Archive for the 'pandas' Category
Carol’s Critter Corner: Long Distance Edition
Posted on December 19, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | 3 Comments
First up, a couple of updates from last week. Remember the gay penguins who were stealing eggs from other penguin couples? Now they have eggs of their own! Here at the Critter Corner we celebrate families of all types. The baby gorilla born last week at the San Francisco Zoo is also doing well; he [...]
Surprise Bonus Critter Corner
Posted on November 28, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
(Aka the story I forgot to get out of my email on Wednesday.)
Last Friday, a 20-year-old Chinese man was attacked by a panda at Qixing Park in Guilin. The man sustained bites on his arms and legs after he climbed into the panda’s enclosure to give him a hug. “Yang Yang was so cute and [...]
Bill O’Reilly Doesn’t Know What a Panda Is
Posted on November 17, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Bill O'Reilly, Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
Fast forward to 5:45.
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Carol’s Critter Corner: Smokey the Bear Edition
Posted on September 12, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
Eight red pandas have been born this year in China. (How hard would it be to get a job at a panda research center?) Meanwhile, three puma cubs have made their debut at the Attica Zoological Park in Greece. (Back to my future career plans: if there’s anyone out there looking for [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: Kittens for Dinner Edition
Posted on September 5, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
Volunteers from the Shanghai Animal Protection Association released about 800 cats from cat dealers, who planned to raise the cats and sell them for food.
Speaking of cats and food, what are they feeding their cats in New Jersey?!
Sadly, the panda born in Japan last week has died. Poor little cub didn’t even live long enough [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: Vacation Edition
Posted on August 29, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, Radiohead, pandas | 1 Comment
Sorry to leave you hanging yesterday, animal fans! Don’t worry, though, there’s no way I would go on vacation without bringing you this week’s critter stories.
First up: Fredrick residents were surprised to find a bear cub up a tree on Monday morning. The bear reportedly climbed almost 60 feet up the tree, hung out [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: Rescue Edition
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
What’s up with all the animals needing rescue this week? Please, dogs and cats, stay out of storm drainage systems, stop climbing poles and ledges, and, for goodness’ sake, avoid cars and traffic! You can keep on rescuing moms, babies, and kittens if you want, though.
Turns out the colossal squid may be not [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: Animal Hero Edition
Posted on August 1, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | 1 Comment
A brave rabbit saved its owners from a fire. In another kind of rescue, a golden retriever plays mom to three abandoned white tiger cubs. Finally, cats may relieve their owners of bad moods.
The National Park Service is considering closing the Reflecting Pool of Death.
The recession is rough on animals, too. A 44-pound cat was [...]
Carol’s Critter Corner: Panda-Heavy Edition
Posted on July 11, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | 2 Comments
Wolong Nature Reserve: we can rebuild it! Meanwhile, one of its former residents gives birth! Warning: newborn pandas are gross. Opposite of warning: video also contains inexplicable footage of cute baby panda in sleeping bag.
In triumphant animal rescue news, a young panda is rescued from a ledge and two elephants are rescued from what [...]
OMG Special Emergency Critter Corner!!!
Posted on July 9, 2008 by Carol- Filed Under Carol's Critter Corner, pandas | Leave a Comment
Happy third birthday, Tai Shan!
Help Please
Posted on June 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under National Zoo, animals, pandas | 5 Comments
Can anyone explain the lede in a Post article about Mei Xiang maybe or maybe not being pregnant again?
Did the rabbit die at the National Zoo?
Let’s hope so: Zoo officials said today that a recent hormone spike detected in the urine of giant panda Mei Xiang may be a sign that she is pregnant again.Or [...]
Not-So-Terrible News Amidst An Unspeakable Tragedy
Posted on May 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under China, Sichuan earthquake, pandas | 1 Comment
This can’t help but sound terribly crass, but I’ll say it nonetheless: Thank goodness the pandas made it through the earthquake. China’s largest panda reserve as well as a neighboring breeding center are located in Sichuan province, where the massive earthquake hit. The country is now reporting that the population of pandas inside the preserve [...]
