Those Years I Opened a Zoo

Chapter 73: Emperor penguin hatching

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Early in the morning, Duan Jiaze put the saddle he received last night on Ji Guang's back and adjusted it. He bought it on Taobao with a lot of money, so he was a little worried that it would not be suitable. Fortunately, when he asked Ji Guang if he felt uncomfortable, Ji Guang shook his head.

Duan Jiaze looked at Ji Guang and was a little eager to try. He had ridden a horse in parks and other places, not to mention a beast like Ji Guang.

But because he had never ridden before, Duan Jiaze didn't know how to get on the horse correctly when facing the tall Ji Guang. He was afraid that his posture would be too ugly and he would lose face.

At this time, it was not time to go to work, and Lu Ya leaned against the door behind him and laughed loudly: "It's too short, can't you go up?"

Duan Jiaze: "..."

It's not that he is too short, it's that Ji Guang and Lu Ya are too tall. He is not particularly tall among modern human males, but he is definitely not holding back, okay

Duan Jiaze cunningly changed the concept: "It's not that I can't go up, it's that I haven't learned it, and I don't know the correct posture. Wait, I'll move a chair."

"Haha, how ugly it is to move a chair." Lu Ya gloated, "Look, I can lift you up with one hand."

Duan Jiaze: "...Damn, don't come here, what are you going to do to me?"

Lu Ya: "..."

Lu Ya's face turned a little red, and he glared at Duan Jiaze, took his arm with one hand, and supported his waist with the other, with a shake and a push, Duan Jiaze sat firmly on Ji Guang's back, and then taught: "Don't talk nonsense. .”

Before Duan Jiaze came back to his senses, he got on the horse, his eyes raised suddenly, and he calmed down, "... Well, thank you, Daojun."

At this time, Ji Guang knelt down steadily, without hesitation at all because he was carrying someone, Duan Jiaze's feet hit the ground instantly.

Duan Jiaze: "... You didn't do this kind of operation just now?"

Lu Ya was also stunned for a moment, and then said: "Ji Guangshou has three thousand, but I'm afraid it's rare to see a guy like you who can't mount a horse since ancient times, so I just realized it."

"..." Duan Jiaze said, "It's meaningless to say that. Our age and region are different. Ji Guang, come, let's take a stroll."

Ji Guang kicked and trotted, Duan Jiaze held the rein, feeling very good about himself, turned around and smiled at Lu Ya, seeing a black line on Lu Ya's face.

Ji Guang also knew that Duan Jiaze was not a professional, so he just trotted, and the speed was relatively slow. Within the range of human acceptance, Duan Jiaze just had a good time. It trotted around, bypassed several buildings, and went directly to the cafeteria, which can be said to be very witty.

The people in the cafeteria got up early to work, and there were a few employees who got up earlier. When they saw the director came on a horse today, they all booed, "The director is handsome, I'm going to the city today. Do I have a ride?"

"Fuck you, what should I do if I'm going to be investigated by the traffic police." Duan Jiaze patted Jiguang on the neck, and Jiguang knelt down. Duan Jiaze dismounted calmly and won the applause of the employees again.

"Is this horse really obedient?" They saw Duan Jiaze walking into the cafeteria, the white horse followed behind, and they didn't need to be led. Duan Jiaze sat down, and it stood obediently by the side.

The canteen master brought two breakfasts and put them on the table, and sat across from him curiously.

Ji Guang consciously took a step forward and started to eat the breakfast in his bowl. Duan Jiaze saw that it started to eat, so he also started to eat with chopsticks.

Everyone just felt that not only the horse was obedient, but also that the head of the garden treated it very unusually. Looking at it in the past few days, this horse has its own room in the dormitory building, and because there is no peculiar smell, everyone has no objection.

When eating, it is with everyone, but it never gnaws on other people's bowls. It was a bit strange at first, and people who were worried felt relieved, and it really was well-trained.

The canteen master said: "Director, I heard that Jiguang wants to make money with the garden, so why don't you dress it up a bit? Is this saddle too monotonous? Shall I make a big red flower for it?"

There was a look of fear in Ji Guang's big eyes. It's okay to perform in the lower realm, but if he wears a red flower, he will be ashamed to go back.

Seeing that Ji Guang didn't eat, the cafeteria master nervously stood still, "Hey, what's wrong with it?"

