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July 2017 has brought hatchlings at nests throughout Zoo Atlanta for species native to both Africa and the Americas. A blue crane chick hatched July 8, 2017. The chick was produced via artificial insemination conducted by Zoo Atlanta staff and is the first offspring of the Zoo’s blue crane pair. The new arrival, whose sex … Continue reading "July Hatchlings Around Zoo Atlanta"

In less than two months, the cubs will be turning a year old! This means the twins will soon be too big and too strong for us to share the same space with. The decrease in handling cubs also means we will have difficulty putting blue food coloring on Ya Lun to assist in identifying … Continue reading "Panda Update – Monday, July 24"

“What’s it like working with the pandas?” We get that question a lot as we walk around the Zoo, or even run errands after work in our Zoo shirts. We always love what we do, and every day is different. Some days are just outright fun. Lun Lun tends to spend most of her energy … Continue reading "Panda Update – Friday, July 21"

As you’ve probably seen on our social media this week, it’s National Zookeepers Week! Zookeepers work long and hard hours caring for animals, educating our guests, working as conservationists, and conducting behavioral research with our many diverse species. It’s a job with lots of hats, and not a lot of thanks from their charges. But … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, July 19"

Now that the girls are consuming more leafeater biscuits and consuming more milk (Mom’s and supplemental), there is quite a bit of panda poo involved! Cubs like to defecate in leafy bamboo to try and disguise and hide any evidence that they’re present, since in the wild, as cubs they are preyed upon by other … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, July 17"

Today was an extra-fun enrichment day here in PandaLand! As the twins get older, they are showing more interest in the enrichment items that their parents both love. Today we dabbed rubbing alcohol on the dayroom structures, and the cubs and Lun Lun had a great time anointing and rolling around in it. At one … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 14"

Everything is going great as usual over here in the panda building. The cubs are growing like weeds every day. Ya Lun was 24.05 kilograms yesterday morning, and Xi Lun was right behind her at 21.55 kilograms. There really is not much to report today, so I’d like to take a moment to recognize two … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, July 12"

The cubs are beginning to become little mini-destroyers. We noticed recently that they have taken to pulling the bark off the logs in the dayrooms. The other day, I happened to look up at the camera as Xi Lun was carrying her “prize” to the top of the structure to play with it away from … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, July 10"

I always look forward to my days in the giant panda area. Of course it’s because I get to be in the company of the bears and the keepers. The air conditioning on these hot Georgia days has nothing to do with it … I know that a few of the keepers have written about … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 7"

Those of you who watch our PandaCam may have noticed we have recently started giving Lun Lun and the cubs access to one of the dayrooms overnight. Ya Lun and Xi Lun were nervous about this change the first couple of nights, but quickly realized they enjoy sleeping in the structure overnight as much as … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, July 5"