Chapter 1298: Parrot
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Mahogany and Amazonian cedar are good woods. The main wild animals are jaguar, manatee, tapir, red deer, capybara and many rodents, and there are also many kinds of monkeys. It is called "the kingdom of animals and plants in the world". It is called "the lungs of the earth". The biological diversity of this rainforest is quite outstanding, gathering 2.5 million species of insects, tens of thousands of plants and about 2,000 species of birds and mammals, living one-fifth of the total number of birds in the world.
Some experts estimate that there are more than 75,000 species of trees and 150,000 species of higher plants per square kilometer, including 90,000 tons of plant biomass. According to scientists, there are between 96,660 and 128,843 species of invertebrates in Brazil alone. The Amazon rainforest has the most diverse plant species in the world. Some experts estimate that 1 square kilometer may contain more than 75,000 species of trees and 150,000 advanced plants, and 1 square kilometer may contain 90,790 metric tons of living plants.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest animal and plant habitat in the world. One-fifth of the world's birds live in the Amazon rainforest. Currently, approximately 438,000 species of plants of economic and social interest are found in the Amazon rainforest, and many more remain to be discovered and classified.
The Amazon rainforest can be said to be a veritable kingdom of animals and plants. There are still scientists and explorers from many countries who like to go to the Amazon rainforest for research and exploration.
Zhao Zhongyao also knows a lot about the Amazon rainforest. However, for Feifei and Tiantian, they naturally don't know much about this Amazon rainforest.
Now Zhao Zhongyao told the two children some knowledge about the Amazon rainforest. After hearing this, the two children were both longing for and a little afraid of this place.
At this time, Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and asked, "Dad, you said that there are many kinds of strange animals in the Amazon rainforest, so what do you think is the most amazing animal?"
Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said, "Among the many animals in the Amazon rainforest, there are two animals that may be the most amazing. One is the macaw in the Amazon rainforest. This is a very magical bird. There is also a It is a very scary boa constrictor—the anaconda. This kind of big snake is the largest known snake in the world. The famous science fiction thriller movie "The Disaster of Anaconda" is an animal horror based on the anaconda, which was filmed in Amazon These two animals can be said to be very special animals unique to the Amazon.”
After hearing what Zhao Zhongyao said here, Feifei was already very interested in these two animals. So, I heard Feifei say, "Dad, can you tell me some stories about macaws and anacondas in detail?"
After hearing Feifei's words, Zhao Zhongyao smiled and said, "Okay, let me tell you some more stories about macaws and big anacondas!"
The macaw is produced in the tropical regions of America. It is the most beautiful and brightly colored parrot, and it is also the largest parrot. It is a large climbing bird. There are 17 species in 6 genera. With pair of toes, each foot has 4 toes 2 front and 2 back. Parrots of this family have long tails and a large, sickle-like bill comparable only to cockatoos. It eats fruit and eats a lot. It can peck open nuts with its powerful beak and suck out the pulp with its tongue. The face is featherless and turns red when excited. The sexes are similar in appearance.
It is a tropical American bird, native to forests, especially the rainforests of Mexico and Central and South America. The recipe consists of many fruits and flowers, and the food is large. Nests in trees and caves on river banks. It is relatively easy to accept human training, and can get along well with other types of parrots, but it will also bite other animals and strangers. The life span is 65 years. Some species can learn to imitate speech with a soft voice. But in many cases it will scream like a wild parrot.
Macaws are social birds and like to act in pairs. They often gather in small groups of 10 to 30. During the breeding season, more than 40 family members can be seen moving together. Macaws are intelligent, and their loud calls, quacks, and quacks echo through the forest canopy. Communicate within the group by vocalizing, marking territories, and identifying each other. Some breeds can even mimic human speech. They sleep in groups in the woods at night and fly long distances in the morning, feeding on fruits, nuts, insects and snails.
It is relatively easy to accept human training, and can get along well with other types of parrots, but it will also bite other animals and strangers. Some can live to be 80 years old. It will imitate the gentle voice of a human, but most of the time it will scream like a wild parrot. Macaws are also known as strongmen, mainly because of their powerful pecking power.
In the Amazon forest, there are many palm trees with huge fruits. The seed coats of these fruits are usually extremely hard, and it is difficult for people to easily break them with a hammer. However, macaws can easily use the peck to break open the outer skins of the fruits and eat them. to the seeds inside.
It mainly eats fruits such as figs and palm tree fruits, berries, seeds, stone fruits, vegetables and other foods. In addition to its beautiful, large appearance, and great strength, the macaw also has a kung fu, that is, it is invulnerable to all poisons, which comes from the soil it eats.
Macaws' diet consists of many fruits and flowers, including many poisonous species, but macaws are not poisonous. Pecking at clods on the rock wall is a behavior that occurs in order to neutralize the toxicity after eating immature or poisonous fruits.
The soil they eat contains special minerals that make them immune to all poisons. Macaws are very timid and fly when they see people. Macaws in the wild usually eat fruits, seeds and nuts as their main food.
The most intriguing skill of the macaw is undoubtedly its ability to imitate human speech. Although their calls are rough and noisy, very harsh and not mellow, they can imitate human speech and other birds very well under artificial domestication.
Class tweets. Their "ventriloquism" is indeed very outstanding among birds.
When you approach a trained parrot, it will say "Hello!" in time, and it will say "Thank you!" when you feed it. In addition to human language, it can also learn the trumpet in brass music, the whistle of a train, imitate the barking of dogs and other birds, and so on.
