consuming.

The sand dunes and mud ponds in the activity field, the staff manipulated the small excavator to dig and build, so that the terrain that the elephants can see every day is different from yesterday, full of freshness and fun of exploration.

This is also a unique enrichment that can only be carried out in a sandy environment.

Zhuge Qi pointed to the device with the hay net bag hanging on it, and said with a smile: "In our elephant house, the breeder can hang hay outside the exhibition hall and lift it up through these hoists.

When the hay runs out in one place, it reappears in another.Elephants will continue to move, search, and feed in the pavilion, just like the original state in the wild.

It is important for elephants to walk enough!

Captive elephants generally lack exercise, which will lead to uneven wear of foot pads and nails, causing damage to the nail bed. "

Although there are methods of pedicure and nails now, this is equivalent to losing weight. One is to lose weight through exercise, and the other is to lose weight through slimming tea, liposuction and other methods. It must be healthier to lose weight through exercise.

Of course, enough walking is also built on sand bedding in the elephant house.

The sand or mud pits rub against the elephant's feet to achieve the wear effect. The smooth concrete ground is useless, and it will cause serious foot diseases of the elephant after a long time.

The specific choice of sand is also particular. Ordinary sand is easy to cause compaction, so the sand in the playground is all river sand bought from the system. It has good permeability and can quickly absorb water and elephant urine.

Moreover, the river sand is washed by the river, without sharp edges and corners, and is round and blunt. When elephants sleep at night, it is more comfortable to lie on the sand.

When the tourists listened to Zhuge Qi's explanation, they all opened their eyes wide. Because the master Lao Wang doesn't like to talk, so now Zhuge Qi is generally in charge of the explanation in the elephant hall.

In fact, for all animals, the same environment is very boring.

It's just that other exhibition halls cannot make such a large-scale change, and can only enrich some details.

Doudou didn't seem to be very interested in hay, so she stopped after a few mouthfuls, and walked away slowly with huge strides!

There are many facilities in the elephant house to let them move, elephants always have something to do.

Doudou walked forward, and when he passed a tree trunk, he seemed to find something, and swept the roller hanging from the tree with his nose.

There are some small holes in the roller!
Swept by Doudou's nose, Gu Lu Gu Lu turned around and a piece of apple fell out of the hole.

This kind of roller enrichment device is also relatively common in zoos. There are some in the macaque exhibition area, but their rollers are made of bamboo knots, and the rollers in the elephant hall are relatively large.

Doudou unceremoniously rolled up the apple from the ground with his nose, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it.

Then he continued to sweep the roller with his nose, and a piece of apple fell out.

Doudou poked his head over, rolled his nose and ate it!
Doudou is a picky eater, he likes to eat fruit, but not hay.

Of course, elephants love fruit.

At this time, a tourist asked suspiciously: "Breeder, isn't Doudou a female name? Why do female elephants have tusks, or is Doudou a male elephant?"

"I didn't even notice it had ivory!"

Zhuge laughed and said: "This is a classic misunderstanding! In fact, not all elephants have their front teeth exposed. Some male elephants can't see the tusks, and some female elephants can see the tusks, and they can grow very long. Ivory cannot be used as a basis for judging the gender of an elephant.

It may be that people associate ivory with might and strength, and might and strength are generally male characteristics. In addition, some people have not verified it. Based on their own impressions, they say that those with ivory are all male, and those without ivory are all female, or teeth Sawed off, let this misconception spread widely. "

"So it is!"

"Damn it, did I make a mistake all along?"

"Pose up!"

Doudou then played with the sand.

Flicking its tail, it sucked the sand in with its nose on the ground.

Then he raised his nose and flicked it to the back of his head, and a cloud of sand delicately fell on his back.

I inhaled another tube of sand, rolled my nose down, and sprayed the bottom of my stomach with a "pop", and sprayed sand on my stomach.

After a while it came to the edge of the mud pond again, knelt down on the bank, touched the surface of the mud pond with the end of its nose, and then put its nose under the water to grope for a while.

It's like human beings touch the water with their hands before taking a bath to see how hot or cold it is!
Doudou is also feeling the muddyness of the mud pond, and at the same time, he is testing the environment below the mud pond to see if he can get a foot in it!

Don't step on it, the bottom is empty, and you can't climb up if you fall into the pit.

This is the experience of learning from the older elephants in the family once in the wild.

After exploring the environment under the mud pond, the whole elephant kicked its legs and slid into the mud pond!

Lying in the muddy pond, he arched his body and rolled happily, and his nose kept kicking up the muddy water.

"Hahaha, so cute!"

"Happy like a ton child!"

"Hey, who isn't a baby?"

"Ma Ma, the elephant is so happy!"

"Cute love has no head."

The tourists couldn't help smiling when they saw Doudou rolling and playing in the mud pond!
Come to the zoo to see animals, don't you just want to relax your body and mind.

The scene of elephants playing in the mud happily is indeed very healing.

A tourist took out his mobile phone, took a few photos and a video of the elephant in the mud pit.

He and his friends were surprised: "I thought the elephant was a very mature and stable animal, but I didn't expect it to play like a child."

Elephants are very charming!

And for zoos, it's a great display animal.

They are constantly active during the day, unlike some animals, which sleep most of the time.

Zhao Jia was deeply touched by this. Every time he went to the African region, he found that Simba was sleeping!

(End of this chapter)