Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Sun Mu Intern Hou Declaration Correspondent Wang Yi
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The number of "children" who celebrated Children’s Day in Guangzhou Zoo this year has increased again! It is understood that Guangzhou Zoo has a good animal breeding situation in recent years. Since January 2023, it has bred more than 60 kinds of 410 baby animals, including Sichuan golden monkey, white-cheeked gibbon, Hainan deer, Malai bear, jackal and other national first-class protected animals.
From June 1st to 2nd, Guangzhou Zoo will hold a series of "June 1st" activities. In addition to "settling in" the zoo for newborn Mengbao, there will also be colorful activities such as guided tours for baby animals, special stamps for Children’s Day, and interactive games for baby animals, so that "friends of all ages" can enjoy the innocence and joy of June 1st.
The primate area of Guangzhou Zoo is particularly lively. Since last year, it has welcomed the birth of new life such as northern white-cheeked gibbon, golden monkey and eastern black-and-white colobus monkey. When the northern white-cheeked gibbon "Ape Bao" was born, its facial skin was pink. At present, its whole body is golden and its face turns black, so it can move for a short distance without its mother. Tomorrow, a two-month-old golden monkey, has just begun to try to act independently. At first, it could only see a looming head in its mother’s arms. Recently, it has often been seen exploring and climbing around.
The youngest animal baby in the primate area is Oreo, an eastern black-and-white colobus monkey. Unlike the black-and-white adult with a long white tail like a big brush, Oreo, born on April 19 this year, is all white, with soft hair and natural curls, and is quietly being held by his mother.
The chimpanzee "Xiaozongzi" born during the Dragon Boat Festival last year is no stranger to tourists. The playground outside the orangutan museum records the growth traces of "Xiaozongzi": climbing the stone for the first time, enjoying a big meal with the mother "Sui Sui" and mischievously picking the blooming wild flowers … When you come to Guangzhou Zoo on June 1, you can learn about the chimpanzee family and discover the new changes of "Xiaozongzi".
Newborn babies "drag" are full of curiosity, strolling around the venue every day, bouncing and observing the surrounding environment. Visiting Tuye may also be looked up and down by its sparkling eyes, making you feel the full vitality of the "natural hunter".
According to the nurse, the eight sisters and the fifteen uncles of hippos are two new members of the huge hippo family in Guangzhou Zoo. Although the eight sisters were born first, they ranked behind the fifteen uncles in seniority. Now the two hippo babies live together and have fun with each other. The scene is very warm.
There are also baby animals in the exhibition areas such as ring-tailed lemurs, peacocks, wart-nosed swans and giraffes. If you come to the park for patient observation, you can find their lovely figures one by one.
According to Xu Jianlin, deputy director of the Science Education Department of Guangzhou Zoo, the names of the northern white-cheeked gibbon "Ape Treasure", the golden monkey "Tomorrow", the eastern black-and-white colobus monkey "Oreo" and the jackal "Tutow" all came from the previous official name-seeking activities of Guangzhou Zoo, which entrusted the general public and tourists with their love and wishes for newborns. On June 1st, from 10: 00 to 12: 00, Guangzhou Zoo will open an online "account registration" activity, which will lead tourists to know about animal babies in the form of live broadcast of official accounts, and "settle in" the zoo for Mengbao to witness the important moment together.
During Children’s Day on June 1st, Guangzhou Zoo will also launch a guided tour route for baby animals, where the guide will take tourists to find baby animals, introduce their living habits and interesting things at ordinary times, and open the correct way to visit the zoo by popular science.
During the period from June 1st to 2nd, Guangzhou Zoo will hold an animal fun and fun gathering, and prepare rich activities such as children’s day stamps, animal baby interactive games, hand-painted volunteers and puppet theater for citizens to create a unique June 1st experience.
In addition, the theme post office of Xiaoji Elephant in the zoo will hold a stamp exhibition of "childlike fun between squares" during Children’s Day to show the innocent world of children and let "big friends" return to their happy childhood.