Stewed bone soup with red dates to feed Banlangen to prevent colds

　　Zookeeper wants to keep the orangutans warm

　　On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Zheng feeds the orangutan "chubby" to eat moon cakes

　　"Team Liu, Feifei's family of three came out. The navel and the place where Sisiai stayed has no sun yet, so don't let them come out!" At 13:22 yesterday, the Beijing Zoo was crowded with passengers at the Gorilla House. In front of the sports field, the breeder Wang Zheng was communicating with the team leader which orangutan would come out to meet everyone.

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that yesterday was Wang Zheng’s fourth day on duty during the holiday. Faced with the sudden drop in temperature and eight-level gusts that day, he could not take a breath all morning and was always trying to "warm" the orangutans. Busy.

　　"Keep warm" starts from the subtleties

　　Feed Banlangen in advance to prevent colds

　　"It's too cold this day, and I'm going to freeze myself!" Early yesterday morning, Wang Zheng, who was riding a motorcycle to work, experienced the "lethality" of the sudden drop in temperature. What matters is the state of the 9 orangutans in the garden: check how much feed is left, check the feces, feel the temperature in the corridor of the animal house, see if the orangutans are shivering or hiding in the corner with their hands... complete this series After stipulating the actions, Wang Zheng decided not to put the orangutans in the sports field in the morning to prevent them from getting sick due to the cold.

　　"Animals are not like people. We can add clothes when we are cold. They all rely on themselves to keep warm. Don't look at the orangutans' hairs, they are extremely hard hairs. The wind blows in and there is no way to keep out the cold." Wang Zheng said. Every year in May and October, the weather is cool but there is no heating. He and his friends in the breeding team are very nervous, for fear that the orangutans will get sick due to the cold.

This year, they also made preparations early. At the end of last month, they closed all the doors and windows of the orangutan shelter to ensure that there were no gaps in the cold wind.

Two days before the National Day, Wang Zheng also fed the orangutans isatis root to prevent colds.

　　"I won't feed it today. I saw that they had loose stools in the morning, indicating that the fire in the body has gone down. This is all right." Wang Zheng, who has been working in the Beijing Zoo for 16 years, introduced that in order to control the small environment where the orangutans live, In the cold season, they even make adjustments to their cleaning work, and no longer use clean water to clean the animal house. "If they get wet, their hands and feet will be cracked, but they can’t use hand cream like people do, so make sure they don’t get wet. To the water".

　　Stewed red dates to increase nuts and calories

　　Advise 4 tourists to feed in 5 minutes

　　Feeding the orangutans is an important task for Wang Zheng.

Next to Wang Zheng's office, a hot pot of carrot bone soup has just been simmered. It is breakfast for the orangutans.

Wang Zheng deliberately added a few big red dates to the orangutan who had just come for a "period" to "chubby".

It turned out that when Wang Zheng checked the feed in the morning, he found that the "fat" diet was not good, so he especially added the things he usually likes to eat. At the same time, he added hot water and red dates to ensure that the "chubby" would not eat at low temperatures.

To cope with the cooling, Wang Zheng added peanuts, nuts and other high-calorie foods to the feed for the orangutans these days.

　　The temperature rose slightly yesterday afternoon, but Wang Zheng did not rush to let the orangutans out.

After observing inside and out for a long time and testing the outside temperature, he decided to let the orangutans walk out of the "dorm" to welcome guests.

As the orangutans were "released", Wang Zheng's work place was moved from the animal shelter to the sports field. "Anyway, I will go wherever the orangutans are." Wang Zheng summarized his work in the zoo simply.

　　After leaving the animal shelter, in addition to helping the tourists to guide the way and solve their doubts, Wang Zheng’s most important and “most troublesome” job was to discourage tourists from feeding the orangutans. “I persuaded 4 cases in 5 minutes yesterday, sometimes I was trying to persuade this tourist, and another tourist threw behind me. I can particularly understand everyone’s desire to be close to animals, but I also hope that everyone can change their position and think about it if their children every few minutes Some people give him this and that and let him eat. I don’t know whether the food will be infected with bacteria or diseases. Which parent would be willing?"

　　Great passenger flow during the holidays

　　Do "ideological work" for orangutans in advance

　　"Fat fat is very delicate, and we are very good." "Feifei is very smart, she likes to use her eyes to talk, and she doesn't want to stay outside. His eyes always follow you." "Chapo sometimes'fights' with his wife. But I have to stand by his wife's side"...Wang Zheng, who has been raising orangutans soon after entering the Beijing Zoo, has endless stories about orangutans.

He can talk about the age, personality, emotions, physical characteristics of each orangutan and the "family story" of the orangutan.

　　Before the Beijing Zoo had been closed for several months, it resumed its usual bustle during November this year, with an average daily passenger flow of more than 60,000.

For this reason, before the festival, Wang Zheng also did a special "ideological mobilization" work for the orangutans. "I told them that eleventh is coming, everyone can come to play, we all perform well." Wang Zheng told. Beijing Youth Daily reporter, orangutans are very smart animals. "What we say, they can feel the general meaning and atmosphere through their posture, expressions and movements."

　　Wang Zheng said that he was very willing to see the garden become lively again, and he didn't think it was too hard to be on duty every day during the holidays.

Speaking of his wishes, Wang Zheng said plainly, “I am very satisfied watching the parents take their children happily and walk happily.” However, Wang Zheng, who is also a parent, is afraid of work. Shi was distracted, and did not satisfy her 8-year-old daughter's wish to come to the zoo for a visit yesterday morning.

　　Wang Zheng said that he has never been bored with orangutan breeding for 16 years.

"I can't tell whether I love work or apes. Now the two have long been integrated." He said with a smile.

　　Text/Reporter Lin Yan