KouHin (XingBang) @ Adult Area, CRBGPB

Today I went to the Adult area to take care of
KouHin (XingBang) in the afternoon.
When I arrived, KouHin was walking around in his
outside den, but then suddenly dipped into the pond.
The weather in Chengdu has been better for the Pandas
for the past few days, and they spend most of the time
in their outside den.

"I'm preparing to dip into this pond!"

He ran around in the pond for a while to find the
best spot.

"AWWWW, this is great! I love this pond!!!"

"HAHA, I'm so happy!!"

He turned his back to enjoy his privacy.

We called him to give him some bamboo shoot,
and KouHin came running towards us.

KouHin waiting for his bamboo shoot with a sexy pose.

It seems that all the Pandas love bamboo shoot.
KouHin looked so happy with them.

Then we gave him some excersize
to keep him fit. Last year when he was
in No. 14 enclosure, he had his excersize
everyday, but it was the first time for him
to do it in the Adult Area.
He stood up and reached for his favorite
panda cake.

He turned around to see where it went.
The outside den is a bit different from
No. 14, and KouHin didn't know how
to get his panda cake.

Finally after striking a pose for everyone,
he got his panda cake and started to eat it.
"Wooo, I haven't done my excersize for a
long time, but this was fun!! I'm happy
I could still do it perfectly. It shows how
strong and healthy I am!"

"Yummy!"

This is the expression I love the most.
It makes everyone around him smile.

We gave him his excersize a couple of times,
but then he took the bamboo fishing rod
and played with it. He thought it was a
new interesting toy.
"Mmmm, this might be better than the panda cakes!"

I hope he doesn't do this everytime...
Playing with the fishing rod is not
an option for him, and I hope he understands.

"I can play the flute"

I will post some pictures of QingQing
on facebook. It was her birthday today.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2010 born cubs @ Sunshine Nursery, CRBGPB

This morning, all the 2010 born cubs were
spending time together in their outside den
because they were all planning to have health checks.
When I arrived at the Sunshine nursery,
most of them were on the tree taking a nap,
but YaYun was wating by the door to play with me.

"Hi Yumi, I've been waiting for you!"
She bit my boots for a long time.

YaYun showed me how playful she was today.
"I can even eat leaves on the ground!"

ErXi and YuanZhou were cuddled together
on the tree. They both love the same spot,
and were fighting for the best position.

ErXi pushed YuanZhou away so that he could stay there.
"HAHA, I won!"

He looked so peaceful.

ZhenHao is around 30kg and YaYun is still
around 24kg, so it makes quite a difference,
but they don't seem to know that.
Although YaYun is smaller than the other 2010 born cubs,
she is very strong and active, and has a good relationship
with every one of them.

JiaoQing came down from the tree
and ran towards me.
He is the most friendly one among all the 2010 born cubs,
and he gets jealous when I am taking care of others.
"Yumi, I like you so much! We can play together as much
as we want to!"

He was staying still waiting for me in the
shallow side of the pond while I was catching
my breath at the deep end.

ErXi was still on the tree, looking down
on me from high above. I left him there
so that he could decide when he wants to
come down to play with me.
He seemed to be happy alone,
and I didn't want to disturb his sleep.

YuanLin played hard with JiaoQing
and had a rest on the play equipment
for a while.

JiaoQing got so excited, he climed and fell from
one of the trees many times. He was so dirty
with mud all over him.

He was so brown that in the end
he didn't look like a Panda.

He sometimes came down to grab a bite on the leaves.

"Look how cute I am!!"

ErXi was on the tree with YuanZhou again.

JiaoQing, ErXi and YaYun rolling together beside the tree.

I will be away from Chengdu Panda Base for a while,
and will be there only for a few days in September.

Tomorrow September 2, I will go to
BiFengXia Panda Base. If there is anything
you would like to know about the Pandas there,
please leave a message on my blog or facebook.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

JiaoQing, ErXi, YuanLin and YuanZhou @ Sunshine Nursery, CRBGPB

This morning, YuanLin was waiting for me
by the door, and as soon as I arrived
at the Sunshine nursery, he pulled me and asked
if I would like to play with him.
YuanLin is the twin brother of YuanZhou,
and at first it was hard to see the difference.
They look alike and are about the same size.
I'm happy that after spending two and a half months
at the Panda Base, I got to know most of the Pandas
that live here at the Chengdu Panda Base.
Each Pandas have different characters
just like us humans, and it's interesting to see
different behaviors of each one of them.
"Hello, I'm YuanLin. I'm the one that's good at swimming
in the pond!"

YuanLin, YuanZhou and YaYun are still
a little bit smaller than the other 2010 born cubs
and it's easy to hold them and play with them.
On the other hand, JiaoQing, ErXi,
ZhenQiao and ZhenHao have become so big
in the past few months, and whenever they
chase me around, I get so exhausted.
(But happy at the same time!)
This morning, YuanLin stayed in the shallow
side of the pond.

As I put some water on his tummy,
he closed his eyes and looked so happy.

YuanLin touched my camera lense
with his nose several times.

"Awww, I love staying in this pond!"

ErXi had played too much with his friends early
in the morning, and was taking a nap when I saw him.
"Hello Yumi, please excuse me for not going down to
meet you today! I need to take a nap"

JiaoQing was also taking a nap on his favorite tree.

ErXi rolled around a couple of times
on the wooden platform half asleep.

Finally he made up his mind to come down to say hi.
He pulled the rope that was supposed to be
covering the nails on the platform for their safety. 

"I'm going to take this out!"

He pulled too hard and fell on the ground,
but that doesn't upset him.

He found a replacement (branch) on the
ground and played with it.

JiaoQing also came down from the tree and
played on the wooden play equipments.

"It's fun walking on the wooden play equipment
because everyone is watching me with a smile on their face!
I think I'm making everyone happy!"

This is ErXi's feces.
We can see that it's more like bamboo shoot
than feces. It shows how complicated their
digesting system is.

JiaoQing was hiding behind the tree
and watching me to see the right time
to run after me.

YuanZhou was on ErXi's favorite small
tree, and ErXi tried to drag YuanZhou down
so that he could go on top of it instead.

ErXi "This is my tree! Get down right away!!"
YuanZhou "No, it's not your tree, it's mine!"

ErXi looked so happy when YuanZhou
finally came down from the tree.

"HaHa, I got it back!!"

ErXi was so happy that he forgot climbing the tree,
and he started to play with the branch.

ErXi "This is my tree!"

During all this time, JiaoQing was busy
playing in the bush, rolling down the hill and running around.

YuanLin was playing with some grass.
He grabbed a hand full, and put it in his mouth.

It was like he had green beard on his chin.

YuanLin enjoyed learning how to swim again.

Although ErXi is much bigger than YuanLin,
he stayed on the shallow side of the pond as usual.
For the past few days, ErXi has been walking around
outside the deep end, and we might be able to
see him go to the deep end while I am here.
The cubs learn so many things everyday,
so we never know.

"I need to cool down before I go inside"

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara