Panda Pandemonium July 31, 2012
- Yun Zi at the San Diego Zoo, California, US on July 28, 2012. ©...
- Sixth panda born at the San Diego Zoo. 21-year-old female giant...
Sixth panda born at the San Diego Zoo.
21-year-old female giant panda, Bai Yun, gave birth to her 6th cub on July 30, 2012 at 2:10pm. This makes us the most successful panda breeding facility outside of China, and it makes our mama bear one of the oldest pandas to give birth. Congrats to our world-class team and thanks to all of you for your support!
Watch the San Diego Zoo's pandacam.
- fuckyeahgiantpanda: November 12, 2009 - A brown-and-white giant...
November 12, 2009 - A brown-and-white giant panda was seen in Foping Nature Reserve in northwestern China&'s Shaanxi Province. The cub, the fifth brown-and-white giant panda ever reported, was less than two months old.
The panda cub was spotted at 1 p.m. on November 1 by Liang Qihui, a senior engineer of the Foping Nature Reserve Administration, which comes under the State Forestry Administration.
The cub, less than two months old, was estimated to weigh 2 kilograms and believed to be the fifth giant panda of this rarely seen color ever found, Liang said. "Its eyes haven't opened yet, but it could sense me when I came near it," said Liang, who took a picture of the cub. "Its mother was a black-and-white giant panda," Liang said. "Now they are living uninterrupted in the reserve."
Many researchers believe that the brown-and-white pandas are a return to the form typical of their ancestors. But some argue that the brown-and-white pandas are a variation from their usual group while a few others think that they are a new sub-species of panda resulting from the environmental changes of the Qinling mountains.
The first three recorded brown-and-white pandas were found in Foping Nature Reserve, in 1985, 1990 and 1991. The fourth was spotted in 1992 in Changqing Nature Reserve, Shaanxi. (Via mijnblog).
- First of all, thank you so much for making such a perfect blog! <3 But I do have an actual question though. Have there ever been sightings of an albino panda, or is one kept in captivity?
First of all, thank you very much! ;)
And to answer your question: I don't think so, no. I must say I'm not an expert on giant panda's, or animals in general, so I'm not the most reliable source on topic's like this. All I could really find about it, is this: "There are no reports of an albino panda bear. Albinism, though extremely rare, occurs in bear species."
But there are actually some giant panda's who are brown and white, instead of black and white (which of course isn't albinism, but it is very interesting). Again, this is extremely rare though. As far as I know, there have been 5 sightings of 'brown and white' giant panda's (in the wild). I made a post about it (including a photo) a long time ago, I'll reblog it again so you can see it if you're interested. I must say it's an older article, from 2009.
- Do you happen to know of any good, active blogs for Red Pandas?
I'm sorry, I really don't know any red panda blogs.. Maybe you can look in the tag 'red panda' or something? Sorry.
- For Ana♥
- Via headlikeanorange.
- Bai Yun cradles her new cub in her den, at the San Diego Zoo,...
Bai Yun cradles her new cub in her den, at the San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, US on July 29, 2012.
© Sdzoo, A mother's love on Flickr.
- Bai Yun gives birth! Bai Yun gives birth!:
Submitted by aliciac.
"It's been a long, crazy, rewarding day at the San Diego Zoo's Panda Trek. I checked in at 6 this morning, there to relieve the early morning watch. The keeper on duty reported that Bai Yun had had a fairly quiet night resting in her den. However, since about 5 a.m. she had had a few bouts of nest building and genital licking. We've been seeing both behaviors from her for the last few days, so initially I thought we were status quo.
As the hour wore on, I noticed that she was not taking long rest periods as in days past. Instead, she would only rest for about 10 minutes before getting up to nest build or lick some more. I wondered if this would be a temporary restlessness or if this would build as the day progressed. At 8 a.m., keepers tried to get Bai Yun to cooperate with an ultrasound procedure. She walked voluntarily into the tunnel where we conduct the exams. However, it became quickly apparent that she was too restless to settle down and lay still, so the ultrasound was scrapped. Shortly after returning to her bedroom and sunroom area, I observed Bai Yun straining to defecate in the sun room. This occurred several times over the next hour. When she moved this straining to the den at about 9 a.m., I began alerting staff on site that Bai Yun may be in the early stages of labor.
As everyone gathered, Bai Yun continued to progress. She intermittently engaged in nest building, licking, and straining. The straining very clearly moved to obvious contractions, and after a few hours she began to grunt along with her contractions. We watched with baited breath, aware that this labor appeared to be taking longer than some of her previous ones. Bai Yun seemed to be lagging with fatigue.
At 2:10 p.m., with a loud squawk, a baby panda made its way into the world! Bai Yun was in a seated position when the cub emerged, and it never even touched the ground before she had it in her embrace. Bai Yun immediately comforted and consoled the cub, and it settled down quickly. Over the next hour, staff watched with relief as Bai Yun seemed to relax and enjoy a few short catnaps with the cub vocalizing intermittently to remind us all that it was still there.
We are so very pleased to have witnessed another wonderful birth. Despite the lengthy labor and the concerns we all had about the impact her age might have on her ability to sustain a pregnancy, Bai Yun has once again shown us that she is, indeed, a hero mother."
Po at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, US on July 30, 2012. © SmileyBears.
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