Modern Express News (Reporter Zhang Ran) Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian. At present, the lotus flowers in the North Gate Lake of Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo are in full bloom, which is not only the summer beauty in the eyes of tourists, but also the summer limited food in the eyes of the breeders.
△ Bear
The ring-tailed lemurs, whose homes are in Beimen Lake, have become the first round of food connoisseurs of good taste. How much do they like these fresh lotus leaves? As soon as the keepers wanted to take out their mobile phones to record their enjoyment of the food, they saw that the ring-tailed lemur had only eaten a lotus leaf stalk.
△ 环尾狐猴
Hornbills are different, they are more interested in lotus flowers than eating lotus leaves, and they mainly play with them, tearing off the conspicuous lotus petals one by one with their flexible beaks, and will also pick them up as toys to show off to their companions.
△ Rhino
The chimpanzee "Little Boy" and "Black Bean" are really worthy of being father and son, and the appearance of enjoying the delicious taste is almost exactly the same, and the "Black Bean" has a lotus flower in one hand and a lotus leaf in the other, which is more fragrant to eat. The special summer-limited dish at the Kumakan is the special "lotus leaf chicken". Not only that, the keepers also put some lotus flowers and lotus leaves into the pool of the big brown bear "Brown", which is delicious and fun.
△ Bear House Special "Lotus Leaf Chicken"
Such lotus leaf special food, not only meat, but also vegetarian, the lotus leaf food of the Asian Primate Pavilion is packed with daily fruits and vegetables, the white-handed gibbon family will continue to carry forward the characteristics of love for each other, "white ice" and "white snow" two couples share the same lotus leaf together, the baby in the arms "little white dragon" is also curious to probe the probe, want to know what good things Mom and Dad are eating, very cute.
The lotus leaves and lotus flowers limited to summer are not only a fresh attempt at animal diet, but also a manifestation of the conservation staff's respect for the natural habits of animals, and they hope that through such attempts, animals can also experience more natural beauty.
(Photo courtesy of Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo)