Source: Nanguo Morning News Client Release time: 45 minutes ago Reporter: Huang Zhanling/Text Yin Shibin/Photo
Recently, the chimpanzee in Nanning Zoo became popular on the Internet due to head touching, jumping, throwing turf, etc. It is understood that the chimpanzees that were popular in the circle were two male orangutans, named Sammy and Bevke. Since male orangutans cannot tolerate others' provocations and invasions of their territory, they will respond excessively in the face of some behaviors of tourists. Nanning Zoo said that tourists should interact with animals in a civilized way, and chimpanzees will also show their cute side if they trust tourists.
At around 4 pm on October 6, as the closing time approached, a large number of tourists were still watching and taking photos at the Chimpanzee Pavilion. According to Lei Wei, head of the Animal Management Department of Nanning Zoo, in the past two days, many tourists have uploaded videos of chimpanzees throwing turf and sand, touching their heads and running wild to the Internet platform, making chimpanzees popular all of a sudden. Some tourists made a special trip to see these "celebrities" and even gave them nicknames with the characteristics of Nanning .
There were many spectators around the chimpanzee viewing area of Nanning Zoo.
The two chimpanzees are called Sammy and Bevke respectively. Sammy is the oldest, equivalent to a human being in his sixties, and is the boss of the Chimpanzee Pavilion. Lei Wei said that Sammi has regarded the Chimpanzee Pavilion as her territory. If other chimpanzees scream irritably, they will immediately remain silent as long as Sammi responds.
Chimpanzees stroll in the rest pavilion.
As early as 2009, a German couple donated three chimpanzees to the Nanning Zoo. In addition to Sammy and Bevk, there was also a female orangutan named Lulu. From foreign countries, they love to drink cola and bread, and also like popsicles and beer. After living in China for 13 years, they also fell in love with fruits from Guangxi and native eggs from Nanning.
Chimpanzee walks forward with food in her mouth.
Kong Fanming, the squad leader of the third squad of the Animal Management Section of Nanning Zoo and senior animal trainer, introduced that chimpanzees are closest to humans in physiology, advanced neural activities and kinship . After contact, Kong Fanming discovered that some of the habits of chimpanzees were similar to those of humans in childhood. They were like a child who never grew up, curious, like to imitate, have a strong sense of territory, and have obvious emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Therefore, tourists are provoking and having fun during the viewing process, which is a provocation for chimpanzees and can easily cause them to feel angry. Chimpanzees drive away tourists they think are unfriendly by jumping, high-five, yelling, or even throwing things.
yelled at the audience area.
Nowadays, chimpanzees are becoming more and more popular. In order to prevent them from doing excessive behaviors to harm tourists, conservation personnel will enter the museum every day to check for safety hazards, clean up hard objects such as gravel in time, and strengthen daily patrols. In addition, the zoo will continue to carry out purposeful positive intensive behavior training to correct animal bad behavior and improve chimpanzees’ affinity with humans. At the same time, the park called on tourists not to tease animals when watching, and not to throw food, items, etc. to animals. These uncivilized behaviors may inadvertently harm the animals and even cause them to die.
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