Duan Jiaze stroked Ji Guang amusedly, "It's nothing, forget about the flowers, it's very handsome."

Some of the monk volunteers know how to ride horses. Some of them live in a relatively retro temple, so they can also ride horses on weekdays, so they didn’t recruit jockeys outside, and let him ride directly.

Around the waterfowl lake, a runway was surrounded, several obstacles were placed, and a shed was built for Jiguang, and he rested in the shed when he had nothing to do.

In addition, a brand was ordered. In addition to the price and precautions, there was also a line of words in red: tourists under the age of 18 are not allowed to ride.

Some employees raised some doubts. Will the price of twenty yuan and three minutes be a bit high, or the time is short? Now in a city of their size, in some scenic spots with horse riding services, the price range for an hour of horse riding is 80 to 150 yuan.

Of course, this is nothing. The most bizarre thing is the rule that tourists under the age of 18 are not allowed to ride. Originally, this kind of project does not target all the people, but quite a few of them are children.

People under the age of 18 are not allowed to ride. Doesn't this directly cut off part of their income

There are also regulations added along with it, that people under the age of 21 cannot visit Luya, why is that? Now Lu Ya's ferocious shadow is gradually fading.

Duan Jiaze's explanation for this is that because this ride is very exciting, just like a roller coaster, tourists who are not in good health will be refused to play, this is for the sake of the tourists' health.

As for why people under the age of 21 cannot visit Luya

Duan Jiaze held back for a long time, and said, "That's my own bird, I just want to limit the flow, so tourists can't see it?"

Everyone looked at each other, what else could they say.

There are so many tourists in Yilingyu now, many people noticed when they started to circle the track, and they were curious about what it was for. After Ji Guang was formally brought out, many questions arose.

No one cares about the small issues on the price. The key point is why people under the age of 18 cannot ride.

This horse is indeed very impressive. Compared with the horses in many parks and zoos, there is a big gap. It is tall and tall, and its long red mane is particularly eye-catching in contrast to its snow-white fur. There is no dirt or bad smell on the body at all, and this alone makes people feel very good.

Since Lingyuan has never let everyone down, a tourist who finished eating at Jiajia Restaurant saw that no one was cooking crabs, so he stood up bravely and paid 20 yuan to ride Jiguang.

The bald volunteer touched Jiguang as Duan Jiaze taught, and Jiguang knelt down. Then he sat in the back, let the tourists wearing protective gear sit in front of him, held the reins, and as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, Ji Guang trotted forward.

At first, it was just to let the tourists get used to it. After running out for more than ten meters, the onlookers saw Jiguang's speed getting faster and faster. The tourists and staff couldn't help but slightly lowered their bodies, and their hair was blown up.

The tourist only felt that the horse was running very fast, which was beyond his expectation. After all, horses in general scenic spots hadn't run so fast.

With the whistling of the wind, his heart beat faster and faster, and as the horse rose and fell, he couldn't help but grip the saddle tightly.

In fact, the speed cannot be said to be particularly fast. Modern humans have experienced high-speed rail, cars, and airplanes, but animals and steel are different after all, and this feeling is more vivid and exciting.

The horse ran half a circle, and there were several fences in front of it. It seemed that they were about to cross over, and the tourists became nervous again. Although this kind of horse has been trained, the horse has stumbled.

He only felt the horse speed up under his crotch, and he charged up and jumped up.

At that moment, the tourist's heart tightened, and he felt that he was flying with the movement of the horse, and his eyes were getting higher and higher, until his face was covered by the wicker hanging from above, and he couldn't help making a loud noise. shouted, "Damn it!"

From an outsider's perspective, this scene is even more astonishing.

The wooden fence was more than one meter high, but the white horse with two people on its back leaped easily, at least two meters high, far exceeding the wooden fence!

With a height of just over two meters, plus the height of the tall white horse and the tourists themselves, the sight of the tourists is more than four meters from the ground, which is already higher than the height of a one-story building!

Ji Guang fell steadily, and both the tourists and the volunteers were bumped. The tourist's buttocks were all crooked, and he kept screaming pale with a pale face. In fact, he kept screaming since he started hurdling the hurdles. At this time, Ji Guang turned upside down on purpose, and turned the tourists' sitting postures upside down again.

