Yantai, Shandong Province has recently experienced heavy snowfall, and some netizens posted a joke "Don't ask how big the snow is in Yantai, it's the only thing left in the zoo", with a picture of a giraffe showing its head in the thick snow. Although many netizens know that this is a joke, some netizens take it seriously and are worried about the safety of other animals in the zoo.
On December 22, Yantai Zoo responded that the giraffe had been hiding in the heating room for a long time and did not need to worry.
Jokes posted by netizens (Source: Internet)
The reporter noticed that after the Yantai netizen posted on December 21, thousands of netizens liked and heated discussions. Someone said it was a joke: "I knew it was P at a glance." "It's a clear exaggeration. But there are also many netizens who believe it: "Those who come from Africa can be regarded as having seen the world." "But it feels so pathetic. ”
Some people mistakenly believe and worry about the safety of animals (Source: Internet)
Some netizens forwarded that this was animal cruelty, and also @ an animal protection team account. The team's account retweeted and @Yantai posted: "Don't you know the forecast?
The reporter noticed that this giraffe snow scene was released on a website as early as 2018, and it was suspected to be a PS composite photo. And, before the heavy snowfall, some netizens posted this picture to match the joke, ridiculing that the snow is too big.
On the afternoon of December 22, the reporter contacted a Yantai netizen who posted it, and she said that although the snow in Yantai did not exceed the height of the giraffe, it was more than half a meter high.
The reporter contacted Yantai Zoo again, and the staff said that "no one should take it seriously", and said that no one has mistakenly believed the joke and later called to ask about giraffes, and the giraffes in the zoo are currently staying in the heating room.
In 2020, a poster news reporter visited the Yantai Zoo in Nanshan Park, Yantai City. According to the report, don't look at the giraffe is tall, but it is very afraid of the cold, and when the outdoor temperature is lower than 12 °C, it cannot be put out and can only be exhibited indoors. The zoo installed underfloor heating, radiators and large air conditioners in the giraffe's home, and carefully laid a thick layer of hay on the ground to ensure the health of the giraffe.
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Rare!Record-breaking!Weihai snow up to 74 cm...
Recently, Weihai, Yantai and other places in Shandong have frequently encountered heavy snowfall. As of 8 o'clock today (December 22), the snow depth in Weihai Wendeng reached 74 cm, breaking the record for the largest snow depth in Shandong Province.
The Shandong Peninsula has been experiencing frequent "cold snowfall" in recent days, and Weihai suffered a blizzard yesterday. At 8 o'clock this morning, the snow depth of Weihai Wendeng Station reached 74 cm, which not only continued to break the snow depth record set the day before the establishment of the station (55 cm), but also broke the record of the largest snow depth in Shandong Province, which was previously 66 cm.
In addition, Yantai Muping Station was 39 cm, which also broke the record for the largest snow depth in the local area.
Today, the snowfall on the Shandong Peninsula will continue, but the intensity has weakened, and the snowfall is expected to end tomorrow.
(Source: Jimu News, CCTV Finance, China Weather Network, News Morning Post)