Secret animal Beijing: Beijing giraffe eating green onions in Shandong | | Beijing Zoo animal transportation _ news

Two days ago, a few sharks brought to Beijing from across the ocean, in recent years, Beijing Zoo, the Aquarium has introduced a number of animals, how the animals came to Beijing? It is understood that domestic animal shipped to Beijing mainly by truck, the more precious or Petite cargo by air.

These animals are both 5-meter tall giraffe, also has a 4-ton elephant, still without water, sharks, such as the Chinese sturgeon, each animal requires special "travel" program. Hippos are large and without water, "Hippo out of water for 40 minutes, who began to sweat, protect skin from cracking. So transportation every two hours with watering cans, water bottles to the Hippo water over. "The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Zoo breeding team.

While the snake during transport will be placed in a more breathable nylon bag, again outside a wooden box, box surrounded by screens, which can guarantee the snake cannot escape, it also prevents snakes hypoxia during transport.

In addition, animal transport tends to be selected at 51 before, after the beginning of the year, because dry and hot weather will make the animal stand.

Neither of these animals before departing for the fed to avoid motion sickness motion sickness, while also avoiding major mood swings. Will be accompanied by keepers take care of on the road, ready to animals eating feed and plenty of drinking water. Large animals during transport speed should not exceed 80 km/h. The Beijing News reporter Rao Pei

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Elephant

Big truck was crushed on the seesaw

Elephants are generally 3 to 4 tons, plus cage 5 tons or more, so will generally load 8 ton truck. Beijing Zoo breeding team-related charge, during transport in order to maintain stable elephants will sway, which is driven by a great test for the driver. "There was an old driver, transported the elephant for the first time drove the 300 meters, you will stop, can't talk and motion sickness. "The person in charge, drive shipped elephants elephants must be in the effort, and steering wheel left to right and not have a 300 km is not adapted.

In addition, if on the national highway, roads are bumpy and tumbling elephant and you will see the left and right top, step to the left and right wheel will lift up the car and stepped on to the right, the revolver will lift, big truck at the foot of the elephant is like a seesaw, so slowly through the bumpy road.

In height, the elephant mounted on trucks, cage cap can have more than 5 meters high from the ground, bridge will make life difficult at this time can only reduce height by truck tires deflated.

　Giraffe

Along with rod lug wire

Beijing Zoo, giraffe transportation within two years is more appropriate, general adult giraffes up to 5 meters, and the wires are on the road to within 5 meters, more difficult to transport.

Transport giraffes will use a wooden covering only half the transportation cage, so that giraffes can poke his head out, when it rains in covered half of shelter from the rain.

Sensitive, timid giraffe, prior to shipment, the breeder could transport cage enclosure door, feed inside, giraffes are getting used to the existence of transport cage.

During transport, the road the wires get in the way of staff will use the pole carrying wires, or in the cage and some giraffes eat leaves, bananas, eating while it is down, drove past. Because of the need to staff gazed at the road ahead there is no wires, so transporting giraffes won't burn the midnight oil.

The road, Giraffe's favorite food is essential. A giraffe from Shandong, Shandong scallions is eating all the way to Beijing.

(Original title: "special type" how animals come to Beijing? )

(Edit: SN091)
02:39 August 14, 2014 The Beijing News