Su Lin. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
As hard as it was for us to say good-bye to our San Diego Zoo-born pandas, this task was made infinitely easier knowing that they would be well taken care of upon their arrival in China. The relationships we’ve built over the years with our colleagues at Wolong and Bi Feng Xia have been instrumental in establishing mutual trust and an understanding that we are all working toward the same goal: the best possible care of captive pandas and ensuring the persistence of wild populations.
Zhen Zhen. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
I know many of you have been wondering how Su Lin and Zhen Zhen have been doing since their arrival at Bi Feng Xia. Well, I am happy to report that they are both doing great! Last week, I received an update from one of our friends at Bi Feng Xia; both Su Lin and Zhen Zhen are living in the Leopard Mountain area there. Our colleagues’ nickname for this area is “Paradise for Overseas Returned Pandas,” and given its very large area, abundant trees, and variety of substrates, it sounds like a very nice space indeed.
Su Lin. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
Both of the girls are spending a lot of time climbing trees, and they are being provisioned with about 50 pounds (23 kilograms) of bamboo a day. Both of the girls have a den they can access. It seem that Su Lin is a bit mellower than Zhen Zhen in her new habitat, while Zhen Zhen has been playing quite a bit. This is generally a quiet time for adult pandas, and so we are all anxious to hear how Su Lin is behaving as spring, and the breeding season, approaches.
We will keep you posted on Su Lin and Zhen Zhen’s lives in Bi Feng Xia, and we’ll be sure to include updates on Hua Mei and Mei Sheng as well. Our colleagues, and good friends, are happy to keep us informed.
Megan Owen is a conservation program specialist at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. Read her previous post, Wind, Snow, and Polar Bears.
Zhen Zhen. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
Su Lin. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
Zhen Zhen. Photo credit: Wolong Panda Club
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Thank you for the best Xmas gift you could have given us! I’m thrilled to finally hear and see the girls, they look just beautiful! We miss them too, so very much!
A great report, Megan. So glad the girls have settled in so well. By the way, the shift to this new blog page is quite confusing. Any suggestions?
Moderator’s note: Hang in there, Shirley, as we work out the bugs. If you’re having a specific problem or concern, please let us know.
Yes, I agree the new format is confusing. Please go back to the original. Thank you for the news on Su Lin and Zhenie – they are our special girls indeed.
I like the new format. I like the bigger pictures and how easy it is to find the latest blog posts under the updates tag.
Thanks for the update Megan. I knew they would be fine but any update you can give us will be greatly appreciated. Knowing that their new home is called paradise makes it even more special.
So good to see some new pictures and get some news of the girls!
I’m pretty sure none of us are surprised that Su Lin is a little mellower than our little spitfire Zhennie. I hope they let her play and don’t worry about her Zhenniness–it’s what makes her so special after all.
Is that Su Lin or Zhennie in the picture at the top of the page?
Moderator’s note: That’s Su Lin as a tiny tot.
THANK YOU MEGAN! I miss those girls, especially Zhennie!
Thanks so much for the update, really appreciated! I can’t wait to hear about the others
Peace, Love and Pandas CIAO!
Annie Panda
Hurray!!! The Update!! Thank You!! I also love the fact that we have photos!! Su Lin looks like she is bouncing on the limb, and in the lower photo appears to be contemplating re-decorating
Zhen Zhen has a slope to climb…wonder what she’s tossed down it 
Thank you Megan! And thank you Wolong Panda Photographers!!
I was wondering the same thing!
Hope they have a special male who will be able to keep up the Zhennie!! 
I am so happy to see the girls in there homeland. I loved watching them grow on the SD Zoo webcam. I hope they will thrive and have lots of babies.
Thanks so much for the update and the wonderful photos of the girls. Miss them both. Merry Christmas Zhen Zhen and Su Lin.
THANK YOU so much for this update! I missed Zhennie, Suzie, and Sheng so much. I never got to watch Hua Mei so I never got attached to her but I hope she is doing well. PLEASE keep us updated with news and photos of ALL our beloved SDZ pandas. I’ve been waiting for news…
thanks for the update, megan. can you tell me how large an area do su lin and zz occupy–compared to their enclosures at sd zoo? are they near one another? are they near other pandas?
