i have a zoo

Chapter 84 Sunbathing

Hearing Qi Ming talk about "The Lion King", Lu Xue suddenly felt surprised and said:

"Director, did you just mention the Lion King when you mentioned the combination?"

Qi Ming, who was still talking about the battle between lions and tigers, looked at her in surprise, and nodded in doubt:
"Yes, um! How did you find out?"

"Hee hee, I didn't notice it at first, but when you said The Lion King, the name of the lion was written here as Simba, so I must be smart!"

Lu Xue laughed with a silver bell, and proudly gave herself a thumbs up.

"Uh, director, just now you said that tigers are stronger than lions, so why do most of the videos I usually see on the Internet show tigers avoiding lions?"

The super big ant asked in doubt, he was still a little confused about Qi Ming's answer just now.

Qi Ming looked at him and opened his mouth and said:
"What I said just now may not be very specific, but strictly speaking, if a lion and a tiger fight to the death, the tiger has a higher winning rate.

If it’s a normal fight, it’s true that lions (male lions) have a high winning rate. In the videos you usually see, lions are fierce and tigers run around in fright.

In fact, because tigers are solitary animals, their survival philosophy is not to engage in unnecessary fights. Unless they must fight, they will choose to avoid standing to avoid injury, while lions live in groups. When a male lion needs to fight, it is basically life and death. struggled.

So when lions fight, they fight desperately, while tigers don't fight if they don't want to fight. This is why you often see tigers running around being chased by lions in videos. "

The super big ant nodded after listening to something, "Oh, so that's the case. Okay, thank you, the director."

"Ow!"

At this time, Simba in the habitat suddenly stood up, opened his big mouth, raised his neck and let out a long growl, revealing his sharp fangs.

After roaring, it stretched calmly and walked proudly, its long and beautiful mane swaying rhythmically under its face,

After taking two steps, it shook the thick mane on its head, and stopped again.

Simba was lying on his front legs and squatting on his back legs, with a pair of confident eyes looking at Qi Ming, Lu Xue and the others on his solemn face.

Its tail flicked back and forth vigorously, slapping its ribs for a while, and slapping the ground for a while. The whole mane was shaking, as if it was particularly interested in Qi Ming and the others.

Called by Simba, everyone stopped discussing the lion-tiger war and focused on Simba.

"Director, its sound is so fierce, like thunder." Lu Xue was a little excited.

Just when Qi Ming was about to say something, Simba seemed to realize that the people in front of him were meaningless, so he lay down again, closed his eyes, rested the paw of his left hand on his head, and fell asleep again.

"Um, Director, why is Simba sleeping again? Is he a little uncomfortable?" Yijie looked at the sleeping Simba suspiciously.

Qi Ming cleared his throat: "Well, it's okay——"

At this time, a voice came from the preaching machine next to it:
"Why do lions often sleep? In fact, under normal circumstances, lions usually spend 20 hours sleeping,
This is not because they are lazy, but because Africa, where lions live, is very hot,

And often face the problem of water shortage, so lions adopt this lazy lifestyle to reduce energy consumption,
Especially when the dry season comes, the number of prey becomes scarce, and they will often be in a state of hunger,
So it is especially important for them to increase sleep and reduce activity.

Of course, according to the popular point of view, it is to sleep more and eat less to reduce energy consumption. "

After the popular science knowledge was finished, Qin Tian, ​​who was standing in front of the machine, nodded and said in admiration: "Director, your machine is not bad, it collects many common problems!"

Qi Ming said with a smile on his face, "Thank you for the compliment. This is what our zoo should do."

What the hell, does this machine even record questions?I also plan to use this question to create a sense of presence.

Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, Qi Ming's confidence in the system's production has deepened a little.

Looking at Lu Xue who was interacting with the audience in the live broadcast room, he clapped his hands lightly: "My friends, Simba has fallen asleep, let's go and see his good partner Peng Peng Dingman!"

After speaking, he motioned everyone to walk towards the mongoose habitat on the left.

"Wow, Director, what are they doing? Why are they standing there still?" Lu Xue looked at the five little Dingmans standing in the habitat suspiciously.

Qi Ming looked in the direction Lu Xue pointed, and found that under the leadership of Xiaomei, the Fifth Middle School was standing in the middle of the habitat with their tails.

Under the sunlight, the fur of the mongooses all over their bodies turned golden yellow, and their big eyes narrowed into slits.

With a small pointed mouth and a small arc, she kept smiling, and put her two small hands on her chest, as if enjoying a sunbath.

"They are basking in the sun!" Qi Ming pointed to Xiaomei, who is the largest, "This is because the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very cold at night, so when the sun comes out in the morning, they will stand upright to let the sun shine evenly on their bodies.

Especially the slightly darker skin on their belly, where the coverage rate of hair is not high, the sun shines there, it will quickly warm up the mongooses, and then they can start a new day of work.

Compared with obtaining heat through food, basking in the sun is the most cost-effective way for them. "

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

The only meerkat that didn't close its eyes saw Qi Ming and the others approaching, and quickly made a sound.

Hearing the cries of their companions, the other four quickly lowered their bodies and quickly burrowed into the gaps in the nearby stones.

The slender-tailed mongoose that sounded the alarm also followed its companion and got in. After a while, the sentry poked his head out from behind the stone and looked at Qi Ming and Lu Xue curiously.

Seeing Ding Man hiding behind him, Lu Xue said depressedly: "Director, they are so afraid of us, did we scare them?"

"The meerkat is a relatively vigilant animal. Don't worry, it will come out automatically when we find out that we won't hurt them." Qi Ming was very calm.

Sure enough, as he said, after waiting for a few minutes, the mongoose poked its head out and realized that Qi Ming and the others had made no further moves, and called again.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

After hearing this cry, the four meerkats that disappeared before quickly returned to the standing position just now, looking at Qi Ming and Lu Xue with curious eyes.

Looking at them, they seem to be very curious about the animals standing in front of them.

(End of this chapter)