Two more from PandaLover



http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandalover19/5596149562/
04-06-2011 Pop Goes the Po Bear!! (Flickr video)
Po has a funny way of playing with his ball ... upside down!!



http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandalover19/5598218266/
04-07-2011 Playful Lun and her Sidekick Po (Flickr video)
This pretty much sums up Thursday morning in the Dayroom Lun Lun can be a nurturing,caring mother, or the crazed Mommie Monster, but also very playful and a bit looney!!

Luved Lun's playful mood ~and the other videos & s'caps Diana & Pandalover19~they sure have been active lately

Video from yesterday

4/7/11~3-Ring Circus Today~1.05 min. < Video Link

Mama Lun walks over Po/ :blink: bumps & bounces him from under the hammock/ & Po climbs higher towards the top hammock log but falls off, but is OK
& gets up & keeps going!
climbing
bump/bounce
walk-over

Po's Climbing Style

:blink:
resting along the way
" " " :huh:

Morning Panda Pals
queenie great chach of PO's climbing
I made this collage but didn't have time to post it

March 25/2011
Lun and Po


click to see bigger

Diana~~Nothing nicer than nursing ~
that is so precious/bea*r*tiful of them

Friday, April 8
If you’ve been watching Panda Cam, or seen Lun Lun and Po in person recently, you’ve probably noticed that they’re interacting with each other more and more. Sometimes these interactions are obviously play, and other times what they’re doing is a little less clear. For example, today I collected data on Lun and Po and Po was struggling to climb into the hammock. Just when he had almost made it in, Lun came along and pushed him off and he landed with a thump on the ground. What’s up with that? I don’t have a good answer to that question, but I can tell you that it’s pretty typical behavior for Lun with her cubs. I can also tell you that we keep a close eye on them and these interactions never cause any injuries to Po. Giant panda cubs are pretty tough and do a lot of tumbling and falling on their own, even when their moms aren’t pushing them off the climbing structure!

Lun and Po played for quite some time while I collected data and it was fun to watch. We have microphones in the indoor dayrooms, which allowed me to hear what was going on during the play bout, in addition to seeing it. Aside from a few small grunts, Po didn’t make any vocalizations to let his mom know that she was being too rough. In fact, he went back for more whenever she walked away. Even though it looks rough to us, Lun isn’t trying to hurt her cub. In fact, she actually tones it down a bit, but it’s hard to play like a little cub when you weigh well over 200 pounds!

And no need to worry, because Po eventually made it back into the hammock for a nap when Lun settled down to eat.
Megan Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator of Mammals

'morning! Just popping in to wish Queenie a belated Happy Birthday. Thought of you on Sunday (our day!) but wasn't able to get on here. Hope you had a good day. I've been watching Po and Lun Lun off and on while also watching the Eagles having their chicks. That Po is the cutest little guy. Gotta love him!! Seems like overnight he got SO big and it's a kick in the pants watching him and mom play together now. awwwwww

Hope everyone is doing well!! Donell

Donell ~& Happy Belated B'day to you too ~thought about you also, & was out of town. Glad to see you, and that you get to catch Po~he is a character

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:movie:Video~4/12/11 Po With Mama & Dad~3.53 min < Video:film: Link

4/12/11