I Have a Safari Park

The wolf pavilion is located at the forefront of the predator theme, adjacent to the tiger pavilion, and the entrance is a cave made of many large pieces of irregular granite.

The granite is old-fashioned grayish-yellow. It seems to have experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes. It has been eroded by mountain winds and beaten by rain to form its current appearance. In the cracks in the stones at the bottom, there is a clump of dense green grass that stretches out tenaciously.

The large rocks are stacked layer by layer and spread out to the surrounding, not only as a fence for the grass, but also as a stone chair for rest.

At this time, there was a family pushing a stroller. It seemed that they were tired from walking and took a break here.

The large stone is carved with some primitive frescoes, or clear or fuzzy, or deep or shallow black nicks, depicting scenes related to wolves.

Some wolves gathered together and roared in the sky; some wolves were hunting, chasing the deer with long horns on their heads; some wolves had their heads together, opening their mouths and biting each other's heads. Licking each other's lips; there are even pictures of humans and wolves walking together.

Above the entrance of the cave, the word "Wolf Pavilion" is also written in ancient seal script!

Even if tourists don't know this twisted font, they can feel the wild and rough meaning in it.

These elements together embody the long relationship with wolves in human history.

It looks like the residence of a primitive tribe tens of thousands of years ago. The primitive people who lived here observed wolf hunting, socializing, etc., and handed down these observations in the form of stone carvings.

When tourists enter the cave, it is like traveling through ten thousand years, returning to the original state, observing and understanding the wolves from an ancient perspective.

The lamps in the cave are also in the shape of torches. The bulbs emit bright yellow light and shine on the rough and undulating stone walls of the cave.

The popular science exhibition card is placed under the torch, and the text and patterns on it can be clearly seen.

At a distance of two meters, the lights will dim, and of course there is no problem in seeing the road under your feet.

Another 5 meters before the next torch, creating an atmosphere of a primitive cave.

Unconsciously, the tourists who entered here became quiet.

Tang Xiaoxin looked expectant and whispered, "I heard from Brother Fang Ye that I will see a lot of wolves this time! When I came last time, I walked through several windows and found no trace of wolves."

Qian Keke's eyes were also shining: "Well! I will definitely see the wolf this time."

The area of ​​the Wolf Pavilion is so large that it is still a mountainous terrain modification, with ups and downs, and there are various dense forests and rocks in the middle to block the line of sight.

A visit point, the area that can be seen is only a small area, a hillside is undulating, or a dense forest, the scene on the back is invisible at all.

Different visiting points, the overlapping area of ​​view is very small!

Here you can see a meadow, here you can see a dense forest, here you can see a stream...

Originally, there were only two wolves, Black Charcoal and Xiaoyu, but they were always crooked together, inseparable from each other... The main reason was that Black Charcoal was too sticky.

Therefore, it was a bit embarrassing after the Wolf Pavilion was built. Basically, only one or two of the visiting spots could see the wolf shadow.

Now that there are so many wolves at once, the range of activities has increased, and there is a probability that wolves can be seen at different visiting points.

The two came to the first visit point!

Here you can see a flat meadow with lush foliage swaying in the wind.

The mottled sunlight shone down and hit a wolf who looked a little vicissitudes of life.

It seemed to be a little lame, with its front paws tucked away, walking slowly on the dark green grass, exuding an air of loneliness.

"Wow, it's a wolf!"

"The wolf is coming!"

Several tourists exclaimed in low voices.

Not many people visited the first spot, and most of them went to places where they could see the waterfall.

That's where wolves are most active!

Lame, injured and inconvenient to move, old and withdrawn in character, do not want to mix with other wolves.

Walking to a tree, I lowered my head and sniffed the grass, then looked left and right.

Then start circling!

Loop over and over again.

A tourist wondered: "What is this doing?"

Qian Keke stared at the lame, frowned, and whispered, "Is there something wrong with this wolf?"

Tang Xiaoxin said uncertainly, "Let's take a look!"

The points of visit are also carefully designed.

A layer of gravel is laid under the glass curtain wall to reduce the desire of wolves to approach.

Because the natural light outside is bright, and the glass curtain wall in the cave is sandwiched between two torches, the yellow light is dim, such a strong light than nature forms a line of sight. Not to tourists, but to wolves!

I must have had such an experience when I was a student. When I looked at the classroom on the playground, I couldn’t see anything, but in the classroom, I could clearly see the scene below the playground.

Similarly, when the wolf is in the outdoor exhibition area, it is dark when looking at the glass curtain wall and cannot see the tourists inside, so that it can show a more natural behavior.

In other exhibition halls of the zoo, there are actually such applications of light to reduce the sight pressure of tourists on animals, but the Wolf Pavilion uses the cave atmosphere to maximize the light barrier.

I saw the lame walking around in place, looking at the grass under my feet, and slowly laying down on my side.

The injured foot was placed on the outside, and the eyes were closed and motionless, like a still picture.

It's not completely a still picture, and the stomach is still slightly up and down.

correct!

Tang Xiaoxin had an epiphany: "I remembered, I seem to have seen a sign before, saying that wolves in the wild will circle over and over again before going to bed, trampling the grass under their feet into a comfortable bed for sleeping."

I didn't see wolves exhibiting this behavior the last time I came here, but this time I was lucky enough to come across it.

Qian Keke looked at her with admiration and said with admiration, "Wow, amazing! You still remember this!"

The tourists next to him also heard what Tang Xiaoxin said!

Looking at the lame look again, he suddenly said: "I said why it looks a little familiar, my dog ​​will step on the carpet in circles before going to bed! I haven't thought about it. It must be an inherited wolf's habit of living in the wild!"

If the exhibition area does not have a rich environment, but is just a bare open space, the wolf who does not fit in groups stays alone in the corner. He may not be able to stop after stepping in such a circle, and it looks very strange and becomes stereotyped. Behavior.

The two continued to move forward, along the dim corridor, to the next visit point.

The rushing waterfall upstream has turned into a gurgling stream after twists and turns.

Climb over the last stone steps to form a short clear waterfall, where it converges into a calm pool.

A gray wolf with light footsteps appeared on the river bank!