Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1309: The Cage of Wisdom

"I can meet your request. But I have to explain something first."

Zhu Xianxun said to Longlong, "The physiological structure of a panda cannot eat too much food other than bamboo. You should know this better than me. After all, you have a panda's stomach. Zhu Ling, you tell him what will happen if a panda only eats fruit and not bamboo."

"Yes. The panda's stomach is that of a carnivore. In order to cope with the hard bamboo, the panda's intestines secrete mucus. If you don't eat a lot of bamboo to scrape off the mucus, the mucus will be discharged on its own. From what I've seen, it feels like eating a spicy hot pot, spicy at both ends. It's very, very spicy."

Long Long nodded: "Yes, I understand. Of course, I am also very aware of this."

"Then you should have a way to deal with it." Zhu Xianxun replied, "I won't talk about this for now - I think you want more than just fruits and vegetables, right? You are not without a salary. If you just want these food, you should be able to buy them yourself. Then, I suggest you tell me your true demands so that I can consider them carefully."

"I hope my wife and children can eat unlimited fruit in a captive environment!"

"Ah?" Zhu Xianxi was stunned for a moment. "You mean, you want our breeders to violate the rules?"

"Yes. This is something I can't do with my own salary. Because I can't ask the breeder not to take care of my family according to scientific methods."

"What do you think? In fact, you can choose to move outside the Imperial Garden, build your own house, and then hire someone to take care of them."

"No." Long Long shook his head. "That's undignified - yes, I've realized that. I think the most dignified place for captive giant pandas is in the panda house in the zoo. They can't return to the wild. They have long been accustomed to being cared for, raised, and watched by people. If they were moved to a private residence, they would be no different from domestic pet cats and dogs. They would just become my pets, which would raise ethical issues for me."

"Oh, this." Zhu Xianxi was surprised. "That's true, but this is a bit beyond the scope for me. If a spiritual beast detains its mortal beast relatives at home, does it count as a violation of personal freedom? This question can be published in a paper."

"So I think it's best for them to stay in the zoo. I trust humans, I love humans, and I know humans love us. So I prefer to have people take care of them rather than taking care of them myself. In the zoo, they can show the pandas' natural ecology well, and they will become representatives of our race and live happily in their own nature."

"Have you ever thought about letting them practice Taoism as well?"

Long Long shook his head firmly and said, "It is against common sense for animals to cultivate immortality. I have wisdom, but I also have more things to think about. I worry about this and that all day long, and I really don't want my children to live my life. I just hope that they can live a stable life in the zoo according to the nature of captive pandas. I don't seek to increase the number of panda spirit beasts. That is against the harmony of nature, and it is not good for you or us."

Longlong's eyes are small, but there is great wisdom in his small eyes.

He knows very well that pandas are loved by people because their appearance is cute. Their round heads, big bellies, chubby faces and short arms and legs are very similar to human babies in terms of physiology.

As a bear, pandas also have intelligence beyond that of ordinary animals - although not as good as primates, compared with ordinary cats and dogs, they often show amazing levels of intelligence.

Some pandas use psychological tactics. Pandas are lazy during training. When keepers use long poles to catch them and they get up to exercise, some pandas pretend to look around and wait for the keepers to bring the pole closer before grabbing the fruit off the pole.

What's more, some particularly smart pandas can accurately recognize the positional relationship between objects and use their toys to build a platform to help themselves climb over the wall and escape.

But think about it from another angle - these things are only cute when they happen to pandas. If it happens to humans, or even monkeys, these behaviors are not cute at all, and even a little annoying. Longlong knows that the panda family must never cross this boundary line. Wisdom sometimes does not mean liberation. Wisdom will only make pandas enter a new cage and become prisoners of wisdom. Panda Longlong lives a stable life in his own enclosure and never wants to go out unless it is absolutely necessary.

He didn't want to appear to be more evolved. To evolve would mean going out to work.

"Ah," Zhu Xianxi shook his head, "You were obviously brought up by my sister, why are you two levels higher than her?"

"Brother, what did you say?"

"Get down on your knees! It's not your turn yet!"

"Oh" Zhu Ling lowered his head.

"Do you want a seat?" Zhu Xianxun asked, "I think you can sit down and talk."

"I'd rather squat. When your legs are short, there's no difference between squatting and sitting."

"Okay." Zhu Xianxi nodded. "Although this request is somewhat contrary to common sense and the physiological structure of pandas, I will find a way to help them regulate themselves. Zhu Ling, look up. I have something to ask you."

"Oh." Zhu Ling raised his head, "Then ask."

“If we don’t eat bamboo, is there any other way to compromise?”

"Yes." Zhu Ling nodded. "The main reason for removing sticky tissue is that we need to use cellulose to clean the intestines. In other words, eating a lot of cellulose will do the trick. From this perspective, we can feed pumpkin."

"Ah," Zhu Xianxin also remembered, "I remember that many pandas really like to eat pumpkins? I remember Longlong also likes it?"

"In fact, it's because pumpkin is the only one that can be freely supplied. Although the fiber content of pumpkin is not as good as bamboo, it is enough for pandas to maintain general health. Among high-fiber foods, pumpkin is also the one that best suits pandas' appetites - but he requested to 'eat all fruits and vegetables', so eating pumpkin alone may not be enough."

"Then this task is handed over to you. Communicate with him and fulfill his wish so that he can do his job well for the court."

"Ah?" Zhu Ling was stunned for a moment. "That's not right. Doesn't this mean that he is Party A and I am Party B? I have to fulfill his request?"

"This is what you should do. Why, is this unfair to you?"

"No, no, no." Zhu Ling shook his head repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)