![]() The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. They have 4 indoor rooms and 3 outdoor enclosures. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC, home to Tian Tian and Mei Xiang and until recently Tai Shan. We'll just watch the panda cam and hope.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. We will let the vets worry about the worst-case scenario. NEIFFER: And I tell the vets who work with me, and especially the younger vets coming up, is like you - you know, don't let them see you scream or cry. Xiao Qi Ji started venturing outdoors inside the habitat for the first time last. Watch LIVE the Giant Panda at the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington DC Bao Bao by viewing this realtime streaming Smithsonian Zoo Giant Pandas cam at the. GREENE: He has been preparing his colleagues for how to manage their emotions since the stakes around a panda pregnancy are really high. WASHINGTON The baby giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo has gotten more acclimated to his surroundings. NEIFFER: You know, in 2015, within I think a 48-hour period, maybe 72, I went from being able to tell the world that we had two cubs born to having to tell the world that one of them didn't make it. And their job, I think, is to scream, be noticed and be able to find their way to a mammary gland. NEIFFER: I've referred to them as these screaming pink sticks of butter when they come out. GREENE: But if a baby panda is indeed born, don't tune in expecting to see a furry ball of cuteness. NEIFFER: And so yeah, at any time, somebody could be on the panda cam, and they could see Mei Xiang's babies being born. KING: Pandas undeniably make many of us happy, and so the panda cam at the National Zoo is letting people watch all of this 24/7. NEIFFER: We're now looking at maybe the end of this coming week, but it's close. Panda parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian will also receive chilly desserts of their own. But the celebration culminates on Saturday at 7:30 AM with a livestream of the panda receiving his birthday cakea seasonally-appropriate ice gateau. Don Neiffer at the National Zoo here in Washington, D.C. Loyal Panda Cam viewers already know that the bear has been showered with gifts from his keepers all week long. Still not ruling out the possibility of two, but there's definitely one very large, viable fetus growing inside of her.Īt least one. ![]() The Phillips Collections, which is among a handful of locations offering free admission to furloughed government employees with identification, actually saw daily visitors increase during the 2013 shutdown, the Post reported.I'm David Greene with some actual probably maybe good news during this pandemic - giant panda Mei Xiang seems to be expecting either one baby or maybe even twins.ĭON NEIFFER: Mei Xiang did us a solid and allowed me to perform an ultrasound, and I acquired several videos that showed a really well-developed fetus. Holocaust Museum and the Museum of the Bible. Private historic locations, that are not funded by federal money, have been operating. 22, when funding ran out and a deal was not made, the Post reported. Other museums and national parks run by the government have been closed since Dec. Most of the museums, including the popular National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of African American Museum and Culture, and the Air and Space Museum, along with more than a dozen others, will be closed come Wednesday.īoth the East and West buildings of the National Gallery and the Sculpture Garden Skating Rink will be closed starting Thursday. Institution officials had enough money to keep the buildings open through the holidays thanks to the prior year's funding, the Washington Post reported. The zoo is not alone in the shutdown of Smithsonian properties. ![]() She is so amazing with that tiny, little thing.' Wilcox regularly took her panda-obsessed. Wilcox, 56, gets a front-row seat as Mei Xiang snuggles the baby panda, nurses, and even leaves the baby squirming in the hay for a few moments, 'I just love watching her, says Wilcox. has just released an unbearably adorable video of its newest. By tuning into the Smithsonians National Zoo giant panda cam. This is getting real, folks.- Kathryn Watson January 1, 2019 The Smithsonians National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. ![]() The National Zoo will close for the remainder of the government shutdown starting at 9 p.m.
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