China News Service, Wuxi, July 12 (Reporter Sun Quan) Chimpanzees enjoy fruit popsicles and eat plantain leaves to clear heat and relieve heat; lemurs hold large ice cubes and hide in the shade to enjoy the shade; red pandas "do not go out" all day, enjoying summer The "freedom of air conditioning" in the day... A reporter from Chinanews.com learned from the Wuxi Zoo on the 12th that due to the epidemic, the park was closed on July 2. During the closure, the park convened 15 "shit shovel officers" to form animals The emergency management commandos work 24 hours a day to ensure the daily life of thousands of animals in the park and help them spend the summer safely.
With the strengthening of the subtropical high, the westward extension and the northward lift, the high temperature weather in Wuxi will be "extremely long online".
The Wuxi Meteorological Observatory has issued a high temperature orange warning signal for two consecutive days.
Red panda eats fruit ice cubes.
Photo by Zhu Hao
The high temperature continues, making people feel that it is like "barbecuing" during the day and "steaming" at night.
In the face of high temperature weather, the animals in the zoo are also unable to bear it.
"The red panda with thick fur is not only slow to move when the weather is hot, but also sticks out its tongue. It enters the room very early to enjoy the coolness brought by the air conditioner." Yuan Ding, a staff member of Wuxi Zoo, said that the high temperature is coming now. For animals, heatstroke prevention and cooling are critical.
To this end, Wuxi Zoo not only brought out traditional cooling artifacts such as air conditioners and fans, but also prepared cool and delicious fruit popsicles, summer mulberry chrysanthemum to clear heat and detoxify and other cooling snacks for the animals.
At the same time, in the animal recreation area, there are also physical cooling facilities such as water bath sprays and sunshade nets.
Give the pony a bath.
Photo by Zhu Hao
"The chimpanzees are from Africa, but they are also afraid of heat. For the high temperature weather in Wuxi, which is often above 35 ℃, they directly 'cowardly'." Yuan Ding told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the breeder Master Li observed that the chimpanzees were not in good spirits in the past two days. , I thought of using diced watermelon, diced apple, and fruit popsicles frozen with purified water to "refresh" them.
Faced with the "temptation" of fruit popsicles, the chimpanzees are in high spirits, but Master Li is more principled, and each chimpanzee is given a limited amount of fruit popsicles every day.
Master Li said that chimpanzees have a very rich diet, including apples, grapes, kiwi, pumpkin, cabbage, lettuce and so on.
"In addition, every summer, we have to prepare fresh banana leaves for them. The banana leaves have the effect of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification. Chimpanzees also like to eat them, and sometimes they use the leaves as a fan to play with. , kill two birds with one stone.”
"Meal on Ice" for lemurs.
Photo by Zhu Hao
"Our breeders customize 'heatstroke prevention and cooling' services for different animals according to the characteristics of different animals." Yuan Ding introduced that lemurs are more playful, and the breeders put apples, kiwis, grapes, watermelons and other foods in the shade. , attracting them to "actively" enjoy the cool; red pandas love sweets, so the breeders put the fruit into ice cubes, and the red pandas are also much cooler while "picking" out the fruit; the pony does not exercise much and is afraid of heat, Breeders get up early to let them air...
Under high temperature, the diet of animals requires more attention from breeders and veterinarians.
"As soon as summer comes, we have new standards in terms of animal cooling measures, feed structure adjustment, and custody requirements." Yuan Ding explained that the Wuxi Zoo is currently temporarily closed, so the main daily tasks of the "shit shoveling officers" It is to clean the cages, supply feed, carry forages, enrich the environment, disinfect the venues, etc. for the animals, and always pay attention to the heatstroke prevention and cooling of the animals.
"We hope to take good care of these animals. After the epidemic is over, visitors are welcome to come back to the zoo and 'see you' with the animals." (End)