These Pandas are addictive and so is photographing them; albeit through glass. In early January Wang Wang and Funi should be out of quarantine and be allowed into the outside enclosures.When I visited this morning in a special session for Zoo members, Wang Wang was eating, as usual I thought. Then he walked to a spot at the back of his enclosure for a nap.
Feeding the pandas is a mammoth task; they chew though 50 kilograms a day. Until the zoo's locally grown bamboo is available, a truckload a week is transported from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
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Great top photo.
Transporting a truckload of bamboo every week from the sunshine coast, how ecological is that?
I'm glad you're a zoo member then. Adorable!
Nathalie - mmm, I agree. Apparently it is only a temporary solution though.The zoo's own plantations haven't grown as quickly as anticipated.
Isn't he Gorgeous!!! Looks SO cuddly but I know looks can be deceiving! Love the photos!!hughugs
The Panda is sooooo cute! Bamboo is a renewable resource - I'd get tired of eating bamboo for every meal! Maybe if someone had a bamboo recipe cookbook?
Ah, so he's eating a bamboo stick! Enjoyed seeing these.
Thank you, Gordon, for stopping by Ocala DP! Much appreciated.
I've been scrolling through your photos and like what I see very much! Pandas, of which I know little, look cute, but I know they are real bears with all the implications of that!
These are wonderful shots. Very enjoyable!
Do you have a KITKAT ad in OZ? In the ad, it had the photographer waiting for ages to photograph the panda, when he takes a break, the panda comes out.
Glad you were not that photographer.
Good shot.
They didn't ask if your garden has any bamboo?
Ann - they did ask for private homes to supply/grow bamboo and some people are. The type of bamboo they require is Golden Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea). Unfortuantely I don't have any growing in my yaerd.
The top shot is a brilliant capture.
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I just want to give him a hug!
Great to see.
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