The tourist's face turned pale, and he felt that the horse under his crotch did not slow down, and ran wildly. After that, he crossed the hurdles twice more, all of which remained at the same level as before. Towards the end, he also played a human stand, with his two front hooves raised high, making him look even more mighty.

When Jiguang returned to the shed with a kick, the staff helped the tourist down. He was already weak all over, and his voice was hoarse. As soon as he stood on the ground, he lowered his head and spit out what he had just eaten—stimulation and bumps caused by.

The onlookers were in an uproar. Although they knew that this guy might have a bad stomach, the effect was too amazing, right

But how high the horse jumped just now is obvious to all. Usually they only see that kind of scene in TV special effects.

The tourists didn't know that Duan Jiaze let Ji Guang deliberately control this. At present, the record set by the highest jumping horse in the world is to lead the jockey to jump over the hurdles of about 2.5 meters. Ji Guang has to be very restrained and precisely control it to only jump a little over 2 meters.

The tourists couldn't help applauding Jiguang, and they were completely convinced that children under the age of 18 were not allowed to play this event. Some of them who are over 21 years old may not dare to ride, especially those who are afraid of heights, just now they feel that their legs are weak just looking at them.

I didn't expect Lingyuan to play so big and get such an awesome horse. I saw the docile look of the white horse and the child in the photo just now, and I didn't expect it to run so fast.

There is no doubt that this scene was photographed by the ubiquitous Xiao Su and posted on the Internet.

Netizens lamented a wave every day.

"Start high-energy after ten seconds of the video!"

"It's amazing, can you say it's worthy of being a spirit horse? It's so cruel."

"The tourists screamed hahahahaha the whole time, so pitifully dead."

"That buddy thought he was going for a walk, but he collapsed after he started hurdling 23333"

"Come on, riding a horse in this kind of place usually leads you to trot or even walk around. This horse can jump at least two meters. It is definitely a professional level. Who the hell wants to get it?"

"It's worth the 20 yuan [laughing and crying]"

"My uncle likes horse racing. I just showed him a video. He has gone crazy. He has been analyzing how awesome this horse is, and then started to scold the zoo for being a waste of money_(:з"∠)_"

"Really? It can be seen that this horse is very strong, but it is also very good from a professional point of view?"

There is a wave of knowledge about horses below, and there are even a few accounts who claim to consider buying this horse and ask Lingyu about the specific situation and price of this horse.

Xiao Su didn't care at all, now that there are too many comments on Lingyou's Weibo, these few people have long been drowned in the vast ocean.

After 63 days of incubation, there was a sound of pecking inside the egg of the emperor penguin, which proved that the baby emperor penguin might be out of its shell at any time, and was trying to find its way to the outside world.

After hearing the news from Lu Ya, Duan Jiaze was overjoyed and wished he could move to the incubator.

Another day and a half later, Lu Ya woke up Duan Jiaze in the middle of the night.

Generally speaking, with the recent work intensity, Duan Jiaze is very reluctant to get up in the middle of the night, but when Lu Yayi told him that the emperor penguin was about to hatch, he woke up immediately, rolled and crawled out of the bed, and washed it with cold water Lowering his face, he hurried to the incubator with Lu Ya.

There are already cracks in the eggshell, and the faint cry of the chick can be heard inside the eggshell. Duan Jiaze stood aside, feeling very excited, the hard work during this period was finally not in vain.

In general zoos, it takes at least two or three years to overcome penguin breeding technology, but with the help of the great gods, they successfully passed the first penguin egg to hatch.

Duan Jiaze nervously watched the signs of eggshell cracking, fearing that it would be difficult for the baby penguin to crack the shell. If there is such a sign, they have to provide human assistance in time.

Fortunately, when it was still in the shell, it enjoyed the nourishment of spiritual energy, and its body was very healthy. After five minutes, the crack expanded into a hole, and its small black beak could already be seen.

It only took about fifteen minutes for the baby to go from crack to fully hatched.

It is only as big as a palm, like a little duck, and its fur is silver-gray. The top of the head is black, the cheeks are white, the whole body is wet, and the figure is very prominent. The two small black bean-like eyes have not been fully opened, and they uttered a clear cry in the direction of Duan Jiaze, chirp chirp chirp chirp.

"Oh!" Duan Jiaze covered his mouth, afraid of scaring the baby penguin by shouting.

Lu Ya looked at the baby penguin with a rare dull expression, and said something stupid: "Why is it so small..."