Megan responds: I don’t have an exact measure of their new enclosures, but they are substantially larger than the ones they had here at the Zoo.
patricia–check out Chet’s photostream.. She has pictures of the girls in quarantine and a couple of pictures of their new house and yards:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chet_pics/5141026137/
And here’s an article with pictures of Su Lin, Zhennie, Mei Sheng, and Tai Shan.
pandanews (dot) wordpress (dot) com/2010/11/20/bi-feng-xia-mei-sheng-su-lin-zhen-zhen-tai-shan/
I can never get the whole page to translate, but the text says:
“Su Lin
Su Lin on top of a tree in Bi Feng Xia, 20 November 2010
On 19 November 2010 opened a new division for “returning from abroad Pandas” in Bi Feng Xia. Seven newly built houses in paradise Panda returnees have up to ten adolescent pandas place. Here are some recent photos of 20 November 2010 from Mei Sheng, Su Lin, Zhen Zhen & Tai Shan the panda especially for fans in the U.S.. Many thanks to Evelyn for the great photos!
Among the new inhabitants are “our” Pandabub Fu Long, Tai Shan from Washington and the Pandamädl Su Lin and Zhen Zhen from San Diego who have moved in September 2010 after China and were brought to the quarantine period now in their new home. Especially Su Lin, which climbs up trees so much, feels in the new sights and sounds well:
Su Lin
Su Lin Bi Feng Xia, 20 November 2010
Zhen Zhen
Zhen Zhen Bi Feng Xia, 20 November 2010
Zhen Zhen
Zhen Zhen Bi Feng Xia, 20 November 2010
Mei Sheng
Mei Sheng, 20 November 2010
Tai Shan
Tai Shan, 20 November 2010
(Photos: Dr. Evelyn Dungan, with permission)”
Thanks, Frances in NYC, for the link to Chet’s photostream. I loved seeing the girls in their new environment. I was also excited to see new pictures of Tai Shan, and even a short video. Chet is a wonderful friend of giant pandas. Her new book is also quite a treat for me, being a Tai Shan fan. I am glad Zhen Zhen and Su Lin are settling in. They also seem to be happy with all the space they have there, even if a little homesick.
Dianne
Thanks for buying my Tai Shan photobook!
patricia – you can see pictures of Su Lin and Zhen Zhen’s enclosures on http://www.flickr.com/photos/chet_pics/sets/72157625442460220/ make sure to go over the pictures with your mouse to see the identification of the locations.
Our sunshine girls look like they are totally absorbed in the mountain forest life! Yay! They are happy- I am happy!
Loved the update, Megan! And all the pictures of our girls. I’m so happy to hear and see from the pix they are doing well. Thank the Wolong Panda Club for taking the pix; maybe they will keep ‘em coming!!
Thank you so much for this! This made my day!! I miss them!
Thank you so much for the update. I have been very concerned about the girls since they left. They look happy and great!!
Thanks for the update. I’m so glad that they are doing well and hope they make beautiful cubs like Bai Yun has.
So glad to see the girls are doing well and looking great. Hopefully, you can get BFX to send some pictures of Mei Sheng in his new yard and even Hua Mei when she is moved to her new space.
Thank you so much for the update. The Girls are definitely being themselves.
I am so happy to hear they are doing well! I would expect nothing less of these extraordinary pandas to be doing fantastic in their new home. Thank you for the update!
I think “Paradise for Overseas Returned Pandas” is adorable! As well as Susie, Zee, Hua Mei, and Sheng from San Diego, Leopard Mountain is also home to the monumentally spoiled but lovable Tai Shan from the National Zoo and his sworn “enemy” and next-door neighbor Fu Long from the Vienna Zoo in Austria. I belong to Pandas Unlimited, so we get lots of updates on all the guys and girls living at Bifengxia.
Thank you for the great post!
I’m so happy that they are doing well in china!
I can’t wait for the next update!!
Love the pictures of the girls. You could figure that Zhennie would not slow
down. She is a goer, Su Lin will be a great mom, just like her mom. Good genes.
Merry Christmas to all at the SDZ, and best wishes for the new year. Also
hoping for more babies.
lu
Megan: When I got home from work today, turned on my computer and went to the Giant Panda Blog, what a thrill it was to see that blog headline about Su Lin and Zhen Zhen. Your report is so heartwarming — thank you so much for the update on our lovely girls! I look forward to more updates as I am sure all other pandafans are!
I’m happy for the update on our girls and the pictures. I miss seeing them on the web cam.
Yay a update on our Zhen Zhen & Su Lin!!! I am so glad they are happy.
