Fairy takeaway

Everyone sat on the ground, surrounding Professor Xie Weixian in the center, like a group of children in class.

Luo Xiang was originally not interested in Professor Xie Weixian's field lectures, but he was forced by him to find an excellent seat in the front row and sit down, pretending to be very absorbed in listening, but in fact, his mind had already wandered the other party.

He, Noben Otter, showed great interest, holding his face and tilting his head like a sunflower.

Luo Xie squinted at his stupid look, and reached out to the side pocket of the backpack, which was full of small wild flowers and berries that the little sea otter had stuffed in when he wasn't paying attention.Luo Xian casually took out a white-flowered sorrel, and inserted the small white flower into the little sea otter's hair.

The little white flower struggled to emerge from the fluffy and soft hair, swaying in the wind, like a ostentatious little antenna.

He Nuo belatedly noticed something was wrong on the top of his head.He turned his head to look at the little boss, and complained softly: "I think I have an extra ear."

Luo Xiang suppressed a smile and didn't answer, but just patted the top of his head perfunctorily.

The little sea otter did it himself, rubbing his hands alternately for a long time, but he didn't feel anything, so he didn't care anymore.

His ridiculous action made many people giggle.The coffee jelly lady sitting directly opposite them had a serious expression on her face, holding up her phone solemnly, and snapped a lot of photos.

Fortunately, the occasional errands of the students did not affect the teacher's enthusiasm for teaching.Professor Xie Weixian has narrated from his own enlightenment experience of animals and plants to the ultimate goal of this expedition: Maochun Forest Park.

"Presumably everyone has heard about our forest park reserve plan, and that we will build a new concept forest zoo in the reserve." Professor Xie Weixian delivered the great news with a smile on his face, "So everyone knows, what Is it a zoo?"

Before he could react, he was called by the teacher in class and stood up blankly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." He blushed, admitting his ignorance with shame.

Professor Xie Weixian was very kind. He laughed and said softly, "Don't be nervous, kid. This is not a test. It's fine to talk. You just need to share what you understand. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. Let's work together Discuss, discuss."

He looked down at the little boss for help, and after receiving affirmative glances, he bravely spoke out the truth in his heart. "I feel that the zoo is to capture and lock up small animals together." He said this, causing the audience to burst into laughter.

When Nuo saw this, he was very nervous. He only waited for Professor Xie Weixian to nod his head, sat down, hugged Luo Xiang's arm, and buried his head in his chest to hide.Luo Xiang lowered his head and quickly stuffed a piece of toffee into his mouth.

Professor Xie Weixian raised his hand again to signal everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "This kid's point of view is actually very typical, and it is correct to a certain extent. I think everyone here must have ideas similar to his. friend."

After the old professor's voice fell, several humans raised their hands.One of the women said bluntly that she hadn't stepped into the zoo for more than ten years, and she didn't plan to take her children there.

"When I entered the zoo, I always felt that the animals inside were so pitiful, and I felt very sad when I saw them," she described.

Professor Xie Weixian nodded again and again, sighed: "I am very grateful to this friend and the kid just now for their frankness, which just helped me to better develop the topic I want to talk about next.

Regarding the zoo, there is indeed a clear academic definition, but I think it is meaningless to develop something too academic here.Even if we ordinary people know the definition of a zoo, what is the use?The most important thing is whether we can understand the meaning of zoo existence. "

The old professor began citing classics and quotes from many sources, and said: "The prototype of the concept of zoo actually appeared in Egypt and Mesopotamia civilization more than 4000 years ago. In our country, it is estimated that during the Zhou Dynasty , It has existed in all dynasties since then. The feudal emperors collected rare and exotic animals from all over the world, kept them in their own gardens, and set up special personnel to manage them for the emperor to enjoy. It’s just that the main purpose at that time was just to collect and play. The dignitaries raised animals. It’s like searching for calligraphy, paintings and rare treasures.”

He Nuo raised his head secretly. Hearing this, he couldn't help but glance at the little boss beside him.I saw Luo Xiang's eyes fell on the old professor, he didn't know what he was thinking, he looked thoughtful.

The old professor took a small portable whiteboard and slowly wrote a strange word on it. The strokes were strong and powerful, but the words looked like a painting.

