I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 501: High-Pitched Cries

Bobo entered the mud pit and lifted his front feet, stepping back continuously on the piles of dirt at the edge of the pit.

The visitors watched Bobo’s hooves seemingly hang in mid-air, swaying back and forth, puzzled, they asked, "What’s it doing? Dancing? Is its foot twisted?"

Someone guessed, "Could it be a residual stereotypical behavior?"

Fang Ye chuckled and said, "No, look, its feet are actually in contact with the ground, it’s pushing the dirt back.

Bobo probably thinks the mud pit isn’t thick enough and wants to add some more dirt.

After rainfall in the wild, or near riverbanks where mud pits naturally form, there might be too much water and not enough mud, so the elephants have to do some work themselves to get the mud right for a mud coat."

"Oh~"

The visitors watched with keen interest as Bobo stepped back on the dirt!

After stepping for a while, Bobo slowly toppled over, his huge body crashing into the mud pit, splashing mud and drenching Pingping all over.

Then he closed his eyes and lay there leisurely, as still as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

Only his tail occasionally swished behind him!

Bobo lay quietly, enjoying the moisturizing feel of the sticky mud on his skin, feeling a little relief in his sore joints, less uncomfortable than before.

Lively Pingping twisted around nonstop in the mud pit, kicking about as if swimming, and even planted a kick on Bobo’s hefty backside, the contrasts between the large and small elephants were striking.

The visitors watched them bathe and couldn’t stop laughing!

Elsewhere, Meiling and Meilan were also wandering around the exhibit.

All over the activity area, sandy soil was planted with many fresh branches and bamboo, looking like little forests or shrubs.

As Meiling and Meilan moved, they would instinctively coil their trunks around the branches they encountered and pull them over.

Occasionally, Meilan paused and pulled branches into her mouth, munching away contentedly.

Meiling wasn’t much interested in branches; while Meilan ate, she began to play.

Like a massive armored tank, her enormous form headed straight for the little forests, trampling and pushing over the branches stuck in the sand without mercy.

The tourists were amazed, "Elephants have such a rich language?"

"I’ve learned something new!"

"I’ve been watching for a while and still can’t hear them ’talk’ though?"

Fang Ye explained, "Elephants mainly communicate with infrasound, which humans generally can’t hear. You have to observe their behavior or be close enough to hear their deep rumbling sounds. It is quite rare for them to make such loud, high-pitched calls.

Meiling is somewhat of an outlier among elephants; she enjoys vocalizing loudly. When at the elephant camp, if she doesn’t see Meilan for too long, she gets angry and calls out loudly.

But this time, seeing Meiling entertaining herself by dragging a branch, it’s obvious that the sound she’s making is a happy one."

Liu Wei and the others spent a good while admiring the elephants!

In the enclosure, the elephants were constantly active, feeding, playing, frolicking.

With the variety of enrichment programs and entertainment facilities in the enclosure, not only did the elephants enjoy themselves, but the tourists also watched with great interest.

Just these elephants alone, you could watch for three days and three nights and not get bored.

The group watched the elephants for a while and took a picture with the massive mammoth statue at Mammoth Square.

Then they sat down on a nearby bench to rest for a bit.

Some kids bought animal-shaped ice creams from a nearby kiosk and were happily eating them.

These ice creams were recently developed by Linhai Zoo and came in shapes like elephants and tigers, which were very popular with the tourists.

During a meeting, Lü Ye even excitedly proposed that since there were animal-shaped Ice Cakes, they could also develop cakes. He suggested things like a green T-Rex matcha cake or a yellow slug cake, where the soft cream and cake would perfectly replicate their squishy bodies.

Everyone looked at him with this expression: (。ŏ_ŏ)

Are you serious?

Fang Ye outright rejected the idea, labeling it as some kind of hellish thought.

Wu Jiancong, eyeing the kids eating Ice Cakes with a hint of envy, said, "I’m going to buy an Ice Cake, do you guys want one? It’s on me."

His friends all cheered, "Big spender Jiancong!"