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After listening to Fang Ye's explanation, the tourists turned their eyes to the great flamingo to see which one was looking for food in the water with its head down.

The water surface in the deep water area can submerge their appendages, and the shallow water area is only ten centimeters, and you can see the mud under the water.

A great flamingo in the shallow waters, with its neck hanging down like a snake, its beak was placed in the mud, its head slowly turned in a circle, stirred the mud, and it chewed twice with its mouth.

The great flamingo stork lowered its head, and placed its beak in the mud as it walked forward, leaving behind a shallow, winding track.

He slapped his feet twice, then lowered his head and drew circles.

Fang Ye said: "There are small shrimps placed in the water lake. This is also the staple food of flamingos! There are also flamingo noodles made of shrimp skins, fish meal, and corn flour.

Did you see that flamingo stomping? They stomped on the ground with their feet in order to let the food underneath float up. "

A great flamingo in the deep water area, with long slender legs unable to reach the bottom, floats on the water like a pink whooper swan.

He looked down, and then his pink-white tail cocked and his head was deeply buried in the water.

It looks like a swan in the way of feeding.

"Quack quack~ gurgling~"

The call of a flamingo sounds a bit similar to that of a goose, with a peculiar nasal sound.

There are hundreds of flamingos, and tourists are dazzled to see.

Lily suddenly found a big flamingo in the middle of the lake, straightening her neck and yelling rhythmically, her head swinging left and right on the horizontal line like a clockwork, twisting it and twisting it back.

It's like saying, who am I, where am I, what am I going to do?

I don't know what kind of wind I smoked.

Feeling funny, pointing to this big flamingo and saying to his companion: "Eh, look at that one!"

When Lin Hao and the others looked over, the big flamingoes next to them seemed to be infected. They straightened their necks and swayed their heads horizontally. At the same time, they acted as repeaters, yelling in a consistent rhythm: "Quack~ Gu Gu~"

Who am i? What am i doing?

It looks like the travel agency has organized a trip. When the tourists came to the station, they suddenly found that the car was not coming!

Looking left and right, where's the car? Where's the driver? Where's the tour guide, why didn't the tour guide come? Wouldn't be fooled?

At a loss!

The tourists couldn't help laughing when they watched them "quack" and yelled, turning their heads in confusion!

"Yeah, what are you doing?"

"This little confused look!"

"Hahahaha, it's so fun, is this dancing?"

"Let's swing together! Dj, ic!"

There are more and more big flamingoes swaying their heads and shouting rhythmically, and gradually spread to the whole group. Everyone swings their heads together, faster and faster, like some kind of strange dance, the scene is magical and spectacular!

The tourists all wanted to make some comments, but the neat voices of the great flamingoes gathered together, covering up all other voices, and they couldn't hear them.

I can only quickly take two photos, take a video, and record this spectacle.

About a minute or so has passed!

The calls of these great flamingoes stopped abruptly, and their heads did not move.

The surroundings were extremely silent for a while, and only the low and short grunts of the great flamingoes could be heard, and their beaks were facing the sky, as if they were still unfinished.

Some flamingos lowered their heads and continued to forage, while others raised their shoulders and tail feathers, spreading their wings to the sides, revealing a touch of black under the pink wings, seeming to be attacking other surrounding flamingoes. Show off.

The tourists can't wait: "The principal..."

Fang Ye knew what they wanted to ask: "Isn't it fun? Head swinging is the most common courtship behavior of flamingos!

Flamingos have many interesting group behaviors, which are basically related to courtship.

Their breeding season is around March to June. These group behaviors can help flamingos to synchronize their breeding cycle, because their habitat is very complex and changeable. If the salt lake water level is the most suitable and the food is most abundant, they can’t mate. , You may miss the opportunity and you will not be able to reproduce this year. This group behavior is very important.

So come to our zoo to play more during this time, maybe you can appreciate their more interesting behaviors.

Although it can be seen after the breeding season, it is not so frequent, just like the peacock's screen. "

These great flamingoes came to the zoo to settle down. They have already missed a breeding period. I don't know if they can breed this year.

Breeding is first of all to build a nest, but after the construction of the Flamingo House, the breeders completed the work on behalf of the flamingo stork.

A dozen bags of selenium-rich red clay that are most suitable for nesting were selected and moved to a quiet corner behind the island.

You can't see it from the front, and there is a place for peeping at the back.

Mix the red clay into thin mud, mix it up and build it into a nest resembling an inverted washbasin, with a small pit inside. The flamingo nests were arranged separately, and those who didn't know thought it was a minefield.

For flamingos in the wild, to build a nest is to pick up a little bit of silt and build a 15-45 cm tall tower shape with a width of about 40 cm. Put eggs in the pit on the top of the tower to prevent the ground temperature from being too high. The egg is cooked, or the egg is submerged by the sudden increase in water.

Although the great flamingo saw the nest built for them, it has no plans to use it for the time being. It may take some time to adjust.

A tourist asked: "I remember watching a video of flamingos. A large group of flamingos walked briskly in one direction, shaking their heads as they walked!"

Fang Ye smiled and said: "It is a coincidence that the English name of the flamingo is flamenco, fgo, which is the same as the Spanish flamenco dance. It dances with the same passion and boldness. This behavior usually occurs in courtship. The peak of the season!"

Lin Hao said with great regret: "Eh, it's a pity, I will go back to school soon to defend, I can't see them dancing flamenco dance!"

Dawu patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, what's fun, I will shoot the video and send it to the group."

Lin Hao: "Okay, thanks for UU reading www.uukanshu.com!"

That's the case, but watching the video is definitely better than watching it in person.

Just say the shocking scene of these great flamingoes singing together with their heads, standing here in person, watching them spread from a few swinging heads to one area, listening to this other hustle and bustle are covered by the noise, and my heart is extremely amazed and shocked. And magic, how much can the video deliver?

And when you come to the zoo to see animals, as long as the environment is rich and full of abundance, they can show a lot of behavior and full of uncertainty. This kind of uncertainty is also a kind of surprise.

There are also popular science exhibitions and explanations by the breeders, which can learn more about animals, which is also very interesting.

Lily remembered something and warned: "Dawu, the video of my head being bitten by a pelican is not allowed in the group! Delete it quickly!"

Dawu "hehe" said: "Hey, it's not as good as everyone enjoys it alone. It's only fun for everyone to watch it together!"

Lily became angry and raised her fist: "Looking for a fight!"