The giant panda’s ＂vacation＂ reopened three months after the closure of Wuhan Zoo gained 15 pounds.
BEIJING, April 24 (Ren Siyu) It has been half a month since Wuhan was unsealed, and daily life has gradually restarted. On April 22nd, Wuhan Zoo resumed its orderly opening, and the small animals officially started to "open". According to the staff of Wuhan Zoo, a total of 2,131 tourists entered the park two days after its opening.
Little pony, little elk … … I haven’t seen you for a long time. Many new members have been added to Wuhan Zoo. Everyone has also given three newly born animals special names: "Anti-epidemic", "unsealing" and "restarting". How have the little animals been in the past? Are there any new surprises in the reopened zoo?
On April 22nd, tourists played in Wuhan Zoo. On the same day, Wuhan Zoo was reopened. During the epidemic prevention and control stage, the daily flow is limited to 15,000 person-times, and the ticket sales method is non-contact. China News Service reporter ZhangChang photo
Two days after the park opened: 2,131 tourists entered the park.
April 22nd is Earth Day. After three months of closure, Wuhan Zoo finally resumed its opening in an orderly manner.
For safety reasons, Wuhan Zoo is open daily from 8: 00 to 17: 00, with contactless ticket sales. Visitors need to show their mobile phone health code at the door and take their body temperature. Only visitors with "green code" and a body temperature below 37.3℃ can enter the park.
The staff of Wuhan Zoo said that at 8: 05 am on the 22nd, Master Wang was the first to enter the park with an old-age card. At the age of 65, she lives in a nearby community and has been walking with her wife since the front area was opened on April 8th. At 9: 01, the zoo welcomed the first child to enter the park. Seven-year-old Cui Mingxuan didn’t go out for three months. The first time he went out, he came to see small animals.
On April 22 nd, the awkward penguin in the Penguin Pavilion of Wuhan Zoo. The open-air animal venues in the park are open normally, while the four venues, such as Giant Panda Pavilion, Hippo Pavilion, Rhino Pavilion and Baboon Pavilion, are only open to outdoor areas. China News Service reporter ZhangChang photo
In addition to the tourists, netizens from all over the world also saw lively animals from live broadcasts and videos on the day of the resumption of admission.
In the three months since the zoo was closed, the animals in the zoo have not been greatly affected, and the panda sisters "Fat Girl" and "Chunqiao" have gained 15 Jin and 10 Jin respectively. In the Panda Pavilion, visitors could have experienced a novel project — — Smell the panda poop to see if it has the "fragrance of bamboo leaves". However, in order to avoid gathering, indoor venues cannot be opened at present.
It is understood that the open-air animal venues in Wuhan Zoo are open normally. The four venues, such as the Giant Panda Pavilion, the Hippo Pavilion, the Rhino Pavilion and the Baboon Pavilion, only open outdoor areas, while the Parrot Garden is closed, and the tour buses and park amusement projects are also closed.
On April 22 nd, the panda "Chunqiao" was active outside the Panda Pavilion. China News Service reporter ZhangChang photo
In Wuhan Zoo, visitors can not only watch all kinds of animals in the exhibition area, but also see peacocks "loitering". Hua Chenghuan, a popular science writer and "netizen director" of Wuhan Zoo, said that the peacocks here are free-range in the whole park and can be seen in many animal cages. They are not afraid of people or animals, but sometimes they annoy other animals because they are too arrogant, and pandas even chase them.
On the first day of reopening, Wuhan Zoo welcomed 1030 visitors, and the next day it welcomed 1101 visitors. The staff reminded that the instantaneous current limiting capacity of the zoo epidemic prevention and control stage was 15,000. When the instantaneous amount of tourists reaches 90% of the upper limit of the current limit, all self-service ticket vending machines will be closed (online small program tickets will be reserved), and ticket vending machines will be resumed immediately after the traffic drops. When the instantaneous amount of tourists reaches the limit, they will stop entering the park and resume entering the park immediately after the flow of people drops.
"New Houses" and "New Toys" for Animals
From the announcement of the suspension on January 22 to the opening of the park on April 22, Wuhan Zoo was closed for three months. On the morning of the 22nd, the zoo official micro released a "thank you letter".
