February 20, 2011, "Tao Tao" in the new home to play.
February 20, 2011, the staff dressed in panda suits put ﹃the Taotao﹄ into a new home. (Picture)
"Tao Tao" moved from 40000 square meters of place now lives in 240000 square meters, an altitude of 2300 m -2500 m new home
"Tao Tao" vigilance, aggressive and resolution are enhanced, just to see people will run, trying to lead it was hard to the cage
The only opposition the world's first training base was born in the Wolong China Giant Panda Protection Research Center, 1 year old and 8 months of giant pandas "Tao Tao" will move into a new home today, the third stage of training, which marks the captive giant panda into the wild to put The normalized critical stage.
Now living in 40000 square meters of Field Training "Tao Tao" is very smart, was born almost seen extraordinary look, how it caught the loaded cage, to become today's move the biggest problem.
At present, the staff has set up a "trap", but also do a good job outsmarted preparation.
The third stage of training by assessing the "Tao Tao"
August 3, 2010, the giant panda "Tao Tao" was born, to become the world's first baby panda born in the opposition of training field training base in Wolong. With her mother after the birth of the "Tao Tao" hastily "with the opposition of the training circle of life. At present, the "Tao Tao" and weighs about 30 kg.
Centre wild project implementation the person in charge, said Huang Yan, usually, the "Tao Tao" and her mother exchange a lot of them together grooming slapstick. Sometimes, the "Tao Tao" will not listen, take advantage of the mother was not looking to climb the tree, and then my mother grabbed the ears home. 1 year 2 months ago, "Tao Tao" is mother to find it, after that, "Tao Tao" to find her mother, indicating that it grew up.
A two-stage field training, as well as all kinds of bad weather the test of experience, expert assessment, "Tao Tao" preliminary communication skills, activities, field climb, and feed capability, you can enter the third stage of training . Huang Yan said, "Tao Tao" in good health, never cold too.
More difficult to move problems "Tao Tao" high vigilance mounted cage
Yesterday, the Wolong China Giant Panda Protection Research Center has developed the "Tao Tao" to move the program, specially produced about 1.5 meters seal cage. Huang Yan said, this is still by staff wearing a panda suit "Tao Tao" loaded cage, handling, release, but the loaded cage is the biggest problem.
Huang Yan said, "Tao Tao" is almost never seen people look like from the born, has not been put into a cage experience. Last transferred to the second stage into the cage, but then it is only a few months, there is no vigilance. Now, the "Tao Tao" vigilance, offensive, resolution has been strengthened, as long as you see people will run, trying to lead it into the cage is still struggling.
Had on one occasion, they dressed in panda suits, recorded the voice of the "Tao Tao" Mom put to listen to it, stay in the tree "Tao Tao, Huang Yan said," hear the sound very interested, but not the mother , it no longer ignore them.
Argument with her mother voice "Tao Tao" into the cage ready outsmarted ready
In the second phase of training, "Tao Tao" live at the place of 40000 square meters, would like to find it too hard. Huang Yan said, "hastily" wearing gps, "Tao Tao" and your mother is still relatively easy to find. First with bamboo shoots, steamed corn bread to lure the "hastily" to install it in the cage, but not immediately carried away, too "hastily" in the "Tao Tao" line of sight, otherwise "Tao Tao" to see will find that it is dangerous, and immediately ran away. As long as it is on the tree, it is difficult to find it.
"Tao Tao" and mother separated, then it is trouble. Huang Yan said, they will be cage put away in advance, and then use the mother's voice to lure the "Tao Tao" to ambush. Loaded cage, approximately more than 20 minutes can be transported to the 240000 square meters, 2300 meters above sea level -2500 m new home, "Tao Tao's mother will it stay together. Huang Yan said that they also do a good job outsmarted preparation.
In the third stage, "hastily" to accept the natural enemy identification and associated training in animal identification, similar recognition, and social activities. Huang Yan said that they will use the model, recording the sound of wolf called "Tao Tao" to identify natural enemies, aware of his danger, the other giant pandas will be put together, "Tao Tao" to identify similar. The third stage of training time for six months after the clearance of the expert assessment of the "Tao Tao" can really survive in the wild a.
Source: WCC
