Hi, Panda Fans ~ Another Panda Palooza Announcement!
The San Diego Zoo has put together a special Adoption Package for the Gao and Bai family just for Panda-Palooza 2012. The certificate has our logo on it! There is a gorgeous photo of Zhen Zhen you can download along with the Panda Palooza certificate and panda facts. Everybody can purchase the adoption special. If you are attending Panda-Palooza, there is a discount! We’ll be getting the discount to you shortly via email, or email pandaconvention@yahoo.com for the code.
Here’s the link to the San Diego Zoo’s Panda Adoption package…
Remember that all monies going to the adoption packages are used for enrichment items and toys for the animals at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
And what a wonderful souvenir for PANDA-PALOOZA!
Diana Sutton is one of the six organizers for Panda-Palooza 2012.
I can’t make the convention this year but I will definitely be adopting the panda family. Thanks for offering it again.
Moderator’s note: Thank you for “adopting” our pandas, Lee!
It was 1:33 and I was watchingGao GAo eat.When suddenly he stoppedmand started smellng. Gave a big Scent on an area and then disappeard. Next he was in a tree looking hard toward another area.I Took a time out for a bathrom ncessity and then ,now I saw Bai yun draped over a limb. Have to get back. Anyway it was exactly 1 :33 pm Things are happening. Say Hello toRosemary from Australia
Bai Yun is still where she was. Cannot tell if its a tree or her cave or what. Happy days may b e hereor almost. I dont care if a cub, I just love the two of them. Adoption of the bears?. I am getting the Backstage passes. Yeah!
Yunnie is having a good time.? Why not.
What hapoened? Gao Gaois eating again.
A baby named wei wei looks like Su Lin’s baby. If you get his gallery of pics you can see a baby likeSu lin would have at this time.
PandasLive on to bfx and then to the date above. He is about the same age and appearance soyou can kind of see our little one in him.November 28 2011,
The galleries are probably by date. 148 was far away.You can see a number of pics and can go to NEXT for the next one and PREV to go back. He was the closest in appearance to our little baby.About the same age.CUTE!
Haveto wait for Gao GAo Bai not quite ready?
The excitement is growing the closer we get to March 24th!! Can’t wait to see you all!!
Just a quick question the pandas look very clean today normally they are dirty how do they get clean,I can’t imagine a panda taken a bath
Moderator’s note: The pandas are responsible for their own grooming.
They have coats that shed the dirt and some of the stuff they pick up along their way. There is a blog about how they stay clean on the SDZ blogs. Also in China they wash them with hoses and the bears love it. There are videos of the washing and the joy of the bears-(at being clean or just the water??)In Taiwan they wash with soap and water, Lin Ping and her mama. Papa?There are videos of that too. And they dry Ln Ping with towels-very fancy!
got some newsa from Jeroen Jacobs re Chengdu. There are videos of it from theBBC so everyone can see the habitats.Other news from him(see his picture-handsome young man) and one can get more news from: Giant Panda Zoo.com
Like myself, I know that all Panda are going anywhere there is news of the Pandas, and now we Have France getting bears too!
I think that is sensational. The more publicity, the better for our dear bears for breeding and habitats and places to see when abroad.Maybe one day, Yunnie will go for breeding to Paris. OOH LA LA!
Read the blog of 2010 on the structure of the PAnda areas. that is a good reminder of the way the station is set up so that we can see some of the rooms and envision others. We have new fans all the time! Welcome England!!
And there is so much to learn. There are a lot of blogs that have information needed to envision the areas. I learn all the time from everywhere but our own bear things friom SDZ. Welcome to fans from all over the world! More Zoos get PAndas now. We were here one of the first!!Of course!!
Shen Bin and Yao Man are having fun during a Snowy Day at Bifengxia!
Zhen Zhen is having fun too in the next enclosure, from 1:55 to 3:10!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA_VNRBma7E
From the Panda Cam at Bifengxia of explore.org.
