I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 554: Swimming with the Tiger

When Jiaojiao was two steps away, she had already started emitting loud "purr purr" sounds, her nose puffing with air, looking very happy at his arrival.

Fang Ye also squatted down, arms wide open, smiling as he greeted Jiaojiao, "Good girl, did you miss me?"

Jiaojiao unceremoniously stretched her head next to Fang Ye’s cheek, rubbing her furry face against his, moving from the cheek to the neck and then the arms, her amber tiger eyes narrowing with joy.

She let out a muffled growl as if to respond to Fang Ye.

Of course she did!

Jiaojiao had just gone into the water but had only soaked without swimming, so her cheeks were still dry.

Fang Ye loved the feel of her furry touch, fondly rubbing and squeezing Jiaojiao’s big face, pinching her squishy, bouncy ears, and giving her cheek a "mua" with a kiss!

"Jiaojiao, purr purr purr~"

Fang Ye mimicked Jiaojiao, making a few purring sounds to show he was also very happy.

However, a human attempting a tiger’s voice came off a bit awkward and rough.

Jiaojiao looked at him, head tilted to one side, puzzled about what he meant.

After thinking it over, oh, is he asking me to snort from my nose?

She "purred" through her nose again, sending Fang Ye into fits of laughter as he vigorously rubbed her head.

Visitors outside the tiger exhibit were startled to see Fang Ye enter in swim trunks.

Who’s this nutcase running into the tiger exhibit, delivering food to the tigers?

But when they realized it was Fang Ye, they excitedly started waving at him!

"The director! The director is snuggling with the tiger!"

"I’m so jealous, I want to pet a tiger too!"

"Wow, is the director going to swim with the tiger? What a treat today!"

"Such an amazing sight can only be seen at Linhai Zoo!"

Fang Ye’s head was a size smaller compared to Jiaojiao’s.

Such a majestic tiger, yet behaving like a little kitten, rubbing against Fang Ye and acting spoiled with squinted eyes, still looked very impressive.

Fang Ye saw the visitors waving at him excitedly and waved back with a smile.

Just then, Ice Cake came running over too!

While he was affectionately interacting with Jiaojiao, Ice Cake quietly approached him from behind.

Suddenly he stood up, paws on Fang Ye’s shoulders, chin resting on top of Fang Ye’s head.

He let out an excited roar!

Daddy, look I’m taller than you now!

Taking advantage of Fang Ye squatting down to show off a bit on top of him.

Now nearly a year old, Ice Cake had grown over a meter long and weighed over 80 kilograms, quite large indeed.

Mount Wanda No.1 was just over two years old and already weighed 450 kilograms, looking mighty and capable of shattering car windows.

Of course, Mount Wanda was a wild tiger, a male Amur tiger, while Ice Cake was a Bengal tiger; growing in a zoo without the rigorous exercise of the wild, he probably wouldn’t grow as robust, estimating at most two to three hundred kilograms when fully grown.

Fang Ye felt a weight on his back and a roar above his head nearly brought him down to his knees.

No need to guess, it was definitely Ice Cake causing mischief.

He pushed on his head, "Hey, Ice Cake, stop it, get down!"

Ice Cake roared with delight again, I won’t!

Sticking out his tongue, he ’slurp slurp’ licked Fang Ye’s hand.

Fang Ye patted him several times before finally getting him down.

Ice Cake laid down on the ground, hugging Fang Ye’s leg, mouth biting on it, belly up and tail wagging.

Fang Ye gently rubbed Ice Cake’s belly!

Looking into Ice Cake’s beautiful pale blue eyes, Fang Ye thought of the time when he could lift it with just one hand and feed it milk.

He couldn’t help but sigh, "You’ve grown so much, come on, let’s see if I can still pick you up!"

When Ice Cake got up from the ground, Fang Ye placed one hand under its front leg armpits and the other hand at its butt.

He exhaled and vocalized, "Ah~~~"

It took a great deal of effort, but he managed to lift it!

Ice Cake wriggled in mid-air, clearly uncomfortable, and Fang Ye also felt it was strenuous to hold it, so he let it down halfway.

He let out a breath of air, patted Ice Cake’s butt, and laughed, "I really can’t carry you anymore!"

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Jiaojiao was lying on the grass nearby, quietly watching Fang Ye and Ice Cake play.

After putting Ice Cake down, Fang Ye patted its head and laughed, "Come on, let’s go swimming together!"

He ran forward vigorously for two steps, stepped on the edge of the pond, stretched his hands forward, and, like a dolphin, leapt into the water with grace!

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Seeing this, Jiaojiao and Ice Cake excitedly followed Fang Ye, a yellow and a white figure jumping into the water together!

"Splush~"

They stirred up quite a splash and began to swim around.

The visitors cheered excitedly, some even blowing whistles! And many others went "click, click," taking pictures.

"Wow, that looks so cool!"

"I also want to swim with the big cats! Shedding tears of envy here!"

"Goodness, I’d probably be gone with just one smack from them!"

After diving into the water, Fang Ye surfaced about two seconds later, a bit ahead of the tigers.

He clapped his hands, beckoning!

Seeing this, Jiaojiao instantly tread water, curled her paws, and fiercely pounced towards Fang Ye!

Such an intense pounce made her upper body leap out of the water, and when she fell back, her head plunged in, causing another large splash and rippling waves.

Fang Ye dodged Jiaojiao’s pounce, but he couldn’t dodge the splashes and got sprayed in the face.

In the relentless summer heat, what could be more thrilling and fun than splashing water with tigers?

Fang Ye scooped some water, feeling extremely elated, and shouted, "Woo hoo~ catch!"

He threw a red floating ball toy nearby!

The ball had holes in it, allowing water to get inside, and its buoyancy wasn’t great due to just a thin shell.

When thrown into the water, it sank, and Ice Cake quickly dipped its head underwater.

As it dived, its ears automatically clung to its head, and its paws scrambled at the floating ball, managing to bring it back up.

Jiaojiao and Ice Cake were both very happy!

In the hot weather, staying in the pond felt extremely comfortable, and to play with their favorite zookeeper was double the happiness.

Meng Shi, standing in front of the glass wall, watched the scene and clicked his tongue in amazement, "The zookeeper is really something else!"

There probably isn’t another zoo in the world where the zookeeper could swim with tigers like this, right?

He took out the walkie-talkie and said a few words.

Then the announcement by the tiger exhibit came on: "Dear visitors, as you can see, the zookeeper is leading the tigers for a swim, throwing the zookeeper to the animals as a special enrichment activity of our zoo.

A reminder to everyone, tigers are extremely dangerous wild animals, do not imitate unless you are the zookeeper. If you also want to cool down, you can go to the nearby kiosk and buy two Ice Cakes, our zoo’s homemade ice cream, with various shapes and flavors to choose from…"

Fang Ye swam backwards while Jiaojiao chased in a forward swim, catching up to Fang Ye.

After a leisurely swim in the pond, Jiaojiao caught up with him, her paw wrapping around his neck.

Fang Ye also hugged Jiaojiao’s neck and kissed her under the chin, saying with a laugh, "Jiaojiao, good girl!"

Together, the man and the tiger hugged, looking very affectionate.