Comments on: Wild Panda Research Helps Andean Bear Conservation http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Russ Van Horn http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-413911 Russ Van Horn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:49:30 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-413911 I’m sorry for the delay in responding, but thanks everyone for your interest and your appreciation. I’m honored to work for CRES, with such a fine group of people. I’m sorry for the delay in responding, but thanks everyone for your interest and your appreciation. I’m honored to work for CRES, with such a fine group of people.

]]> By: Chari Mercier http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397374 Chari Mercier Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:55:14 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397374 Hi! Finally got back on the SDZ blogging talking page! Been busy the last couple of days with campaigning and doing other things this past weekend. Read the article about Marcella, the Bornean sun bear giving birth to twin cubs! WOW!!! Congrats to Marcella and to her keepers! That's an amazing thing for her to accomplish! From what I read, it looks like Marcella is doing very well taking care of two tiny babies! Keep us updated about their progress, ok? Get some pics of the babies as soon as you can, too! Maybe the sun bear keepers can do a name voting campaign for the 2 cubs once they find out whether they are boys or girls, or one of each. That'll be fun for us! I also read the news from AZ about the name voting campaign for the little panda baby boy! Started today, Nov. 3rd and will run thru Wed., Dec. 3rd, 4 pm EST. The 100 day name ceremony is on Dec. 8th. I looked at all 12 names on the list, and I decided to put my first vote in for Mei Chuan, "handsome Sichuan boy". That name just reminded me of Sichuan Province, China, and what the people have had to go thru after the May 12 quake, as well as all of the staff and volunteers of the panda reserve centers that are located in Sichuan Province in their efforts to take care of the pandas in those centers and rescuing wild pandas when any one of them comes down the mountains looking for more food. I'll probably go back to the AZ panda page quite a few times to vote on a couple of other names that I like. Fun time for the next month! I'm glad that they were able to translate Peanut into a Chinese name--Hua Sheng. Little boy fluffy butt is now around 6.5 pounds! My list of panda vids is growing thanks to some of you letting all of us know of video alerts of pandas doing funny cute stuff. Gotta go watch them now! I just read Barbara's comments about another wild panda coming down from the higher elevation of the mountains looking for more bamboo to eat, and the villagers taking him to Bifengxia. That makes 2 wild pandas that have shown up in the last week or two because of winter kicking in at the higher elevations of those mountains making bamboo scarce to find along with practically no boo left in the earthquake scarred mountains. I'm wondering the same thing as Barbara is wondering about--how many more of these wild pandas will be coming down to the villages looking for bamboo to eat? I'm hoping that the search patrols and researchers will be keeping an accurate count of these pandas that maybe showing up in villages. I'm also concerned about the space available at all of the reserve centers in Sichuan to keep these wild pandas in with the rebuilding going on now. I'm sure that everyone will work this out pretty quickly so that they can accomodate the wild pandas that will show up soon. That is a good sign that there are wild pandas that did survive the quake, but it's sad that they have to come down the mountains to look for more food and not looking too healthy. I agree with Barbara; thank God that the Chinese people are willing and able to help capture these wild pandas and make sure that they get to one of the panda centers to be fed, hydrated, and cared for. These wild pandas are very lucky to have these human caretakers watching out for them especially with winter coming in soon. Hope everybody has gotten used to the time change now! That extra hour of time is nice but we have to get used to standard time until March, 2009, when we have to go back up an hour for daylight savings time again! How do the animals handle all of these time changes every year?? Just curious! Well, gonna go and check the pandacams again before going to bed. Be sure to go out and vote today, Nov. 4, 2008, if you haven't done so already! Chari Mercier :) St. Pete, FL Hi! Finally got back on the SDZ blogging talking page! Been busy the last couple of days with campaigning and doing other things this past weekend.
Read the article about Marcella, the Bornean sun bear giving birth to twin cubs! WOW!!! Congrats to Marcella and to her keepers! That’s an amazing thing for her to accomplish! From what I read, it looks like Marcella is doing very well taking care of two tiny babies! Keep us updated about their progress, ok? Get some pics of the babies as soon as you can, too! Maybe the sun bear keepers can do a name voting campaign for the 2 cubs once they find out whether they are boys or girls, or one of each. That’ll be fun for us!
I also read the news from AZ about the name voting campaign for the little panda baby boy! Started today, Nov. 3rd and will run thru Wed., Dec. 3rd, 4 pm EST. The 100 day name ceremony is on Dec. 8th. I looked at all 12 names on the list, and I decided to put my first vote in for Mei Chuan, “handsome Sichuan boy”. That name just reminded me of Sichuan Province, China, and what the people have had to go thru after the May 12 quake, as well as all of the staff and volunteers of the panda reserve centers that are located in Sichuan Province in their efforts to take care of the pandas in those centers and rescuing wild pandas when any one of them comes down the mountains looking for more food. I’ll probably go back to the AZ panda page quite a few times to vote on a couple of other names that I like. Fun time for the next month! I’m glad that they were able to translate Peanut into a Chinese name–Hua Sheng. Little boy fluffy butt is now around 6.5 pounds!
My list of panda vids is growing thanks to some of you letting all of us know of video alerts of pandas doing funny cute stuff. Gotta go watch them now!
I just read Barbara’s comments about another wild panda coming down from the higher elevation of the mountains looking for more bamboo to eat, and the villagers taking him to Bifengxia. That makes 2 wild pandas that have shown up in the last week or two because of winter kicking in at the higher elevations of those mountains making bamboo scarce to find along with practically no boo left in the earthquake scarred mountains. I’m wondering the same thing as Barbara is wondering about–how many more of these wild pandas will be coming down to the villages looking for bamboo to eat? I’m hoping that the search patrols and researchers will be keeping an accurate count of these pandas that maybe showing up in villages. I’m also concerned about the space available at all of the reserve centers in Sichuan to keep these wild pandas in with the rebuilding going on now. I’m sure that everyone will work this out pretty quickly so that they can accomodate the wild pandas that will show up soon. That is a good sign that there are wild pandas that did survive the quake, but it’s sad that they have to come down the mountains to look for more food and not looking too healthy. I agree with Barbara; thank God that the Chinese people are willing and able to help capture these wild pandas and make sure that they get to one of the panda centers to be fed, hydrated, and cared for. These wild pandas are very lucky to have these human caretakers watching out for them especially with winter coming in soon.
Hope everybody has gotten used to the time change now! That extra hour of time is nice but we have to get used to standard time until March, 2009, when we have to go back up an hour for daylight savings time again! How do the animals handle all of these time changes every year?? Just curious!
Well, gonna go and check the pandacams again before going to bed. Be sure to go out and vote today, Nov. 4, 2008, if you haven’t done so already!
Chari Mercier :)
St. Pete, FL