Thanks for the pics and updates about our girls. I didn’t even realizie how much I had missed their pics until just now…my eyes teared up. They both look wonderful. Su-Lin looks like she is either doing gymnastics in her first pic or swinging off her tree. That made me laugh. I will look forward to new pics and information whenever you get new updates.
Thank you for the update and photos. I miss them.
Mama & Papa,
Ning hao!
ZZ here! Su Lin and I are having a great time in ‘Paradise!’ We have so m,any trees to climb, yay! I love jumping here and there and climbing climbing. Our new nannykeepers I think are scared that I would fall. I keep telling them I am OK and I wave to them to join me! Su Lin says I am a rascal and should be more lady-like!
Su Lin is of course a darling. Many panda boys are asking about her. Some have tried slipping me notes to pass to her. I always ask for treats first, hee hee. If he is willing to sacrifice his treats for her, he must really love her, hahaha! Aiyoh, Su Lin has just pinched me.
Mama, how is Yunnie Di Di? Is he behaving? He wrote us a few times and saw some photos of him trying to attack you on the internet. Nice try, kiddo.Tell him we love him and he is quite famous in China too.
Papa, hope you are eating well. Did you get the box of bamboo candy we sent you? We found a special shop here that sells Panda treats, made by Pandas for Pandas. Sooo coool.
Our language lessons are getting more in depth. I can understand more and more each day. I am very ke ai [adorable]! Hee Hee. I think soon I will bring out my big red bow and wear it so as to brighten up the day for the hooman visitors. The uncles and aunties who visit us are so nice. They call out to us and try to talk to us in English.
We miss everyone at SDZ and maybe at Chinese New Year next year we will come home to visit you. Now that winter is here, we love the cool weather and we thank you, Mama, for the special blankets and vests. We are able to keep really warm.
WOW, we meet Aunti Basi and she is 30 years old. She is sweet and asks us questions very slowly. She has special salad meals. Yummy.
Su Lin and I hope that in Spring we can play more with Tai Shan, Fu Long as well as Jie Jie Hua Mei and Ge Ge Mei Sheng.
Merry Christmas!!!!
ZZ and Su Su
There are three new blogs published on Chengdu’s panda blog. They were collections of the dairy for panda “Shu Xiang” and “Qi Miao” who are to be sent to Macao soon.
I will translate it later. There are so many pictures for panda fans to check on first.
part 1: blog(dot)sina(dot)com(dot)cn/s/blog_49246d3601017b5b.html
part 2: blog(dot)sina(dot)com(cn/s/blog_49246d3601017b5y.html
part 3: blog(dot)sina(dot)com(dot)cn/s/blog_49246d3601017b5y.html
part1 is about their childhood, in which Shu Xiang didn’t wanna return the bowl after milk time so he carried it up to a tree. I had to say he was utterly adorable!
part 3 is the most current update, in which they rob food from each other’s mouth like little kids who always prefer other children’s toy over their own. It is hilarious.
Lucy, I believe you made a mistake in the link to part 2.
part 2: blog(dot)sina(dot)com(dot)cn/s/blog_49246d3601017b5m.html
There is also a part 4: blog(dot)sina(dot)com(dot)cn/s/blog_49246d3601017b60.html
in which they show Qi Miao climbing up the wall while Shu Xiang is very calm. They underwent a health examination in Chengdu before their departure for Macao scheduled for December 18, this coming Saturday.
The two pandas will receive new names upon their arrival in Macao.
Shu Xiang (male) will become “Kai Kai” and Qi Miao (female) will become “Xin Xin”
Thank you so much for this update on our girls. Were you able to see Tai Shan? Happy Holidays.
Thanks for the update on the girls, I also like the new layout of the blogs. But I have a question, when I post a link to an update on Facebook using the Link button; and paste the URL, it does not auto-recognize the content, but when I shorten the URL using bit.ly and try to post it, it works perfectly. I posted any example here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Sandbox/119371394796388?v=wall
Moderator’s note: Thank you for this feedback. It will be forwarded to our Web Design Team.
Thank you Megan for the update and photos of the girls! Glad to hear they are doing well.
Bai is pacing; Yun is rustling around in bamboo. It’s 5:59 am., 15 December.
Has anyone noticed that the way the shadows fall on the “stone throne” from Camera 4 make it look like a panda is sitting there. It always creates a double take when I see it. Just an interesting view.
Mary–I am frequently fooled by that shadow!
