Chapter 361 (1/2)
The keeper smiled and said, ”well, parrots eat pumpkins, but this is not just for eating. You can observe it carefully!”
”Huh?”
Hearing this, the children leaned close to the railing, stood on tiptoe and observed more carefully.
Wang Haoran saw that the parrot seemed to take out a black thing from the pumpkin?
It looks like a melon seed!
He chewed hard with his beak for a long time, peeled the shell and ate the melon seeds inside. After eating the ”chirp”, he shouted twice, jumped back to the pumpkin and took a melon seed out of it. He looked very happy.
On the table of the food rack, there was water besides pumpkins, and more than a dozen scattered melon seed skins were scattered around. It was not very impressive. He didn't notice it just now.
”There are melon seeds in the pumpkin. The parrot is eating melon seeds!” Wang Haoran was surprised.
”Really!”
”Parrots can peel melon seeds!”
Other children also discovered the secret.
”That's right!” The breeder said, ”this is a kind of food Fengrong. Do any students know what Fengrong is?”
The children looked confused and shook their heads to show that they didn't know, but Zheng Yan, the study committee member, raised her hand.
When she came to the zoo, she listened carefully. At this time, she said confidently, ”Fengrong is to make animals happier and more comfortable!”
Yang Sibo wondered, ”why does the parrot become happy when there are melon seeds in the pumpkin? Isn't it all food? ”
Wang Haoran: ”look how hard they eat melon seeds. I peel them off. Is the parrot happier?”
”Er...” although Zheng Yan thought it was wrong, she couldn't explain it.
The breeder explained, ”what this female classmate said just now is right. Fengrong actually means to make animals happier.
Why do parrots become happy when melon seeds are hidden in pumpkins?
First of all, this can give animals a sense of freshness. Compared with directly feeding them melon seeds, today we dig a hole in the pumpkin and hide the melon seeds, which is equivalent to the rice your mother usually makes, and then make a boiled egg alone. Today we combined to make an egg fried rice!
Usually the meat is fried. Today I made a braised meat! Will you be happy, too? ”
”Oh ~” the children suddenly realized that the breeder took their life experience as an example and understood it at once.
”Happy!”
A little fat man said excitedly, ”I like braised meat best!”
The keeper said, ”although the parrot eats pumpkin, the pumpkin is not only food, but also a toy.
You see, parrots can't easily get melon seeds. They can either stand on the pumpkin and the pumpkin will shake like a small ball, or stand on tiptoe on the platform, and then put their heads into the hole and into the pumpkin to get melon seeds.
In this process, parrots exercise their foraging ability, balance ability and head, neck and leg muscles.
Animals in the wild need to spend a lot of time looking for food. In the process of foraging, their abilities have been trained.
Our food abundance design is to respect the wild habits of animals, so that they can feel fun and challenge in the process of obtaining food.
Let's think about it. If every day's homework is equal to 1 + 1, and you only take this test during the exam, the score is 100 every time. Your parents cook the same meal for you when you go home, will you feel very bored? ”
Children, think about it, it's true!
What's the meaning of doing one plus one every day, even if you can get 100 points every time.
”Chirp!”