]]> By: Rose N. http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397360 Rose N. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:56:33 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397360 Meerkats: Thanks for capturing two great close-ups today. Zhen Zhen sitting on her favorite tree branch biting a plastic San Diego Zoo lunch pail. Of the five animal pictures on the pail, the panda picture is the one in full view -- it truly made a beautiful postcard. The next one is of Zhen sitting up with her back against a tree enjoying a small pile of treats. She looks just like a mini Bai Yun. :-) Meerkats: Thanks for capturing two great close-ups today. Zhen Zhen sitting on her favorite tree branch biting a plastic San Diego Zoo lunch pail. Of the five animal pictures on the pail, the panda picture is the one in full view — it truly made a beautiful postcard. The next one is of Zhen sitting up with her back against a tree enjoying a small pile of treats. She looks just like a mini Bai Yun. :-)

]]> By: Elisa in São Paulo, Brazil http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397273 Elisa in São Paulo, Brazil Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:16:27 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397273 I voted Hua Sheng to honor Hua Mei and Mei Sheng. The little guy is cute as they were at the same age. I voted Hua Sheng to honor Hua Mei and Mei Sheng.
The little guy is cute as they were at the same age.

]]> By: Barbara in Midwest http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397262 Barbara in Midwest Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:22:14 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397262 Regarding the naming of the panda boy in Atlanta: Although I like the idea of Hua Sheng because of reference to other USA panda cubs, I don't quite think "peanut" is a suitable name. This baby boy will be a large animal! His father is 300 lbs. and Lun Lun is a large panda also. I like Wei Sheng, "greatness is born." It still has Sheng in it, and is close enough to Mei Sheng (our adorable first boy). Regarding the naming of the panda boy in Atlanta: Although I like the idea of Hua Sheng because of reference to other USA panda cubs, I don’t quite think “peanut” is a suitable name. This baby boy will be a large animal! His father is 300 lbs. and Lun Lun is a large panda also. I like Wei Sheng, “greatness is born.” It still has Sheng in it, and is close enough to Mei Sheng (our adorable first boy).

