Comments on: Keeper Questions: Panda Behavior

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:16:41 +0000

Hi, although I am still young, I was wondering if you could tell us your college degrees/experience and field to be a panda zookeeper? I would love to know… thanks!

By: kathy

kathy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:20:19 +0000

I aslo read about Hui on pandas live on and I clicked on that flickr link for anita`remember to forget and she has photos from 2 months of Mei Sheng from a visit there!!! Lots of photos of Mei Sheng and Hui Mei from before as well..well worth a visit if you’d like to see their home!

By: JudyK in Texas

JudyK in Texas — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:34:30 +0000

Juli,

Thanks for answering one of my questions. lol And here I thought we could talk to them and they would understand us. Silly me. I am happy to see The Tians interacting every morning again, the playful bouts make me laugh!

By: Susan (UK)

Susan (UK) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:18:39 +0000

Tonymo, that is so sweet. I wonder what pandas would think of sand?

By: TonyMo

TonyMo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:42:33 +0000

My 5 year old son wants to know if Gao can come to the beach with us when we go to San Diego this August.

By: Chari Mercier

Chari Mercier — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:08:30 +0000

Sun., 6/28/2009, 11amPDT (2pm EDT); Great close up of ZZ laying down and relaxing in her favorite spot. She even yawned which made me yawn right back! Great cam shot, meerkats!
Chari Mercier
St. Pete, FL

By: Susan (UK)

Susan (UK) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:38:43 +0000

Juli, I really learned a lot reading your post. What’s more, unlike school, it’s much more interesting!

Marion #12, I want to come back as a cat, as long as I belong to someone like me of course!

I was watching Xi Lan and Lun Lun on Friday and for once caught them playing. Lun Lun got up and walked away with Xi Lan attached to her tail end by his teeth, and he wasn’t going to let go! Lun climbed on the trampoline (as I call it – mmmm bouncing pandas, now there’s a thought) and then got pulled off. They continued to play for ages like that.

I’ve noticed that Zhen Zhen likes to come outside for a picnic during the night, even sleeping outside. I’ve seen the others do this, but ZZ does it more.

By: Maureen in Stanwood MI

Maureen in Stanwood MI — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:03:56 +0000

Juli – wow, thanks for answering so many questions we have about our beloved pandas – & for reminding us how many years they’ve roamed the earth:) It’s up to us to save this beautiful animal.
Dad is sure proud of his keeper:)

ZA reported today our Lani now weighs 194 pounds – she is going to be a BIG PANDA like her pappa Yang & mom Lun Lun

By: Chari Mercier

Chari Mercier — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:29:30 +0000

Hi! Su Lin in her pool splashing water on herself and cooling off!! How precious is that? That’s the first time I have seen any of the pandas in their water pool just sitting and splashing, and seeing Su Lin doing it got me smiling—-:D! This was about 7:25pm EDT my time!
Luv ya, Su Lin!
Chari Mercier
St. Pete, FL

By: Marion Schuller

Marion Schuller — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:55:58 +0000

Once again I am reminded that a mammal in essence is a mammal is a mammal. Juli you so eloquently described the necessity for training and enrichment. We humans do that with our children of course, or we should. But also the research in aging increasingly points to a continuous interest and curiosity (enrichment) in life and learning and reasonable physical activity (in my case definitely training I am sorry to say) as a deterrent to not only physical but also mental disease in old age. All this supported by not only an increase in life-span in humans, but also in that of zoo animals and our house pets. With, unfortunately, the same diseases of aging in most mammals. In my next life I am going to come back as a fish, they don’t age as we define it. Of course I’ll end up in somebody’s oven….LOL