I have a wildlife zoo

"I... I admit, I made it dirty!"

"You old dirty turtle, your head moves in and out so freely, it pops right up when touched."

"Such a hard head, no, shell!"

"Greetings gentlemen, my color hasn\'t changed, has it?"

"No way, we\'re all pure, our colors are normal, right?"

"The zookeeper\'s technique seems pretty skilled..."

"Ahem, what are you implying? Is our zookeeper that kind of person?"

"I feel like I\'m riding a Ferrari, but I have no evidence!"

"Zookeeper, can we switch to the lady assistant? I want to see her stroke the turtle! /naughty/naughty"

"Hm? There\'s something off with you!"

"Switch to the lady assistant +1! Otherwise, I\'m unfollowing!"

Lan Li looked at the barrage of comments, her face immediately blushing with shame! Even her ears were burning.

Such a pure and innocent young girl, how could she withstand being teased by a bunch of old gentlemen.

Her voice as tiny as a mosquito\'s, she weakly protested, "You\'re too dirty, always bullying people..."

"Exciting, the wife is speaking!"

"Eh, after all these years, she\'s still so shy!"

"I\'m here to learn, not to watch you guys eat peaches! Can the zookeeper arrange for some one-on-one learning, have the lady assistant tutor me?"

Fang Ye looked up at Lan Li, only to see her face flushed and avoiding his gaze. He coughed twice, "Bros, stop teasing the thin-skinned lady assistant. If the speed\'s too fast and the mods come, we\'ll all have nothing to watch. Don\'t you think this tortoise is cute?"

Little Black held its head high, its crown covered with a layer of snake-like scales, mouth closed and silently looking at Fang Ye.

The long and wrinkled, gray-black neck was stroked and teased by Fang Ye\'s fingertips, the diamond-shaped head moved close to the skin underneath the neck, rising and falling.

Although it couldn\'t speak or show any expression, judging by how much it extended its neck, sturdy and straight, it must really enjoy being touched like that!

Fang Ye then laughed, "Because tortoises are encased by a carapace and a plastron, they can\'t breathe by contracting and expanding their lungs like other animals do. Tortoises mainly use their neck and limbs to move, causing the muscles of their internal organs to expand and push against the lungs, which affects the lungs\' inflation and deflation.

If any turtle owners out there observe carefully, they\'ll notice that their tortoise sometimes twitches its limbs and head unconsciously while sleeping or hibernating, which is actually part of the breathing process.

So you shouldn\'t see the tortoise\'s neck movement as dirty, it\'s just their way of breathing!"

"So that\'s how it is! I\'ve learned something new."

"The zookeeper is really knowledgeable, awesome."

"But I still can\'t help but have dirty thoughts!"

And then Mao returned!

He was holding a tray with several pieces of watermelon on it.

Little Black originally had quite a few parasites in his body, but after taking the deworming pill, they were quickly expelled. During the recovery period, Fang Ye fed it some spiritual water, and its condition had mostly restored, so he dared to feed it watermelon.

Otherwise, he definitely would have controlled its diet and fed it some healthier greens.

Spiritual water allowed Fang Ye to quickly regain energy, becoming revitalized after drinking just one bottle from a state of extreme tiredness. The last time he saw Little Black show interest, he fed it some and found that spiritual water indeed had an effect on animals too, aiding in their recovery.

Initially, he thought that his own use of skills wouldn\'t consume much spiritual water. Now it seemed the more spiritual water, the better.

He picked up a slice of juicy red watermelon from the tray and handed it to Little Black. The tortoise stretched its head forward hesitantly, opened its mouth slowly, and then snapped it shut quickly. After biting several times, it began to chew slowly, with watermelon juice mixed with saliva continuously dripping from the corners of its mouth.

"It\'s beginning to steam from its head..."

"Such a speedy car, a really fast car!"

"My dear Tortoise, wouldn\'t a bite like that snap a finger off?"

The Asian forest tortoise\'s upper jaw was somewhat curved, similar to an eagle\'s beak, only flatter and broader, and much blunter in shape. It looked quite fierce eating, unerringly consuming the tough rind, producing a crisp snapping sound as it munched. In just a few bites, its mouth was rimmed with white rind residue, and bits had fallen to the ground.

Fang Ye explained, "Asian forest tortoises are one of the more timid and shy among land tortoises! And since they primarily eat vegetables, they usually retract their heads when a stranger\'s hand approaches them. They wouldn\'t bite if a finger was placed in front of them."

Fearing Little Black hadn\'t fully recovered and might have indigestion from the hard rind, Fang Ye pulled the rind slightly out of its mouth, only presenting the flesh. To his surprise, Little Black seemed unhappy, tilting its head and chasing the rind, slowly lifting its front limbs to try and pull the rind closer.

Perhaps for Tortoise, textures like watermelon rind, carrots, and squash that were hard and crisp were similar to how humans loved the crispy and tender outer skin of fried chicken?

"I didn\'t expect it, but after watching for a while, Tortoise seems really cute?"

"The way it eats so slowly and ponderingly, you just get mesmerized without realizing it!"

A netizen who kept a turtle said, "Tortoises really are adorable and spirited. My little green turtle always sticks its head out and makes eye contact with me when I call it. It likes eating and doesn\'t play in the water much. I tell it that if it doesn\'t exercise, it will become a little fatty, and then it lowers its head as if it\'s feeling wronged. I\'ve always thought it could understand me."

"I want to keep a tortoise too! They should be pretty easy to take care of, right?"

"Speaking of easy, they\'re easy; they don\'t need to be fed every day. Just feed them every few days, change the water, and they don\'t require as much care as other pets. Speaking of difficult, they can be difficult. When cats and dogs get sick, it\'s quite obvious, but tortoises can\'t tell you when they\'re unwell.

They are normally slow-moving, so they don\'t look much different, but they may just pass away in a couple of days."

"Indeed, when I was in elementary school, I kept several and in just a few months, they all died..."

"Eh, my little turtle would hibernate for a long time, slowly waking up in the spring of the following year. But the last year, it just couldn\'t wake up no matter what. The tortoise\'s shell makes them seem so strong that you unintentionally give them less attention."

As the netizens chatted, Little Black finished eating a piece of watermelon and still seemed a bit unsatisfied.

Fang Ye, picking up a piece of watermelon from the tray, distributed some to Lan Li and Mao, and took a piece for himself.

Lan Li, catching the watermelon, said adorably, "Huh, should I feed Tortoise the watermelon?"

"Silly, it\'s for you to eat!"

"Oh, oh!"

Although Little Black still had an appetite, he couldn\'t feed him watermelon alone. He needed to pair it with some vegetables and corn straw.

So, everyone held a piece of watermelon, munching away contentedly.

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"...Suddenly craving watermelon!"

"I want to eat it too!"

Lan Li ate the watermelon daintily, the last to finish. She licked the watermelon juice from the corner of her mouth and noticed Fang Ye silently watching her with amusement, causing her to stick her tongue out a bit sheepishly.

Fang Ye clapped his hands and smiled, "Alright, bros, after watching Tortoise, I\'ll take you guys for a tour around the newly built tiger exhibit! Let\'s go!"