Panda drama at the National zoo!!!

[luvspeas]

And now for something completely cute and different:

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Bao-Bao-National-Zoo-tree-hot-wire-286779801.html

For everyone wondering about giant panda cub Bao Bao, she chose to spend last night outdoors in a tree. Staff determined that Bao Bao touched a 'hot wire' in her yard yesterday afternoon. This is a safe warning system used by Zoos for containment. Her reaction was to climb up a tree where she feels safe. This behavior is predictable. Bao Bao is perfectly fine and like all Zoo animals, she is still learning the boundaries of her habitat. Keepers decided to give Mei access to the outdoor yard overnight and she choose to stay with Bao Bao, a likely scenario for a mother panda to stay with her cub in the wild. A keeper stayed overnight in the panda house just in case they decided to come inside. The staff are adjusting the pandas' routine today and are confident that Bao Bao will come down when she is ready.

You can watch the drama as it unfolds here:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm

It looks like they are trying to get her down with a treat on a stick. Poor baby.

[pinboy3niner]

1. Pandamonium at the zoo!

When Paul told us it's all happening there, we should have listened. But Noooooo!

[Warpy]

2. Likely the treat on the stick is just scaring her more

Treed baby pandas are probably like treed cats, they'll figure out how to get down when they miss Mom or get hungry enough or both. After all, trees here are not filled with cat skeletons and trees in China are not full of panda skeletons.

I just hope they leave her alone for a while so she can get down. It's likely to be inelegant and I doubt she wants an audience.