Posts tagged "GiantPanda"

Half the point of all of these holidays being celebrated in winter is that we need excuses to celebrate at this time of year more than any other. Particularly if you live in a snowy climate, winter is dreary at best. Besides the lack of daylight for months on end, there's lots of inconvenient and sometimes dangerous weather to look forward to.

But now the holiday season is wrapping up, and winter is just getting started. It might seem like there's nothing to celebrate. But take a tip from this adorable panda. Don't think of your holidays as a reason to avoid thinking about winter; use them as a reason to celebrate winter itself. He wants you to see that snow is a gift. Sure, he doesn't have to commute to work every weekday morning. But can't you still access that piece of your heart that remembers what it was like to be a kid, when snow meant free time and fun?

Watch this video, and then make yourself a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, and curl up on the couch, maybe in front of the fireplace, and appreciate all winter has to offer.

Things Giant Pandas Are Known for: eating bamboo, being adorable

Things Giant Pandas Aren't Known for: high sex drives, physical grace

Nope, pandas aren't the most agile of Earth's creatures. They're big and slow, waddly, floppity, oafish even. Hey, panda, we admire your effort, but you shouldn't try to that again. You don't know your own species very well, do you?

Who even put a rocking horse there to begin with? It seems cruel. They had to know what the outcome would be. Were they intentionally trying to humiliate our cuddly buddy? Let's face it, pandas falling down on their butts is super cute for us, but the panda can't feel too great about himself. Mercifully, the camera pans away momentarily while our furry friend regains his feed and, hopefully, some of his dignity.

Break out the bamboo; it's time to celebrate! Our friends at MyDaily report that Zoo Atlanta's giant panda, Lun Lun, gave birth to her third cub this morning just after 5:30 a.m. The first cub, Mei Lan, was born in 2006, and Xi Lan was born in 2008. We are sure that Yang Yang, the father of all three, couldn't be more proud.

No photos or videos of the panda cub have been released, but that doesn't make this news any less monumental. The baby is the only giant panda cub born in a U.S. zoo this year!

MyDaily also included this classic panda video which we had to repost. There's no way the mama's reaction to her little baby's sneeze won't crack you up, even if you've seen this video a thousand times.



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Pop-quiz time. What's the cutest animal? That's right, the giant panda. And what's the cutest thing a giant panda can be caught doing? No, I'm sorry; "sneezing" is only the second cutest thing. The correct answer: The cutest thing a giant panda can be caught doing is falling (literally!) asleep on its feet.

Tai Shan, the four-year-old panda in Washington's National Zoo, did just that last week. He tried fighting against the Sandman's spell, determined to stay upright, but eventually his drowsiness won out -- until his own forward momentum propelled him into a hilarious nap time somersault. Luckily for all of us, a zoogoer managed to capture Tai Shan's adorable clumsiness on camera, and shared her photos with the (UK) Daily Mail.