Jimu news reporter Chen Xi
Correspondent Deng Liling Peng Shaobo
If you have seen the movie "The Lion King", the role of "Ding Man" must be no stranger. Today (January 19), Wuhan Zoo released news that the park for the first time ushered in two "Ding Man" - slender-tailed badgers.
The small-tailed badger lives in a one-bedroom and one-living room makeshift cage, is new to the city, has adapted, and has begun a happy life of punching holes and digging pits in his new home. Breeder Zhang Jianxin said with a smile.
According to the garden, the slender-tailed badger is a small burrowing mammal native to the desert areas of South Africa and other places, and is a master of digging pits and holes, so the breeding team carefully decorated their houses in advance, "laying a thick layer of sand for them to play, laying another piece of bark scraps as a floor mat, and then picking up construction waste pipes as props for their games, creating an environment suitable for them to live." Luo Zhengzheng, head of the park's animal management department, said that the breeders are full of love for them.
"Punching is their most natural behavior, just like children like to play with mud and sand. They like to eat insects in the wild, so it is also delicious to prepare them with bread worms, grasshoppers, and even cockroaches. Zhang Jianxin introduced.
Slender-tailed badgers, African animals, are afraid of cold, so the garden has installed radiators in the bedroom to warm the two little ones, "outdoor warmth, they come out to play, outdoor cold, just indoor nest next to the heating." Luo regime said.
Why introduce the slender-tailed badger? The Luo regime explained that the newly opened the African grassland area after the renovation of the zoo, so African animals were specially introduced.
These two little ones, a male and a female, are less than 1 year old and are minors. According to the garden, they will become adults after reaching the age of 1, and they can conceive 2-5 cubs in one litter, and the gestation period is generally about 3 months. After the Wuhan Zoo is officially opened with a new look, visitors can see the happy scene of a group of "hole monsters" digging holes.
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