Giant Panda gives birth to a healthy cub

Panda cam link (click on cam 2)

Pandas are the only good think to come out of China.

Does the zoo keep artificially inseminating this bear over and over again? She has to wonder why she keeps having to do the time without doing the crime.

R3 Her previous cubs were born in 2005, 2012, 2013 and 2015 so she’s had breaks along the way.

She’s 22 years old which is quite elderly for a giant panda. She’s the second oldest giant panda to ever give birth (the oldest was 23.) They only live 20 years on average in the wild but more like 30 in captivity.

[quote] Does the zoo keep artificially inseminating this bear over and over again? She has to wonder why she keeps having to do the time without doing the crime.

Pandas are not known for their intense libidos. They, including the males, prefer to eat and sleep. It takes a lot of effort to get them to mate and even when they do it's not often successful. Thus, they inseminate them.

How much to hunt it and kill it?

Thats quite a small looking concrete cell the panda is in.

Where's the vid where the cub is visible? I hear baby, but no see baby

R8 You can see AND hear the squirming cub in the OP instagram link. It’s tiny but really loud.

Interesting fact: Mei Xiang weighs 230 pounds. A newborn giant panda cub is the size of a stick of butter.

R7 A giant panda in the wild finds or makes a tiny den to give birth and raise the cub. This space at the zoo is similar to what she would have in the wild. She has access to her big enclosure but will choose to remain in the ‘den’ with her cub for the first 100 days or so.

R10 a den in the wild would be MUCH softer (lined with leaves, dirt, etc.) than a hard concrete space like that.

There's not nearly enough straw in there.

She made her nest herself. She had access to all the grass and bamboo she needed and brought in as much as she wanted.

The baby is starting to get its distinctive adult markings.

First veterinarian exam today. Pretty damn cute (and so’s the vet.)

another pic.

A beah. A cute widdle teddy beah.

Where the hell is the cub?

Amazing that something that big gives birth to something so tiny and she doesn't kill it.

So the panda diplomacy isn't working now, is it? hahahahahaha

[quote] Amazing that something that big gives birth to something so tiny and she doesn't kill it.

I saw a documentary that said another reason many pandas don't survive in the wild, is because often the mother will just leave the babies. They don't seem to be very nurturing, as a species.

As mentioned before, they're quite solitary creatures.

After hearing the screeching baby, I can see why the mother would run away.

Mountain gorilla gives birth to twins.

Do pandas bite?

Or can you treat them like dogs and other domesticated pets?

Check it for the virus!

I think Pandas can attack but rare. They are far too lazy,

Pandas don’t bite, they’re the most fucking chill wild animals you’ll ever meet. They’re also slow do if you piss one off and somehow he goes after you, you can likely outrun him.

Check out this zookeeper and the cute pandas making her earn her salary.

My takeaway from R25 is that they look kind of dirty and smelly, and they have very sharp teeth and claws.

I'll stick to watching them on video!

Pandas are the Henry Cavill - good to look at and cute but lazy, solitary, uninterested in breeding and somewhat bland when observed closely.

Pandas are the Henry Cavill of wild animals - good to look at and cute but lazy, solitary, uninterested in breeding and somewhat bland when observed closely.

Well, they aren't ALWAYS so chill...

The cub has another brief exam.

Furry soccer balls!

R7, cats are the same way. The mother feels safe and secure with her back up against the wall of a small space, where she can control the environment while her babies are blind and helpless until they develop. The panda has a pouch to protect her newborn in as it suckles and grows a bit but the cat doesn't, and she has several infants at once to care for. Cat rescuers have learned to set a large cardboard box on its side, put a thick folded towel on the box floor, and drape a lightweight blanket over the box to hang down and cover the opening about halfway -- the mother likes the semi-darkness and cozy atmosphere where she can relax and focus on the babies.

Doll face thread.

The cub is now as big around as it is long! Baby Datalounger?

Second vet exam. He’s getting big! (it’s a male, confirmed via cheek swab.)

That our species gives birth to such large offspring seems so pointless. Little ones would be so much more convenient.

The pouch is pretty handy too, R35.

He’s crawling..

The babies look like ugly black and white rats. I'm glad they look more adorable when they get older.

Impossibly cute things. I want one.

He’s walking and learning to climb.

His first 5 months

Chinese "soft diplomacy" can't make us forget 2 million deaths worldwide because of the viral bioweapon let loose from one of their labs.

First solid food. He’s been nibbling on bamboo too.

Eating bamboo

Pandas are now bears, they didn't use to be. Just like Bruce Jenner was a used to be something he isn't now

Why does this Mama Panda Karen think we all want to see her birth her devil spawn on camera??

She needs to stop broadcasting this crap and just get on with her life.

Pandas playing in the snow

He’s climbing trees!

I want one!!!!!

The cub is 1!