August 12, 2011 Raising Panda

CaliforniaMama • Aug 12, 2011 9:16 am

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In 2006, according to The Washington Post, the research team introduced a captive-born male cub into the wild only to have it tragically rejected and killed by its free-roaming brethren.

This time around, researchers are doing everything in their power to ensure a successful introduction of the 4-month-old cub pictured above. That includes, of course, dressing up in panda costumes whenever they come in contact with the cute little guy. If the baby panda is taught to associate with only pandas, perhaps it will develop the social skills it needs to adapt to the wild.

via Global Animal

Leus • Aug 12, 2011 10:39 am

Furry adoption rights?

infinite monkey • Aug 12, 2011 10:48 am

*raises hand*

Oh please please please let me be one of the surrogate pandas.

Gravdigr • Aug 12, 2011 2:41 pm

Pedo-pandas.

ZenGum • Aug 13, 2011 9:26 am

Sure, they mean well, but that panda is going to grow up warped. He'll come to a bad end, trying to do lady pandas human-style.

Big Sarge • Aug 13, 2011 4:10 pm

I want to be a panda parent too!!! Hey IM, i even have a couple panda suits already. maybe we could be a couple??:heart-on:

monster • Aug 14, 2011 10:30 am

Wait, this was a Friday image and no recipes? This place goes to seed when I'm away!

I'm thinking Panda with horseshoe crab stuffing in blue sauce....

infinite monkey • Aug 14, 2011 12:23 pm

Big Sarge;750084 wrote:
I want to be a panda parent too!!! Hey IM, i even have a couple panda suits already. maybe we could be a couple??:heart-on:

What's funny is I don't doubt you have a couple panda suits! :lol:

Big Sarge • Aug 14, 2011 7:00 pm

There's no loving like panda loving.....

lumberjim • Feb 8, 2014 3:09 pm

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SPUCK • Feb 9, 2014 6:05 am

Not fun.. Drunk!

Lola Bunny • Feb 9, 2014 8:54 am

How cute!

Sundae • Feb 9, 2014 1:31 pm

That is gorge.
But never forget that animals bred in captivity are subject to culls nonetheless.
Copenhagen Zoo put down an 18 month old giraffe called Marius today.

BBC link.

Gravdigr • Feb 9, 2014 2:26 pm

Big Sarge was so cute when he was a baby. I don't know what happened...

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Sundae • Feb 9, 2014 3:06 pm

Man grew up and became sexy. Is all.

Adak • Feb 10, 2014 7:39 am

Sundae;892249 wrote:
That is gorge.
But never forget that animals bred in captivity are subject to culls nonetheless.
Copenhagen Zoo put down an 18 month old giraffe called Marius today.

BBC link.

Breeders have less respect for life than they do for their breeding program, unfortunately.

The Chinese in the Panda suits are wasting their time and energy. Wild Panda's don't kill other Panda's because they weren't raised by humans in Panda suits! :rolleyes: They kill them because they are intruders into their territory, and because they can. Lots of species do the same: Cougars, Grizzlies, etc.

If the Chinese want better success, they need to get out of those funny suits, and start releasing the Panda's as paired adults, into their own separate territory. Since there are so few wild Panda's left, and lots of space, that should be simple enough to do.

Not as cute, but surely more effective.

Gravdigr • Feb 10, 2014 2:07 pm

Sundae;892270 wrote:
Man grew up and became sexy. Is all.

I think he was irradiated. He lost his fur and got all pale 'n' shit.