He said: "Many people can write the Chinese character 囧. There is a mouth, there is one in it, and there is one in it, but they don't necessarily know its etymology. Four small seedlings, so its original meaning was a vegetable garden or an orchard, which means to raise plants in a field. Later, it developed into a word "you" in the frame. The word "you" comes from "hand" and "meat", meaning To reach out for meat, it was later extended to the meaning of possession. The meaning of 微 was also expanded, and finally became a garden for raising animals.

This way of keeping wild animals in captivity is also the development and utilization of animal resources and plant resources other than six animals, which is a part of wild animal domestication.The so-called six animals are cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, dogs and chickens, our common economic animals.Wild animals other than six animals have low meat value, and most of them are domesticated by humans for other purposes.

So domesticated animals such as cats and pigeons appeared, which have certain functions, such as catching mice and flying pigeons to pass books.Many of these functional animals can also serve as human animal companions.For example, in our Tang and Song Dynasties, many literati and poets would travel with their cats, and wrote many poems to express their feelings.The famous patriotic poet Lu You once wanted to catch small fish for his cat on the boat, but he failed.

Now some of the videos that you young people like to circulate on the Internet, such as traveling around the world with a cat, I think the click-through rate is very high, but in fact, they were all done by people before.If the great poets of the past had Weibo, they would definitely update their eulogy for cats in real time on it, and they might even hold an online poetry competition with the theme of 'cats'. I think it is probably better than those vlogs. To be tall. "

Everyone was amused by the old professor's humorous tone and language.

"In addition, the ancients even raised wild animals such as tiger spores or bears, and the purpose of viewing them was even stronger. It can be seen that, in fact, human beings' love for animals is a natural behavior derived from instinct, no matter what kind of animal it is. In the living environment, I always hope that I can get closer to nature and animals.

If we regard our ancient gardens as 'zoo', then the zoo really captures wild animals into cages for humans to watch.Are those animals pitiful?Poor indeed.

However, when it comes to modern public zoos, the earliest and real zoo in our country should be the Ten Thousand Animals Garden, which appeared relatively late, at the beginning of the last century.Animals are the animals of animals. Literally speaking, ten thousand animals means that there are many animals.The Wanshou Garden was originally established to meet the entertainment needs of the royal family. Later, the then Empress Dowager Cixi ordered it to be opened to the public and gradually evolved into a public zoo.Since then, a lot of zoo-related things have become complicated. "

He Nuo was fascinated by what he heard at first, but suddenly he was taken aback, leaned into the ear of the little boss, and asked him secretly: "What is magnetic attraction?"

Luo Xiang simply explained: "A woman."

He Nuo nodded, thinking that this human woman might be very powerful, and it was actually related to the first zoo.

"It can be said that all zoos in the world are still in the process of continuous development and continuous learning. This was the case before, and it is even more so now. When the public is questioning why we need zoos, in fact, people in this industry are also asking Question to yourself. What is the point of the zoo? What is the responsibility of the zoo?"

Zoos are a necessary evil of modern society, a necessary evil.

The zoo, first of all, is a "public" park, which requires the ability to face the public.A qualified modern zoo needs to meet several goals, mainly in two aspects: one is the preservation and successful breeding of species, especially rare and endangered wild species, including related animal scientific research, and the other is environmental education for the public.

This is the purpose of human beings to establish zoos, and it is also a heavy responsibility that zoos need to bear.

Based on such a concept, many excellent modern zoos have emerged and made indelible contributions to species protection and environmental education.Hundreds of the world's leading institutions and organizations jointly established the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). WAZA aims to provide guidance and assistance to zoos, aquariums and other related organizations around the world in areas related to animal breeding and welfare, thereby promoting biodiversity conservation, environmental education and global sustainable development.

Unfortunately, so far in our country, only one zoo is eligible to join WAZA.Our related work in zoos still has a long way to go.

The little sea otter couldn't quite understand the deep meaning of the old professor's words, but he still felt a sense of heaviness and pain, and couldn't help but grabbed the little boss's sleeve and squeezed it into a flower.

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It is Chimelong, who just joined in November last year.However, although Chimelong has done well in some fields, it is a pity that Chimelong is also a hotbed for wild animal performances, and it was once used as a gimmick to attract the public.As a result, it is likely to have adverse effects on other zoos, and in the long run, there may be bad consequences.