Chapter 599 (1/2)
Although the singing stopped on the radio, netizens were still immersed in sad and moving emotions for a long time, and aftertaste the beautiful dance of the Red Crowned Crane just now.
Some people even turned on the player, searched the song and listened carefully again.
Fang Ye looked at the cranes flying on the lake and didn't say anything for a long time.
After a while, the mood eased a little and asked, ”how is it? Is it different from listening to this song when I was a child?”
”Well, I was scared when I listened to this song when I was a child! I think the girl died miserably. Now I can understand the emotion when I listen to it again.”
Fang Ye added: ”although Xu Xiujuan's deeds are very touching, I still want to tell you that bringing the Red Crowned Crane to winter breeding may be of scientific research value, but from the perspective of nature protection, it needs to be treated seriously.
Domestication of red crowned cranes has changed the habits of red crowned cranes. Now the red crowned cranes cultured in the reserve still face many difficulties in reintroduction, which is different from the real wild red crowned cranes.
Will the artificially bred red crowned cranes return to the wild population have disease infection? Will it change the habits of wild red crowned cranes?
According to the statistics of the previous two years, the number of wild red crowned cranes in China is only 500, which has always been an endangered state, but the number of captive cranes has reached 2500. At present, there is no record of large-scale successful wild release of red crowned cranes.
There are also some commercial flying performances of captive red crowned cranes in the reserve. They take eggs from the Wild Red Crowned Crane nest and sell them to the zoo. They are called protection, but they are actually profitable. All these are existing problems.
Wild red crowned cranes are very alert. If someone enters their territory, they may directly abandon their nest.
Even if they pick up the eggs, they will make up the eggs. The hatching time of the baby cranes is delayed, the feathers are uneven and can not migrate. The red crowned cranes will stay in the northeast with their children and can not survive the winter. This is also the reason why the Wild Red Crowned Crane population has been unable to grow. ”
”Ah? How angry!”
”I can't accept it! How can I treat them like this?”
”Headmaster, did you buy your crane from the reserve?”
Fang Ye explained, ”our red crowned cranes were introduced from other zoos. In fact, the first animals in the zoo were captured from the wild, but it's not appropriate to do this again now. Can you understand this?”
”I can understand! I would have thought zoos shouldn't exist before. But after watching the live broadcast of the director, I know what a really good zoo is like.”
”Yes, zoos are not only places of entertainment, but also educational.”
Fang ye said, ”therefore, the best expression of love is to really love red crowned cranes and protect their habitat.
Let's go and see our new hippos and giraffes. ”
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Come to the back of the hippo Pavilion.
The rear house of Hippo Pavilion is different from other buildings. Because hippos need water to live, in addition to the normal animal house, the next room is equipped with a small pool.
However, the pool looks dirty and not very clear.
There are some grass leaf residues floating on the water surface, and some spherical things can be seen at the bottom of the water. It looks like shit eggs.
The breeder Lao Gang is an uncle in his forties. He will hold a pineapple and another bucket. Across the railing, he laughs and shouts the hippo's name: ”Dudu? Dudu?”
Dudu's huge dark brown body is mostly submerged in the water, with his back, nose and eyes exposed.
Small eyes looked at Lao Gang, suddenly his head shook, patted the water, and made a loud sound! It's like a gun battle in the water.
A spray of water was lifted up. Although the old man had just left for a distance, some small drops of water were thrown on his face.