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Liu Wei found it all so fresh!

Before coming to the zoo, he had never imagined he would have such experiences.

Actually, this was precisely what made a trip to the zoo so interesting.

Watching animals online, you can only see their appearances and a moment captured in a video, which doesn't evoke deep feelings.

But at the zoo, not only can you see the animals' appearances, you can also continuously observe a variety of rich natural behaviors: scratching itches, climbing trees, eating, rolling on the ground; you can even hear their calls: the delicate "nah nah" of the deer, the noisy "zhi zhi" of the macaque, and the coarsely squawking "gah gah" of the parrots.

You can even smell the animals, and surprisingly, giant panda dung actually carries a hint of fragrance.

The guides, after personally sniffing the scent of panda dung, explained to us how to assess what they had eaten and their health status from the scent and color of the dung.

This way of popular science was really fun and vivid!

Not only did we see pandas, but we also learned a lot of interesting knowledge, and it felt like this trip to the zoo was well worth it.

After walking halfway around, we arrived where Cloud was.

Wu Jiancong read the introduction of pandas on the wall with curiosity, "Is this the one called Cloud, the one who likes to sleep surrounded by poo?"

Liu Wei said, "It looks quite cute!"

Cloud was climbing a tree at the moment.

She was clinging to a tiny sapling, pulling herself up as it wobbled, half of its main fork clearly broken off.

Cloud grasped the trunk and with two kicks of her feet, "whoosh whoosh," she climbed up the tree.

Perched on a higher branch, the trunk shook even more violently, its loose foliage dramatically trembling.

The trunk wasn't even as thick as one of Cloud's arms.

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Yang Yue said with some concern, "It won't fall down, will it?"

Cloud hung upside down on the branch like a circus performer, adorably clumsy!

With her legs and arms wrapped around the trunk, she slowly slid back down.

Upon reaching the ground, she let go of the trunk, flailing her arms and legs like a windmill, and rolled around on the grass.

Then she ran back to the side of the sapling!

The onlookers figured out, "Is she amusing herself?"

"It's like she's playing on a slide; she really knows how to have fun!"

"Only, I think that sapling looks a bit dangerous!"

The sapling swayed to and fro, with Cloud climbing on it, either oblivious or simply not concerned about the shaking.

Arms wrapped around, she tried to climb higher, swinging on the branches.

Cloud: Say, what kind of tree are you?@@novelbin@@

The sapling: You're asking me? Who should I ask? Hey, can you get off quickly? I can't hold on much longer!

Cloud: I'm not getting down!

Suddenly, "crack" went the sound!

The slender branch snapped, and Cloud, head first, fell down with it.

"Wow!"

"Aiyo, my goodness!"

"Will it be hurt? Should we notify a guide?"

Everyone was startled!

Someone said, "It's fine, I just read the display panel. It said pandas are especially resilient to falls! They often fall from all sorts of places."

Hearing this and seeing Cloud get up nonchalantly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and burst into laughter.

"You——little——sapling!"

"No sense at all of your own weight!"

"That broken trunk nearby probably got that way because of antics like this! Such a mischief-maker!"

"The little sapling feels it has experienced a weight it can hardly bear in life!"

"Even though pandas are resistant to falls, it still looks painful!"

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Ring-tailed Lemur Island.

From a distance, one could hear the trumpet-like, melodious calls of "oh~ oh~" reverberating through the air.

The ring-tailed lemurs were singing!

The winter sun lacked strength, but the spring sunshine was comfortable and warmly soothing.

By the time everyone arrived, the lemurs had already finished sunbathing and were singing joyfully.

Jiang Lan pondered, "I feel like the calls of the ring-tailed lemurs are somewhat similar to those of peafowl."

On their way here, they had passed by the Peafowl Lawn and heard their high-pitched calls.

Yang Yue covered her mouth and laughed lightly, "We could bring over the peafowl and form a choir with the ring-tailed lemurs."

Liu Wei exclaimed in surprise, "Their calls are so unique!"

Gao Kaijin pointed in a direction with interest, "Hey, look, that ring-tailed lemur's tail is so interesting, it's like a question mark."

Liu Wei looked closely and suddenly asked in surprise, "Eh, what's that?"

Next to a rock, there was an animal that resembled a little brown pig!

It was moving its mouth, chewing on something.

Wu Jiancong remarked, "Wow, that's a capybara!"

Five or six ring-tailed lemurs surrounded it, some hugging its legs, others riding on its back, looking around curiously.

It was a very interesting sight.

Even in the best environments, animals can get bored after a while, so it's necessary to provide occasional enrichment.

Mixed housing provides animals with a fresh stimulus that far exceeds that of ordinary enrichment activities.

After all, the other is a moving creature!

The colors, shapes, calls, and behaviors are all different from their own; there's a lot to explore.

Like Zhuangzhuang today, who played with a sack for a bit before walking away, but earlier, he was chased by a crow pecking at his tail feathers for half a day.

However, mixed housing also comes with certain risks, and compatibility between the species is important.

Capybaras and ring-tailed lemurs both have relatively gentle natures, which is why a capybara was brought over to be a new friend to the ring-tailed lemurs, another was sent to the raccoons, and another to the Asian forest tortoises.

There's a pool by the Asian forest tortoises with a heating plate underneath, perfect for sharing a hot spring bath.

The four are now scattered in different areas of the zoo, serving as ambassadors for friendly exchanges.

The ring-tailed lemurs seemed very curious and fond of the capybara!

One stood beside the capybara, orange eyes staring curiously at it, sniffing around its buttocks, chest, and belly, its question mark-shaped tail sweeping from under the capybara's neck before wrapping around its thigh.

The capybara, chewing on a small twig, let the ring-tailed lemur take it away with a tug of its paw and tossed it aside.

Forget about that little twig, play with me for a while!

The capybara, now without anything to chew, paused for two seconds, lifted a foot, and stepped over the long tail of the ring-tailed lemur!

Then it picked the twig back up in its mouth.

Several ring-tailed lemurs kept moving around, blocking the capybara's way and sticking close to it!

Some hugged its front legs, others its back legs, rubbing against it back and forth.

Two others stayed on its back, one sitting like a boss, looking around, while the other crouched and occasionally touched the capybara's head.

Another ring-tailed lemur jumped down from the treetops, landing gracefully onto the back of the capybara.

Surrounded by the lemurs, the capybara made no major movements, just stayed in place, and after a while, it lay down, squinting its eyes.

It was an incredibly harmonious and affectionate scene.

"Wow! So cute!"

"Are you talking about the capybara or the ring-tailed lemurs?"

"Both are cute! They all seem so gentle."

"I've heard that capybaras are the social butterflies of the animal kingdom, and they sure seem popular with other animals!"

Although capybaras can swim, the surrounding water doesn't limit the ring-tailed lemurs, nor does it contain the capybara, which doesn't seem afraid of swimming out. If it did swim out, it likely would be surrounded by visitors eager to pet it.