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The first case of preterm large anteaters in China to artificially raise young adults to live officially meet with tourists from now on, and the theme activity of helping the "Giant Beast Festival" was recently met with tourists for the first time by artificial breeding of young adults in Shanghai Wildlife Park. This is the first case of successful breeding of premature large anteaters in China.
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At present, the big anteater baby in the small animal park in the nursery, autumn high and cool days, the dads always love to take the little guy to the outdoor lawn sports to play, fortunate to meet its tourists are always a surprise, because the big anteater not only looks special, "spoiled and cute" kung fu is more first-class, this is not, and began to chase the dad to hug (drive back), and its 30 cm long tongue from time to time to stick out, to a "tongue to sell cute", this posture is estimated that the dad is almost overwhelmed.
According to the animal nurse, the original due date of the baby anteater was the end of June, and in the morning of June 3, the big anteaters found that the baby was born, and the mother animal ignored it. Generally speaking, after the cub is born, the mother of the large anteater will lick the anus and tire coat for the cub, and the cub will also crawl along the tail of the "mother" to its back out of instinctive reaction. And this little guy was born prematurely, his physical condition was particularly weak, and he was even less hairy, and he had no ability to climb onto his mother's back, and the mother beast was powerless to throw the cub aside. In desperation, the nurseryman decided to take the cub out and send it to the small animal paradise nursery for the animal father to rescue and take care of. The young weighed less than 1,000 grams when they were sent, were males, had a low body temperature and had entered a semi-comatose state. By racing against the clock for rescue, soaking in warm water to warm it up, drying and blowing dry, the veterinarian conducted a comprehensive examination, timely handled the sterilization of umbilical cord iodine, infusion, injection treatment, put into the baby incubator, a set of "rescue" process down is more than two o'clock in the afternoon. Looking at the faint undulations in the nursery, we began to worry again, although we had rich experience in parenting, we had never artificially bred a large anteater, let alone a premature baby. 24-hour rotational care is a must, there is no experience in the country to find foreign information in time, combined with their own experience in child-rearing, so we began the process of artificially raising premature large anteaters babies. How do I get it to milk smoothly? Finding a "special pacifier" is the key, because the large anteater mouth type is more peculiar, the garden first uses different pacifiers to try, after the improvement of the pacifier and then after repeated training, it took more than a day, after more than a dozen times of training the young beast to master the sucking skills and successfully sucked the milk, completed the necessary skills for survival - "will eat". From a few drops to a few milliliters at a time, you can slowly eat 10ml of artificial milk and feed it 6 times a day. When the little guy can drink 60ml of artificial milk at the age of 1 month, everyone is happy to celebrate at noon. Nowadays, the baby anteater is more than three months old, and has begun to feed the "sauce" broken up by ants, cat food, eggs, beef, spinach and other feeds, and the little guy adapts well to the "sauce", and currently weighs 6710 grams.
Next, the baby anteaters will live in the small animal paradise for a while. In the subsequent baby's growth stage, we will gradually reduce the number of artificial milk and gradually wean, then we will simulate some toys similar to the wild ant nest, which place its favorite food, wild training, the big anteater likes to use the front paws to cut the ground, so it will prepare some wood or build sand and mud, so it is convenient for it to learn to use the front paws flexibly, increase its natural habits of its usual life, and so that it can fully adapt to the life of the adult big anteater, it will be integrated into our big anteater family. Native to South America, the Great Anteaters are also known as "South American monsters" and are mainly distributed in central Guatemala and northern Argentina. Among the few existing poor toothed animals, the large anteaters are probably the most eccentric, and the large anteaters have "four monsters": one monster: the long-looking monster, the small eyes, the small ears, the head is like a slender round tube connected to the neck, and the small hole in the front of the round tube is its mouth; the second monster: the long tongue, the large anteater has no teeth, but has a long tongue that is flexible; the third monster: the claw is sharp, and its long claws are curved like a sickle, which can not only be used as a digging tool, but also the best defensive weapon Four monsters: Long tail is more useful. A fluffy and hairy tail of sixty or seventy centimeters long, which can be used as an umbrella on rainy and hot days, and spread on the ground at night to become a fluffy blanket.
According to reports, shanghai wildlife park in 2009 introduced a large anteater, this large anteater baby is the second generation of large anteaters bred in Shanghai Wildlife Park. Large anteaters are relatively special mammals, because of the pointed mouth, sharp front paws and other reasons, it is not easy to feed, and because the overall number of large anteaters in China is small, there is not much experience to learn, especially artificial child rearing work is more difficult.
In the process of raising large anteaters, Shanghai Wildlife Park mainly refers to relevant literature and foreign child-rearing experience, as well as continuous exploration and accumulation of its own breeding experience. Through the in-depth understanding of the wild living environment of the large anteaters, as well as closely observing and recording the food, defecation, hair changes, weight gain and other conditions of the large anteaters, the wild environment of the large anteaters is simulated, and the breeding management is continuously optimized and adjusted. It is understood that the "Giant Beast Festival" activities in Shanghai Wildlife Park have begun, the National Day holiday is a good time for the family to travel, in addition to watching the "little monsters" in the park, the first appearance in the "Giant Beast Festival" is also the little white tiger, the little Northeast tiger, the little lion, the little black palm spider monkey, the white-faced monk monkey, the Arabian baboon and many other animal babies. In addition, the largest "giant beast" large population in East China, African elephant herd, Asian elephant herd, rhinoceros family, hippo family, giraffe large population and other large animals became the protagonists of this event. The seemingly bulky bodies of these behemoths have great wisdom. The intelligence of the elephant is obvious to all, following the nurseryman's password to show their skills, and sometimes fanning up the big ears, stuffing the elephant trunk into their mouths, like a cute posture, such a contrast is irresistible to tourists; rhinos are best at playing with mud to disguise themselves, smearing their whole body motionless hidden in the exhibition area like a "mud pier"; the elegant momentum of the giraffe can always arouse the desire of everyone to take pictures with them; how much food can the hippopotamus's big mouth hold? What is the purpose of the after-meal nursery brushing their teeth? Need answers?
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