I Have a Safari Park

Leopard Gecko is also known as "Smile Gecko"!

Born to have a cute smiling face, it is very popular, and it is also a very common pet gecko.

This orange-yellow is an artificially bred and beautiful mutant strain. The original color is actually black spots on a white background. The black spots look like leopard spots, so they are called leopard geckos.

There are many variants of leopard geckos, such as orange, albino, high yellow, and radish tail. The original colors are relatively rare and not easy to get. Only some spots can be seen on the tail.

Looking from the front, Yan Ganghui looked at him with the big eyes of Leopard Shougong Shui Lingling, his eyes were shining brightly, and his red tongue was shining, like a husky, smiling stupidly, very infectious.

From the side, Su Hui's slender pupils and slightly raised corners of the mouth, in addition to being cute, seemed to be somewhat mysterious and chic and evil, very handsome.

This will tilt his head slightly and look at the visitors outside.

It seemed that they didn't feel any threat, and he bent his head to the waist again, his tail curled around his side, one front paw lifted up, his small tongue was sticking out, and he licked his fingers carefully.

The claws are also very cute!

The five fingers are distinct and delicate and tender.

Leopard geckos will shed their skin every few weeks, because the fingernails are bent and tend to remain at the ends when they peel off. If you don't lick it off, it will affect the blood circulation for a long time.

Some leopard-print geckos are stupid and can't lick their skins, so they need the help of the owner to clean them up.

But this leopard gecko is quite clever, he knows cleanliness.

"Wow~"

Su Hui stared at the leopard gecko, her delicate face, sweet and charming smile, and well-behaved demeanor, she was almost like a creature from anime, which made her feel heartbroken!

Yan Ganghui couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and took a photo.

Originally I just wanted to be close to the Elephant House, and I was going to just wander around. At noon, I could have a meal at the animal restaurant on the side. I didn't expect the reptiles here to be quite charming, and I was fascinated by it.

Seeing how excited his girlfriend is, he is happier than him.

The leopard gecko licked his fingers for a while, crawled in the box again, moved for a while, then crawled back behind the shelter of plants and stones, and went to sleep with his tail crossed.

…

Come to a four-meter wide showcase.

It is also a bottom paved with fine gravel. In the middle is a nest built up by a few large rocks. There are also a few spherical or elongated cacti on the side. It looks like a dry desert environment.

A black-gray snake with a white pattern on its back, more than one meter long, snakes and crawls on the sandy ground.

This is an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake!

The most notable feature is the diamond-shaped white spots on the back, which look like diamonds, so there is a nickname called Diamond Rattlesnake.

The flat triangular head slowly lifted up, spit out his letter, and climbed onto the stone.

Lie with another western diamondback rattlesnake, put his head on the rock surface, and basked in the sun motionlessly.

Yan Ganghui observed its eyes and felt the snake's expression very serious: "It feels like this is a poisonous snake! It looks like a murderous look."

Su Hui said: "It looks a bit fierce!"

Looking at the end of its tail, there are white rattles in the shape of mulberries, which are closely arranged one by one.

It really was a poisonous rattlesnake.

There is a sign of rattlesnake wagging its tail on the side of the showcase!

It said: "Want to know the sound of rattlesnakes wagging their tails?"

Yan Ganghui clicked the button next to him curiously, and suddenly heard "Quack, quack, quack, quack~" with a small and crisp sound at a very fast frequency.

Some are like rattle toys for babies.

Some knowledge of rattlesnake tails was also introduced on the exhibition board!

The tail of a rattlesnake is made of keratin, which is the same as a human nail, connected layer by layer like joints.

A small rattlesnake has one section just after it is born, and it cannot make a sound at this time, and one section will be added when it sheds its skin.

When there are too many **** rings, wagging the tail, the **** rings rub against each other, and the sound is amplified in the empty shell, and it will make a rattling sound.

When hunting, the muscles on the tail will control the **** ring, and when it feels threatened, it will wag its tail and make a sound to warn.

Studies have found that the sound of rattlesnakes wagging their tails is not static!

When the threat was first discovered, the frequency of wagging the tail was lower than 40hz.

Once the initial warning is issued and the threat continues to approach, the rattlesnake will quickly increase the frequency of its tail wagging to 60-100hz, which sounds louder.

Rattlesnakes cannot hear the sound of their tail wagging. They rattle their tails to remind threats to stay away from themselves, not to lure food or communicate with their companions.

However, the rattlesnakes in some areas are not rattling their tails anymore.

In the town of Sweetwater in the western United States, rattlesnakes are slaughtered in the name of tradition every year. Rattlesnakes are removed from their nests far away from humans with gasoline and iron hooks, and their heads are beheaded and skinned.

In order to avoid being hunted by humans, rattlesnakes choose not to rattle their tails, which has become more dangerous.

"this…"

Yan Ganghui was a little speechless and didn't know what to say for a while.

Lu Ye strolled around in the exhibition hall. Su Hui curiously attracted him when he saw him in a uniform, and asked, "Hello, how do you keep venomous snakes? Are you not afraid of being bitten by snakes?"

Lu Ye smiled and replied: "Look at our exhibition box. The water basin is on this side, and the rock hole is on the other side. When we operate, the snake inside will automatically hide on the other side or avoid the nest. Don’t worry if you leave enough room for maneuvers. How do you feel? Are you afraid?"

Su Hui honestly said: "The beautiful snake is okay, the rattlesnake is a bit scary!"

Lu Ye said, "Actually, rattlesnakes resemble us in some ways! Do you know that rattlesnakes will take children for walks?"

Both Yan Ganghui opened their eyes in surprise: "Huh!?"

Lu Ye said, “I’m an experienced reptile lover. I used to run around the world. A few years ago, I encountered a rock rattlesnake that slid my baby while mining in Huachuca, Arizona and my friend.

A few small rattlesnakes panicked when they saw us, some began to run away, and some chose to shrink into their mother's arms.

The female rattlesnake had a deflated body shortly after giving birth, but did not run away, but stayed in place and curled up. UU Reading www. uukanshu. Com quack quack wagged his tail very loudly to warn us.

Of course, we didn't bother this family anymore, and then retreated. "

Yan Ganghui was shocked and his impression was overturned.

The impression of snakes before was cold-blooded animals, with no emotions. It seems to be a matter of course.

Now a question arises, do snakes really have no emotions?

Su Hui even had some tears!

There was a picture of the mother snake raising her head, although she was very weak, she still tried to wag her tail to protect the child under her body.

Lu Ye said: "When rattlesnakes become adults, they will visit their relatives and friends and find relatives. They are also very tolerant, and can accommodate other kinds of rattlesnakes, non-venomous whip snakes, etc. to live through the winter together in the nest. .

Our two rattlesnakes are the eastern diamondback and the western diamondback. They are distributed in the east and west of the Americas. Usually there is no intersection, but look at them, don’t they also get along very friendly. "