Lun teaching Po the lesson at these holiday times~"it is more blessed to give than receive"~as she lets him give her his boo

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:-*Mama Lun is always right:nod::-*


:-*

Panda Cub Updates


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Friday, December 23
It's almost Christmas time! I'm so excited! I have to keep reminding myself that it's just another day to a panda, though. You can really tell that I love working with pandas when I get excited over poop. Let me backtrack here for a second. We count, weigh, and categorize panda feces on a daily basis to evaluate how well the pandas are eating (and we do the same with bamboo!). In terms of categorizing, we rate the feces on a scale of 1 to 5 based on its consistency. For example, yellowish, woody looking feces are rated as a 1; those are made up of culm material. Feces rated as a 2 are green like avocados and contain mostly leafy material. Pandas generally eat either the bamboo culm or the leaves in one sitting, and so it makes sense that the pandas' feces would be grouped similarly. For Po, we find little brown baby panda feces that come from all the milk he consumes. They are smelly, and look a lot like dog feces (too much info? Haha!). But since our little guy is starting to eat more bamboo leaves, we've started seeing little Po-sized 2's!! I know this might not be cute to many people other than the staff who works with pandas, but I can't get over how adorable it is that Po is acting more and more like an adult panda every day!! He's growing up so fast!
Jen
Keeper I, Carnivores

Thursday, December 22
I wanted to share some cute panda illustrations sent in from one of our panda fans. Happy Holidays to all!
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Merry Christmas to & from: the Yangs & ZA & Everyone
Lan
Po & Lun :-*
& all pandas everywhere

12/21/11~Playful Po~3.55 min. < Video link

Merry Christmas everyone!~~What goes up & up, does keep coming down~Po that is. He seems pretty excited Christmas week & can get down fast on the ladder now :nod:~and plays with the tether ball at the same time, & Mama Lun some too. Some is in 2X.

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Great pictures - thank you, queenie! They don't grow quite as fast as eaglets - but it's still is amazing how much Po can do these days!

Judy how true 4 months for eagles to mature/ to 4 years for pandas Little Po has always been so ahead of his time in his skills, he is amazing ~I'm glad to see him tackling Mama Lun more & more, so much fun~~Xi Lan could never leave Mama Lun alone :lol::-* ~reminding me of Lil Sidney & his Mom~we have observed some very special nature:!: