It's a boy!

[mazzie]

At the cub's first exam, conducted by Dr. Sharon Deem, associate veterinarian, Laurie Perry, animal keeper, and Lisa Stevens, assistant curator, we learned that it's a boy! He looks healthy, weighs 1.82 pounds (825.7 grams), and has a total body length of 12 inches (30 cm). We were able to get a heart rate and respiration. The cub was very quiet during the nine-minute exam, and let out only one squawk when its mouth was examined. It is very solid and sturdy and extremely cute.

Panda page and cam here.

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[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

If you do go to the zoo, please drag me along if I'm around (I think you said you'll be here in October, and I think I have about a gazillion SCA commitments that month, so many that I'm refusing to commit to any September events).

Hopefully Baby Panda will be on exhibit by the time you come. But if he isn't there will be juvenile giraffe, elephant, and cheetahs. And the goats at the petting zoo part :)

And if you take me to the zoo, I'll probably beg to see the otters. I love otters.