Many thanks to wzb3 for posting the video!
Thanks for sharing
They certainly were having fun 
Thank you for the film, very cute to watch them play and have fun in the snow.
Dear Unka Yunior …. I mean Uncle Yun Zi,
You and auntie Lee asked about my etiquette lessons. Well, I have to tell you my nannykeepers are determined to make a young lady panda out of me.
My first lessons were how to stop stealing food from my friends. That is a very hard one, because the bamboo is always greener in someone else’s paws. But I’m trying hard to be a good girl and eat only what is mine.
Then I’ve had some lessons about how to treat boy pandas so that they will want to do the spring salsa with me when the time comes. It seems so far away, but the nannies want to make sure that I learn my lessons well.
Third, I’ve been learning how to be polite to my younger uncle. That’s gonna take lots of practice, because you are so much fun to tease. However, I will try to address you properly — when I remember!
That’s it for now. Love you very much. Send my love to your mama and papa. Mama says “Hi”.
Love,
HH
Hi HH,
Yes, you must learn to address your elders by their proper names and not nics. Ahem, as your uncle, I am pleased to see you are learning well. Hee Hee.
As for eating boo, it is not only eating your own boo but how you eat. Are you tidy and do you nibble? A lady should not tear her boo and make a mess down her front. She should not burp after eating too, especially publically.
When you play, do you climb trees and swing from them? That would not become a young lady bear, hee hee.
I think the most important thing is your heart. A young panda gentleman will always like a lady with a kind heart and sweet ways. And you dont have to wear pink or false eyelashes to charm him.
Try to learn to cook! The way to a male panda’s heart is through his stomach. Of course, Mama or in this case Grandmama will say being scentiational is also important. When the time comes, you will also learn to scent mark. Grandma will pass you her fans and bellows as her legacy to you.
I am looking at College admissions now and thinking whether I should go study Boo-tany or Boo-ology or International Boo-litics….Sigh.
Take care and study well.
Love,
Uncle Yunz
I’m sure sister Zhen Zhen will have a few things to say to Yunnie about young lady bears climbing trees and swinging from them!
Hiyah Auntie Frances,
I am only telling it like it is. My sissy ZZ is unique and she is a beautiful, gorgeous lady whom I love dearly. I also know if I dont say it she will teach me a lesson I wont forget. Hee Hee.
The way I see it, if a lady bear is climbing up trees and swinging on the branches then we, the male panda bears wont have a chance to get to know them. We guys like to do our chasing on ground level. Maybe you know a little roll in the sawdust, a sharing of treats and some fun in the hammock….OK, OK, I am a teenager……..
But my dear neice HH, if a male panda bear who is not a relative comes near you, I will have to talk to him first and let him know what’s what, OK??! Caprice?
Meanwhile, Auntie Frances, you know some bears like to get away, take a holiday from the neighbourhood, take a ride to Maimi or to Hollywood, I’m thinking of taking the Greyhound or the Hudson River line, cos I’m a New York kinda of bear.
Love,
Yunz
Conversation with Gao Gao #99
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Hello to All,
Please let me introduce a new improved and safe bus service…
Sir Gao Gao’s Inter-Chinatown Travel Line
- Service to connect Chinatowns in major metropolitan areas
- Very reasonable People fares
- Subsidies to all pandas (Ahem, they ride for free)
Kickoff celebrations begin in NYC!!!
ALL ARE INVITED (especially lovely lady pandas, of course)…
- A message brought to you by Sir Gao Gao the Great
Hi UY — oops, Uncle Yunior, I mean Uncle Yun Zi (Phew!),
Thank you for all of the advice. However, when I asked my nannykeepers about it, they told me to stick to their program for me. I’m having enough trouble trying to keep all of their rules in my little brain. But I promise I’ll get back to your advice as soon as I can.
