I have a wildlife zoo

Fang Ye chatted with the audience, and before he knew it, they had arrived at the parrot enclosure.

He planned to first check on the parrots' condition since they had just arrived in a new environment and he didn't know how they would react. If any showed stress from the visitors and were not acclimatized, he would take them back to the rear enclosure to rest. It was a minor matter if visitors couldn't see them; the animals' wellbeing came first.

There were already more than ten visitors gathered around at this time!

Several red-and-green macaws stood on perches or rope bridges, curiously observing the visitors outside.

Their condition seemed alright, none appeared overly tense. Of course, aside from the parrots' naturally lively and social nature, the specially arranged environment of the enclosure and companionship was probably why they felt relaxed.

A little boy pulled on his father's hand and shouted loudly, "Wow, Dad, look, what big birds!"

"These are parrots!" the father corrected.

"Such big birds!"

The father looked at the nearby informative sign and taught his son, "This bird is called a red-and-green macaw. They live in the tropical rainforests of the north and build their nests on large trees or cliffs..."

Despite the lack of a fancy exhibition hall, it was still necessary to have an explanatory sign. The sign gave a simple introduction to their distribution and habits.

The little boy wasn't paying any attention, his eyes fixed on the splendidly feathered macaw, daydreaming, "If only I had such a big bird! Ming and Pingping would definitely be jealous. I won't let them play with it unless they buy me some spicy strips!"

Among these visitors, several were trying to teach the parrots to speak.

When it comes to parrots, their most famous ability is mimicking speech.

A kindly-looking old man seemed very enthusiastic, pursing his lips to form a circle, and began to whistle, "Whew~whew~whoo~".

A macaw flapped its wings and flew to a thick, long perch close to the wire mesh, listening with a tilted head, then opened its beak to mimic, "Tweet~tweet~spit~, Tweet~tweet~spit~," calling out in succession.

Although the tone had some subtle differences, it was clear that it was imitating the old man!

The natural voice of the macaw is a hoarse caw, but imitating human speech sounds somewhat like a person squeezing their throat to make noises.

"Brother Meng, you can whistle pretty well, right? Whistle a bit and see if the parrot can learn it."

"Yeah, do 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky'!" a young man in an anime shirt egged on his friend.

The three visitors standing together were all in their twenties, probably university students on holiday, out playing together.

The youth who was bespectacled and looked somewhat bookish seemed a bit shy; there were other visitors around, after all. He hesitated and then said, "Then you'll have to buy me a drink later, okay?"

"Sure!" The anime-shirted friend agreed heartily, "I'll treat you tonight at the internet café."

So, the bespectacled youth closed his eyes, geared up emotionally, and started whistling the melody of "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" slowly. Although the whistling ran out of breath towards the end and was slightly flawed, the high notes were quite melodious and accurate.

The live stream's audience was surprised and sent a flurry of comments.

"Wow, that was pretty good whistling, bro!"

"Times Flown By the Wind" tipped 8 shrimp balls!

"Isn't this a bit too difficult? Can the parrot learn it?"

"No way it can learn that! If it does, I'll eat my keyboard right here!"

Bird Enthusiast: "This melody is too complex, parrots can mimic but a simple tune or a short phrase might only take a few listens for them to pick up. However, repeating a complex sentence many times, it might take months or even a year or two for training before it can be mastered. To expect it to learn after hearing it once isn't very realistic."

"Wow, Bird Enthusiast is a pro! What does Bird Enthusiast do?"

Hu Yan wanted to write, "Ashamed as I am to say, I'm just an unremarkable online novelist," but then thought better of it and deleted it, because he genuinely felt ashamed. He should have been writing at that time but was lounging in his chair, leisurely watching the live stream.

Not a word had been written, yet he felt an inexplicable sense of ease.jpg

"Forget it, I'll write tonight, banging out two thousand words in an hour…" Hu Yan consoled himself in his mind.

Ah, blame it on the live stream for being too captivating!

The young man with glasses didn't play "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" in its entirety, just two phrases from it, after all, it was difficult enough to teach a macaw just one or two phrases.

The macaw turned its head from left to right, its small eyes flashing with great confusion as if to say, what the hell are you playing? You've completely baffled me.

After the young man with glasses finished playing, it squawked ''Hmm hmm~'' twice.

That was it.

"Eh~"

The crowd sighed in disappointment but also felt it was only natural, thinking if it truly could learn such a complex melody in such a short time, it wouldn't be a parrot but a person in parrot's skin.

Fang Ye thought, maybe he could set up a sign with some simpler words written on it, so that when visitors come, they can say these words to the parrot, which should help it learn faster.

The guy in the anime shirt said to the young man with glasses, "Brother Meng, why don't you just repeat one phrase to it several times and try again."

The young man with glasses thus played it two more times, unexpectedly arousing the interest of another macaw, which flew over from its hanging rope.

While listening to the beautiful melody of "Laputa: Castle in the Sky", one macaw swayed slowly from side to side, completely enraptured by the music, the other macaw watched it, looking quite astonished.

"Wow, Daddy, look, that bird is dancing!" a little boy shouted.

"Oh~"

"Amazing!"

"Such a cute parrot!"

The tourists exclaimed in awe, and some had already taken out their phones to take photos or record videos.

The artsy macaw liked this melody, but also couldn't imitate it, just swaying its body slowly to the whistle.

The tourists were amazed, and the online audience was also busily discussing it.

"Do parrots also understand music?"

"Damn, this is one artsy parrot! Why not try some Mozart on it?"

"These parrots have different tastes, huh? Are there any that like rock music?"

"Jing Lei, this heaven-fixing art shatters the heavens and pounds the earth with a purple-gold hammer!"

"Drop some EDM!"

Fang Ye watched the barrage of comments roll by, realizing that a lot of people were curious about how the parrots would react to dynamic music.

So he smiled and said, "Alright, let's play some EDM for them!"

He opened the music player on his phone, found "Animals", and played it!

Blue Planet and Earth are mostly the same, and artistic works from Earth are basically available on Blue Planet.

"Animals" is a very famous EDM track, Martin Garrix's breakout piece, and it's jokingly called "Five Animal Frolics" because of a segment in the music video's prelude which shows five people wearing animal masks emerging from mist, stepping to the beat of EDM, pushing over drums while breakdancing, giving off a wild and spirited vibe.

The tourists' attention was all on the parrots, and since Fang Ye had stayed quiet until he played the music, it was only then that people noticed him.

Some tourists who recognized him greeted him, "Hey, Zoo Director, hello!"

"Isn't this 'Animals'?"

"Haha, currently live streaming, playing a track on request from the audience!"

As soon as the music played, the tourists started shaking their bodies uncontrollably!

The several macaws in different spots within the enclosure, the two close to the metal mesh heard it first, and the two further away noticed shortly after. Listening to the highly dynamic beat, all of their heads turned in unison.

As they listened, their bodies began to shake!