Green World Ecological Farm – The Animal Theater

February 8, 2011 — Green World Ecological Farm: The Animal Theater and its macaw stunt show

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One of Green World’s big attractions was the macaw stunt show in the animal theater.

A view inside the animal theater at Green World Ecological Farm — The animal theater was the highlight of this stop

The first thing inside the theater was a souvenir shop, and after the show the food court was right next door. See? The owner really knew how to do business—the route was planned perfectly ^.^

The animal theater before the macaw stunt show began — Waiting for the show to begin

Parrots preparing to take part in the animal-theater show — The avian stars getting ready

Around ten macaws took part in each show, and every bird had its own specialty. First came a flag-raising ceremony, followed by a puzzle.

A parrot completing the flag-raising routine onstage — First task: the flag-raising ceremony

A parrot performing a puzzle routine in the animal theater — Next came the puzzle challenge

Then came arithmetic.

A parrot performing an arithmetic routine with stage props — After the puzzle, it was time for arithmetic

It really could calculate, too—not just 1+2=3. People in the audience tried 7−2 and 5+4, and it answered both correctly @.@''

A parrot answering arithmetic questions supplied by the audience — Even the audience's arithmetic questions could not stump it

There was also a bicycle crossing a tightrope ~.~'", a scooter, a giant rolling wheel, and roller-skating. Every routine was different.

A parrot riding a bicycle along an elevated tightrope — Crossing the tightrope by bicycle

A macaw performing with a large rolling wheel in the animal theater — The animal theater's talented macaws

A parrot performing a roller-skating routine in the animal theater — Skating across the stage

The biggest surprise was “gambling”! It was the street-corner ~~scam~~ game where a ball is hidden under one of several cups and you have to guess which cup it is under.

A parrot identifying which cup concealed the ball — The cup-and-ball guessing challenge

Three rounds, three correct guesses!! Lisa and Belle were completely wide-eyed @.@'"

Lisa and Belle watching the macaw stunt show intently — Lisa and Belle could not take their eyes off the show

Time for close-ups of the class leader and deputy leader ^.^

A close-up portrait of the animal theater's parrot class leader — A close-up of the parrot class leader

A close-up portrait of the animal theater's deputy parrot class leader — A close-up of the deputy class leader

There was also a little green bird that never appeared onstage that day ~.~. A big white bird sat calmly to one side watching the show and did not have to perform either. I guessed it must have been someone important… ha…

After the show, we had lunch at the food court next door. The pork-rib noodles were NT$90 and tasted pretty good. The oyster omelet was NT$60 and not good at all—it seemed as if they had forgotten the flour and fried it with a whole ladle of starch water instead @.@'"

A scoop of Xiaomei ice cream was NT$35. It was huge and much better than the self-serve kind at Noble Family Steak House, so perhaps it was a better grade ~.~

After lunch, we stepped outside the theater onto a broad lawn.

The broad lawn outside Green World's animal theater — The broad lawn outside the theater after lunch

Children playing on the lawn outside the animal theater — The lawn became the children's playground

Two children playing on a large green lawn — Lisa and Belle running around on the grass

The children were delighted to see all that grass and immediately started running and jumping around. After playing for a while, we continued toward the Discovery Area~~

Green World Ecological Farm (1/4) — Swan Lake Area

Green World Ecological Farm (2/4) — The Animal Theater

Green World Ecological Farm (3/4) — Discovery Area (cute animals, unusual birds and animals, exotic plants…)

Green World Ecological Farm (4/4) — Bird and Butterfly Ecological Parks