The wolf Pavilion is located at the front of the predator theme, adjacent to the tiger Pavilion. The entrance is a cave made of many large pieces of irregular granite.
The granite is old grayish yellow. It seems that it has experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes, continuous mountain wind erosion and rain blowing, which has formed its current appearance. In the stone crack at the bottom, there is a clump of dense green grass stretching out tenaciously.
Large rocks are stacked and spread around layer by layer, which can not only be used as a fence for grass, but also as a stone chair for rest.
At this time, there is a family pushing strollers. It seems that they are tired. Take a rest here.
Some murals with primitive features are carved on large stones, or clear or fuzzy, or deep or light black scratches, depicting scenes related to wolves.
Some wolves gather together and roar up to the sky; Some wolves were hunting, chasing deer with long horns on their heads; And the heads of wolves touch each other, open their big mouths, bite each other's heads and lick each other's lips; There are even pictures of humans and wolves walking together.
Above the cave entrance, the word "wolf Pavilion" is also written in ancient seal characters!
Even if tourists don't know this kind of twisted font, they can feel the wild and rough meaning.
These elements jointly reflect the long relationship with wolves in human history.
It is like the residence of a primitive tribe tens of thousands of years ago. The primitive people who lived here observed the hunting and social behavior of wolves, and handed down these observations in the form of stone carvings.
When tourists enter the cave, they will return to the original state and observe and understand the wolves from an ancient perspective.
The lamps and lanterns in the cave are also in the shape of torches. The bulbs emit yellow and bright lights on the rough and undulating stone walls of the cave.
The popular science exhibition board is placed under the torch, and the words and patterns on it can be clearly seen.
Two meters away, the light will become dim. Of course, it's no problem to see the road under your feet.
The next torch is only 5 meters away, creating an atmosphere of primitive cave.
Unconsciously, the tourists who entered here became quiet.
Tang Xiaoxin looked expectant and whispered, "brother fangye said that he would see a lot of wolves this time! Last time I came, I walked through several windows and found no trace of wolves. "
Qian Keke's eyes twinkled: "MMM! I'm sure I can see the wolf this time. "
With such a large area, the wolf Pavilion is still a mountainous terrain reconstruction, with ups and downs, and there are all kinds of dense forests and rocks in the middle to block the line of sight.
For a visit point, the area you can see is just a small area, a rolling hillside, or a dense forest. The scene on the back is invisible.
Different visiting points, the overlapping area of vision is very small!
Here you can see a grassland, here you can see a dense forest, here you can see a stream
Originally, there were only two wolves, black charcoal and light rain. They were always tired of being together and inseparable... Mainly because black charcoal was too sticky.
So it's a bit awkward after the wolf Pavilion is built. Basically, only one or two of all the visiting points can see the wolf shadow.
Now that there are so many more wolves, the range of activities has increased, and different visiting points have the possibility to enjoy wolves.
They came to the first visit point!
Here you can see a flat grassland with dense leaves swaying in the wind.
The mottled sunlight fell on a wolf who looked a little vicissitudes.
It seems to be a little lame, with its front paws slipping, walking slowly on the dark green grass, emitting a lonely aura.
"Wow, it's a wolf!"
"Here comes the wolf!"
Several tourists whispered exclamation.
Not many people visited the first place. Most of them went to the place where they could see the waterfall.
That's where wolves are most active!
Crippled, inconvenient to move, old and lonely, I don't want to mix with other wolves.
Go to a tree, smell the grass, look left and right.
Then start circling!
Go round and round again and again.
Some tourists wondered, "what is this?"
Qian Keke stared at the lame, frowned and whispered, "is there something wrong with the wolf?"
Tang Xiaoxin said uncertainly, "let's see again!"
The visiting points are also carefully designed.
A layer of gravel is paved under the glass curtain wall to reduce the desire of wolves to approach.
Because the natural light outside is bright, and the glass curtain wall in the cave is sandwiched between the two torches, and the yellow light is dim. Such strong light forms a line of sight barrier than nature. Not for tourists, but for wolves!
I must have had such an experience when I was a student. I can't see anything when I look at the classroom on the playground, but I can clearly see the scene under the playground in the classroom.
Similarly, when the wolf looks at the glass curtain wall in the outdoor exhibition area, he can't see the tourists inside, so he can show more natural behavior.
In fact, in other exhibition halls of the zoo, there is such an application of light to reduce the visual pressure of tourists on animals. However, with the help of cave atmosphere, the wolf hall gives full play to the light barrier.
I saw my lame foot go round and round in place, looked at the grass under my feet, and slowly lay down on my side.
The injured foot was placed on the outside, his eyes closed and motionless, like a still picture.
It's not exactly a still picture. The stomach is still rising and falling in a small range.
by the way!
Tang Xiaoxin had a flash of inspiration: "I remember. I seem to have seen an exhibition board before. It says that wolves in the wild will circle again and again before going to bed and trample the grass under their feet into a comfortable bed for sleeping."
Last time I came, I didn't see the wolf show this behavior. I was lucky to meet him this time.
Qian Keke looked at her admiringly and exclaimed, "Wow, great! You still remember this! "
The tourists nearby also heard Tang Xiaoxin's words!
Looking at the lame look again, some suddenly said: "I said how to look a little familiar. My dog will step around on the carpet before going to bed! I haven't thought about it in detail. This should be the inherited habit of wolves living in the wild! "
If there is no rich environment in the exhibition area, it is just a bare open space, and the unsociable wolf stays alone in the corner, it may not stop stepping in such a circle. It looks very strange and becomes stereotyped behavior.
They continued to move along the Yellow corridor to the next visiting point.
The waterfall running upstream, after a tortuous flow, has become a gurgling stream.
Climb over the last stone step to form a short clear water waterfall, where it converges into a calm pool.
A gray wolf appeared on the Bank of the stream with light steps!