On November 10th, Guangzhou Chimelong Wildlife World held a science popularization activity with the theme of "Animals Eat Well" in animal kindergartens. At the event, the conservationists made a variety of dishes for the large anteaters, black-legged white-rumped langurs, eastern gray kangaroos, and slender-tailed badger babies, attracting many tourists to stop and watch.
A rich delicacy for small animals
"Foodie" debut, the big anteater baby eats nearly ten ingredients of special milkshakes
At the event, the nursery staff moved the process of making food to the tourists, and placed a lot of fruits, vegetables, eggs and milk and other ingredients on the spot, as well as various instruments and tools for making food, so that visitors could understand the animals' recipes and food making process, and observe the animal babies eating at close range. The staff of chimelong nutrition center also analyzed the nutritional composition of ingredients on the spot, measured pesticide residues and other work displays, so that visitors can understand the behind-the-scenes work of Chimelong for various precious animals.
Baby big anteaters drinking a special milkshake
The nursery staff first configured the food of the baby anteater, took out nearly ten kinds of ingredients such as dried ants, beef, bananas, cereal, and cooked eggs, mixed them into the wall breaker in a certain proportion, and formed a nutrient-rich special milkshake after a long time of stirring. The baby anteater on the side was already waiting to be fed, and when it was time for the milkshake, it couldn't wait to stick out its long tongue to eat.
After that, the nurses fed the eastern gray kangaroos and the slender-tailed badger babies in turn, and the nurses prepared apples, carrots, bread worms and other foods for them. Under the onlookers of the audience, the babies surrounded the food, puffed up their cheeks and focused on eating, and the appearance of the little "foodies" was very healing.
The first case of artificial breeding of young black-legged white-rumped langur pups in China was revealed
Subsequently, the nursery staff introduced the black-legged white-rumped langur baby that was still in the nursery box, as well as its exclusive milk powder to display. The black-legged white-rumped langur baby that met the audience this time is the first case of successful artificial breeding in China, only to see that the baby monkey has a blue-gray small face, big eyes, gray body hair, black legs and white buttocks and tail, the body color is very rich, which caused the audience to be amazed.
Black-legged white-rumped langur baby
According to the nursery, the baby monkey was born on July 9 this year, and has now passed 100 days, and is still in the initial stage of drinking milk and switching fixed foods. Before feeding, the nursery staff first cleans the mouth of the monkey baby with clean warm water, this small detail has attracted the attention of tourists, and the nursery staff explained that this is to maintain the homeostasis of the digestive tract of the monkey baby, so as not to cause gastrointestinal diseases. The milk powder that the baby monkey drinks is not simple, and the animal care team innovatively takes the addition of active lactase and maternal intestinal digestion enzymes to the artificial milk to avoid the lactose intolerance of the baby monkey, which can be seen by the intentions of the Chimelong animal care team.
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Xiaolei. Correspondent Deng Yongyi