Wildlife Garden Avenue in Shenzhen
There are groups of cute little beasts living
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They are
North American raccoons, South American raccoons, civets
How do we distinguish between them?
You can start with looks
The North American raccoon has a round face, gray-black hair, and a fluffy and short tail. Nocturnal animals.
South American raccoons have a long nose, a slender face, brown hair, and a thin and long tail. Anneuristic animals.
Civets seem to "neutralize" the appearance of North American raccoons and South American raccoons: large and round eyes, small ears, and black and white patches of head hair, so it is also called flower-faced beaver.
Let's get to know the civets together
masked palm civet
Paguma larvata
Civet cats, flower-faced beavers are carnivores
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Origin of the name
NAME ORIGIN
Although the civet is a carnivore, it lives an omnivorous life and likes to eat a variety of fresh fruits, which is why the civet cat's name is derived. The keeper will provide some nests, bananas, apples, loach, chicken, etc. for them to eat.
Mom said: Not picky eaters are good babies
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Nocturnal
NOCTURNAL
Civets are forest-edged mammals that prefer to inhabit montane forests and live a daytime and nocturnal life, dormant in tree holes or earth caves during the day, and foraging for food at night.
The day is a normal sleep time, but not a lazy sleep
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Gas bombs
GAS BOMB
Civets have short legs and do not run fast, and tend to climb trees to avoid predators.
There are glands on both sides of the anus, and when the enemy is approaching, the glands can release "poison gas bombs" with a pungent odor, and the civets will use this "fart escape" to escape the enemy pursuit.
Although the legs are short, it does not affect my climbing
We're neighbors with North American raccoons
If you come to see us
Even my feet blossomed
[Witty]
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Tips:
Shenzhen Safari Advocates Green Travel, and you can choose the following means of transportation to get there:
【Metro】Metro Line 7 Terminal "Xili Lake Exit B" directly to Shenzhen Wildlife Park;
【Bus】No. 49, No. 66, No. 101, No. 104 and other buses go directly to the "Zoo" platform; Buses such as M176 Road and Peak Line 128 go directly to the platform of "Xili Lake Metro Station".