i have a zoo

Chapter 16 Pumbaa Timman and Simba

After learning about Lao Wang's situation, Tang Ping and Xiao Zhu continued to visit the park accompanied by Qi Ming.

"Behind the Monkey Mountain is the wolf pen, and there are five wolves in it, yes, five Siberian plain wolves!"

Qi Ming didn't know where to classify Hapi, but he thought it would be better to conceal Hapi's origin in front of the reporter.

Looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, Tang Ping felt a little strange,
He didn't know why these grandpas and aunts like to watch ferocious beasts like wolves,
Even the crowds around the monkeys and alpacas are not as good as the wolf circle.

When they approached the wolf enclosure, Tang Ping realized that they were all watching one of the wolves.

"Oh! Old Liu, look at that wolf's eyes.
Is he an old thief, like the weasel that Xu Datou's family caught last time? "

"Hmm, no, I don't think it's a weasel, but what is that? Oh, let me think about it."

Hearing the conversation between the two uncles, Tang Ping also followed the wolf they were pointing at.

The wolf was slightly smaller than the other wolves that arrived, and it was following the largest wolf in the wolf circle.

But Tang Ping always felt weird when he saw it at first sight. That wolf looked no different from other wolves.
He can't describe this feeling, anyway, just looking at it, it doesn't feel very coordinated, and it's compared with the same kind around it.

After studying it for a while, he knew what was wrong. It was its demeanor and eyes. Tang Ping saw some cunning and naivety in its eyes.

The wolf that tourists and Tang Ping paid attention to was either other wolves or Harpy who had mixed into the pack of wolves. At this time, Harpy began to learn how to walk like David in the wolf pen.

"Look, look! It's learning again!"

"Haha, it's so funny! This wolf is so funny!"

"This wolf has a bit of humanity. Look at how well he has learned!"

Tang Ping, whose thinking was interrupted by the shouting next to him, looked into the wolf circle and couldn't help but smile,

Qi Ming, who was standing beside him, rubbed his chin with his hand, but couldn't laugh or cry.

Happy imitated David's posture and walked more and more wretchedly,

Its shoulders are slumped, and its legs are small, as if it is afraid that David will find it if it makes a big noise.
Whenever David turned his head, it would lie down on the spot,

With his head bowed and lowered, his nimble little eyes looked up and looked around,

It's very similar to the yellow dog emoticon pack with dripping eyes that is very popular on the Internet.

And its tail doesn't hang down completely like David's, but stops slightly up,
And it forcibly imitated David's posture, which caused the body to be a little unbalanced when walking, and it limped when walking.

The weird walk and happy little eyes are what made the tourists around happy. Qi Ming couldn't help laughing after watching it for a while.

I don’t know if it’s because the tourists around me laughed too much,

The wolves began to retreat into the wolf pen, where they rested on their stomachs. Happy didn't learn to walk anymore, and went back to rest on his stomach with everyone.

"Haha, Xiao Zhu, did you take the picture of the wolf learning to walk just now?"

Tang Ping smiled and looked at Happy who was resting on the ground with some regret.

"Don't worry, my camera has never stopped from the side of the beast!"

Xiao Zhu said with a suppressed smile.

Hearing Xiao Zhu talk about the mythical beast, Tang Ping felt the taste on his face become obvious again, and his throat retched a little.

"vomit!"

Tang Ping retched twice.

"Reporter Tang, what's the matter with you, are you all right, do you want to take a rest?"

Seeing Tang Ping suddenly retching twice, Qi Ming was a little confused.

"Ahem, it's okay, Director Qi, I just laughed so happily that I choked!"

Tang Ping reluctantly put on a smile, and at the same time signaled Xiao Zhu with his eyes not to tell the story of spitting.

Qi Ming watched Tang Ping take out a wet paper towel to wipe his face, and figured out what was going on as soon as he turned his head.

"You guys have seen Reporter Tang's circle of wolves, so let's move on!"

Qi Ming snickered inwardly while leading the way.

Walking into the innermost intersection, what Tang Ping saw was a [-]-square-meter concrete cage.

There is also a mud puddle of about two square meters on the east side of the cage.

There are also some vines wrapped around the barbed wire around the cage, adding a touch of color to the monotonous cement.

In the middle of the mud puddle lay two warthogs, one lying on its side and the other squatting on its buttocks,
The two warthogs rolled in the mud from time to time, grunting and chirping, and they didn't know what they were communicating.

They have a gray mane on their backs, like a long head of hair,
There is also a ring of whiskers on the face, and other than these places, their hair looks a little sparse.

After the hair was stained with mud, it looked a little messy, like two non-mainstream Martians fighting and dancing in the mud.

“疣猪属于中小型偶蹄目动物，体重50-150千克，体长0.91-1.5米，身高0.64-0.85米。

The proportion of their head and body is seriously out of balance, the huge head accounts for about one-third of the body length, and looks heavier than the body. "

Qi Ming introduced the two warthogs lying in the mud.

The four huge fangs on the warthog's face made Tang Ping daunted,
The upper tusk of one of the warthogs is very large, and Tang Ping thinks it should be about 26-64 centimeters.

The one next to it is about 15-26 cm long, and their fangs are curved upwards and outwards,
Tang Ping felt that their lower fangs could be used as knives.

"The skin under the warthog's eyes, the pair of large warts that grow out, is what gives them their name.

You see the male warthog on the left has a pair of smaller warts on his mouth.

These warts help warthogs protect their eyes when digging for food.
It can also make the heads look bigger and make them more hideous to scare off enemies. "

Qi Ming continued to explain to Tang Ping and the others.

"The warts of warthogs refer to the bumps on their faces, and it's easy to tell the difference between male and female warthogs.

Just count the pimples on their faces, the male has four and the female has two. "

After Qi Ming finished explaining, Tang Ping and Xiao Zhu each took some footage with their mobile phones and cameras.
Nothing interesting happened this time, and Xiao Zhu expressed regret.

"Director Qi, is this warthog the same as the Pumbaa in the cartoon "The Adventures of Pumbaa Timman", I think the image is a bit similar."

Looking at the warthog in the phone photo, Tang Ping raised his head and asked.

"Oh! Reporter Tang is indeed a reporter. He has strong observation and association skills.
Yes, the prototype of Pumbaa in the cartoon "The Adventures of Pumbaa Timman" is an African warthog. "

After speaking, Qi Ming walked to the intersection next to him, signaling Tang Ping and the others to come over.

"Reporter Tang, look, the mongoose in this pictorial is the prototype of Timon.
In the later period, our zoo will also introduce the thin-tailed mongoose, so that "Peng Peng" and "Ding Man" can meet in the zoo!

We also have an African lion in the back park, we call it Simba! "

[Non-text content] Animal anecdotes:

Warthogs often hide in the burrows of aardvarks. When they enter the burrows, they turn their bodies upside down to prevent sneak attacks by enemies.

There is also a theory that their skulls are too large to fit into caves.

(End of this chapter)