August 25, 1999 (4 days old): The first good view of Hua Mei, who looks more like a large mouse than a panda. Keepers estimate that she weighs between 4 and 5 ounces. Bai Yun weighs 218 pounds. Following Chinese tradition, Hua Mei will not officially be given her name until she is one hundred days old.
生下来了。。。作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:48
September 4, 1999 (14 days) Hua Mei gets her first checkup. The distinctive panda coloring is starting to appear, but she still fits in the veterinarian‘s hand, weighing only 12.5 ounces (less than one pound). Her claws will later be used for climbing trees.
14天大的熊猫。。。作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:49
September 21, 1999 (1 month) More like a panda, and more than a handful. Hua Mei gets her third checkup and weighs 2.3 pounds. She's gaining about two ounces a day. She's learned roll onto her belly.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:50
October 6, 1999 (1 month, 15 days) A great big furry bowl of baby panda. Hua Mei weighs 4.75 pounds, is 15.2 inches long, and her eyes are starting to open. She's also starting to be able to move herself around, but she's still too young to walk.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:50
October 13, 1999 (1 month 22 days) A real live teddy bear, Hua Mei weighs 5.75 pounds and is 16 inches long with a 14 inch waist. She can completely roll over by herself.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:51
October 20, 1999 (almost 2 months) Hua Mei can now lift her head. She weighs 7 pounds and is 18 inches long with a 17 inch waist.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:51
[ October 27, 1999 (2 months, 6 days) Hua Mei moves around a lot. She weighs over 7 pounds and is 22 inches long. Bai Yun is very attentive but now feels comfortable leaving her alone in the birthing den for longer periods of time作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:52
November 3, 1999 (2 months, 13 days) Hua Mei can lift herself up on her front legs and soon sits up for the first time. She weighs over 8 pounds and is 22 inches long作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:52
November 23, 1999 (3 months, 2 days) Hua Mei's teeth are starting to show, and she's making more panda sounds. She can crawl, but hasn't been able to stand on all four legs yet. She weighs 10.7 pounds and is over 26 inches long.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:53
November 30, 1999 (3 months, 9 days) Hua Mei turns 100 days old and is officially given her name which had been a carefully kept secret. It means "China USA" to symbolize the value of the two nations' cooperative efforts in helping these extremely endangered animals. It also translates as "Magnificent Beautiful." A special ceremony was held on December 1 which was attended by An Wenbin, Consul General of the People's Republic of China. Meanwhile, Hua Mei has tried to take her first steps.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:54
December 8, 1999 (3 months, 17 days) "Say Ahhh." Hua Mei gets regular checkups and medical attention. She weighs over 12 pounds and is frequently seen playing with Bai Yun.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:57
December 15, 1999 (3 months, 24 days) Hua Mei continues to grow and has been gaining over half a pound each week.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:58
December 29, 1999 (4 months, 8 days) Hua Mei has started walking and exploring the area right outside the birthing den. Bai Yun has begun carrying her to other areas of the panda exhibit. She weighs 16 pounds and is over 2 feet long.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:58
January 5, 2000 (4 months, 16 days) Hua Mei is getting so big, it's becoming a little hard to carry her to her checkups (compare this picture with September 4). She goes outside the birthing den all by herself.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 09:59
January 12, 2000 (4 months, 23 days) Hua Mei pretends to chew on bamboo like she's seen her mother do, but she's still to little for solid food.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:00
January 14, 2000 (4 months, 25 days) Hua Mei poses for a family photo with proud mama, Bai Yun (compare this picture with August 21). She went to the outdoor area of the panda exhibit for the first time today. She found her way there from the birthing den all by herself, looking for Bai Yun who was sleeping there.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:00
January 19, 2000 (almost 5 months) Hua Mei spends a lot of time outdoors exploring, napping, playing, and trying to climb the trees. But she still stays close to Bai Yun. She has grown 15 teeth, weighs 19 pounds and is 35 inches long.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:01
January 26, 2000 (5 months, 5 days) Hua Mei continues to enjoy the outdoors and follows Bai Yun around. During her checkup, the keepers gave her a burlap sack to play with. She weighs over 20 pounds.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:02
February 11, 2000 (5 months, 21 days) Hua Mei goes on exhibit, and visitors can see her in person instead of just on the Pandacam. She likes to climb on the logs and is so active that the veterinarians find it hard to examine her.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:02
