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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 5:41 pm
animalplanet.com will get you right there, although you'll have to search out the cam the first time. I then put in my faves. It's a great pix.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 10:35 pm
Well, I have only seen the baby once, and I check several times a day, and I saw it on National Zoo webcam. But I can't prove it or share it. Poop.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, July 15, 2005 - 8:21 am
We watched the last San Diego baby from day one, as we could catch him. He was so tiny at first that we called him 'Bean'...and still do.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, July 15, 2005 - 4:24 pm
Me too, OG. You know that panda might be pregnant now too, right? She mated several times in May, and I have not seen or heard any update. Apparently they can't tell if pandas are pregnant until right before the birth.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, July 15, 2005 - 5:41 pm
Juju, I just go San Diego Zoo's online news letter. They don't know yet, but have opened up her birthing den again and she is making a nest. So, there is lots of hopes.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, July 15, 2005 - 10:22 pm
Going to look for the newsletter now, OG. Thanks for the update. Making a nest, eh?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 8:35 am
Saw the National zoo baby panda this morning!!! They had a close-up on the mother's head, and I was pretty sure I saw something moving just under her chin, so I got this shot:
Then as I was editing the photo, I checked the webcam and caught her rolling over. Lookee here!!
(Message edited by juju2bigdog on July 21, 2005)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 9:12 am
That is too wonderful, thanks Juju. I've been monitoring the site, but nary a peek of the baby have I seen.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:25 am
Okay, this is not a webcam, but it is cuter'n snot if you have never seen the skateboarding bulldog before. It is even cuter if you HAVE seen him before. Take a look at some of the videos. I have had one of the videos saved on my hard drive for years. http://www.skateboardingbulldog.com/picsandmovies.htm
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:26 am
Oh, and looks like the Kent, WA eagle babies have flown.

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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 8:07 pm
Bai Yun, at San Diego Zoo is pregnant with twins! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050728/ap_on_sc/pregnant_panda
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, July 29, 2005 - 10:31 am
<does a triple back flip> Yay!!! Thanks a billion, Seamonkey. I heard it from you first. Oh yippee!!! Wouldn't twins be cool! However, sometimes only one of the twins gets born and the other gets reabsorbed into the womb, this article said. Yay baby panda!!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 29, 2005 - 1:13 pm
I also asked the mods to fix the link to PandaCam and now it goes directly to the new url!! Yes, sometimes that happens. In China they never let the mother raise both twins, but take one away and I think lately they often hand raise most cubs. They may be creating more numbers that way, but are overriding "suvivval of the fittest" and I suspect getting adult Pandas who aren't as capable of thriving.. like the male pandas with no libido.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 7:35 pm
Panda update: Bai Yun Gives Birth (August 2, 2005) After several months of waiting to see if the San Diego Zoo’s female giant panda was pregnant, 13-year-old Bai Yun gave birth to a single cub Tuesday evening following a 3-hour labor. The Zoo’s animal care staff observed Bai Yun give birth August 2 at 9:57 p.m. (Pacific Time) via a closed circuit camera installed in the Giant Panda Research Station birthing den. The gender of the newborn will not be known for a while. Related Story Pandacam link is at top of this thread. This is the San Diego Zoo panda who has had two previous babies. When she had her last cub, I watched her play with the cub for a very long time when the cub was just weeks old. It was just amazing, way better video than the National Zoo panda.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 7:12 am
I like the National Zoo cam the best. During the day it is lit and you can see much better than the dark den in San Diego. Of course that is MHO. No matter, I just love watching the National Zoo mom 'man-handle' her little boy. I've seen her reposition him numerous time by using her mouth and big teeth. She is so gentle and loving with him. It steals my heart.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 7:50 am
Hey, OG, how about posting some screencaps of the National Zoo baby? I bet it is getting bigger by now. I check in every now and then but haven't got lucky enough to see the baby again. Only time I ever saw it was the picture I posted.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 11:13 am
I watched Bai Yun and her first cub, Hua Mei every night when she was little.. She was just an amazing mother! And when the cub got to be more mobile, mothers every where could relate. She'd go get the cub, put her to "bed", nurse her, etc. Then the cub would run off and mom would get her back.. Later she's sit on the back step at midnight and the cub would be inside.. almost like the mom was just taking a moment for herself, munching on bamboo.. then when the cub started climbing trees, but mom was still nursing her.. one night finally Hua Mei wouldn't come down so Bai Yum climbed up and nursed her up in the tree! Juju that is the same press release I saw in my paper just now. Not sure if the twin is still viable and growing or not.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 11:18 am
OK. question answered in the article: However, on August 1 the Zoo’s veterinary staff announced the second fetus was resorbed in the womb leaving only one viable fetus. This is the first time a giant panda pregnancy was documented this far along, providing insight into fetus development. ..
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 12:30 pm
 Here you Juju: These were taken on Tuesday in Washington DC at the National Zoo.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 05, 2005 - 12:51 am
I love their big paws!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, August 05, 2005 - 10:42 pm
Thanks, OG! Great pictures! I figured the baby would look like a baby panda by now, and it does.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 7:49 am
They are like Siamese kittens, in that they too are all white/cream colored when they are born.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 3:49 pm
Here is The National Zoo's baby boy at its exam on Aug. 8th.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 10:59 pm
Awwwwwwwwww. Thanks, OG! I have not yet caught sight of the San Diego baby. Maybe I should go look now.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 11:07 pm
Mom is completely covering cub at present. I don't know how to get screen captures there anymore. They also have a weblog at San Diego Panda Weblog Today's entry: Wednesday August 10, 2005 Got Bamboo? Filed under: General Conservation giant pandas— Panda Research Team @ 2:41 am The cub is now a week old, and we are still waiting for Bai Yun to have her first postpartum meal. Her fat stores are providing her with the energy she needs, allowing her to get by without eating. After the birth of Mei Sheng in 2003, Bai Yun waited five days to eat. I would expect her to seek out food any day now. Most other bear species, including our own native black, brown and polar bears, hunker down into their dens for months during the coldest part of the year. Their cubs are born during this denning phase, and the female forgoes trips out of the den to fill her belly. These bear species are able to remain in their den for such extended periods due in large part to the fact that they accumulated large fat stores in the months prior to denning. Bears typically become hyperphagic in the fall, eating everything they can to pack on the pounds. Pandas cannot consume as many calories per meal as polar bears or brown bears. This is due to differences in their dietary habits. You may have seen those documentaries with amazing footage of polar bears feasting on seals or walrus, or brown bears at salmon runs. Those bears are getting large amounts of protein and fat with every bite. The panda, however, is feasting on bamboo. She has to eat an awful lot of bamboo to equal the calories found in a salmon or seal. One consequence of this is that the panda can not remain in the den without food for the same length of time as these other bear species. Pandas will leave their den in search of food within days or weeks of the birth, rather than months. Their young cubs are left behind while mother feeds. Once the cub is older and is out of the den, it will often climb high in a tree for shelter from predators while mother is off on a long foraging trip. When cubs are several months old, females may even be gone for 24 hours or more in search of food. Bai Yun is fortunate that she can look to her keepers to provide her with the bamboo and vegetables she needs to get a quick meal close to the den as soon as she is ready to feed. Even now, the keepers are leaving her food items in an area about ten feet away from the mouth of the den. Its only a matter of time before Bai Yun takes advantage of it. Suzanne Hall is a panda research technician for the Office of Giant Panda Conservation.
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