Qilu Evening News Qilu One-point reporter Wang Xiaoying special writer Song Xiaojian compiled
Snakes and poisonous spiders are avoided by the average person, and parents teach their children to keep their distance from these creatures. However, Holly Greenhaalch, an 8-year-old girl in the UNITED Kingdom, has a completely different hobby from other children: she has more than 50 poisonous spiders, two snakes and other animals in her bedroom, and also posts videos on the video sharing platform Youtu to share her life with these small animals with netizens.
More than 50 Taranto spiders, two snakes, a scorpion, millipedes, grasshoppers, cockroaches, snails... Holly, from Cheshire, England, has turned her bedroom into a "mini zoo" by filling her bedroom with enclosures containing the animals. As a keeper, Holly spends 3 hours a week feeding the animals, but she enjoys it: "While it takes time to take care of them, I'm willing to sacrifice time playing with my friends and staying home and taking care of them." ”
Holly's mother, Rachel, 29, said her daughter had loved these animals that others might have feared since she was a child, and when she was two years old, she found a spider in the kitchen and not only did not fear it, but also put it on the palm of her hand to talk to it. "I took Holly to the museum to see the insect exhibition, and she loved all the reptiles on the exhibition."
Holly and Mom Rachel
Holly lives with her parents and sister, in fact, Rachel herself is very afraid of spiders, but the family supports Holly's hobbies. On Holly's 7th birthday, her family gave her a Mexican red-knee spider, which Holly named "Helette". Later, her family spent another 500 pounds (about 4400 yuan) to buy a "pet army" for her. However, her favorite so far is her "original heart" Hayyette.
Rachel said she had originally planned to let her daughter raise only one large spider, but then she raised more and more, and now she has more than 50. At first, she also worries that Holly will be injured while spending time with spiders, and she is always on the sidelines when Holly releases the small animals out of the cage for filming. But the daughter has always been careful, professional and responsible, "She has been feeding with long tweezers, and the animals never touch them during feeding." Seeing her take responsibility for them, I could feel her growth. "I see those animals now, and I don't feel very good, but they're much stronger than before." ”
Holly and her "Pet Army" full house
Out of love, Holly also learned a lot about these animals online, and knew their habits and characteristics. "I love the way tarantulas walk, and I want you to know that they're so cute." "Humans are afraid of these animals, but they're actually more afraid of humans," she said. ”
With the help of her mother, she filmed and produced videos and uploaded them to youtu channel to introduce her "little friends" to netizens around the world and explain relevant biological knowledge and breeding skills. There are also fans who send animals to Holly to explain how to raise them.
Holly wasn't afraid of spiders at all.
Rachel said her daughter's calmness and trust in animals made her like other animals as well. In addition to the strange animals, they also had two cats, one of whom was particularly fond of Holly and was only willing to sit with her, "and she could make it sit and shake hands like a dog." ”
"When I grow up, I want to be a zookeeper, and I want to be a great naturalist like David Attenborough, traveling the world, photographing all kinds of animals, introducing them to everyone." Holly said, "I know all about Attenborough, he really knows animals, I learned a lot from his show and wanted to do that kind of work." ”
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Holly's dream has now begun to come true. Last year, a zoo learned that Holly had loved reptiles since she was two years old, and invited her to explain to visitors during the insect festival. Holly's interest should be encouraged and nurtured, the head of the event said, "She performed well and was not afraid of the audience, which left a deep impression on us." After the event, the zoo also invited her to continue to participate in the summer "Little Caretaker" activities.
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