I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 631 - 630 Affectionate Grandpa and Grandma

Fan Peng said, "This population has become completely isolated from other populations. According to our research and surveys over the past ten years, no gibbons have migrated to this population. The female gibbon remains single, and she is now rather old, probably around twenty years of age."

Since gibbons only live about 20 to 30 years, if she doesn't find a mate soon, she may spend a few more years in loneliness before dying a solitary death, so we always see her alone on the tree, looking off into the distance with a sorrowful gaze."

It really tugs at the heartstrings to think about it!

Every day, she listens to her brother and sister-in-law singing duets, so harmoniously in love, and now even their children can join in the songs.

Harboring dreams of love, she also calls out into the distance every day, forever waiting for her "Prince White Brow" to appear and sing her a heartfelt love song.

From a young maiden, she waited and waited, and as her youth faded away and she grew older, her dream lover never came. Even the songs of the gibbons in the forest have become less frequent.

No matter what kind of scientific ethics issues exist, it's difficult to maintain a non-interventionist attitude in such situations.

Fang Ye curiously asked, "What about the other male gibbon they planned to pair her with?"

Fan Peng replied, "The other male gibbon is the child of A Gong and A Ma!

A Gong and A Ma are among the few gibbons we have given names to because it felt impersonal to always call them by their numbers, and they are quite old, so we named them that."

His spirits lifted quite a bit when he talked about A Gong and A Ma, and he began to share amusing stories about them.

Li Xing already knew these stories and listened while savoring his rice wine contentedly.

The two gibbons were extraordinarily loving, and every day A Gong would groom A Ma's fur.

Gibbons are different from other primates; they practice monogamy, and it's usually the male who grooms the female, much like how a man combs a woman's hair in the human world.

A Ma's vision wasn't good, perhaps due to an old injury, as she could only squint through one eye to see, and was probably much older than A Gong, who also had a fingertip missing.

However, that in no way affected their display of affection. Every day, when the researchers tracked them, they had their fill of watching this 'dog food' show.

Living in the forest meant competing with other animals for food, and they had encountered red pandas on narrow paths several times.

Once they swung over to a mulberry patch overtaken by a pair of red pandas. A Gong swung across, but A Ma was trapped in the middle by the red pandas, looking utterly perplexed, her eyebrows screwed into a furrow of distress.

A few days later, they discovered a dense cluster of mistletoe in the trees, which seemed a good place to find insects, and A Ma excitedly climbed towards it. Inside, she found a red panda lying down. Initially, she was going to leave, but possibly still harboring resentment from the past encounter, she reached out and tugged the red panda's tail a few times.

Nonetheless, the red panda remained calm, letting A Ma pull its tail a few times, eyes rolling about, but simply refused to move, forcing A Ma to walk off in a huff.

There was also a time when A Gong and A Ma worked together to attack a red panda, stealing an orange from its tree. A Ma couldn't wait to start eating the orange, but after opening it, she found it was unripe and turned to A Gong for comfort.

Besides their peaceful and happy routine, sometimes there were scares.

Once, an eagle flew overhead, startling A Ma; she let out a high-pitched shriek and curled up tight, awakening a drowsy A Gong who then groomed her for quite a while before she finally settled down to sleep peacefully.

When another gibbon infringed on their territory, A Gong went out to confront the intruder while A Ma frantically paced the tree, calling out loudly. It wasn't until A Gong returned, nimble on the thin bamboo pole, that she calmed down.

In Fang Ye's mind, a scene couldn't help but emerge.

A victorious A Gong opening his arms and running towards A Ma, who stopped calling out the moment she saw him; the two gibbons took each other's hands, sat down together, and leaned on each other.

Such a touching and protective love is probably quite rare in the animal world.

Fan Peng added, "Actually, for gibbons, these little scares are quite normal and they handle them with composure; it's the activities of humans that truly cause them alarm and fear."

After years of extensive field research, they discovered that gibbons can adapt to the cultivation of a particular plant, as evidenced by increased foraging time. When food scarcity occurs, they eat more leaves and spend more time eating, with less time for rest, and they sleep later.

While this level of impact has not led to extinction, the entry of people planting this crop into forests, the frequent noise of motor vehicles during harvest season, the sound of horse bells, and the possibility of locals bringing dogs into the forest that chase and bark at animals, can severely disturb the gibbons.

During such times, the elder male and female gibbons would spend the day without an appetite, perched high up in the treetops, intently watching the direction from which the noise came.

This might also be a reason affecting their breeding rate, which is significantly longer than the intervals seen in other gibbon populations.

Speaking of which, the elder pair had two children, both of whom had grown up and become independent.

One male offspring has already started its own family, while the other male is still single; this time they're trying to matchmake the single female with the elder gibbon's child.

Fang Ye sighed, "It's not just humans who worry about getting married; gibbons have their own troubles too!"

Fan Peng laughed, "Haha, exactly. At their age, the old couple probably have no other pursuit than to see their child settle down."

After chatting, Fang Ye took them to the zoo entrance: "Call me anytime if you need anything! I'll be waiting for your good news!"

Fan Peng and Li Xing waved goodbye and drove off.

Fang Ye turned to Lan Li and recounted the gibbon's story, and Lan Li cried buckets!

"How pitiful the single female gibbon is!"

With tearful eyes, she asked, "Can the two gibbons successfully hold hands?"

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Fang Ye gently comforted, "They will!"

...

Livestream started!

"First!"

"Here we go!"

"Zoo Director, I want to see your red panda cubs! Ahhhh!"

"Panda cubs?"

"Not pandas, red pandas! There was an article on the public account a while back, didn't you see it? They're incredibly cute."

"Speaking of which, when I saw the Zoo Director's red pandas giving birth last time, I went to search for photos of red panda cubs. As a result, all the searches turned up giant panda cubs, the media these days really kill me."

"If it wasn't for the Zoo Director's livestream, I might still be unaware that there's an animal called the red panda..."

The netizens streamed their comments, and the live chat quickly became lively.

Fang Ye smiled, "We'll go see them in a bit!"

The red panda is now a week old, and Red Bean's mood has stabilized somewhat. As a person whom Red Bean trusts, it's okay to disturb her a little.

The raccoon had also been learning how to climb trees under the guidance of its mother raccoon recently. Today they planned to show the netizens their growth and check out other animals.