Dear Moderator,
I love the new blog look!! Congrats to your techno folks for the changes.
Only one problem… the Click on the images to view them in a larger format … function doesnt work.. it just brings up a new ‘blog’ page.
You dont have to post this comment to the blog pages…
thanks for all you do for us bloggers.
Moderator’s note: Thanks for the alert! We’ll be fixing that soon.
I was so excited to pull the website up this morning and see an update about Su and Zhennie. Thank you so much for keeping us up to date. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!!
Are the girls near each other in this mountain area? If they did meet, would they recognize each other? They looked so happy. Thanks for the pictures.
Megan responds: The pictures were all taken in their Leopard Mountain enclosures. If they met, they probably would recognize each other by smell.
The girls live next door to each other. They share a villa although their bedrooms are separated from each other. Their yards are only separated by a fence. They can probably see each other from the trees. ZZ should have a good view of Fu Long in a tree from her tree.
Megan, I agree Kathy that this post was a wonderful Christmas present to us panda fans. Thank you so much!!!! I sure do miss the girls and think about them everyday and am very happy that they are doing so well. I am excited for spring and the possibility that Su Lin may become a mother. As expected though Zhen Zhen is keeping things interesting over there with her energy
Merry Christmas Panda Staff and all my fellow panda fans and of course to our beloved pandas, near and far!!!
Have the girls found their mate yet?
Megan responds: Mating season is not until spring. Su Lin should have a breeding experience this year, but Zhen Zhen is still too young.
Thank you Megan….^__^
I miss the girls ever so much, but it’s nice to see them in a huge enclosure and having lots of fun and good food. May God continue to bless all the pandas of the world and the people who work with them and those who support and love them.
Great to hear about the girls – happy to know that they are doing well and are still enjoying eating. Zhen Zhen is true to form – she always loved to frolic around – not a very quiet little girl – nothing has changed,
May you all have a happy holiday.
Shirley
Thank you, so much, on news of the girls. I have been wondering how they were doing. It sounds like a great place for them to live, lots of room to move around. Please continue to keep us informed. Again, many thanks.
It’s great to finally hear and see how the girls are doing! Thank you so much for finally sharing with us. Can’t wait to hear when they start breeding the girls to hear if they have babies like their sister Hua Mei.
So good to see my Zhennie! And Su Lin, of course. A sight for sore eyes…they look okay, don’t they?
Oh, I miss my little girl, it’s so good to hear Zhennie is playing quite a bit. I hope they are happy and want for not…..
Thanks, Megan for great update and pix!
/kw
Kat, I think Zhennie is having the time of her life. She’s made for the weather there and she has a huge enclosure and lots of trees. Imagine the fun she’s having! Also, she’ll have all kinds of different bamboos to sample. I read somewhere that she likes the “panda bread.”
Now we just have to save up the $$$ and go to see them! Or hope for a webcam, which some folks are trying to make happen, or so I hear. Would that be fantastic!
Thank you for the update. I was happy to hear that they are thriving in their new home. One question – do they each have their own space or are they in a shared space?
Megan responds: Each bear has its own space.
I think they share a building but have separate quarters and separate yards.
How big are the exhibits they live in? They look huge!
I would think their two yards are equivalent to the area of all the yards at SDZ.
Chet, if you read this, please chime in.
There’s the immediate space just outside the connecting door to their rooms. Beyond that, there are slopes for them to climb down to the space further afield. Each yard is big. Very big.
Thank you for the update and pictures. Reading Patricia’s blog I too wonder how
large the area is for the girls to roam and are they alone or do they have each
other’s company?
Moderator, can you help answer the question? Many Thanks.:)
Moderator’s note: No, but I’ve forwarded these questions to Megan.
Diane Lincoln, Ca. – you can see pictures of Su Lin and Zhen Zhen’s enclosures on http://www.flickr.com/photos/chet_pics/sets/72157625442460220/ make sure to go over the pictures with your mouse to see the identification of the locations.
Danielle NY Thank you for your website. Your blogs are always informative.
The girls share a panda house with two rooms next to each other. While they can’t see each other when inside, they can certainly smell and hear each other. Each room has access to an outdoor yard that includes the space immediately outside the door, and then more space beyond that. The yards share a common fence, so it is possible they see each other when outside.
Here is a picture showing Zhen Zhen’s side of the house:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chet_pics/5197240178/
You can see the space immediately outside the door, the bigger space beyond that, Su Lin’s yard, and the common fence. I’ve added more notes to the picture. Just mouse over the picture to read them.
