China News Service, April 6. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi Electronic News" report, Taipei Municipal Zoo will soon carry out the adjustment and improvement project of the panda house. In order to make the members of the giant panda family adapt to the sound and vibration during construction, the park has specially arranged. "Desensitization training".
The zoo said that this time, the use of reinforced low-accented speakers to simulate the sound of crushing equipment, the youngest "Yuanbao" moved up nervously when he heard the sound at the beginning of the training; It does not affect the public's access to the indoor museum.
The zoo said that the members of the giant panda family include father "Tuantuan", mother "Yuanyuan", sister "Yuanzai" and younger sister "Yuanbao". Site adjustment and improvement works in order to increase the animal's activity space and scheduling flexibility.
The zoo said that the giant panda is a solitary animal. "Yuanbao" is now 1 year and 9 months old. Therefore, it is necessary to reconfigure the space in the panda house before she becomes independent, add indoor pens, and improve the air conditioning configuration. .
Before the project was officially started, the nurses first played the environmental sound of the construction in the panda house, simulating the sound of the crusher digging into the ground. Each family member reacted differently to the sound from the speakers.
"Yuanzai" heard this sound for the first time, and pricked up his ears, trying to confirm where the sound came from.
Taiwan United News Network (Photo courtesy of the zoo)
The zoo said that when "Tuantuan" first heard the sound, he was a little nervous and walked back and forth in the exhibition hall several times; "Yuanzai" heard the sound for the first time, pricked up his ears, wanted to confirm where the sound came from, and hid Go to a place far away from the sound source; the most calm is "Yuanyuan", just curiously walked to the door to confirm the position of the sound; the youngest "Yuanbao" played the role of the giant panda "baby" "Skill", climb up the tree when encountering a situation, so just hear the sound and move up quickly.
However, after testing during this period, the pandas' response to this sound has been significantly reduced.
According to the zoo, in fact, the conservationists have been letting members of the panda family do sound desensitization training before, but it is not so frequent. This time, in cooperation with the construction, the "low-accent" construction noise desensitization has been carried out since the beginning of March, and it will continue. When the stage of the project is over, it will be changed to the previous frequency; this time the scope of the project is the space on the first floor of the Giant Panda Pavilion, which will add a new indoor nursing space and a new scheduling mode. The construction period is expected to be For several months, it is hoped that through this "desensitization training", the pandas will not be greatly affected during the future construction period.