Chapter 562

The location of flamingo lake is behind the lion hall. Take a walk along the waterfowl lake, and then walk a little further.

As soon as he came over, Lin Hao opened his eyes, stared at the lake and exclaimed, "Wow, many flamingos!"

At a glance, dozens or even hundreds of flamingos "quack" shouted, like a thousand frogs singing in a chorus. The scene was spectacular and lively.

The colors of feathers are different. Some are white and transparent, like freshly ripe peaches, and some are pure white.

Some flamingos are bright red, just like cinnabar, shiny, and look like a burning flame from a distance. Especially when running, it looks like waving red flags, which is very eye-catching.

Not only the feather color, but also the shape is very strange.

Slender figure, long straight neck, slender legs, and the shape of the mouth is like a sickle, bent downward.

Overall, there is a sense of lightness and dignity, and the posture is very beautiful.

Most of them stay in the water. Their slender long legs are submerged in the water, foraging in shallow water, and some walk around with their long legs on the grass on the bank.

A large group of flamingos in the water turned the lake red and looked like a bright rosy cloud.

Lily Qi said, "Why are some flamingos white?"

In her impression, shouldn't flamingos be red? Otherwise, why is it called this name.

Lin Hao said, "eh, the principal is explaining over there. Let's go and listen!"

Flamingo lake has just opened. There are still a lot of tourists here!

Fangye conventionally came to have a look and explained it to the tourists.

Several people passed by and heard Fang Ye saying with a smile: "it is said that there is a strange bird in Loulan ancient country!

When they are plump, they will fly south until the flame mountain, let the sky fire ignite their feathers, and then bring the fire back to Loulan ancient country and turn it into ashes.

Therefore, the people of Loulan call this bird flamingo.

Once the prince of Loulan had a powerful fire power, but he was punished by God and locked up in the Tongtian tower because of tyranny and jealousy. When the prince of Loulan was punished into the tower, flamingo, as the patron saint of the royal family, was also locked up in the Tongtian tower.

Once an alien invades, the Flamingo will burst into flames, showing extraordinary divine power. His whole body will be shrouded in dazzling flames, and his sharp beak will become the sharpest blade to punish the alien. "

Told a little story, the tourists, especially the children, listened with interest.

Children like listening to this kind of story best.

Fang Ye used the story as an introduction to raise people's interest, and then seriously popularized science: "apart from myths and legends, flamingos are also a very interesting animal.

Flamingo is not a bird. It also has a name called red stork. These in our zoo are big red storks.

Many people are asking why the Flamingos are not red, but also white. In fact, the color of their feathers is white! "

"Ah, surprised!"

The visitors' incredible expressions were like the first time they heard that tigers eat grass.

Fang ye said, "the red of flamingo feathers comes from the astaxanthin ingested at ordinary times. Astaxanthin is red.

In nature, animals cannot synthesize astaxanthin. Flamingos continuously deposit astaxanthin in the body by eating small fish, shrimp, algae and plankton. After a few chemical reactions, the original white feathers will transmit bright red.

For flamingos, astaxanthin is their cosmetics.

The brighter the red, the stronger the physique and the stronger the attraction to the opposite sex. "

Lin Hao suddenly said, "I see!"

Da Wu also sighed: "the name of Flamingo is too confusing."

Just listen to the name, imagine that they are red, and thinking forms a fixed pattern.

Fang ye said with a smile, "flamingos are beautiful and nervous animals! Our keeper of flamingos is a girl who usually wears makeup.

Because of raising flamingos, they don't wear lipstick now, because these flamingos will be stimulated when they see her lipstick, flap their wings and run back and forth, and don't accept feeding. "

"Hahaha, it's OK to run back and forth? Does it take the breeder as a competitor?"

"It's the same as making friends with girls. They all like ugly ones and don't like beautiful ones!"

"The sacrifice of the breeder is all sides! I really can't do it."

A male peacock with a long green tail took two steps, shook his body and wings, as if to shake off the dew on the grass leaves on his feathers.

Then the body was slightly lowered, the dark blue covered with a long velvet neck stretched back, the pillow crown on the top of the head shook, and took care of his beautiful tail feathers gracefully.

The beak first pecked at the back of the tail, then grabbed a feather with scattered edges, stretched his head down, combed the feather from the root to the tip, carefully combed the feather to straighten it again, and then continued to take care of another feather patiently.

A flamingo in the lake took two elegant steps with his long legs.

Then he turned his pink neck and bit his black beak twice at his tail.

Then he rubbed his mouth against his wings and combed his feathers carefully.

Fang ye said, "the most thing these flamingos do all day is dressing up!

The glands on their tails can secrete oil with astaxanthin. This oil is a natural waterproof material, and when applied to the feathers, they can make the feathers look shiny and rub around the body, making the feathers more and more bright.

You can skip meals all day, but you can't skip combing your hair all day. "

Tourists watched the action of flamingos. Sure enough, many flamingos were combing their hair.

Knowing what they are doing is not just watching the excitement. The feeling is different.

Tut tut said, "it's really smelly!"

Someone asked curiously, "the head of the garden, although the mouths of cranes, swans and pelicans are a little different, they are all pointed and long. Why is the mouth of this Flamingo curved?"

Fangye explained: "this is caused by their living environment!

Flamingos generally live in salt lakes or wetlands with poor environment, surrounded by barren beaches. These places are rich in blue-green algae, diatoms and mud, as well as various insect larvae and plankton. They mainly eat these at ordinary times.

Flamingos live in large groups. Hundreds and thousands of them get together. Think about how spectacular it is for them to walk on the shoal and look for food while walking. "

The hand bent and made a gesture: "if the beak is straight, they have to stretch their necks and look for food in the mud, it is not easy to fight with other flamingos. The beak is so curved that when they lower their head and reach their feet, the beak is just parallel to the water surface, which is convenient for them to eat."

“66666！”

"It's amazing!"

Lin Hao couldn't help sighing: "the design of nature is really exquisite!"