I Have a Safari Park

The breeder smiled and said: "Well, parrots eat pumpkins, but this is not only for eating, you can observe carefully!"

"Um?"

Hearing this, the children leaned their bodies close to the railing, stood on tiptoe, and observed more seriously.

Wang Haoran saw that the parrot seemed to be pulling a black thing out of the pumpkin?

It looks like a melon!

Biting hard for a long time with the bird's beak in his mouth, he peeled off the shell and ate the kernels of the melon seeds inside. After eating, he cried twice, jumped back to the pumpkin, and took out a melon seed from the inside, which looked very good. happy look.

On the table of this food rack, in addition to pumpkins and water, there are more than a dozen scattered melon seed skins scattered around.

"There are melon seeds hidden in the pumpkin, and the parrot is eating melon seeds!" Wang Haoran exclaimed in surprise.

"real!"

"Parrots can also peel melon seeds!"

Other children also discovered the secret.

"That's right!" the breeder said. "This is a kind of food enrichment. Does anyone know what enrichment is?"

The children's eyes were confused, and they all shook their heads to show that they didn't know, but Zheng Yan, the study committee member, raised her hand.

She paid attention to it when she came to the zoo before, and at this time she was very confident: "Enrichment is to make animals happier and more comfortable!"

Yang Sibo wondered, "Why do parrots become happy with melon seeds hidden in pumpkins? Isn't all of them eaten?"

Wang Haoran: "Looking at how hard they eat melon seeds, I peel them off. Are parrots happier?"

"Uh..." Although Zheng Yan felt that something was wrong, she couldn't explain it a bit.

The breeder explained: "This female student was right just now, enrichment actually means making animals happier.

Why do parrots become happy by hiding seeds in pumpkins?

First of all, this can give animals a sense of freshness. Compared with feeding them melon seeds directly, today we dig a hole in the pumpkin and hide the melon seeds, which is equivalent to the rice your mother usually cooks, and then make a boiled egg separately. Made an egg fried rice today!

Usually the meat is fried, but today I made a braised pork! Will you be happy too? "

"Oh~" The children were stunned. The breeder used their life experiences as an example, and they understood it at once.

"happy!"

A chubby dun said excitedly, "I like braised pork the most!"

The breeder said: "Although parrots eat pumpkins, this pumpkin is not only food, it is also a toy.

You see, the parrot can't easily grab the melon seeds, either standing on the pumpkin, the pumpkin will shake like a small ball, or standing on tiptoe on the platform, and then sticking its head through the hole and sticking it into the inside of the pumpkin. Grab the melon seeds.

In the process, the parrot has exercised its foraging ability, balance ability, head, neck and leg muscles.

Animals spend a lot of time looking for food in the wild, and in the process of foraging, various abilities have been exercised.

The design of our food enrichment is to respect the habits of animals in the wild, so that they can feel the fun and challenge in the process of obtaining food.

Think about it everyone, if the daily homework is 1+1 equals how many questions, and only this question is taken in the exam, the score will be 100 points every time, and your parents will cook the same meal for you when you go home. Will it be boring? "

Come to think of it, kids, that's true!

Doing one plus one every day equals how many, even if you can get 100 points every time, what's the point of it.

"Squeak!"

A few small green parrots kept barking lively, jumping and jumping around, and after one of the companions got the seeds and flew to the side to start eating, the next one immediately squeezed past.

In the face of this pumpkin eater, I am very excited.

The breeder said: "Although it is troublesome to bite off the shells of the melon seeds, after a lot of hard work, the food will be more delicious, you can see how delicious they are.

The intelligence of birds is very developed, especially some parrots and corvids, and can even solve some very complex problems.

For these intelligent animals, one of the jobs of our breeders is to frequently change the types of food, provide a variety of different feeding methods, and increase the method and difficulty of feeding. "

Children will feel different when they watch these parrots eat.

Through the breeder's introduction to the pumpkin eater, a vague sense of empathy emerged.

It turned out to be intuitive, thinking that the needs of animals are to eat and drink enough, and the parrot will peel them a melon seed shell, which will make them happier.

Now, I will put myself in the animal's point of view and think, what do animals like?

To understand the habits of animals, we can know what they need, what they like, and what is considered good by people but not really good for animals.

Without understanding, it is very disrespectful and arrogant to take for granted what is good for animals.

"Let's go, keep going!" The teacher urged in front of the team.

If these children are not urged, they can watch a dozen or 20 minutes with relish in one place, and they can't finish visiting a bird house by lunch time.

Wang Haoran and the others looked at a few parrots and left reluctantly.

Holding the book, Zheng Yan showed the bird she had just painted to the breeder, and asked, "What kind of bird is this?"

The breeder took a look. Although the bird was painted in a crude way, the colors of the feathers in a few areas were marked, and he recognized it immediately. He smiled and said, "Oh, this is a chestnut-headed starling!"

Walking on the air corridor, the huge four-figure tree is already in sight.

Fang Ye stood under the canopy with a smile, and under the scorching eyes of the children, directed the parrot to perform a flying show.

The parrots hovered and flew around, showing their beautiful posture to the fullest.

As he blew a whistle, it landed on him and the surrounding treetops.

"Wow, the principal is amazing!"

"How did the principal do it, teach me!"

"I will also be the head of the garden in the future! I will also direct the parrots to fly wherever they want!"

The children's eyes lit up, "quack quack quack" and applauded!

Especially the little boy, who dreams of being an "animal general" who can communicate with animals, a flock of birds flying around in the sky with him, not to mention how majestic he is.

"Eat, eat!"

Kim Martin stood on his shoulders, turned his head, yelled at him, and tapped his mouth lightly.

Fang Ye took out his pocket and said with a smile: "Okay, don't cry, don't cry, you are indispensable!"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Kim Martin flew down.

Fang Ye touched its head and introduced: "This parrot is called Jin Martin. His hobbies are listening to songs and playing discs. He is a parrot with a great personality! Play him a very hilarious music, It will dance to the rhythm of the music and keep flapping its wings.”

"Wow~"

The children are amazed, parrots have their own hobbies and personalities? Like listening to music?

Their understanding of animals has been refreshed again.