I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 371: Having a Snowball Fight with a Tiger

The tourists, upon hearing the soul-stirring roar of a tiger, all felt a tingling sensation on their scalps!

They held their breath subconsciously, and for a moment, all chatter ceased.

Ice Cake was startled too; it had been happily frolicking in the grass, pretending to pounce in the snow, but suddenly its body pressed close to the ground, its ears pricked up, and it carefully turned its neck, looking tense and vigilant.

However, it soon realized that it must have been Mama Jiaojiao’s roar and got up again.

Normally, Ice Cake was very eye-catching, but in the snowy field, its white fur blended in with the pure white of the snow, except it was slightly duller in sheen.

A quick glance could easily miss it, but upon careful observation, it could still be spotted.

Now four months old and weighing 40 pounds, Ice Cake was considered a young tiger. It had grown more sensible, and Jiaojiao didn’t need to watch it as carefully as before; the two tigers would play separately.

But Ice Cake still liked clinging to Jiaojiao quite a bit.

Tong Yiya recovered after a few seconds, her eyes sparkling with stars, "Wow, the big tiger is so cool!"

Taozi patted her chest, still feeling the fright, "Whew, that scared the daylights out of me."

Lizhi suddenly cried out in alarm, "Hey, hey, why is there someone in there!"

They saw a person dressed in camouflage appear at the bottom of the slope, clapping his hands and saying something. The big tiger on the slope looked back at him, seeming very excited, and charged out fiercely!

"We’re done for! The tiger is eating someone!"

"Call the police, call the police, hurry up and call!"

"Ahhh!!!!!"

The somewhat timid Taozi screamed in fright, covering her eyes, unable to watch any longer.

Tong Yiya felt her head spin from the immense dread that welled up inside her, huddling with Lizhi, who was quivering in fear!

The tourists nearby were much calmer, laughing, "You can tell it’s your first time here. That person inside is Zoo Director Fang from the zoo, nicknamed the Urban Archdruid. Petting lions and tigers for him is like petting kittens! Watching Director Fang pet the lions and tigers is one of Linhai Zoo’s specialties."

"Ah, really? No way!"

Indeed, the tiger exhibit’s loudspeaker also announced, "Dear visitors, there’s no need to panic. The Zoo Director has a very close relationship with the tigers, and they are currently engaged in their routine interactive activities. Please remain calm and enjoy the show. Also, we remind everyone that tigers are very dangerous animals; if you’re not the Zoo Director, please do not imitate…"

After tidying up the snow in the park, Fang Ye of course wanted to come and play with the animals.

Originally smiling, the look on his face turned to one of shock when he saw Jiaojiao excitedly pounce down from the hillside. He quickly put his hands in front of his chest and exclaimed, "Hey hey! Jiaojiao, easy there! My frail body can’t take your roughhousing..."

Before he could finish, Jiaojiao knocked him down into the snow.

Trying to rise from the snow, he was pressed down again by Jiaojiao’s massive tiger body. Her fluffy cheeks rubbed against his face, her amber eyes gleaming with excitement as she stuck out her tongue and gave his face a couple of wet licks.

"Hey hey, Jiaojiao, that’s enough, get off now..."

Fang Ye felt so squashed he was having trouble breathing. After pushing Jiaojiao a bit, she reluctantly got off him, "Roar~"

Shaking off the snow from her body and standing up.

Seeing Jiaojiao excitedly circling around him, rubbing against his legs, he vigorously scrubbed her face with his palm, "Aiyah, what a mischievous girl you are!"

Normally, Jiaojiao played quite carefully with him, but today she was clearly overly excited.

He smiled and asked, "Are you happy to see the snow?"

He grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, squeezed it slightly, and smashed it onto Jiaojiao’s face, "Whoosh, it’s snowing! Let’s have a snowball fight!"

Jiaojiao instinctively closed her eyes and shrank her head back, shaking off the snow that covered her eyes.

Then she approached again, rubbing against Fang Ye’s legs and snorting happily with a "purr purr" from her nose.

"Damn!"

Seeing Fang Ye get up unscathed, vigorously rubbing Jiaojiao’s tiger head and throwing snowballs, with Jiaojiao acting like a little kitten, nuzzling his legs, Lizhi stared in amazement and couldn’t help but blurt out a swear word.

Tong Yiya hurriedly reminded her, "Hey hey, we are beautiful girls, beautiful girls! Mind your image!"

Despite saying so, she was also incredulous!

Could humans and fierce animals like tigers be so affectionate?

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Taozi, hearing from others that nothing was wrong, slowly and cautiously opened her fingers a bit more and, upon seeing that the scene wasn’t as bloody and terrifying as she had imagined, breathed a sigh of relief and put her hands down.

Watching the interaction between Fang Ye and the tiger, she was excited yet a bit nervous, and, clenching her fists, asked curiously, "Why isn’t the zoo director afraid of the tiger? He hits the tiger with snowballs, and the tiger doesn’t get angry, how does he do that?"

A male tourist holding a camera couldn’t help but drift his gaze toward the few beautiful girls as he looked at the tiger.

Hearing Taozi’s question, he immediately took the initiative to join the conversation and answer, "Tigers don’t just bite people for no reason. They are well-fed every day, eating beef, living in such a luxurious environment with a 3,000 square meter area to roam, beautiful ponds... How could they not be in a good mood?

Other zoos just provide tigers with concrete and iron cages; of course, tigers would be angry in those conditions."

Taozi gave the camera guy a sweet smile and said, "Mmm! So that’s how it is!"

The camera guy felt his soul soften with Taozi’s smile, and he became even more enthusiastic in his explanation, "Plus, the zoo always tries to provide enrichment for the animals, like putting balls in their space, changing the taste of their food, giving them some exercise and entertainment. This artificial snowfall is also a form of environmental enrichment. The animals here are happy every day.

The zoo director takes the time to personally feed them, massage them, and the animals treat him like a family member.

Actually, all cats, big or small, like being stroked. It’s just that big cats are too dangerous— one swipe can kill a person, and most people don’t have the courage to stroke them. Other animal keepers wouldn’t dare to do this. But the animals will proactively get close to the zoo director."

These regular zoo visitors have often listened to the keepers’ explanations and are quite familiar with animal welfare, enrichment, and other basic concerns, and now they speak with authority when explaining to others.

Tong Yiya exclaimed in surprise, "It’s so magical, really an Archdruid, isn’t it?"

Down the slope!

After playing with Jiaojiao for a while and rubbing her head, Fang Ye asked, "Where’s Ice Cake?"

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Jiaojiao let out a low roar and led the way ahead.

Soon, they saw Ice Cake playing in the snow, excitedly running over to Fang Ye when she saw him, biting his pant leg tightly and not letting go.

Fang Ye said with a smile, "I’ve got something fun for you!"

He crouched down and rolled a snowball, pressed it firmly, and threw it onto the ground.

Ice Cake immediately got distracted by the snowball, let go of his leg, and ran after it, pawing at the snowball with hooks left and right, sliding beside Jiaojiao with the snowball as if a player was skilfully dribbling a ball.

Members of the cat family are born ball-playing experts.