He frowned and looked at it for a long time, then whispered: "Yeah, it's pretty cute."

"Hahaha, it's so cute!" Duan Jiaze took out his phone and said, "Mr. Dao, hold it up, and I'll take a picture and weigh it."

Lu Ya hesitated for a moment before carefully holding the baby penguin with both hands, as if he was afraid that the chick would be crushed or dropped, with a nervous expression on his face.

Because it was in the eggshell, it was influenced by Lu Ya's crow's feather breath, and the chick was very close to him, and did not show any anxiety at all. Instead, it touched Lu Ya's hand with its sharp beak affectionately.

Lu Ya stiffly held the baby bird and faced Duan Jiaze, "Shoot, shoot."

Duan Jiaze himself was also very nervous, but when he saw Lu Ya's appearance, he just wanted to laugh. He didn't expect Lu Ya to have such a side, maybe he hasn't done such a thing after living for N years, right

After Duan Jiaze deliberately took a close-up of the baby penguin, taking advantage of Lu Ya's unawareness, he also took a picture of his nervous appearance as a souvenir.

Then they weighed the baby penguin again, and it was only 320 grams, but it was considered very strong among its peers of the same age.

Because the organs are not fully developed, it is not suitable for immediate feeding at this time. Duan Jiaze cleaned up the place, carefully placed the chick on the cushion, and asked Lu Ya to adjust the temperature.

For the next two months, the baby penguin will still live here until it can adapt to the outside world and pass the most vulnerable period.

The newborn chick stumbled and walked a few steps on the cushion, flapping its two tiny wings, and continued chirping in the direction of Duan Jiaze.

Duan Jiaze was very happy. He felt that his son, or rather his daughter, recognized him—a little penguin of this size couldn't tell the gender.

After the hair is dried, the little penguin's dense fluff makes it look chubby, which is the physical condition to ensure its survival in the severe cold Antarctica.

Duan Jiaze asked Lu Ya: "Can you understand what it is saying?"

Lu Ya shook his head: "Some meaningless yells." With such a loud voice, only some needs such as being hungry or cold could be heard.

"That's right, it doesn't know how to speak yet. Daojun, after that, is it going to learn to communicate with you and howl together?" Duan Jiaze felt a little scary, because he couldn't teach it himself. And chicks have to learn not only to communicate, but also to socialize and so on.

How scary it must be to socialize with Lu Ya.

Lu Ya didn't seem to listen to Duan Jiaze's words, he patted the little penguin's young wings with his fingers, and murmured: "How can I fly like this..."

Duan Jiaze was sweating, "Didn't I tell you? Penguins can't fly."

Lu Ya retorted: "What's the matter, it was hatched by me."

Duan Jiaze: "..."

What the hell, Daojun suddenly has a sense of responsibility and doesn't feel ashamed?

Duan Jiaze didn't sleep until dawn. He was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep. He stayed in the hatching room and adjusted the fish paste according to the time. That is to say, the small fish was beaten, and vitamins, milk, egg yolk, etc. were added to it. .

At this time, the little penguin's mouth had grown too big. When Duan Jiaze was adjusting the food, it barked at Lu and instinctively asked for food.

Lu Ya couldn't regurgitate food for him like ordinary penguin fathers, so he was a little at a loss.

Fortunately, even if Duan Jiaze came over, he took the fish paste with a needle and injected it into the little penguin's mouth. The little penguin raised its head and eagerly swallowed it.

After learning that the baby emperor penguin was born, almost all the employees of Lingyuan were overwhelmed. They wanted to watch this miraculous baby penguin, but they were all stopped outside by their godfather Lu Ya.

For a newborn chick, exposure to too many strangers can be intimidating.

Xu Xin waved his hands in the crowd, "Wait, I can go in, right? The director said that I can raise chicks together. Brother Lu, do you remember me? I'm a veterinarian!"

Xu Xin's sense of presence in the soul is too low, and he himself feels that many people don't necessarily know what he does.

Lu Ya looked at him coldly, "Bringing chicks together?"

Xu Xin nodded excitedly, he couldn't wait to see what the little emperor penguin looked like. He has a deeper understanding of the difficulties of artificial breeding of penguins than others, and he understands that it is not easy for this little penguin to be born safely.

Lu Ya chuckled and slammed the door forcefully.

Xu Xin:? ?