Panda love — Page 2

Dottie, next time I am in DC we will have to meet up and have drinks or something. I was really looking forward to meeting you in December.

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Dottie - You have GOT to go! Go early in the morning - he'll be outside, playing with his mom. You don't need any tickets for that. I didn't get to the zoo until 10:00 this morning and by then he had pooped himself out. He had gotten up in a tree, where he fell asleep and stayed asleep the whole time I was there. Mai took advantage of this rest time to play, take her own nap, and get a bamboo lunch in. Dad was in the enclosure next door. Sadly the panda reality is that they'll probably never see each other. Mai and Tian were best buddies and played together all the time - UNTIL she got preggers with Tai. Now all she wants is to be his mama. This is very normal behavior but I really do miss watching the two of them play together.

Now that Tian has established his studliness, he'll probably get to visit other zoos where he can have his naughty way with the local enhabitants. I'm sure that beautiful baby pandas will be showing up all over!

My own pics from this morning leave a lot to be desired. I did find this other pic in the shop and thought you might like to see it:

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mamie4 5/14/03

Dottie, he usually is playing with his mom and rolling around and being adorable around 8am. Around 9:30 he is up in a tree or on a rock asleep.

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Thanks. It must have been great to be a veterinarian there when they were able to pick him up. I wouldn't want to put him down. He's so adorable. I might have to head on over there one morning before work.

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Mamie, sounds like a plan. I wake up early no matter what day it is.

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One more - then I stop. These are a couple I took yesterday. (I told you they weren't good.) I'm just putting them here so you can see what I saw. He had found a nice place to roost in this little tree and he was so comfortable, he just stayed there and slept. He had been there for a long time and they figured he was about ready to go inside anyway, so the zookeeper came out and tried to talk him into getting down. He just looked up, stretched, and then went back to sleep.

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OMG - I hope you're there right now, Dottie! (With a great camera) They're having so much fun!

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Those are great, Dottie! (But you really needed a movie camera!)

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mamie4 5/14/03

Thanks for posting those Mamie. He is just so cute.

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Pandas are just like cats - they cat-nap all day long. This little guy goes outside early in the morning and wrestles and rough houses with his mama for a couple of hours. He completely wears himself out and then he sleeps. You really have to just luck out and catch him between naps!

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for those fans of both pandas and silliness i offer:
wonkette's butterstick archive

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papa- thanks so much for posting those. This is a great set of current pics: http://pandafans.org/blog/index.php/category/nz-cub/

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Apparently we aren't the only ones tired of little Tai being up a tree all day. About 20 minutes ago he climbed up the tree only to have Mei come and harrass him until he climbed back down.

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