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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:40 PM Mar 2014

Check out Bao Bao

Bao Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda cub, in her indoor habitat at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2014. Bao Bao was born to the zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian.

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Check out Bao Bao (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2014 OP

Hmmm... Pretty small for a Giant Panda cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #1

Still a baby nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #3

She has big aspirations. FSogol Mar 2014 #4

pandas in the wild who are really sick or dying will find humans to do that with. roguevalley Mar 2014 #8

... SammyWinstonJack Mar 2014 #2

Alerted for posting symbol of Red Chinese imperialism Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #5

Well, the sex drive in the wild is nothing to boast about Warpy Mar 2014 #6

Crikey mate, she's a beaut! Scuba Mar 2014 #7

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

1. Hmmm... Pretty small for a Giant Panda

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:41 PM

Mar 2014

(making fun of the fact that the species is called Giant Panda)

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

3. Still a baby

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:43 PM

Mar 2014

Photo of a couple newborns, or as close as they dare handle them that is

http://www.startribune.com/nation/217580971.html

They really are small...

FSogol

(45,491 posts)

4. She has big aspirations.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:45 PM

Mar 2014

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

8. pandas in the wild who are really sick or dying will find humans to do that with.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 12:17 AM

Mar 2014

they often find them crouching around houses. no one knows why. Very wonderful animals.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

2. ...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:41 PM

Mar 2014

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

5. Alerted for posting symbol of Red Chinese imperialism

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:45 PM

Mar 2014

I was surprised to read that despite their beauty, Pandas are generally unpleasant creatures to be around -- They would just as soon scratch your face off than look at you...

And for whatever reason, we still need a legion of scientists and professors to figure out why males won't mate with females in heat

Warpy

(111,282 posts)

6. Well, the sex drive in the wild is nothing to boast about

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 06:16 PM

Mar 2014

and I imagine giant pandas don't like being in jail any more than we do.

Still, BaoBao is cute as hell and I like the way they're giving offspring Chinese names.

I just don't want her as a pet, thanks.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

7. Crikey mate, she's a beaut!

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:53 PM

Mar 2014

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