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Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo, California
It is very difficult to get a decent photo of the pandas at the San Diego Zoo enclosure. Access to them, understandably, is controlled, and the Pandas normally pretty much hide themselves from view. But I guess I was lucky; it was "feeding time" and the Mama Panda (her baby asleep in a tree nearby) had to walk across the enclosure to get to the food... so got a few half-way decent shots of her. Very interesting animals!
More Information on Pandas:
The lovable and charismatic panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most endangered. Found only in China, one of the world's most populous countries, the giant panda clings to survival, facing habitat fragmentation and poaching as its greatest threats. It is estimated that as few as 1,600 pandas remain in the wild today.
The San Diego Zoo currently has the largest population of Giant Pandas outside of mainland China, Bai Yun (female), Gao Gao (male), two year old Mei Sheng, and a female panda cub, Su Lin, born on August 2, 2005. They can be seen on the San Diego Zoo Panda Cam. Bai Yun and Gao Gao's most recent cub was born on August 3, 2007. On September 14, 2007, Meg Sutherland-Smith of San Diego Zoo, announced that the 6-week-old panda cub is a girl, the 4th giant panda born at the zoo (all to Bai Yun, 16 and Gao Gao). Chinese custom ordains to name her at 100 days.
The San Diego Zoo:
The San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California is one of the largest, most progressive zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. It is privately operated by the nonprofit Zoological Society of San Diego on 100 acres of parkland leased from the City of San Diego, and ownership of all animals, equipment and other assets rests with the City of San Diego.
Source: Wikipedia
Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo, California
It is very difficult to get a decent photo of the pandas at the San Diego Zoo enclosure. Access to them, understandably, is controlled, and the Pandas normally pretty much hide themselves from view. But I guess I was lucky; it was "feeding time" and the Mama Panda (her baby asleep in a tree nearby) had to walk across the enclosure to get to the food... so got a few half-way decent shots of her. Very interesting animals!
More Information on Pandas:
The lovable and charismatic panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most endangered. Found only in China, one of the world's most populous countries, the giant panda clings to survival, facing habitat fragmentation and poaching as its greatest threats. It is estimated that as few as 1,600 pandas remain in the wild today.
The San Diego Zoo currently has the largest population of Giant Pandas outside of mainland China, Bai Yun (female), Gao Gao (male), two year old Mei Sheng, and a female panda cub, Su Lin, born on August 2, 2005. They can be seen on the San Diego Zoo Panda Cam. Bai Yun and Gao Gao's most recent cub was born on August 3, 2007. On September 14, 2007, Meg Sutherland-Smith of San Diego Zoo, announced that the 6-week-old panda cub is a girl, the 4th giant panda born at the zoo (all to Bai Yun, 16 and Gao Gao). Chinese custom ordains to name her at 100 days.
The San Diego Zoo:
The San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California is one of the largest, most progressive zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. It is privately operated by the nonprofit Zoological Society of San Diego on 100 acres of parkland leased from the City of San Diego, and ownership of all animals, equipment and other assets rests with the City of San Diego.
Source: Wikipedia