It is said that the owner of a macaw was addicted to alcohol, and when he was drunk, he sometimes said some indistinct words to the macaw on the shelf. Over time, this macaw also learned these "drunk words", and often said these "drunk words" suddenly in front of the guests, making everyone confused and dumbfounded.
Among birds, there are some species that are good at imitating human language and other calls, such as starlings and mynahs, but none of them can compare to the articulate, lively and lovely macaws. Therefore, if they are the champions of "eloquence" among birds, they are certainly well-deserved.
Legend has it that when white Europeans invaded South America, a soldier shot a pair of macaws, one of which fell to the ground and the other flew away. After a while, just as the soldier was complacent with his prey in his hands, the disappearing macaw suddenly fell from the sky. It first pecked the shooter's eyes blind, and then twisted the double-barreled shotgun on the ground into an "iron twist" with its mouth. This legend is inevitably somewhat exaggerated, but the macaw does have a lot of strength.
Zhao Zhongyao told Feifei and Tiantian some knowledge about macaws. After hearing this, the two children became very interested in this magical bird, and wanted to go and see it quickly. It is best to catch a macaw and keep it at home.
At this time, Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said, "Dad, if we travel to the Amazon this time, we must catch a wild macaw, and then I will teach it to speak at home and train him to be a macaw." About the smartest parrot that imitates human speech."
But every day is very friendly to wild animals. After hearing Feifei's words, she glared at him and said, "Brother, you can't do this. Wild animals are protected animals. If you catch wild animals, it is illegal."
Feifei listened to Tiantian’s words, and said indifferently, “Sister, what are you talking about! The Amazon rainforest is getting bigger, and there are more wild animals in it. There are more than 2,000 kinds of birds alone. There are seventeen kinds of macaws, you say, I just catch a macaw, it is really nothing!"
"No, I don't allow you to catch macaws." Seeing that Feifei must catch macaws every day, she is not happy.
Seeing that his daughter was unhappy, Zhao Zhongyao felt a little ridiculous when he pouted and looked angry. So, he looked at his daughter and said with a smile, "Tiantian, what are you talking about! We are only at home now! We haven't been to the Amazon rainforest yet, so don't worry. I think your brother is just talking because he You can't catch a macaw at all. It's a very ferocious bird, it's not something you can catch if you want to."
After listening to what Zhao Zhongyao said every day, I feel relieved. After all, she also heard what her father said. This kind of macaw is also very fierce. If you want to catch them, it may be difficult to catch them without professional tools.
Ke Feifei is also a very firm and persistent guy. After hearing what his father said, he said seriously, "I must catch a macaw this time. Even if I can't catch an adult macaw, I will catch a young macaw. In short, I must catch a beautiful macaw this time."
After listening to Feifei's words every day, he looked at Feifei with mocking eyes and said, "Brother, I think you are dreaming, you can't catch a macaw at all. Let alone an adult macaw, even a young macaw , you can't catch it either."
"Hmph, let's wait and see, see if I can catch it then." Feifei glared at his sister unconvinced. The two children quarreled because of this trivial matter.
At this time, Zhao Zhongyao looked at the two children and said, "Okay, we are not going to hunt in the Amazon rainforest this time, we are going to find the remains of Mayan civilization. Then, we will find the fourth alien flying saucer. You guys Don’t forget what the main purpose of our trip to South America is. We are not hunting wild animals.”
After hearing Zhao Zhongyao's words, the two children stopped talking. It's just that Feifei thought of the anaconda that Zhao Zhongyao said just now. He also wanted to know something about this big snake. Now he didn't think about the macaw for a while.
Thinking of this, Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao again and said, "Dad, let's not talk about the macaw now, let's talk about the big anaconda!"
As soon as Feifei said this, Tiantian immediately looked at Feifei and joked, "Brother, why don't you stop catching macaws and go catch a big anaconda! I agree with you to catch a big anaconda."
After hearing what his sister said, Feifei smiled and said, "Haha, sister, how generous you are now, didn't you say that you can't catch wild animals! This anaconda is also a wild animal, and it is also a national protected animal! If I catch a forest anaconda If it is an anaconda, isn't that also an illegal act!"
Hearing what Feifei said every day, he also smiled and said, "Anaconda is also a wild animal, and it is also a national protected animal. But I don't like it. You can catch it however you want! Anyway, I don't want you to catch macaws .”
At this time, Feifei looked at Tiantian again and smiled, "Haha, sister. I think you are purely a fake animal protector. On the surface, you want to protect animals. But in fact, you just protect the animals you like. You are unwilling to protect animals that you don’t like. Do you say you are a fake animal protection
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"You—what are you talking about! I'm a real animal protector. It's just that I don't like big snakes very much. So, I don't want to protect them! Actually, apart from big snakes, I still like animals in nature. There are many kinds of wild animals." After hearing Feifei's words, Tiantian looked at Feifei again and said.
"Haha, stop nagging you two, we are going to the Amazon rainforest this time. We are going to find the remains of the Mayan civilization. As for other things, we will not do it for the time being. Especially about the wild animals, Let's not bother with them. Whether it is animals that are beneficial to humans or animals that are harmful to humans, we don't want to provoke them. Let them survive and run in the natural environment." Zhao Zhongyao listened to two If it was a child, he said it in a lecture tone.
After hearing what Zhao Zhongyao said, Feifei nodded and said, "Dad, I know, I won't catch any wild animals. I'm just joking with my sister!"
After listening to Feifei's words every day, she smiled again. She also looked at Feifei and said with a smile, "Brother, I knew that you were joking with me. You have been a very kind guy since you were a child! How could you go Catching wild animals! I believe that my brother will do what he says and will not catch wild animals."
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