I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 609 - 608: The Car to Kindergarten

A baby swan seemed to have gotten a bit drowsy from the sun!

It let out a soft cry, curved its head back, and buried it in Mama’s wings, just like that, it fell asleep.

Qian Keke watched with immense envy, "Wow, to fall asleep directly on Mama like that, it must be so comfortable. That’s like a down quilt."

Tang Xiaoxin’s eyes sparkled, "It looks so cozy! What a blissful family."

After the swan parents swam away, a fluffy grey mandarin duck descended into the water from the shore.

With over a dozen babies, the feathers on the mandarin ducklings’ backs were dark brown, and their cheeks yellow.

Although small in size, they appeared much more agile than the baby swans!

They ran incredibly fast, not even waiting for Mama to get into the water, they dashed forward impatiently, kicking up a trail of splashes as if arrows released from a bow, covering a few meters in the blink of an eye.

Charge, ducklings! Go out and play!

Then a large group leisurely started swimming around in the water.

Tang Xiaoxin exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, they run so fast!"

Qian Keke watched the lively little mandarin ducks and joked, "Maybe they’ve been installed with turbo-duck engines!"

Suddenly frowning, she felt something was amiss.

After thinking for a while, "Right, why is there only one mandarin duck, where’s their dad?"

Observing how the swan parents took care of the babies, one looked after the children while the other patrolled and kept watch, with a clear division of labor.

Tang Xiaoxin laughed, "Don’t you know? Male mandarin ducks are fickle-hearted, they only care about courting and don’t look after the children! Once they’re done mating, they’re off, leaving the females to take care of hatching and raising the young."

Qian Keke was shocked, "Aren’t mandarin ducks a symbol of love?"

Looking at the female mandarin duck, she couldn’t help but feel a little sad, "She seems to have such a tough time, raising the kids all by herself! And to think there are so many! 1, 2, 3…"

After counting for quite a while, there turned out to be 12!

Strolling next to Waterfowl Lake, there were families taking walks everywhere.

A large swan, chest puffed out and head held high, strutted along with great vigor, apparently heading to the grassy area on the other side.

Five little fluffballs marched in a neat line behind, resembling a row of small dumplings. To keep up with Dad’s pace, their tiny feet pattered non-stop, their chubby bodies swaying left and right, looking adorably clumsy.

Behind them followed the slightly smaller Mama swan, the family lining up in an orderly fashion, making for a very amusing sight.

Nearby tourists laughed continuously, snapping pictures, "Hahaha, their little waddle is too cute!"

"A family needs to be united and orderly!"

"Swan parents are so loving, one leading and one following to protect their chick!"

Besides these waterfowl families, there were also human parents with their own little ones.

Children holding their mothers’ hands were thrilled by the scene, "Mama, look!"

The mother smiled, "Isn’t it adorable?"

She took the opportunity to teach, "See how the baby swans cross the road, following their parents obediently? When we cross the road, we must also follow traffic rules! You need to hold Mama’s hand and must not run around."

The child pondered thoughtfully, "Hmm!"

Seeing the swan family approaching her direction, Tang Xiaoxin quickly pulled her to the side.

Qian Keke was puzzled, "What’s wrong?"

Tang Xiaoxin pointed at a nearby warning sign, "Look!"

Now there were additional warning signs around Waterfowl Lake, with silhouettes of a swan leading babies and a conspicuous triangular warning below: "Swans are highly aggressive while caring for their young, please keep a distance, visitors!"

As the swan father passed the warning sign, he stretched his neck and pecked at it slightly aggrieved.

Who are they calling aggressive! Huh!

This is slander.

Qian Keke couldn’t help but laugh, feeling somewhat relieved, "It’s good you pulled me aside, they are indeed a bit fierce!"

The family reached the grass on the other side, where the swan parents stopped to preen their feathers, and the little swans, having walked quite a bit, squatted down on the grass to rest.

There was another pair of black swan couple, but their family had an exceptionally large number of cygnets—over a dozen!

The cygnets tired from swimming wanted to climb onto their mother’s back, but her back was already carrying seven or eight, jam-packed.

One cygnet swam back and forth nearby, looking for an empty spot.

Spotting a gap, it immediately flapped its tiny wings, trying hard to squeeze aboard.

Make way, make way! I want to get on too!

However, the remaining space was just too small. Barely getting on, it was bumped by the butt of its sibling and slipped down from the other side.

It looked very amusing.

"Ha ha ha ha, it’s like a bus to kindergarten!"

"It feels like they’re way over capacity!"

The swan mother turned her head, instinctively wanting to preen her feathers, but seeing the packed little ones on her back, she helplessly twisted her neck back.

Tang Xiaoxin curiously asked a nearby animal keeper, "I see that other swans have a maximum of five or six younglings. Why do they have so many?"

The animal keeper explained with a smile, "Actually, not all of the cygnets are theirs!

Swan families often mix, and kids from two families will blend together. It’s common for some to follow the wrong parents. Sometimes, even all the offspring of one couple will end up following another, and then that family will have a lot of extra cygnets."

"Oh!?"

Tang Xiaoxin found it both humorous and a bit sympathetic!

It’s quite tragic that the children they painstakingly hatched have run off with someone else.

Looking at these adorable little swans, mandarin ducks, and ducklings, I felt a warm and healing sensation.

...

After leaving Waterfowl Lake, we arrived at the wolf exhibit!

Coming over, we saw two large wolves, one black and one gray, lying leisurely together on a hillside.

The two wolves were of course Charcoal and Mizzle.

Mizzle was elegantly lying on her side, squinting her eyes.

Charcoal was lying on his back facing the sky, lifting his head and using his nose to nuzzle Mizzle’s cheek fur, grunting affectionately.

My love, give me a kiss!

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Lifting a front paw, he tried to pull Mizzle’s head over, opened his mouth wide, and bit towards her cheek.

A big smooch!

Mizzle, with Charcoal nibbling at her face, helplessly turned her head to the side but still couldn’t block the enthusiasm, as Charcoal nibbled from her neck all the way to the back of her head.

Tang Xiaoxin couldn’t help but remark, "Charcoal and Mizzle’s affection for each other is still so strong!"

Qian Keke said, "Every time we come over, we see them feeding each other dog food."

Down the hillside, the wolf pups played joyfully!

The wolf pups, six months old, were already about the size of an ordinary Labrador, but their cheeks still looked tender.

One little black wolf held a bone in its mouth, approaching its sibling as if to flaunt or perhaps to provoke.

Ha ha, look at my meaty bone! Jealous, aren’t you!

Suddenly, it twisted around and bounced away jauntily!

As it ran, its body swayed from side to side, exuding a slightly goofy aura.

It stopped, looked back at its sibling, who finally couldn’t resist chasing after!

Seeing this, the little black wolf hopped in place, its tail wagging joyfully like a little pony, and romped off into the distance.

Actually, there was not much meat on the bone, but playing happily was all that mattered.

A few wolf pups teased and chased each other, running freely in the wolf exhibit, sometimes dashing across the grass, sometimes crossing rivers. Seeing how happy they were, some adult wolves couldn’t resist joining in their games.