Comments on: Look Who’s Talking: New Research on Panda Vocal Communication http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:35:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Susan Danner http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-257299 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:55:38 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-257299 I met Jennifer Keating recently when I was at Wolong Reserve April 29 through May 3rd doing volunteer work. I am concerned about her safety since she said she was doing some vacationing there before her return to San Diego. Have you been in contact with her? Do you know if she is safe? Thanks for any info you can provide. Susan <em>Moderator's note: Yes, Jennifer was in Beijing at the time of the earthquake. She reports that she is fine!</em> I met Jennifer Keating recently when I was at Wolong Reserve April 29 through May 3rd doing volunteer work.
I am concerned about her safety since she said she was doing some vacationing there before her return to San Diego. Have you been in contact with her? Do you know if she is safe?
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Susan

Moderator’s note: Yes, Jennifer was in Beijing at the time of the earthquake. She reports that she is fine!

]]> by: Cindy in SF http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-213673 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:10:09 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-213673 Happy Easter Monday all. Although I am a total SDZ fan, I am vacationing in DC and get to see the whole family over here! Yippee! Tai is a lot bigger than the cam shows but it was great to see them and their enclosures. Makes it easier to identify where they really are. The pandas were quiet today, too bad, whould have loved to hear them. Next I have to get to San Diego and see the family there! Happy Easter Monday all. Although I am a total SDZ fan, I am vacationing in DC and get to see the whole family over here! Yippee! Tai is a lot bigger than the cam shows but it was great to see them and their enclosures. Makes it easier to identify where they really are. The pandas were quiet today, too bad, whould have loved to hear them.

Next I have to get to San Diego and see the family there!

]]> by: Sammi in UK http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-212690 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:23:38 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-212690 Happy Easter to all at SDZ and pandaholics everywhere. Thank you so much for the new latest video of Zhen Zhen. It is lovely to see her on the ground for a change! With the time difference between UK and USA i never seem to find Zhen Zhen to be seen let alone on the ground. It really shows how much she is growing. She is certainly 'filling' out nicely. What i would give for a cuddle with her!! Wishful thinking on my part!. Happy Easter to all at SDZ and pandaholics everywhere.

Thank you so much for the new latest video of Zhen Zhen. It is lovely to see her on the ground for a change! With the time difference between UK and USA i never seem to find Zhen Zhen to be seen let alone on the ground. It really shows how much she is growing. She is certainly ‘filling’ out nicely. What i would give for a cuddle with her!! Wishful thinking on my part!.

]]> by: Frances in NYC http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211660 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:16:52 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211660 It would be wonderful to understand what the pandas are "saying" to each other. And it really did seem that the arrival of Spring had set the pandas in motion, around and around and around and in Su Lin's case, up and down the tree. You all who get to see the pandas in "person" are sooo lucky--and the time-lapse camera seems to be broken so I'm having trouble catching up on their days. Off to the new video!! It would be wonderful to understand what the pandas are “saying” to each other. And it really did seem that the arrival of Spring had set the pandas in motion, around and around and around and in Su Lin’s case, up and down the tree.

You all who get to see the pandas in “person” are sooo lucky–and the time-lapse camera seems to be broken so I’m having trouble catching up on their days. Off to the new video!!

]]> by: Lisa B http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211569 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:29:17 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211569 I am so excited that I got to visit the zoo for the first time on Mar. 18 &#38; 20. I got some great photos of Su Lin eating, eating and eating and Bai Yun eating and sleeping. Of course, Zhen Zhen was sleeping high in the trees. Even after 20 times going through the exhibit at different times of day, I still did not get to see Zhen on the ground. Oh, well it was worth the trips and standing in line. I couldn't believe I was really seeing pandas. As I entered the exhibit and got my first glimpse of Su Lin, the tears started to well up in my eyes. What beautiful creatures! Thank you to Chris for her informative narration in the exhibit. Everyone was great at the zoo. The security people even printed out a map and directions to my hotel for me. Wow!!! Can't wait to go again. I am so excited that I got to visit the zoo for the first time on Mar. 18 & 20. I got some great photos of Su Lin eating, eating and eating and Bai Yun eating and sleeping. Of course, Zhen Zhen was sleeping high in the trees. Even after 20 times going through the exhibit at different times of day, I still did not get to see Zhen on the ground. Oh, well it was worth the trips and standing in line. I couldn’t believe I was really seeing pandas. As I entered the exhibit and got my first glimpse of Su Lin, the tears started to well up in my eyes. What beautiful creatures! Thank you to Chris for her informative narration in the exhibit. Everyone was great at the zoo. The security people even printed out a map and directions to my hotel for me. Wow!!! Can’t wait to go again.

