Code red heat warnings have been issued by Italy's health ministry, as a heatwave nicknamed 'Lucifer' scorches燒焦的 the Mediterranean region地中海地區. But at the zoo in Rome, keepers are ensuring確保 the lions and tigers stay cool by freezing their food in large blocks of ice. The animals have to lick舔 through icy layers before getting to the joints of meat contained inside, like a giant lollipop棒棒糖.
Klaus Friedrich, the zoo's veterinarian獸醫, says making these meat-flavoured treats is part of their strategy to cool the animals down: "The animals get bored, like children, so they find new ways - how to prepare the ice. So sometimes you put the ice in a bucket桶子 of water, and you put a string inside, and you hang this on a tree or you hide it somewhere. There are different ways to give this food and these ice creams... So they like it a lot."
The smaller animals, like lemurs狐猴, are fed pieces of watermelon and special ice cream, while the monkeys are given bamboo canes filled with yoghurt and frozen fruit. Italy is suffering遭受 from its worst drought乾旱 in ten years, caused by a high-pressure system that's bringing hot air from Africa to Europe. Spain is also sweltering悶熱的, while the heatwave熱浪 has fuelled推動 forest fires森林火災 in the Greek island of Chios and the north-east of Bosnia.
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