The African lion searches on the "hot dog" in Hangzhou, netizens: send it back to Africa to avoid summer heat

Ji Mei News reporter Yu Yuan

Intern Wang Zejun

How hot is the weather in Hangzhou? On July 11, a video of "African Lions met Hangzhou High -temperature Weather" attracted the attention of netizens and rushed on the hot search. Some netizens teased that "send the lion back to Africa to avoid summer heat." On the afternoon of the 11th, the staff of Hangzhou Wildlife World told Jimu Journalists that they have placed ice cubes to cool down the African lion.

Screenshot of network video

The online video showed that a lion hid in a cool place, and saw it lying on the ground, squinting his eyes tightly, opened his mouth, stretched out his tongue, and gasped. Netizens also wrote when publishing the above video: "Lions from Africa became 'dogs' in Hangzhou."

Jimu reporters noticed that after the above video was released, netizens quickly discussed it. Some netizens teased that "I want to go to Africa to avoid the summer", "Can I not be hot in a fence?" Ah ", and some netizens simply made the video into an emoticon package in the comment area. The emoticon packet text" Hot becomes a dog ".

Netizen comments

Netizen comments

According to local media news, recently, Zhejiang's high -temperature "big drama" continued to be staged, and the provincial capital Hangzhou has issued three days of high temperature orange warning. On July 10, the orange warning of the Hangzhou main urban area was poured in early. As of 16:00, the highest temperature at Hangzhou Station reached 39.6 ° C, which set a high temperature in the past five years (2018-2022). Hangzhou Meteorological Observatory said that the last time exceeded 39.6 ° C was 2017, and in 2017, it exceeded 40 ° C in 5 days, which means that July 10 is the hottest day since 2018.

On the afternoon of July 11, the relevant staff of the Hangzhou Wildlife World told Jimu Journalists that they have placed ice cubes to cool the African lion. At the same time, they change water every day to create a relatively comfortable living environment for African lions. Another staff member of Hangzhou Wildlife World said that at present, their parks have been operating for 20 years and have rich experience in breeding. They will definitely treat animals and do a good job of heatstroke and cooling for animals.

The above -mentioned wild animal world staff said in an interview with other media that after confirmation, the lion in the online video is in the Hangzhou Wildlife World, which is a white lion and a variant of the African lion. The method of cooling the lion is indeed similar to the dog, and they all stretched out their tongue. This is because the mammalian covered with hair without sweat glands. When hot, it mainly exhales the heat and evaporates the sweat on the tongue to cool down. In fact, most of the mammals with hair with hair are the same.

Gao Yanhong, chief engineer of Wuhan Zoo, told Jimu Journalists that it is not that African animals are not afraid of heat. Compared with animals in other regions, African animals do have relatively high heat resistance. Can't bear. For example, the average temperature in Wuhan is currently around 37 ° C, and the African lions in their park can't stand it.

Gao Yanhong said that at present, their parks mainly cool down the animals through bathing. Recently, they have to rinse African lions 4 to 5 times a day. In addition, they will also build a pool to allow animals to have a cool summer.

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