I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 624 - 623: The Birth of the Red Panda

Kong was dusted with sand but didn't mind at all, giving his clothes a pat to brush the sand off.

Seeing Fang Ye, he smiled with delight, "Director, you're here!

Recently, as you suggested, I've been playing the flute, and it seems the elephants do like to play with me more."

Fang Ye's lips twitched, "Heh heh..."

As long as you're happy!

Qing couldn't help but stroke his chin, "Is there a possibility that the elephants don't actually like your flute playing?"

Kong said with full confidence, "I play the flute with so much heart, the elephants can feel it! Haven't you noticed, during recent behavioral training, the elephants cooperate with me much more smoothly."

Qing was left speechless for a moment, which was exactly what puzzled him the most!

Clearly, the flute playing was quite terrible, and the elephants didn't seem to like it.

But at moments apart from the flute playing, the elephants' interactive training performance indeed seemed to have warmed up to Kong a bit more.

It just didn't make any sense.

At that moment, Pingping wandered over, stretched out her trunk to greet him, and Fang Ye caressed it and handed her an apple, saying with a smile, "Well, isn't this our most lively and adorable Pingping."

Pingping curled up the apple and ate it, then resumed playing. Her trunk prodded out beneath the railing, landing on Fang Ye's shoes, attempting to untie his shoelaces.

Although the elephant's trunk was as broad as a foot face, it was quite dexterous, and soon the laces were undone.

Fang Ye talked with the animal keeper about the elephants and didn't notice what Pingping was up to.

Suddenly feeling something off about his foot, he looked down to discover his shoelaces had come undone, and he lightly flicked Pingping's trunk with his finger, laughing, "When did you learn to untie shoelaces!"

Having succeeded in her mischief, Pingping grinned, turned her head, and scuttled off cheerfully in the distance.

Just then, his phone rang.

Fang Ye answered the call; it was Guan Shan on the line: "Hello, Director? Red Bean looks like she's about to give birth!"

His spirits immediately lifted, he responded, "Alright, I'll be right there!"

Lately, through monitoring observations, Red Bean seemed to be in the final stages of labor, reluctant to come out, hunkering down in her prepared nesting box, looking a bit restless.

Fang Ye took it very seriously and had instructed Guan Shan to notify him of any developments at any time.

Receiving the call, he hurried to the red panda exhibit.

Kong and Qing also heard the good news!

Qing exclaimed, "Wow, the red panda is going to be born! Too bad we're busy now; we can't go over and join in the excitement."

Kong felt a bit sentimental, "When will our elephants have a baby elephant of their own?"

Qing replied, "Don't even mention it, our male elephant hasn't even arrived."

Kong said, "And elephant pregnancies last almost two years, by then all flowers would have withered..."

Typically, male elephants begin musth in March, being much more irritable than females, and it can last up to six months.

This period is not suitable for transport, hence the scheduled male elephant still hasn't been transported till now.

So the zoo needs to build separate activity yards and quarters for the male and female elephants. It's not enough to live in a shared shelter separated by railings, as the psychological stress is significant for a female constantly in the presence of a male in musth. They need to be visually isolated as well.

Furthermore, male elephants of a certain age can enter a "frenzied" state during musth, with frenzied elephants being incredibly dangerous, you can imagine them like tyrannous zombies, senselessly unleashing their destructive power, and even well-acquainted animal keepers wouldn't dare to approach them at such times.

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On his way to the red panda exhibit, Fang Ye also called Lan Li to join in, "Honey, Red Bean is about to give birth!"

Lan Li happily responded, "Ah, really!"

She also came over to join in on the excitement, preparing to witness the birth of the red panda.

Her favorite animals were the fluffy cute kind, and in her heart, the top three cutest animals in the zoo were the panda, red panda, and red fox, with the Pallas's cat ranking fourth.

Mainly because the Pallas's cat didn't really like to "work" often, and it was typical to visit and not see it; otherwise, its cuteness level could easily rank second, tied with the red panda.

Fang Ye came into the surveillance room of the red panda exhibit and saw Lin Ying, exclaiming in surprise, "Wow, you got here even earlier than I did!"

He moved a chair and sat in front of the monitors.

Lin Ying smiled and said, "Our animal hospital is just next door."

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Two minutes later, Lan Li also dashed over, panting: "I'm not late, am I?"

Fang Ye waved his hand and laughed, "Come on, sit by me!"

All they saw was Red Bean crouching in the corner, lifting one leg, the large tail positioned by her side, continuously licking her lower body!

Because a paw was stretched out in front, the view wasn't very clear.

A group of people watched the monitors, growing increasingly anxious.

"Hey, has she given birth yet or not?"

Suddenly, Lan Li said, "I think I saw something moving!"

Fang Ye's face was almost pressed against the monitor as he scrutinized closely, "Don't spread false alarms, I can't see anything."

Guan Shan roughly pushed Fang Ye's head away, "I want to see, too! Your head is completely blocking the view, Director!"

"Eh!"

At that moment, everyone exclaimed in unison!

Red Bean changed position and again curled her tail in front of her lower body, the fluffy big tail obscuring the view, leaving them unable to see anything.

"Eh~"

The crowd sighed in disappointment.

Red pandas are usually silent creatures, and even during childbirth, she didn't make a sound.

After a while, there were exclamations again, and this time they clearly saw a small, skinny thing, resembling a tiny caterpillar, lying on its back on the straw in the nesting box, its body slightly wiggling.

Somehow, it had already been born!

At that moment, it was still wrapped in the amniotic sac, appearing wet and slippery. Its body swayed from side to side, as it tried to stretch out its tiny paws.

It arched its body, trying to climb up from Red Bean's tail.

The crowd burst into cheers instantly!

"That's fantastic!"

"It's born, it's born!"

The birthing process seemed to go smoothly!

Instead of licking the newborn cub, Red Bean continued to lick her own lower body.

The first cub, not receiving mom's licking, struggled and managed to climb over the tail, floundered for a bit, then tumbled down, burrowing into Red Bean's warm embrace.

Soon, a second one came out!

Only then did Red Bean start licking their fur.

With continuous licking, the cubs gradually became fluffier, changing from black to a light grey color.

A newborn red panda cub weighs only about 100 grams! Its tail is also pointy and skinny, just like a tiny mouse.

The skin around the nose and the pads of the paws are pink and tender.

The two cubs huddled in Red Bean's embrace, suckling milk with slurping noises!

Lan Li, looking at the red panda cubs, had sparkling eyes: "They're so cute! Like little felt dolls."

They quickly fell asleep, one lying on Red Bean's belly, the other hugging a leg, their bodies curled into a ball, their bellies rising and falling gently.

Red Bean curled her big tail over, covering the two cubs with it!

She occasionally lowered her head to lick them a couple times, and although she's usually a little glutton, she seemed quite dependable as a mother.