I’m getting better at not stealing milk, even though it is one of my favorite food groups. Wowotu is still too tempting, but all of the paw blocking from the others is starting to get my attention.
I’m only 2 1/2, so I may continue to swing from the trees. Besides, my mama and Aunt ZZ said I should get all of that out of my system now, so that when I finally discover boy pandas, I’ll be much more alluring to them.
Anyway, it’s a lot of hard work growing up, and I think I need a nap to recharge my battery. Yawn!!! Later.
Love,
HH
Hello my little one,
Grandma is so excited hearing about you from your mama, aunties and now your Uncle Yunnie (humph, he is still so much to learn himself). I am glad you are learning to be a nice lady bear. It is important to learn to respect others (no stealing of food or milk) and to be polite (learn people’s names and titles well, greet them correctly – no Hi Hi or Wasssup?)
Grandma has been to the spa and I went to Cancun for short break with Aunties Mei Xiang, Lun Lun and Ye Ye. We had a real good time on the beach. Grandpa taught a boot camp on scentmarking to young male pandas. He enjoyed himself too. Uncle Yang Yang came to help him.
Uncle Yun Zi is thinking of going to college, maybe you should too. Learn some thing useful to help the panda conservation or learn different Panda dialects so you can be a translator.
Grandma’s wish for you is that you will grow up healthy and loving. I also hope you will find a nice panda boy to marry. Maybe you will be a hero mother like your mama and grandma.
Hao Hao, do write to Grandma when you are free and send me your photos. Grandma loves to see all her grandchildren.
Panda Hugs,
Grandma Bai
6pm EST – looks like Bai is draped over a tree limb (somebody mentioned this posture a couple of days ago) Looks very umcomfortable
Wonder is she getting for a cub to play with – she was knocking a blue enrichment toy all over the exhibit yesterday 
Hey panda fans,
Very soon now I need to place the Panda-Palooza t-shirt order. If anyone else is in need of a keepsake t-shirt please let me know soon. Just email pandaconvention@yahoo.com. Everyone certainly will notice the Panda-Palooza shirts in Panda Canyon on the 24th! If you are unable to attend, you can still wear your tee in support!! Don’t forget to post a photo on Pandafandom at FB; we’ll know you were with us in spirit!!
Just watched Gao Gao do the funniest thing! After he ate his special treat, he lifted the fresh bamboo sticks in his mouth and tried to get on top of his tree house, but the sticks in his mouth wouldn’t fit through the tree branch! After repositioning the bamboo in his mouth, he turned around and entered the top of the tree house backwards, bamboo in mouth. Smart guy!! Made my day! Love to SDZ!!!
Just before he went off exhibit at 3pm Pacific Time, Gao Gao left an enormous offering for his keepers. It was quite different from any others I have seen before. I assume it was healthy and, by its colour, that he had been eating many leafeater biscuits. Just checking.
Moderator’s note: He received a clean bill of health from his physical last week, so I’m sure he’s fine.
Thanks. That’s good to hear.
Happy Leap Day! Looking forward to the Panda-Palooza Convention.
Went on line and adopted the Giant Panda Family! Darling picture of our little
Zen Zen.l
Moderator’s note: Thank you for adopting our panda family, Diane!
got my tax money so I went for the adoption package. I can’t travel far anymore so this is the best I can do.Saw big daddy this morning and he seemed quite content. hope he gets his mojo going and we have a little one this year.hope everyone has a great time in march
Moderator’s note: Thank you, barbara, for adopting our panda family!
Has Goa given any signs that he is ready “for the spring salsa”
Are older male panda ready and ablle to mate – especially after his sugery.
Moderator’s note: He should be ready and willing if Bai is ready and willing.
It is 8:45 a.m. here in California. Who is the panda sleeping in the tub with sawdust all over him/her? It is the cutest picture I’ve ever seen! Looks very comfy!
That is my Papa, Sir Gao Gao!