Newcomers Settle Down at Zhengzhou Zoo

Newcomers Settle Down at Zhengzhou Zoo

《疯狂动物城》中的“闪电”来郑州动物园啦

"Looking like monkeys, they usually fall asleep while eating, have feet but hardly walks, and can swim well." Who are they? Yes, they are sloths.

“长得稍像猴，吃饭能睡着，有脚不会走，游泳是好手”。你猜出郑州动物园新来的神秘动物是谁了吗？7月7日，谜底揭开，没错，它就是树懒。

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Do you remember the funny Flash in the film of Zootopia? Although he is called Flash, he a three-toed sloth moves very slowly. The immigrant sloths in Zhengzhou Zoo are two-toed different from that Flash sloth, but they share the character that is moving slowly.

还记得《疯狂动物城》中那个让你捧腹大笑的“闪电”吗？它虽然名叫“闪电”但却是慢到让人抓狂的树懒。不过“闪电”是三趾树懒，而郑州市动物园此次引进的是二趾树懒，作为“闪电”的兄弟，它们同样又懒又慢。

 

Newcomers settle down at Zhengzhou Zoo. [Photo: dahe.cn]

Beyond your imagination, they are even too lazy to eat. When being chased or attacked, they still crawl slowly to escape with a speed no more than 0.2 meters per second. Athough they crawl slowly on the land, they are good swimmers.

树懒的懒和慢绝对超乎你的想象，它们什么事都懒得做，甚至懒得去吃，懒得去玩，就连被人追赶、捕捉时，也是慢吞吞地爬行，它逃跑时的速度还超不过0.2米/秒。虽然爬的很慢，但树懒在水里可是游泳健将。

 

Why can sloths swim fast? Living in the wild, they are usually threatened by floods, so swimming is a survival skill for them. Sloths live in trees all year round, including eating, sleeping, and mating, etc. They have feet but hardly walk. Only when they defecate or have to choose a new tree for eating will they crawl to the ground.

为什么慢吞吞的树懒游泳却很快？因为这是求生必备技能。在野外生存时，树懒居住的大树在雨季有可能受到大水威胁，游泳是必不可少的求生之道！树懒终年栖居在树上，是严格的树栖者，大半辈子都悬吊在树上生活，进食、睡眠、交配、育儿都是在树上进行，几乎很少到地面活动。所以，它们虽然有脚，但却几乎不用来走路，只有排便或要换一株新树进食时它们才会爬到地面。

 

Newcomers settle down at Zhengzhou Zoo. [Photo: dahe.cn]

Sloths sleep for 15 hours a day and forage only at night because they are too lazy. They follow a low-energy diet, eating plant leaves and fruits only. The settlers in Zhengzhou Zoo are 2 boys and 1 girl who live with giant anteaters as neighbors. During the summer, let's go and visit them.

因为懒得动懒得吃，那就得节省能量消耗，因此树懒每天要睡15个小时，只有夜间才出去觅食。它奉行低能量饮食，食用植物的叶片和果实。此次郑州市动物园引进了3只二趾树懒，2公1母。这3只可爱的树懒还和大食蚁兽做起了邻居，大家趁着暑假赶紧来看看吧，树懒还给大家带来了超多惊喜福利。（中文来源/大河网 记者/祝传鹏 实习生 李承洋 董裕雯 编译/赵汉青 何蒙贺 视频制作/王君艺 审校/李文竞）