Yesterday, I had the chance to work with
雄浜(Xiong Bang) and 隆浜(Long Bang)at
number 2 enclosure!!
This is 雄浜's enclosure in the morning.
He eats bamboo stems,and therefore
his feces are green and has a nice smell.
I wish I could bring them back to Japan
to show everyone!!!
If you go to Wakayama Adventure World,
you will have the chance to smell panda feces.
Each morning they keep fresh feces
(I'm not sure if this is the right expression...)
in a clear box with holes in it,
so that tourists can smell them.
After collecting all his feces, we weighed them.
12.5kg for today. Not bad!! 雄浜 and 隆浜 hate
Panda Cakes, and the keepers put their favorite
honey on the cakes so that they can eat them,
but clever 雄浜 and 隆浜 always lick the honey
and leaves the Panda Cakes!! Still, they are very
healthy, which is good because taking diet from bamboo is said
to be best for the pandas.
Cleaning 雄浜's enclosure with water.
This is also my favorite keeper, Huang Xing.
His blood type is A, and I knew it from the
first time we met!!
After cleaning the enclosures, we went to give
隆浜 fresh bamboo.
隆浜 waiting for the apples
Look at his cute face!!!
We tried to give him some exersize, but he
is too lazy to stand up!! Every time we tried to
make him stand up, he just gives up and sighs.
Just like human kids!!
So he's really trying hard to get the apple
without standing up
So we gave him apples after a while
Compared to 隆浜、雄浜 is very aggressive,
and he does everything to get his own food
But he turns around for some privacy
when he eats apples
Then shows how happy he is
"hahaha"
In the afternoon, I went to number 14 enclosure
to take care of my pandas, 幸浜 and 秋浜.
This is 秋浜 doing his pretty face saying Hi
I fed him Panda cakes
And patted his head for a while!!!
More to come tomorrow!!
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara