Chapter 567 (2/2)

It fell into the wide pool below and splashed with white water.

This will be playing happily in the water. The gray skin is stained with a layer of water and glitters in the sun, like a layer of sunscreen.

A few steps forward, the whole body went underwater.

Although we can't see what Pingping is doing in the water, we can imagine how happily it shakes its head and makes waves with its huge body by looking at the constantly surging waves on the water!

Tourists looked at the scene of elephants playing with water and made bursts of joy and exclamation.

Elephants completely dive into the water and don't have to worry about choking by the water, because there is a ”valve” in the elephant trunk, which can be closed when absorbing water.

Stand up in the pool, go out and run around and come back.

Meiling, Meilan, Bobo, they are also soaking in the pool!

A group of elephants took a bath. Bobo lay directly on his side in the water and looked very comfortable.

When it's hot in summer, it's fun to take a bath and play with water, and tourists are also happy for them.

Dawo smiled and took two photos: ”really don't poke!”

Lin Hao looked at the scenery of elephants playing with water on the balcony and strolled in the elephant viewing cabin.

The viewing cabin is not only a visiting point, but also a small exhibition hall. The popular science exhibition board is hung on the wall. On the table is a two meter long, white and yellow Ivory as an exhibit.

The huge ivory is very eye-catching at a glance!

A child just reached out and touched it strangely.

The ivory is not covered with a cover. It is marked below: ”this ivory is a model.”

Lin Hao walked over, subconsciously touched the ivory and felt it.

The exhibition board next to is devoted to ivory.

”What can elephants do with ivory?”

Lin Hao guessed, ”I'm sure I can help elephants fight.”

Looking down, I found that ivory has many functions!

Elephants can dig sand with their long tusks to get salt and minerals in the soil, or look for groundwater in the dry season.

In severe drought, rivers and other surface water dry up. Elephants can dig a hole of several meters with ivory and wait for groundwater to slowly seep out of the sand. This function of digging holes to obtain groundwater is very useful for elephants to spend the dry season safely. After elephants drink water and leave, other animals will also gather at the edge of the water hole to have a drink. If elephants become extinct, many animals may not survive the dry season.

Ivory can also break branches with ivory and peel bark with one side of ivory. Elephants also have their own habitual one side teeth, which is equivalent to human left-handed and right-handed.

And it can help the male elephant get the heart of the female elephant.

Well, what I think is too short!

Lin Hao continued to look at the exhibition, and the next content was a little heavy.

More and more elephants don't have teeth now.

In the absence of poaching, only 2% - 4% of female African elephants do not grow teeth.

However, because of poaching, elephants with beautiful long teeth will be brutally killed. The male elephant's ivory is generally larger and heavier than the female elephant. Therefore, when encountering poachers, the male elephant bears the brunt.

When a large number of male elephants were killed, poachers targeted the female elephants. The female elephants with ivory were killed. Those without Ivory escaped and slowly gave birth to more toothless offspring. The same is true for Asian elephants. Toothed elephants may be caught to work, especially those without ivory.