I Have a Safari Park
Chapter 737
"Here comes the fish!"
The breeder shouted, and the sea lions in the sun suddenly perked up.
There''s delicious food!
When the breeder went to the island, several sea lions also went underwater and swam happily in the water.
Through the glass, Tang Xiaoxin saw the fin of the sea lion swing up and down, like rowing.
After a few swings, the fin is close to the side of the body, the tail is flat, and the body is smooth and streamlined. With the help of the residual force of the fin just now, it glides gracefully for a distance in the water.
Seeing that it was about to hit a stone, the sea lion gently raised his head and waved his tail.
He floated up lightly and passed the stone.
Sometimes rotate your body in the water and turn sideways in a big loop. Your swimming posture is vigorous and sensitive.
When the breeder boarded the island, the sea lions swam with him.
A sea lion jumped out of the water, jumped lightly onto a stone on the edge, supported his body with fins, watched the keeper shake left and right, and couldn''t wait to eat fish.
The keeper held out his hand, and the sea lion immediately put the tip of his nose on it!
The keeper explained to the tourists with a headset: "this is a daily health inspection! Look at their eyes, nose and skin."
The sea lion cooperated very well. The keeper threw two small fish from the bucket to feed it.
Then he blew a whistle and began behavior training.
"Come on, shake hands!"
The sea lion raised one fin and put it in the keeper''s palm. Then he changed his hand.
"Well done!"
The keeper fed him two small fish.
The tourists exclaimed, "Wow, it''s nice!"
A child, holding his parents'' hand, looked at the sea lion and shouted, "I also want to play with the sea lion!"
When the sea lion ate the fish, he excitedly made a rough cry of "ow".
Seeing his excitement, the keeper touched his head to appease him and said with a smile, "ah, it''s a beautiful thing to eat fish."
After checking the training, start throwing fish into the water!
A sea lion rushed out, bit the fish, fell back into the water, made a "poof", splashed a large white spray, and stirred the water up and down.
When he surfaced, he shook his head left and right, looking ready to go.
The breeder threw a fish at Tang Xiaoxin and them!
Suddenly, a sea lion swam quickly under the water, jumped out of the water, drew an arc, grabbed the fish and drilled back into the water, with a beautiful and fast posture.
Sometimes I see the keeper stretch out his palm, jump back to the shore and touch the tip of his nose.
Tang Xiaoxin opened their eyes and clapped!
After watching the sea lions eat fish, Qian Keke said, "it''s almost noon. Let''s have lunch? I''m hungry to see them eat fish!"
Tang Xiaoxin said, "wait a minute, go and see the sculpture."
Next to the Sea Lion Pavilion, there is a sculpture of a sea lion!
But unlike other sculptures, this sculpture is made of metal waste and plastic.
The body is painted with black-and-white paint. It is dirty. It feels like graffiti in the slum. There are colored plastic pieces on the back, which are eye-catching. Several circles of fishing line are wrapped around the neck, and a piece of skin on the face is exposed, exposing the metal net below.
The most striking thing is its round black eyes. It looks a little frightened and seems to be wondering why it was hurt. It''s uncomfortable to look at it.
On the nearby exhibition board, the title asked, "what will you think of when you mention the ocean?"
In Tang Xiaoxin''s mind, penguins, sea lions, dolphins and other lovely animals suddenly appeared.
Qian Keke thought of the beautiful beach, the bright sun, the sea breeze, the waves, the children build sand castles, trample on the sand barefoot, play and chase, and make laughter.
"The ocean determines the color of our planet, breeds life and is the home of countless creatures
But did you know that the world uses 380 billion plastic bags and other packaging materials every year, and more than 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into the sea every year. Today, plastic waste is threatening the ecosystem, marine animals and even human health. "
Both of them were shocked by this figure, 8 million tons!?
The beautiful beach, sea breeze, laughing children and lovely marine animals just imagined in my mind have become all kinds of plastic garbage, piled up on the shore and floating in the sea, mixed with animal corpses, emitting an unpleasant smell.
Plastic waste has become a great threat to marine life and marine ecosystem!
Larger plastic products, such as bags, straws, plastic bottles, ropes, takeout packaging and many things used in our daily life, are called "big plastic waste". In addition to making the beach dirty, large plastic can also pose a threat to wildlife, such as being eaten by mistake or entangled.
Some plastics stay in the sea for a long time and will be covered by algae and become food in the eyes of animals.
The albatross''s parents collected them hopefully and fed them to the children. Before long, the chick died.
Dissect the carcass of whales and turtles and find that the belly is full of plastic.
A few years ago, there was a widely spread video. Some researchers found an abnormality in a turtle''s nose. At first, they thought it was a parasite. When they pulled it out, they found it was actually a straw. In the process of pulling out the straw, the turtle shed bright red nosebleed. It looked very painful and struggled. It took ten minutes to pull it out.
There are sea lions that are entangled in fishing nets and can''t get rid of themselves. The more they grow up, the tighter they become. They are deeply strangled into their meat. If no one saves them, they can only die slowly.
Plastic is difficult to degrade. When wandering in the sea, it will be worn by cold and heat, sun, waves, wind and sand. It will gradually become fragile and disintegrate into thousands of small particles, which is called micro plastic.
The lethality of micro plastic is no less than that of large plastic waste, and it is easy to be eaten by mussels, zooplankton and other organisms at the bottom of the food chain. Unable to be digested, it can only accumulate in the body for a long time, and will get sick or even die seriously.
Small marine organisms eat plastic, which will affect all organisms in the food chain, including humans.
Although the adverse effects on human health are not very clear, the effects on some organisms have been confirmed.
Microplastics can enter biological tissues and cause inflammation or damage. Moreover, there are often chemical additives and various organic pollutants in microplastics. Once they accumulate to a certain extent, they will cause serious health problems, especially endocrine system and diseases in all aspects of development and reproduction.
Tang Xiaoxin looked creepy!
The tourists nearby also had heavy expressions and shook their heads and sighed.
"Maybe we humans will be eliminated by ourselves."
"I hope everyone will raise their awareness of environmental protection. The epidemic is bad enough."
"Ah, I can''t get up in a hurry until the board hits me."
"What can we do?"