With fewer than 1000 pandas left in the wild, breeding is the focus here. Mating occurs in the spring - and if lucky, the baby pandas appear in fall. We were fortunate enough to be there when they had five baby pandas in the 'nursery.' All five shared one human baby crib.
Most of the adult pandas we saw that day were either sleeping or eating. (They have a "thumb" that helps them strip the bamboo leaves off the stalks, and handle the shoots and stems.) These three "teenagers" were quite playful, so we watched them the longest. I couldn't decide which was cuter - they, or our own Nakita, Marty, and Hallie!(Connie)
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