The birth and survival of a panda cub signals hope for the world’s most cherished endangered animals, in NATURE’s The Panda Baby.
In late August of 1999, scientists at the San Diego Zoo marked a rare event they had struggled for years to bring about: the birth of a giant panda outside of China. It made headlines around the world. But the time for celebration was not yet at hand. Five other pandas had been born in the United States — and none had lived past the fourth day.
Against the odds, however, this tiny newcomer, Hua Mei, grew and thrived, and her survival has become a hallmark of the desperate international quest to save the giant panda, perhaps the most visible symbol of the world’s endangered animals.
The Panda Baby, with the aid of exclusive footage from the World Famous San Diego Zoo, as the institution is formally known, captures all the tense drama of Hua Mei’s birth and her survival through infancy.
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Online content for The Panda Baby was originally posted September 2001.
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this panda was so adorable that i wanted to go over there and kid nap it
PaNdAs ArE jUsT sO CuTe… AwWwWw…
pandas are all emos.. kuel…
awwwwww look at the panda bibi
iluv pandas!
I LOVE PANDAS…AND DUCKS
I love pandas… and monkeys
hi iiIm that one
i just adore panda bears i want to have one as a pet
I seriously adore pandas!!!! They would be awesome for a pet :]
I pledged with JOY & can’t wait to receive the Panda VIDEO! My 8 year-old nephew is going to treasure it!
this is a very good page I like it……
i love pandas their so cute i have everything panda that ever exists!
this is a great sight to learn about pandas.I enjoy reading it.Pandas r one of my favourite animals.they r just too cute for me! i wish i had a panda cub as a pet.i also i like watching the movie kung fu panda.Pandas r great!! ^_^ >__< :)
i like cheese…..
i love pandas im doing a report on them
This panda was sooooo cute! I wish that that was mine!
thay are so cute
pandas r so adorable.
can we adopt a panda:))
take care about she while she is a baby, and than return to home when she grow up?
a really means this, so is possible?
i love pandas
pandas are awesome!!!
This is awsome…awsome…awsome…awsome…awsome…awsome…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;);0;];[;[;[;[;[;];];];];]=]=]=]=]=]=]=]
That Panda Is so Cute,And I want One
i jus love to see pandas i just want 2 sqeeze them.
that panda is th most adorable thing in the world. i want to hold and squeeze one
pandas are sooooo cute!
i sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo luv the baby pandas they r soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute also they are black and white my fav colors
i just adore love and cherish pandas i want one for my birthday.
I want to help endangered animals because I think it is wrong and crual to do that to cute animals I mean you should only kill what you need not for things like their fur and not eat it!!!!!!!!!!
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hello hello hello
I LOVE PANDAS…… THEYRE MY FAVORITE!!!! =)
i love baby pandas,they’re soooooooooooooooooooooo cute!espesially when they get their fur,they’re so cute! I am really a panda lover. I want to save them from dieing.People are cutting down their food,which are bamboo trees. WOULD YOU WANT A WORLD WITHOUT PANDAS?
omg!!pandas rock I just luv em so much!!!I there cute
I’ve never seen a panda live, but everytime I see pictures of them or videos it cheers me up. They are without a doubt some precious animals,and we need to save them.
i’ve never seen a panda live [2] just on videos or pictures =|
i love pandas ♥
I LOVE PANDAS! they are my favorite anamal.I think they are soooooooooo cute!
i love pandas they are so cute *
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww i luv pandas if i had one i will name it lilly