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Chapter 359: The New Changes in the Red Panda Exhibit



On the railing on the other side, stood several coconut lorikeets, chirping away!

A group of students gathered around curiously watching these parrots, with some taking photos with their cell phones.

It was still rather rare for elementary students to have cell phones, except for today, as they were allowed to bring them for playing outdoors.

A lorikeet flew over from behind in search of its companion, stepping on the head of a little girl who was taking a photo to gain momentum. The girl felt the wings flapping on her head, immediately becoming frightened and tucking in her neck, screaming, "Ah! Ah!"

The scene suddenly became lively and joyful.

"Gather round, Class Three gather up! We're off to see the red pandas!"

Teacher Zhang called the students to assemble, getting ready to visit the next exhibit.

The students reluctantly said goodbye to their favorite parrots.

...

After passing through a quiet and lush bamboo grove, they arrived at the red panda exhibit.

Now at the entrance to the red panda exhibit, there was a new cutout of a red panda posing with a lifted hand as if showing defiance.

The face was empty, so you could stand behind it and pretend to be a red panda.

This was too childish for adults to enjoy, but it was mainly for the kids to have fun, so the cutout was only one meter and forty centimeters tall.

"Rua!"

"I'm a red panda dah!"

Suddenly, several children ran over, playing and laughing around the cutout, making faces from behind it.

Once inside the red panda exhibit, all the children rushed to the glass wall, gazing into the area and letting out bursts of joy and amazement!

"The red panda is so cute!"

"I love red pandas the most!"

"What is it doing?"

The adorable appearance of the red panda was irresistible to all ages and genders, making it one of the most popular animals in the zoo.

In the exhibit, a red panda was sitting on the grass, earnestly licking its fluffy tail, cleaning it.

This red panda was Lingling, a lovely and tidy girl, whose most distinct feature was the pure white rings on her tail, eye-catching and beautiful. The white rings on the tails of other red pandas were fainter, but her tail had a paler red instead.

She was holding her tail in one paw and deeply burying her head into the fluffy tail, almost hiding her face completely.

After wobbling slightly and licking the tip of her tail for a long time, she released her paw, and the tail fell back to the ground.

Raising her head, she looked out at the children with a sense of surprise.

Huh, since when did so many little bipeds appear?

After a moment of daze, she quickly got up and scurried off, hiding behind a tree.

She was still quite shy.

Wang Haoran, seeing the red panda run away, shifted his gaze and noticed another interesting scene, quickly patting his buddy next to him, "Hey hey, Yang Sibo, look there! What's that red panda doing!"

Yang Sibo, a bit surprised, said, "Huh, is that a slide?"

The environment in the exhibit was not static!

Changing it slightly, simply moving the position of the perches a bit or adding some new items, could bring a lot of novelty to the animals, encouraging them to use their time exploring.

Just like a house for people, if you find the same scenery boring after a while, there's no need to move; just switch rooms, rearrange the furniture like beds, desks, bookshelves, face different windows, and you'll find life more enjoyable.

Recently, several enrichment facilities were added to the red panda exhibit, near a tree close to the back enclosure, a long and wide plank was added, its surface sanded smooth and even.

Chestnut was lying on the board then, with both hind legs wrapped around it, her forelimbs dangling off the sides, and her long bushy tail drooping to the side.

Her chin rested on the board, body pressing it down, and her ears stuck to her head, still looking a bit tense!

After adjusting her body a bit, the hind legs embracing the board loosened slightly, then with a "swish," she slowly slid down.

While sliding, she turned her head, looked down to see where she was, and checked how far from the ground she was.

Incredibly thrilling and fun!

Red Bean stood on the top platform, craning her neck to watch Chestnut slide down, feeling a bit eager to try the slide as well.

However, she hesitated for a moment but didn't dare to come down!

"Wow!"

"The red panda is playing on the slide!"

"So cute!"

The children watched with a burst of exclamations.

After sliding down, Chestnut raised her head and locked eyes with Red Bean, her black gem-like eyes blinking as if to communicate.

What's there to be afraid of, it's really fun! Slide down too!

I better not, it looks really dangerous!

Red Bean climbed up a tree, and seeing this, Chestnut followed suit, climbing up the structure to return to the platform and slid down once again.

This time, her head faced downward and her bottom up towards the sky.

No matter the position, her slightly plump round face always looked adorable.

After enjoying one slide, she climbed up again after a while, seemingly inexhaustible in her enjoyment of the slide.

Guan Shan explained with a smile to the children, "Although both red pandas and giant pandas are called pandas, they are not actually related by blood. The giant panda is part of the bear family, closely related to animals like the Asian black bear, while the red panda belongs to the unique red panda family.

Red pandas have a unique behavior; when they feel threatened, they will suddenly stand on their hind legs and raise their paws to scare off the enemy, taking the chance to escape when the enemy is startled by their actions. Isn't that fun." Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire

Wang Haoran asked curiously, "Auntie, how do red pandas call out?"

Guan Shan corrected, "It's Animal Keeper Sister!"

Feeling a bit downhearted inside, she always got called auntie by the kids who came by, even though she wasn't that old!

However, those who called Fang Ye uncle were fewer, and most called him brother, probably because Fang Ye looked more youthful and affable.

"Okay, Sister!"

Guan Shan said, "Red pandas are quite gentle by nature; they usually don't make much noise, except when they fight, they emit a very loud pig-like grunt to intimidate the other. That's how it goes, 'hmm~ hmm~ hmm'."

"Pig-like grunt?"

The children found it quite novel, and some even started laughing.

Zheng Yan looked at the adorable red pandas in the exhibit and expressed her surprise, "Why do red pandas fight?"

It was hard for her to imagine them fighting!

Guan Shan explained, "Of course they fight. Red pandas have their own love and hate, joys and sorrows.

The one who played on the slide, Chestnut, doesn't get along too well with another red panda, Shuaishuai. Sometimes when they encounter each other while eating or in the trees, friction arises and they start fighting.

But with many trees and structures in the exhibit, there is plenty of space for them to hide and escape if they can't win. And if a fight escalates, we animal keepers will intervene to break it up.

But in general, their squabbles are minor and they've never had a particularly fierce battle."


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