2011年5月15日日曜日

Videos of Pandas@CRBGPB

I have uploaded some videos that I took at CRBGPB during my visit on youtube.

MeiLan




KouHin (XingBang)


RyuHin (LongBang)


JingJing


YaYa taking care of ErXi and YuanZhou


WuYi and YaZai


ErXi (2010 born cub, ShuHin's first baby boy)


Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2011年5月8日日曜日

MeiLan, LinLin, SiYuan@No.2 Enclosure, CRBGPB

This afternoon, I took care of
MeiLan, LinLin, SiYuan and the
2008 born cubs at the No.2 Enclosure.

This is MeiLan enjoying her bamboo shoot.
She grabs a bunch, smells it carefully
and picks up the delicious bamboo shoots
before she eats it.






























Lots of bamboo shoot skin on her tummy.


















MeiLan and the other Pandas were kept inside
in the afternoon to keep cool. Outside it is super hot,
and although I don't have thick fur like MeiLan,
I was sweating all the time!
They have the air conditioning working inside.












MeiLan smells each bamboo shoot.












She even lies down to enjoy her lunch.
She seems to be so lazy, and is it because of the hot weather???
























"AHHHH I'm exhausted, I don't feel like eating any more!"












"I'm taking a nap"
























This is LinLin that lives next doors to MeiLan.
He is 130kg, and is huge and fit.
"Helloooooo, do you want to take a picture of my
handsome face?"


















LinLin eats in a dynamic way.


















He sometimes comes over to say Hi.
I think he was waiting for some Panda cakes
or apples.


















This is SiYuan.
We can see her beautiful white gloves.












SiYuan enjoyed some apples.
She weighs 80kg.


















She has a short nose, and looks different
from other Pandas and it's easy to recognize her.


















This is NiNi.
Unlike her other room mates, she doesn't eat
Panda cakes on it's own, and the keepers
mix the panda cakes in milk specially for her.
Her special snack looks like porridge.


















She has milk all over her cute nose.


















This is QiFu peeking through the bars to say Hi.












I never knew that Pandas lose their fur
twice a year, in summer and in winter.
This cub has brown legs, but this is
caused because it is losing some winter fur,
and it will be back to normal when the fur grows again.












After taking care of the Pandas at No. 2 Enclosure,
I went to meet my boy, KouHin (XingBang)
"HELLOOOOO, you came to see me today?"












"But it's sooooo hot, and I am taking a nap.
I can't do any performance for you today..."
























"See you tomorrow!"












Tomorrow my friend and his family will visit me
from Xian, and I will show them around Panda Base.
No activities for Sunday!

I will meet LanJinChao at the Panda Base on Monday,
and if you have any questions about Chengdu Pandas,
please feel free to leave a comment.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

ErXi@Sunshine Nursery, CRBGPB

This morning I arrived at the Sunshine Nursery
at 8am. I was hoping I could take care of
ErXi, the first baby of the Japan born Panda ShuHin (QiuBang).
Although I had been at the Sunshine Nursery
a couple of times to have close contact
with the 2010 born cubs, ErXi never came up to me,
and stayed far away from me on top of trees for most of the days.

This morning, things were different.
I was looking up in the trees to find him
as usual, but he was right there in front of me!!!!!

"Hellooo. How are you today?"


















"Today I have been waiting for you
because I heard that you really want to
take good care of me!"


















ErXi has a long nose, which is just the
same as the Japanese "Bang" family.




































He started to bite my keeper's boots.












He sometimes looks up to make sure he's doing the
right thing.












"HAHAHA, this is fun!"












While I was taking pictures of ErXi,
other cubbies also came around me.












ErXi would not stop biting my boots.












And then another cub got curious,
and watched ErXi to follow his behavior.












ErXi is also curious about my camera.
It's a Sony α NEX-5 with a zoom lense.
He came close many times, and bumped
into my camera lense.












Two cubs lying down and playing with each other.


















ErXi walking around and striking a pose.
I love watching little cubs walking and running.
It just makes us smile.


















They're sometimes so fast that
it's hard to take good pictures.












ErXi biting my Sony NEX-5 camera strap.
I'm going to keep this forever.




































ErXi follows me wherever I go.
















































Then he went to the pond to drink some water.






























Now ErXi is ready to climb a tree.












He looks up to make sure that the tree
is just the right size for him.






















































When the cubs show me how they
climb trees easily, it always reminds me
that Pandas are not just cute and fluffy.
They have long sharp claws and
muscules that let them climb trees easily.








































































"HAHA, I made it to the top!
I'm so good at climbing trees!"






















































ErXi fighting with another cute cub to get the best position.












The keeper took a picture of me and ErXi.












I went to the No. 2 Enclosure in the afternoon
to take care of MeiLan, LinLin and SiYuan
and I will upload pictures in my next blog post soon.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara