I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 589 Stumbling Towards You

After enjoying the activity of the green peafowl family for a while, Fang Ye laughed, "Let's go, take a look at something else."

"Director, I remember during one of the livestreams you mentioned that the raccoon was pregnant, right? Has the raccoon given birth yet?"

Fang Ye said, "Yes, she has, and she gave birth to quite a few, 12 cubs in total. Our zoo has suddenly added quite a few new faces. Oh, new mouths."

"That's very precise!"

"I want to see, I want to see! Cubs are the cutest."

Thinking it over, Fang Ye said, "Alright, let's go take a look. But the raccoon cubs aren't very active right now."

When they reached the waterfall area, they saw Jin Martin perched on the railing, chatting with visitors and making them laugh heartily.

Upon seeing Fang Ye, he fluttered his wings excitedly and flew over, "Hello, Director!"

Fang Ye gently stroked Jin Martin's head, "You seem to be in a good mood today?"

Jin Martin felt extremely bored during the month when the aviary was closed!

Although there were many bird friends, he couldn't see any people; only the all-too-familiar animal keepers would occasionally come by.

He is a parrot who enjoys lively scenes and has gotten used to having visitors around during his time at the zoo.

He enjoyed watching the various new faces every day, occasionally playing a prank to scare them, spouting blessings at random, and reveling in the laughter of the visitors as they were impressed by the parrot choir's singing.

After the visitors disappeared, he couldn't do these things anymore and found it hard to adjust.

In fact, it wasn't just Jin Martin; after the aviary closed for a while, the parrots began to show signs of depression.

Without visitors to watch them, they weren't enthusiastic about eating or playing with enrichment toys.

At first, the animal keepers wondered if they were all getting sick on a large scale; having so many precious parrots falling ill would be a big problem.

But when the doctor came to check on their health, the parrots all gathered around happily, some performing singing for the doctor, others reciting ancient poems, and even doing flying performances, full of vitality and not appearing sick at all.

Only then did they realize that what they were missing was the "people" as part of their enrichment!

Once they understood the reason, animal keepers from other exhibits would find time every day to come and interact with the parrots.

Now that the zoo has reopened for visitors, Jin Martin can find joy in teasing them again, and he couldn't be happier.

Fang Ye had felt a bit guilty before, but seeing Jin Martin regain his happiness offered him some relief.

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At the raccoon exhibit, the raccoons were leisurely moving around the play area!

A few raccoons were gathered around the fountain pool, scrubbing away with brushes, and to the uninformed, it might look like they were doing laundry.

Others were fiddling with bamboo tubes on the ground, rolling the tubes around, sniffing the tea leaves that fell out, seemingly very interested in the tea leaves.

These weren't specially prepared; they were just tea leaves left over after the animal keepers finished their tea, now being resourcefully used for enrichment.

What's mere garbage to people is an interesting enrichment item for raccoons; they can explore and sniff it for half the day.

"I still remember the first livestream where I saw the raccoons, each one was so round and chubby!"

"Haha, I remember too; they looked like little gas canisters, but now they seem to have lost a lot of weight."

Online users were enthusiastically discussing.

Now the raccoons' diet is healthy and balanced, they have enrichment activities every day, and most importantly, there are no tourists feeding them! After such a long time, their weight has naturally decreased gradually.

Although they're still chubby, it's the same kind of fluffy chubbyness as with red pandas, caused by their fuzzy fur. Unlike when they first arrived at the zoo, when they sat down, the fat on their bellies would sag to the ground.

Fang Ye greeted the animal keepers and headed toward the back of the house, softly adding, "Mother raccoons are still very vigilant! Especially during lactation, they're timid and sensitive. If they're frightened, they might just spin around on the spot, and if they're more startled, they might ignore their cubs."

"Ah, then should we just forget it, not to disturb them?"

"Yeah, if the mother raccoon gets frightened and neglects her young, that would be our fault."

"Don't worry, with the Archdruid as our zoo director, what's there to be afraid of? The animals are all looking forward to his arrival."

Fang Ye chuckled, "Just a quick look shouldn't pose a problem, each mother raccoon has her own private birthing room, providing them with secluded nests, which increases their sense of security.

Noise from outside is unavoidable, but it hasn't affected their breeding and nursing.

Our animal keepers also try to minimize entering the birthing room to avoid disturbing them, cleaning only once every two or three days."

They arrived at the birthing room of a raccoon mother who had given birth to five cubs!

As soon as they pushed the door open, they heard a faint "squee" sound.

The nesting area inside the birthing room was made to resemble a tree hole shape, placed on a platform 30 centimeters off the ground.

A large raccoon stuck her head out of the nest, warily watching the outside!

Nestled beside the mother raccoon's head, one could vaguely make out several fuzzy little lumps.

There was also one cub, trying to peek out curiously by propping itself against the edge of the tree hole, only to be pushed back down by its mother's paw.

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"Hello, just came to see your cute babies, you don't mind, do you?"

Fang Ye smiled gently, greeted her, and cast a soothing skill!

A calming aura spread out, and the mother raccoon relaxed quite a bit, lazily retreating back into the tree hole.

Fang Ye beckoned, and Lan Li also tiptoed closer!

The camera focused on the inside of the tree hole, where the mother raccoon lay on her back, with the five fluffy cubs huddled together on top of her, eagerly nursing, their mouths and paws moving as they kneaded for milk.

One particularly large cub, taking advantage of its strength, had already eaten its fill and now flipped over comfortably, eyes contentedly squinting, ready for a good sleep.

Two smaller ones, having lost out earlier, were now one stepping on the larger cub's cheek and ear, struggling to climb up, the other with its leg sprawled across the sibling's face, not caring whether it looked graceful or not, as it slurped its milk.

The larger cub shook its head and shifted its body, letting its sibling's leg move from its face to its neck, which seemed slightly more comfortable, lazily opening its mouth wide for a yawn, blinking its eyes and licking its lips with its tongue.

It didn't have any teeth yet and its eyes lacked the rascality and innocence of a mature raccoon's.

Its messy fur, combined with sleepy, half-closed eyes, made it look like a kid struggling to wake up for school, exuding pure innocence and silliness!

As it opened its eyes and noticed the strangers, it became a little fearful and let out a weak warning sound!

But after tilting its head and staring at Fang Ye for a while, it seemed to sense something.

Struggling to turn over, with little short legs, it stumbled toward him.