Atlanta Zoo Pandas

[nwfloridafalconfan]

So glad they didn't put him in a dress and really warp his psyche!

[jeanne]

OMG!

[MAK]

      It's a BOY!     

[Kris G.]

   

Wednesday, October 26
 One week from tomorrow, Po will turn 1 year old. We are still working on his birthday surprises, but I hope it will be a fun day for all of us. It is hard to believe he is almost a year old. It has certainly been an eventful year and it has been interesting getting to know our newest little panda. All of our cubs have been different in personality as one would expect. Po seems to have inherited his father’s love of routine and structure and his mother’s indifference to her keepers (unless we have food, of course!). However, he has a unique perspective of his environment. He has been the most cautious and apprehensive of all of our pandas.  He can be playful and silly like his older siblings, but he treats all new things with suspicion until Lun Lun proves otherwise. He typically avoids anything that Lun Lun does not interact with first. As he has gotten older, Po is a little more confident, but we still manage to frighten him (inadvertently, of course!) with novel enrichment items.
 Heather
 Carnivore Keeper II

Wow!  Where did the time go?

[Kris G.]

                                                        HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, PO!!   


Pictures of the event are posted on the Zoo's website:

http://www.zooatlanta.org/1212/panda_cam

[Donna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=936dXOQIEWQ#ws Zoo Atlanta Greetings

[Kris G.]

Po's second birthday celebration!  (I turned off the volume to watch it)

http://youtu.be/1OhCq_LZ3Y4

[Donna]

Oh that was just so adorable, thanks Kris!

[Kris G.]

:

Oh that was just so adorable, thanks Kris!

You're welcome!  He's so darn cute! 

[MAK]

 

[Kris G.]

http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/article_content/giant_panda_breeding_2013

[Kris G.]

Bill and I went to the Atlanta Zoo this past April where we got to do the "Panda Encounter".  It was costly (kind of a bucket list thing) but we got to see all 4 Pandas, a guided tour of the behind-the-scene Panda facilities, a "command" demonstration between Yang Yang and his Keeper and at the end of the 45 minutes, each of us on tour got to hand-feed Yang Yang!  Our guide did tell us that Po and Xi Lan will probably be returning to China soon so I was glad we got to see them before they left.  Good news posted today on Zoo Atlanta FB page!!
Does Lun Lun have a secret? Not anymore! Ultrasound and hormonal results have revealed that she's expecting her fourth cub ... in two to three weeks!
 
                             

[Donna]

Bill and I went to the Atlanta Zoo this past April where we got to do the "Panda Encounter".  It was costly (kind of a bucket list thing) but we got to see all 4 Pandas, a guided tour of the behind-the-scene Panda facilities, a "command" demonstration between Yang Yang and his Keeper and at the end of the 45 minutes, each of us on tour got to hand-feed Yang Yang!  Our guide did tell us that Po and Xi Lan will probably be returning to China soon so I was glad we got to see them before they left.  Good news posted today on Zoo Atlanta FB page!!
Does Lun Lun have a secret? Not anymore! Ultrasound and hormonal results have revealed that she's expecting her fourth cub ... in two to three weeks!
 
                             

Road trip!! LOL  Yay for them!!

[jeanne]

Bill and I went to the Atlanta Zoo this past April where we got to do the "Panda Encounter".  It was costly (kind of a bucket list thing) but we got to see all 4 Pandas, a guided tour of the behind-the-scene Panda facilities, a "command" demonstration between Yang Yang and his Keeper and at the end of the 45 minutes, each of us on tour got to hand-feed Yang Yang!  Our guide did tell us that Po and Xi Lan will probably be returning to China soon so I was glad we got to see them before they left.  Good news posted today on Zoo Atlanta FB page!!
Does Lun Lun have a secret? Not anymore! Ultrasound and hormonal results have revealed that she's expecting her fourth cub ... in two to three weeks!
 
                             

So exciting!  I am longing to hold a little panda!

[MAK]

Bill and I went to the Atlanta Zoo this past April where we got to do the "Panda Encounter".  It was costly (kind of a bucket list thing) but we got to see all 4 Pandas, a guided tour of the behind-the-scene Panda facilities, a "command" demonstration between Yang Yang and his Keeper and at the end of the 45 minutes, each of us on tour got to hand-feed Yang Yang!  Our guide did tell us that Po and Xi Lan will probably be returning to China soon so I was glad we got to see them before they left.  Good news posted today on Zoo Atlanta FB page!!
Does Lun Lun have a secret? Not anymore! Ultrasound and hormonal results have revealed that she's expecting her fourth cub ... in two to three weeks!
 
                             

So exciting!  I am longing to hold a little panda!

Oh ya do, do ya!? You best get to China then!!