I have a wildlife zoo

After watching the elephants, they visited other exhibits.

Lin Hao was quite reluctant to leave and took lots of photos.

Before leaving the zoo, they went to the souvenir shop to buy some cultural creative clothes and plushies to give as gifts when they met up with their roommates for the thesis defense.

The cultural creative products sold at Linhai Zoo were very well-reviewed.

Since it was now summer, the hoodies they had custom-ordered before were becoming too hot to wear, so they had recently introduced a new line of cool, breathable shirts.

Not only were these shirts comfortable to wear, but they also made great gifts.

When they passed by the alpaca enclosure, they peeked inside and burst into laughter!

The alpacas had undergone a shearing and had been transformed dramatically.

There were ones with a bald shiny look, pony styles, square head styles, lady styles, and Beatles haircuts.

A group of alpacas with these bizarre styles together looked incredibly comical.

Lin Hao's attention was drawn to an alpaca with a square head style. Its shorn limbs and neck looked thin and long, topped with a perfectly square head, which was just irresistibly funny.

He nudged Daigo, "Look at this alpaca, it's like it walked right out of Minecraft!"

The alpaca looked at them innocently: I'm so square!

Daigo couldn't stop laughing as he clicked away with his camera, "Whoever sheared this alpaca is really playful!"

Lili held her stomach, laughing over backward, "Oh my, Brother Aotian! Brother Aotian, how did you turn into a horse!? Geez, these alpacas are just too cute!"

Brother Aotian was spacing out in the play area at the moment. Hearing his name called, he couldn't stop laughing and abruptly turned his head, glaring at them with an unfriendly gaze!

Puny humans, are you mocking me?

He didn't really care about the trail of hair left on his back, but the fact that his bangs had been shaved off really vexed him!

Recently, he felt inclined to spit at tourists who laughed at him, but after doing it all day today, he just couldn't muster the energy anymore.

Out of sight, out of mind, he simply bolted towards the other end of the enclosure.

Gotta say, despite lacking a tail, his galloping did somewhat resemble a little horse!

Carslan stood there, chest out and head up, chewing on grass with an elegant posture.

Already a beautiful, clean alpaca, when she was fluffy and plump, she looked quite cute.

Now that her wool was shorn, she appeared much slimmer. The remaining ring of fur around her neck and feet seemed like a lady's accessory, making her look even more elegant.

Lili, a bit disappointed after watching Brother Aotian run away, then spotted a bucktooth alpaca not too far away.

She almost spit out laughing, "Bucktooth? Gee gee gee gee gee, you're quite trendy, turning into a Beatle, huh?"

The large protruding teeth of Bucktooth were very noticeable, and he was one of the few alpacas she could recognize.

Bucktooth gave a mysteriously pleased smile!

He ambled leisurely over to the fence; after his haircut, he felt inexplicably happy.

He stuck his head through the wooden fence slats as if asking, "Do you need something from me?"

Lili was excited, "Come on, Daigo, help me take a picture with Bucktooth!"

...

Lin Hao carried a few bags of souvenirs, lingering at the zoo with reluctance as he left.

The next visit, who knows when that might be.

These days, Fang Ye has been busy with various matters.

The top priority at the zoo was that the green peafowl had built a nest and laid eggs!

A female peafowl laid four eggs, which was even more surprising than a panda getting pregnant.

After all, in the panda breeding bases, there were still quite a few pandas, and they could spare some for the zoos.

In domestic zoos, there were only these four purebred green peafowls in his.

Fang Ye was overjoyed but also a bit anxious—at the thought of what if a visitor took or damaged the green peafowl's eggs?

He considered moving the green peafowl to another location but feared they might not want to incubate the eggs in a different environment or might fail to hatch them due to changes. Certainly, the aviary was still the best environment for them.

Artificial incubation of green peafowl eggs was uncharted territory; there was no reference material to draw on, and the hatched chicks also needed parental care.

Mainly because green peafowl were so rare. Other birds were also bred in the aviary, where nest boxes had been prepared for them. It was fine if they didn't use the ready-made nest boxes and picked their own spots to nest and incubate eggs.

He decided, for the green peafowl's successful incubation during this period, the birdhouse would be closed for a month and not open to visitors.

He figured visitors would understand.

Another matter was the recent introduction of the red-crowned cranes, crested ibis, and Oriental storks—these birds had arrived at the zoo one after another and were starting their quarantine.

When he and Lan Li had visited other zoos, they saw the stunningly beautiful Oriental storks living in dirty little ditches, with upside-down dead fish nearby, seeming quite distressed—an altogether pitiable sight.

He thought about having these birds in his own zoo someday, and pledged to take good care of them.

Now the zoo finally had the conditions to welcome these beautiful large birds.

The upcoming May 20th was being prepared as a special event at the zoo.

520, a pun for "I love you," is a day filled with sweetness, when couples love to show off their love, send red envelopes, and even get married.

Besides that, May 20th is also World Bee Day.

After all, to describe a loving couple as "honey sweet," and beautiful words of affection as "sweet nothings," can be traced back to Sumerian love poems 4,000 years ago, which said, "Your honeyed kisses are sweet, your beauty is sweeter than honey."

Sweet honey and wonderful love have always been linked together.

Why shouldn't bees have a day to celebrate while lovers do?

Bees are common in human life, yet they are seldom given much attention.

Though small, bees play an incredibly important ecological role.

Of the 107 main crops directly related to food around the world, more than 85% depend on insects like bees for pollination, and one-third of the human diet directly or indirectly relies on insect pollination.

Among the 160,000 known flowering plant species pollinated by insects, 85% rely on bees for pollination.

However, the situation for bees is not optimistic. Due to human activities, 35% of the world's invertebrate pollinators, especially bees and butterflies, and about 17% of vertebrate pollinators like bats, face extinction.

There's a saying, "If bees disappear, humans have only four years left to live"—this isn't mere sensationalism. If bees truly disappear, the impact on vegetables, fruit trees, crops, and the entire ecosystem upon which humans depend is incalculable.

For the 520 event, aside from introducing bees, setting up display boards in the plaza, and conducting animal keeper Q&A sessions, there would also be introductions to loving couples in the zoo, such as swans, hornbills, etc.

Coming to play on 520, whether you're in a couple or not, there will be a discount on the ticket price. We can't cater to couples only, everyone should be happy.