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Offline moka

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #115 on: July 30, 2009, 20:37 »
I forgot to mention one very important detail! You can watch the whole day of video cam in time lapse video. If you've missed an important day, you can review it. You have a whole week to select from. I copied the details from that part of the SDZ panda cam website. Happy viewing.

The Daily Panda
Missed your daily dose of Panda Cam? Don't have the time to watch our pandas sleep? Boss expects you to do work? The Daily Panda lets you recap the daily escapades of our famous giant pandas thanks to our Panda Cam time-lapse video. So go ahead, get some work done— we'll keep track of the pandas for you.

Missed a day? Review the past week right here:  http://outstream.camzone.com/panda.php?cmd=timelapse

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #114 on: July 30, 2009, 20:32 »
Zhen Zhen was eating supper but now she's gone walkabout...

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #113 on: July 30, 2009, 19:14 »
I can't watch it anymore...it's offline  :(

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #112 on: July 30, 2009, 19:01 »
They've had the cam on the kids since I got home, I wonder if something is going on or she's just napping.

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #111 on: July 30, 2009, 18:54 »
oooooohhh, this is so exciting!!! 

I watched a birth live last time, right place at the right time  8)

I hope I'll be as lucky this time around!  We will watch, wait and see!   ;D

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #110 on: July 30, 2009, 16:30 »
Now, that, looks like one VERY comfy panda.  LOL

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #109 on: July 30, 2009, 13:21 »
They've flipped the cam to Su Lin now, she's up in a tree as always..lol.  I wonder if this means something is happening or they are just giving everyone a break from staring at Bai. 

I agree Moka, SDZ is a great site and very informative!  I love ZZ as well, watching the weaning process with her and Bai was my first time and it was hard to watch. 

Oh..they are back to Bai again...

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #108 on: July 30, 2009, 13:09 »
What fun to have fellow panda cam phanatics!

I've been hooked since ZZ's birth, two years ago.

The SDZ is great about having videos of all the great panda moments. There is a video of the ultrasound done on Bai Yun, yesterday. Their blogs are so informative: specialists, keepers and vets all take a turn.

Also, every check done on the baby was set up as a video for the first few months. I am hoping they will repeat this with the coming birth.

They also have videos of happenings througout the zoo.

Just a little add-on, Mei Sheng, Bai Yun's second cub, mated in China last year. He is quite young but very willing. He was the first panda, born naturally outside of China. He was returned at 4 years old. This is part of the signed agreements between China and all the zoos that have pandas on loan.

Her first cub, Hua Mei was conceived through artificial insemination with Shi Shi, who passed away last year in China. He had been on loan to the SDZ.

Since Gao Gao has arrived, all the other cubs were conceived naturally.

Bai Yun raises great cubs!

Have fun!

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #107 on: July 30, 2009, 13:04 »
I've been into them for only about a year now but I"m a reader, old History major so I love to read large volumes of stuff and I always need to know details! 

You are so lucky to have seen some in person, I would love to!  They are such beautiful bears and they have wonderful personalities..each unique in their own way I've noticed.   

They are zooming in on Bai Yun alot at the moment, she's been hunched over for awhile now.  I wonder if something is about to happen...or she's just sleeping funny.  I've seen her fall asleep in some strange positions that a don't look very comfortable..lol!


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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #106 on: July 30, 2009, 12:41 »
Carly, you're so informed -- and informative -- about the pandas. Has this been an interest of yours for a long time? I think it's fantastic to read your posts because I know little about them although I did stand for over an hour, fascinated, watching them when two of them visited the zoo in Winnipeg a number of years ago.

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #105 on: July 30, 2009, 12:02 »
They did post the very interesting video last time. I assume it was after the event. I couldn't believe how small and noisy the Panda baby was.

Yes they will post a video of the birth once it's done and if there were no issues.  I think it's because the panda babies used to die so frequently before and sometimes if they have twins, the smaller one can die within minutes or birthing or the mom will reject it and they have to get in there and grab it right away and run for the incubator...given they are only 4 ounces at birth...they don't have much time to help it.  Bai is also 17 years old which is up there for a panda and they are concerned about that.  She's in good shape though and she's an awesome mom!

Interestingly Bai Yun was the first panda to be born in captivity that survived, she was a twin but her twin died a few days after birth.  Up until her, the mortality rate was 90% for panda cubs so they've come a long, long way.  This is the third time she's been pregnant with twins but she has never given birth to two.  Her first daughter Hua Mei who is in China now has successfully given birth to 3 sets of twins and just had a single one a few weeks ago.

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #104 on: July 30, 2009, 11:48 »
Or how much noise Mom made when giving birth to such a tiny baby!

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #103 on: July 30, 2009, 11:43 »
They did post the very interesting video last time. I assume it was after the event. I couldn't believe how small and noisy the Panda baby was.

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #102 on: July 30, 2009, 09:56 »
The New York Post called Bai Yun...the Angelina Jolie of Pandas...I LMAO at that.   ;D

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Re: Pandas - Georgia / Atlanta Zoo (2009)
« Reply #101 on: July 30, 2009, 09:54 »
I had no idea that birth is imminent -- of course it makes sense that they would keep the cam on her for now. Thanks, Carly, for the info; it's so much more rewarding to watch when you actually have some knowledge of what's happening.