rental Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 i was doing research in the library today, and found a panda article in national geographic. chinese zoos are having more and more luck breeding pandas, and are breeding more pandas in captivity than ever before. look at this shit!!! they had 6 single babies and 5 sets of twins. Pandamonium! by CAROLINE GRAHAM, The Mail on Sunday Last updated at 21:29pm on 16th September 2006 They are pictures that will tug the heartstrings of every animal lover - 16 baby giant pandas being nursed at their own unique kindergarten. And they are just part of a miraculous success story for scientists in China, who are using modern technology to save one of the world's rarest and most endangered species from extinction. This year the artificial insemination programme at Wolong Research Centre has produced a record 25 giant panda births - including a set of twins born last Monday - and a further 20 babies are expected before Christmas. The twins weighed just 5.5oz each and the as-yet-unnamed cubs were the first for their eight-year-old mother Youyou. Wolong's director Zhang Zhihe says modern techniques and advances in technology mean the future of the species - there are fewer than 1,500 giant pandas left in the wild and just 180 in captivity - is now looking rosy. "We've pretty much resolved the problems of infertility among pandas," he said. "Hopefully, we will protect these magnificent creatures for future generations to enjoy. Left to their own devices, the extinction of the panda was inevitable. Our job, and we are being very successful, is to extend the time that pandas will be in the world." Paws everywhere Wolong, an 800-square-mile reserve in Sichuan Province, 1,000 miles south-west of Beijing, was set up in 1980 but it is only in the past two years that artificial insemination techniques have been perfected - leading to the current baby boom. At the centre, a team of two dozen "panda nurses" is on hand to cater to the growing brood. The cubs are weighed and measured every five days. The heaviest tips the scales at just over 24lb. Between 12 months and 18 months a panda cub will gain nearly 100lb. Fully grown, a panda can weigh between 250lb and 300lb, bulking up on a diet of bamboo shoots. The babies are due to stop being suckled by their mothers in February, around the time they will learn to walk. Last year's crop of 16 are now in "panda kindergarten" - a large room full of toys and games designed to "stimulate the mental and physical growth" of the cubs. One nurse said: "The babies are adorable but they can be quite a handful. We have toddlers from last year combined with the babies born this year. When you get them all in a room together you just see paws everywhere. It's hard not to step on them. "But they are remarkably comfortable with each other. It used to be thought that they were solitary creatures but our babies thrive on having the comfort of other baby pandas around them. "There is nothing like the sight of a baby panda in the morning to put a smile on your face. see more here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405486&in_page_id=1770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^ . ^ Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 pandas are super badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Anyone got this video of a baby panda sneezing that I've been hearing so much about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANDCLAM1 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 i will take two please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboatshoes Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 check out all the faces those asians are making. especially the guy on the bottom 2nd in on the right... haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 san diego zoo *Veterinarians give the San Diego Zoo’s 8-week-old female giant panda cub her first vaccination, Wednesday, Aug. 28. The cub weighs 6.4 pounds, a gain of one pound in a week, and measures 1.5 feet from the tip of her nose to the end of her tail. pandas are so fantastic. every picture is hilarious and so awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Yeah cute till the pandas get sick of things, rise up and start destroying our crops then where will we be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANDCLAM1 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 that little big guy looks fuzzy.kind of like a brillo pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 whaaaat? start destroying our crops? what are you talking about. and theres like 50 in the whole world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I like gangsta panda ...1st pic bottom row 4th from right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 the panda from s.d. is a girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniscient Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 what? the first one looks like a photoshopped chow chow. still cute though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puhfester Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Anyone got this video of a baby panda sneezing that I've been hearing so much about? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLzvOsQ80k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniscient Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 what? the first one looks like a photoshopped chow chow. still cute though http://www.nbc10.com/news/5418893/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I read that NatGeo article, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 I read that NatGeo article, too. you and me, we re like this. i also saw one about tito mukhopadyay whos autistic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Mukhopadhyay and a moche tattooed mummy. and nanosomethings. that sneeze video is this shit. this is the best thread ive ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Wow. That was funny. Did you see how surprised the big panda was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stay bay wit it. Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 thats awsome im deffinantly getting one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europe Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I was in Berlin earlier this year where they have two live pandas in the Berlin Zoo. Pandas are extremely rare in Europe, I think Berlin Zoo are the only zoo to have them. They were a gift from the Chinese goverment. The two pandas in Berlin were completely awesome and I spent a few hours at the enclosure, watching them play, eat, sleep, stare back at their audience... Pandas rock! Yes I have a panda fetisch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I need a panda dog. Srysly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I love Pandas too.... especially Manda Panda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 <---- all about pandas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 "My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light a bunch of koala bears scatter. And I don't want them to, you know, I'm like, "Hey, hold on fellas, lemme hold one of yous... and feed you a leaf." -Mitch Hedberg Alright, so it's not pandas.. but this thread made me think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Pandapple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Panda Levin. Yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cucumbers Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 son i got the fresh pandaapple wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 ...they are mad cute but they can be quite niggerish and bad ass can't they?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Anyone got this video of a baby panda sneezing that I've been hearing so much about? Wow. That was funny. Did you see how surprised the big panda was? "wow that the cutest thing ive ever seen...." "yeh your going to have to fire ten percent of your staff" (30 rock? anyone?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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