I have a wildlife zoo

Fang Ye moved the popsicle a little farther away!

Chestnut found that even when he stretched his head out as far as it could go, and extended his tongue to its fullest, he still couldn't reach it.

His chin resting on the tree trunk, his gleaming black eyes fixed on Fang Ye, white whiskers twitching, he panted slightly with his tongue hanging out.

He opened his paw outward and lazily stretched his body.

Then his entire form slumped like a deflated ball, legs sprawling backward, he flopped down into a soft pile, turning into a red panda pancake, in an utterly languid pose, his eyes squinted lightly.

If you won't feed me, then I won't eat! I'm too lazy to come down from the tree.

It's much more comfortable to stay put and sleep in the tree.

If it really comes to it, just leave it below, I'll eat when I wake up and come down.

Fang Ye felt a bit helpless, "Baby, this is a popsicle, you know. If you don't eat it soon, it will melt!"

If Red Bean had seen something tasty, she would have already pounced down from the tree and climbed onto someone's body by hugging their leg.

He snapped his fingers, saw Chestnut tilt his head, opening one eye to look at him, and beckoned to Chestnut, "You don't want to come down, that's fine, give me your paw! Your paw!"

Meanwhile, he placed his right hand on top of his left to demonstrate.

Chestnut watched Fang Ye's movements, blinked his eyes, seemingly in deep thought.

He then slowly sat up from the tree trunk, his claws clinging to the edge, wiggling his butt, and swayed his fluffy tail over.

Seeing Fang Ye stunned and unresponsive, he pushed his tail with his paw again.

You want to touch my tail, don't you? Here, touch it.

Fang Ye was both amused and moved, "I asked for your hand, not your tail!"

Chestnut looked puzzled, clearly not wholly understanding.

The online audience was utterly charmed by this scene, their health bars instantly depleted!

"?????"

"Wow, offering up the big tail voluntarily!"

"It's so cute, uuuu!"

"Got it, but not fully! Hahaha, giving the tail is just too cute!"

"Maybe Chestnut thinks the keeper is pitiful without a tail, so he's offering his tail for the keeper to stroke as consolation!"

"Always feels like the keeper is some Disney runaway princess, animals just love him so much."

"That Little River" rewarded a rocket!

"Poke Ashe" rewarded a plane!

When the big tail is offered, it would be wrong not to touch it.

Fang Ye gently ruad Chestnut's tail twice, then smiled at the camera, "Why I love being with animals is because they're like pure and innocent children, with simple hearts, and out of the blue, they can bring surprises and touch your heart."

"Indeed, seeing the keeper's interactions with the animals is truly therapeutic! I feel energized for the day!"

"Nothing much, just that! /Lemon/Lemon/Lemon"

"Eh, I want to visit the zoo again, to see all the adorable little ones!"

"Last time I went to the keeper's zoo, I even saw the red pandas out and about. They walked right by my feet, super cute! But I could only look from a distance, couldn't touch, let alone feed them, there was an animal keeper following behind.

I wanted to sneak a touch while the keeper wasn't looking, but never found the chance. It would have been awesome to stroke a red panda's tail."

"Haha, so you're the lawless Zhang San, huh?"

"I'm not letting you touch them to protect you! Red panda's bites are very sharp, they could bite off your finger in one go."

After petting Chestnut's tail, he handed over the popsicle.

Seeing Chestnut "miamia" contently licking the Ice Cake, Fang Ye revealed a smile like that of a proud father.

Just for Chestnut's gesture of offering its tail, he was willing to hold up the popsicle for it, even if his arms got sore, it didn't matter.

However, Chestnut seemed to find that maintaining its posture to eat wasn't very comfortable, so after licking for a while, it stretched out its paw and held the popsicle itself to eat.

Fang Ye moved his arms around: "Let's go, let's check out the raccoon exhibit next."

...

Arriving at the raccoon exhibit!

The raccoons were also engaging in summer fun activities.

There was a half of a green watermelon on the ground; upon closer inspection, the inside wasn't red flesh but a frozen white ice block.

It was similar to the red panda's popsicle, just in a slightly different form.

Four or five raccoons gathered around the watermelon, sniffing with interest.

Their paws rested on the ice block inside the watermelon, touching it here and there.

Another ice block clearly had been frozen in a basin, but no raccoons were nearby.

Soon, one raccoon lost interest in the watermelon and walked towards the basin ice block.

Raccoons beside the watermelon gradually dispersed, and more raccoons came over, but they seemed to lose interest as well, and eventually, they all gathered around the basin ice block.

Animal keeper Nie observed the raccoons' behavior from outside the glass wall and was tapped on the shoulder by Fang Ye.

Thinking a visitor had a question, he turned his head and saw Fang Ye, immediately saying respectfully, "Hello, Director!"

Fang Ye asked, "Is this a new enrichment you guys came up with?"

Nie scratched his head, explaining, "Yeah, we used the rind of watermelons after they were eaten, filled them with fruit chunks and froze them into ice. We originally thought the raccoons would have a lot of fun with it.

At first, they seemed really interested, but maybe because there's a layer of rind, it wasn't very convenient to eat?"

He gestured with his hands, "If it's put into a container, maybe in a smaller cantaloupe rind, I wonder if that would make it easier for them to eat."

Fang Ye said with a smile, "Good, let's try that next time!"

He spoke to the netizens, "Raising animals isn't just about one type of enrichment. It's like us playing games, even with a fascinating game, after a while, you get tired of it. 'League of Legends,' a game as entertaining as it is, still needs constant updates and new versions, new heroes, new equipment, and new modes to keep attracting players, right.

So we need to keep trying new enrichments to bring novelty to the animals and improve their welfare levels."

"The Director's analogy is very easy to understand."

"A new version, a new god, every version playing Garen!"

"Us old folks only play ARAM now, one-handed Poke Ashe makes me so happy!"

"Indeed, playing regular matches or ranked often leads to arguments; there's a lot less anger in ARAM. I used to care a lot about winning or losing, but now I've realized that the most important thing about playing games is to have fun."

Fang Ye said, "Not every new enrichment will be liked by the animals; sometimes it succeeds, sometimes it fails. You have to keep trying; it's not an instant success.

This method with the watermelon rind as a popsicle holder is an exploration by the animal keepers.

The shape and color of the watermelon, along with the lingering smell, are more attractive to raccoons. We saw just now how they all ran towards the watermelon ice block, which shows there is success. But since it's not easy to eat, we need to make improvements."

"That's something I rarely hear from the Director!"