Affected by the epidemic, Wuhan Zoo once issued a message of "material emergency", saying that the feed supply of the penguin and the penguin has been cut off, hoping to get support from all walks of life to ensure the normal life of the "Xiong Haizi".
After learning the news, many enterprises and citizens gave their love and sent loach, small crucian carp, spring fish and various feeds, which solved the urgent need of animal "rations". An enthusiastic eldest brother drove more than 100 kilograms of crucian carp for the first time, but later found out that it was pickled fish, and animals could not eat it, so he had to take it back.
On April 22nd, Wuhan Zoo issued a "Thank You Letter", thanking everyone for their help in the past three months.
Although the zoo was closed for three months, the staff and keepers were not idle. In addition to disinfecting the park, taking good care of small animals and interacting with netizens, they have also done a lot of zoo enrichment work.
For example, the langur exhibition area invited a professional rich team to "decorate" it, and some beautiful climbing frames were added in the exhibition area to restore the feeling of the forest. The breeder also designed a series of exotic feeders for langurs, such as small bamboo balls, baskets, fruit hamburgers, gift bags, safes and other shapes, but monkeys have to "work hard" to get snacks.
The feeder of "small bamboo balls and fruit skewers" designed by the keeper of Wuhan Zoo for langurs.
Why "embarrass" them? Huang Lei, a zoo keeper, said that it was actually making food for the monkeys. In the wild, primates spend a long time foraging every day. In captivity, animals don’t like to live a boring life of getting something for nothing, and they prefer to get food through their own efforts rather than simple and direct feeding.
On the day of reopening the park, Yang Yi of the Animal Welfare Studio also showed you a "toy" in the shape of a bamboo tube, a seemingly ordinary small bamboo tube with holes, which became a toy for the little panda to roll and play with when it was filled with snacks. With the grass used by zebra and sika deer, the leopard in the sports field can feel the taste of nature.
On April 22, the little panda climbed to the outdoor tree for activities. China News Service reporter ZhangChang photo
All kinds of feeders, sandbags to help kangaroos exercise their muscles … … Animals in the wild need their own wisdom and experience to survive, but in the zoo, these small designs can help small animals improve their quality of life and let them show more natural behaviors.
Three newborn animals have names.
Many people remember the famous saying in Animal World: "Spring has come, everything is revived, and it is the season of animal mating … …” During the period when the park was temporarily closed, many new members were added to Wuhan Zoo. Five little black swans hatched, and red-crowned cranes, spotted ducks, striped geese and peacocks also bred or hatched small lives.
Among them, three newborn animals have special names.
At 8: 00 a.m. on April 8th when Wuhan was unsealed, a pony with a beauty spot in the shape of a "little star" was born, and another milu deer was born in the afternoon. The staff were very happy and named them "unsealed" and "restarted" respectively, and a milu deer born on April 2nd also had a new name of "anti-epidemic", which made them "auspicious" in the zoo.
On April 22, the newly born pony snuggled up at the feet of "mother" and took a nap. China News Service reporter ZhangChang photo
Some netizens wrote down the feeling of visiting the garden for the first time on Weibo: "I like the lovable cry of the black swan, the eclecticism of the flamingo, the awkward attitude of the penguin baby, the peacocks with screens everywhere today, and several swans with babies … … Our zoos are all round and round, which is quite gratifying! "
While welcoming everyone to the orderly garden, Wuhan Zoo is also reminding visitors to watch animals in a civilized way.
On 23rd, Weibo of Wuhan Zoo released the video "Professional Team tells you what you can’t do when visiting the zoo", reminding tourists to visit the park in a civilized way.
On the 23rd, the staff of Wuhan Zoo filmed a humorous video to remind visitors "what not to do when visiting the zoo", such as climbing railings casually, scaring animals, beating the glass, and most importantly — — Never feed animals.
This video was quickly praised by tens of thousands of people. The "netizen director" was also introduced in the live broadcast the day before. In fact, the daily rations of zoo animals are sufficient, and their feeds are also strictly nutritious, so they don’t need to be fed. Tourists should visit the park safely, but also care for and respect these little creatures of nature. (End)