Chapter 353 (1/2)

Shooting MV is just a small episode in the calm daily life of the zoo.

Fang Ye has been thinking about the detailed design of the elephant Museum recently. Elephants are the largest mammals on land. They have a very developed intelligence. They need the exhibition area, temperature and humidity, various ground conditions, and the needs for complex life brought by developed intelligence. There are many needs that have not been known by mankind.

Captive elephants in zoos are much more cruel than other animals, but the ornamental value and scientific popularization value of elephants can not be replaced by other animals.

There are very few zoos that can keep elephants well. Generally speaking, few elephants in captivity can reach the life span in the wild.

What's more cruel is that whales, dolphins and elephants are still terrestrial animals. It's easier to do Fengrong. The cost of providing venues is relatively low. Tens of thousands of people can do it if they want to. In fact, it's already very small, but you can make a living.

Whales and dolphins in captivity do not have such conditions at all. They need at least 100000 cubic meters of internal space to start. Aquarium construction and maintenance costs are so high, who can provide it. A little place can swim with a tail, which is equivalent to people being held in a bathtub. Therefore, captive animals are much shorter than those in the wild, without exception.

In the wild, the average male killer whale lives to 30 years old, the female 50 years old, the longest living male can reach 60 years old and the female 105 years old. On average, captive killer whales can only survive for 9-10 years, and the mortality is 2.5 times higher than that of wild killer whales.

Therefore, there must be complete conditions for raising elephants. The huge site area alone is not enough. We also need to do a good job in all aspects. There are complex and detailed requirements for indoor animal houses, outdoor activity venues, training walls, training cage roads, Fengrong, etc.

Most elephants in zoos have more or less stereotyped behavior. Some elephants have very serious stereotyped behavior. They shake their heads all day, which is no different from walking dead. Hundreds of square meters of space can only make elephants ”live”.

If you raise elephants with such low requirements, the most basic site area is not enough, and the rear house is only dozens of square meters. If you face the wall every day and are not rigid, you'll go to hell.

How big is it enough to make elephants feel comfortable?

Four simple words: the bigger the better.

Raising elephants is not easy.

Fangye also decided to raise elephants because Linhai has a tropical and subtropical climate and there is no winter.

Otherwise, elephants have to stay indoors for heating in the long and cold winter. The indoor area is much smaller than that outside. Elephants are more suffocating.

The first is the indoor animal house. The indoor animal house of animals generally adopts concrete ground, which is conducive to the maintenance of daily environmental sanitation. However, for elephants, a single hard ground is not conducive to the health of elephants.

An adult elephant urinates 50 liters a day. Pay special attention to the drainage of the cement ground, otherwise the accumulated water cannot be drained quickly. The elephant has to stand on the wet ground, which is not only uncomfortable, but also easy to cause foot infection.

Elephants eat more and pull more. Some zoos' indoor animal houses do not consider this design. In the narrow fence, the ground is covered with yellow and green feces trampled and mixed with urine. Can elephants be happy in this environment.

Therefore, fangye uses more than 50cm sandy ground in the back house.

In addition to making elephants stand comfortable, sand can also allow elephants to bury food, dig holes, pile soil, take sand bath with elephant trunk and play with sand. It is a good abundant capacity.

The sand is also very helpful for female elephants to give birth. On the sand, the amniotic fluid produced by childbirth will quickly infiltrate, so that the ground will not be very slippery. Female elephants can help newborn elephants stand up quickly.

If the baby elephant always slides when trying to stand, the female elephant will certainly feel very nervous and anxious, and the consequences of elephant anxiety are very serious, such as kicking the breeder, or pulling the nose over and trampling.

Although elephants look simple and honest, they think they have a good temper. Elephants are very smart, emotional and sensitive. When they are in a good mood, they are gentle giants, and when they are angry, they become violent war monsters.