Chasing Waves News Reporter: Ma Yan
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We whistle every night when we feed the fruit
They form conditioned reflexes
As soon as we whistle, they know there's fruit coming!
On the first day of the New Year's Day holiday (December 30), the periphery of the golden monkey cage of Wuhan Zoo was full of tourists. Hu Bowen, a golden monkey keeper, said that the Han Han is usually a relatively docile male golden snub-nosed monkey, but when the nearby cage "Ah Wu" is too close to the territory of the "Han Han", it will express "dissatisfaction". Hu Bowen explained for "Han Han" that "Han Han" felt that the male monkey next door was too close and provoked it. This is the territory of the "Han Han", so it rushes over and kicks the cage and makes a loud noise so that it can deter the monkeys around it.
In June 2023, Hu Bowen, who had just graduated from Hunan Agricultural University for a year, joined Wuhan Zoo, which was his childhood dream. Since he was a child, his parents liked to take him to see the animal world, and he especially liked to deal with animals. Since he prefers wild animals, he was the first to sign up when he heard that the Wuhan Zoo was recruiting conservationists after the upgrade. Hu Bowen believes that zoos are the most accessible to wildlife in daily life.
As soon as he joined the company, Hu Bowen was fortunate to be sent to Shenlongjia for training, which was also the first time he had met the golden snub-nosed monkey at zero distance. During a mountain patrol, he walked into the Shennongjia Dalongtan base, and suddenly inadvertently jumped down from the tree and climbed to his side, the little golden snub-nosed monkey put his hand into Hu Bowen's clothes pocket, and his eyes flashed with expectation. Once in the Shenlongjia Dalongtan base to learn Xi, when Hu Bowen followed the scientific researchers up the mountain to collect the feces and urine of the golden monkey, it was the time for the golden monkey to eat, and suddenly a little monkey lay on Hu Bowen's body, looking for what he wanted to eat, turned over his pocket, and turned out the peanuts in his pocket.
Hu Bowen provided pictures of golden snub-nosed monkeys encountered during the training of the dragon frame
Since the end of the training in August 2023, he has become the new "Golden Monkey Dad" of Wuhan Zoo, and this tall and honest "Dad" has been unanimously recognized by the monkey group. The same "new faces", as well as four little golden snub-nosed monkeys from the Shenlong frame, they are "Ah Jin", "Sisi", "Xiaoxiao" and "Broken Tail", wild animals come to live in the zoo, and the biggest problem is to be able to adapt to the environment quickly. Hu Bowen would train them by blowing a whistle every day, but the effect was still not obvious for a month, and Hu Bowen almost gave up. Suddenly, at one point, two snub-nosed monkeys were reluctant to come in. Hu Bowen tried to whistle, but he didn't expect them to react, which made Hu Bowen very surprised!
Although Hu Bowen is the "new daddy" of the golden monkey, he has mastered many skills in the conservation of the golden monkey in a short period of half a year, and has become the most trusted person of the "children". Hu Bowen said: "I don't think the golden snub-nosed monkey is like an animal, sometimes it's like a human, because each monkey has a different personality, and then it looks different and has a different personality, and it feels like coaxing a child every day, coaxing a different child every day." ”
Not only that, Hu Bowen also acted as a docent for tourists, and he often popularized science for tourists near the golden monkey cage in Wuhan Zoo. He explained that the golden snub-nosed monkey is one of the most beautiful and precious monkeys in the world. It is said that the prototype of Wu Chengen's "Monkey King" is the Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey. However, it is so beautiful that it has a "nose facing the sky", which not only does not diminish their beauty, but more importantly, it is an important organ for their survival. Hu Bowen said that the "sky-facing noses" are to adapt to their native environment, and the golden snub-nosed monkey inhabits the alpine forests above 1,500 meters above sea level, where the air is very thin, the climate is cold, and it is easy to lack oxygen.
Hu Bowen said that in order to reduce air resistance and thus breathe more fresh air, the bridge of the nose of the golden snub-nosed monkey slowly evolved and shortened, and finally formed the shape of the nose facing the sky as we see it now. In his mind, every time he gets along with "children", they can get closer to each other. Always thinking about the bodies of the baby golden monkeys, Hu Bowen is always thinking about how to feed them accurately after work to make their bodies better.
Coming up for the New Year's Eve, Hu Bowen said that he is now walking around the cage, and "Sisi" and "Xiaoxiao" can always find him. At the interview site, the reporter and Hu Bowen chatted while walking, and "Sisi" and "Xiaoxiao" followed along the way. Seeing the golden monkey babies lying on the edge of the cage looking directly at Hu Bowen, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, which was a unique "love" between them.
2024 is coming, Hu Bowen said, I hope the animals can grow up healthily! The animals in Wuhan Zoo can be healthy, and tourists come to the zoo to play without feeding, let us take care of the growth of animals together!
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