Panda Fluff
retrospectacle | March 8, 2007 I think I've just uncovered the saddest thing in the world: a panda who's lost a limb and now has problems socializing. Cruel, cruel discriminative pandas. Why won't you let Niu Niu in on your panda games? Admittedly, the loss of 2/3 of her limb (in a fight) has resulted in balance problems that might be perceived as less that attractive. But still, someone should tell those pandas that picking on the handicapped is *not cool.*
However, Chinese researchers are soliciting for kind-hearted engineers to design poor Niu Niu an artificial limb.
"Niu Niu's spirits have lifted, the wound has healed…
retrospectacle | November 16, 2006More on bears today: go vote for the name of the newest member of the Atlanta Zoo, a panda cub.
I wonder if its part of China's policy that all the baby pandas have to be named Chinese names. Cause I haven't ever heard of a panda named Fred or Joe.
And speaking of China, I'm spending Xmas there with my family! (And my bday, which is the 21st....)
retrospectacle | September 20, 2006
What happens when a Chinese man drinks 4 jugs of grog and decides to jump into a panda pen at the Beijng Zoo? Well, a tussle of course, and I'll let you read who got the worst of it.
The Beijing Youth Daily quoted Zhang as saying that he had seen pandas on television and "they seemed to get along well with people."
"No one ever said they would bite people," Zhang said. "I just wanted to touch it. I was so dizzy from the beer. I don't remember much."
"He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand," and jumped into the enclosure, the newspaper said.
The panda, who was asleep, was…
retrospectacle | July 11, 2006
The adorable panda cub Tai Shan turned 1 year old this weekend. Happy Birthday!!!