]]> By: barbara http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397242 barbara Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:07:56 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397242 Wow, another wild panda has been found, this time by a villager who took the animal to a nature reserve. The panda was then taken to the Ya'an bifengxia base by auto to be given medical treatment. This one is a small male about 10 years old, very dehydrated and in need of food. his teeth are very frayed and he had some parasites that needed attention. I suspect that more and more are going to show up in need of help becaue of the cold and lack of food. Thank God the villagers respond to them and get the needed help to save them. It is reassuring to know that these beautiful are going to be helped and have a chance for survival. Wow, another wild panda has been found, this time by a villager who took the animal to a nature reserve. The panda was then taken to the Ya’an bifengxia base by auto to be given medical treatment. This one is a small male about 10 years old, very dehydrated and in need of food. his teeth are very frayed and he had some parasites that needed attention. I suspect that more and more are going to show up in need of help becaue of the cold and lack of food. Thank God the villagers respond to them and get the needed help to save them. It is reassuring to know that these beautiful are going to be helped and have a chance for survival.

]]> By: Frances in NYC http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397216 Frances in NYC Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:36:08 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397216 Linda #80--I liked "Peanut" too--Hua Sheng--both because it's a cute reference to Atlanta and because it looks like a combination of Hua Mei and Mei Sheng to my American eyes. Linda #75--camera 2 is on Gao Gao these days. It looked like a milk crate to me. Zhen Zhen used to play in one when she and Bai Yun were in the classroom space. Thanks for all the new video information, pandafan #77, Ruth #78, and Rose Nowicki #82. Linda #80–I liked “Peanut” too–Hua Sheng–both because it’s a cute reference to Atlanta and because it looks like a combination of Hua Mei and Mei Sheng to my American eyes.

Linda #75–camera 2 is on Gao Gao these days. It looked like a milk crate to me. Zhen Zhen used to play in one when she and Bai Yun were in the classroom space.

Thanks for all the new video information, pandafan #77, Ruth #78, and Rose Nowicki #82.

]]> By: Rose Nowicki http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397210 Rose Nowicki Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:03:51 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397210 Hi Everyone - There’s a very cute and enjoyable video of the three Malayan tiger cubs enjoying their Halloween pumpkins with their mom. The title of the video is “Tiger Cubs, dated 10/29/08”, and is narrated by Rochelle Wilson, their keeper. To view this video, click on “Live Cams & Videos” on the San Diego Zoo page, then click on "Video Portal". I believe this is the tigers debut video since their birth six months ago. Hi Everyone – There’s a very cute and enjoyable video of the three Malayan tiger cubs enjoying their Halloween pumpkins with their mom. The title of the video is “Tiger Cubs, dated 10/29/08”, and is narrated by Rochelle Wilson, their keeper.

To view this video, click on “Live Cams & Videos” on the San Diego Zoo page, then click on “Video Portal”. I believe this is the tigers debut video since their birth six months ago.

]]> By: Desi http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397199 Desi Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397199 I voted for "little buddy" because that's what I call my precious grandson. This is the keepers' name entry and I'm sure they feel closer to him than just about anyone because they're with him 24/7. I voted for “little buddy” because that’s what I call my precious grandson. This is the keepers’ name entry and I’m sure they feel closer to him than just about anyone because they’re with him 24/7.

]]> By: Linda A. http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/10/20/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/comment-page-2/#comment-397187 Linda A. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:24:38 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/wild-panda-research-helps-andean-bear-conservation/#comment-397187 ZA has the "Vote to the Name the Panda Cub" sight open this morning, as I'm sure you all know. Great name selection! I love "peanut" but the others are wonderful too. Since this is election time, and vote to name the cub! ZA has the “Vote to the Name the Panda Cub” sight open this morning, as I’m sure you all know. Great name selection! I love “peanut” but the others are wonderful too. Since this is election time, and vote to name the cub!

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