February 23, 2000 (6 months, 2 days) Hua Mei likes to sleep in some branches about 8 feet above the ground, but, by the beginning of March, she's been seen climbing to over twice that height.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:03
[ March 10, 2000 (6 months, 17 days) The previous evening, Hua Mei decided to spend the night sleeping outside on a branch for the first time, even after Bai Yun went inside. Bai Yun came back out and tried to get Hua Mei to climb down, but the baby panda refused. So Bai Yun spent the night outside with her.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:05
February 22, 2001 (1 year, 6 months, 1 day) o/~ Sunrise, Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset o/~ Hua Mei and Bai Yun spend their last day together because Hua Mei is now old enough to live alone like adult pandas do. Tomorrow, she will be placed in her own exhibit area, and Bai Yun will be ready to try to have another baby.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:06
August 21, 2001 (2 years old) Hua Mei celebrates her second birthday with a cake made out of ice, bamboo, and carrots starting with a big number two made out of ice. She weighs almost 150 pounds, which is still 70 pounds less than Bai Yun, and eats 15 pounds of bamboo each day.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:10
July 9, 2002 (2 years, 10 months, 18 days) Hua Mei yawns as she rests comfortably in a tree.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:14
July 10, 2002 (2 years, 10 months, 19 days) Hua Mei plays in artificial snow made from eighteen tons of crushed ice. The zoo believes in enriching the animals' lives by varying their environments and thinking up new activities for them.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:15
August 21, 2002 (3 years old) Hua Mei celebrates another birthday with three bamboo candles on a cake made out of vegetables and ice. The San Diego Zoo's original twelve year agreement with the Chinese government said that any babies born to Bai Yun and Shi Shi would be returned to China on their third birthday. But the Chinese have not yet asked for custody.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:17
再贴~
October 18, 1995 (1 month, 18 days old): A veterinarian bottle-feeds a baby panda inside an incubator at the Beijing Zoo because its mother, Yong Yong, has been unable to nurse it. This baby and its twin have passed the critical survival period and are expected to live by themselves in six months. Yong Yong has given birth five times to seven cubs, all of which have survived.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:19
August 19, 1999 (1 day old): Triplets were born at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Unfortunately, the littlest one in the middle died two days later. Twins are not uncommon, but triplets are very rare.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:19
December 22, 2000 (3 month, 10 days): The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in the Sichuan province of China has twin boy pandas named Chenggong and Chengji and twin girl pandas named Bingdian and Bingxin who are all one hundred days old today.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:20
August 2, 2001 (2 weeks old): Shen-shen sleeps inside an incubator at the Chengdu Research Base. Its mother was impregnated by artificial insemination作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:20
August 20, 2001: A newborn panda is held by a staff member at the Chengdu Research Base. It's one of a pair of twins.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:23
March 1, 2002 (2 months, 12 days): People at Japan's Adventure World Zoo in Shirahama get their first look at Yuhin, who was born on December 17, and its watchful mother Meimei. Yuhin weighs 12.8 pounds and is 24 inches long.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:24
August 28, 2002 (1 day old): Twelve year old Ya Ya carries one of her new babies in her mouth after giving to twins. So far, these are the sixth and seventh baby pandas to be born this year at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:29
September 6, 2002 (16 days old): "Little Bing" - named after its mother, Bing Bing - drinks milk at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base in Sichuan, China. After feeding, the researcher helps it to burp. "Little Bing" won't be given a real name until it is 100 days old.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:33
September 6, 2002 (Less than 1 day old): "Little Jiao" - named after its mother, Jiao Jiao - weighs 6.4 ounces and is the fifth panda to be born at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base so far this year. Twelve pandas were born in China during 2002. 110 pandas live in captivity throughout the world, and less than 1000 live in the wild. Chinese scientists are trying to use cloning technology to help save these highly endangered animals.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:33
September 7, 2002: A baby panda cuddles with its momma at the Wolong Panda research center in Sichuan, China. A panda pregnancy can last 70-180 days. The destruction of their environment, hunting by humans, and their low birth rate make things look bleak for the future of pandas.作者: shishi 时间: 2005-5-23 10:34
September 7, 2002: A veterinarian carefully cleans a baby panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve Panda Base. Saving the pandas also makes good economic sense because they bring a lot of money to the region by attracting tourists.作者: 胖胖鸭 时间: 2005-5-23 12:05