]]> by: Cheryl http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211561 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:16:20 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211561 ... an ice cream cart - I'm still giggling over that one. Thank you P. Wong! I was having a dreadful afternoon (yes, even in beautiful SD a person can have a really tough Friday) - but you made it all better! Have a great weekend. … an ice cream cart - I’m still giggling over that one. Thank you P. Wong! I was having a dreadful afternoon (yes, even in beautiful SD a person can have a really tough Friday) - but you made it all better! Have a great weekend.

]]> by: gloria http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211548 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:09:10 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211548 Welcome to the new researchers! I hope they will be very successful in understanding and helping the panda population. As other readers of the blog, I'd love an update about our beloved Mei Sheng. How is he doing and did he start dating panda girls? Thank you in advance. Maybe P wong has already some hints about Mei Sheng's new life? And by the way thank you for all your poems. Welcome to the new researchers! I hope they will be very successful in understanding and helping the panda population.
As other readers of the blog, I’d love an update about our beloved Mei Sheng. How is he doing and did he start dating panda girls? Thank you in advance.
Maybe P wong has already some hints about Mei Sheng’s new life? And by the way thank you for all your poems.

]]> by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211489 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:44:12 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211489 P. Wong, if only Gao Gao really did distribute matchmaking manuals, and give great education to his US zoo male panda friends. Let's hope that Tai Shan is a bit better at "finding his way around" than his papa. At least Tian got the right end and knew what he was supposed to do, just not exactly in the right location. Thank goodness for modern veterinary and reproductive science. With AI, the chances that there will be a sibling for Tai are greatly increased. Too bad Gao wasn't able to be there "in person" as he would surely have gotten the job done. P. Wong, if only Gao Gao really did distribute matchmaking manuals, and give great education to his US zoo male panda friends. Let’s hope that Tai Shan is a bit better at “finding his way around” than his papa. At least Tian got the right end and knew what he was supposed to do, just not exactly in the right location.

Thank goodness for modern veterinary and reproductive science. With AI, the chances that there will be a sibling for Tai are greatly increased. Too bad Gao wasn’t able to be there “in person” as he would surely have gotten the job done.

]]> by: Kris http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211478 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:27:27 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211478 Just read the notes on the ZA website and it made me curious about something and I am hoping one of the SD keepers might address the issue and help solve the mystery. ZA talks about how Yang Yang is in full out ready to breed mode (the pacing, being off his bamboo, etc) yet Lun Lun tests show that estrus isn't likely anytime soon. Then we have the bears in Memphis, where there blog tells us that their female Ya Ya has a very unpredictable estrus that can pretty much happen any season. I wondered what happens if the male and female are not in sync. How long is the male ready to mate? Is his readiness a seasonal thing dependent on his own hormones? Or is it somehow related to "sensing" the timing of when the female will be ready? I am guessing that this is part of why pandas are endangered. I know that their window of opportunity to breed is very small. Even when the opportunity presents itself, all doesn't necessarily go as planned (as we witnessed with Mei Xiang and Tian Tian this week). But if the male and female are not on the same schedule, so to speak, it would seem to make the opportunity all but impossible. Just curious... Just read the notes on the ZA website and it made me curious about something and I am hoping one of the SD keepers might address the issue and help solve the mystery. ZA talks about how Yang Yang is in full out ready to breed mode (the pacing, being off his bamboo, etc) yet Lun Lun tests show that estrus isn’t likely anytime soon. Then we have the bears in Memphis, where there blog tells us that their female Ya Ya has a very unpredictable estrus that can pretty much happen any season. I wondered what happens if the male and female are not in sync. How long is the male ready to mate? Is his readiness a seasonal thing dependent on his own hormones? Or is it somehow related to “sensing” the timing of when the female will be ready? I am guessing that this is part of why pandas are endangered. I know that their window of opportunity to breed is very small. Even when the opportunity presents itself, all doesn’t necessarily go as planned (as we witnessed with Mei Xiang and Tian Tian this week). But if the male and female are not on the same schedule, so to speak, it would seem to make the opportunity all but impossible. Just curious…

]]> by: Kris http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211456 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:15:49 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/look-who%e2%80%99s-talking-new-research-on-panda-vocal-communication/#comment-211456 That Su Lin is on a tear today. Up and down the trees, rolling in the dirt right at the front of the exhibit (much to the delight of the visitors), playing with her toys, splashing in her pool. What fun! Could it be that spring is in the air..? :) That Su Lin is on a tear today. Up and down the trees, rolling in the dirt right at the front of the exhibit (much to the delight of the visitors), playing with her toys, splashing in her pool. What fun! Could it be that spring is in the air..? :)

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