I found an update on pandas “belonging” to Wolong-Bifengxia. www(dot)chinapanda(dot)org(dot)cn/news/show_art.php?id=872&hl=cn
The heaviest one of them has reached more than 10 kg, Zhu Yun’s male cub, born on July 8, weighed 159.9 g (5.5 oz) at birth.
The really heart warming picture in that article is the picture of Shui Xiu with her twin cubs born on August 1st. First, Shui Xiu was rescued in Wolong in March 2008 and transferred to BiFengXia July 2008; she had to have her front left paw amputated. Second, her second born, a female, weighed only 55.3 g (just under 2 oz) at birth, the first born was a male. It is so nice to see her with her two healthy cubs.
The last picture of the article is a picture of Ji Ni, her mother Ying Hua gave birth to twin female cubs on July 2nd at the Beijing Zoo. Ji Ni was the second born and was transferred to Bifengxia to be raised by keepers. Unfortunately her twin sister died when her mother accidentally crushed her. Ji Ni has not been reunited with her mother, at least not yet.
There is also an update on Cao Cao and her male cub born in semi-wilderness in Hetaoping on August 3, now weighing 8270 g (18 lb 3.5oz). The latest news about Fu Hu, born in Vienna on August 23, mother Yang Yang and father Long Hui, weighing now 5600 g (12 lb 5.5 oz) is of course his naming ceremony www(dot)chinapanda(dot)org(dot)cn/news/show_art.php?id=870&hl=cn
Thank you so much for the update and especially the photos, please keep us regularly updated as often as possible. Thanks again
Yippee! Now I can have a good holiday season knowing the girls are having fun – at least it looks like they are smiling! Not sure if that area gets snow but if so wow what fun they will have
Adorable videos of Pretty Miss Ping and her cutie keeper… our fave CK. There are shots of handsome papa CC and mama bear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l89S_biBxC0 They like their Ping clean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXScEHUK9D4 Eating big girl ‘boo
Hi Marie – Some really good closeups of Ah Ping on the second video. She’s growing up to be a very pretty bear. She didn’t seem too interested in the enrichment toy that a keeper made her… CHK looked a cute as ever in both videos… I wonder who she was smelling around the base of that tree in the first video? She was self anointing herself..
LP was probably smelling her daddy CC. I have seen him in the yard in the very early morning hours. Weegee mentioned in a previous blog he is outside at night while mom & daughter are inside.
Ah Ping was tasting the flavor of soil at the tree base….. Silly girl, isn’t she?
By the way, when you redid the yards, did you also upgrade the cameras? The night camera is wonderful; it’s so nice to be able to watch Cam 4 and see what’s happening. Whatever you did, thank you so much.
Thank you for the wonderful photos. I’m wondering if they have shared photos of Tai Shan??
I am not sure who to thank but a big thank you for telling us about the link to the baby red pandas at the Knoxville Zoo. They are so much fun to watch when at play. Right now they are playing ‘tag’ and flying around their room. If anyone missed the link, here it is again firefoxlive (dot) mozilla (dot) org/ and I change the cam to ‘snuggle’.
You’re welcome, Lee!
Thanks, Lee.
Thanks so much for the update on the girls. I am sure Miss Su Lin will make us all proud this spring and make our lady Bai a grandma again!! I sure do miss watching them, but glad to hear they have adjusted well.
Took a quick peek at the panda cam and see that it is nap time for the pandas! Is that Yun Zi napping up in the tree? Daddy Gao Gao is asleep on the ground! Too cute!
I miss the girls!
Now, about Gao Gao!
It is SO SAD to see him sleeping on the ground!!!
He used to LOVE to sleep on top of his stump!
Since you guys put the climbing limb up there he is unable to sleep comfortably up in his favorite place. Since you know and we know he is NOT a climber, can you please just put the stump back the way it was so he can sleep up there again?
It can’t be good for his old bones to be on the ground.
Thank you!
Moderator’s note: According to the Panda Team, Gao Gao IS a climber and can/does still sleep on the stump when he wants to.
How is my hubby doing? I have heard that the limb was hitting him as he was sleeping on his rock. Thank you for taking good care of my hunk a hunka Gao.
Love Mrs. Gao
Gao Gao is at the moment sitting in the center of the screen eating his bamboo. He is so cute. He seems to love being in the limelight. The only thing that sort of freaks me out is when he is laid out and stays still for so long that I worry that something could be wrong with him.
