I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 178 Making Yourself at Home?

"Director, the meat is here!"

"Okay, open the door over there first."

Fang Ye placed a few small pieces of meat near the lion's adjacent holding room, not far from the service gate. After exiting the holding room, he opened the service gate.

The intermediate service gate could be opened without entering the room, like a wall with rollers and a handle sandwiched between two wall faces, which could be moved. Pulling out the middle wall connected the two rooms.

The two lions, already eager at the scent of fresh meat, saw meat in another compartment. Qiqi hesitated for a moment, then stretched its big head through the service gate and gobbled up a piece of meat from the ground with a grunt.

Just as it was about to retract its head, Fang Ye, standing behind the bars, shook a much larger piece of meat with tongs and said, "Qiqi, look over here!"

After activating his "affable skill," Fang Ye looked much more pleasing to the eye, and coupled with the lure of a large chunk of fresh meat, Qiqi hesitated no longer and strode forward. It approached the bars, opened its mouth, and clamped down on the meat.

Fang Ye took the opportunity to touch Qiqi's nose, "Hmm, not bad at all! See, I'm the one giving you meat. You can't be so fierce with me anymore, understood?"

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Qiqi might have been touched by the animal keepers when it was a cub, but now that it had grown so majestic, there were none bold enough to touch it, even through the bars.

Moreover, for lions, they always try to avoid enemy claws scraping their faces during fights. With a few not-so-prominent but healed scars on its large nose, Qiqi's head instinctively pulled back when it was touched.

Considering the meat, it didn't make much fuss with Fang Ye, glanced at him, and holding the meat in its mouth, sauntered off three steps away to eat.

Kaka peeked its head in the doorway, wondering what its big brother was doing. Fang Ye picked up another piece of meat and beckoned, "Come on, lad, this one's for you!"

Kaka, sensing no danger, entered the holding room. On the other side, Ming saw Kaka's tail come in and promptly closed the two holding room service gates; now they could clean the original holding room.

Fang Ye gently touched Kaka's nose and praised, "Good, very good!"

Seeing that it didn't flinch, he grew bolder and reached in to scratch Kaka's forehead, which felt like a coarse blanket.

Ming, seeing Fang Ye's fingers inside the bars, thought to himself, "Only the director dares to pull off such risky tricks!"

Not worried about a lion biting your fingers off.

Kaka, munching on the meat, gave Fang Ye a puzzled look. What on earth was this about?

But Fang Ye himself was grinning with delight. The sensation was like setting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival; of course, he felt afraid while lighting the firecrackers, but the crackling sound was exhilarating!

Now, he could claim to have stroked not just lions but tigers too.

When he had seen the eagle-owl on the ground, not moving, he had picked it up and placed it on the branch. Did it fly around for a bit and come back, or had it been there the whole time without moving?

Even in the zoo, it was improbable for it to stay put where it was placed without moving. It would surely change locations, right?

But if it could intimidate He Yifei, it must be quite spirited.

After all, it had been fed plenty of meat during the rain, so it should be fine even if it got hungry for a few days.

He hurried towards the Peafowl Lawn to see for himself.

Around the Peafowl Lawn, some visitors were excitedly discussing!

"Wow, it's actually a real owl! At first, I thought they'd put a stuffed toy up there, it's so still."

"This is my first time seeing a real owl."

"It seems like the animal keepers don't even know what's going on with the owl. Isn't it raised by the zoo?"

Arriving under the tree, He Yifei pointed to a branch: "Look there, Director, it's right there."

Fang Ye was struck dumb!

Not only was it the same tree, but it was also the exact same branch. How could it even be in the exact position where he had placed it? Were its feet glued there?

When the eagle-owl saw him, its eyes suddenly brightened, and it extended its neck forward, hooting at him: "Whoo-hu~ Whoo-hu~"

"Huh?"

He Yifei was baffled as he watched. The eagle-owl had puffed up like a ball and threatened him, but seeing Fang Ye, it seemed as happy as can be.

Was the director really that charming to animals?

Fang Ye was even more dumbfounded!

The eagle-owl was looking at him with such hopeful eyes that it seemed to be begging for food!

Whoo-hu~

Where's the meat today?

With so many other animals around the zoo, you're not hunting them, but begging me for meat?