I love you Gao Gao. May Santa be good to you.
Shirley Ann – I’ve thought the same thing at times.. Especially when he lays on his side and all 4 legs are sticking out…. I try to look for breathing..
I wonder if the keepers ever do a “doubletake” when they spot him on the cam being very still.. 
He’s just so darn cute with his fuzzy feetsies..
The website pandanews (dot) wordpress (dot) com has a link with a photo of Tai Shan and one of Mei Sheng dated 11/20/2010.
YEA!!! Thanks for the update about Su Lin and Zhen Zhen! I’m glad that they are both doing great in their new homes at Bifengxia. I am very interested in how Su Lin will go thru her estrus cycle and whether she will get pregnant next year! ZZ can still be a teenage kid for a while longer!
Washington, DC got about 3-4 inches of SNOW today (my guess). Checked NZ’s pandacams, and both Mei Xiang and Tian Tian were indoors while the snow was falling! Yuk!!! Wanted to see the both of them out there in the snow having some fun. Hopefully, they will be outside for awhile tomorrow to have their first snow fun of the winter. This isn’t the big monster snowfall that they had last year, but winter is just getting started. DC will be seeing alot more snowfalls between now and March! BTW, National Zoo was closed today because of the snow, but should be open tomorrow after they have cleaned up the sidewalks and pathways for all of the pandafans that live in the DC area.
Just saw Bai on the SDZ pandacam eating her boo at around 6:45 pm EST (3:45 pm PST). Also got on the Atlanta pandacam, and saw Lun and her cub all snuggled together. Her cub was snuggled between Lun’s chin and her big arm, and he was kicking his back legs every once in awhile. Atlanta also got some snow on the ground yesterday. Hope the Yang Yang and Xi Lan had their first snow time, too! Will check the Memphis Zoo pandacam later and hopefully get some news about Le Le, and when Le Le will go back into her estrus cycle again.
That’s it for now. Will be back later on.
Chari Mercier
St. Pete, FL
Not good news this morning when I opened my Google Alerts – Pandas.
Lang Lang, a 4 year old panda that was in Beijing during the Olympics has died from epilepsy. Here is the newspaper article.
english (dot) cri (dot) cn/6909/2010/12/17/2741s610671.htm
Looks like epilepsy in pandas is genetic. you can check it out on the web.
Is that really Su? She’s so cute! I was very sure that it was Zhen, until that it was mentioned that it was Su.
I never saw Su Lin as a baby, so I wouldn’t know. Are there more pictures of Su Lin’s cubbie years anywhere? I would love to see them.
I’m delighted to hear that “the girls” have seemed to have transitioned well into Leopard Mountain. It sounds like our friends at Bi Feng Xia are doing a wonderful job of taking care of them.
Thank you very much for the update on our girls ♥
I miss them so very much….
I love the pictures. Both Su and ZZ are looking good. Thank you for posting this Megan, it’s greatly appreciated.
great to hear and see our beloved girls in their new home.!!!
thanks to our Chines Friends, hope they would give us other news and photoes time to time. so we miss Zennie and Su a little bit less.
Do Zhennie and Su live together in China? In the same area? Can they meet eanch other?
Moderator’s note: They live in separate yards, but can probably see each other when they climb.
Thank you for the update on our girls. I truely miss them and am happy they are getting comfy in their new home. I hope it is not too cold!
I am so happy to hear about my baby girls. I am very thrilled to see pics of them. I hope to hear sometime soon, that maybe Su Lin will become a mama, and I know she will be as good as her own mama, Bai Yun.
The girls share a panda house with two rooms next to each other. While they can’t see each other when inside, they can certainly smell and hear each other. Each room has access to an outdoor yard that includes the space immediately outside the door, and then more space beyond that. The yards share a common fence, so it is possible they see each other when outside. Here is a picture showing Zhen Zhen’s side of the house: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chet_pics/5197240178/ You can see the space immediately outside the door, the bigger space beyond that, Su Lin’s yard, and the common fence. I’ve added more notes to the picture. Just mouse over the picture to read them.
Interesting!
Thank you Megan for the update on the girls.
THANK YOU (!) for the update on the girls!! Zhen Zhen, in particular, is really special to me and I’ve wondered about her for a long time! It was great to see them both happy and healthy! Please keep the updates coming!!